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Celebrities / Re: Ummi Ibrahim Zee-Zee: "Dating Timaya, My Greatest Regret In Life" by Blacksodje(m): 8:30am On Apr 10, 2018
Timaya is from Bayelsa and not from Benue.

He is the Egberi Papa 1 of Bayelsa.

Besides, why do the few celebrities that we know that have dated Timaya always have sorry tales to tell?

She also seem proud!!

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Politics / FG Releases The Names Of Looters In Nigeria And How Much They Looted by Blacksodje(m): 4:27pm On Mar 30, 2018
The Federal Government has released a list of some of those who have allegedly looted the nation’s treasury.

The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammad, released the list during a press conference in Lagos on Friday.

Mohammad said the individuals include officials in the past government.

The names in the list revealed by the Federal Government include PDP chieftains who are currently being tried for corruption and financial crimes.

“The PDP has challenged us to name the looters under their watch. They said they did not loot the treasury. Well, I am sure they know that the treasury was looted dry under their watch. Yet they decided to grandstand. This shows the hollowness of their apology,” Mohammed said as he released the names.


Find the list below and the allegations against them by the Federal Government…



1 PDP Chairman Uche Secondus
Allegation: On the 19th of Feb 2015, he took N200 million only from the office of the NSA.


2. Then PDP Financial Secretary

Allegation: On the 24th of Oct 2014, he took N600 million only from the office of then NSA.


3. Then National Publicity Secretary Olisah Metuh

On trial for allegedly collecting N1.4bn from the office of then NSA.


4. Dr Raymond Dokpesi, Chairman of DAAR Communications

On trial for allegedly taking N2.1 billion from the office of then NSA.


5. Former SSA to President Jonathan, Dudafa Waripamo-Owei

On trial, over N830 million allegedly kept in accounts of four different companies.


6. Former President Jonathan’s Cousin Robert Azibaola

On Thursday, a Federal High Court ruled that he has a case to answer for allegedly collecting $40 million from the office of then NSA.



The decision by the APC government to reveal the names of the alleged looters and the funds stolen is in response to the opposition party, PDP’s, challenge to the government to name those alleged to have looted the country and destroyed the economy.

Mohammed said this list is just a tip of the iceberg, and the APC did not make these cases up as some of them currently have cases in court.

“They are in court and the records are available. Some of the people on this list are seeking to plea bargain, and that is a fact.

“We insist that Nigeria was looted blind under the watch of the PDP and that the starting point in tendering an apology is for them to return the loot,” he said.

source: https://www.channelstv.com/2018/03/30/breaking-fg-releases-names-of-looters/

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Health / Re: Very Urgent Please!! by Blacksodje(m): 10:34pm On Mar 27, 2018
this is pretty urgent please
Career / Re: Attention Please!! by Blacksodje(m): 2:10pm On Mar 24, 2018
Dilama:
My contact is on my signature. U can chat with me on Whatsapp
check ur whatsapp pls
Career / Re: Attention Please!! by Blacksodje(m): 12:39pm On Mar 24, 2018
Dilama:

