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Why is his mom and siblings absent from the event?

Can't I just come online in peace, without bizarre news?

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O.J. Simpson Is 'a Completely Free Man' After Being Discharged from Parole Early in Nevada.

Simpson had been on parole since October 2017 following his release from prison for armed robbery and kidnapping.

The former NFL star, 74, was discharged from parole effective Dec. 6 — more than two months earlier than expected, a spokesperson for the Nevada Department of Public Safety confirmed to PEOPLE.

His parole term would have otherwise expired on February 9, 2022, the spokesperson said.

Simpson, who was acquitted in the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, but served nine years for a kidnapping and armed robbery in Las Vegas after being charged with another separate crime.

Simpson was convicted in 2008. He was arrested on Sept. 16, 2007, only three days after authorities said he and five other men went to a Las Vegas hotel to rob two sports memorabilia dealers.

O.J. Simpson regains freedom, After Being Discharged from Parole Earlier than anticipated.

After being released from prison early in Nevada, O.J. Simpson is now a "completely free man."

Simpson had been on parole since his release from jail in October 2017 for armed robbery and kidnapping.

A representative for the Nevada Department of Public Safety confirmed to PEOPLE that the former NFL star, 74, was released from parole on Dec. 6 – more than two months sooner than scheduled.

Since October 2017, Simpson had been on parole. His parole would have otherwise ended on February 9, 2022, according to the spokeswoman.
Simpson was acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, but he did spent nine years in prison in Las Vegas for abduction and armed robbery after being charged with another crime.
In 2008, Simpson was found guilty. Only three days after investigators say he and five other guys traveled to a Las Vegas casino, he was detained.

The victims, many of whom were related to the Heisman Trophy winner, were persuaded to believe that a potential buyer was coming to their casino hotel room to look at their valuables. Simpson and his colleagues, two of whom were armed, rushed into the room, crammed the artifacts into pillowcases, and left, according to officials.

According to the Associated Press, since his release from prison, Simpson has remained in Las Vegas, where he lives in a gated golf enclave. "Life is fine," Simpson told the news outlet in 2019.

He also revealed that he and his two children with Brown, Justin, 33, do not discuss Brown's death.

"There's no need for us to relive the worst day of our life." "The topic of the time is a topic I will never return to," he remarked. "My family and I have progressed to what we refer to as the 'no negative' stage."

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Manchester City is on a goal scoring spree against Leeds United (7-0) 80th minutes and there's no update on Nairaland...

Update on the goals scorers---
Foden- 8th minute
Grealish- 13th minute
K. De Bruyne- scored a brace (32nd and 62nd minute)
Mayrez- 49th minute
Stone-74th minute.
Ake- 78th minute

This is brutal!!!

Iran backed militia claim responsibility for the assassination of Abbas Kazem Abdul Wahed, Iraqi senior intelligence officer who was accused by Iran for helping US officials in assassination of Iranian general Soleimani, back in 2020.

Full Details Coming:
Source: @Terror_alarm

Lagos Orders Indefinite Closure of Dowen
College.

Source- Lagos State Government Facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/followlasg?lst=1292869595%3A100064441879510%3A1638546705#!/story.php?story_fbid=269117538579640&id=100064441879510&m_entstream_source=timeline&refid=17&_ft_=mf_story_key.269117538579640%3Atop_level_post_id.269117538579640%3Atl_objid.269117538579640%3Acontent_owner_id_new.100064441879510%3Athrowback_story_fbid.269117538579640%3Apage_id.492378324116772%3Astory_location.4%3Astory_attachment_style.photo%3Aott.AX8Xu9BAYO4R7MO9%3Atds_flgs.3%3Athid.100064441879510%3A306061129499414%3A2%3A0%3A1641023999%3A4153984501677023796%3A%3A&__tn__=%2As%2As-R

Following a successful spell as caretaker manager with a stunning 3-2 defeat of Arsenal, Michael Carrick has decided to leave Manchester United after Ralf Rangnick was confirmed as the new interim manager earlier on Thursday, having served as assistant to Ole Gunnar Solskjær, who was sacked last month. Carrick signed for United as a midfielder in the summer of 2006, before retiring in the summer of 2018 and joining the coaching staff.
“My time at this great club will always rank as the best years of my career,” Carrick said. “When I first signed over 15 years ago, I never in my wildest dreams could have imagined winning so many trophies and I will certainly never forget the fantastic memories both as a player and as a member of the coaching team.

“However, after a lot of thought and deliberation, I have decided that now is the right time for me to leave the club. I want to place on record my thanks to all of the players and a special mention goes to the backroom staff, working long hours with such a great group of people has been a real pleasure and I have made some long-lasting friendships.”

Rangnick’s arrival as Solskjær’s replacement was delayed by red tape but in the buildup to the Arsenal game Carrick said he had not been in any contact with the incoming German coach.

John Murtough, the club’s football director, said: “We are grateful for the steady leadership Michael has shown through this period of managerial transition, and, while he is now stepping away from day-to-day involvement, he will always be welcome back as a legend of the club.”

The victory over Arsenal completed a run of three games where Carrick was in charge, a Champions League win at Villarreal, last weekend’s 1-1 draw with Chelsea and the comeback win against Arsenal before his announcement.


Source--- https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/dec/02/michael-carrick-announces-his-departure-from-manchester-united

Sunday.. against Crystal Palace.

smalldoctor:
Pls who is united next match. Asernal dey try abeg.

