So your name is proud nigeria op?

Oil magnet, late Chief (Dr) Sir Anthony
Obiagboso Enukeme, the CEO of Tonimas Oil
and Gas, was laid to rest in his home town in
Neni, Anambra State, in grand style.

This comes days after a Requiem Mass,
attended by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, was held in
his honour at Christ the King Cathedral (CKC),
Aba, Abia State.

Chief Enukeme's burial attracted a large crowd
in spite of the lingering Covid-19 pandemic.

Photos from the funeral of the Onowu Neni
show that he was buried in an elaborate glass
casket that cost millions of Naira. Unverified
reports claim it cost 34 million Naira.

His funeral Mass held on Friday, August 14, at
St John's Parish in Neni, Anaocha LGA,
Anambra. The Thanksgiving Mass will hold on
Sunday, August 16 in the same church.


See more photos from the burial ceremony
below:













https://www.tori.ng/news/152119/check-out-incredible-photos-from-the-elaborate-fun.html

Bubu on the beat!!!!

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved
the appointment of four Supreme Court Judges
from Northern Nigeria.

Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad,
made the announcement in a statement,
adding that those appointed include Hon.
Justice Tijjani Abubakar (North-East Zone), Hon.
Justice Mohammed L. Garba (North-West Zone),
Hon. Justice Abdu Aboki (North-West Zone),
Hon. Justice Mohammed M. Saulawa.

Three heads of court, 11 judges for state high
courts and four Kadis of Sharia Court of Appeal
were also appointed.

SaharaReporters gathered that in October 2019,
the National Judicial Council recommended the
appointment of four justices of the Court of
Appeal as justices of the Supreme Court of
Nigeria but President Buhari refused to forward
their names to the Supreme Court for
confirmation because the North-West
geopolitical zone did not have a candidate on
the list at the time.

One of the newly confirmed judges, Justice
Mohammed Garba, headed the 2019
Presidential Election Petition Tribunal and that
his inclusion on the list is said to be a
compensation for his role in ensuring that
Buhari returned elected.

It was also reliably gathered that the newly
appointed judges will now be on same level
with those from the Southern part of the
country as a result of this development.

http://saharareporters.com/2020/08/14/president-buhari-approves-appointment-four-supreme-court-judges-north

interesting...

for y'all who refused to believe, keep that to yourself.

A lady identified as Harriet Vihenda Akunava
has opened up on social media, confessing to
have infected men with HIV.

She took to her Instagram post to make the
confession. Harriett said she is HIV positive and
she has been transferring the virus to men she
had contact with.

Confessing her act, she also pleaded with them
to forgive her as she has been bitter for many
months now, adding that she decided to come
out clean.

“it’s time I came clean. I was bitter for many
months but I can’t do this anymore. I am HIV
POSITIVE and have been infecting men. I’m
sorry. Forgive me. Get tested if I have hanyad
you” , she wrote.

See her post below:

https://www.tori.ng/news/152004/oh-no-lady-confesses-she-has-been-infecting-men-wi.html

so sad

hmmmm.... okay na

na wah for the guy oo

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https://www.nairaland.com/5850841/some-weird-facts-probably-dont

source : www.weird-facts.org

some women sef

The Lagos Division of the Federal High Court
has ordered the return of two houses
belonging to Bukola Saraki, a former Senate
President, which were previously forfeited to
the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC).

Giving the order on Thursday, the Federal
Court judge, Rilwan Aikawa, said there is no
sufficient basis in the EFCC application for the
permanent forfeiture of Mr Saraki’s houses.

The judge, in December 2019, granted an
interim forfeiture of Mr Saraki’s houses
located at Plots No. 10 and No. 11 Abdulkadir
Road, GRA, Ilorin, Kwara State, through an ex
parte motion filed by the EFCC.

The EFCC told the court that Mr Saraki
acquired the properties through proceeds of
unlawful activities during his administration
as the governor of Kwara State.

The agency, in its application, said there is “a
damning intelligence report, showing
monumental fraud perpetrated in the treasury
of the Kwara State Government between 2003
and 2011.”

Justice Aikawa, while delivering a judgement
on EFCC’s application for permanent
forfeiture, upheld the earlier judgement and
ordered the release of the properties on
grounds that the motion lacked basis.

Mr Saraki had resisted the forfeiture of his
Ilorin houses on several occasions, saying the
act was a witch hunt by the EFCC.