My wife has some leftover, where is ur location?
I am in Benin currently...pls pm me, lets have a chat
Career / Attention Please!! by Blacksodje(m): 10:21am On Mar 24, 2018
Hello Everyone,
I am to perform an assay on LDH (Lactate Dehydrogenase) and Creatine Kinase. I am in need of RANDOX KITS for the aforementioned enzymes.
If you know you have some left over that haven't expired and you are willing to dispense alil for some fee (all in a bid to help a brother) do reply ASAP.
This is more or less an SOS kinda call.
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I look forward to hearing from you soonest.
NYSC / Attention Please!! by Blacksodje(m): 9:05pm On Mar 22, 2018
Hello Everyone,
I am to perform an assay on LDH (Lactate Dehydrogenase) and Creatine Kinase. I am in need of RANDOX KITS for the aforementioned enzymes.
If you know you have some left over that haven't expired and you are willing to dispense alil for some fee (all in a bid to help a brother) do reply ASAP.
This is more or less an SOS kinda call.
Please send me a pm I will reply ASAP.
I look forward to hearing from you soonest.
Education / Attention Please!! by Blacksodje(m): 8:51pm On Mar 22, 2018
Hello Everyone,
I am to perform an assay on LDH (Lactate Dehydrogenase) and Creatine Kinase. I am in need of RANDOX KITS for the aforementioned enzymes.
If you know you have some left over that haven't expired and you are willing to dispense alil for some fee (all in a bid to help a brother) do reply ASAP.
This is more or less an SOS kinda call.
Please send me a pm I will reply ASAP.
I look forward to hearing from you soonest.
Science/Technology / Attention Please by Blacksodje(m): 8:33pm On Mar 22, 2018
Hello Everyone,
I am to perform an assay on LDH (Lactate Dehydrogenase) and Creatine Kinase. I am in need of RANDOX KITS for the aforementioned enzymes.
If you know you have some left over that haven't expired and you are willing to dispense alil for some fee (all in a bid to help a brother) do reply ASAP.
This is more or less an SOS kinda call.
Please send me a pm I will reply ASAP.
I look forward to hearing from you soonest.
Educational Services / Attention Please!! by Blacksodje(m): 7:07pm On Mar 22, 2018
Hello Everyone,
I am to perform an assay on LDH (Lactate Dehydrogenase) and Creatine Kinase. I am in need of RANDOX KITS for the aforementioned enzymes.
If you know you have some left over that haven't expired and you are willing to dispense alil for some fee (all in a bid to help a brother) do reply ASAP.
This is more or less an SOS kinda call.
Please send me a pm I will reply ASAP.
I look forward to hearing from you soonest.
Health / Very Urgent Please!! by Blacksodje(m): 7:01pm On Mar 22, 2018
Hello Everyone,

I am to perform an assay on LDH (Lactate Dehydrogenase) and Creatine Kinase. I am in need of RANDOX KITS for the aforementioned enzymes.

If you know you have some left over that haven't expired and you are willing to dispense alil for some fee (all in a bid to help a brother) do reply ASAP.

This is more or less an SOS kinda call.

Please send me a pm I will reply ASAP.

I look forward to hearing from you soonest.
Politics / Re: Why President Buhari And I Didn't Visit Dapchi - VP Osinbajo Reveals by Blacksodje(m): 3:09pm On Mar 05, 2018
I guess Kemi Adeosun and Shittu are from the South East right?
Jokes Etc / Re: Show us how good and creative you are with your use of words... Fun all the way by Blacksodje(m): 4:15pm On Feb 09, 2018
now is a three letter word which is spelt as N O W
Religion / Bishop David Oyedepo's Prophecies For 2018 by Blacksodje(m): 8:37am On Jan 01, 2018
Bishop David Oyedepo 2018 Prophecy

This is more or less a prophetic declaration from Bishop Oyedepo over his church members.

2018 IS SURE GOING TO BE GREATER:

Every day of 2018 shall be Christmas for you
There shall be no mourning in your family all through 2018
There shall be no breakdown in your family
2018 shall be a year of jubilee for you
It shall be a golden era of your life.
Every of your step shall be a New Dawn step
Every one of your steps in 2018 shall be a new dawn step
I decree that every family here shall be a New Dawn family
Every business and career of every participant at Shiloh and every member of this spiritual; family shall be a New Dawn business
All of your children shall be New Dawn children
Your finances shall be New Dawn finances
Your spiritual life shall be New Dawn spiritual life
Everyone travelling to anywhere, everybody arrives safely
Throughout this New Dawn year beginning from now, no one shall be a victim of road accident
Every of your desire will be delivered without struggles
Everyone set for marriage, as the Lord liveth, whose I am and whom I serve, your year of settlement has come.
Every one that returned any stolen item, your sins are forgiven.
None of you shall carry a curse
As for the year 2018, it’s your year at last
It shall be your year of all-round rest – rest at home, rest at work, rest in your business, rest in your profession, rest in your career, rest in your health, rest in your spiritual life.
The year 2018 shall be your most fruitful year till date
It shall be to you a year of all-round fruitfulness
We have 98 percent growth in new birth in this Shiloh over last Shiloh. That’s a signal that the year 2018 shall be a super fruitful year for you.
Go in peace; see you at Shiloh 2018 in your multiplied state. You shall be here in your multiplied state; you shall be here in your perfected state.
There shall be no evil occurrence around your life.

