Saturday, January 18, 2014

Nun delivers Child, says she wasn't aware of pregnancy?

She claims not to be aware that she was pregnant, question is was she supposed to be.

A Salvadorean nun who said she had no idea she was pregnant gave birth in Italy this week after she felt stomach cramps in her convent and was rushed to hospital, Italian media reported on Friday.
The 31-year-old mother and her baby boy, who weighs 3.5 kilograms (9 pounds), are doing well and other new mothers in Rieti hospital have begun collecting clothes and donations for her, the reports said.
"I did not know I was pregnant. I only felt a stomach pain," the nun was quoted as saying at the hospital, the Italian news agency ANSA reported. Continue...
La Repubblica said she gave birth on Wednesday.

ANSA said the nun had named her baby Francesco (Francis) -- also the pope's chosen title and one of the most popular names in Italy, where St Francis of Assisi is the much-loved national patron saint.
The hospital could not be reached for comment.

The nun belongs to the "Little Disciples of Jesus" convent in Campomoro near Rieti, which manages an old people's home and reports said she would keep the baby.

Her fellow nuns were quoted saying they were "very surprised".

Source: AFP 

Friday, January 17, 2014

LASU may miss 24th Nigerian University Games

Lagos – The Lagos State University (LASU) may not participate in the 24th Nigerian University Games (NUGA) scheduled to hold from Feb.12 to Feb.22 at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun.
The NUGA Co-coordinating Coach for LASU, Owoyemi Idowu, disclosed this on Friday in Lagos.
He said that there was nothing on the ground for the athletes to be part of the event.
“There is nothing to depict that the school is going to be part of the students’ games which is just about three weeks away from now.
“The management has not made any fund available for the event. As it is now, there is no training of any kind going on in the campus.
“The sports council is at a crossroads at the moment. Finance-wise, everything is at a standstill now,’’ Idowu lamented.
LASU had, participated in eight sports during the preliminaries of NUGA.
These included volleyball, judo, taekwondo, track and field, tennis, table tennis, basketball (male) and soccer.
According to the coach, there is no form of mobilisation of athletes going on as regards the biennial university competition.
“We have made presentations to the university’s management for the release of funds to enable us attend the competition, but to no avail.
“There is no response from the management which is a subtle way of saying we are not ready for the games,’’ the coach said.
Idowu appealed to the management to help the school’s athletes who qualified for the competition to achieve their dreams by providing funds to attend the event.
Four private universities will attend the competition.
The private universities are: Lead University in Ibadan, the Bells University in Ota, Ogun, Benson Idahosa University in Benin and Achievers University in Owo, Ondo State.
LASU won one gold and one silver in long distance race, one bronze in table tennis and two silver in judo at the last NUGA held at the University of Benin in 2011. (NAN)

Court sets bail at 100,000 Naira for man who beat up a soldier

Lagos – A Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Friday slammed a N100,000 bail on a 24-year-old tailor, Lukman Suleiman, for beating a solider with a stick.
The accused, who resides at No. 15, Adeleye St., Sari-Iganmu, a Lagos suburb, is facing a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, breach of peace and assault.
He pleaded not guilty.
But the prosecutor, Insp. Gabriel Ekundayo, told the court that the accused with others still at large committed the offences on Oct. 31, 2013.
According to him, the accused beat up one Lance Cpl. Johnson Oluwunmi in a room at Ark Villa Hotel at Zion Street, Sari-Iganmu.
“Oluwunmi was in the hotel room when the accused dashed into the room and refused to leave.
“An argument ensued which led to a fight and in the process, the manager of the hotel intervened and pleaded with the officer to release the accused.
“The accused left and came back with 15 other men, all armed with machete, broken bottles and sticks to beat up Oluwunmi,’’ Ekundayo alleged.
He noted that the offences contravened Sections 51, 166, 171 and 409 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2011.
The Magistrate, Mrs M.O. Olajuwon, granted the accused bail with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case to Feb.18 for mention. (NAN)

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Meet the man who hasn't had a bath in over 60 years...


This Iranian man you see above hasn't allegedly had a bath for 60 years. Daily Mail reports that 80 year old Iranian Amou Haji hasn't washed for 60 years because he believes being clean will make him sick, and his favourite food is rotten porcupine.

