Hundreds of unemployed youths fall for a fake recruitment advert in Lagos (PHOTOS)

Hundreds of unemployed Nigerian youths today fell for a fake recruitment advert sent out via Whatsapp. A fake message was drafted and sent out by a prankster, claiming that people who have a B.sc and are interested in a 80k salary paying job at a call center in Guaranty Trust Bank plc, should come for an interview by 9am in VI, Lagos. People thought it was true and hundreds of youths, even from outside Lagos, came formally dressed but were shocked to find out it was a hoax. See tweets explaining more on what happened and a video, after the cut.

  Credit: Twitter - @madamTHEmadam

I didn't wanna embarrass Hillary Clinton, i was holding back at debate'- Donald Trump says

Donald Trump has suggested that he did so well at Monday Night's U.S Presidential election debate claiming he held back because he didn't want to embarrass his rival Hillary Clinton.

Speaking to a fired-up crowd in Melbourne on Tuesday, Trump said that he has the momentum for victory after what he said was a strong win in Monday's debate against Democrat Hillary Clinton.

'Clinton is as crooked as they come," Trump said, 'Everything she did turned out bad."

"I was holding back. I didn't want to embarrass her."

"She is the candidate of yesterday, and ours is the campaign and the people of the future," Trump said. "She's an insider, fighting only for her donors and insiders. I'm an outsider fighting for you."

During his speech at the AeroMod International hangar at Orlando Melbourne International Airport, Trump said Clinton was "incompetent as secretary of State."

"Crooked Hillary is going to be worse than Obama, and we can't let it happen," Trump said.

 

Trump also promised that he would "build the wall" to prevent illegal immigration into the United States from Mexico, and that Mexico would pay for it.

Hearing those remarks, the crowd estimated to be about 8500 chanted: "Build the wall."

U.S and South Korea Navy missile destroyers move around Korean border as a warning to North Korea (PHOTOS)

The Navies of the US and South Korean put on a Military show in the Sea of Japan on Monday morning, as a display of military might in response to North Korea's dictator Kim Jong-Un's testing of nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles earlier this month.

The military exercises saw the US missile destroyer ship USS Spruance align with ships, submarines and planes from the South Korean navy in the Japan sea, east of the Korean Peninsula making it the first time U.S. and South Korean vessels have operated together in waters so close to North Korea.

"We work side-by-side with our ROK partners every day; we are by their side today at sea, and we will remain by their side to defend against North Korea's unprovoked acts of aggression," Rear Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Korea and Task Force 78, said in a statement to CNN. 

"Our ROK-US alliance will counter the North Korean nuclear development and SLBM threats with determination," Vice Adm. Lee Ki-sik, commander of the Republic of Korea Fleet, said in a statement

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See "The World's Ugliest Woman" Lizzie Velasquez (PHOTOS)

American motivational speaker, anti-bullying activist and author, Lizzie Velasquez was dubbed the 'World's Ugliest Woman" in a video posted on YouTube when she was 17. She has a rare congenital disease which among other symptoms, prevents her from accumulating body fat. The condition resulted in bullying during her childhood and early youth.

The 27-year-old from Austin, Texas, who has spoken out against bullying, was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome by the Baylor College of Medicine. She has zero percent body fat and is medically unable to gain weight. Additionally, she is blind in in her right eye and vision-impaired in her left eye. Doctors told her parents, at birth that she would never speak or walk. The doctors were wrong. In fact, at 27, she does both professionally. HuffPost described her as a "seasoned motivational speaker and a "self-professed pacer" while she speaks on stage"

"There were many times where I was so frustrated and angry. I didn’t know who to blame or who to get angry at. I made every birthday wish, I lit every candle at church and did every prayer before bed. I said ‘God, please take this all away from me. Please make me normal,"  Velasquez told the crowd during one of her speaking engagements last year.

Velasquez has written two books, 'Be Beautiful, Be You and 'Choosing Happiness' directed towards teenagers, which share personal stories from her life and offer advice and talks about obstacles she has faced in her life and how she's learned the importance of choosing to be happy when it's all too easy to give up.

Growing up in Texas, Velasquez was teased, gawked at or sometimes downright ignored. She remembers her first day of kindergarten and noticing for the first time in her life that other kids were scared of her. She went home and asked her parents what was wrong with her.

"I credit my parents’ answer with why I’m able to do what I do today," she said to HuffPost. When I asked them what was wrong with me they said there’s nothing wrong with you. The only difference is that you’re smaller than the other kids. They told me we are going to love you and support you and help you reach every dream you have," she added.

