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The Barcelona captain is part of a 23-man squad

Lionel Messi has been named in Argentina’s squad for the 2019 Copa America in Brazil.

The Barcelona captain returned to international duty in March after taking a break following World Cup 2018 and will lead the team again this summer.

Manager Lionel Scaloni named his 23-man squad for the tournament on Tuesday with the main surprise being the absence of Inter Milan’s Mauro Icardi.

Argentina warm up for the tournament with a friendly against Nicaragua and will then face Colombia, Paraguay and Qatar in the group stages of the Copa America.

A Twitter user has banned a die-hard Shatta Wale fan who threatened to terminate the lives of Stonebwoy and his manager, Blakk Cedi after the VGMA brouhaha over that occurred over the weekend.

The die-hard fan of Shatta Wale, is on Twitter as @slaygee1 made some threatful comments to Stonebwoy, and his manager, Blakk Cedi in a reply to another Twitter users tweet.

According him, he would closely monitor Blakk Cedi and assassinate him. He disclosed that would do this because of the love he has for Shatta Wale.
He added that if any news of Stonebwoy’s death breaks, he would take full responsibility.

@Slaygee1 replying to a tweet by @AwesomeCurtis wrote;
“That black cedi guy sef, who be am for Accra here… I go fit monitor this guy then take away his life because of @shattawalegh and I have already said that if anyone here say @stonebwoyb has been murdered then Ghanaians should know that I am the one who’s responsible period”.

His account was blocked after several Twitter users reported his threatful tweet.

SEE THE TWEET BELOW.

Following the now trending news on Twitter that Nigerian actress, film-maker, script-writer, and entrepreneur. Mercy Aigbe, was the one at the Anfield, representing Lionel Messi while Liverpool reached the Champions League final with a remarkable 4-0 thrashing of Barcelona in Tuesday, Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe, has reacted.

With Lionel Messi’s inability to rescue his team during the semi-final game against Liverpool, the striker is now being compared to Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe on Twitter.

Check out her reactions below.

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So Ghana police station no different from Naija own...

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Forty-one people were killed when a Russian passenger plane made a fiery crash-landing Sunday at a Moscow airport, said Elena Markovskaya, a member of the country’s Investigative Committee.

Two children are among the dead, according to the committee.

The Russian Superjet 100 was flying from Moscow to Murmansk when a fire broke out on board. Aeroflot Flight SU1492 returned to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, making a hard landing, news agency Interfax reported.

Thirty-seven people survived, Markovskaya told reporters at Sheremetyevo Airport. Five survivors are hospitalized, she said.

The plane had 73 passengers and five crew members on board. Russian state news agency TASS reported.

Videos on social media show the plane engulfed in flames on the tarmac and people evacuating through emergency slides.

A passenger in a plane waiting to depart Moscow posted this video on Instagram.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been informed of the fiery emergency landing of the Aeroflot jet in Moscow and has ordered a “thorough investigation,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told TASS.

“All instructions have been given to conduct the most thorough investigation, [to carry out] the necessary orders to find out the cause of this accident,” said Peskov, according to TASS.

Aeroflot, the unofficial national airline of Russia, confirmed that the fire occurred but hasn’t commented yet on casualties.

Russia’s Investigative Committee has launched a criminal probe into the incident, it said on its website. The committee routinely conducts investigations into major incidents with loss of life.

The Owan people derives their name from River Onwan/Owan.

This is the largest and longest river in the area. A hand down has it that the name Onwan is the abbreviation of Onwanvbua, a name which means one who makes merry in affluence. The hand down goes on to say that this was the name of an Ora woman who got married in Otuo, became quite rich due to her hard work and industry, but died childless after a period of protracted illness and painful abandonment her corpse was not returned as was the custom in the culture. As the corpse decomposed, it turned into a spring spiritually cleansed and patriotically moved, beginning as Usobua stream at Iyen Otuo and finding its way through appropriate lowlands before arriving Uhonmora village (Ora) its “homeland” in great volume where-after it bade farewell and flowed to join river Ose. The people of Uhonmora village deified her and all inhabitants of the village were forbidden to eat any type of fish from the Owan river. Whenever the people confront a problem, they offer sacrifices to the goddess of the Owan River. The people of Uhonmora regard her as their mother and they depend on her for protection, one suspects she stood for more than what she is remembered for today particularly because she is revered by both males and females in Uhonmora,That tradition of Onwanvbua (omouwa) has survived in ora community is indeed quite remarkable. Be that as it may, we may not fully lose sight of the probability that the river, a geographical phenomenon, could pre-date both Ora and Otuo, which are respectively under 600 and 500 year old. The fact that other streams or rivers have no such history in their origin and that streams or rivers do not necessarily spring up- at the creation of planet-earth need not rubbish the myth about Onwanvbua.