Op please update the scores 2-2

Taliban fighters shot and killed a woman for not wearing a burqa in Afghanistan on Tuesday — the same day the group pledged to usher in a new inclusive era in the country that honors “women’s rights.”

A photo emerged of a woman in Takhar province lying in a pool of blood, with loved ones crouched around her, after she was killed by insurgents for being in public without a head covering, according to Fox News.

The killing came amid the group’s version of a charm offensive, after its swift takeover of the country in the absence of US troops, who had been propping up allied military groups since shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid held a news conference to say that the insurgents would honor women’s rights, within highly restrictive Sharia law. The militants urged women to return to school and work, and another Taliban spokesman granted a televised interview to a female journalist.

Mujahid also vowed to grant amnesty to Afghans who worked with the now-toppled government backed by the US.
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said rights will be afforded to women with Islamic law when he spoke during a press conference on August 17, 2021.

https://nypost.com/2021/08/17/taliban-kill-woman-not-wearing-burqa-after-vowing-to-honor-womens-rights/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=pasteboard_app&utm_source=reddit.com

The police have filed a criminal charge against Mr Onoh Ojukwu, father of Chidinma Ojukwu, who is accused of killing the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Super TV, Usifo Ataga.

Ojukwu and four others were arraigned by the police on Monday before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court for obstruction of justice and failing to report a crime to the law enforcement agencies.

The 57-year-old, and one Babalola Disu, 42, were charged with obstructing the police from performing their duties and failing to report a crime to the police.

The other defendants – Jessica Egbochi, 28; Abayomi Olutayo, 23; and Ifeoluwa Olowu, 23, were accused of receiving stolen items.

All the accused persons pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The prosecution counsel, Cyril Ajiofor, alleged that the defendants committed the offences on June 18 and 23 at Computer Village in Ikeja, and Alagomeji in Yaba.

He informed the court that Ojukwu prevented the police from arresting his daughter, Chidinma, while the second defendant, Disu, failed to report Ataga’s death to the police.

According to Ajiofor, the other three defendants dishonestly received a MacBook valued at N2.5 million and an iPhone 7 worth N150,000 belonging to the deceased.

He stated that the offenses contravened Sections 97, 117, 328, and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

In her ruling, Chief Magistrate Adeola Adedayo granted each defendant N1 million bail with two sureties each in the like sum, who must make a deposit of N20,000 into the coffers of the Chief Registrar.

She adjourned further proceedings until September 6.

Source- https://www.channelstv.com/2021/08/09/police-arraign-chidinmas-father-four-others-over-death-of-super-tv-boss/?fbclid=IwAR3lK3AVoFBjKf1EH5oEdfvZHBJcPeuu0bB9L1cjDeQSrezbpdXOxjE7bW8

A Zambian Pastor has died leaving behind 32 wives, 520 children, and 1,300 grandchildren, Vanguard reports.

According to a close cousin, the Pastor was of the Zion Church in Choma District.

Kebby Mutetete revealed that his brother-in-law, only known as Bishop Simutwe, is 68 years old and has over 1,300 grandchildren.

According to Mutetete, the late Zion pastor had a total of 47 wives, but only 32 at the time of his death.

While other known energetic men struggle to satisfy their spouses and side chic, Simutwe is said to have attended to over ten of his wives in a single day, giving him an army of over 500 offspring during his lifetime.

Simutwe would advise the last woman to alert the next one to enter an apartment for some timed mouthwatering love-making session, similar to how clients take turns seeing their doctor.

The late Bishop, according to Mutetete, was laid to rest in Siankope village, Choma district, along the Masuku road Zambia.

He has now expressed gratitude to the church for donating to his burial and purchasing a K28, 000 casket for him.

Source- https://community.vanguardngr.com/forum/topics/famous-zambian-pastor-dies-leaves-behind-32-wives-520-children?fbclid=IwAR3BqQ7iza1mnhD7rimR0GtvKukkM2uaS_jZFE1C2aD32eelyweDVKoo9fc

I decided to do a google search which led me to his personal website where you can learn more about him https://www.yemiosinbajo.ng/about-prof-yemi-osinbajo/

mrvitalis:
Osibanjo became a professor without any known accepted PhD certificate from any accredited school in the world

And wasn't a full time lecturer for at least 10 years that's required so how did he become a professor of law

I need someone to explain

. Wahala no dey finish for Nigeria

donbachi:
Op,pls Stop dis joke.

The incident happened around 2:00 am as the gunmen arrived at the barracks and started shooting sporadically in the air to cause panic in the Army community.

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have invaded the military barracks of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna State, and carted away a herd of cattle in the early hours of Thursday.

The incident happened around 2:00 am as the gunmen arrived at the barracks and started shooting sporadically in the air to cause panic in the Army community.

Though the exact number of the cattle stolen could not be determined, an eyewitness told SaharaReporters on Thursday evening that the cows would not be less than a hundred in number based on previous experience.

According to the source who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons, the cattle were owned by Army officers.

He, therefore, expressed shock that the barracks could be so porous for bandits to attack without any form of resistance.

The source told SaharaReporters the first time it happened was last year and that about 400 cows were taken away by the bandits in what he described as a bloodless attack on the barracks.

He, however, said some of the animals found their way back to their ranch.

The Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji in Kaduna State is a training facility for the Nigerian Armed Forces, including the army, air force, and navy.