https://believersportal.com/bishop-david-oyedepo-2018-prophecy/

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Religion / Re: Apostle Suleiman's Prophecy For 2017. by Blacksodje(m): 8:13am On Jan 01, 2018
He said popular Ponzi scheme, MMM will dupe more Nigerians in 2017 as Nnamdi Kanu’s detention to cause international crises. God is angry with Buhari for the continued detention.
READ ALSO: JUST IN: Buhari signs last bill for 2016 (PHOTOS)
The man of God said more kidnapped Chibok girls will be released in the new year as Fulani herdsmen attacks will spread to Taraba, Benue, Imo and Jigawa state.
Details of the Prophecies below
1. I see terrorism on the increase
2. Federal Government of Nigeria should not relax yet on Book Haram. It’s a deception.
3. Buhari to face impeachment threats.
4. America and China to have major face-off
5. Crude Oil to flow in Northern Nigeria.
6. Abuja to experience major Fire explosion.
7. Donald Trump to face impeachment attempt as members of Congress will be divided on his style of leadership.
8. I see an airplane that has Nigeria’s logo (National Carrier)
9. Things will pick up a bit in Nigeria but hunger will persist.
10. I saw people crying over Bamanga Tukur
11. Buhari will be bereaved in 2017
12. Ecobank, Diamond, Fidelity, GTB to retrench staff.
13. President Buhari’s health needs attention
14. 2017 budget will have crises
15. More judges to be humiliated
16. MMM to dupe more Nigerians and I see court cases.
17. Dollar to exchange for N615
18. Recession in Nigeria to become depression in 2017
19. MTN and GLO to face hardship
20. A former First Lady of Nigeria needs prayers over her health.
21. Forces in Aso Rock planning to poison current First Lady (Aisha Buhari)
22. I saw huge number of Chibok girls released; some of them with kids
23. Nnamdi Kanu’s detention to cause international crises. God is angry with Buhari for the continued detention.
24. Donald Trump to favour Israel. American Embassy in Israel to be moved to Jerusalem.
25. Liberian election: CONTINUITY
26. Ghana’s new president to send many to jail.
27. Buhari and Senate to have crucial disagreement.
28. Nigeria’s Budget will be delayed
29. I see killings in Ekiti
30. EFCC to come after National Assembly members in Nigeria in a politically motivated arrests because of their refusal to confirm Magu
31. I see kidnappers entering schools
32. Nigeria will lose a great man of God and the New Year is when the Nigerian government will fight the Church like never before.
33. Some terrorists will be arrested in Lagos
34. Traditional Rulers indicted and arrested for corruption
35. Lufthansa, Dana air, Ghana Air, Aero Contractors; I see staff protests.
36. America to have financial crises.
37. A serving Cabinet Minister in Nigeria will die
38. Nigeria to secure foreign funds
39. Doctors will embark on strike in Nigeria
40. A new Mega party in Nigeria will swallow up APC
41. I see a new leadership for the APC in Nigeria.
42. I see the DSS being taken to court
43.France, Spain, Russia to pray against train going off the rail.
44. I saw a huge school building collapse.
45. Nollywood to pray. They will get help but will lose two major people. The Yoruba movie industry too but prayer can avert it.
46. Fulani herdsmen again! Taraba, Benue, IMO and Jigawa state.
47. Kogi state to organize state prayers to avoid major deaths and natural disasters.
48. Edo state; major celebration but pray against road crashes.
49. I see presidents being removed in Africa, I see presidents being installed.
50. Two times, Nigeria’s vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, will face removal from office. They will alienate him and they will make attempts to remove him. But God will humble Buhari in 2017.

