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Photos-- Giant Man-Eating Catfish Finally Caught In Mekong River

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 giant man-eating catfish that has been terrorizing villagers of a 
region at the border of Burma, Laos and Thailand has finally been caught
 in the Mekong river and what they found in it’s belly will horrify you.</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">    The beast that 
was caught by local Khmu tribe fishermen of the local Laotian village of
 Luang Pang near the convergence of the borders of Burma, Laos and 
Thailand, revealed to have within it’s stomach the human bone fragments 
of what experts have estimated to be between 12 and 22 people, children 
for the most part, a find that left villagers and scientists alike in a 
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“We
 estimate the beast weighted around 600 pounds or next to 300 kilos 
since it’s head, tail and fins had been chopped off by local villagers 
before biologists were aware of the catch and could examine <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6747821070134156749" name="more"></a>the body” 
explains biologist Kalaina Maona, from the National University of Laos’s
 Natural Science Department.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;">Dozens of 
childrens and a handful of elderly people have been reported missing in 
the past twenty years from the local area, leading some local 
authorities to claim the beast was behind the wave of disappearances. 
Rumors of a giant river monster capturing villagers were common amongst 
elder villagers but thought to be folklore, until recently, by local law
 enforcement.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Legends of 
river creatures preying on local tribesmen have been part of Khmu 
culture for centuries” explains anthropologist Mary Stewart Hedger from 
McGill University in Montreal. “This terrible incident somewhat proves 
these folktales had some dramatic and traumatizing truth behind their 
origin” she adds.</span></div>
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Photos-- Giant Man-Eating Catfish Finally Caught In Mekong River

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Armed robbers write letter to streets in Palmgroove; say they are coming to raid (see letter)

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Residents in some streets in the Palmgroove area of Lagos are currently 
living in fear after receiving a letter from armed robbers who said they
 are coming soon to raid them. (copy of the purported letter above). The
 letter which was sent to five different streets on Saturday September 
6th, reads in part;<br />
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"Beware of the coming! Be on the look out in this area. Property owners 
are coming anytime from now. The gate men you have are not our problem. 
Our problem is how many resources do you have for us? August visitor 
must visit whether you like it or not. So expect August visitor when you
 did not expect. Surely August visitor shall visit just like the second 
coming of Jesus. It is turn by turn."</blockquote>
In the last line of the letter which is not clear, the armed robbers 
listed names of the street they plan to attack. They are Oseni street, 
Nkanna street, Odogbolu street, Ibiwoye Oba and Bode Thomas street.<br />
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Some residents in the area immediately contacted police and they sent 
some of their men to guard the streets for a few hours yesterday. The 
residents say they are so scared.

Armed robbers write letter to streets in Palmgroove; say they are coming to raid (see letter)

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Nicki Minaj cries on twitter as School principal turns down her request

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 Minaj was turned down by her former High School principal after she 
offered to give a speech at her Alma mater LaGuardia High School. I 
guess she couldn’t come to terms with the rejection as she took to 
twitter to share her dejection. It’s even more painful ‘cos the said 
principal is a woman.  Maybe the principle didn’t see her as a good 
mentor to the students. Lol. Continue to see more tweets after cut…</span><br />
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Men of God are Nigeria’s biggest problem – actor Ugezu J Ugezu

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 Nollwyood acto, producer Ugezu J. Ugezu has accused pastors & 
bishops as the major problem of Nigeria. Below is what he wrote on his 
facebook page: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 130%;">“Any
 pastor, bishop or the so called General Overseer that wants to attract 
my respect must follow the example of Jesus Christ, the apostles and 
disciples by standing in the gap for ordinary people and speak boldly 
against bad governance and repugnant policies and decisions of the 
government in place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 130%;">All
 you pastors that are looking for the big politician you will minister 
to, pray for, and be rewarded with fat envelope or possible credit alert
 are just pests. You are not pastors for Jesus the Christ who is your 
leader never did that. He challenged bad governance and vehemently spoke
 against the hypocrisy of the men in power all his life. Next thing you 
will tell me you are man of God and I wonder who then the man of the 
devil is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 130%;">All
 ye ‘MEN OF GOD’ are the cardinal part of the problems we have in this 
country. You are the reasons the people in government are grossly not 
accountable to the people. You are looking for the money to buy private 
jets and those of you that already have private jets are looking for 
government waiver so they don’t ask you to pay the incredible amount 
airport authorities collect from private jet owners for parking space. 
Because of these, you don’t ever say anything and our public office 
holders are getting more corrupt. You guys are just pests, maybe ‘their’
 pastors, never mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 130%;">Next
 thing you will force your blind members into endless night vigils as 
they pray for good government. Ask yourself a simple question:- is that 
what Jesus did? Did you read anywhere in the new testament where Jesus 
gathered the apostles and his followers for a night vigil to pray for 
good government? Good government can only come when the people are 
inspired and motivated to challenge the people in positions of authority
 to be reasonable, responsible, accountable, efficient, effective, 
diligent, meticulous and conscientious.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 130%;">Now,
 if you cannot inspire and motivate your followers to keep the 
government on their toes, if you cannot open your mouth and do what 
Jesus did, challenge the men in power and force them do the right 
things, then you better close that shrine you call your ministry and 
stop messing up the country.</span>

