Facebook Internet drone passes first full-scale test

Facebook announced it has completed its first successful test of its solar-powered Aquila drone, being develop to deliver internet service to remote areas of the world.


The test flight represents a "major milestone" for Facebook's efforts to bring the internet to underserved locations of the planet.

20 Year Old Woman Gives Birth to 3 Sets of Twins in 26 Months

A 20 year old Kansas woman has given birth to three set of twins in a little over two years, with the latest born last month.

“People just consider me a freak of nature when I tell them,” said the 20-year-old mom, who apparently has a condition in which she releases more than one egg per month.

Couch delivered two boys 26 months ago but one of them died from complications of premature birth. Fourteen months later, twin girls Delilah and Davina, were born. The third set, Dalanie and Darla, both girls, were born last month. They came home after three weeks in neonatal intensive care.....


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Photo: Five Men Accused Of Killing Kano Christian Woman Over Blasphemy Denied Bail

                

A Kano Magistrates’ Court today denied bail to the five men who allegedly killed 74-year-old Mrs Bridget Agbahime in Kano on June 2. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Agbahime was murdered at Kofar Wambai Market, Kano, over alleged blasphemy.

The accused persons: Dauda Ahmed, Abdulmumeen Mustafa, Zubairu Abubakar, Abdullahi Abubakar and Musa Abdullahi, were charged with inciting, disturbance, culpable homicide, joint act and mischief.

Why we patronise commmercial sex workers-Robbery Suspect

                                          

Ifeanyi Okolie, showed no sign of remorse as he was paraded at the Lagos State Police headquarters alongside other 45 robbery suspects that have been terrorizing the state. According to him, members of his gang usually retired to hotels at the end of any successful operation where the loot is squandered on commercial sex workers and expensive clothes.

Pensioner accidentally leaves his wife of 47 years behind in an airport

  

A forgetful pensioner accidentally left his wife in an airport and jetted off to Spain on holiday without her, only realising he had left her behind when he landed.

Maurice Hunter, 80, from Plumstead in south London, thought wife Carolyn, 70, had already boarded the plane at Stansted Airport while he popped to the toilets.

Ambassadorial Nominees: Bayelsa, three others States failed Validity test – Senate

Concerns were again raised on Tuesday over the non-inclusion of candidates from Bayelsa, Plateau, Ondo, and Ebonyi States on the list of career Ambassadors forwarded to the Senate for screening by President Muhammadu Buhari.

This follows the presentation of report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs by Deputy Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Shehu Sani(APC), Kaduna Central Senatorial District where it was revealed that the process of nominating career Ambassadors by President Buhari was duly taken into consideration, pointing out that the affected States actually did not meet the criteria.

Youth Corper Charged to Court for Repeatedly Having Sex with Married Woman

 A National Youth Service Corps member named Bonaventure Okeke, has been arraigned in a Gudu Upper Area Court, Abuja for allegedly committing adultery.

Okeke, who resides in Jahi 2 Market area of Abuja, was arraigned on a one-count charge of committing adultery with one Anozie Chinenye on Monday.

                                             

The plaintiff who is husband to Chinenye, Emeka Anozie of Hayingada Saminaka, Kaduna State, made a direct criminal complaint to the court against the defendant on March 24.

Anozie made his complaint through his counsel, Obioma Achilefu.
The plaintiff said the defendant, knowing that he is legally married to Chinenye, committed adultery
with her on December 18, 2014.
He said the defendant was confronted on the issue over the cell phone and he confessed to have had sex with Chinenye once.

Photos: Tourist gives poor homeless man his shoes then walks away barefoot

The touching moment a tourist took off his shoes and gave them to a homeless man before walking away barefoot was captured by a bystander.

      

Guard arrested for raping pupil on school premises

The police have arrested a security guard of a public school in Lagos, Adeniyi Primary School, Itire, for allegedly raping an eight-year-old pupil.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the 40-year-old suspect, Friday Oshoba, aka Mopol, committed the alleged crime while the primary 2 pupil, Mercy (pseudonym), was waiting for her sister to pick her up after the school closed around 2pm.

Oshoba was said to have persuaded her to follow him to a deserted spot within the school and removed her underwear. He reportedly raped her afterwards.

