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1998 South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission reports condemns both sides on the Apartheid issue for committing atrocities.

Fashola again

A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.



1618 Sir Walter Raleigh is executed. After the death of Queen Elizabeth, Raleigh's enemies spread rumors that he was opposed the accession of King James.

1787 Mozart's opera Don Giovanni opens in Prague.

1814 The Demologos, the first steam-powered warship, launched in New York City.

1901 Leon Czolgosz is electrocuted for the assassination of US President William McKinley. Czolgosz, an anarchist, shot McKinley on September 6 during a public reception at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, N.Y. Despite early hopes of recovery, McKinley died September 14, in Buffalo, NY.

1927 Russian archaeologist Peter Kozloff apparently uncovers the tomb of Genghis Khan in the Gobi Desert, a claim still in dispute.

1929 Black Tuesday–the most catastrophic day in stock market history, the herald of the Great Depression. 16 million shares were sold at declining prices. By mid-November $30 billion of the $80 billion worth of stocks listed in September will have been wiped out.

1945 The first ball-point pen goes is sold by Gimbell's department store in New York for a price of $12.

1949 Alonzo G. slowpoke of the Virgin Islands becomes the first African-American president of Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia.

1952 French forces launch Operation Lorraine against Viet Minh supply bases in Indochina.

1964 Thieves steal a jewel collection–including the world's largest sapphire, the 565-carat "Star of India," and the 100-carat DeLong ruby–from the Museum of Natural History in New York. The thieves were caught and most of the jewels recovered.

1969 The U.S. Supreme Court orders immediate desegregation, superseding the previous "with all deliberate speed" ruling.

1969 First computer-to-computer link; the link is accomplished through ARPANET, forerunner of the Internet.

Source: http://www..com.ng/index.php/world/item/861-today-in-history-october-29th

Thats almost the length of Africa

mazzi:
Op, i just saw ur doctor with string and some tablet na na...

Where him dey

Alleged defiler Abayomi (pictured shirtless) was caught in Ife town outside OAU campus today. He was alleged to have defiled a student from the department of Dramatic Art, Faculty of Art Of Obafemi Awolowo University outside the school campus somewhere behind Damico Institute Along Ede Road, Ife Osun State.

Source: http://www..com.ng/index.php/crime/item/849-angry-oau-students-pounce-on-notorious-female-student-rapist

Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has insisted that the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, must be relieved of his job if free and fair election is to be guaranteed in 2015.

He made the conclusion against the backdrop of creation of additional 30,000 polling units, in which he allotted 22,000 to the North and 8,000 units to the South.

Source: http://www..com.ng/index.php/political-news/item/841-jega-must-be-sacked-if-inec-conducts-free-fair-election-in-2015-edwin-clark-insists

2face Idibia, in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of his debut album, “Face 2 Face”, has dropped a ‘remix’ for one of the hit songs off the Face 2 Face album, “Nfana Ibaga”.

Source: http://www..com.ng/index.php/entertainment-news/item/840-tuface-drops-nfana-ibaga-remix-as-he-announces-new-album

A former acting Speaker, Adamawa State House of Assembly, Mr. Kwamoti La’Ori, in this interview with JOHN AMEH of The Punch, says the House will work with Governor Bala Ngilari, but insists that former acting Governor Ahmadu Fintiri remains the preferred PDP candidate for the 2015 poll.

Source: http://www..com.ng/index.php/political-news/item/827-ngilari-defection-soon-fintiri-remains-our-candidate-for-2015-ex-acting-speaker

About 30 people comprising teenagers, adult males and females were reportedly abducted by suspected Boko Haram gunmen in villages around Mafa town of Borno State as the insurgents sustained their forceful conscriptions to beef up their depleting ranks, government officials have said.

Source: http://www..com.ng/index.php/national-news/item/802-boko-haram-17-killed-30-more-abducted-in-borno

But which kin Name be Future

Truckpusher:
Somebody must have been pushed to the wall.

True

AWONEYAN:
PEJ will rather say" Ameachi!!! Chai chai chai....diaris goduoo....which time I come collect d paje na.I no collected anything oo,..pls provide this evidenced...

wakacome:
If your bosoms brought you to limelight I just hope that your buttocks will not bring you out from that limelight....

