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On March 23, 1994 the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus and concluded that he died from a shotgun wound to the head.

Mr. Opus had jumped from the top of a ten-story building intending to commit suicide. He left a note to the effect indicating his despondency.

As he fell past the ninth floor his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast passing through a window, which killed him instantly.

Neither the shooter nor the deceased was aware that a safety net had been installed just below the eighth floor level to protect some building workers and that Ronald Opus would not have been able to complete his suicide the way he had planned.

"Ordinarily," Dr Mills continued, "A person, who sets out to commit suicide and ultimately succeeds, even though the mechanism might not be what he intended, is still defined as committing suicide."

That Mr. Opus was shot on the way to certain death, but probably would not have been successful because of the safety net, caused the medical examiner to feel that he had a homicide on his hands.

In the room on the ninth floor, where the shotgun blast emanated, was occupied by an elderly man and his wife. They were arguing vigorously and he was threatening her with a shotgun.

The man was so upset that when he pulled the trigger he completely missed his wife and the pellets went through the window striking Mr. Opus.

When one intends to kill subject "A" but kills subject "B" in the attempt, one is guilty of the murder of subject "B".

When confronted with the murder charge the old man and his wife were both adamant and both said that they thought the shotgun was unloaded.

The old man said it was a long-standing habit to threaten his wife with the unloaded shotgun. He had no intention to murder her. Therefore the killing of Mr. Opus appeared to be an accident; that is, if the gun had been accidentally loaded.

The continuing investigation turned up a witness who saw the old couple's son loading the shotgun about six weeks prior to the fatal accident.

It transpired that the old lady had cut off her son's financial support and the son, knowing the propensity of his father to use the shotgun threateningly, loaded the gun with the expectation that his father would shoot his mother.

Since the loader of the gun was aware of this, he was guilty of the murder even though he didn't actually pull the trigger.

The case now becomes one of murder on the part of the son for the death of Ronald Opus.

Now comes the exquisite twist.

Further investigation revealed that the son was, in fact, Ronald Opus.

He had become increasingly despondent over the failure of his attempt to engineer his mother's murder. This led him to jump off the ten-story building on March 23rd, only to be killed by a shotgun blast passing through the ninth story window.

The son had actually murdered himself, so the medical examiner closed the case as a suicide. ��������

A true story from Associated Press, Reported by Kurt Westervelt
Brilliant - facts are sometimes stranger than fiction !

but he is right now Yorubas are genuine entrepreneurs they are formidable CEO controlling most blue chip comanies in nigeria . agreed igbos are industrious most of their job are clearing and forwarding import and exporters of second class goods. but yorubas are the Lords of business that are listed on the floor of the stock exchange . Go to Marina on The Nigeria stock exchange house. u will see Yorubas in the building i have couple of friends in the stock exchange house .they determine market share and understand nigeria economic dynamic. forget it this are the people Richard Quest speaks to . They are corporate businessmen not hustlers who do not understand market economy .

CROWNWEALTH019:
Its on record that jonathan handed over the most robust economy in Africa to a dead vegetable

he handed over corruption and darkness to nigerians so stop kissing back

more infographs

According to World Economic Forum
Every year, the world’s population is expanding by 83 million people. Right now, there are around 7.6 billion people in the world. By 2050, there will be just short of 10 billion.

But population trends are wildly uneven - some countries are rapidly expanding, others are shrinking.
Each scenario brings its own challenge for governments. Countries whose populations are declining have to think about how to support older people when there fewer young workers to pay into government funds. Countries with a booming young population have to grapple with how to feed them and provide education and healthcare.

Three major things affect population. Fertility is the main factor, followed by mortality and then migration.
Here are some key facts about the world’s population, taken from the latest UN World Population Prospects.

1. By 2024 India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country
China currently has 1.4 billion inhabitants, closely followed by India with 1.3 billion. Together they make up 37% of the world’s population.
2. Nigeria has the world’s fastest growing population
Nigeria is currently 7th on the list of most populous countries, but before 2050 it will have made third place, overtaking the US.
[please make a chart, numbers are in millions]

1 China 1 397 029
2 India 1 309 054
3 United States of America 319 929
4 Indonesia 258 162
5 Brazil 205 962
6 Pakistan 189 381
7 Nigeria 181 182
8 Bangladesh 161 201
9 Russian Federation 143 888
10 Japan 127 975

3. Fertility has fallen all over the world
Since the 1960s, the global birth rate has fallen to an average of 2.5 births per woman. However, that average is made up of highly diverse figures: in Africa its 4.7 births per woman, in Europe it’s 1.6 births per woman.