It was gathered that a class five pupil, identified only as Bukola, who was sent on an errand by a schoolteacher, caught the guard in the act and reported to the teacher.

19 Facts You Don’t Know About Cheating

A 2011 study found that in half of the patients admitted to the hospital for fractured joysticks, they occurred during an affair. Researchers believe that a man may be extra excited during an affair and he may be having sex in awkward places.

2. Women tend to cheat for emotional satisfaction. Men cheat more from sexual motivation.

3. Infidelity is not the leading cause of divorce. While an affair can destroy a marriage, the main reason for divorce is ‘Money’

See photos of Abuja lady who turned into full time mechanic after secondary school

Instead of dabbling into prostitution or other forms of hustle girls of these days engage in, this young lady decided to fend for herself in the most honorable way.

The secondary school graduate identified as Blessing is a full time mechanic and she's proud of it. Facebook user Ocheni Raymond Oche, who met her today in Abuja shared his experience on his page.


                 

Today I met Blessing (A MECHANIC), and I was touched, by the fact that a secondary school graduate who had no hope to further school sought to learn mechanic for 4 years and is on her own now, a life better than anything else that's depicts high level of immorality.

Seventy One Year-Old Woman Marries 17-Year-Old Just Three Weeks After Meeting Him At Her Son’s Funeral

 

Almeda Errell knew she’d been in a room full of love when she went to say goodbye to her son at his funeral, but she didn’t expect to find love. Then she met 17-year-old Gary Hardwick.

They’re now married and living together with one of Almeda’s grandsons who’s three years older than her new husband.

“I wasn’t looking for a young man, but Gary just came along,” said Almeda, a supermarket assistant. “I just knew straight away that he was the one.”

Man flees as lover dies in Lagos hotel •Female hotel worker found dead

The police in Lagos State have launched a manhunt for a man suspected to have murdered his lover at a hotel on Prince Adeyemi Street, Ikotun, Lagos.

It was learnt that the suspect, whose name had yet to be ascertained, had lodged in a room in the hotel – Taola Hotel – with his girlfriend around 9.30pm on Friday.

AU finally launches single passport for Africans

The long-awaited African Union (AU) passport was on Sunday launched at the opening ceremony of the 27th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the AU Summit in Kigali, Rwanda.

The Assembly is made up of heads of states and governments of the 54 member states of the AU.

The AU Commission’s Chairperson, Dr Dlamini Zuma, presented the passport to the Chairperson of the union, President Idriss Deby of Chad and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda.

"There Is No Benefit In Pride" - Woman Who 'Lost' Her Husband Due To Her Ego Laments

                                 
                                   File Photo

This is a true life story of a woman who is lamenting her ordeal after getting divorced by her husband due to her ego and bad advice from people around her. This was shared by 'Relationship Matters Forum'. Read below;

I am 32 years old. Me and my ex hubby dated for six years, I started dating him whilst I was in grade 12, I was 19 years old. We were best of friends, I waited until he completed college and started work, my family and his family then met, we got married and had a son. (7 years old now).

6 Secrets People Who Maintain Weight Loss Know But You Don’t

Losing weight is not all that difficult, it’s losing weight consistently and keeping it off that’s tricky. Have you ever experienced the frustration of piling back on the weight you worked so hard to shift?


The weight loss industry is flooded with quick fixes and unrealistic expectations, this is why our weight loss efforts often fall short. We are lured into numerous diets, detoxes, juices, shakes, fasts and “special” exercise routines for their promises. They sometimes work, but only as long as you use them.

Drama as Mother and Daughter Fight Dirty Over a Married Man on the Streets in Abuja

                          

                               File photo used only for illustrative purpose

A mother and her own daughter decided to fight it out in the streets when they found out that a married man was sleeping with both of them.

According to Pulse NG, a reliable source, who witnessed the incident which happened in the Nyanya area of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, said the woman who is a single parent of four, hails from the eastern part of the country and runs a beer palour in the area while her daughter is said to be a student in a university in Nasarawa State.