“Around 2:00 am on Thursday, gunmen invaded where cattle are kept at Jaji barracks in Kaduna here. Those cattle are owned by some military officers. So, they are kept at the Mammy market, inside the barracks at Jaji here. I cannot tell you the number of cows taken by these bandits but before the operation, they were shooting sporadically in the air.

“Even the people outside the barracks heard the gunshots. And this was not the first time. The first time it happened was last year. That one happened close to the Firing Range. They went there and took away all the cattle. About 400 cows were taken away. Some of them (cows) managed to come back to their ranch,” the source said.

When asked if the bandits came with a truck or any vehicle to convey the cattle, the eyewitness said they did not drive any truck.

He said they took the cattle away on foot.

The source expressed concern that the barracks always accommodate Army officers from other African and Asian countries who take some courses at the college, adding that it would be an embarrassment should a foreigner be abducted on Nigerian soil.

He also lamented that both the military personnel and civilians living in the barracks and the areas surrounding the military base are no longer safe.

He said there have been several attacks launched by bandits on the communities.

“They didn’t come with any vehicle. They would just come on foot and push the cattle away. This is telling us that one day, even, the Army officers in the barracks can be kidnapped. And the barracks are one of the most strategic barracks in the country.

“In the barracks there, there are houses that even foreign Army officers that are taking courses live in. The Jaji barracks are among the largest in the country and if this kind of thing is happening there, that means we are not safe anymore.

“There was a time even military officers from African and Asian countries came for courses there. Majors and Captains do come there from different countries. Every graduation, you will notice that about 17 African countries participate. It means that even foreign officers can be abducted. And if this happens, it is a slap on the face of the country.

“I don’t know if the military authorities are doing anything to see how they can tackle the issue. What I want you to know is that even the immediate areas surrounding the barracks are being attacked daily, and nothing is done. Outside the cantonment, barely a kilometre away is not safe,” he said.

From- http://saharareporters.com/2021/06/24/bandits-invade-kaduna-barracks-steal-cows-owned-army-officers

Prince Charles Was Secretly Questioned over Princess Diana's Scared Note: 'My Husband Is Planning an Accident'

Prince Charles was interviewed at St. James's Palace as a witness in 2005

Prince Charles was questioned by the U.K. police in 2005 about the death of his ex-wife, Princess Diana, according to a new report.

The probe was part of Operation Paget, the investigation into the various conspiracy theories surrounding Diana's death launched by the British Metropolitan Police in 2004.

Former head of Scotland Yard John Stevens told the Daily Mail that he spoke to Prince Charles about a note that Princess Diana wrote in 1995 which said, "My husband is planning 'an accident' in my car, brake failure and serious head injury," so that he could marry Tiggy Legge-Bourke, a nanny for Prince William and Prince Harry. Charles and Diana divorced in 1996.

Prince Charles was interviewed at St. James's Palace as a witness two years into the investigation after the note became public in 2003.

"Yes, allegations had been made about the Prince of Wales and other royals but we had to find or examine the [existing] evidence before we approached him with formal questions," Stevens told the outlet. "We found no other evidence to support the scenario suggested in Diana's note."

RELATED: Prince Charles Told Princess Diana He Didn't Love Her the Night Before Their Wedding, Her Friend Claims

"We were left with the note, which in itself was not enough to make Charles a formal suspect," he continued. "If he chose to assist [Operation] Paget, he would be doing so voluntarily as a potential witness. We would not be interviewing him under caution."

Stevens reportedly read the note to Prince Charles then asked him: "Why do you think the princess wrote this note, sir?"

The royal replied, "I did not know anything about [the note] until it was published in the media."

"You didn't discuss this note with her, sir?" Stevens asked, to which Charles said, "No, I did not know it existed."

When asked, "Do you know why the princess had these feelings, sir?" Charles replied, "No, I don't."

"At the end of the day he was incredibly cooperative because he had nothing to hide," Stevens told the Daily Mail.

Although Prince Charles, now 72, cooperated with the investigation, his father, Prince Philip, declined to assist in the investigation. He returned a request to comment on the allegations with three words, "No, thank you."

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Sourced from-- https://people.com/royals/prince-charles-questioned-over-princess-diana-scared-note/?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_content=new&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=60d10bf27dda3e0001b6a868

Euro 2020: Coca Cola loses $4 billion as Cristiano Ronaldo removes soft drink bottles & endorses water.

During a Euro 2020 conference, star player Cristiano Ronaldo removed the coca-cola bottles from in front of him and this had a rather negative impact on the soft drink brand. It appears to be that Cristiano is not one of the consumers of carbonated soft drinks hence he chose to pick up the bottles and remove them from the table while endorsing drinking more water. This gesture of the footballer has reportedly caused the company $4 billion in stock value. The Coca-Cola stock prices dropped 1.6% and went from being USD 242 billion to USD 238 billion according to a report in The Daily Star.

As the incident goes, Cristiano had come to the media during a conference ahead of their Group F opener against Hungary. Before starting the series of questions and answers, Cristiano removed the two bottles of Coca-Cola as he picked them up and put them aside. He followed the gesture by holding a water bottle and shouting ‘Agua’ in Portuguese.

According to a report in The Sun, the soft drink company has since issued a statement based on Cristiano’s gesture saying, “everyone is entitled to their drink preferences" and that everyone has different "tastes and needs". A spokesperson added, "Players are offered water, alongside Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, on arrival at our press conferences."

