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From excess digits to errant hands, extreme hairiness to disappearing joysticks, there is no end of strange ailments afflicting humanity. Some are serious, others are downright bizarre. Here are some fascinating, odd and mercifully rare conditions that can affect our bodies and brains. Also, as it turns out, there's a medical condition for all those Naija babes who speak our Nigerian language with foreign accent.

1) ALIEN HAND SYNDROME
A condition arising from brain trauma. This bizarre syndrome involves losing control of one hand, which can do anything from gesticulating to unbuttoning clothes its owner is trying to put on with his or her other hand. The condition is also called Dr Strangelove Syndrome. While victims can still experience sensation in the affected hand, they say it seems to have a mind of its own. The only solution is to keep it busy, for example by holding onto something - just not, hopefully, your own throat.

2) PROTEUS SYNDROME
Named after Proteus, the Greek god famous for changing his shape, this is a progressive disorder causing disfiguring tumours and abnormal bone development. It's extremely rare, with just over 100 cases confirmed since it was first identified in 1979. Its most celebrated victim was Joseph Merrick, aka "The Elephant Man". At first, Merrick was believed to have suffered from the nerve disorder neurofibromatosis, but in 2003 DNA testing on his remains showed that he in fact had Proteus Syndrome. His story inspired the 1980 film The Elephant Man, starring John Hurt as Merrick.

3) ONDINE'S CURSE
A wonderful name for a nasty problem, this is a sleep disorder resulting from a malfunctioning autonomic nervous system. Its victims are unable to breathe spontaneously but must consciously will each breath, so will suffocate if they fall asleep. Respirators may help. Also known as congenital central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome, Ondine's Curse derives its name from the legend of a water nymph, Ondine, who fell in love with a human, thereby forfeiting her immortality. Though he had pledged his undying love, Ondine discovered him snoring in the arms of another woman. She cursed him, declaring that as he had pledged his love with every waking breath, he would die the moment he fell asleep.

4) RILEY-DAY SYNDROME
Feeling no pain; it doesn't sound like a problem, but it can be lethal for the victims of a syndrome involving, among other symptoms, insensitivity to pain. Caused by a chromosomal abnormality found among Ashkenazi Jews - people of Eastern European Jewish descent - the syndrome makes its victims exceptionally accident-prone because they simply don't register warning signs of tissue damage such as wounds, bruising and burns. They are even oblivious to oxygen deprivation, which means that when they hold their breath, as infants often do, they do so until they black out. Riley-Day patients tend to die young - around half before the age of 30 - from their injuries.

5) PICA
This is a compulsive appetite for non-edible items, including clay, stones, cigarette ash, paint, glue, laundry starch, ice and even hair. Found among pregnant women and young children, particularly in poorer areas, it's thought to relate to nutritional deficiencies and may be treated with mineral supplements. However, that's just one of many theories about pica, whose precise causes are unknown. It's also found among brain damaged or mentally ill people, among whom it can take particularly dangerous turns including swallowing sharp objects (known as acuphagia). Undigested items can also form bezoars - calcified "stones" - in the stomach.

6) JERUSALEM SYNDROME
This one sounds like the title of a Robert Ludlum thriller, but it's actually a religious psychosis triggered by a visit to Jerusalem. Observed since medieval times, its victims may believe that they are prophets and parade around the city proclaiming the Holy Writ or exhorting sinners to repent. Affecting around 100 tourists per year, it generally clears up once they leave town. However, it can have serious repercussions, as with the widespread rioting that ensued when Australian man Michael Rohan set fire to the al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in 1969, convinced he was the "Lord's emissary". In a related note, some Nigerian Pastors don't even have to visit Jerusalem before getting this syndrome.

7) FOREIGN ACCENT SYNDROME
Imagine suddenly putting on a convincing French accent. Or Scottish. Or Italian. It sounds like fun, but it's no joke for the victims of Foreign Accent Syndrome, which can set in after strokes or other brain trauma. Without warning, they'll start speaking their native tongue with a different accent, which could sound anything from Swedish to South African. Victims need never have heard the accent in question, according to Oxford University researchers Dr Jennifer Gurd and Dr John Coleman, who believe it arises from damage to areas of the brain responsible for language production, altering pitch, pronunciation and speech patterns. So people with the syndrome aren't putting on a foreign accent, it just sounds that way.


FULL article: 23 strange medical conditions

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Norwood Thomas, 93, of Virginia Beach will make the trip to see 88-year-old Joyce Durrant in February, just in time for Valentine's Day, his son Steven Thomas told ABC News today. The two had dated for a few months in London during 1944 but were separated when Thomas was forced to leave for the Battle of Normandy in France.

The veteran and his wartime girlfriend connected for the first time in more than seven decades this past November. Durrant had surprised Thomas with a phone call after her son Robert had looked him up online.

"When she called me 'Tommy,' her nickname for me, Oh, my God, it stirred emotions that had been dormant for a long, long time," Norwood Thomas told ABC News in November. "She had always been on the fringes of my thoughts this whole time. She'd always pop up as a pleasant memory, and it turns out that she'd been thinking of me this whole time too."

"I told her that I put her on a pedestal," Thomas said. "I called her the pure, untouched and unobtainable goddess. And there she stayed on that pedestal for the rest of my life."

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UPDATE: Jan/15/2016 Global Rank: 1,607,895 | Naija Rank: 7,071

bluntspade:
mister man in your entire life you can't smell top 100 in nigeria..fact #nooffence.. I'm currently ranked 348,905 in the world and i know what it took me to get there so stop jonzzzing.

No offense taken boss. We all need a little motivation. This should be fun.

Ibrahim Abubakar, the head of protocol for the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) was shot dead by armed robbers at his house in Abuja in the early hours of today.