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many of you have been following the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON)
qualifier.  Former super eagles striker Kanu
Nwankwo wants to know your views about Super Eagle’s performance in their two
matches  against  Congo and South Africa. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">Remember
Congo carried the day by 3 goals to 2 against Super Eagles while they played a
draw with South Africa. So wetin una see for the match. </span></div>
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South African lady at Lagos airport test negative to Ebola

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South African national suspected of showing symptoms of Ebola at the Murtala
Internatiinal Airoort in Lagos was quarantined at the isolation ward in Lagos
while her case was investigated. She has tested negative to Ebola Virus Disease.</span>

South African lady at Lagos airport test negative to Ebola

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US doctor who survived Ebola donates blood to treat infected doctor

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                                           <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Dr. Kent Brantly                                                                      Dr. Rick Sacra</span></div>
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 Kent Brantly, the US doctor who survived Ebola has donated a unit of 
his blood to treat the third American aid worker Dr. Rick Sacra infected
 with the virus as doctors fight to save the patient’s life. Brantly 
flew to Nebraska last week to donate his blood to use to treat Dr. Rick 
Sacra. Sacra is a close friend of Brantly from their missionary work.</span></div>
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 and fellow missionary Nancy Writebol were treated at Emory University 
Hospital in Atlanta last month. They both got an experiment therapy 
based on engineered antibodies called ZMapp, and Brantly also got a unit
 of blood from an Ebola survivor. "Dr. Brantly is now immune to that 
strain of Ebola," Franklin Graham the President and CEO of Samaritian’s 
Purs said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 130%;">Last
 week the World Health Organization endorsed the use of serum to treat a
 new victim, saying it was worth trying. The idea is that survivors have
 antibodies to the virus in their blood, and those antibodies can 
kick-start the immune system of another patient.</span>

US doctor who survived Ebola donates blood to treat infected doctor

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Biggest Girl! Billionaire, Femi Otedola's daughter Shows Off Her Customised Nike Trainers

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Dj Cuppy instead of Femi Otedola’s daughter has showed off her new 
customized trainers from Nike.</span></span></div>