Her parents treated her like everyone else. But the world did not. Velasquez remembers going to amusement parks and feeling like an attraction. Groups of adults would stop mid-conversation and stare at her. She refused to go to water parks because she couldn’t stand to be in a bathing suit in public.

A documentary film based on her life which is entitled A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story, premiered at SXSW last year and is set to premiere on Lifetime on October 17th, 2016. The optimistic young woman took to Instagram five days ago to write about the birth of the documentary.

"I still remember the day we hung up giant post it notes on a wall and brainstormed what would be needed to bring @abraveheartfilm life. I remember our cheers of happiness as each of you gave so generously of your time and money to help our team. I remember the day we realized this project was so much larger than us. I want to congratulate not only our Brave Heart team but everyone who has watched, shared, and helped give a voice to those who needed the help. On October 17th at 8pm PT/ET, our documentary will make its television debut on @lifetimetv! Here's to us remembering the day we helped bring awareness to the possibility of coming out on the other side of bullying"

Source: Lizzie Velasques/Instagram, Wikipedia, additional information from Huff Post.

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Manchester teen girl raped by man after being held down and robbed by two other women

A teenage girl from Manchester was on Wednesday between 2a.m to 3a.m raped by a man after two other women robbed her and held her down in the Manchester city centre.

 

The man who raped the girl was wearing sports clothing, is white, was in his 20s and has a clean shaven face according to police.

 

The first woman who held her down is described as 18-years-old, of mixed race with a scrawny build and ponytail hair while the second woman, who robbed her is described as mixed race, in her early 20s and ponytail hair too. The man, and two women all had Manchester accent.

 

Detective Inspector Dave Moores of GMP’s Serious Sexual Offences Unit said: “This was a horrendous attack on a young woman which has, understandably, left her extremely distressed.

“We are providing her with support from specially trained officers and have launched a full investigation.”

Source: Sun UK/ Manchester Evening News

Father & Daughter Seriously Burnt After Kerosene Explosion In Rivers State (Photo)

Mr. Fidelis Umechukwu and his daughter Chidinma are presently battling for their lives in different hospitals in Port Harcourt, after an explosion that was caused by kerosene at the family residence in Rumueme Community, Obio/Akpor Local government of Rivers State.
Umechukwu, 47 was rushed to Eboyi Hospital at Orazi in Obio/Akpor Local government while his daughter Chidinma 13, who was said to be in a very serious condition, was being treated at Life forth Hospital, Iwofi in the same Obio/Akpor Local government area of Rivers State.

The incident which took place on Sunday evening destroyed the victims’ properties in the kitchen and also affected the main building of their house.
One of the Victims neighbors, Mr. Chigozie Abasirim said before the incident took place Mr. Umechukwu was reading his bible at the front of his house.
He said the explosion took everybody on surprise because nobody expected such a horrible incident to take place that evening.

Nigeria will soon to join most attractive investment destinations in the world- President Buhari

 

President Buhari has assured potential investors that Nigeria would soon be one of the most attractive places to invest as his administration has embarked on significant economic reforms to realize that goal.

He gave this assurance to a large gathering of political and business leaders from the United States, Africa and other regions of the world at the Second United States-Africa Business Forum in the New York, on Wednesday, organized by the US Department of Commerce and Bloomberg Philanthropies.
He said that the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council headed by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, will soon come out with wide-ranging business environment reforms on ports, visa-on arrival, improving the speed and efficiency of land titling and business registration. Some fiscal incentives he noted, include, up to 5 years tax holiday for activities classified as “pioneer;” tax-free operations; no restrictions on expatriate quotas in Free Trade Zones; and a low VAT regime of 5 per cent.

“We intend to make Nigeria one of the most attractive places to do business,” he declared, even as he noted that Nigeria remains the number one investment destination in Africa.

President Buhari added that his administration will continue to strengthen government institutions in order to address the concerns of investors and ease investments in the Nigerian economy.

“We are weaning ourselves from a historical dependence on crude oil, diversifying our economy, and putting it on the path of sustainable and inclusive growth. To this end, we have embarked on policies aimed at establishing an open, rules-based and market-oriented economy. We will continue to actively engage with the private sector at the highest levels to listen to your concerns and to assure you of our commitment to creating enabling policies in which your businesses can survive and thrive,” President Buhari said.

He urged participants to

“take advantage of this Forum to establish and strengthen business relationships, share valuable experience and collaborate for mutual benefits.”

