Pics: Governor Amaechi throws surprise birthday party for Adebola Williams

Few days after hosting friends to celebrate his birthday, Media Entrepreneur, Adebola Williams was hosted to a surprise intimate celebration by one his mentors, Governor Rotimi Ameachi on Tuesday March 10, 2015 at Eko Signatures.

Adebola who had been made to believe he was coming to pick up his birthday present from the Governor walked into a room full of friends and family. Guests in attendance included Gov. Rotimi Amaechi, Kola Oyeneyin, Sen. Timipre Silva, Mr. Tunji Olugbogi, Dbanj, Toke Makinwa, Noble Iqwe, lala Akindoju, Ayo Animashaun, Lola Shoneyin, Omowunmi Akinfesi, Isoken Ogiemwonyi, Arese Ugwu, Bolanle Olukanmi, Kathleen Ndongmo and more. See the photos after the cut...

APC Governorship aspirant in Kogi state dies in fatal accident

APC Governorship aspirant in Kogi state, AbdulAziz Omeiza Aliyu (pictured above) and his younger brother, Salmanu Adeiza Aliyu lost their lives in a fatal road accident that happened at Jere town along Kaduna – Abuja federal highway yesterday March 14th.

A family spokesman, Abubakar Aliyu said the 36 year old politician was returning from Abuja to Kogi with his younger brother when the chattered vehicle they were riding in got involved in the accident. All occupants in the car died. Continue...

According to the family spokesman

“Omeiza spoke with his father around 1.30pm Saturday few minutes into the ill fated journey and barely half an hour, we received the shocking and sad news of his demise from a samaritans from the scene of the accident. From the report we received none of passengers on the ill fated Sharon car survived and they have been given mass burial at location at Jere town”.

Speaking on his children's death, Alhaji Momohjimoh Aliyu said he has taken the incident as an act of God ” I have accepted it as an act of God. They are from God and they have returned to Him at appointed time and on our part we have accepted it as an act of God” he said.

"I don't have any budget attached to my office, come and probe me' - Patience Jonathan

First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan says she is ready to be probed following accusations from some quarters that her office is funded from the federal budget. She said this while speaking at the PDP Women rally in Edo state yesterday March 14th.

"Mrs. Jonathan is the first lady of this country. There is no budget, no constitutional rights. So if from tomorrow you hear Mrs. Jonathan is corrupt, am I holding your money? Are you giving me any budget ? I don’t have any budget attached to my office. Go and probe my office. Go and probe me and see whether there is any budget attached to my office. Go and probe and see whether there is any money they send to my office. I don’t touch your money. Whatever I have, I struggled for it. I worked for it. I suffered for it,” she said.

Pastor Adeboye shares throwback pic of himself & wife to celebrate Mothers Day

The clergyman shared the photo on his Facebook page and wrote"My own mother has left earth for heaven a long while now. But my new mom @PastorFAAdeboye is very much here. To her, all mothers & mothers to be, I say Happy Mother's day".

“World’s Ugliest Woman” Became Anti-Bullying Activist

When Lizzie Velasquez was 17 years old she came across a YouTube video called ‘The World’s Ugliest Woman’ and since then her life changed.

She clicked on the video that was viewed four million times and saw herself. But it was not only the video that shocked her but also cruel comments about her appearance. Some of the bullies even asked her parents why did they kept her and suggested to “kill it with fire”.


“I was shocked. I cried for many nights – as a teenager I thought my life was over. I couldn’t bring myself to talk to anybody about it, I didn’t tell any of my friends, I was just so shocked that it had happened. Calling me a monster or asking why my parents didn’t abort me… how in the world can I forgive the people who told me to kill myself?”

The devastated girl spent days shutting herself from the world behind a wall of tears, thinking her life was over. But now 26, she is an inspiration for thousands of people who became victims of bullying and cyber-bullying. Now she is not a victim but a fighter, she is an anti-bullying activist. Her story will be the focus of a new film by the southwest festival in Austin, Texas, and in particular – how she overcame the cyberbullies and how she lives daily with her conditions.

