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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Police arrest two little boys aged 10 & 7 for allegedly raping & killing a 1 year old girl in Cameroon

Two little boys have been arrested for allegedly raping and killing a one year old girl in Cameroon. Police in Kumbe Balindo, Ndian Division in the South West region of the country paraded the boys, aged 7 and 10, who shockingly admitted to the act. But in what world can a 7 year old boy have erection enought to rape? What nonsense?

According to Cameroon Intelligence Report, after raping the girl, the little boys forced her body into a pit latrine and then hit her with a stick until she died. However, a traditional ruler in the area is of the opinion that 'the young boys cannot get an erection and are not capable of destroying the late baby’s private as medical reports indicated.'

Some also believe that someone is possibly using the children to 'hide a ritual crime.

South Korea, Japan & China condemn North Korea's dictator Kim Jong-Un after he tests his 5th & most powerful nuclear warhead

The Supreme leader of North Korea Kim Jong-Un on Friday morning carried out the launch of its most powerful nuclear warhead - a move that's sure to rile the US and neighboring South Korea.

Neighboring South Korea stated this morning it believes this is the North’s biggest nuke test to date – reportedly twice the size of that which leveled Hiroshima.

 

According to North Korea's state run media in Pyongyang, the warhead could be mounted on ballistic rockets and would enable North Korea to produce "a variety of smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear warheads of higher strike power."

Melissa Hanham, a senior research associate at James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies told CNN;

"It's hard for us to verify their claim. My deep fear is that they will launch a live nuclear weapon on one of their missiles, but that would be extremely dangerous as that could trigger a war,"

South Korea, Japan and China have condemned the nuclear test in it's entirety saying the move by the dictator is a clear violation of the United Nations Security Council resolution.

South Korean president Park Geun-hye  said in an official statement;

"The only thing that Kim Jong Un regime can gain from the nuclear tests is stronger sanctions from the international community and its isolation. Such provocation will eventually hasten its path to self-destruction,"

We are currently analyzing whether it was a successful test," a South Korean defense ministry official told CNN.

According to CNN, the US Air Force is expected to start flying the WC-135 Constant Phoenix Aircraft today to take air samples and see if it can determine a nuclear event occurred, if this is determined North Korea will be in line for heavy sanctions from the U.N and international community.

(PHOTOS) Chelsea coach Antonio Conte puts his eggplant on display while on holiday with his wife.

47 year old Chelsea coach Antonio Conte and his wife Elisabetta Muscarello made the most of the international break by jetting off on holiday to Italy to soak up the sun before premier League duties resume this weekend. But the Chelsea coach didn't expect the paparrazi to pick up images of his eggplant as he wore dark navy Speedos in Savona, a coastal resort in the north west of Italy. More photos after the cut.