President Buhari, while stressing that enormous potential exists for foreign investment and for the local economy, listed sectors which have barely been exploited to include Nigeria’s 180-million population and abundance of labour; arable land; forest waters; oil and gas; solid minerals; livestock and huge tourist potential.
According to him,

“These are no doubt challenging times for the Nigerian economy. But let me use this opportunity to boldly affirm our conviction that there is no crisis without an accompanying opportunity. In our case, we see Nigeria’s ongoing economic challenges – occasioned mainly by the fall in oil prices – as an opportunity to set the economy firmly on the path of true diversification, sustainable economic growth and shared prosperity.”

The President said that the reform measures taken by his administration since inception in 2015 have started yielding good fruits especially in the areas of security, anti-corruption and revamping the economy.

He said the priority investment sectors for his administration now are improving infrastructure, industrial productivity, agriculture, mining and digital economy where “young Nigerians are increasingly demonstrating that they have the talent and the passion to leverage.”

On United States-Nigeria business relations, he announced the commencement of the US-Nigeria Commercial and Investment Dialogue with a focus on the infrastructure, agriculture, digital economy, investment and regulatory reform to be jointly led by the Nigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment and his US counterpart.

President Buhari said after this Business Forum, he looked forward to increased trade and investment flows between Nigeria and the United States.‎

Ballon D'or award to be seprated from World Footballer of the year as FIFA ends it's partnership with France Football

France Football- the original organizers of the Ballon D'or Award have announced that they've ended their 6 year partnership with FIFA and that from next year the Ballon D'or award won't be associated with the World's football governing body.

The statements by FIFA and France Football explained that from next year France Football will organize the Ballon D'or Award while FIFA will organize the FIFA World player of the year.

Ahead of the 61st edition of the Ballon d’Or, France Football released a statement explaining the new changes to the competition format.

Ballon D'or Changes:

1.The voting will only include votes from journalists. National team managers and captains no longer have a vote.

2. The shortlist of finalists for the Ballon d’Or award will increase from 23 to 30.

3.There will be no three man finalists ahead of the award ceremony.

4. The Ballon d’Or will be presented before the end of the calendar year, as oppose to January.

During FIFA's partnership with France Football that lasted from 2010-2016, only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo won the coveted Ballon d’Or award so from next year, the two players can compete for both awards..

Nigerian Navy arrest leader of notorious Niger Delta militant group, four others

The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday, September 14th, said that it has arrested 5 Niger Delta criminals including the leader of a notorious militant group, one Uduak Etim Thomson of the Bakasi Strike Force.

In a statement signed by its spokesman, Commodore Christian Ezekobe, the militants perpetuated series of crimes, including attack on market women and other traders, siphoning of crude oil and destruction of pipelines.

"As part of efforts to eliminate unwholesome activities perpetuated by criminals in the Niger Delta, the Nigerian Navy has arrested one of the top leaders of a group which goes by the name Bakassi Strike Force (BSF)

"The suspected Militant Mr Uduak Etim Thompson aka SANGATA was arrested on 12 September 2016 at his hideout in Calabar by a joint team from Nigerian Navy Ship VICTORY and Defence Intelligence Agency”. It would be recalled that some top members of the BSF had earlier been arrested. "These arrests bring to fore the commitment of the Nigerian Navy and other security agencies to stamp out the menace of criminal brigandage in the region.

"Investigation into these untoward activities have commenced and the perpetrators will be handed over to prosecuting agencies for further action."

Hillary Clinton's doctor releases new medical records, say her infection is non-contagious

Hillary Clinton's campaign team has released new medical records and information about the presidential candidate after the media and general public raised eyebrows over her health in the aftermath of her collapse on Sunday.

On Monday her campaign team said she was diagnosed with Pneumonia and now her personal doctor Dr. Lisa Bardack, who's also the chair of Internal Medicine at CareMount Medical in Mount Kisco, New York has released more information on her health following her decision  to take three days off the campaign trail.

'I evaluated Clinton at least four times this month -- including Wednesday -- and found that the Democratic nominee had a small right middle-lobe pneumonia.' Dr Bardack wrote in a letter released to the media. The remainder of her complete physical exam was normal and she is in excellent mental condition."  

"My overall impression is that Mrs. Clinton has remained healthy and has not developed new medical conditions this year other than a sinus and ear infection and her recently diagnosed pneumonia, She is recovering well with antibiotics and rest. She continues to remain healthy and fit to serve as president of the United States."

CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said Wednesday's disclosures were "pretty similar" to information she released last year saying the information isn't comprehensive.

"This is certainly not a release of medical records by any means. This is very similar, in some ways, to what we got in July of last year," Gupta said.

