Akpors news jokes

Akpos was
enjoying the sun at the
beach in Lekki when a
Lady girl came and
asked him, "Are u
relaxing?"
Akpos replied; "No, I am
Akpos".
A man came and asked
him the same question.
Akpos replied, "No!
No! ..Me Akpos!".
Later on a Little Girl
came and asked him
same question again.
Akpos became angry and
decided
to move away.
While walking, he saw a
guy sunbathing.
He went up to him and
asked," Are you
Relaxing?" The guy
replied;
"Yes, I am relaxing."
Akpos gave him a hot
slap on his face and
screamed; "foolish
man ,Is it not you
everybody is looking
for?"
Am sure u atleast smiled. A word for Akpors

Rihanna losses breast cancer battle.

Really really *sad*

Vixen guitarist Jan Kuehnemund has lost
her cancer battle at the age of 51. The girl
group founder and lead guitarist passed
away on Thursday (10Oct13), according to
reports. The Minnesota native formed
Vixen in high school and moved the band
to Los Angeles in the mid-1980s, later
signing to EMI and releasing a self-titled
debut album in 1988. Vixen also hit the
singles charts with Cryin' and Edge of a
Broken Heart, and the bandmates
appeared in director Penelope Spheeris'
film The Decline of Western Civilization II:
The Metal Years. Regulars on MTV, the
group followed up their debut album with
Rev It Up in 1990. Kuehnemund briefly
reunited the band's classic line-up for
VH1's Bands Reunited in 2004.

Doing laundry while the washing machines are there to do the job

1. Take Your Temperatures
First and foremost, follow the item’s care
label. Generally, the rules are as follows:
Cold is for fine fabrics, items that might
shrink, and sensitive dark colors.
Warm is for moderately soiled stuff and
man-made fabrics.
Hot is for whites, really dirty clothes, and
colorfast items.
2. Keep Whites Bright
When your whites start going gray (or
yellow), consider these factors: You might
not be using enough detergent to get
clothes clean; the water temps might be too
low (whites do best in hot water); and you
could be contaminating the laundry with
really dirty clothes that are making the
mildly soiled clothes even dirtier! Make the
contaminated load a do-over and try a
bleach product that’s safe for the fabrics in
the wash.
3. Prevent Fading
It’s a sad day when your perfect black
pants don’t look so black and crisp
anymore. Turn dark-colored clothes inside
out before washing and drying to reduce
abrasion and dulling. Also, check the water
temperature -- it might be too hot for your
richly colored pieces. Check the care label
to see what the manufacturer suggests.
4. Prevent Shrinking
Stop blaming your dryer. Most shrinkage
happens in the washer when fabric relaxes
(usually about 1 to 3 percent). The best way
to avoid turning your large into a small is
to follow the care label. If it permits
machine washing, use a cold water setting
and either hang the item to dry or turn the
dryer down to its lowest setting. Be careful
-- once something has shrunk, you’re stuck
with it.
5. Avoid Bleeding
Never turn your clothes an icky shade of
pink again. To find out if something is
colorfast, drop a little water on an inside
corner or seam, and see if the dye runs. To
be safe, wash it alone the first time and
check if the water has turned a different
shade.
When a red article of clothing infects the
load, there’s not much you can do. You can
opt to run the load again and add bleach,
but the damage is usually permanent. Enjoy
your new wardrobe!
6. Do the Delicates
Don’t subject your dainty brassieres to the
aggressive agitation of the machine (unless
there is a special “delicate” cycle, in which
case it’s best to place them in a mesh
lingerie bag to limit tossing that can
weaken and pull the fabric). When in
doubt, washing by hand is always a safe
alternative. To wash delicates, fill the sink
with cool water, add a capful of mild
detergent such as Forever New, and swish
it around with your hand for about 3 to 5
minutes. Allow the bra to soak for an
additional 10 minutes and then rinse with
cool water. Finish by laying it flat on a
white towel. If you’re in a hurry, roll it up
and lightly squeeze it to extract excess
water.
7. Limit the Suds
Less is more when it comes to detergent.
Follow the recommendations on the bottle.
It might seem like too little, but trust us,
your clothes will not get cleaner -- in fact
they might get dirtier. Too many suds at
one time can actually trap soil,
redepositing it on clothes and even in the
crevices of the machine (like the space
between the basket and tub). Sitting in that
warm place all alone, the body soil has
nothing better to do than turn mildewy and
stink up the washing machine. Didn’t listen?
Escape from a sudsy overflow by setting the
washer to run on a short rinse and spin
cycle without detergent.
8. Sort!
You should sort by color, water temp, soil,
and sometimes fabric.
Whites: Keep them separate, otherwise
dyes from darks could bleed on to them.
Lights: Divide into groups of colorfast
pastels, medium colors, and light print
pieces.
Darks: Same as lights
Heavily soiled: Separate items or the dirt
might transfer to innocent pieces of
clothing, making the whites gray and the
brights dull.
Fabrics: Use the above rule but if you want
to get ambitious, sort by fabrics that might
transfer lint, such as towels, flannel, and
fleece items. And always check pockets for
tissues.
9. Find the Right Detergent
If you like the scent of a country meadow,
then choose the brand that fulfills your
sensory needs. For function first, read this:
Liquid detergents are good for pretreating
stains and removing food.
Powder is nice for general loads (it’s also
really good at lifting out ground-in dirt).
Ultra versions are concentrated liquids or
powders in small packages designed to give
you more bang for your buck. Since you
need less for each use, they last longer and
the packages take up less space.
HE, or high-efficiency detergents , reduce
the level of suds and prevent color transfer
in high-efficiency machines or machines
with low-water modes (those that hold 8
gallons of water as opposed to 12 to 17).
10. Don’t Forget to Add the Fabric
Softener
Do you want dry, wrinkle-free clothing?
Then use a fabric softener either in liquid
or sheet form. Nowadays, some detergents
add in their own touch of softener. Before
you add the liquid to your wash, you’ll
need to dilute it first before it mixes with
the water. Be sure to avoid pouring it
directly onto clothes as it might stain.
(Some fabric softeners can lessen the
effectiveness of flame retardancy on
fabrics, sometimes found in clothing like
children's sleepwear.)
11. Don’t Let Your Laundry Linger
It’s best to take the laundry out of the
machine right away, but phone calls, nail
polish, the game, and crying kids can
impede even your best efforts. The longer
clothes sit, the more they wrinkle in the
dryer or get moldy in the wash. Aside from
paying close attention to the time, opt for
the automatic cycle versus the timed cycle
on the dryer so things don’t get overly dry
(the auto function senses when the load is
dry and shuts off). Also, choose the tumble
press or wrinkle guard option. When the
cycle ends, the machine will tumble at
timed intervals to prevent the setting in of
wrinkles.
12. Keep Stains From Setting
Act now! If you pretreat as quickly as
possible, you might prevent the stain from
becoming a permanent addition. Rinse or
soak the garment in cold water, apply a
stain remover, and get it to the washer.
Don’t put the shirt in the dryer if the stain
remains or it will set. Instead, pretreat,
wash, and repeat.
13. Static Cling Stuck on You?
Not to get technical on you, but that cling is
caused by a buildup of electrical charges
when clothes rub against each other in the
dryer. Drying on too high a setting doesn’t
help. Use a fabric softener sheet to sedate
the sparks and select the lowest
temperature setting possible that will still
get the job done.
14. Save the Socks
Missing socks are an age-old mystery.
Frankly, there is no solid answer on how to
keep socks from disappearing. Some
experts suggest that socks can get sucked
under the agitator and down the drain
when the water empties. Others say the
missing sock probably never made it to the
laundry room in the first place. If you don’t
pay close attention when you load up the
basket (and really, do we have time?), small
pieces like single socks can fall and get
kicked under the bed, stuck in the hamper,
or adopted by the dog as a toy. Keep track
of socks by counting them after they come
out of the wash and before they find their
way into the dryer. We’d never suggest you
handle stinky socks more than needed.