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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">An
 end to examination malpractice in the country appears to be in sight. 
In its bid to tackle this menace, the management of West African 
Examinations Council (WAEC) has introduced two new ICT devices to curb 
the malaise with stakeholders describing the development as a major 
breakthrough to combat exam fraud.<br /><br />Daily Sun gathered that one of
 the initiatives was used during the May/June 2014 West African Senior 
School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) while the second one would be 
introduced during the Nov/ DEC 2014 WASSCE.<br /><br />WAEC Head of National
 Office (HNO), Mr. Charles Eguridu, told Daily Sun that the devices were
 meant to check exam malpractice, saying that the measures were approved
 by the Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) at one of its meetings.<br /><br />The
 decision by NEC to support WAEC management to introduce the two ICT 
devices followed continued increase in exam fraud committed by 
candidates in both the May/June and Nov/Dec WASSCE and in some cases 
aided by the invigilators, school management or hired agents or parents 
who funded such illegal acts.<br /><br />In the last five years, WAEC had 
withheld thousands of results because of candidate alleged involvement 
in examination malpractices while NEC which meets twice in a year, has 
cancelled many results and even certificates and has also banned schools
 found wanting while directing state ministries of education to sanction
 principals and teachers who were indicted during either the May/June or
 Nov/Dec WASSCE.<br /><br />In the Nov/Dec 2012 WASSCE, 47,289 candidates’ 
results, representing 11.04 per cent out of 413,266 of those who sat for
 the private candidates’ exam were withheld for various cases of 
examination malpractice. In the May/June 2012 WASSCE, the exam body 
withheld the results of 112,865 candidates, representing 6.5 per cent 
out of 1,689,188million who wrote the school exam for exam fraud.<br /><br />The
 National Examinations Committee (NEC) of the council after its meeting 
which deliberated on the conduct of the May/June 2012 WASSCE withdrew 
recognition for 113 secondary schools nationwide, as sanctions for exam 
fraud while results of 30,654 candidates were cancelled.<br /><br />In the 
Nov/Dec 2013 WASSCE, 38,260 candidates, representing 12.88 per cent of 
308,217 who sat for the exam was withheld in connection with various 
cases of examination malpractice. In the May/June 2014 WASSCE, 145,795 
candidates (8.61 per cent) out of 1,705,976million students had their 
results withheld for different types of exam fraud.<br /><br />Worried by 
the continuous increase in examination malpractice in both the school 
and private candidates’ exams, WAEC NEC approved the introduction of the
 two ICT devices to curb the menace and give credibility to examinations
 being conducted by the council. And already, WAEC management has test 
run one of the tools.<br /><br />According to WAEC HNO, Mr. Eguridu, the 
council introduced the use of Candidates Identity Verification, 
Attendance, Malpractice and Post Examinations Management Systems 
(CIVAMPEMS) to monitor candidates in the exam halls. He said that the 
ICT tool was used for the first time during the May/June 2014 WASSCE, 
describing the device as a timely approach to a more effective 
administration of exam day process.<br /><br />WAEC said CIVAMPEMS would 
seek to address and record real time-examination-day processes, 
capturing and recording events/ occurrences as they happen, with the 
ability to report them in a timely manner, availing users of the system 
access, reliable data and post examinations reports. The ICT tool works 
using the mobile, handheld terminal, REFID Smartcards and UV torch 
light.<br /><br />Another special feature of the CIVAMPEMS was that the 
device could produce students’ subject information while the invigilator
 or supervisor could use it to register candidates’ attendance at 
examination and record malpractice committed by students during exam as 
well as confirm examination code and handle candidates without cards.<br /><br />The
 second ICT device to be introduced during the Nov/Dec 2014 WASSCE was a
 Mathematical instrument with in-built scientific calculator which would
 stop the use of unapproved calculators and mobile phones. Daily Sun was
 told that exam fraud increased following the introduction of cell 
phones in the country as candidates stored worked answers or received 
information from their agents outside while the examination was on.<br /><br />Eguridu
 told our correspondent after the release of the May/June 2104 WASSCE 
the two ICT devices were approved by NEC which were meant to tackle 
examination malpractice and was pleased with the results from the 
deployment of the CIVAMPEMS noting that “the data it sent was wonderful 
and have been stored. It captured real-life situation during the school 
exam.<br /><br />While releasing the school exam results, the HNO said with 
effect from the May/ June 2014 WASSCE, the council introduced CIVAMPEMS 
adding that “this ICT-driven device enables supervisors and staff of the
 council on duty, to address and record the processes in real time on 
the day of the examination. These include identity verification, 
capturing and recording occurrences as they happen, such as candidates’ 
attendance and examination malpractice and transmit same to our data 
base. With this, the council is able to generate valid examination 
reports for each examination centre.<br /><br />“Furthermore, the council, 
beginning with the Nov/Dec 2014 WASSCE, in order to maintain uniformity,
 guard against malpractice and improve standards, has designed and is 
introducing customised, transparent Mathematical sets, with in-built, 
non-programmable scientific calculators, which conform to the rules and 
regulations of its examinations.”<br /><br />He warned prospective 
candidates, for both the May/June and Nov/Dec WASSCE diets, to note 
that, henceforth, bringing in any other non-approved Mathematical set or
 calculator into examination halls would not be allowed. Models of the 
WAEC-customised mathematical set would be made available to schools to 
assist them in preparing their candidates for the council’s 
examinations.<br /><br />The HNO further added that the council, with effect
 from 2014 WASSCE, was introducing biometric-enabled certificates. Each 
certificate would have a QR code with details of the candidate’s 
biometric features and actual grades encrypted.<br /><br />The Proprietor of
 Royal Academy, Ibadan, Chief Laide Oluwaseun, in a phone interview on 
the introduction of the two ICT devices commended the management of WAEC
 for taking the initiative to curb examination malpractice stressing 
that “monitoring candidates in the exam halls using the device will go a
 long way to reduce the incidence of exam malpractice. For the 
Mathematical set, it will stop students going into the halls with their 
mobile phones.”<br /><br />Tunde Adeola, an SS 111 student of Famous 
International School, Ikotun, Lagos, said he was not aware of the two 
new ICT devices but welcomed the introduction of the devices by WAEC 
stressing that it would help to check exam fraud by candidates, schools 
and even some invigilators who aided and abetted examination 
malpractice.<br /><br />The Mathematical instrument with in-built scientific
 calculator was used by candidates who sat for the last WASSCE starting 
with Economics paper 1 and 2. Despite the warning not to bring their 
calculators to the exam hall, many of the private candidates came along 
with the devices and had them seized.<br /><br />Eguridu told Daily Sun 
while monitoring the last WASSCE that supervisors and invigilators did 
not adhered to the instruction to give out the Maths set to the 
candidates as witnessed in some exam centres visited by WAEC management 
stressing that “we did give it to the candidates at the point of sale of
 the exam forms because we don’t want cloning and candidates planting 
unwanted or prepared items inside.”<br /><br />From the excitement on the 
faces of WAEC management after the introduction of the CIVAMPEMS in the 
May/June 2014 WASSCE, it is obvious that the two ICT devices would go a 
long way in curbing examination fraud and also putting schools in check 
to avoid being blacklisted by NEC.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tuface Idibia’s new album is now the highest selling album according to iTunesNigeria.<br /><br />After
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