“The EFCC’s claim that the Ilorin property was
built by any proceeds of fraud is outrightly
false. One can only see that EFCC is playing
politics and spreading falsehood in its cheap
attempt to witch-hunt and intimidate a
perceived enemy, ” Mr Saraki said.

Mr Saraki said the Ilorin property was built
partly by the Kwara State Government
pursuant to the Third Schedule of the
Governor and Deputy Governor (Payment of
Pension) Law 2010 while he funded the
remaining cost of the building with his
personal funds.

During the Thursday Judgement, Justice
Aikawa said he could not find his way
through to grant the permanent forfeiture
order. He ordered the release of Mr Saraki’s
Ilorin houses.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/403446-court-orders-return-of-sarakis-houses.html

Thomas Langu Sweswe The Man who played 90 mins of a match without touching the ball

Football Records


1. Ryan Giggs scoring 100+goals without a single hat-trick.

2. Sergio Ramos collecting 26 yellow cards in 38 matches.

3. Tottenham not winning the league in 58 years.

4. Lionel Messi scoring 91 goals in a single year.

5. Kanu Nwankwo playing 6 different AFCON tournaments, without scoring a single goal.

6. Lewandowski scoring 5 goals in 9 minutes.

7. Lingard not registering a single shot on target in 25 matches.

8. Eric Bailly’s shot that went outside the stadium.

9. Liverpool reaching 97 points without winning the league.

10. Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Christiano Ronaldo scoring a goal in every minute of a football match during their careers.

11. Sadio Mane scoring a hat-trick in two minutes.

12. Zinedine Zidane not getting caught offside throughout his career.

13. Real Madrid winning 3 consecutive UCL trophies.

14. Harry Kane scoring over 150 goals without winning any trophy.

15. Phillip Lahm not getting a single red card throughout his career.

Which of these records is harder to break?

sad...
so sad.

even in the U.S. you will find one.

When you are referring to the title of a book, what do you say : entitled or titled ? Is it that the book is, for instance , entitled You Must Set forth at Dawn or the book is titled You Must Set forth at Dawn ? Or is it a matter of preference, a way of saying both are correct?
In most cases , I believe, the last consideration is the case – a lot of people believe the words mean the same thing.

It is true that they are homonyms to a large extent as they are largely spelt and pronounced alike . At least , they perfectly rhyme. Both are also adjectives in the sense under consideration. But that is how far their similarities go. In terms of meaning, they convey clearly different senses .

The implication , therefore , is that they cannot be interchangeably used, further suggesting that one of them cannot be used to refer to the title of a book.

What does ‘ entitled ’ mean ? Cambridge Dictionary defines it as ‘ feeling that you have the right to do or have what you want without having to work for it or deserve it, just because of who you are .’ Here is the example it gives:


These kids are spoiled , entitled , self-absorbed and apathetic.

On the other hand , the dictionary defines ‘titled’ as ‘ with the title of’:

Reed wrote a novel about Sade titled When the Whip Comes Down.

Based on the definitions and examples , it is clear that the correct expression is ‘titled’ :

The movie is entitled , The Trial of Mr Magu. ( Wrong)

The movie is titled The Trial of Mr Magu. ( Correct )

What is the title of the publication ? It is entitled Endless Wait. ( Wrong)

What is the title of the publication ? It is titled Endless Wait. ( Correct )

Forward, foreward , foreword

The other time we discussed creative works ( about three weeks ago) , we focused on how to review them. Now, building on the issue of ‘ entitled ’ and ‘ titled ’ , let us look at other terms in the register of publishing.

One of such you need to be careful handling is ‘ foreword’. It can easily be confused with ‘ forward ’ , not just because the latter is a common expression ,but because it also means being in the front and ‘ foreword’ is always at the beginning of a book. The third element , ‘ foreward’ , is simply wrongly spelt . Writers, editors, critics and reviewers should particularly be careful with ‘ foreword’ because there have been books published with ‘ Forward’ conspicuously posing where ‘ Foreword ’ should be .


https://punchng.com/the-movie-is-entitled-or-the-movie-is-titled/

nice...

A Brazilian man may be the first person to be
"cured" of HIV after receiving an intensive
experimental drug therapy.