Ronaldo, 36, is one of the fittest athletes in the game. He is known to be keeping a rather strict diet and workout regime to perform excellently on the football field. Recently Ronaldo scored two goals against Hungary and went ahead of France’s Michel Platini to become a record goalscorer and take his tally to 11.

Sourced from: https://www.msn.com/en-in/entertainment/entertainmenttopstories/euro-2020-coca-cola-loses-dollar4-billion-as-cristiano-ronaldo-removes-soft-drink-bottles-and-endorses-water/ar-AAL4YxZ?ocid=st


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-xWvBYSgrc

Breaking.
Gabon's Kanga Kaku has been called by the CAF panel to explain how his mother died in 1985/1986, but he was born in 1990.

As seen on https://twitter.com/Blacksregion

The Federal Government has reintroduced COVID-19 restrictions across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

This new directive is to take effect by midnight of Tuesday, a member of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Dr Mukhtar Mohammed, declared.

Mohammed, who is the Head of Technical Secretariat of the PSC, made the announcement while briefing reporters on Monday in Abuja.

With the restrictions imposed, mass gatherings in public spaces have been restricted to 50 people at any given time.

Access to government institutions would also be denied to anyone not wearing a face mask while government meetings and travels have been limited to the virtual platform.

According to Mohammed, the government has directed that bars and nightclubs should remain closed and the nationwide curfew will be in force until further notice.

He added that only essential international travels would be encouraged, and all existing protocols must be strictly adhered to.

The PSC member, however, stated that there was no limitation to intra-state travel.

On his part, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, said returning foreign passengers who fled the quarantine facilities and violated the compulsory requirement would not go unpunished.

He noted that the committee has received reports that some persons who recently returned to the country violated the mandatory quarantine requirement under the advisory by escaping from the facilities.

Mustapha, who is also the PSC Chairman, condemned the violation of the nation’s laws and hospitality, noting that the committee was awaiting the report of ongoing investigations and would impose appropriate sanctions on the violators.

He revealed that the PSC has considered several pre-emptive measures to be taken to mitigate the likely impact of the variants of COVID-19, should they get imported into Nigeria.

The SGF explained that the step became important in view of the fragile state of the nation’s health systems, the disruption to the delivery of vaccines, and the lack of compliance with the extant public health measures and social measures contained in the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Health Protection Regulations 2021.

According to him, it is imperative to reinstitute the various public health measures that were put in place under the health protection regulations.

Copied from- https://www.channelstv.com/2021/05/10/breaking-fg-announces-phase-iv-of-covid-19-lockdown-to-take-effect-from-tuesday/

Uvie Evatt is 101 and her husband Leroy Evatt is 103

An Arkansas couple is celebrating their 80th wedding anniversary.

Uvie Evatt, 101, and her husband Leroy Evatt, 103, have been married for eight decades, but their relationship dates back longer than they remember.

"Oh I don't know, I wouldn't even guess, I forgot, I don't know, forever!" Uvie told KCAU-TV Sioux City with a laugh.

The couple – who grew up together in Vilonia – told the outlet their long-lasting relationship is the result of good communication and teamwork.


"I'm the head of the house, she's the neck, she controls the head," Leroy told KCAU-TV.

When a reporter asked Uvie if she was the "leader" in their relationship, she laughed as she remarked, "That's what he said," while she pointed to her husband.

The couple share a daughter, granddaughter, and a few grandchildren.


Source- https://people.com/human-interest/arkansas-couple-celebrates-80th-wedding-anniversary/?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_content=new&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=609320a6c73c08000194bc90

On May 3, 1469, the Italian philosopher and writer Niccolo Machiavelli is born. A lifelong patriot and diehard proponent of a unified Italy, Machiavelli became one of the fathers of modern political theory.

Machiavelli entered the political service of his native Florence by the time he was 29. As defense secretary, he distinguished himself by executing policies that strengthened Florence politically. He soon found himself assigned diplomatic missions for his principality, through which he met such luminaries as Louis XII of France, Pope Julius II, the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, and perhaps most importantly for Machiavelli, a prince of the Papal States named Cesare Borgia. The shrewd and cunning Borgia later inspired the title character in Machiavelli’s famous and influential political treatise The Prince (1532)

Machiavelli’s political life took a downward turn after 1512, when he fell out of favor with the powerful Medici family. He was accused of conspiracy, imprisoned, tortured and temporarily exiled. It was an attempt to regain a political post and the Medici family’s good favor that Machiavelli penned The Prince, which was to become his most well-known work.

Though released in book form posthumously in 1532, The Prince was first published as a pamphlet in 1513. In it, Machiavelli outlined his vision of an ideal leader: an amoral, calculating tyrant for whom the end justifies the means. The Prince not only failed to win the Medici family’s favor, it also alienated him from the Florentine people.
Machiavelli was never truly welcomed back into politics, and when the Florentine Republic was reestablished in 1527, Machiavelli was an object of great suspicion. He died later that year, embittered and shut out from the Florentine society to which he had devoted his life.

Though Machiavelli has long been associated with the practice of diabolical expediency in the realm of politics that was made famous in The Prince, his actual views were not so extreme. In fact, in such longer and more detailed writings as Discourses on the First Ten Books of Livy (1517) and History of Florence (1525), he shows himself to be a more principled political moralist. Still, even today, the term “Machiavellian” is used to describe an action undertaken for gain without regard for right or wrong.