As we can see from the above list, so came to pass while some didn't. Notably 3,5,7,8,10, 11, 17, 21, 23, 26,30,32,37,40,41.

I admit some came to pass though. Lets be watchful and prayerful.

https://www.naija.ng/1080207-50-dreadful-prophecies-2017-by-apostle-john-suleman.html

lalasticlala, mynd44
Business / Re: Dangote Crashes Cement Online Sales Price, Signs On Jumia by Blacksodje(m): 9:15am On Dec 05, 2017
It is a misleading topic and content. Just say, he enlisted one of his products(cement) on Jumia.

The price still remains the same!

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Sports / Re: Daniel Ochefu Visits The Beat FM Lagos - Pictures by Blacksodje(m): 10:57am On Sep 06, 2017
He is actually 6ft 11"
Pets / Any Bull Mastiff Or Boerboel Around Agbara Axis? by Blacksodje(m): 6:59pm On Aug 10, 2017
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Agbara axis
call 09091664383

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Agbara axis
call 09091664383

very urgent.... the earlier the better
Business / Urgent Please!!! by Blacksodje(m): 11:51am On Jul 19, 2017
Good day folks,

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And I need it in kilograms /tonnes

Payment will be made immediately after weights of the total empty cans are confirmed.

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Please contact me via 09091664383
Jobs/Vacancies / Urgent Please !!! by Blacksodje(m): 11:35am On Jul 19, 2017
Good day folks,

I am in need of empty alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages e. g can beers (Star, Heineken, 33 etc), can malt, coca cola, pepsi, 7up, SANS etc

All empty can drinks are welcomed. I need as many as possible.

Payment will be made immediately after weights of the total empty cans are confirmed.

IT IS VERY URGENT

Please contact me via 09091664383
Investment / Urgent Please !!! by Blacksodje(m): 11:20am On Jul 19, 2017
Good day folks,

I am in need of empty alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages e. g can beers (Star, Heineken, 33 etc), can malt, coca cola, pepsi, 7up, SANS etc

All empty can drinks are welcomed. I need as many as possible.

Payment will be made immediately after weights of the total empty cans are confirmed.

IT IS VERY URGENT

Please contact me via 09091664383.
Pets / Re: Boerboel Stud Needed In Agbara by Blacksodje(m): 12:20pm On Jul 16, 2017
Agbara in Ogun State...Before Badagry
Pets / Boerboel Stud Needed In Agbara by Blacksodje(m): 1:15pm On Jul 14, 2017
My female boerboel will soon go into heat.

I need an adult male boerboel who is in good shape and of nice pedigree for service.

Please call 09091664383 or whatsapp me ASAP.

I am in Agbara. I wouldn't mind if the Boerboel stud is in Agbara or somewhere close by.

Its urgent please
Jokes Etc / Re: Show us how good and creative you are with your use of words... Fun all the way by Blacksodje(m): 12:04pm On Jul 02, 2017
Gay? I never knew Seun was gay

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Jokes Etc / Re: Show us how good and creative you are with your use of words... Fun all the way by Blacksodje(m): 10:25am On Jun 27, 2017
Danger is best defined when you either come face to face with Baddo or Evans