Samsung produces first ever bendable smartphone

Here come the bendable smartphone displays. Samsung has announced the Galaxy Round smartphone, which the Korean electronics giant is calling the "world's first curved display smartphone."

Galaxy Round sports a 5.7-inch full HD Super AMOLED screen that will let users take advantage of a "Roll Effect" to check the date, time, missed call, and battery status information, even when the home screen is off. A separate "Gravity Effect," Samsung says, will let folks interact with the phone by tilting it. Samsung also says that when the music player is running but the display is off, the user can press the left side of the device to play the previous track or the right side to play the next track.

The phone will be sold in Korea only for now, and Samsung hasn't announced pricing or potential U.S. availability.

The news comes a few days after Samsung's Korean rival LG announced that it will start mass producing a flexible OLED display for smartphones. The flexible panels use plastic instead of glass, which allows them to be bendable.

The panels could arrive next year.

Hilarious jokes laugh to stumble.

AKPOS: I’m coming to see you honey. GIRL: Alright baby. AKPOS: I love you, I can’t wait to see you… I’m getting ready to leavenow. GIRL: Okay but honey, I’m on my period, just letting you know incase. AKPOS: My car just broke down, I can’t come and see you. GIRL: Get your friend to bring you,like he always does. AKPOS: He got shot by armed robbers so I can’t come, I’m sorry. GIRL: Oh never mind, I’m not on my period. AKPOS: My friend has just been discharged from hospital and he has said he’s okay, he’s fine and he will take me now. I’m coming sweetheart. GIRL: sh*t! I’m really on my period, just did not notice. AKPOS: Damn! He has been shot again. I can’t come!!!! Read more[....]

AC MILAN to play next march behind closed doors as punishment.

Chief executive Adriano Galliani is furious after AC Milan are fined and ordered to play next game behind closed doors.

AC Milan have been ordered by Italy's football authorities to play their next game behind closed doors and were fined $67,900 following abusive chants by supporters about southern club Napoli.

During Sunday's match against Juventus in Turin, hundreds of Milan supporters shouted "We are not Neapolitans" and other offensive chants which the Naples daily Il Mattino said reflected long-standing contempt for the south by northern clubs.

In the fiercely territorial world of Italian football, abusive rivalry between supporters of clubs in the rich north and those in the poorer south is not uncommon and Milan officials reacted with shock to the verdict by Serie A sporting judges.

To say I'm furious would be putting it mildly... I understand that racism is a big problem, a problem everywhere in the world but...here in Italy we have invented territorial discrimination for ourselves

Adriano Galliani, Milan chief executive

The punishment means that Milan, 12th in Serie A after the 3-2 loss to Juve, will play their next home game on October 19 against Udinese behind closed doors.

"To say I'm furious would be putting it mildly," Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani told reporters on Tuesday.

"I understand that racism is a big problem, a problem everywhere in the world but...here in Italy we have invented territorial discrimination for ourselves.

"I called (Italian football) president (Giancarlo) Abete to ask whether he thinks that this rule is just. What I ask is that it is abolished."

A football federation (FIGC) spokesman said the rules were being applied in line with UEFA guidelines.

"It's not as though the rules are imposed on any club. It's down to a judge to decide on the punishment, and they can make their case against any decision," he said.

FIGC president Abete said: "Italian legislation follows UEFA proposals that apart from anything else have been the subject of UEFA and FIFA congresses. We are in an international context in which a different way of dealing with discrimination is required."

Mayor of Naples Luigi De Magistris backed the decision to punish Milan.

"There isn't a first and second division of discrimination. Often Neapolitans have been the subject of unacceptable levels of discrimination," said De Magistris.

The ruling has enraged hardcore "ultra" fans, who are fed up with having sections of stadiums and entire grounds closed for what they see as the harmless expression of sporting rivalry.

Napoli fans in the Curva B section of the San Paolo stadium on Sunday brought out a banner referring to previous chants by rivals which read: "Naples cholera-sufferers. Now close our curva!".

They then began singing the offending chants which follow them up and down the country.

Ultras of both AC Milan and Inter Milan spoke out on Tuesday, both writing press releases on their websites bemoaning the decision.

"Welcome to the country where teasing and making fun (of opponents) motivate sanctions that limit freedom. In Italy we are seeing in recent days a ridiculous interpretation of the rules that is making us the targets of a senseless and unjustifiable attack,".

Lord’s Chosen Church Headquarter Shut by Lagos Government

The Lagos State Government has shut
down the headquarters of the Lord’s
Chosen and Charismatic Revival Church
on Ijesha, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway,
Lagos, southwest Nigeria over
environmental nuisance. headquarters
The Lord’s Chosen is founded by Pastor
Lazarus Muoka, who serves as the
General Overseer of the church.
Officials of the Ministry of the
Environment shut down the church on
Sunday morning and prevented the
worshippers from having their Sunday
service usually attended by thousands of
faithful.
Investigations revealed that the church
does not have solid waste disposal
facility. It burns its waste inside the
church premises, thereby exposing the
lives of its worshippers to serious health
hazard.
A substantial part of the sprawling
church lies on the Odo Asimawu Canal
drainage channel, thereby impeding the
flow of storm water.
The church also built its toilets on the
canal, thereby discharging all its human
waste into the canal.
In order prevent an outbreak of
epidemic, the state government had to
seal the entire church premises.
The government accused the church of
defacing and degrading the environment
and refusing to abate the nuisance even
after it had been served abatement notice
to upgrade the environment.
Commissioner for the Environment, Mr.
Tunji Bello said the church had
committed lots of environmental abuse
which it must abate before the massive
edifice could be re-opened by the
government as such illegality could not
be tolerated any longer.
According to him, the church did not
have proper waste management system,
adding that it burnt its refuse inside the
church, an action which ran fowl of the
environmental and sanitation law of the
state.
“The church does not have proper
sanitary system and they discharge their
wastes into the canal. Most of their
members trade on the expressway and
we don’t want that,” he stated.
Bello added that the church would only
be re-opened if it constructed new toilets
as well as bagged its solid waste as well
as managed such waste properly, saying
that the church must build a sewage
septic tank for the treatment of waste
water.
“The conditions for reopening the
church must include: complete
sanitization of the entire church
environment, putting in place proper
solid waste facility, stoppage of refuse
burning, removal of all structures on
drainage channel, building of new toilet
facilities, evacuation of solid waste
dumped inside the canal and so on,” he
said.
Bello assured that the state government
would not shirk its responsibility of
protecting Lagos environment and
ensure that its residents were protected
from environmental abuse.
The commissioner stated that the church
must also ensure that none of its
member trade on the expressway, while
the church must remove illegal
attachments built on drainage channel
alignment in the area.
He said any structure to be erected by
the church must be about 50 metres
away from the drainage channel and
ensure that the environment was kept
clean, after which the government would
re-open the church.
When P.M.NEWS visited the church this
morning, members of the church were
working frantically to clean up their
environment.
They have also begun massive
demolition of structures built on
drainage alignment.
The church spokesman, Pastor Chidi,
declined to comment on the closure,
saying he had not been officially briefed
by the General Overseer of the church,
Pastor Lazarus Muoka.