4. Half of the population growth will take place in 9 countries
From 2017 to 2050, India, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Ethiopia, the United Republic of Tanzania, the United States of America, Uganda and Indonesia will contribute the most to population growth.
This means that the population of Africa is set to roughly double between now and 2050.

5. Europe’s population will decline
When fertility falls below 2.1 births per woman it’s deemed “below‐replacement”. That means that not enough babies are being born to replace their parents’ population. This is already happening in Europe.

6. Almost half the world’s population live in countries with low fertility
Between 2010 and 2015, 46% of the world’s population lived in 83 countries where the fertility level was below the threshold of 2.1.

7. The world is getting older
An increasing number of people are living to a ripe old age. In 1950, there were far more young than old. In 2017, there are fewer young and more older people. By 2050, the numbers will even out.

8. We are living longer
Overall, life expectancy is increasing. On a global level, life expectancy at birth rose by almost 4 years, or from 67 to 71 years, between 2000 and 2015.
It is projected to rise to around 77 years in the period between 2045 and 2050, and eventually to 83 years in the period between 2095 and 2100.

9. Differences in life expectancy will get less pronounced
Life expectancy in Africa was 60 years between 2010 and 2015, compared to 79 years in Northern America. But life expectancy is rising faster in Africa than Europe, so the difference is expected to decrease significantly by 2050.

10. Africa still has a relatively young population, the same can’t be said for Europe
In 2017, 60% of the African population is under the age of 25, only 5% are 60 or older. In Europe, only a quarter of the population is under 25. Another quarter are 60 or older.

11. Net migration is declining
Between 1950 and 2015, Europe, Northern America and Oceania, more people immigrated in than migrated out.
Africa, Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean had more people leave than enter.
Migration peaked in 2005-2010 to 4.5 million people per year moving between major regions of the world. Between 2010 and 2015 the figure was 3.2 million.
For countries with low fertility rates, migration may be the only way to avert population decline.

Kfed4ril:
Thunder fall on you

Sanpona fall on u

kettykings:
Some statisticians never cease to amaze , where will the 24.9 Million Live, will the live in Mowe Ibafo axis, or Abulegeba Axis . Soemtimes i just feel pity for people who draw up this type of Data with out first checking out what is on ground , which road will they drive on , where will they get the jobs since oil companies will move back to the Niger Delta and will be followed by Banks.

This postulation did not factor Biafra breaking up and going which is a loss of more than 40% of Lagos present population .Well Good for Free Education products.

look at kinshasha congo to overtake Lagos after then and Cairo dusting Lagos

awww nija nice one if na IPOB now dem no go return am ooo

wow

LOL THIS GUY UP HERE SHA

The human population is growing at an alarming rate. By 2050, there will be almost 10 billion people on the planet.
We've been hearing this for years, but where is all this growth happening?
Today, Tokyo is the most populous city in the world, with about 38 million residents.

New York City is still in the top 10 ranking, with its nearly 8.5 million people. But in the next three decades, that's going to change.
While population growth in the US and Europe stagnates, the number of people living in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa is going to skyrocket.
By 2030, these will be the new 10 biggest cities in the world, according to the United Nations' World Urbanization Prospects:
10. Mexico City, Mexico: 23.9 million people
9. Lagos, Nigeria: 24.2 million people
8. Cairo, Egypt: 24.5 million people
7. Karachi, Pakistan: 24.8 million people
6. Dhaka, Bangladesh: 27.4 million people
5. Beijing, China: 27.7 million people
4. Mumbai, India: 27.8 million people
3. Shanghai, China: 30.8 million people
2. Delhi, India: 36.1 million people
1. Tokyo, Japan: 37.2 million people

The Global Cities Institute projects that Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, will be the most populous city in the world by 2075, and that by 2100, it will be surpassed by the 88 million future residents of Lagos, Nigeria.

NIGERIA WHERE ARE U

Emerging markets are climbing up the ranks of the world's most innovative nations, an annual U.N. survey showed on Thursday, although wealthy Western countries led by Switzerland still dominate the top spots.

The annual U.N. survey of 128 countries showed China rose three spots to 22nd place on the list, far ahead of other developing countries.

Switzerland has topped the list every year since 2011, followed this year by Sweden, the Netherlands, the United States and the United Kingdom, while the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam and Kuwait were some of the biggest risers.

"Switzerland is the gold medalist once again, and that's seven years running, so that's quite an outstanding performance," Francis Gurry, head of the U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), told a news conference.


The Global Innovation Index is produced jointly by WIPO and two business schools - INSEAD and the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, and seeks to shed light on countries' competitiveness based on 81 indicators.

