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“If I keep waiting for an Igbo man, I will just end up like Genevieve Nnaji who is eternally single” -Tonto Dike
This piece was culled from an interview Tonto Dike had recently with a reporter from Punch. Excerpt from the interview:

Interviewer: We just learnt that you will be getting married soon to your new boyfriend who happens to come from Benin, Edo state. Why are so many Nollywood female starts getting snapped up by Benin or men from Edo state?

Tonto Dike: First of all, it is nobody’s business where my fiance is from. That out of the way, yes Benin men are great and very understanding. They are not sitting and judging you unlike an Igbo man that will want to be poke-nosing in everything you do. You make your money and the Edo man is not interested in your personal affairs . “If I keep waiting for an Igbo man, I will just end up like Genevieve Nnaji who is eternally single.”

Tonto dike Debunked the statement above…

In a reaction to the alleged interview, which has spread like harmmatan fire, Tonto reacted this way, “I have never and will never say anything against Genevieve. I will not even interfere in her personal issues. I did not grant such interview.”

Her publicist also denied any such statement from Tonto dike. The publicist said, “after her interview with you (NFC) last year December, Tonto dike has only granted an interview with a soft-sell magazine, which was done about three months ago.
So, I don’t know where that purported interview came from or when such was granted.”

‎"@sulaymandauda: Ina Lillahi wa ina -laihi raji'un.
General Buhari loses his 1st daughter.
Zulai Buhari"...on our way to Kaduna tomorrow isA

mekaboy: Most times i hear Christians testifying in church , how they were robbed and the armed robbers asked them to lay down on the floor and they lay down with their eyes closes. They robbed them, took everything but did not kill them.
Praise the lord.

And the pastor will say brother thank God for your life. I wonder what happened to the part of the Scriptures that said 'no weapon fashioned against you shall prosper'/ What about the story of Elijah when surrounded with soldiers asked God to open the eyes of his servant so that he will see that there are more angels with them than the soldiers surrounding.

Is it that Christians only quote those parts of the bible but don't really believe it?

Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar has died after a battle with pneumonia, according to his Facebook page.
“Though his time on earth has ended, he is speaking with Jesus now in his heavenly home,” read a statement on the page. “The angels in heaven are rejoicing and his family is celebrating a life well lived.”
Ziglar's executive assistant Laurie Magers says Ziglar died Wednesday at a hospital in the Dallas suburb of Plano.
Ziglar’s speaking career had lasted more than 50 years, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, before he retired in 2010.
He was known for corporate training and motivational speeches that aimed to improve people's personal lives and careers. His company includes more than a dozen other speakers who advocate "The Ziglar Way."
Ziglar has written more than 29 sales and motivational books, including "See You at the Top" and "Over the Top," and has made appearances with U.S. presidents and world leaders, according to his website.


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The police on Tuesday gave details of the possible reasons why suspected terrorists in the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) detention in Abuja could not escaped when the facility was attacked on Monday morning.

Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily, the Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Police Force, Frank Mba gave an update on the suspects that fled the SARS detention facility saying one of the five suspects have been re-arrested.
“Leaving out there at large just four of the 30 suspects that escaped,” he said.

Mr Mba reiterated that none of the suspects held for terrorism related crimes escaped the facility.

He explained the reasons why the suspected terrorist could not escape the SARS detention.

“The reason is simple, in detention facilities such as SARS detention facilities, the chambers of the detention facilities are compartmentalised. That is to say, certain categories of suspects are held in certain chamber while the other categorise of suspects could also be held in other chambers. That is the plausible explanation for the fact that the bulk of the suspects that escaped were those who were connected with robbery and other related crimes,” the police PRO said.

The Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General's official website has reportedly been hacked by a group which describes itself as citizens of Argentina with special skills.
The group says its action is as a result of government's refusal to release an Argentine Navy ship-the Frigate Libertad it impounded a few months ago. In view of that, the hackers have warned to unleash "hell" on the nation by attacking some government websites, banks, stock exchanges and some mining companies operating in the country.

"This is a warning. If you (referring to Ghana) refuse to release our Libertad Frigate in three days, we will unleash hell on you. We will attack all your government websites, all your banks, your stock exchange, all your gold and oil companies," the hackers said in a statement displayed on the hacked site of the Justice Ministry.