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Health / The Man Who Survived Two Atomic Bomb Explosions(pics) by Blacksodje(m): 12:53pm On May 08, 2017
Tsutomu Yamaguchi (山口 彊 Yamaguchi Tsutomu ? ) (March 16, 1916 – January 4, 2010) was a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II . Although at least 160 people are known to have been affected by both bombings, [1] he is the only person to have been officially recognized by the government of Japan as surviving both explosions. [2]
Yamaguchi, a resident of Nagasaki, was in
Hiroshima on business for his employer
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries when the city was bombed at 8:15 am, on August 6, 1945. He returned to Nagasaki the following day, and despite his wounds, he returned to work on August 9, the day of the second atomic bombing. That morning he was telling his supervisor how one bomb had destroyed the city, to which his supervisor told him that he was crazy, and at that moment the Nagasaki bomb detonated. [3] In 1957, he was recognized as a hibakusha ( explosion-affected person) of the Nagasaki bombing, but it was not until March 24, 2009, that the government of Japan officially recognized his presence in Hiroshima three days earlier. He died of stomach cancer on January 4, 2010, at the age of 93.

Early life
Yamaguchi was born on March 16, 1916. He joined Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in the 1930s and worked as a draftsman designing oil tankers. [4]

Second World War
Yamaguchi "never thought Japan should start a war". He continued his work with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, but soon Japanese industry began to suffer heavily as resources became scarce and tankers were sunk. [4] As the war ground on, he was so despondent over the state of the country that he considered killing his family with an overdose of sleeping pills in the event that Japan lost. [4]

Hiroshima bombing
Yamaguchi lived and worked in Nagasaki, but in the summer of 1945 he was in Hiroshima for a three-month-long business trip.[4] On August 6 he was preparing to leave the city with two colleagues, Akira Iwanaga and Kuniyoshi Sato, and was on his way to the station when he realised he had forgotten his hanko (a stamp allowing him to travel), and returned to his workplace to get it. [5][6] At 8:15 am, he was walking towards the docks when the American bomber Enola Gay dropped the Little Boy
atomic bomb near the centre of the city, only 3 km away. [4][7] Yamaguchi recalls seeing the bomber and two small parachutes, before there was "a great flash in the sky, and I was blown over". [6] The explosion ruptured his eardrums, blinded him temporarily, and left him with serious burns over the left side of the top half of his body. After recovering, he crawled to a shelter, and having rested, he set out to find his colleagues. [6] They had also survived and together they spent the night in an air-raid shelter before returning to Nagasaki the following day. [5][6] In Nagasaki, he received treatment for his wounds, and despite being heavily bandaged, he reported for work on August 9. [4][8]

Nagasaki bombing
At 11 am on August 9, Yamaguchi was describing the blast in Hiroshima to his supervisor, when the American bomber
Bockscar dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb over the city. His workplace again put him 3 km from ground zero, but this time he was unhurt by the explosion.[7] However, he was unable to replace his now ruined bandages, and he suffered from a high fever for over a week. [4]
Later life
In the early 1950s he and his wife, who had also been exposed to the atomic bomb blast in Nagasaki, had two daughters. When the war ended, Yamaguchi worked as a translator for the occupying American Marines and then became a schoolmaster. He later returned to work for Mitsubishi designing oil tankers. [4] When the Japanese government officially recognized atomic bombing survivors as
hibakusha in 1957, Yamaguchi's identification stated only that he had been present at Nagasaki. He was content with this, satisfied that he was relatively healthy, and put the experiences behind him. [7]
As he grew older, his opinions about the use of atomic weapons began to change. In his eighties, he wrote a book about his experiences ( Ikasareteiru inochi ) as well as a book of poetry ([1] ) and was invited to take part in a 2006 documentary about 165 double A-bomb survivors (known as nijū hibakusha in Japan) called Twice Survived: The Doubly Atomic Bombed of Hiroshima and Nagasaki , which was screened at the United Nations . [9] At the screening, he pleaded for the abolition of atomic weapons. [7]
Yamaguchi became a vocal proponent of
nuclear disarmament .[10] He told an interviewer "The reason that I hate the atomic bomb is because of what it does to the dignity of human beings." [10] Speaking through his daughter during a telephone interview, he said, "I can't understand why the world cannot understand the agony of the nuclear bombs. How can they keep developing these weapons?" [7]
On December 22, 2009, Canadian movie director James Cameron and author Charles Pellegrino met Yamaguchi while he was in a hospital in Nagasaki, and discussed the idea of making a film about nuclear weapons. "I think it's Cameron's and Pellegrino's destiny to make a film about nuclear weapons," Yamaguchi said. [11]