Archaeologists in Bolivia find 1,500- year-old treasures

Gold and silver pieces
as well as bones and
pottery from 1,500
years ago were
discovered in Lake
Titicaca by underwater archaeologists, a
researcher said Tuesday.
"We found 2,000 objects and fragments,"
Christophe Delaere, the Belgian co-director
of the Huinaimarca Project that unearthed
the items, said at a ceremony in La Paz.
President Evo Morales, Bolivia's minister of
culture and diplomats from Belgium were
also in attendance.
The expedition began two months ago on
the Bolivian side of the lake, which is
shared with Peru. Underwater explorations
turned up objects from different eras, both
Inca era and pre-Inca (1438-1533).
The project unearthed 31 gold fragments,
mainly around the Isla del Sol, where
legend holds that mythical founders of the
Incan empire emerged from the lake's
waters.
Underwater excavations were carried out in
other parts of the lake where objects from
different dates were found.
"There are ceramics and urns from more
than 500 to 800 years ago," Delaere said.
Elsewhere, 1,500-year-old objects such as
stone vessels, incense containers and
figures of animals like pumas were found.
Tales about the lake containing underwater
citadels and wealth supposedly stashed by
indigenous Quechua and Aymara people
from Spanish conquistadores have existed
for centuries in Bolivia.
In the late 1960s French explorer Jacques-
Yves Cousteau conducted several
expeditions in Lake Titicaca, finding signs
of a civilization.
Morales stressed that Bolivia, South
America's poorest nation, is keen to recover
its national patrimony on display in
countries in Europe and the United States.

Rape of NYSC member: Court frees Osun monarch

Justice Oyejide Falola of the Osun State
High Court sitting in Ikirun on Tuesday
discharged and acquitted the Alowa of
Ilowa-Ijesa, Oba Adebukola Alli, over a
charge of raping an NYSC member.
Delivering judgment, Falola said that the
plaintiff, Miss Helen Okpara, failed to
tender enough exhibits to convince the
court beyond reasonable doubt that she
was raped by the monarch.
The judge also held that the plaintiff,
who accused the monarch of raping her
at his private residence in Osogbo, failed
to prove that she was raped.
He said a case of rape could only be
established with exhibits such as bed
sheet, the victim’s pant and a medical
report indicating forceful penetration,
adding that the prosecutor failed to
tender all these.
Falola said Okpara also failed to show
the bruises on her private part as
evidence that she was raped.
He further said the prosecutor failed to
show to the court the plaintiff’s torn
clothes as she had claimed in her
submissions before the court.
While stressing that a case of rape must
be proved with injuries sustained on the
private part as well as other parts of the
body, Falola said the court was not
convinced that Okpara sustained any
injury.
Falola said the court was able to establish
the fact that Okpara and the monarch
had been having regular sexual
relationship before a misunderstanding
ensued between them.
He, however, condemned such
relationship involving a traditional ruler,
saying his action had brought his stool
into disrepute as well as disgrace to his
family and community.
But Mr Femi Adedokun, the counsel to
both Okpara and the state government,
said he would seek advice from the
Attorney-General and Commissioner for
Justice before considering appealing the
judgment.
On his part, the defence counsel, Mr
Taofeeq Tewogbade, commended the
judgment, describing it as “God’s
judgment which came at the appointed
time.’’
The case had been ongoing for almost
three years before Tuesday’s judgment.
(NAN). @eliteinks

101 days after, ASUU marches on

This aint getting funny.
One hundred days after members of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities
embarked on a nationwide strike, the end
is not in sight yet, CHARLES ABAH writes
In countries like South Korea, the first 100
days of a child is very symbolic. Within
this period, the life of the child and that
of his parents are often celebrated. In
keeping with the tradition of the people,
prayers and various types of gifts are
offered to the gods during parties
organised to mark the event. This is
accompanied with much feasting in the
child’s home. The purpose of such ritual
is to increase the newborn baby’s chances
of becoming successful on earth.
Globally, it is also common among
political appointees or government
officials to celebrate their first 100 days in
office. For instance, President Barack
Obama of the United States celebrated his
first 100 days in office with pomp and
ceremony. The period in the US serves as
a benchmark to measure the early
success (or otherwise) of president.
In Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan
and many state governors also celebrated
their first 100 days in office. Of course,
the celebrations took place with much
fanfare. Advertorials were placed in the
newspapers and parties were held in
government houses to mark the
achievements of the political office-
holders during their first 100 days in
office.
Unfortunately, there are no celebrations
today as Nigerians mark the symbolic first
100 days that lecturers in the country’s
public universities embarked on industrial
action.
The lecturers, who commenced the strike
on July 1, are protesting the non-
implementation of an agreement they
signed with the Federal Government in
2009, as well as the non-payment of their
earned allowances.
Many people are compelled to ask what
the country, particularly the education
sector, has achieved in the first 100 days
of the ASUU strike. Since the strike is still
in progress, analysts conclude that
nothing significant has been achieved. In
their thinking, several dialogues and
meetings targeted at resolving the crisis
have failed to yield positive results.
Therefore, there is really no cause for
celebration.
A lecturer at the Lagos State University,
Ojo, Prof. Ademola Onifade, notes that
contrary to expectation, the current
struggle by ASUU has achieved nothing
for the lecturers and public universities.
He says, “In politics and governance,
politicians celebrate the first 100 days on
the positive side. But here we are, nothing
has been accomplished in this struggle. I
suspect that the game plan of the Federal
Government is to wear us out. The
authorities do not want to address our
requests. However, if their target is just to
wear us out, they will not succeed.”
But judging by recent statements made by
the representatives of the government,
there is an indication that the crisis will
be resolved. Indeed, President Jonathan
and Vice President Namadi Sambo have
promised that the crisis would be over
soon.
Earlier, the FG, acting through the
Governor Gabriel Suswam-led committee,
had released N100bn for infrastructure
development in the universities and
another N30bn for the teachers’ earned
allowances. But the leaders of ASUU
dismissed the sum as a token, saying it
was comparable to a drop in the ocean of
their requests.
While both parties continue to seek the
best way to settle their differences, the
mood in many homes and in the public
universities affected by the strike remains
sober. Academic activities in these
institutions are still suspended. The
students and their parents are forced to
deal with the frustration and feeling of
hopelessness arising from the strike, just
as the striking lecturers, who claim that
they have not had any meaningful
dialogue with the FG, continue to despair.
The lecturers have not been paid their
salaries for the past two months. But this
seems to be the least of their worries. The
Chairman of ASUU, Obafemi Awolowo
University chapter, Prof. Ade Akinola, who
says there is no political colouration in
their demand, notes that the body’s
major concern is to save the universities
from dying.
He says, “ASUU will continue to call on
Nigerians to help beg the Federal
Government to be patriotic and see
reason in not allowing public tertiary
education to die. The FG should honour
the agreement mutually entered into in
2009 and further reinforced by the
Memorandum of Understanding of
February 24, 2012. It was in general to
save the public universities from total
collapse.”
Also, a communications specialist, Mr.
Muyiwa Akin, thinks this is not the right
time for ASUU and the government to
trade blame. He says that both parties
should find a mid way to resolve the
crisis.
“All the parties should realise that they
should protect the interest of the
students. In my thinking, sincerity is
lacking in this matter. The signing of the
agreement took place some years ago and
if perchance, the FG is not able to meet
its own side of the deal, it should be open
about that.
“Again, the government should show
sincerity and commitment in funding
education and keeping to agreements,
just as ASUU members, who are seeking
the improvement of the quality of
education, should consider the fate of the
students. For, without the students, there
will be no ASUU and without ASUU, there
will be no students,” he says.
Meanwhile, ASUU insists that the 100-day-
old strike has no political colouration.
In a statement by its National Strike
Coordinating Committee, obtained on
Monday, the union dismissed the October
1 broadcast of the President in which he
referred to the strike as politically
motivated.
The statement read, “The primary goal of
our union is to work for the repositioning
of the Nigerian university system for
global competition in terms of
comparable facilities and staff quality.
This goal we have pursued with diligence
as a trade union.
“The Umaru Yar’Adua/Goodluck Jonathan
government did not accuse ASUU of
playing politics all through the three years
(2006-2009) negotiations that produced
the 2009 agreement. As Vice-President,
Jonathan made significant input into the
negotiation process. In 2012, when the
MoU was signed despite doubts about
government’s sincerity, President
Jonathan did not impute political motives.
Even the landmark report of the
Committee on the Needs Assessment of
Nigerian Public Universities was not
interpreted as political.
“Why is it now when ASUU insists that the
Federal Government should deliver on
what it undertook to do under the 2009
agreement, the 2012 MoU and the 2012
Needs Assessment Report that the union
is being accused of embarking on a
political strike?
“ASUU members, and, indeed, progressive
Nigerians, know too well that the
accusation of politicisation of strike is a
cheap blackmail. If anything, it is the
Federal Government that is trying to whip
up political sentiments over matters that
are straightforward and clear to all and
sundry.”