Ghana prevented an Argentine Naval ship from leaving its shores a few months ago after a local court ruled in favour of a financial fund backed by an American billionaire.

The fund says it is owed $370m (£233m) by the Argentine government as a result of its debt default a decade ago.

It is seeking $20m in return for the release of the ship, a three-masted training vessel.

Consequently, the Argentina government took the matter to United Nations court and argued that the seizure violates maritime law.

Below is unedited statement displayed on the hacked website of the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General.

Ministry of IN-Justice HACKED!!!

Dear People of Ghana,

Your Government have illegaly seized our Libertad frigate, a School ship belonging to the Argentine Navy. Your Government is violating the Vienna Convention by failing to ensure the immunity of a Navy ship as the frigate Libertad.

This School ship have a very special meaning for our people. Help us to get back our Libertad frigate! We ask you as brothers.

Government of Ghana,

We are a citizens of Argentina, citizens with a very particular set of skills; skills that make us a nightmare for you.

This is a warning. If you refuse to release our Libertad Frigate in three days, we will unleash HELL on you. We will attack all your government websites, all your banks, your stock exchange, all your gold and oil companies, your energy and water companies, we will publish on Internet all your personal banking records, the ones in your country and the ones abroad, and more!

Your country will spend millions in loses, is not necessary, you just have to enforce international law. Three days...

@hpa_argentina - Hackers Patrióticos de Argentina

Screenshot of The Ministry of Justice and Attorney General website

Lee Jin-gyu fell for his 'dakimakura' - a kind of large, huggable pillow from Japan, often with a picture of a popular anime character printed on the side.

In Lee's case, his beloved pillow has an image of Fate Testarossa, from the 'magical girl' anime series Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha.

Now the 28-year-old otaku (a Japanese term that roughly translates to somewhere between 'obsessive' and 'nerd') has wed the pillow in a special ceremony, after fitting it out with a wedding dress for the service in front of a local priest. Their nuptials were eagerly chronicled by the local media.

'He is completely obsessed with this pillow and takes it everywhere,' said one friend.

'They go out to the park or the funfair where it will go on all the rides with him. Then when he goes out to eat he takes it with him and it gets its own seat and its own meal,' they added.

The pillow marriage is not the first similarly-themed unusual marriage in recent times - it comes after a Japanese otaku married his virtual girlfriend Nene Anegasaki, a character who only exists in the Nintendo DS game Love Plus, last November.


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2864: A third party would be better asking these questions, My question to you is: DO YOU KNOW THE NIGERIA PRESS ?

My brother, after all you've said, WHAT DO WE DO ?

HAH: that's an asset, just start basket or volley ball

An explorer examines wooden beams inside what some are nearly certain is the remains of Noah's Ark. (Noah’s Ark Ministries International)
A group of Chinese and Turkish evangelical explorers say wooden remains they have discovered on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey are the remains of Noah's Ark.

The group claims that carbon dating proves the relics are 4,800 years old, meaning they date to around the same time the ark was said to be afloat. Mt. Ararat has long been suspected as the final resting place of the craft by evangelicals and literalists hoping to validate biblical stories.

Yeung Wing-Cheung, from the Noah's Ark Ministries International research team that made the discovery, said: "It's not 100 percent that it is Noah's Ark, but we think it is 99.9 percent that this is it."

There have been several reported discoveries of the remains of Noah's Ark over the years, most notably a find by archaeologist Ron Wyatt in 1987. At the time, the Turkish government officially declared a national park around his find, a boat-shaped object stretched across the mountains of Ararat.

Nevertheless, the evangelical ministry remains convinced that the current find is in fact more likely to be the actual artifact, calling upon Dutch Ark researcher Gerrit Aalten to verify its legitimacy.

“The significance of this find is that for the first time in history the discovery of Noah’s Ark is well documented and revealed to the worldwide community,” Aalten said at a press conference announcing the find. Citing the many details that match historical accounts of the Ark, he believes it to be a legitimate archaeological discovery.

“There’s a tremendous amount of solid evidence that the structure found on Mount Ararat in Eastern Turkey is the legendary Ark of Noah,” said Aalten.