Recognition by government
At first, Yamaguchi did not feel the need to draw attention to his double survivor status. [7] However, in later life he began to consider his survival as destiny, so in January 2009, he applied for double recognition. [7] This was accepted by the Japanese government in March 2009, making Yamaguchi the only person officially recognised as a survivor of both bombings. [4][7] Speaking of the recognition, he said, "My double radiation exposure is now an official government record. It can tell the younger generation the horrifying history of the atomic bombings even after I die." [12]

Health
Yamaguchi lost hearing in his left ear as a result of the Hiroshima explosion. He also went bald temporarily and his daughter recalls that he was constantly swathed in bandages until she reached the age of 12. [7][Note 1] Despite this, Yamaguchi went on to lead a healthy life. [7] Late in his life, he began to suffer from radiation-related ailments, including cataracts and acute leukemia .[13]

His wife also suffered radiation poisoning from
black rain after the Nagasaki explosion and died in 2010 (age 93) of kidney and liver cancer after a lifetime of illness. All three of their children reported suffering from health problems likely connected with their parents' exposures. [7]
Death
Wikinews has related news: Japanese survivor of both Hiroshima & Nagasaki atomic bombings dies, aged 93
In 2009, Yamaguchi learned that he was dying of stomach cancer . [7] He died on January 4, 2010 in Nagasaki at the age of 93. [5][14][15]
[16][17]

BBC controversy
On December 17, 2010, the BBC featured Yamaguchi in its comedy program QI, referring to him as "The Unluckiest Man in the World ". [18] Both Stephen Fry , the host of QI, and celebrity guests drew laughter from the audience in a segment that included examples of black humor such as asking if the bomb had "landed on him and bounced off". [19] A clip from the episode was uploaded by the BBC after the show but was later deleted. A BBC spokesperson told Kyodo News, "We instructed our crew to delete the file since we have already issued a statement that the content was not appropriate". [20]
The episode triggered criticism in Japan. Toshiko Yamasaki, Yamaguchi's daughter, appeared on NHK 's national evening news and said: "I cannot forgive the atomic bomb experience being laughed at in Britain, which has nuclear weapons of its own. I think this shows that the horror of atomic bomb is not well enough understood in the world. I feel sad rather than angry". [21][22]
The Japanese Embassy, London wrote to the BBC protesting that the programme insulted the deceased victims of the atomic bomb. It was reported that Piers Fletcher, a producer of the programme, responded to complaints with "we greatly regret it when we cause offence" and "it is apparent to me that I underestimated the potential sensitivity of this issue to Japanese viewers". [23]
On January 22, 2011, the BBC and Talkback Thames jointly issued a statement. [24] In addition to the joint statement, the BBC delivered a letter from Mark Thompson , Director-General of the BBC, to the Japanese Embassy. [25]

source:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Yamaguchi

cc: Sissy3 , dominique , seun, lalasticlala

Crime / Re: The Seven Most Unluckiest People In The World (pics) by Blacksodje(m): 12:36pm On May 08, 2017
7. Henry Ziegland
Killed by a very persistent bullet
Henry Ziegland thought he had dodged fate. In 1883, he broke off a relationship with his girlfriend who, out of distress, committed suicide.
The girl's brother was so enraged that he hunted down Ziegland and shot him.
The brother, believing he had killed Ziegland, then turned his gun on himself and took his own life.
But Ziegland had not been killed. The bullet, in fact, had only grazed his face and then lodged in a tree. Ziegland surely thought himself a lucky man.
Some years later, however, Ziegland decided to cut down the large tree, which still had the bullet in it. The task seemed so formidable that he decided to blow it up with a few sticks of dynamite. The explosion propelled the bullet into Ziegland's head, killing him.