Ms Velasquez was born with Marfan syndrome and lipodystrophy, it means she struggles to maintain her weight and lacks energy, besides, she struggles with fighting off infections. At 1m 57cm tall, Lizzie only weighs 26kg and is blind in her right eye. But now she became stronger and does not let the bullies or her condition deter her from remaining positive.
She launched a Youtube channel, which has 26,000 subscribers, to help others feel comfortable in their skin as well as showing the bullies that they are wrong. “This is what I’m meant to do for the rest of my life. I like to think that I’m not only telling my story, I’m telling everyone’s story.”

21 year old man has organ restored in world's first successful penis transplant

A 21-year-old man has undergone the world's first successful penis transplant. The 'ground-breaking' operation took South African surgeons nine hours to perform, and allowed the patient to urinate normally and become sexually active again. 

Three years ago the man, who remains unidentified, was forced to have his penis amputated after a botched circumcision. The operation was carried out by surgeons from Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, using a penis donated from a deceased person.

They said the procedure allowed the man to regain all function in the newly transplanted organ. Nine more patients will now receive penile transplants.

Professor André van der Merwe, head of the University's Division of Urology, said they were surprised by the patient's rapid recovery.

He said: 'Our goal was that he would be fully functional at two years and we are very surprised by his rapid recovery.

Professor Frank Graewe, another of the hospital's surgeons who assisted on the operation, said: 'It's a massive breakthrough. We've proved that it can be done – we can give someone an organ that is just as good as the one that he had.'

'It was a privilege to be part of this first successful penis transplant in the world.'

Professor van der Merwe said having a penis amputated is known to have a seriously adverse psychological effect on men.

'This is a very serious situation,' he said.

'For a young man of 18 or 19 years the loss of his penis can be deeply traumatic.

Culled from UK Daily Mail

Photos: GEJ gives N5m each to families that lost loves ones at 2014 NIS tragedy

At an event that held at the presidential villa in Abuja today March 13th, Pres. Jonathan compensated each of the 15 families that lost their loved ones in the stampede that occurred during the 2014 Nigerian Immigration Service’s recruitment exercise. He gave each family N5million and also gave employment to 33 members of the 15 families. Photos from the event after the cut...

But why? lol. Man attacks woman on first date for not looking like her profile picture

I will never in my life support violence against women but the look on the face of that woman on the left has me in stitches. Lol. So here's the story. A man who spent close to $10,000 on flight, accommodation and other expenses to meet a woman he met online attacked her after claiming she didn't look anything like her profile picture. Left is the woman, 32 year old Xiaojin Tuan and right is the photo she used on her online profile...lol

The man, 35 year old Huang Mao, said he felt deceived because he thought he was coming to meet the 'goddess' she described herself to be in her WeChat snap.


After flirting and sending countless messages for months, the two decided to meet up. Mao said he flew 5 hours from Harbin, in north-eastern China to Suzhou, in the country's eastern Jiangsu Province, to meet his drop dead gorgeous online girl only to see a 'fat and spotty' waiting for him at a cafe. The man flew into a rage and accused the woman of deceiving him. Then he punched her in the face. According to local media reports, he then stamped on her as she lay on the ground. The cafe staff broke up the fight and called the police. The woman was later treated for her injuries.

"I knew exactly what she looked like as the image of her face was ingrained in my memory. So when this woman came and sat down next to me I was completely shocked. This woman had a fatter face and acne, completely unlike the woman in the photo." Mao told reporters

The man was later released by police after the woman decided not to press charges...