To relax he likes to sit down and have a smoke, from a pipe packed with animal faeces. Mr Haji says he chose this way of life after going through some emotional setbacks in his youth and since then - perhaps unsurprisingly - he has become a bit isolated.
His home is in Dejgah village in the southern province of Fars in Iran where, once, a group of young men offered to give him a shower - but luckily he managed to escape.
At night he either sleeps in a hole in the ground, which is quite like a grave, or in an open brick shack which concerned locals built for him

40 Nigerians arrested over Italian visa racketeering

The police in Lagos have cracked down on a number of suspects believed to have attempted to use fake documents to secure Italian visas.
40 people have been arrested by operatives of the Special Fraud Unit after a tip off from the Italian embassy.
The suspects were involved in such offences as forging statements of accounts and possessing fake travel documents among other things.
The Commissioner of Police, Special Fraud Unit, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin, said the arrest of the suspects was made possible by a written request received from the Consulate General of Italy in Lagos to carry out investigations on the 40 suspects who submitted fake and forged documents to Italian Embassy in a bid to travel out of the country.
According to him, “it has now become rampant for unscrupulous Nigerians to desire travelling out of the country through dubious means.
“In the course of their attempt to manipulate records and information, many reputable organisations, financial institutions and government parastatals’ records are falsified and tampered with.”
Ogunsakin also said the network of crooks that specialised in travel document racketeering had been shattered and will soon face the courts..

Meet The Nine Year Old Girl Who Passed her Waec Exams

A 9-year-old prodigy girl, Anjola Victoria, has passed her WAEC exams the November/December 2013 West African Examination Council (WAEC).

Read the story of her success in the interview with the Sun Newspapers:

What was your experience during the period of GCE exams?
I studied a lot during the period of the exam. I even had to study books that were for SS3 students. I also studied the oldest past questions of the GCE examination that I could lay my hands on because the older the questions, the harder they are.

How did you register for GCE considering your tender age?
I burst into tears when the computer rejected me as being too young to register for GCE. I had to increase my age by five years before I could register for the exam.

What was the impression of other candidates at the exam centre?
No one believed that I was a candidate let alone give me the opportunity to write the exam; not even

the examiners allowed me into the exam hall until I passed the biometric test. Some candidates were mocking me, others called me names “over-ambitious girl, wait for your time”. 



What was your Exam registration number?
My Exam number was 5250802098.

How old were you when you registered for the exam?
I was eight years old when I was preparing for the exam. I was eight when I wrote the French Oral exam then I clocked 9 before I wrote the English exam.

What was easy and what was very hard?
It was actually easy but the difficult part of the English exam was the summary aspect.

What were your grades in the exams?
I registered for seven papers but only wrote two, English and French because I readily had teachers in those two subjects, dad and mum. I made C5 in French Language and C6 in English Language.

Did your school participate in grooming you for the examination?
My school was not aware I was writing the exam. But what I learnt from school also played a part, so in a way, my school participated.

Even my parents got to know about my registration for the exam after my brothers helped me complete the process. My parents who are both Lawyers felt it was a daring joke considering my age but decided to groom me for the exam. They had degrees in English and French respectively before reading Law.

Why did you write only English and French?
I wrote only English and French because by the time I made up my mind to register for the exams, time was not on my side. I had teachers in those two subjects only: mum and dad.

Do you speak so much French? How did you make C5 in French?
I don’t speak much French but my dad does. He had first and second degrees in French before reading Law. I am the former Miss French of my school. Every year, my school organises a French day and “Miss French” and “Master French” pageant is the main event for the day. I am always involved in any French related activity in my school. I am the current Head Girl of the school.

Was French easier than English? Why did you perform better in French than English?
French was not easier than English, but interestingly, I had more confidence than ability in French and the reverse was the case in English. I love French. I am an active member of French Club in my school. Daddy always told me Paris is a beautiful city. I heard of the famous French proverb “See Paris and die” and I wish to see it one day.

Did you receive special lessons in preparation for the exam?
Yes I did, in a way my dad who is a bilingual lawyer and a former French teacher was my French teacher and my mum who is a Chief Magistrate was my English teacher.

How did you feel when you passed the examination?
I felt very happy when I passed the exam but I was a bit disappointed by the result because I expected B2 or B3 in English Language.

Do you have a social life?
Yes I have a social life. I love dancing. I win best dancer’s competition at most birthday parties and social functions.

How do you relax?
I play games on my dad’s iPad. I relax by watching television or swimming. I also enjoy reading storybooks and science encyclopaedia.

What do you want to become in future?
My dream is to be a medical doctor in the future, if possible be the youngest medical doctor in the history of Nigeria.

What message do you have for children of your age?
I advise children of my age to cultivate the reading culture and be ready to learn and show seriousness in their studies because having the right attitude is better than hard work and knowledge. When there is a will, there is a way.