Turkey rounds up generals, judges after failed coup

Turkish authorities were on Sunday rounding up dozens of generals as well as senior judges and prosecutors accused of supporting a failed military coup aimed at ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.The government has already said that almost 3,000 soldiers had been detained on suspicion of involvement in the putsch which began on Friday night but faltered already in the early hours of Saturday.

NTV television said that 34 generals of various grades had been detained so far. They include senior figures like Erdal Ozturk, commander of the third army and commander of the Malatya-based second army Adem Huduti.

I Didn’t Know I Was Wanted By The Police - Robbery Suspect

        

A 25-year-old armed robbery suspect, Alidu Shola, who was arrested by the police has expressed surprise that the police arrested him for stealing a tricycle without being caught in the act. In his confession, Shola said:

“I am a driver by profession. I came from Osun State. I was arrested in my area where I used to rest after my daytime job. I did not expect the police as my visitor. I was enjoying my drink when the police came. See, I really stole the motorcycle but it was a long time ago. I carried the Keke (tricycle) to where I later sold it to one Aboki N60, 000 and used the money to feed.

“It was through information that the police came after me. Even the Aboki who bought the tricycle has travelled back to the north and I cannot trace him. Continue...

Indonesian Wife Discovers Her Husband Is A Woman After Refusing ToConsummate Their Marriage

                               

 woman who allegedly posed as a man in order to get married was arrested after the shocked wife discovered the deception, police said Friday.

Suwarti, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, was detained Thursday after the wife alerted authorities, several months after the pair tied the knot in a ceremony on Java island. The wife, Heniyati, became suspicious when her 'husband' refused to consummate the marriage.

India 'gold man' battered to death in front of his son

                                      

An Indian man who bought one of the world's most expensive shirts made entirely of gold has been allegedly battered to death, police said. Datta Phuge shot into the global limelight in 2013 when he bought a shirt made with more than 3kg of gold and worth $250,000 .

Pastor divorces wife of 22 years for always disgracing him in public over money

                          

A pastor with the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Mr. Segun Adeyinka, has prayed an Alimosho Customary Court, Lagos, to dissolve his 22-year-old marriage to his wife, Mrs. Folake Adeyinka, because she was fond of disgracing him in front of his church members. Adeyinka told the court that Folake, who has four children for him, always embarrasses him in public over money.

Over 30 People Collapse In Brooklyn, New York Street After Smoking Weed

                             

More than 30 people had to be taken to hospital in New York after a mass-overdose of synthetic marijuana, police have said. They collapsed or were barely able to walk in the same neighbourhood of Brooklyn after smoking K2.

Witnesses reported seeing victims lying on the pavement, shaking and leaning against trees and fire hydrants.

See Why These Photos Of Woman Getting Arrested During A Protest Are Trending Online

                            

These viral photos show a young woman in a flowing dress standing -being arrested by heavily armed police during the peaceful protest of ‪‎Alton Sterling‬ (the man who was shot dead by police during arrest)

According to reports, the woman has been reveal as Ieshia Evans, 28, a mother and licensed practical nurse from ‪New York‬, who was attending her first protest when she was arrested.

I had to run from home because my wife always beat me – Teacher narrates in court

A 50-year old teacher, Musiliu Yusuf, on Monday told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that his wife was impregnated by one of her lovers in their matrimonial home.

The man also said his wife was in the habit of beating him on the slightest provocation, forcing him to pack out of his matrimonial home.

British Activist Found Dead In Istanbul Killed Herself, Inquest Finds

A former BBC journalist who was found dead in toilets at Istanbul airport killed herself in an “impulsive act” after missing a flight, a coroner at her inquest has said.

Recording a verdict of suicide at north London coroner’s court, Andrew Walker said there was no “explanation or reason” for Jacky Sutton’s actions but he was satisfied she had acted alone.

I Hawked Moi-Moi At Every Corner Of Lagos- Humblesmith

                           

Ekene Ijemba, aka Humblesmith, has surprised a lot after his overnight success, His hit song "Osinachi" became a sensation that made him have a ground in the music industry. Humblesmith did not have it rosy before his new-found success and fame. He said “I hawked moin-moin everywhere; on the street, on the road, in traffic, bus parks and anywhere you can think of,” he said.