Samsung phones and tablets face US import ban

In early August, Apple won a case at the
US International Trade Commission (ITC)
that found Samsung had infringed two
patents covering mobile technology.
That victory called for an import ban on
some Samsung products but this was
postponed pending an appeal.
A US official overseeing the patent row has
now rejected Samsung's appeal, meaning
the ban will come into force.
"After carefully weighing policy
considerations, including the impact on
consumers and competition, advice from
agencies and information from interested
parties, I have decided to allow the
commission's determination... to become
final," said US trade representative Michael
Froman.
The patents in dispute cover detecting
fingers on a touchscreen and the workings
of the audio jack on smartphones and
tablets. In August, Samsung was cleared of
violating four other patented technologies.
So far, it is not clear which products will
be banned from sale. In its appeal,
Samsung said it had, for newer products,
developed its own technologies that did
not draw on Apple's patented ideas. The
ITC has already approved the workarounds
for the disputed technologies.
In August, US President Barack Obama
overturned another ITC ruling that called
for a ban on Apple products. He issued
the first presidential veto for 26 years on
an ITC matter when he decided to stop the
ban on older iPhones and iPads.
Apple and Samsung have regularly clashed
in court over the past few years and have
fought patent battles across 10 countries.

ASUP joins ASUU in the indefinite strike.

The problems in the education sector in Nigeria is compounded as the polytechnic teachers made good their threat by embarking on an indefinite strike nationwide. The university lecturers have been on strike for over three months unresolved.

Polytechnic teachers, under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), also began a nationwide strike this morning (Monday) over a number of grievances, including alleged government’s nonchalant attitude towards technical and technological education, as well as underfunding of the institutions.

The Zonal Coordinator of ASUP in the South-West zone, Mr. Dosunmu Babatunde, who addressed journalists in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital Sunday, argued that the technological and overall development of the country is only achievable through functional polytechnic education.

He, however, expressed regret that the federal and state governments are allegedly not paying any serious attention to polytechnic education.

Giving reasons why his union members had to go on strike, Babatubde listed “worrisome state of polytechnic education in the country, especially those owned by the state.”

He specifically mentioned the state-owned polytechnics in Kwara, Ondo and Ogun as some of those suffering from avoidable decay.

Other grievances, he disclosed, included alleged refusal of most state governments to implement the approved new salary scale for polytechnic teachers and the 65 years retirement age”.

Babatunde also mentioned alleged “imposition of professors from outside the polytechnic sector as rectors” and “the need for the commencement of the Needs Assessment of Nigerian Polytechnics so as not to allow the sector to collapse totally.”

Mysterious lizard appears in Femi kuti's car.

Drama ensued at the third mainland bridge over the weekend when a crowd gathered around the car of legendary Afrobeat King, Femi Kuti, to locate a Lizard that almost caused him an accident.

Narrating his ordeal, Kuti, who arrived late to the MUSON Center, where he was a guest artiste at the pre-event press briefing on the coming MUSON anniversary concert, described the experience as horrifying.He said the lizard appeared all of a sudden, from the dashboard of the car, while he was at top speed, starring at him snappily before ducking away.

“You know, it could have been a disaster if the lizard had run through my trousers, climbing to my private part. You can imagine how jumpy I could have reacted, trying to protect my manhood. Because, that to me is an important part of who I am, I can’t joke with it. Evil people could be at work,” added the musician jocularly, still wondering how the lizard got into his car.”

After the event, Femi insisted he will not drive the jeep till the Lizard was found!

