Friday 22 March 2013

Breaking News: Professor Chinua Achebe Is Dead!!!



                                             Late Prof. Chinua Achebe: Aged 82.

 Chinua Achebe, one of the world’s most celebrated writers and author of the classic novel "Things Fall Apart" and the controversial "There Was A Country", is dead.

Our sources from SaharaReporters and Naij revealed that Achebe, who was the David and Mariana Fisher Professor of Literature at Brown University, died last night in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Professor Achebe had been sick for some time.

He was 82, having been born on November 16, 1930, and had been in hospital in recent days.

Achebe is best known for his classical novel Things fall Apart. His last book, There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra, is still making waves.

Until his death, Prof Achebe was the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies at Brown.

Below is how the university profiled him on its website.

“Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe is known the world over for having played a seminal role in the founding and development of African literature. He continues to be considered among the most significant world writers. He is most well known for the groundbreaking 1958 novel Things Fall Apart, a novel still considered to be required reading the world over. It has sold over twelve million copies and has been translated into more than fifty languages.

“Achebe’s global significance lies not only in his talent and recognition as a writer, but also as a critical thinker and essayist who has written extensively on questions of the role of culture in Africa and the social and political significance of aesthetics and analysis of the postcolonial state in Africa. He is renowned, for example, for “An Image of Africa,” his trenchant and famous critique of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Today, this critique is recognized as one of the most generative interventions on Conrad; and one that opened the social study of literary texts, particularly the impact of power relations on 20th century literary imagination.

“In addition, Achebe is distinguished in his substantial and weighty investment in the building of literary arts institutions. His work as the founding editor of the Heinemann African Writers Series led to his editing over one hundred titles in it. Achebe also edited the University of Nsukka journal Nsukkascope, founded Okike: A Nigerian Journal of New Writingand assisted in the founding of a publishing house, Nwamife Books–an organization responsible for publishing other groundbreaking work by award-winning writers. He continues his long-standing work on the development of institutional spaces where writers can be published and develop creative and intellectual community.”

More details soon...

Sources:
1. Saharareporters.com.
2. Naij.com.

Thursday 14 March 2013

"My Boyfriend Is The Father Of Our Baby" - Married Woman Confesses




A major controversy is currently threatening the peace of Alagbado, a suburb of Lagos.
A man, Akeem Amodu, and his wife, Awawu Oluyide, are at daggers’ drawn over who the true father of their one-month-old baby girl is. The baby was christened on February 17 but the ceremony wasn’t held in Amodu’s house. Before the date, Awawu had packed her belongings and relocated to the home of her boyfriend with her baby. She claimed her husband was not the true dad of the baby, insisting that she had just returned the baby to the authentic father. But Amodu would have none of that. He is insisting that the baby girl is his daughter.

