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jaryeh: God bless Nigeria....

Victor of Aveyron
Perhaps the most famous feral
child of them all, Victor's story
was made widely known in
the film “L'Enfant Sauvage.”
Although his origins are a
mystery, it is generally
believed that Victor lived his
entire childhood Unclad and
alone in the woods before
being spotted in 1797. After a
few more sightings, he
eventually emerged on his
own near Saint-Sernin-sur-
Rance, France, in 1800. Victor
became the subject for many
philosophers and scientists
who were curious about the
origins of language and
human behavior, though little
progress was made in his
development due to his
cognitive impairments.

Amala and Kamala
These two girls, 8 years old
and 18 months respectively
when discovered, were found
in a wolves' den in 1920in
Midnapore, India. Their story is
wrapped in controversy.
Because they were so far apart
in age, experts did not think
they were sisters. It's more
likely that they were both
taken by wolves on different
occasions. Like many other
feral children, they reportedly
longed to return to the wild
and were miserable in their
lives trying to cope with the
civilized world.

Nigerians have dominated Forbes Africa Person of the Year shortlist, the US base business website has announced.

In its Forbes Africa page, Forbes announced it had narrowed down its shortlist, dominated by Nigerians, for the 2013 Person of the Year Awards. The awards will take place in Nairobi, Kenya at the beginning of December this year.

An official voting is also open to the public who can make their selection of the individual they deem most worthy of the Person of the Year title.

The Person of the Year Awards celebrate ‘the individual who, for better or worse, has had the most influence on events of the year gone by’ and Forbes Africa has welcomed the participation of the public in what is fast becoming one of the most momentous and anticipated annual events in Africa.

“Every year, we are excited to decide the Forbes Africa Person of the Year. We want to honour the big hitters of the continent who are making a difference in people’s lives and we hope that in doing so, it will inspire others,” commented Chris Bishop, the managing editor of Forbes Africa magazine.

The shortlist, comprising three Nigerians, one South African and one Zimbabwean, is as follows:

*South African mining magnate, Patrice Motsepe, plans on giving away more than half his fortune over the next five years.

* Akinwunmi Adesina is Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and his vision is to make Nigeria a self-sustaining, food-producing nation and register 20 million farmers by 2015.

* Aliko Dangote is Africa’s richest man and his net worth has significantly increased on the back of his continued business success, allowing him to better the lives of millions.

* Strive Masiyiwa is the founder of global telecoms group, Econet Wireless, and through Capernaum Trust he educates tens of thousands of Zimbabwean orphans.

*Jim Ovia established Zenith Bank Group in 1990 – now West Africa’s second largest financial services provider. His focus has turned to helping grow Africa’s budding ‘techpreneurs’.

Sincere 9gerian: So every swerve or slowing down/acceleration of vehicles on the road should now be reported as averted road crash? Yeye dey smell big time!

Blazinraj01: Nel Oliver - Baby Girl

Sincere 9gerian: Nonsense! The onslaught by Tinubu's Punch and co has now reached the extent of reporting everything that happens in the industry as another "averted crash". Yeye dey smell.

The pilot told the passengers
that he took to the air again
to avoid a collision with
another aircraft on the
tarmac.

“Are you still sitting down?
Let me rush down
in case it will suddenly take
off again,” a
middle-aged man was heard
teasing one of his
co-passengers

fijiano202: how are they degrading African,is there any african player better than yaya Toure

igbeke: Yeah, ...d more reason u and ur likes should be thankful to GEJ.

Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open

In a letter dripping with pain
and suffering, Mrs. Chime
disclosed that she married Mr.
Chime in October 2008 but
that she has been unable to
share the matrimonial bed
with him for over four years.

emmysenior: I'm in the office now, will try to upload it when I'm free.

“On sighting my blood, I
picked a stick close to me and
used it on him and he decided
to run so I chased him to a
point and find my way out of
the bush. By the time I came
out on the road, I saw
welcome to Oviri-olomu it was
only then I knew where I was.

Afam4eva: She's speaking as Nigerian leader and there's nothing wrong in that. Even if she becomes the president of world bank, will that stop her from being a Nigerian?

She added, “I want to say
to all who are not in
Nigeria that if you’re not in
Nigeria, you’re not in
Africa; so, I think
Bloomberg TV has got it
right.”