source: http://www.dailycognition.com/index.php/2008/03/05/7-unluckiest-people-in-the-world.html

cc: seun, lalasticlala

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Crime / Re: The Seven Most Unluckiest People In The World (pics) by Blacksodje(m): 12:34pm On May 08, 2017
5. Evelyn Adams
Won the lottery twice, now lives on a trailer
"Winning the lottery isn't always what it's cracked up to be," says Evelyn Adams, who won the New Jersey lottery not just once, but twice (1985, 1986), to the tune of $5.4 million. Today the money is all gone and Adams lives in a trailer. "I won the American dream but I lost it, too. It was a very hard fall. It's called rock bottom," says Adams.
"Everybody wanted my money. Everybody had their hand out. I never learned one simple word in the English language - 'No.' I wish I had the chance to do it all over again. I'd be much smarter about it now," says Adams, who also lost money at the slot machines in Atlantic City. "I was a big-time gambler," admits Adams. "I didn't drop a million dollars, but it was a lot of money. I made mistakes, some I regret, some I don't. I'm human. I can't go back now so I just go forward, one step at a time."

6. Ann Hodges
The only person (on record) to have been hit by a Meteorite
Ann Elizabeth Hodges (1923 - 1972) of Sylacauga, Alabama is the only person of record to have been hit by a meteorite. On November 30, 1954, she was napping on her living room couch when a grapefruit-sized meteoroid crashed through the roof of her house. It bounced off her large wooden console radio, destroying it, and struck her on the arm and hip. She was badly bruised but able to walk.
As it streaked through the atmosphere, the meteor made a fireball visible from three states, even though it fell early in the afternoon. As the first documented case of an extraterrestrial object hitting a person, the event received worldwide publicity.
The United States Air Force sent a helicopter to take the meteorite. Hodges' husband, Eugene, hired a lawyer to get it back. The Hodgeses' landlord also claimed it, wanting to sell it to cover the damage to the house. There were offers of up to 5,000 U.S. dollars for the meteorite. By the time the meteorite was returned to the Hodgeses, over a year later, public attention had diminished and they were unable to find a buyer willing to pay much money.
Ms. Hodges was uncomfortable with the public attention and the stress of the dispute over ownership of the meteorite. Against her husband's wishes, she donated it to the Alabama Museum of Natural History. It is an ordinary chondrite stone (H4), and weighs about 8.5 pounds (4 kg). It is on display at the University of Alabama.

Crime / Re: The Seven Most Unluckiest People In The World (pics) by Blacksodje(m): 12:32pm On May 08, 2017
3. William "Bud" Post

William won the lottery, but got sued by everyone and finally went broke and died
William "Bud" Post won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania lottery in 1988 but now lives on his Social Security. "I wish it never happened. It was totally a nightmare," says Post.
A former girlfriend successfully sued him for a share of his winnings. It wasn't his only lawsuit. A brother was arrested for hiring a hit man to kill him, hoping to inherit a share of the winnings.
Other siblings pestered him until he agreed to invest in a car business and a restaurant in Sarasota, Fla., - two ventures that brought no money back and further strained his relationship with his siblings. Post even spent time in jail for firing a gun over the head of a bill collector. Within a year, he was $1 million in debt.
Post admitted he was both careless and foolish, trying to please his family. He eventually declared bankruptcy. Now he lives quietly on $450 a month and food stamps. "I'm tired, I'm over 65 years old, and I just had a serious operation for a heart aneurysm. Lotteries don't mean (anything) to me," said Post. He died on Jan 15 of respiratory failure.