At Fagbenro and Abeokuta streets, Alagbado, in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos, where the couple and their parents reside, the controversy rages on, as many wonder who the biological father of the innocent baby girl is. Trouble started when Amodu discovered that his wife had suddenly abandoned their matrimonial home for her boyfriend’s place. He reported the matter to the police and detectives went with him to the home of the wife’s boyfriend.
The officers then directed that Awawu and her baby should relocate to her parents’ house and remain there. They said a DNA test would be conducted on the baby when she’s nine months to determine her paternity. But Amodu said in direct contravention of the police directive, Awawu and her baby were caught on March 1, passing the night in her boyfriend’s house.
When the reporter met with Awawu recently, the young woman didn’t deny being Amodu’s wife but she maintained that her baby’s real father was her boyfriend. She said: “He is just a thief, who wants to claim what is not his. I was once his wife and in 2010, I gave birth to a baby for him but the baby later died. When I was with him, I was always having problems. He never gave me any rest of mind. That was why I packed out of his house and came to stay with my parents. I stayed with my parents for more than a year. “But he and his mother were always coming to beg me in my parents’ house, pleading that I should reconcile with him.
But during that time, I was already having a relationship with another man. I later took in for the other man. Amodu came again and I told him that I was already pregnant for another man. But he kept begging me, saying he would take care of me and the baby and that I could then give the other man his child. He said I should come back to him so that I could give him his own child too. “So, I went back to him. By that time, the man that got me pregnant was not in Lagos. But when he eventually came back, I told Amodu that the man, who owned the pregnancy had returned and wanted to have his baby.
Amodu then asked for a refund of the money he had given me for buying the baby’s things and we got it for him. “But after getting the refund, he came back with policemen a couple of days ago to harass me, claiming that the child is his.” But Amodu insisted he’s the father of the baby girl. His words: “Yes, Awawu once had a baby for me but the baby died after some time. After the death of the baby, we had a quarrel and she moved to her parents’ house. But after some time, she started coming to see my mother, begging her to talk to me so I could take her back.
When my mother asked me to settle with her, I warned my mother that Awawu was a troublesome woman but my mother begged me and I settled with her. She started coming to my place but she didn’t move in with me.” “After sometime, she told me that she had taken in for me. She never told me another man was responsible for her pregnancy. It was in May last year that she told me she had taken in for me. And I told my mother about it. By July last year, my mother took her to a doctor for pregnancy tests and it was confirmed that she was already two months pregnant.
During that time, I was always buying things for her at her parents’ place. Almost everybody knows me in her family house. We had even done some of the traditional wedding rites. “My mother is dead now. But before her death, Awawu once told my mother and I about a man she said was giving her ante-natal care, so we went to see the man to thank him. She also told me of a church where she said she would be attending for the safety of the baby but I refused. I chose a hospital for her instead.
She never told me I wasn’t responsible for the pregnancy all that time. There was even a time she met with a lady in my place. She fought seriously with the lady, accusing her of wanting to snatch her husband. “When the pregnancy was about eight months, she collected N50,000 from me to buy the necessary baby’s things but at some point, I began to smell a rat. The first two times she had a scan, she used my surname for the baby. But on the third occasion, she used her name only. And the delivery was almost due. When I asked her why she did that, she said she forgot. I wondered how she could have forgotten such an important thing.
“One day, I sent money to her as usual but she refused the money. And when I asked her why she did that, she said she didn’t need anything from me any longer. That was when she said I wasn’t the father of the baby. That was about the time she would give birth. Meanwhile, I had already prepared for the christening of the baby. I already bought many things to do the naming ceremony. That was when she refunded the money I had given her for the baby’s things. She then moved to the house of the man she said was responsible for her pregnancy.
She delivered the baby there and the baby was christened there. “But I am sure I’m the father of the baby. That is why I want everyone to know this. The police told us to wait till the baby is nine months old before we go for the DNA but I am worried because she and the baby are with the other man. And if she and the man are sleeping together, the DNA might show the man as the father of the baby. “That is why I want this matter resolved now. I am convinced that the baby is mine and I want my baby.
When we brought the police into the matter, they ordered that she and the baby should remain with her parents until the DNA test was conducted and the authentic father known. But on March 1, she took the baby to the other man’s house and passed the night there. She has been doing that in defiance to the instruction given by the police.”

NEWLY ELECTED POPE



Newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics

Birth, education and priesthood
» Born: Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
» Education: Studied at Theological Faculty of San Miguel. Received licentiate in philosophy.
» Ordained for the Jesuits on Dec. 13, 1969. No Jesuit priest has ever served as pontiff.
» Languages: Besides his native Spanish, Bergoglio also speaks Italian and German.
» Had a lung removed due to infection when he was a teenager.
Becomes a bishop
» Ordained titular bishop of Auca and auxiliary of Buenos Aires on June 27, 1992.
» Became archbishop of Buenos Aires on Feb. 28, 1998.
» Received title ordinary for the Eastern-rite faithful in Argentina who lack an ordinary in their own rite on Nov. 30, 1998.
Becomes a cardinal
» Proclaimed cardinal by Pope John Paul II on Feb. 21, 2001.
» Participated in conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI in 2005.
» Served as president of the Bishops’ Conference of Argentina from November 2005 to November 2011.
» Reportedly received the second-most votes after Joseph Ratzinger in the 2005 papal election.
Interesting facts, comments
» Bergoglio never lived in the ornate church mansion in Buenos Aires, preferring a simple bed in a downtown room heated by a small stove. For years, he took public transportation around the city.
» When Bergoglio argued that gay adoptions discriminate against children, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez compared his tone to “medieval times and the Inquisition.”
» Critics accuse him of failing to stand up publicly against the country’s military dictatorship from 1976-1983, when victims and their relatives often brought first-hand accounts of torture, death and kidnappings.