Arsenal return to the top, Spurs mauled

Arsenal returned to the
top of the Premier League
on Sunday after Jack
Wilshere rescued a point
for them in a 1-1 draw at
West Bromwich Albion, while rivals
Tottenham Hotspur suffered a shock 3-0
thumping by West Ham United.
Chelsea relied on two goals in two minutes
by substitutes Eden Hazard and Willian late
in their match at Norwich City to give them
a 3-1 win that lifted them to third in the
league with 14 points from seven games,
two behind Arsenal and Liverpool.
Surprise package Southampton won again
to go fourth, beating Swansea City 2-0 at
home, while the day's big upset was at
White Hart Lane.
Spurs, who had conceded only twice in the
league, leaked three in 13 second-half
minutes including an individual effort by
Ravel Morrison that West Ham manager
Sam Allardyce dubbed 'genius'.
It looked like there was also a surprise on
the cards at West Brom, who were up to
their old tricks a week after stunning
Manchester United 2-1 at Old Trafford
when they took a 42nd-minute lead
through Claudio Yacob's powerful
downward header.
After somehow escaping further damage
from more West Brom chances, Arsenal
drew level in the 63rd minute when
Wilshere made up for his poor
performance until that point, smashing in a
deflected shot from 20 metres out.
"It was breathless. West Brom showed why
they won at Manchester United last week
and we had a hell of a task to come back
but we showed character and we had
chances to go on and win it," the BBC
quoted Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger as
saying.
"Our position is good because when you
look at how we started (a 3-1 defeat at
home to Aston Villa) and now we've come
out of two away games well so it's a good
position to start again after the
(international) break."
BOLD DECISION
The point, which puts Arsenal ahead of
Liverpool on goals scored, will be all the
sweeter for Wenger's side on a day their
bitter north London rivals Tottenham lost
ground on the leaders after a mauling by
West Ham at White Hart Lane.
Allardyce, whose side had not scored away
from home and had won just one league
game, took the bold decision to start with
no recognised striker and the move paid off
as defender Winston Reid, winger Ricardo
Vaz Te and midfielder Morrison all netted.
While the first two, in the 66th and 72nd
minutes set up the victory, Morrison's 79th-
minute goal will be the one talked about
after the former Manchester United player
picked up possession inside his own half,
went past Michael Dawson and lifted the
ball over keeper Hugo Lloris.
"We thought we'd drop the front man out
and play more attacking midfield players
from deep running forward," Allardyce,
whose club had not won at Spurs since
1999, told Sky Sports.
"You try these things you hope they work ...
it's worked and the players have made it
work ... We got three different types of
goals, we got a set piece, we got a bit of
luck and then we got a bit of genius."
FANTASTIC CHANGE
Earlier in the day, Chelsea had grabbed
three points at Norwich after it had looked
like their fourth-minute lead from an Oscar
goal would not be enough when Anthony
Pilkington levelled for the hosts in the 68th
minute.
The equaliser seemed to shake Chelsea
awake and the introduction of Hazard and
Willian changed everything.
Chelsea broke quickly after a Norwich
corner and Hazard's shot was pounced on
by John Ruddy but the ball carried on past
the keeper and over the line in almost slow
motion on 85 minutes.
Another counter-attack wrapped up the win
a minute later as Willian curled in a first-
time shot of the kind of class the club will
have been hoping for from the 30 million
pounds ($48.22 million) they paid for him
in the close season.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho took the
credit for his substitutions after leading his
side to their first away win in the league
this season.
"When I make a change, the change is
always fantastic and the players make it
fantastic or make it rubbish - it's up to
them," the BBC quoted him as saying.
The only black cloud for Chelsea, and
possibly for England ahead of their World
Cup qualifiers on October 11 and October
15, was the sight of left back Ashley Cole
being substituted in the second half with
what looked like a rib injury.
Mourinho said he had in fact taken the
England defender off for tactical reasons
but that he would be having a scan on the
problem which the manager said had been
troubling Cole for a while.
Southampton's excellent start to the
season continued in a 2-0 home win
against Swansea City with Adam Lallana
netting in the 19th minute and Jay
Rodriguez adding another on 83 minutes.
They are level on 14 points with Chelsea,
with Manchester City and Spurs a point
behind. Champions Manchester United are
ninth with 10 points.

Oshinowo gets twins through surrogate mother

Former beauty queen, Adenike Oshinowo,
became a first time mother two weeks
ago, when she was delivered of a set of
twins through a surrogate mother in the
United States of America.
Oshinowo, whose is separated from Dr.
Tunde Soleye, is said to be joyous and
can’t wait to return home with her
bundles of joy.
A few years ago, Nike reportedly adopted
two children and has publicly spoken
about her battle with endometriosis, a
condition she has been living with since
she was 14.

'Street Smart' Boy Hops on Flight to Las Vegas Alone "without tickets"

A "very street smart" nine-year-old boy
managed to pass through a security
checkpoint at a Minnesota airport and hop
on a flight to Las Vegas without a boarding
pass, authorities said.
The boy arrived alone at Minneapolis-St.
Paul International Airport on Thursday
morning, airport spokesman Patrick Hogan
told ABC News.
He was screened by TSA officials and then
headed to an airport concourse, where he
boarded an 11:15 a.m. flight on Delta to Sin
City.
The flight crew became suspicious of the
nine-year-old's travel circumstances and
called the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police,
who took the boy into custody upon
landing, Hogan said. He was then
transferred into the care of child protective
services.
"The fact that the child's actions weren't
detected until he was in flight is
concerning," he said. "More than 33 million
people travel through Minneapolis-St. Paul
International Airport every year, and I don't
know of another instance in my 13 years at
the airport in which anything similar has
happened.
"Fortunately, the flight crew took
appropriate actions to ensure the child's
safety, so the story does have a good
ending," Hogan said.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police spokesman
Bill Cassell told ABC News the boy was
"more worldly than most nine-year-old
kids."
"He was able to get onto an airline where
he didn't have a ticket and made it five
states across the U.S.," he said. "If it hadn't
been for alert airline employees on our
end, he probably never would have been
discovered."
Cassell did not know if the boy had been
reunited with his family, but said that the
boy's mother, child protective services and
Delta Airlines were working to develop a
plan to bring him home after the incident
occurred.
A spokesman for Delta Airlines said the
incident was under investigation, but would
not elaborate on the details of the case.

84-year-old survives five days in desert

Henry Morello prayed to Saint Anthony,
the patron saint of lost things. But as the
84-year-old spent a fifth night stuck in a
ditch in the Arizona desert, he started to
lose hope. “My phone went dead, my
battery went dead, and I went dead,”
Morello said.
But Morello lived to tell his tale Tuesday
at a Phoenix hospital, where the diabetic
man was admitted in good condition
despite drinking windshield wiper fluid to
stay hydrated.
He didn’t have water, Morello said, so he
broke open the wiper fluid container with
a rock and filtered it with napkin to try to
make it safe.
Morello said he made a wrong turn while
driving home February 7, 2011, from the
Phoenix suburb of Cave Creek and ended
up stuck in the desert north of the city,
near the state’s major north-south road
for Grand Canyon-bound travellers.
Morello said he became stranded when –
realizing he took a wrong turn – he made
a U-turn and wound up in a ditch. He
tried to crawl out of the car, but did not
get far and returned.
He ripped a chrome piece from his car
and put it on the roof, hoping someone
would see the reflection.
A pack of hikers found him Saturday
morning. He heard a knock on a window
from a hiker, and suddenly his long,
painful ordeal was over.
“I just kissed him,” Morello said of the
hiker. “He looked like an angel to me.”
The unidentified hikers were not part of
the 100 volunteers who passed out fliers
and searched for Morello since
Wednesday, but they knew he was
missing, said Jim Sheehan, a friend who
helped organize a search team.
“Nobody ever gave up,” said Sheehan,
who was on a search plane when he got a
call saying Morello had been found.
Morello said he used car mats to stay
warm and even read a car manual from
cover to cover to pass time. Nights were
hardest because he would get scared, he
said.
Overnight temperatures the week he was
missing were in the upper 30s to the
mid-40s, the National Weather Service
said. His car and cell phone battery went
dead early in the ordeal.
Doctors at John C. Lincoln Hospital said
he arrived in good condition considering
what he had been through. Morello will
remain there for a few days while he is
treated for kidney damage.
Dr. Kevin Veale said initial reports were
that Morello had consumed some
antifreeze, which would have been much
worse than wiper fluid.
Morello’s nephew, Carl Morello, said his
family in Chicago was overjoyed to hear
that his uncle was found alive. “Miracles
still do happen,” Carl said.
Morello lives on his own but a caregiver
visits daily. He won’t be driving by himself
for a long time, said Sheehan.
Morello said he learned another lesson
from his adventure: “I’ll never drive
without water.”