Sourced from-- https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/niccolo-machiavelli-born

*On the 26th of April 26, 2012*, Former Liberian president Charles Taylor was found guilty of abetting horrific war crimes, including rape and mutilation in Sierra Leone.

His conviction was the first of its kind for war crimes by a former head of state in a world court since the Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders after war II. Taylor was found guilty of aiding and abetting a notoriously brutal rebel force who murdered, raped, forced sexual slavery, built a toddler army, and mined diamonds to buy guns.

Taylor’s road to war crimes began after he got away from a U.S. prison, where he was being held to be later deported for embezzlement.

Taylor made it from his prison cell to Libya, where he began the militia group National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL).and thousands more were mutilated in the more than a decade-long civil war. The rebels were known to amputate limbs, rape women, enslave survivors of their attacks and force young boys into child armies.

Radio and telephone intercepted during the period were used as evidence against him which revealed direct communication between him and the rebels.

Taylor is carrying out his 50-year punishment in a jail in the United Kingdom.

together with his newly formed militia, he overthrew the regime of Samuel Doe in 1989. The turmoil threw the country into a 14-year bloody war. at the close of the war, over 200,000 people were killed within the fighting and quite half the population became refugees.

After a bargain was reached to end the conflict, Taylor was chosen as Liberia’s leader until he was compelled out of the Office in 2003.
During his rule, Taylor is said to have interfered in another conflict seething in Sierra Leone.
Witnesses said he offered firearms to and organized assaults for, rebel bunches in return for blood precious stones.

In any case, Taylor wasn’t simply helping a resistance. He was additionally sustaining terrible severity. His cruel actions caused the deaths of over 50,000 people.

Born: April 21, 1926
Age: 95 years old
Birthplace: Mayfair. London
Appellation: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other realms and territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

BRIEF—-Queen Elizabeth II, whose full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, was born to Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, his wife, she was their eldest daughter, As the child of a younger son of King George V, the young Elizabeth had little possibility to the throne until her uncle, Edward VIII (afterward, became duke of Windsor), abdicated the throne in order to marry a divorcee Wallis Simpson, It was to her father’s favor on December 11, 1936, at which time her father became King George VI and she became heir presumptive.

Formally, the Princess never went to a school however all things being equal, her schooling was supervised by her mother, who entrusted her daughters to a governess, Marion Crawford; the princess was also grounded in history by C.H.K. Marten, afterward provost of Eton College, and had instruction from visiting teachers in music and languages. During war II she and her sister, Princess Margaret Rose, perforce spent much of their time safely far away from the London blitz and separated from their parents, living mostly at Balmoral Castle in Scotland and at the Royal Lodge, Windsor, and Windsor Castle.

The future Queen first met her husband at age 8 at the marriage of Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark to Prince George, Duke of Kent.

their marriage was consummated thirteen years after, She was 21 while he was 26, The marriage took place in Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947. They had four children: Charles, Prince of Wales; Anne, Princess Royal; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.
On the eve of the marriage her father, the king, conferred upon the bridegroom the titles of Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich. They took residence at Clarence House in London.


In the summer of 1951, the health of King George VI entered into a significant decline, and Princess Elizabeth represented him at the Trooping the Color and on various other state occasions. On October 7 she and her husband began on a highly successful tour of Canada and Washington, D.C. After Christmas in England, she and therefore the duke began in January 1952 for a tour of Australia and New Zealand, but on the way, at Sagana, Kenya, news reached them of the king’s death on February 6, 1952. Elizabeth, now queen, directly flew back to England. the primary three months of her reign, the amount of full mourning for her father was passed in comparative seclusion. But within the summer, after she had moved from Clarence House to Buckingham Palace, she undertook the routine duties of the sovereign and administered her Delaware opening of Parliament on November 4, 1952. Her coronation was held at Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953.

Interesting facts about the Queen; She is the oldest monarch to have celebrated a Golden Jubilee (in 2002 at the age of 76).

Her Majesty has, throughout the span of her rule, held regular evening meetings with 12 British leaders: Winston Churchill (1951–55); Sir Anthony Eden (1955–57); Harold Macmillan (1957–63); Sir Alec Douglas-Home (1963–64) and Harold Wilson (1964–70 and 1974–76).

The Queen additionally met consistently with Edward Heath (1970–74); James Callaghan (1976–79); Margaret Thatcher (1979–90); John Major (1990–97); Tony Blair (1997–2007) and Gordon Brown (2007–10). The practice continued with leader David Cameron (2010–2016) – the pair typically met on a Wednesday evening.

Former Prime Minister, Tony Blair was the first prime minister to have been born during Elizabeth’s reign – in May 1953, just a month before the Queen’s coronation.

Interestingly, there have additionally been 14 US presidents during the queen’s reign: Harry S Truman (1945–53); Dwight D Eisenhower (1953–61); John F Kennedy (1961–63); Lyndon B Johnson (1963–69); Richard Nixon (1969–74); Gerald Ford (1974–77); Jimmy Carter (1977–81); Ronald Reagan (1981–89); George H W Bush (1989–93); Bill Clinton (1993–2001); George W Bush (2001–09); Barack Obama (2009–2017); Donald Trump (2017–2020) and Joe Biden (2020–present).

Unfortunately, the Queen lost her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on April 9th, 2021 at the age of 99 years old.