The Owan is an ethnic group in the Northern part of Edo State, Nigeria. They are one of the Edoid peoples.
Owan is currently made up of two Local Government Areas, namely: Owan East and Owan West, including so many clans; notable amongst them are: Ihievbe, Emai people, Iuleha, Ora, Uokha, Otuo, Ivbi-Mion, Ivbi-adaobi, Ozalla and , etc.
The Giant Footprints of Ikhuse-oke and Ikhuse-osi in Owan-West L.G.A: – Located in a sacred grove between Ukhuse-oke and Ukhuse-osi in lulehe clan of Owan west local government area, very distinct footprints of a prehistoric giant are permanently embedded on the flat granite rocks. Some believe the footprints were made when the world was still in its molten state.
Ihievbe Waterfalls, located in Ihievbe, Owan-East L.G.A: Water gushing out hot at one point and ice cold at another. The natives claim that the water is medicinal.
The lapping rocks of Igwe-sale in Owan-East L.G.A.
Akatamiyan Shrine in Ihievbe, Owan-East
The Animal Footprints of Ivbiodohen – Footprints of various species of animals are embedded on a flat granite stab that confound all imaginations. Legend has it that the footprints were imprinted during the formative stages of the planet earth.

Tourist destinations in Owan Land
The footprints are very detailed and like the ones in Ukhuse Oke, will require an extensive archaeological or anthropological research. Ivbiodohen is in luleha clan of Owan west Local Government area north of Edo state.
The Great Hills of Urhoe in Owan-East L.G.A.
Arhe Spring in Uzebba, Owan West L.G.A.: Folklore has it that this spring gives water to Uzebba. It is believed that the goddess of this spring is blessed with long breasts and that she impregnates Iuleha with water and lead them to doom.

The Whistling tortoise in Avbiosi

The Okhaku’roros so perfected the art of wars to a stage that they used magical means to propel tortoise as signaling devise. Tortoise whistle to alert them of wars to come. They planted an Akhuere or ducant tree on a spot in Avbiosi to mark the fetist they named Unuo gboeren. To avoid damnations, hunters dare not pick the whistling tortoise in that vicinity. The Unuo gboeren is a shrine that still stands till today in Avbiosi. In 1976 the Unuo gboeren tree was to give way to a new road being constructed by Niger cat construction company. The road was supposed to be a thoroughfare passing through Avbiosi-new site to Ifon in Ondo state, Nigeria. The timely intervention of Pa Alfred Onime Obuhoro spared this tree and the road was diverted from the shrine. Pa Obuhoro was born under the tree on the 24th of December 1922. This shrine is appeased during severe draughts to bring rain.

Orukpa festival in Uhonmora

Ozi festival in Uhonmora

Ukpako (masquerade) festival

Ma lele festival (raping of women)

About the river Owan, the last time I visited the community I heard some pastors do go there for powers. There’s a popular church in Warri according to the youths in the community the pastor do come for power and drop money at the river bank.