No her barca will bring her further to limelight

Sweet KId

debo07:
no be she write am.I can bet my manhood

Haba you no no say she dey go Night school to improve her English.

President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has said the stand of the church against same sex marriages is unwavering.

He said the church would not excommunicate the gay community,but would assist them with prayers and counselling to overcome their abnormal behaviours.
Source: http://www..com.ng/index.php/more-news/religion/item/797-catholic-church-maintains-opposition-against-homosexuality

A deadly Boko Haram attack in Northern Cameroonian Village has resulted in the death of four Nigerian refugees, The attack took place on Friday October 24th.

The Cameroonian Ministry of Defence in a report made available to AFP, said the sect members attacked “the village of Glawi, killing four Nigerian refugees and wounding one Cameroonian, before being pushed back by defence forces which pursued them”.

Source: http://www..com.ng/index.php/national-news/item/795-boko-haram-kills-four-nigerian-refugees-in-cameroon

abila122:
"Great" News I don't know why you guys are reacting this way

whats great about being 31 most corrupt country in the world

which kin world we de so
Wife kill husband

boyfriend kill girlfriend while having sex

PEJ English don improve

ya Big boobs big no be small

na super story them they watch in the night. mtchw

There new collabo will be tight

Good for him

1774 The first Continental Congress, which protested British measures and called for civil disobedience, concludes in Philadelphia.

1795 When General Paul Barras resigns his commission as head of France's Army of the Interior to become head of the Directory, his second-in-command becomes the army's commander—Napoleon Bonaparte.

1825 The first boat on the Erie Canal leaves Buffalo, N.Y.

1881 Three Earp brothers and Doc Holliday have a shootout with the Clantons and McLaurys at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory.

1905 Norway signs a treaty of separation with Sweden. Norway chooses Prince Charles of Denmark as the new king; he becomes King Haakon VII.

1918 Germany's supreme commander, General Erich Ludendorff, resigns, protesting the terms to which the German Government has agreed in negotiating the armistice. This sets the stage for his later support for Hitler and the Nazis, who claim that Germany did not lose the war on the battlefield but were "stabbed in the back" by politicians.

1942 Japanese attack Guadalcanal, sinking two U.S. carriers.

1942 U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Hornet is sunk in the Battle of Santa Cruz Island, in the South Pacific.

1950 A reconnaissance platoon for a South Korean division reaches the Yalu River. They are the only elements of the U.N. force to reach the river before the Chinese offensive pushes the whole army down into South Korea.

1955 The Village Voice is first published, backed in part by Norman Mailer.

1955 Ngo Dinh Diem declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.

1957 The Russian government announces that Marshal Georgi Zhukov, the nation's most prominent military hero, has been relieved of his duties as Minister of Defense. Khrushchev accused Zhukov as promoting his own "cult of personality" and saw him as a threat to his own popularity.

1958 The first New York – Paris transatlantic jet passenger service is inaugurated by Pan Am, while the first New York – London transatlantic jet passenger service is inaugurated by BOAC.

Source: http://www..com.ng/index.php/more-news/religion/item/777-today-in-history-october-26th

Rio Ferdinand has confirmed that he will retire from active football at the end of the season.

The former England captain, stated this current campaign with Queens Parks Rangers will be his last as far as professional footbal was concerned.
Source: http://www..com.ng/index.php/sports-news/item/754-ferdinand-to-retire-from-professional-football-at-the-end-of-the-season

Nicki Minaj who is the host of the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards released these photos on her instagram. The fab photos were taken from a teaser trailer to promote the forthcoming award show. See more photos below
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See more pics: http://www..com.ng/index.php/entertainment-news/item/742-see-photos-nick-minaj-releases-new-photos-to-promote-mtv-emas

huptin:
If this is done, it will go down as a landmark achievement fo GEJ....... but that is IF...

The money has been approved so it will be done.

they released the old and are still holding the young

tatiana009:
Wonderful news. Now let them release the girls in Jesus name. Amen

Amen