His death was announced by NFF on Twitter

http://www.lanreoladipo.com/2016/01/nigerian-football-federation-nff.html

A male suicide bomber sneaked into Gwoza, a resettling community which has people who were recently displaced and no fewer than five persons have lost their lives.

http://www.lanreoladipo.com/2016/01/5-killed-as-suicide-bomber-attacks.html

A very popular preacher, Abdulaziz Dauda, has been sentenced to death by hanging after a Kano upper Sharia court found him guilty of blasphemy against Prophet Mohammed.

Dauda who is popularly know as Abdul Inyas, was arrested on August 18, 2015 in Abuja and taken to Kano, where he faced trial on a two-count charge of blasphemy and inciting crisis that led to the burning of a Sharia court and some vehicles.

http://www.lanreoladipo.com/2016/01/sharia-law-is-in-nigeria-popular.html

AwonGoonsMee:
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This is not a comment; I'm just going to keep this spot till i smell that top 500.

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If you are updating your methods here, I'm following, if not...

Definitely going to update methods here but only once a month.

Nigerian University dropout, Elijah Oyefeso, 21, becomes a stockbroker after using his student loan to start trading & now earns £30,000 on a bad month. Elijah trades on the stock market for just one hour a day to earn his income. Elijah, from Camberwell, south London, who likes to show his wealth on Instagram now lives in a £5,000 flat, buys expensive cars like the £150,000 Lamborghini he had sprayed gold (left), and likes to buy watches including a £21,000 Cartier watch that he's worn twice.

Elijah made headlines in July when his Lamborghini crashed into his own £60,000 Bentley, with the repair work costing £55,000 on the Lamborghini. He was left unfazed by it: 'But that's life, money comes and goes regardless.' Elijah also has a collection of expensive watches, ranging from a Rolex to a Cartier watch costing £21,000 which he has only worn a couple of times. But he loves his watch collection, he said: 'You've got to treat them like princesses.' He's even given them names, calling one watch Michelle and another Aaliyah after the singer.

http://www.lanreoladipo.com/2016/01/nigerian-university-dropout-becomes.html

I did blogging few years ago and actually sold my blog to a media company back in 2010. It takes a whole lot of discipline and dedication to keep creating unique and informative evergreen contents. Something I've lacked after starting my second online venture. So, as my new year resolution, I'm going to ATTEMPT to make my blog rank in the top 100 websites in Nigeria on Alexa within 6 months.

The blog Lanre Oladipo

Each week or two, I will be posting the alexa rank.

Disclaimer: I won't necessarily be creating unique contents (Once I find my writing mojo, it'll basically be unique contents). This experiment is about ranking on alexa.

Jan/6/2016 : Alexa Rank: Global rank: 5,144,355
UPDATE: Jan/6/2016 (9:30 a.m) Global rank: 4,081,413
UPDATE: Jan/15/2016 Global Rank: 1,607,895 | Naija Rank: 7,071

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NewSheriff:
If you need our opinion on whether you should propose to her with a song or not, then I don't think you should propose at all. You mean you don't know what she likes and what she doesn't?

lol... Asking for a perfect proposal song isn't cos I don't know her taste Oga. What i need are songs with Nigerian flavor that one can use to propose. The closest I've heard again is 'Marry You' by Ice Prince. Her name isn't Sade so i can't go with Adekunle Gold. Is the question so difficult to comprehend?

It's probably the only Nigerian song that seem to be perfect for proposing. Kindly let me know your thoughts.




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Should I tell my dad about it? My mother has been calling me for three days now and begging me not to tell my dad. I'm so confused.

Full story: I caught my mom cheating on my dad with her pastor

he musician played jazz, including the classic 'Misty' during the operation so that team of surgeons could ensure they did not damage his ability to play music. The 27-year-old was sedated and given painkillers but remained awake throughout the operation on October 15th, attended by 16 medics at the Carlos Haya hospital

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100 year old church gets converted to a skatepark

yungbillionaire:
op merry my christmas wish for is is simple...more sense to your brain, because i is obvious you dont .....how you go look mature people for nairaland cum tell us say dis place na for nigeria...dose white kids skateboarding na d engineers wey dey convert d church....in fact recieve sense

Oga. didn't say it was in Nigeria. The title says something 'unimaginable in Nigeria'. meaning, something that can never happen in Nigeria.

Can something like this ever happen in Nigeria? A church gets converted to a skatepark? Because the church has been abandoned for a long time. Its funny churches world over are closing down while its one of the surest way to 'hit' it big in Nigeria. Along with politics.

NB: Had to change the title. Some think I'm assuming that the church is in Nigeria. The church is not in Nigeria.

culled from: 100 year old church gets converted to skatepark

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Last Sunday morning, my husband who is on weekend duty leaves the house for the office. I expected him to return not later than 6pm. I waited till 8pm with no news from him I decided to check up on him. I called his mobile phone and all I kept getting was a continuous ring. I at first was worried, then anger sets in. Why doesn’t he pick up his phone? By 10pm I started calling his friends and no one seems to know his whereabouts. By 2 am, hard as I tried, I go into short bouts of sleep. On Monday morning I eventually got to know he died the previous day. The news was too shocking at first that asking in details the cause of his death skipped me. I eventually find out it was in a hotel room, obviously with another girl/woman and she took off. Her identity is not yet known. I’m two weeks pregnant. I’m seriously considering terminating the pregnancy.



Boy Girl Thing - I'm Two Weeks Pregnant But My Husband Died While Cheating on Me

With sex almost as cheap and easy to get as getting a recharge card, i can't help but wonder if cheating is getting worse in marriages?

I hate to see what's happening to Mourinho and some of my favorite Chelsea players but its really great to see the faces of my pals that are Chelsea fans. I love it love it love it