Man On Bike Allegedly Brutalizes Woman After Accusing Her Of Laughing At Him In Her Car

                              

This woman was allegedly brutalized by a man who accused her of laughing at him in her car while her rode on a motorcycle in Makurdi, Benue state capital. how shameful. The woman identified as Ene Okpani took to her Facebook page to share the disheartening news.

Strange! Meet the child prostitutes who sleep in cemetery

These are the lost children of Liberia, sharing graves in Monrovia’s Palm Grove Cemetery.
As TB, Aids and heroin abuse run rife, one girl, 16-year-old Princess Chea, told Daily Mirror

“I’ve been sleeping here in the graveyard for five years.
“There is no other option, my parents both died after the civil war. There was nobody to protect or look after me.

Six Year Old Kills Housemaid in Abia State, Nigeria

A six-year-old boy has erroneously killed a housemaid with the gun of his father in Aba, Abia State.

Police detectives from the Ogbor Hill Police Division, Aba, have commenced investigations into the killing.

It was gathered that the underage child reportedly picked the father’s gun from his bedroom, thinking that it was a toy gun and not knowing that it was loaded.

Man Who Lived In A Jungle For Over 40 Years Makes Emotional Return Back Home

                            
A man who lived in the wilds of Vietnam for more than 40 years has made an emotional trip back to his forest home. Ho Van Lang, 44, and his father Ho Van Thanh, 85, spent 41 years in the forests of the Tay Tra district of Quang Ngai. They fled their home following the war and set up in the forest, spending the next four decades learning to hunt, build shelters and fend for themselves.

Photos: Cultists kill 11 in Ogun to mark anniversary

No fewer than 11 persons have been killed by suspected cult members in Igode and Fakale communities in the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Four persons were also injured while houses and cars were vandalised in the attack that lasted for about 10 hours.

Italian arrested for killing Nigerian, to face murder charges

An Italian football hooligan has been arrested and charged with murder after beating to death a Nigerian asylum seeker who reacted to racial insults against his partner, ANSA news agency reported on Thursday.

According to the La Repubblica newspaper, Emmanuel Chidi Nnamdi, 36, got into a fight on Tuesday after the man called his 24-year-old girlfriend, Chinyere, a “monkey”.

PHOTOS: Mexican journalist fired after being carried through floods by locals

  

A young journalist covering severe flooding in Mexico has been fired after she was photographed being carried by two local people to avoid getting her expensive shoes wet.

Lydia Cumming was fired by TV Azteca, who accused her of lacking professionalism, but the story soon overwhelmed the internet, inspiring dozens of memes.

The young reporter was sent to city of Puebla in central Mexico, which was inundated with floodwater.she said two local residents told her an elderly neighbor in a wheelchair who had been badly affected by the floods and they offered to carry her to the lady's home.

Man Wins Right To Walk Naked In His Garden Despite Complaints From Neighbours

                           

A German man with a "passion" for strolling naked in his garden has won the right to continue after a neighbour complained about his steamy backyard sauna sessions. A court in Dortmund gave Robert B, 42, approval to continue to indulge in another form of 'gardening' in his backyard - trimming his private parts in full view of his neighbours.

Horrific Photos-New mum battered by partner

     

These are the horrific injuries inflicted on a new mum by her violent partner while their baby daughter lay just feet away.
Ashley Gebbie had given birth just three weeks earlier when boyfriend Alan Crozier came home and attacker her in the early hours of the morning.
Her devastated family posted shocking pictures of her injuries on social media to shame the thug.
A family source told the Daily Record :

“What kind of guy does this to a tiny 6st girl three weeks after giving birth by Caesarean section?”

Woman Causes 7 HOUR Flight Delay Insisting On Immediate Divorce From Husband

Plane passengers had a fellow traveller to blame for a seven hour delay after she decided she didn't want to fly and demanded an immediate divorce .

Reports suggest the unnamed woman in her 40s boarded the aircraft with several hundred passengers flying from Moscow to Vladivostok, Russia. Shortly after, she apparently told cabin crew that she needed to get off the plane to change her relationship status.