Happy Birthday, Queen!

Born: April 20, 1889
Birthplace: Gasthof zum Pommer, Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary

Died: April 30, 1945 (aged 56)
Cause of Death: Suicide

Adolf Hitler’s policies led to war II in Europe and therefore the Holocaust.

Hitler served within the German army in war I and was awarded the Iron Cross for bravery twice.

After the war, he became the leader of the Nazi German Workers (Nazi) Party. As a leader, he attacked the Treaty of Versailles, promoted Pan-Germanism, anti-Semitism, and anti-communism. His charismatic oratory backed by Nazi propaganda found a receptive audience in Germany during the good Depression.

Appointed chancellor in 1933, Hitler quickly consolidated power. Appointing himself Führer in 1934 he soon turned Germany into a totalitarian one-party dictatorship.

His first six years in power resulted in rapid economic recovery from the good Depression, the removal of restrictions imposed on Germany after war I, and therefore the annexation of territories that were home to many ethnic Germans.

Hitler’s aggressive policy is taken into account to be the first explanation for the outbreak of war II in Europe. He directed large-scale rearmament and on September 1st, 1939 invaded Poland, leading to British and French declarations of war on Germany.

In June 1941, Hitler ordered an invasion of the Soviet Union. By the top of 1941, German forces and therefore the European Axis powers occupied most of Europe and North Africa. Failure to defeat the Soviet Union and therefore the entry of the US into the war forced Germany onto the defensive and ultimately its defeat.

With the Red Army closing in on Berlin, Hitler and his long-time lover Braun committed suicide on April 30th, 1945.

Hitler and therefore the Nazi regime were liable for the killing of an estimated 19.3 million civilians and prisoners of war. additionally, 29 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of activities within the European theatre of war II. the number of civilians killed was unprecedented and constitutes the deadliest conflict in human history.

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The Treaty of Cession, 6 August 1861

Article I
Paragraph 4 states "I, Docemo, do, with the consent and advice of my Council, give, transfer, and by these presents grant and confirm unto the Queen of Great Britain, her heirs, and successors forever, the port and Island of Lagos with all the rights, profits, territories, and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging, and as well the profits and revenue as the direct, full, and absolute dominion and sovereignty of the said port, island, and premises, with all royalties thereof, freely, fully and entirely and absolutely. I do also covenant and grant that the quiet and peaceable possession thereof shall with all possible speed, be freely and effectually delivered to the Queen of Great Britain, or such person as Her Majesty shall thereunto appoint for her use in the performance of this grant; the inhabitants of said island and territories, as the Queen’s subjects, and under her sovereignty, Crown, jurisdiction, and government, being still suffered to live there.

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Ramadan is a sacred and holy month of fasting, introspection, and prayer for Muslims, the followers of Islam. It’s celebrated because of the month during which Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) received the initial revelations of the Quran, the holy book for Muslims. Fasting is one of the five fundamental principles of Islam. Every day during Ramadan, Muslims don’t eat or drink from sunrise to sunset. they’re also alleged to avoid impure thoughts and bad behavior. Muslims break their daily fasts by sharing meals with family and friends, and therefore the end of Ramadan is widely known with a three-day festival referred to as Eid al-Fitr, one among Islam’s major holidays. Ramadan always falls on the ninth month of the 12-month Islamic calendar. Ramadan 2021 begins at sunset on Monday, April 12, and will end on Wednesday, May 12.


Muslims believe that around 610 A.D. a person named Muhammad (c.570-632) from the Arabian city of Mecca started receiving revelations from God, or Allah, via the angel Gabriel. The revelations were collated into a 114-chapter holy book referred to as the Quran (or Koran), which Muslims believe contains the precise words of God.

Prophet Muhammad is, as claimed by Muslims, the last prophet in the order of great prophets like Adam, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus who were chosen by God to act as messengers and teach mankind. Muslims believe there’s one all-knowing God, and People will be saved if they obey his commandments.. In Arabic, Islam means “submission” or “surrender” (to God).

Brief Fact

After Christianity, Islam is the world’s second-largest religion, with over 1 billion adherents. Islam began in Arabia and has since spread across the globe.

Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Egypt, Turkey, and Iran have the largest Muslim populations. Nigeria’s Muslim population is estimated to be between 50 and 52 percent.



Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which is a lunar calendar centered on the moon’s phases. The lunar calendar is 11 days behind the solar calendar.

As a result, Ramadan does not begin on the same day every year, but rather moves through all four seasons over time.

Ramadan is widely known because the month during which the Prophet got the first revelations from God that became the Quran, Muslims’ holy book.

According to the Quran “The month of Ramadhan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur’an, guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever sights [the new moon of] the month, let him fast it.”

HOW MUSLIM OBSERVE THE RAMADAN FASTING

Muslims fast from daybreak to nightfall every day. They are not allowed to eat, drink, smoke, or engage in sexual intercourse, as well as have unkind or impure thoughts and words, or engage in immoral behaviour.

Ramadan is a month dedicated to self-control and meditation. Fasting is thought to be a way to purify the soul and develop empathy for those who are hungry and less fortunate in the world. Muslims visit mosques.

During Ramadan, Muslims go to work and school and go about their daily lives as usual; however, some Muslims read the entire Quran, say special prayers, and visit mosques more frequently.

Fasting is obligatory for all Muslims who have completed puberty and are in good health. The sick and elderly, as well as tourists, pregnant women, and nursing mothers, are excluded, but they must make up for missing fast days or help feed the poor in the future.

