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A prominent member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Lagos is dead. Rasaq Bello, popularly called Hamburger, was shot on Monday 29th of May 2017 in the Shogunle area of Lagos during the local council primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC). . . He was shot by members of a rival gang allegedly led by Samson Agbetoye, popularly called Golden. Golden is said to belong to the MC Olumo faction of the NURTW in the state. . . It was gathered that trouble started shortly after the council primary in the Shogunle ward was abruptly aborted after members protested the modalities for the conduct of the exercise. The exercise was held at the Shogunle Town Hall. . . It was furthered gathered that Hamburger and his group later stormed the base of Golden in Ago Owu street. Both camps exchanged gun shots. One of the shots hit Hamburger and was ferried away from the scene of the incident by his supporters. . . The bloody incident has forced residents of Owo...

Arnold Schwarzenegger blasts Trump. Arnold Schwarzenegger laid into US President Donald Trump Sunday saying his plans to revive coal would bring the world back to the horse and cart. The Hollywood star and former California governor said he despairs of what Trump’s energy policy, which is heavy on fossil fuels, will do to the planet. “When I hear he wants to bring coal back, that’s going backwards. The next thing he’ll want to bring horses and buggies (carts) back,” the actor and activist told reporters at the Cannes film festival. “Trump or no Trump we all have to move forward,” he added. And he urged people worldwide to rise up to save the planet. “All great movements — civil rights, the vote for women, the anti-apartheid movement, the freedom movement in India — all started on a grassroots level. “We cannot wait for Washington. The people have to rise up and say we got to protect what we have so we don’t h...

Years back, *poor illiterate  parents* produced 🔹  Doctors, 🔹  Engineers, 🔹  Scientists, 🔹  Accountants, 🔹  Lawyers, 🔹  Architects, 🔹  Professors..,  whom I will refer to as *Group 'A'*. These *Group 'A'* Children struggled on their own after Primary 6 or Grade 12, to become notable personalities. Most of them 👉  trekked to school *barefooted* 👉   went to farms 👉  fetched water and firewood 👉  cared for domesticated animals 👉  did some work including trading after school to survive. Now Group 'A', who have now become Parents themselves are *producing  Group 'B'  Children* These group B children are 🔹  pampered 🔹  helped in their homeworks or home assignments from nursery school through secondary schools to higher institutions. 🔹  chauffeur driven to very expensive schools or are sent abroad to study. 🔹  they can watch movies from morning till dawn a...

Monaco have sealed the Ligue 1 title after beating Saint-Etienne on Wednesday evening. Leonardo Jardim's side have broken Paris Saint-Germain’s hold over the French crown, with Les Parisiens having won four straighht titles since 2012-13, with their run tying for the second-longest in the league’s history behind Lyon’s seven consecutive crowns between 2001-2008. Needing only a draw to secure the title, Kylian Mbappe netted his 15th goal of the Ligue 1 season before Valere Germain added a late second as the hosts came away with the 2-0 victory over Saint Etienne. With the win, Monaco moved to 92 points, while PSG sit at 86, unable to close the gap with just one game remaining. It is Monaco’s first league title since the 1999-2000 season and the club’s eighth overall. It has been a marvelous season for Jardim’s men, as they not only took home the title in France, but also enjoyed a run to the Champions League semi-finals.

On January 22, 2015, Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, came on the set of  The Tonight Show with all-around funnyman Jimmy Fallon, with a simple proposition for Fallon: let’s each drink a glass of water. Simple right? Oh… here’s the catch: one of the glasses contained bottled water, while the other was very recently fresh  sewage , filtered using Gates’ latest philanthropic effort, the Omni Processor. Let’s watch the fun results: Via: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon   ."> 1 Omni Processor Water Purifier In retrospect, it seems incredibly obvious that the solution to the question “how do we get potable water to all of Africa?” ended up being this process which involves high school level chemistry. On some level it’s very simple, hearkening back to basic principles that have been understood for centuries. How much of a solution are we talking about? Well according to the  Omni Processor’s we...

We exclusively gathered that the house was designed and built by his company Revamp construction and all the sculptural works were done by monvere; a French company. The building as gathered is structured with fortified walls, 6 bedrooms and a cinema pavilion among other features. Comedian Igodye Check out photos of the mansion below:   The Golden eyes castle has a customized replicated golden fitted sculptor of his grandmother Queen Agnes, designed as a monument to eulogize her for nurturing him as a young kid.

Everyone was shocked when Megan Flaherty, from New Jersey, showed up at her high school prom lying flat in a wooden box and being driven in a hearse as if she was dead for real. The 17-year-old teen wanted to surprise her classmates by doing something that nobody else could have imagined of. Ideas on how to have great fun were not in short supply, but ‘killing’ herself sounded just too cool. She shared the idea with her prom date, Stephen Caldwell, to avoid any trouble. He agreed to be part of the plan.