4. Frane Selak
Escaped from a derailed train, a door-less plane, a bus crash, a car into flames, another 2 car accidents... but then won $1,000,000 dollars on the lottery!
Frane Selak (born 1929) is a Croatian music teacher famous for his numerous escapes from fatal accidents:
In January, 1962, Selak was traveling via train from Sarajevo to Dubrovnik. However, the train had suddenly derailed and plunged into an icy river, killing 17 passengers. Selak managed to escape, and only suffered a broken arm and minor scrapes and bruises.
The following year, while traveling from Zagreb to Rijeka when the door blew away from the cockpit, forcing him out of the plane. Although 19 others were killed, he suffered only minor injuries and had miraculously landed in a haystack.
In 1966, he was riding on a bus that crashed and plunged into a river. Four others were killed, but Selak managed to escape unharmed.
In 1970, he managed to escape before a faulty fuel pump engulfed his car into flames.
In 1973, another of Selak's cars caught fire, forcing fire through the air vents. He suffered no injuries save the loss of most of his hair.
In 1995, he was hit by a city bus, but once again suffered minor injuries.
In 1996 he escaped when he drove off a cliff to escape an oncoming truck. He managed to land in a tree, and watched as his car exploded 300 feet below him.
In 2003 he won $1,000,000 dollars in the Croatian lottery, and had stated that "I know God was watching me over all these years." He has reputedly refused to fly to Australia to air on a Doritos commercial, saying he "didn't want to test his luck."[2]
He has said that he can either be looked as "the world's unluckiest man, or the world's luckiest man," and prefers the latter.

Crime / The Seven Most Unluckiest People In The World (pics) by Blacksodje(m): 12:25pm On May 08, 2017
I do not know which section is the most appropriate to post this but I believe the mods would do justice to this. Here goes the list


1. Major Summerford

A British officer, Major Summerford, while fighting in the fields of Flanders in February 1918 was knocked off his horse by a flash of lightning and paralyzed from the waist down.
Summerford retired and moved to Vancouver. One day in 1924, as he fished alongside a river, lightning hit the tree he was sitting under and paralyzed his right side.
Two years later Summerford was sufficiently recovered that he was able to take walks in a local park.
He was walking there one summer day in 1930 when a lightning bolt smashed into him, permanently paralyzing him. He died two years later. But lightning sought him out one last time.
Four years later, during a storm, lightning struck a cemetery and destroyed a tombstone. The deceased buried here? Major Summerford.

2. John Lyne
Suffered 16 major accidents in his life. As a teen, he felt from a tree; on his way back from hospital, his bus crashed.
John Lyne could well be Britain's unluckiest man. 'Calamity John' has suffered 16 major accidents in his life, including lightning strikes, a rock-fall in a mine and three car crashes. 'I don't think there is any reason or explanation. Things could have been much worse and I could have died but it doesn't worry me too much.'
Mr Lyne's mishaps cover a lifetime and he has even been known to suffer two accidents at once. As a child, he fell off a horse and cart – only to be run over by a delivery van. When he was a teenager, he broke his arm falling from a tree.
On his way back from hospital, his bus crashed, breaking the same arm in another place. The date, of course, was Friday the 13th.

Health / Meet Conjoined Twins Who Are Set To Graduate From Secondary School(pics) by Blacksodje(m): 4:28pm On May 07, 2017
The inspiring story of conjoined twins Maria and Consolata Mwakikuti, who decided to push on with life against all odds. The 19-year-old Tanzanian-born twins have inspired a lot of people with their zest for life and their quest to succeed despite their handicap.

Having lost both parents at a tender age (their mother died after being delivered of the twins) the twins who were adopted by a catholic church’s charity organization, forged ahead and are now set to graduate from secondary school soon.

A staff of BBC, Leonard Mubali, joined them during one of their studying sessions at their school in Iringa Udzungwa, South west Tanzania. According to him, the girls were very active in class and got along very well with their classmates. Their headmaster, Edward Fue, said he had been shocked when he first met the girls and was at a loss as to how to help them, as the school didn’t have the facilities to cater for them then. A year later, the local government added a special room to the school, where the girls get to rest when they need to, and also hired a driver to take them to and from home.

According to Mubali, Maria and Consolata have rejected any attempt to surgically separate them.

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Source: http://uncova.com/meet-19-year-old-conjoined-twins-who-are-set-to-graduate-from-secondary-school

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