During Ramadan, the first pre-dawn meal of the day is known as “suhoor.” A meal known as “iftar” is served to break the fast each day. Fruits are traditionally eaten to break the fast.

The end of Ramadan is marked by the Eid al-Fitr (or Eid ul-Fitr), or Feast of Fast-Breaking, which is a major celebration. It lasts three days and begins the day after Ramadan ends.

Eid al-Fitr is marked by special prayers and meals with friends and family, as well as the exchange of gifts.


To all our Muslim brothers and sisters, as you observe this fasting, May Allah answers all your prayers in this holy month of Ramadan.

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That's my fear... I pray Nigeria doesn't go the way of Rwanda...

A Brief Intro about Rwanda.

Rwanda, formally known as the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley, where the African Great Lakes area and East Africa join. Perhaps one of the smallest countries on the African territory, its capital city is Kigali. Located a couple of degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda Shares a border with the likes of Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is exceptionally high above sea levels, giving it the nickname “land of thousand hills”, with its geology overwhelmed by mountains in the west and savanna toward the east, with various lakes all through the country. The environment is mild to subtropical, with two stormy seasons and two dry seasons every year. Rwanda has a populace of over 12.6 million living on 26,338 km2 (10,169 sq mi) of land and is the most thickly populated terrain African country.

By the mid-1990s, Rwanda, a little country with an overwhelmingly agricultural economy, had one of the greatest population densities in Africa. Around 85% of its populace was Hutu; the rest were Tutsi, alongside a few Twa, a Pygmy bunch who were the first occupants of Rwanda.

The genesis of the problem started during the Colonial period, during which the Belgians supported the minority Tutsis over the Hutus, thereby increasing the bitterness of both ethnicities, which brought about the high level of violence even before Independence.

In 1959, there was a revolution by the Hutus which caused over 300,000 Tutsis to leave the country thereby reducing the Tutsi tribe.


By early 1961, The Tutsi king was deposed and a Hutu-dominated republic was created,

After a referendum by the United Nations that same year, Rwanda was formally granted independence by Belgium in July 1962.

Ethnically inspired violence continues to erupt soon after freedom. In 1973, the military-installed Major General Juvenal Habyarimana, a moderate Hutu, in power.

He was toppled following a coup in 1973, which brought President Juvénal Habyarimana to the number one position in the country.

President Juvénal Habyarimana ruled the country for over twenty years.

During the 1980s, a gathering of 500 Rwandan exiles in Uganda, led by Fred Rwigyema, who battled with the revolutionary National Resistance Army (NRA) in the Ugandan Bush War, which saw Yoweri Museveni oust Milton Obote.

These soldiers stayed in the Ugandan armed force following Museveni’s initiation as Ugandan president, yet all the while started arranging an invasion of Rwanda through an undercover organization inside the military’s ranks.

In October 1990, Rwigyema led a force of over 4,000 rebels from Uganda, proceeded into Rwanda under the flag of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), unfortunately, Rwigyema was killed on the third day of the attack, and France and Zaire rolled out soldiers in support of Rwandan armed force, allowing them to repel the invasion. Paul Kagame, Rwigyema’s deputy took control of the RPF forces, coordinating a strategic retreat through Uganda to the Virunga Mountains, a rough space of northern Rwanda. From there, he rearmed and revamped the military, and did raise money and enrollment from the Tutsi in the diaspora.

In 1990, forces of the Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF), under the leadership of Paul Kagame restarted the war,

The RPF pursued a quick in and out style guerrilla war, catching some boundary regions, however not making critical gains against the Rwandan army.

In June 1992, following the development of a multiparty alliance government in Kigali, the RPF declared a truce and started dealings with the Rwandan government in Arusha, Tanzania.

In August 1993, President Habyarimana agreed to an arrangement at Arusha, Tanzania, requiring the creation of a joint government between the Rwanda government and the RPF.

This agreement didn’t go down well with Hutu extremists, which might before long take an evil decision to stop it.

On April 6, 1994, a plane conveying Habyarimana and Burundi’s President Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down bizarrely In the city of Kigali, leaving no survivors. (It has never been indisputably figured out who the offenders were. Some have accused Hutu radicals, while others accused heads of the RPF)

In less than 24 hours, the Presidential Guard, along with individuals from the Rwandan military (FAR) and Hutu militia army is known as the Interahamwe (“Those Who Attack Together”) and Impuzamugambi (“Those Who Have the Same Goal”), set up detours and blockades and started butchering Tutsis and moderate Hutus without any potential repercussions.

Politically, the next in line to succeed President Habyarimana’s was Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana but the crisis committee that was formed shortly After the President’s assassination refused to accept her authority but instead ordered her to be executed, she, her husband, and some Belgian soldiers were the first to be murdered in the pogrom after which prominent members of the TUTSI ethnicity was killed.

The mass killings in Kigali immediately spread from that city to the remainder of Rwanda. In the initial fourteen days, local administrators in central and southern Rwanda, where most Tutsi lived, opposed the killing. After April 18, State authorities eliminated the resisters and slaughtered a few of them. Other opponents at that point fell quiet or effectively supported the execution. Authorities compensated killers with food, drink, drugs, and cash. Government-supported radio broadcasts began encouraging common Rwandan civilians to kill their neighbors. Within three months, exactly 800,000 individuals had been butchered.