61-Year-Old Woman Gives Birth To A Son After Her Only Child Died Of Sickness

                      

A Chinese pensioner has successfully given birth to a boy at the age of 61. The baby, weighing 2,930 grams (103 ounces), was born at 39 weeks during a C-section in eastern China's Zhejiang Province on June 27, reported People's Daily Online. The mother, surnamed Zhang, decided to try for another baby after her only child died of illness, leaving her heart-broken.

GRAPHIC PHOTOS: Shocking story of how Togo based Nigerian man was stoned to death after misunderstanding with pregnant girl friend

                                            
The late Otto and the girlfriend who caused his harrowing death

Otto, a Nigerian man living in Togo, pictured above was last week stoned to death over a misunderstanding with his pregnant girlfriend.

Otto who lived in Dakar, Senegal before relocating to Togo allegedly had a misunderstanding with his pregnant Togolese girlfriend, pictured above.

His girlfriend went and mobilised her brothers who descended on Otto, falsely accused him of
stealing, stripped him naked and stoned him to death.

His friend Cy shared the tragic event on Facebook. See below what he wrote plus the graphic and terribly tragic photos of the stoning, and how Nigerians on Facebook are reacting to this sordid event.

Kelechi Iheanacho To Miss Rio Olympics To Link Up With Guardiola At Man City

                     

Nigerian international Kelechi Iheanacho will not take part in Nigeria’s football medal hunt in Rio Olympics after new Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola expressed his desire to have him available for the start of the season.

Tanzanian Government Bans Shisha Smoking In The Country

  

The Tanzanian government has banned shisha smoking in the country. The Prime Minister, Mr Kassim Majaliwa has asked clerics, parents and all leaders to fight against dealers and smokers.

 Mr Majaliwa said the consumption of shisha resulted into temptation to indulge in all sorts of vices and eroding morals among the youth.

Storms kill over 3 persons, destroys 632 houses in Cross River

At least three persons died and no fewer than 632 houses destroyed by storms between January and June this year in Cross River, an official has said.

The Director General of Cross River State Emergency Management Agenc, Mr John Inaku, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Tuesday that the windstorm resulted from the heavy rains in most communities in the state.

Official White House Photographer Releases His Best Shots Of Barack Obama

                           

Official White House Photographer Pete Souza captured an estimated 2 million photos over 8 years while Obama was in office. Here's a selection of some of his favourite shots.

Skye Bank gets new MD, chairman as CBN takes over

A New helmsman has taken over at Skye Bank Plc. Mr Adetokunbo Abiru, a Harvard Business School graduate who headed Investment Banking at First Bank of Nigeria Ltd., is the Managing Director/CEO.

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele announced the management and board changes, which led to the resignation of Group Managing Director Timothy Oguntayo and Chairman Olatunde Ayeni.

Boy Who Lost His Nose After Being Treated By A Fake Doctor Grows Another On His Forehead

                      

Village doctors, with no medical training, administered injections to his face when he was just one month old, causing the tissue to die and drop off.

But thanks to unusual plastic surgery, the boy, from Indore, had a nose reconstructed on his forehead before it was transplanted into place.

Plane passenger who chanted 'Allahu Akbar' and 'boom' during turbulent flight is jailed

Holidaymakers were left in tears when this plane passenger chanted “Allahu Akbar” and “boom” on a Birmingham-bound flight.
Some of the 347 passengers on board were reportedly distraught when Shehraz Sarwar began shouting as the aircraft hit turbulence.
The shocking incident happened on an Emirates Boeing 777 from Dubai on February 1 this year, reported the Birmingham Mail .

"Always Be Happy"; India Appoints Its First Minister For Happiness

                          

India has announced it is creating its first 'ministry of happiness' to encourage citizens to take up yoga, spirituality and meditation in a bid to combat stress. The seventy-strong ministry will oversee a range of social programmes as well as organising religious pilgrimages for senior citizens.

Cannabis 'ATMs' to open in Jamaica's airports so tourists can get hold of weed once they arrive

Jamaica is planning to open cannabis 'ATMs' in its airports - allowing tourists the chance to get hold of weed as soon as they arrive in the country. 

The country is looking at ways to cash in on the drug after it was decriminalised last February.
The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has now started to look at ways to introduce these dedicated desks where visitors can pick up a licence for the 'good herb', Daily Mirror reports.