Danish man who rode a bicycle from Denmark to Nigeria received in Calabar

26 year old Danish man, Sunnel Thuesem, a bicyclist, was warmly received by some Cross Rivers state government officials yesterday after he rode a bicycle from Denmark to Nigeria (Lagos-Benin-Calabar) and enroute Cameroon to South Africa. Among the appointees who received the young Danish bicyclist were Prince Godswill Edward (ex president Jonathan's son in-law) who is the special adviser to the state governor Ben Ayade on Youth Affairs, S.A Sports Mr. Effiwatt. and Mr. Eric Anderson S.A Tourism. More photos after the cut...

45 year old woman arrested for having sex with her 25-year-old son

A North Carolina woman, Melissa Nell Kitchens, 45, has been arrested by Buncombe County police for allegedly having sex with her 25 year old son Shaun Thomas Pfeiffer .

 The mother and son, both of Ashville, who face felony incest charges, were arrested last week and could both face up to three years in jail. They allegedly had a sexual relationship last month.

Melissa is being held on $5000 bail while her son Pfeiffer was being held on $70,500 bail, according to the Buncombe Sheriff's office. In addition to incest charges, he's facing charges of indecent liberties with a child and is expected in court on Sept. 30.

Melissa hinted at some shady relationship between her and her son who on Facebook is listed as 'married' in a Facebook post last year.

“Can’t get over How Handsome You Are and I’m about to Cry, Things are Very Stressful and I Love You and I respect Any Decision --- As Long as your Happy and Safe...I miss you & wish I had more time with you.”she commented on a photo of her son.

Source: NYDailyNews

THERE WAS NO BUS TO GO TRAINING IN ATLANTA - MIKEL OB

Nigeria captain at the 2016 Olympics Games, Mikel John Obi has confirmed that the squad had financial problems ahead of the competition especially during their camping in Atlanta, USA.



It was reported that the Nigerian team skipped workouts on several occasions while in America as a result of no bus provided to take them to training and they find it difficult to have their meals, if the Chelsea midfielder did not intervene.



"It wasn't a great experience in the build-up in Atlanta. There was no food for the guys, no bus to go to training, no pitch to train on,’’ Mikel explained to chelseafc.com.



“Coming into the team I tried to help as much as I can. The boys had suffered for two years, working very hard trying to play in Rio.




“I wanted to help as much as I could and they all say they owe me. It’s a great achievement that we managed to go there and win a medal.’’




The 29 years old midfielder will make his 250th appearance for Chelsea if selected for Sunday's Premier League game against Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium. @mikel_john_obi @thenffofficial @chelseafc

Brazilian couple has 13 sons and won't stop having kids until they have a girl (photos)

Brazilian couple Irineu Cruz and his wife Jucicleide Silva have been trying for the past 20 years to conceive a daughter without success. They have 13 sons ranging from 1 month to 18 years old. When the couple got together, they planned that the mother would name the girls while the father named the boys. The father has named 13 of their children who are all boys while the mum is yet to name any child because they don't have a daughter yet. And the woman says she will continue to bear children until she gets a daughter. See more pics after the cut...

Nigerian Paralympian Rolland Ezuruike wins Gold at the ongoing Rio Paralympics

Nigerian Paralympian, Rolland Ezuruike won the first Gold for the country in the on going Rio 2016 Paralympic games, when he lifted 200kg in the men’s 54kg to beat China’s Jian Wang and Greece’s Dimitrios Bakochristos to the top prize. It is Nigeria’s first gold and the second medal in the games.

The Gold medal was the first in the games for Nigeria but the 2nd medal so far.

WTF! Indonesian villagers dig up dead relatives from the grave and give them makeovers (photos)

A village known as Toraja in South Sulawesi, Indonesia practices what many will term 'the most bizarre' ritual ever as villagers every three years dig up the corpses of loved ones and give them make overs in an event called the 'Ceremony of Cleaning Corpses'.

 

As part of the zombie ceremony, even the skeletons of children are exhumed, damaged coffins are fixed or replaced before the mummies are walked around the area by following a path of straight lines during the ritual.

Herman Tandi, 32 dug up the skeletons of his grand parents Jesaya Tandibua and Yakolina Namanda, brushed their hair and wore them wedding suits.

In another part of the village, another family dug up the skeleton of their relative, an army veteran that's been buried for ten years, and then dressed him in army uniform for the ceremony also known as Ma’nene ritual before taking 'family' pictures with him.

Another man's skeleton, Paul Sampe Lumba, who has been dead for seven years, was given glasses, a tie and a striped blazer so he could look good in the family photo while Ne’Tampo, dead for 30 years receives his own make over .

The villagers have an ancient belief that a person’s spirit must return to their place of origin so the more they go to the morgue, the better.

The kind of stories that come out from Asia tho!

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