Incredible moment 'dead' premature baby came back to life after mum begged to cuddle him for a few last moments

First-time parents Kate and David Ogg were heartbroken when they were told one of their twins - born 2 minutes apart at just 26 weeks - had stopped breathing and had just moments to live. Thinking it was the only time they would have with the tiny boy they had already decided to name Jamie, Kate asked to be able to hold the lifeless child, and told David to climb into the hospital bed for a tender embrace.

What happened next was nothing short of a miracle.

 

In this mother's loving arms, the little boy started moving, and his breathing grew stronger. Hospital staff rushed back to his aid and together brought the baby back to life.

Five years on, Jamie Ogg (pictured right) is a healthy, happy kid whose biggest problem regarding his troubled entry in the world is having a little brother who tells anyone who'll listen that he used to be dead but now he's alive. 

After years of trying to fall pregnant, the Queensland couple were delighted to find out they were having twins - the 'pigeon pair' of a boy and girl.

But just six months into the pregnancy they found themselves in the delivery room and facing premature births.

Jamie was born first on March 25, 2010 and his sister Emily followed two minutes later.

'They were both born in their sac but Jamie didn't make a noise when they tore it open. Emily let out a big wail,' Ms Ogg told Daily Mail Australia.

'We looked over and everyone was crowding around Jamie - there was about 20 people in the room. The vibe wasn't very good. 

 

'He stopped breathing and his heartbeat was nearly gone. After 20 minutes they stopped working on him.'

The doctor sat on the end of Ms Ogg's hospital bed and asked the couple if they had a name picked out. He then informed them that there was nothing more they could do to save Jamie.

'I saw him gasp but the doctor said it was no use. I took Jamie off the doctor, asked everyone to leave. He was cold and I just wanted him to be warm,' she said.

'We had tried for years to have kids and I felt so guilty. I just wanted to cuddle him. I unwrapped him and ordered my husband to take his shirt off and climb into the bed.   

'I know it sounds stupid, but if he was still gasping there was still a sign of life so I wasn't going to give up easily. 

'We were trying to entice him to stay. We explained his name and that he had a twin that he had to look out for and how hard we tried to have him.

'He suddenly gasped... then he opened his eyes. He was breathing and grabbing Dave's finger. 

'If we had let the doctor walk out of the room with him, Jamie would have been dead.' 

Jamie and Emily are now about to turn five years old and their parents have only recently told them of the miraculous story. 

'Emily burst into tears, she was really upset and she kept hugging Jamie,' Ms Ogg said.

'They love to talk about when they were babies.

'They have a little brother Charlie who loves telling anyone who listens. He'll say: "When I was born I was fat and the twins were skinny. Jamie was also dead but now he is alive".'

Emily and Jamie also have a little brother Charlie, 4, and regularly talk about their miracle birth story

Remarkably, Jamie has not encountered one medical problem in the five years since his birth

Tit for tat! Iraqi soldiers torture and behead ISIS prisoners (photos)

Iraqi Special forces have started torturing and beheading captured ISIS militants in apparent revenge attacks - and now are sharing photos on social media. The images above was posted on instagram by someone who claimed to be an Iraqi soldier and showed the disembodied heads and mutilated bodies of the militants. He said it was in revenge for the hundreds of Iraqi soldiers that have been killed by ISIS. See more photos after the cut...

Photo: Akwa Ibom commissioner kneels before the state First Lady

Here's a photo of Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Works, Engr. Don Etim kneeling before the First Lady of Akwa Ibom State, Mrs. Ekaette Unoma Godswill Akpabio at an event recently. Some of you may say he's not really kneeling, just having a close conversation...but...there are several empty seats beside the woman that commissioner Etim could have sat on to speak with her...you get? Lol. The pic is making a lot of people from the state mad! And they sent it over for y'all to judge...:-)

Oge Okoye goes on a shopping spree, shows off her purchases...

Actress and mother of two, Oge Okoye, who is current on vacation in Dallas Texas, went shopping and shared pics of her purchases from designer stores - Gucci, LV, Michael Kors etc. Enjoyment!