Representatives of Noah's Ark Ministries said the structure contained several compartments, some with wooden beams, that they believe were used to house animals.The group of evangelical archaeologists ruled out an established human settlement on the grounds none have ever been found above 11,000 feet in the vicinity, Yeung said.

During the press conference, team member Panda Lee described visiting the site. “In October 2008, I climbed the mountain with the Turkish team. At an elevation of more than 4,000 meters, I saw a structure built with plank-like timber. Each plank was about 8 inches wide. I could see tenons, proof of ancient construction predating the use of metal nails."

We walked about 100 meters to another site. I could see broken wood fragments embedded in a glacier, and some 20 meters long. I surveyed the landscape and found that the wooden structure was permanently covered by ice and volcanic rocks."

Local Turkish officials will ask the central government in Ankara to apply for UNESCO World Heritage status so the site can be protected while a major archaeological dig is conducted.

The biblical story says that God decided to flood the Earth after seeing how corrupt it was. He then told Noah to build an ark and fill it with two of every animal species.

After the flood waters receded, the Bible says, the ark came to rest on a mountain. Many believe that Mount Ararat, the highest point in the region, is where the ark and her inhabitants ran aground.

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ibyan Guitar Hero. A man in combat fatigues playing guitar and apparently singing, while his colleagues not yards away were engaged in a ferocious gun battle for the control of Sirte, the last stronghold in Libya held by forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi.
Here's one guy who's stringing his fellow fighters along by strumming the guitar while his friends take on Moammar Khadafy loyalists.
During a battle in Sirte, the last stronghold of Khadafy's troops, a man was photographed Monday playing the guitar as rebel forces fire machine guns.

The fight, meant to gain control of Khadafy's hometown, has been raging for the past few weeks as Khadafy's whereabouts remain a mystery.

Over the past few days, anti-Khadafy forces have cornered the loyalists, but still face strong resistance.

The protracted battle for Sirte has raised concerns that civilian casualties could breed long-term hostility and make it hard for the National Transitional Council to unite the vast North African state once the fighting is over, officials said.

"Khadafy's forces are cornered in two neighborhoods near the sea, an area of about 2-km square, but there is still resistance," said Abdul Salam Javallah, commander of NTC units from eastern Libya.

"We are dealing with them now with light weapons because there are still families inside."

Shortly after he spoke Monday, a group of three women, three small children and two male civilians emerged from a house on the front line.

They were searched by the rebels and hurriedly got into a car and drove off waving the V-for-victory sign.

Another family of three women and one man, stopping at a checkpoint as they fled Sirte, said they had been trapped in their house by the fighting.

"We didn't know where the strikes were coming from. Everyone is being hit all day and all night. There is no electricity and no water. There is nothing. There is not one neighborhood that hasn't been hit," said one of the women who gave her name as Umm Ismail.

NTC commanders say they are using only light weapons, but government tanks have also moved into road intersections and pounded Khadafy positions, while pick-up trucks mounted with heavy weapons as well as foot soldiers darted out of cover to fire wildly up ahead.

Sincere 9gerian: Why is the Nigerian police force so INCOMPETENT?

ANSWER by Neel Hajare (Facebook Intern '11):

In one of the first Friday Q&As of Summer 2011 after the interns arrived, one intern asked for the mic and asked something like "Hey Zuck, me and a couple of the other new interns were wondering, do you have more than one shirt?"

The whole room (including Mark Zuckerberg) cracked up, but he went on to say that he wears the same clothes every day because he's busy and it makes for one less thing to think about in the morning.

Steve Jobs only wore black Issey Miyake turtlenecks and jeans. "both because of its daily convenience (the rationale he claimed) and its ability to convey a signature style." (from the Walter Isaacson biography).

Zuckerberg's comment about it being one less thing to think about backs up a theory I recently read about: "Decision fatigue-The more choices you make throughout the day, the harder each one becomes for your brain" –NYT nyti.ms/qsQDlV

When you think about how many decisions it must take to run a constantly evolving multi-billion dollar corporation, it's understandable not wanting to have to make one more about what to wear in the morning.

eggheaders: the quran has been unedited for more than 1434 years ago no word in it has changed.compared to your multi version contraption cooked up in the council of nicea.which one should be more credible.