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Two people were over the weekend killed by lightning during a heavy downpour in Odda quarters in Ayetoro Gbedde, Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The two deceased were: Wale Ayeku, a middle-aged man and Joseph fondly called J-Boy. The deceased persons were both taking shelter at a local “game-joint” not too far from where both of them resides when they met their untimely death. Eyewitnesses said they were nine of them under a tree, where young people usually meet to play “snooker game” during evenings. “When the rain started, we were all happy because we have had scarcity of rain this year, but the thunder and lightning that accompanied the rain scared everyone. “It was not quite long after the rain started that we heard loud screams and wailing which compelled people to scamper for safety. “In the midst of that confusion, we discovered that the nine victims were struck down by the lightning, while seven other persons survived with injuries. “It was a ...

Zimbabwe crowned a king and queen of a unique beauty pageant Friday night. Edson Mambinge and Ayanda Sibanda were announced the winners of the African nation’s second-annual albino competition. Mambinge, a 21-year-old fitness trainer, heard plenty of hoots and hollers from female audience members at the Harare ceremony. “My God, he is such a hunk!” shouted one spectator, while another one blurted out, “That’s what I call a real man!” as Mambinge rocked the catwalk. Sibanda, an 18-year-old model with albinism, said she’s had to overcome hurtful slurs by friends and family, who have referred to her as “yellow” or “white.” “I am black, that’s what I thought," said Sibanda on Friday. “But then I am always made to feel otherwise.” At the pageant, both competitors and organizers spoke candidly about the prejudice they face on a daily basis due to albinism. Approximately 70,000 of Zimbabwe’s 16 million residents are born with albinism, according to government...

Everyone's prom photos are on social media these days. But not everyone's prom photo is the youngest daughter of former President Barack Obama. Photos surfaced on Twitter Saturday of Sasha Obama — who will turn 18 in June — posing for prom night photos along with her older sister Malia, 20, and their mother Michelle Obama, and her prom date — currently identified only as Christopher — on May 24. While photos have not been posted yet by the former first family, one account on Twitter posted a number of them including Sasha with her apparent date, her family and assumedly his family. The account owner captioned the picture: “When your lil cousin take Sasha Obama to prom.”  The post went viral, having reaped nearly 60,000 likes and over 11,000 retweets in 14 hours. In the photos, Sasha smiled in a long black, floor-length, shoulder-baring dress. Reaction on Twitter was largely positive, with most commenters loving the former White House resident's pr...

  Tower of Babel (Hebrew Bābhel, from Assyro-Babylonian bāb-ili,”gate of God”), according to the Old Testament (see Genesis 11:1-9), tower erected on the plain of Shinar in Babylonia by descendants of Noah. The builders intended the tower to reach to heaven; their presumption, however, angered Yahweh, who interrupted construction by causing among them a previously unknown confusion of languages. He then scattered these people, speaking different languages, over the face of the earth. The story possibly was inspired by the fall of the famous temple-tower of Etemenanki, later restored by King Nabopolassar and his son Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia. The Genesis account appears to play on the Babylonian word bāb-ili (“gate of God”) and on the Hebrew words Bābhel (“Babylon”) and bālāl (“to confuse”). The English words babel and babble are derived from the story. FOR TECHNOLOGY: God made a mistake in his calculations at the Tower of Babel: nowadays everybody speaks the same technol...

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The  Game of Thrones  phenomena began with one man, and now George R.R. Martin plans to finish what he started. The author of the wildly popular books-turned-TV series  posted a blog entry  on Monday titled "An Ending," following the final episode of the HBO show.  GoT  showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff went off the fantasy novels for the first five seasons, but Martin has yet to finish the book series, leading the show to create their own storylines for the final three seasons, with Martin giving them notes.   "It has been a wild ride, to say the least," the 70-year-old author says of working on the TV series, before teasing, "Let me say this much -- last night was an ending, but it was also a beginning." Martin assures fans that he does plan to finish the books. "And I’m writing. Winter is coming, I told you, long ago… and so it is. THE WINDS OF WINTER is very late, I know, I know, but it will be d...

Mrs Zainab Isah, Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Nasarawa State has expressed sadness over the death of Mrs Oludolapo Ahile, the Kogi NYSC coordinator.  Ahile was on Thursday, May 16 involved in a ghastly auto crash in Lafia, the Nasarawa state capital  Addressing newsmen on Saturday in Lafia, the Nassarawa NYSC Coordinator said staff of the scheme in state were deeply saddened over the demise of Ahile. Isah, however, commended Gov. Umaru Al-Makura and the NYSC Director General (DG) Brig. Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim for promptly offering assistance to those affected in the incident.  Ahile, alongside her husband, Mr Michael Ahile and two other passengers were involved in a ghastly motor crash in Azuba, a community on the outskirts of Lafia. They were quickly rushed to the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH) in Lafia for treatment. On Friday, Mrs Ahile gave up the ghost in spite of every effort to revive her. Reacting to the development, I...