Kerry: terrorists can run, but can't hide

BALI, Indonesia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of
State John Kerry said Sunday that a pair
of U.S. military raids against militants in
north Africa sends the message that
terrorists "can run but they can't hide."
In raids in Somalia and in Libya's capital,
U.S. special forces on Saturday struck
against Islamic extremists who have
carried out terrorist attacks in East Africa.
They captured a Libyan al-Qaida leader
allegedly involved in the bombings of
U.S. embassies 15 years ago.
After a fierce firefight, a U.S. Navy SEAL
team in Somalia aborted a mission to
capture a terrorist suspect linked to last
month's Nairobi shopping mall attack.
Kerry, in Bali for an economic summit,
was the highest-level administration to
speak about the operations yet. He made
his comments at an event at a port for
Balinese tuna fishermen.
"We hope that this makes clear that the
United States of America will never stop
in the effort to hold those accountable
who conduct acts of terror," Kerry said.
"Members of al-Qaida and other terrorist
organizations literally can run but they
can't hide."
Kerry vowed the United States would
"continue to try to bring people to justice
in an appropriate way with hopes that
ultimately these kinds of activities against
everybody in the world will stop."
The Pentagon identified the al-Qaida
leader captured in Tripoli, Libya, as Nazih
Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, known by his
alias Anas al-Libi. He's been on the FBI's
most wanted terrorists list since it was
introduced shortly after the Sept. 11,
2001 attacks.

How we survived crash, by Feyi Agagu

late Agagu’s embalmed body
remained intact
*Cap remained on his head in the coffin
after crash’
*Crash site, 24hrs after
By Jide Ajani
If individuals took their instincts more
seriously, perhaps, the tragedy of last
Thursday involving the embalmed body of
late Governor Olusegun Agagu of Ondo
State and the burial team traveling aboard
the Associated Airline Flight, with
registration number SCD 361, may have
been avoided.
Indeed, Feyi, son of Chief Agagu, who was
on board that flight, may have been spared
the horrors of hospitalisation in the wake
of the tragedy.
He is lucky to be one of the survivors.
Sunday Vanguard has been informed that
shortly after the crash and the
hospitalisation of the initial nine survivors
including, of course, Feyi, it came to light
that there were strong indications just
before boarding the plane that all may not
have been well. Two of the survivors later
died that day.
Speaking to very close family friends and
sympathizers as well as very senior
government officials who came around on
Thursday afternoon, the young Agagu
disclosed that just a few minutes before
the passengers of the ill-fated flight
boarded, he did not feel very comfortable.
Mr. Feyi Agagu, son, survived.
According to the family insider Feyi spoke
to, “the young man said that once they got
to the tarmac before boarding and once he
sighted the plane, what struck him was the
seemingly very old look of the
plane”. Continuing, the source narrated:
“Feyi said he didn’t like the looks of the
plane. “He also said but for the importance
and significance of the trip, his inner sense
didn’t feel comfortable boarding the plane.
“In fact, Feyi said he told another survivor,
Femi Akinsanya, that the plane looked too
old and he didn’t feel like boarding.
“ But Feyi said he was told not to get
himself worked up needlessly since this was
not going to be his first time aboard a
plane neither would this be the first old-
looking plane that he would board.
“That was how he said he boarded the
plane”.
Sunday Vanguard was later made to
understand that the event which transpired
between Feyi Agagu and his brother-in-law,
Femi Akinsanya before they boarded that
plane suggested that the former may not
have had anything to do with the flight
arrangement for the movement of his
father’s corpse to Akure, the Ondo State
capital.
Though 23years old, the plane, according
to Balami David, the President of the
National Association of Pilots and
Engineers, during a television interview,
reportedly operated some days before the
ill-fated flight.
No matter.
Sunday Vanguard was told by the source
that Feyi recounted “how he and Femi
Akinsanya boarded the plane and moved
straight to the back end to take up seats.”
“Why Feyi chose the back seat”, the source
said, “was more a function of his state of
mind about the state of the plane rather
than a preference for taking a back seat.
“When they sat down, Feyi told me that he
and Femi simply prayed that they should
just take off and land safely, oblivious of
what lay ahead of them.
“Feyi said once they took off, everything
happened so fast.
“What he also told me was that both he
and Femi noticed what looked like a crack
not far from where they sat at the rear end
of the plane.
The ill-fated plane: The Embraer 120RT
Brasilia, registration number 5N-BJY, before
it crashed, Thursday.
“He said everything happened so fast that
by the time the plane crashed on the
ground, it was that crack that had been
noticed earlier that transformed into a
gapping exit point upon impact on the
ground.
“Feyi said the exit point created was where
he and Femi escaped through”.
Another source further revealed that most
of the survivors of the crash appeared to
be those seated at the rear end of the
plane.
This is further corroborated by the fact that
the first point of impact was the frontal part
which eventually caught fire soon after
crash-landing.
And whereas there were insinuations about
the entire crash, something much more
interesting was to be discovered when
rescue operations began.
The brown coffin in which was laid the
body of Agagu did not as much get
destroyed despite the impact of the crash
and the fatality number of 13.
More, the embalmed body of the late Agagu
remained intact inside the coffin when it
was opened for inspection, a source
disclosed to Sunday Vanguard.
TRAGEDY—The crash scene and rescue
operations.
That was not all.
The most intriguing part of the discovery
was that the body of the neatly dressed
Agagu who was to make a statement of
sartorial flamboyance even in death (he
was to be laid-in-state at a well organized
reception by the Ondo State Government
and his political associates) was not ruffled.
“The cap on his head stayed intact even
after impact”, a source told Sunday
Vanguard.
For a typically traditional society that
Nigeria is, these discoveries got tongues
wagging.
From the absurd to the very absurd, some
insinuated that there may have been more
to it than meets the eye for an accident
because after claiming 13 lives, the dead
was remained intact.
Sunday Vanguard learnt that the coffin
cargo was latched to the hooks in the cargo
compartment of the plane.
It was also gathered that the coffin was in
the rear end of the fuselage and, like those
who survived the crash, it enjoyed the
benefit of positioning.
However, aviation experts are of the view
that sitting at the rear end of the plane is
not a definite guarantee against fatality
during an air crash.
They use the ASIANA Airline flight which
crashed last July at the San Francisco
Airport. The Boeing 777, while attempting
to land at the sea-bordered airport, hit its
tail on the concrete
embankment, engendering a forced
ejection of some passengers along with
their seats. Those few passengers who died
in that crash were those seated at the rear
end.