The 34-year-old, who was diagnosed with HIV
in 2012, is the first person to maintain long-
term HIV remission after being given a year-
long course of intensive anti-retroviral (ARV)
drugs. The man received the treatment
alongside four other patients but was the only
one to have been “cured”.

The researchers, who unveiled their findings
at this week’s virtual International Aids
Society conference, warn that further analysis
is needed.

The patient - only the third person ever to
have been "cured of the disease" - was put on
standard ARV treatment two months after his
diagnosis and then enrolled on a clinical trial
where he received standard ARTs as well as
the HIV drugs dolutegravir and marivoc. He
was also given nicotinamide, a form of
vitamin B.

Nicotinamide fights part of the virus that
infects cells and causes them to self destruct
as well as activating the immune system.

The patient received the intensive therapy for
a year and then was taken off treatment in
March 2019. Since then he has been tested
every three weeks and a year later he still has
no detectable viral load or any antibodies.

From tragedy to hope | A history of HIV
breakthroughs

Professor Sharon Lewin, an HIV and
infectious diseases expert at the University of
Melbourne who was not involved in the
research, said the fact that the patient has no
antibodies was significant.

“When someone is infected with a virus they
make antibodies. And antibodies don’t budge,
even when you’re on treatment and there’s
no detectable viral load. But this showed he
had no antibodies which is supportive of him
being cured,” she said.

However, she added that it was important to
remember that this was just one patient and
the findings were being published as a case
report rather than a full academic paper.

“It’s interesting, but it’s hard to know how
significant it is when it’s just a single case.

I’d also like to know what happened to the
other patients,” she said.

Dr Ricardo Diaz of the University of Sao Paulo
in Brazil, who led the study, said he was
"trying to wake up the virus" and boost the
immune system's ability to eliminate it once
it's flushed out of hiding.

"We can't search the entire body, but by the
best evidence, we do not have infected cells,"
Dr Diaz said.

"I think it's very promising. This patient
might be cured," but it will take more time to
know, he added.

The man was diagnosed with HIV in October
2012 and was then put on treatment just two
months later. Patients who go on treatment
soon after acquiring HIV can quickly bring
their virus under control, said Prof Lewin.

“So it’s hard to work out whether this person
had the virus under control because we don't
know when he acquired HIV or whether the
addition of extra ARVs and nicotinamide made
a difference,” she said.

However, if this approach is shown to work
in more patients it would be a significant
breakthrough .

Currently, people with HIV have to be on
treatment for the rest of their lives to
suppress their viral load. The treatment is a
functional "cure" as it means patients have
undetectable levels of virus and cannot pass it
onto others and can live long and
healthy lives.

However, treatment is expensive, people need
to take medication every day and drug
resistance has started to develop.

37 million people worldwide live with HIV
“Everyone wants to find a way to allow
someone to stop treatment safely. If even
three out of 20 patients had the same
response to this treatment it would be
exciting,” said Prof Lewin.

This is not the first time scientists have
claimed to have found a way of eradicating
the virus .

The first talk of an HIV “cure” was in 2007
when Timothy Brown - dubbed the Berlin
Patient - underwent a bone marrow transplant
to treat leukaemia. More than 10 years later
he remains free of the disease.

The second person to be “cured” of the
disease was Adam Castillejo, who made
headlines last year as the "London Patient".

Mr Castillejo, who chose to waive his
anonymity in March as he wanted to be an
“ambassador of hope”, was treated with stem
cells from a donor with genetic resistance to
the disease by specialists at University College
London and Imperial College in 2016. Since
then he has shown no sign of the virus.

Deborah Gold, chief executive of National
AIDS Trust, said the latest research was
interesting.

“The results from one of the participants
could lead to promising developments in
finding a cure for HIV. Knowledge is key in
ending HIV and we praise the work being
done by researchers around the world to
improve our knowledge and understanding
about HIV.

“However, whilst work continues to explore
the implications of this isolated case, we must
remain focused on the tools we already have
to stop acquisition of HIV.

“We can prevent HIV acquisition by
improving access to the highly effective HIV
prevention drug PrEP. Modern HIV treatment
means people living with HIV can live
healthily into old age, and once on effective
HIV treatment cannot pass on the virus. Our
focus in the UK and internationally must
therefore be to provide easy access to PrEP
and HIV testing, and universal access to free
HIV treatment.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/brazilian-man-may-first-person-cured-hiv-drugs-alone/