"What's important for us is to see the gaps in the scores," said Soumitra Dutta, dean of Cornell Business School.

One country, India, was taking that lesson seriously, creating its own state-level index to try to create competition for investment and spur innovation nationally, he added.

India rose six places to 60th in this year's rankings, the 10th edition, outperforming relative to its economic strength for the seventh year running. But it remained badly let down by its bureaucracy and infrastructure.

China's weak spots included tertiary education, the regulatory environment, creative media and protection of minority investors. But in many areas, such as high-tech exports, industrial design and business sophistication, it punched far above its weight.

The index takes in factors including political environment, education, infrastructure and business sophistication. This year's report also reviews the state of innovation in agriculture and food systems across sectors and geographies.

Gurry said it was premature to gauge what impact President Donald Trump's policies and Britain's decision to leave the European Union might have on their rankings, but international openness was key to fostering innovation.

"Will the tendencies that are out there for protectionism have an impact on that? Regrettably perhaps for today's purposes it's too early to say but it's something that we should be very concerned about," he said.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/06/the-un-has-ranked-nations-for-innovation-how-does-yours-do?utm_content=bufferdf905&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Emerging markets are climbing up the ranks of the world's most innovative nations, an annual U.N. survey showed on Thursday, although wealthy Western countries led by Switzerland still dominate the top spots.

The annual U.N. survey of 128 countries showed China rose three spots to 22nd place on the list, far ahead of other developing countries.

Switzerland has topped the list every year since 2011, followed this year by Sweden, the Netherlands, the United States and the United Kingdom, while the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam and Kuwait were some of the biggest risers.

"Switzerland is the gold medalist once again, and that's seven years running, so that's quite an outstanding performance," Francis Gurry, head of the U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), told a news conference.


The Global Innovation Index is produced jointly by WIPO and two business schools - INSEAD and the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, and seeks to shed light on countries' competitiveness based on 81 indicators.

"What's important for us is to see the gaps in the scores," said Soumitra Dutta, dean of Cornell Business School.

One country, India, was taking that lesson seriously, creating its own state-level index to try to create competition for investment and spur innovation nationally, he added.

India rose six places to 60th in this year's rankings, the 10th edition, outperforming relative to its economic strength for the seventh year running. But it remained badly let down by its bureaucracy and infrastructure.

China's weak spots included tertiary education, the regulatory environment, creative media and protection of minority investors. But in many areas, such as high-tech exports, industrial design and business sophistication, it punched far above its weight.

The index takes in factors including political environment, education, infrastructure and business sophistication. This year's report also reviews the state of innovation in agriculture and food systems across sectors and geographies.

Gurry said it was premature to gauge what impact President Donald Trump's policies and Britain's decision to leave the European Union might have on their rankings, but international openness was key to fostering innovation.

"Will the tendencies that are out there for protectionism have an impact on that? Regrettably perhaps for today's purposes it's too early to say but it's something that we should be very concerned about," he said.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/06/the-un-has-ranked-nations-for-innovation-how-does-yours-do?utm_content=bufferdf905&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

lol i knlow this is front page

who get am

nice one
but look at that white army officer with his side arm
we know in any case of emergency he would quickly draw his side arm and aim at any threat .

but our ogas dem only have sticks and belly to fight

Thats warcraft

battle cry

slay mama

a good planner dont plan aloud trust me

Sahara reporter claim looks plausible

For real?

Awwww

dlondonbadboy:
Let Nigeria be at rest...I know my oga..

What da phuck does this mean?

YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS IS FAKE TWITTER HAndle hian!!!!!

apatheticme:
This man should just keep quiet at a time like this, Nigerians are not in the mood for his hanky Panky ryt now. Must he always stir up controversy?

NA FAKE TWITTER HANDLE NOT LAI MOHMMAMED

This is Lai Mohammed fake Twitter Handle now baba

Haba
Go read the guy previous post u will know sey na joke guy

thats the only response they have abi ?

lol

EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING SO FAST

SIRTee15:
Didn't the bank secure collateral n guarantors b4 granting them loans......
I'm sure if they default or abscond to the new nation, the banks will simply take over the defaulter's property....
I guess that's why most igbo elites are not too enthusiastic about the biafra project....
For those who collected salary loan or via cooperative...
I think those will be used a collective bargaining tool during secession negotiations.......

there are non colletarized loans and some loans using shares as collateral .

neoOduduwa:
Lol. That's a Stephen Curry jersey o. Poor photoshop

sharap wee u kee quiettt . na wizkid