Nigeria: Has Funke Akindele Launched 'Jenifa' Perfume?

Popular Nollywood actress Funke Akindele most known for her
hit movie Jenifa, has been in the news a lot lately. First, she
parted ways with her husband of one-year, Kehinde Oloyede.
Now, the mill is abuzz with the news that she has launched a
perfume line. After a picture emerged on-line supposedly
showing the perfume named 'Jenifa'.
Various news outlets have reported that she is, indeed,
launching a perfume line. Nigerian Entertainment Today recently
confirmed that they spoke to Funke's publicist, Ayo Ola-
Mohammed, who confirmed the report. He was quoted to have
said "It is true; Funke has launched a perfume business. The
sample is currently in circulation. When she launches it officially,
she will let you know". But Encomium Magazine also said they
talked to Funke and she denied the report saying: "That's not
true. I'm not aware of anything like Jenifa perfume. I'm not
launching any perfume. I don't know anything about it".
Indeed, if Funke does make the perfume, she'll be cashing in on
her immense popularity from the Jenifa movie; in Nigeria and
beyond. She'll also join the ranks of fellow African stars like
Ruggedman, Soundsultan, Genevieve Nnaji, Ini Edo and Sarkodie
who have also cashed in on their popularity to launch clothing,
shoes, accessories and lifestyle brands. But how much of this
'Jenifa' thing Nigerians are willing to buy into can only be
determined by time.

Photographs Taken With Kodak's First Commercial Camera Are Now 125 Years Old

Remember when Kodak created its
first commercial camera, a nifty
invention that boasted the slogan
"You Press the Button, We Do the
Rest"?
Woman in a rowing boat, about 1890.
Collection of National Media Museum/
Kodak Museum
You probably don't, because this feat
happened 125 years ago when George
Eastman introduced the second Kodak
camera ever made. The contraption
looked almost nothing like the
devices we're used to, but it brought
photography into the homes of
everyday people with, well, the press
of a button. And a fairly reasonable
price of $25 -- a cost that amounts to
around $600 today, according to
Design Taxi.
Thanks to a little UK-based institution
known as the National Media
Museum, we're able to look back on
history and peruse some of the very
first amateur photographs ever taken.
Snapped with the Kodak No. 1 (the
first Kodak camera was simply named
"Kodak"), the images provide a
striking, black-and-white glimpse into
life in the 1890s.
Scroll through the photos below,
courtesy of National Media Museum's
Flickr Commons collection, and let us
know your thoughts on the images in
the comments.
Children paddling in the sea, about
1890. Collection of National Media
Museum/Kodak Museum
Baby elephant at the zoo, about 1890.
Collection of National Media Museum/
Kodak Museum
Children paddling in the sea, about
1890. Collection of National Media
Museum/Kodak Museum
Seated man reading a book, 1888.
Collection of National Media Museum/
Kodak Museum
Children walking with a
wheelbarrow, about 1890. Collection
of National Media Museum/Kodak
Museum
Two young girls, about 1890.
Collection of National Media Museum/
Kodak Museum
Boy paddling in the sea, about 1890.
Collection of National Media Museum/
Kodak Museum
Girl looking in a rock pool, about
1890. Collection of National Media
Museum/Kodak Museum
Two men on the deck of a ship, about
1890. National Media Museum - Kodak
Gallery Collection
Woman reading, about 1890. National
Media Museum - Kodak Gallery
Collection
Woman at a market stall, about 1890.
Collection of National Media Museum/
Kodak Museum

Iphone looks more like a psp check it out

Can we live in the real world anymore. Now iphone is more of a game.

Pardoned prison inmate re-arrested for armed robbery "stubborn tin"

The police in Lagos State have arrested a
22-year-old man, Musa Ojo, for armed
robbery.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspect was
among the prison inmates recently
pardoned by the state government in
pursuant to the provisions of Section 1(1)
of the Criminal Justice Release from
Custody Special Provision Act, CAP C40,
2007, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria.
It was learnt that a few weeks after his
release, the suspect, who goes by the
pseudonym, Agba Musa, and two others
at large, on September 14, 2013, snatched
a Toyota Corolla car marked LSR 587 AR.
Our correspondent learnt that operatives
of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, who
were on patrol duty at the Ijesha end of
Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, sighted the
robbers and chased them.
Police said when the heat became too
much for the robbers, they jumped out of
the vehicle and took to their heels.
Musa was, however, arrested by SARS
men and the vehicle was recovered, while
the other two escaped.
Speaking with our correspondent at the
state command headquarters in Ikeja, the
suspect said it was not his initial plan to
become an armed robber.
He said, “Initially, I did not want to be an
armed robber. I lived in Ebute Meta and I
owned a motorcycle. Two of my friends
told me to give them a ride to Aguda,
Surulere. On getting there, they brought
out guns and started robbing people. I
swear I did not know that they were going
for an operation. That was how I joined
them.
“I ended up following them for 10 robbery
operations. We usually operated in Onike,
Yaba, Bariga and Somolu, where we
robbed small shops. Later, we started
snatching vehicles such as Toyota and
Honda and we would give a dealer to sell.
My share was always N50,000.
“My gang comprised myself, Kehinde
Nice, Asumo and Nuru. The police
arrested Asumo and I, while Nuru was
killed. Kehinde is still on the run.”
The suspect said after spending one and a
half years in prison, he and about 80
others were pardoned.
He said he went back to robbery because
he was tempted by bad friends and
needed money to survive.
While crying profusely, he said, “I
dropped out of school in JSS2 and
became an apprentice at a mechanic
workshop but I did not finish my training.
“After sometime, I got a girl pregnant and
became a father with responsibilities.
Unfortunately, my father is late and my
mother is old, so I have no one to help
me.
“After leaving prison, I started receiving
calls from people that they needed
vehicles and I was short of money. So, I
thought to myself that if I could steal just
one car, I would be alright. I did not know
that police had been on my trail from the
day I was released.”
The Oyo State indigene asked the police
to give him one more chance, promising
that he would not return to his old ways.
“I never killed anyone during my
robberies, please. If they can spare me
one last time, I will be grateful,” he said.
Deputy Police Public Relations Officer,
Damasus Ozoani, said the suspect would
be charged to court for armed robbery.

Davido is still a Virgin

Davido is very bad o, he know how to
take style to insult person.
He called skales 'ewu'-goat. But he
packaged it as Skelewu skalesewu .
I want them to arrested him.