The RPF restarted its hostile not long after Habyarimana’s death. It quickly held onto control of the northern piece of the country and captured Kigali around 100 days after in mid-July, stopping the annihilation.

After its triumph, the RPF set up a coalition government like that agreed upon at Arusha, with Pasteur Bizimungu, a Hutu, as president, and Paul Kagame, a Tutsi, as VP and defense minister.

After the genocide, more than 1,000,000 individuals were conceivably culpable in the massacre nearly one-fifth of the population remaining after the summer of 1994. The RPF pursued a policy of mass arrests for those responsible and for those persons who took part in the genocide, jailing over 100,000 people in the two years after the genocide. The pace of arrests overwhelmed the physical capacity of the Rwandan prison system, leading to what Amnesty International deemed “cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment”. The country’s 19 prisons were designed to hold about 18,000 inmates total, but at their peak in 1998, there were over 100,000 people in crowded detention facilities across the country.

In October 1994, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), situated in Tanzania, was set up as an expansion of the International Criminal Tribunal for previous Yugoslavia (ICTY) at The Hague, the primary worldwide court since the Nuremberg Trials of 1945-46, and the first with the command to arraign the wrongdoing of massacre.

In 1995, the ICTR started prosecuting and attempting various higher-positioning individuals for their job in the Rwandan destruction; the cycle was made more troublesome on the grounds that the whereabouts of numerous suspects were obscure.

The preliminaries proceeded over the course of the following decade and a half, including the 2008 conviction of three previous senior Rwandan guards and military authorities for getting sorted out the destruction.

First image- FILE - Skulls and bones of some of those killed in Rwanda's genocide are seen at a memorial shrine at a Catholic church in Ntarama, Rwanda, on April 4, 2014.

Second image- Tutsi Pastor Anastase Sabamungu (left) and Hutu teacher Joseph Nyamutera visit a Rwanda cementry where 6,000 genocide victims are buried
Copyright- World Vision

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Wow! That's interesting! Can you share pictures of the events with us please?

TMKsouth:
I was actually in Sharpeville today for the ceremony.

Sharpville Massacre- Today, we honor the memories of all the lives lost on this day March 21st, 1960 When white police in apartheid South Africa killed 67 Blacks and wounded 186...

According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpeville_massacre, The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, at the police station in the South African township of Sharpeville in Transvaal (today part of Gauteng).

After a day of demonstrations against pass laws, a crowd of about 7,000 protesters went to the police station. The South African Police opened fire on the crowd, killing 69 people and injuring 180 others. Sources disagree as to the behaviour of the crowd; some state that the crowd was peaceful, while others state that the crowd had been hurling stones at the police, and that the shooting started when the crowd started advancing toward the fence around the police station. There were 249 casualties in total, including 29 children. Many were shot in the back as they fled.[1]

The massacre was photographed by photographer Ian Berry, who initially believed the police were firing blanks.[2] In present-day South Africa, 21 March is celebrated as a public holiday in honour of human rights and to commemorate the Sharpeville massacre.

Lou Ottens, who changed the music landscape when he invented the cassette tape nearly six decades ago, has reportedly died at age 94 at his home in the Netherlands.

It was in 1952 that Ottens began working for Dutch electronics maker Philips, where he'd become the head of the company's product development department, Dutch News reported. By 1963, his team had created both the first portable tape recorder and the cassette tape, an analog magnetic tape recording format that allowed for audio recording and playback.

According to NPR, Ottens was inspired to create the cassette by a vision of making music portable and accessible for everyone.

"He advocated for Philips to license this new format to other manufacturers for free, paving the way for cassettes to become a worldwide standard," documentary filmmaker Zack Taylor told the outlet.

"Cassettes taught us how to use our voice, even when the message came from someone else's songs, compiled painstakingly on a mixtape," Taylor, who spoke to Ottens for his film, Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape, said.



While creating the cassette, Ottens knew he wanted something that could fit in consumers' pockets, so he used a wooden model to come up with the perfect size, Dutch News reported.

More than 100 billion cassettes were sold worldwide after Ottens introduced his team's invention to the public.



Of course, the cassette would be phased out by the compact disc a few decades later. But Ottens also played a part in the creation of the disc, called the "CD" for short, through a partnership with Philips and Sony.

"From now on, the conventional record player is obsolete," Ottens said after Philips debuted the CD in 1982, according to the BBC.

Taylor said Ottens' impact on music can still be felt today, even if consumers have largely turned to digital streaming over physical media for their music.

"So next time you make that perfect playlist on Spotify, or send a link to share a song, you can thank Lou Ottens," he said of the engineer, according to NPR.

Following his death, Philips called Ottens an "extraordinary man" who launched a "revolution."

"It saddened all of us to hear about Lou Ottens' passing. Lou was an extraordinary man who loved technology, even as his inventions had humble beginnings," the Philips Museum said in a statement, according to WTOP News. "During the development of the cassette tape, in the early 1960s, he had a wooden block made that fit exactly in his coat pocket. This was how big the first Compact Cassette was to be, making it a lot handier than the bulky tape recorders in use at the time."

"His invention came to be known as the Cassette Tape and over 100 billion were sold globally. In addition the Compact Cassette, the Compact Disc or CD, was thanks in part to his inventiveness," the company added. "The worldwide success always surprised him though: 'We knew it could become big, but could have never imagined it would be a revolution.'"

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