Wednesday 13 March 2013

NEW VIDEO: MALO NOGEDE OFFICIAL VIDEO - TIMAYA FEAT TERRY G

The Story of Victor Moses

This is the story of a young boy whose parents were murdered during 2002 riots in Kaduna.

He was aged 11 yrs at the
time this sad incident took
place. His parents, Mr
Austine and Mrs Josephine Moses, were missionaries until they met their untimely death, what a sad end.

The boy left his house to play football but returned home to see that all his parents had laboured for had been razed down and he would never see his mother and father again.

He was taken to London by his Uncle almost
immediately after the
incident. While in London, he began deploying his football skills. Though his parents were murdered, his passion for football was never killed.

He played football for his
school and later for a local
Tandrige League club until Crystal Palace FC
approached him. From that point, his career progressed in leaps and bounds.
This player played for
England's under 16, 17, 19
and 21 teams between 2005 and 2010 scoring 11 goals for England during this period. He later moved to Wigan
Athletic and now he plays for Chelsea.
This footballer is called VICTOR MOSES.
His story is a touching one, I share his pains. I also share his courage. He had a choice not to step into Nigeria again but he didn't take that
option. When the call to serve his fatherland came,
Moses dumped England and embraced Nigeria... That is patriotism! Today, we see a Victor Moses bringing joy to every
Nigerian including those who may have inspired his
parent's death... That is
Love! On Sunday 10th February 2013 during the Final of the African Nations Cup between Nigeria and Burkina Faso,
Moses stood for the National Anthem and pledge allegiance to a
country that couldn't defend his parents... That is faith!
Moses was among the 11 man team that delivered the "African Cup of Nations" trophy to Nigeria for a third
time not minding what had happened in the past... That is forgiveness! Moses rose through bitterness and despair to
the limelight of hope and
courage. He never gave up on his country. He persevered...
That is purpose!

Victor Moses, despite the
bitter past, never gave up on Nigeria, then why should we?.. "May the soul of his parents rest in perfect peace"

Thursday 7 March 2013

WWE’s resident mortician ‘Paul Bearer’ dead at 58



William Moody, the real-life undertaker who became famous by portraying Paul Bearer, a mortician who managed some of pro wrestling's biggest stars, died Tuesday at 58 in a Mobile, Ala., hospital.
The hospital did not release a cause of death. TMZ.com reported that Moody told friends in the days before his death he was suffering from a blood clot.
Moody hit the peak of his career when he joined the WWE in 1991, took the name Paul Bearer and became The Undertaker's manager. Bearer's face was painted a pasty white and he would carry an urn with him to ringside.
He was known for a demonic laugh and the catch phrase, "Oh, yes!" He hosted a show on WWE broadcasts known as "The Funeral Parlor."
Moody got into the wrestling business in the late 1970s, first competing on smaller shows around the country while serving in the Air Force.
His first major success, though, came when he was joined Florida Championship Wrestling in 1984 under the name Percival "Percy" Pringle III. He had worked under the Pringle name for several years previously, but didn't get over as a star until joining FCW.
Moody's greatest notoriety came after joining the WWE. He told of a 1990 meeting with WWE owner Vince McMahon and executives Pat Patterson and J.J. Dillon in which the Paul Bearer character was first conceived.
"Vince is laughing like, 'Ho ho ho ho!' You know, that trademark Vince McMahon laugh," Moody explained. "So that moment there when we all realized that they were looking for a manager for Taker and that I was a real mortician. … It was a moment in time that I will never forget and I will take to my grave with me."
Moody's wife, Diana, predeceased him in 2009. He is survived by sons Michael and Daniel.

Wednesday 6 March 2013

UNILAG Students Damage Davido's Car After Performance

Davido was in Unilag to perform at the First
Bank-sponsored Youth Excel Programme.

After he held his audience captive with a
great performance, the students refused to
let him leave, trailing him to his car.
Davido, who just released controversy
ridden single, ‘Gobe’, however took it in
good faith.

He tweeted: “Damn they broke my car
window at Unilag!! Still luv ma fans tho!!
Bless yall!! Amazing show!”