https://mandynews.com/the-story-about-river-owan-in-uhonmora-edo-state/

Nigeria enjoy the top cheapest internet in West Africa

the few countries in West Africa that have internet packages selling at a very cheap cost price.
The cost of 1-gigabit broadband internet data in Ghana is less than $5 compared to most West African countries where the price for the same amount of data is sold for $15.6.
According to a 2018 report by the Alliance for Affordable internet, Nigerians enjoyed the cheapest internet in the sub-region.
1 gigabit of broadband data in Nigeria cost $2.74 (equivalent to ₦1,000) on average while Guinea-Bissau had the most expensive internet, with a gigabit selling at $15.66 (equivalent to ₦6,000) on average.
Ghana, which has the fourth cheapest internet in West Africa sells a gigabit for $4.10  (equivalent to ₦2,000) on average.
Senegal and Niger came second and third respectively on the ranking for cheapest internet. The cost of one gigabit sells for $3.48 (equivalent to ₦1,500) in both countries.
Sierra Leone is the only West African country after Guinea-Bissau to have a gigabit selling beyond $10. It is sold for a little over $14 (equivalent to ₦7,000) in that country.
The results of the report did not take into account the speed of internet connectivity in various countries.

See the infographic below for the position of the other West Africa countries.

https://mandynews.com/nigeria-top-the-cheapest-internet-cost-in-west-africa-infographic/


A Ghanian man identified only as Alex has butchered his wife and poured hot water on her in London after she dumped him for marrying a second wife.

According to viral photos and audio sighted by MandyNews.com going viral on social media, the man reportedly married another woman in Ghana after he has been married to the first wife whom he just butchered for 2 years.

The first wife whom he stays with at London begun to suspect the husband after he had a conversation with someone on the phone and tried to hide it from her. After the man stepped out, she took his phone and picked the number.

She later spoke with the number and found out that is another wife of Alex. The report claims she introduced herself and asked the second woman to leave her husband but the woman did not mind her.

The second wife stated that Alex has explained to her their marriage in London is not official according to Ghanian culture because they just married in London without any family consent so she won’t leave the marriage.

The first wife packed all her things and left the man despite the pleads from the husband. Just 2 weeks ago, Alex called the first wife to come for her mails.
Without thinking twice she went there for her mail. Alex locked the door and attacked the woman with knives and scissors. He went as far as pouring hot water on her for leaving him.

From what we have gathered, he took the woman to London so he feels cheated. Alex himself called the police after the assault. The woman was rushed to the hospital and lex has been arrested.

Listen to the audio below


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYctW_rNirM

The Ejisu police in the Ashanti Region of Ghana have nabbed two people for kidnapping a 14-year-old boy and demanding a ransom of $3,000 from the family.
The Kidnappers identified as Charles Appiah (38) and Manasseh Fumey, a 29-year-old private security officer kidnapped the victim at the KNUST junction in Kumasi

The third suspect identified as Felix posed as a resident abroad masterminded the plan and is currently on the run.

He befriended the victim who is second year Junior High Student and promised to buy him a laptop and a smartphone.

Felix later asked the victim to meet him at KNUST junction to receive the items he promised him.

The teenager was chloroformed upon arrival and was taken to an uncompleted two-storey building at Apatrapa.

After he was kidnapped, they demanded an amount of $3,000 from the victim’s grandmother whom they lived in the same neighbourhood.

The Public Relations Officer for the Ashanti Regional Police Command, ASP Godwin Ahianyo stated that the victim shouted for help from where he was held, hostage.

This drew the attention of passers-by and informed the police which they acted swiftly and rescued the victim.

https://mandynews.com/two-arrested-for-kidnapping-14-year-old-boy-photo/

The Department of Development Control, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCDA), has been accused of pulling down an orphanage home at Kubwa - Abuja.

According to reports, over 150 orphaned children are currently stranded at Kubwa, Abuja due to the demolition by officials of the Department of Development Control, Federal Capital Territory Administration.

MandyNews.com reports that the exercise, which commenced on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, involved the demolition of an orphanage in Kubwa; Divine wounds of Jesus Christ Orphanage Home; Opposite NSITF, Arab road Kubwa; was demolished by FCDA, as claimed by Director of affairs at the orphanage; Charles Ikezemuoka

Watch the moment the bulldozer under the instruction of FCDA in Abuja, destroyed the motherless babies home (Divine wounds orphanage home, Arab road, Kubwa)with over 150 kids still inside and no warrant from the court.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y1kd3yotUM

https://mandynews.com/over-150-children-stranded-as-fcda-demolished-orphanage-home-photos-video/

stifej:
And the Motherfucker OP copied this story from my friends facebook page without even giving credit to the actual source