Ebenezer Obey leads Glo’s evergreen jig

Ebenezer Obey duets with young artistes
Many had expected that the Globacom
sponsored ‘Evergreen Series’ would live by
its nomenclature, but it turned out that the
show was a fusion of different genres of
songs treated with contemporary flavour.
The strategy did work for the organizers as
both old and young took to the dance floor.
The concert paraded Juju maestro,
Evangelist Ebenezer Obey who sang hit
songs from his repertoire of music of
yesteryear.
Obey’s performances were supported at the
event by Talented rapper, Jude Abaga,
popularly called M.I and notable
saxophonist, Yemi Sax.
The setting of the show was regal, and so
was the caliber of people at the show.
Indeed, the performers did not disappoint
the guests, who showed excitement as the
artistes took turns on the stage.
First to mount the stage was Obey who set
the ball rolling with obeisance, singing the
song Iba lo ye kase. The Commander, as he
is fondly called gave the audience the rare
privilege of requesting for any of his
favourite songs which he promptly
rendered to their delight.
Without betraying the slightest sign of old
age, Obey took total control of the stage
right from the first string of the guitar
cord.  Moved by the classic rendition,
significant members of the audience could
not hold the urge to dance.
As he rendered his timeless and enduring
evergreen songs, it was all too evident, how
he has been able to hold Nigeria and,
indeed, the world spellbound with his
music over the years.
Dreadlocked artiste, Yemi Sax, garbed in a
white caftan was the next to thrill the
audience with his dexterity on the
saxophone.  He reeled out tunes of the
“old school” with the backing tracks by the
D.J. to the delight of the audience.
MI was at his vintage that night as he
dished out hits of contemporary flavor.  The
concert audience, an admixture of different
generations, brought together by their love
for music, danced and sang along with Mr.
Incredible, as the rapper is called, giving
them the best of his stagecraft.
Highpoint of the event was the
collaboration by Chief Obey and the two
younger artistes, M.I. and Yemi Sax whom
Obey described as his children.
They performed together to the immense
admiration of the crowd. Obey led the way
with two of his evergreen tracks Ore mi e se
pelepele and Olomi gbo temi with
M.I. emblazoning his signature into the two
songs. Yemi Sax also jazzed up the tunes
with his saxophone.
Obey Fabiyi who got a standing ovation
after his performance, expressed
appreciation to the organisers for featuring
him as the first Nigerian artiste on the ‘Glo
Evergreen Series’.

‘Moyes rejected Ferguson’s advice’

David Moyes rejected Sir Alex Ferguson’s
advice to retain his Manchester United
backroom team, according to Eric Steele.
Former United goalkeeping coach Steele
was axed by Moyes in the close season,
along with assistant manager Mike Phelan
and first-team coach Rene Meulensteen.
Moyes chose to bring Chris Woods, Steve
Round and Jimmy Lumsden with him from
Everton, whilst also appointing former
United and Toffees midfielder Phil Neville
in his first full-time coaching role.
United’s 2-1 home defeat by West Brom
on Saturday means the club has now
made its worst start to a league season
for 24 years.
With the pressure already on Moyes right
from the start of his Old Trafford reign,
Steele has now revealed how the
summers changes were handled.
“He spoke to me, Mick and Rene,” Steele
is quoted as telling fanzine United We
Stand. “I told him I thought it was a brave
decision.
“He (Moyes) listened to the manager’s
advice, but he wanted to be his own
man.”
Steele arrived at United in 2008, having
previously worked at Manchester City, and
is credited with turning David De Gea into
one of the league’s best goalkeepers after
a shaky start.
The 59-year-old says he respects Moyes’
decision but is not convinced it was right
for the club.
“I didn’t want to leave. Why would I?” he
added. “I knew that David was coming in
and wondered who he’d bring.”

Up Nepa Jokes

A certain young Nigerian trying to travel
out of the country at all cost decided to
impersonate another person by using
forged documents from Oluwole.
He eventually succeeded in going
through the Nigerian immigration
without being discovered and when he
got to the point of entry in Europe, he
was quickly discovered. When the
security tried arresting him, he quickly
rushed into the crowd.
All attempt to discover him was to no
avail. Suddenly someone came up with
an idea to switch of the power of the
entire airport for a period of time and
ordered no one to leave. After several
minutes the power was restored and
from the midst of the crowd they heard
this youngman shouted UP NEPA lifting
up his hands.

Why Jim Iyke went to Synagogue

Intially i didnt want to post this but i did when i found out it was true with the news of the dramatic encounter of
Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, at the Synagogue
Church, still going viral, many have been
wondering if the mission of the thespian,
last Sunday was a conscious effort by him
to find a wife.
Reports on the actor’s visit to the church
indicated that he was being delivered of a
negative spirit that has prevented him from
getting married.
But recent finding by The Nation revealed
that Jim Iyke  accompanied a friend, whose
mother was seriously ill to the church
where he was caught in the web of what
was said to be a rescue exercise.
Jim’s friend’s mother is said to be on
admission at a hospital, in Ajao Estate,
from where she was taken to the church,
but perhaps due to the popularity of the
actor, the church ministers went for him,
claiming there was more to his not being
married than meets the eye.
A two-minute video on the church’s
website shows the actor struggling with
several officers of Pastor TB Joshua, the
head of the church, as they fought to keep
him still.
The session, as shown in the video got the
thespian sprawling on the floor, after
falling several times, and shouting
incoherent words.
“What do you guys want from me,” asked
the actor, apparently recovering from
frenzy. “Take it easy, the man of God will
like to see you after the service,” replied
one of the church ministers, as the led the
actor away from the middle of the
congregation, looking bewildered.
Reports say the sick woman’s son was also
attended to during the church service, but
the woman, who was the real reason Jim
and his friend went to the church was told
to come back at a later date. The woman,
whom we learnt was brought to Lagos from
Abuja in search of solution to her health
problem, had since been taken back to the
Ajao Estate hospital where she is waiting
for another appointment from the church

High-tech toothbrush brushes teeth in less than 66secs

The latest high-tech toothbrush on the
market is a monstrous, gnarled mold filled
with hundreds of bristles and thin,
zigzagging lines of floss. It looks absolutely
terrifying, but its maker, Blizzident, says it
should have a revolutionary level of
efficiency, claiming it'll take just six seconds
to properly brush your teeth when using
one.
Though the prospect of putting the
company's eponymous toothbrush in your
mouth may seem horrifying, Blizzident says
it should fit perfectly, and it really ought to:
its toothbrushes are all custom-made to
precisely form to the shape of each
customer's mouth. Molds are all created by
taking a 3D scan of someone's teeth, and
then modifying a toothbrush to fit around
them. They're then 3D printed as a plastic
mold and embedded with about 400
bristles.
While Blizzident's speed claims may seem
unlikely, it has a reasonable enough
explanation for how they're achieved: its
toothbrush is cleaning an entire mouthful
of teeth at once. The toothbrush is meant
to be bitten down and grinded on, while
the bristles — all pointed directly toward
your teeth at 45 degree angles — quickly
swipe away at grime. A circular handle on
the front of each toothbrush doubles as a
storage holder for floss, which Blizzident
says can be looped perfectly between each
tooth thanks to form-fitting hooks that it
builds into the mold.
Though you'll have to provide your own 3D
scan, Blizzident is already starting to sell
the toothbrushes. Your first brush will cost
$299 to account for both printing and
customizing the model. And naturally, you'll
need to replace it as the bristles wear down
— Blizzident suggests about once per year
— though it's only charging $159 for
additional brushes. It's a wild idea
nonetheless, though whether the brush can
live up to its lofty claims of quick and
thorough dental hygiene is another matter
entirely.