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Donald Adeosun Faison: Fans of the popular television Comedy-drama “Scrubs” would know this one. Not only is he one of our favorite character, you probably didn’t know this American actor’s middle name is Yoruba

Richard Ayoade- This is another Brit-Nigerian. Richard Ayoade was born to a Nigerian father and Norwegian mother. The 36 year old comedian, actor and writer has written several awards winning stage plays in the UK. He is also a known face on British TV having starred in the highly popular The IT Crowd. He made his Hollywood debut in 2012 after starring in the comedy The Watchalongside Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill.

Dizzie Rascal- Dizzie (Dylan Kwabena Mills) is one of the most respected rappers in the UK and also happens to be Nigerian. His Nigerian father died when he was young and he was raised by his Ghanaian mum. He had a rebellious childhood and that’s how he got the name Rascal. He was a friend of Nigerian footballer Danny Shittu when he was a kid. At 16 he produced his first single ‘I Luv U’ and in 2002 formed the collective Roll Deep Crew. Dizzie Rascal has released 5 solo albums till date making him one of the biggest rappers in the UK. He performed at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics in London and won the Best International Act at the BET Awards in 2010.

Tyler the Creator- Yes, do not be shocked. The ‘Black Eminem’ is Nigerian. Tyler the Creator’s actual names are Tyler Okonma. His father is Igbo. The leader of the music collective ‘Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All’ claims he never met his father. Maybe that is why he is not too fond of him. In 2009 Tyler released his first album Bastard. His buzz started growing from then on mainly backed by his offensive, homophobic and disgusting lyrics. He released his second albumGoblin two years later and became a national sensation without the backing of any major record label in America. He released his third album Wolf this year.

Taio Cruz- The 25 year old British singer is of Nigerian heritage. He was born to a Nigerian father and Brazilian mother. Taio Cruz who started penning songs at 12, began writing professionally 7 years later. He released his debut album Departure in 2008. The following year he released his sophomore Rokstarr which featured the hit song ‘Dynamite’. He dropped his 3rd album TY.O three years ago. Taio Cruz has won several awards including the BRIT Awards, Billboard Music Awards, ASCAP Awards and American Music Awards.

Get ready to be shocked as we present you 7 well-known International celebs who are Fellow Nigerians;
1) Hugo Weaving- Do you remember Agent Smith in Matrix? Yes! Neo’s arch-rival is Nigerian. How? Well the 53 year old actor was born in Nigeria at the University College Hospital in Ibadan. This makes him Nigerian by birth. His parents moved back to England a year after. Hugo Weavinghas acted in several blockbusters such as V For Vendetta, The Matrix Trilogy and Lord of The Rings Trilogy, Transformers Trilogy, The Hobbit Trilogy and Captain America. Who said Ibadan boys don’t go far?

Aparecido Castaldo, a retired stone cutter from Jundiai, Brazil has decided to marry his beloved Carmella, a goat. Because no Christian minister would agree to perform the marriage ceremony, the two will be wed by a known satanic leader, in the Church of the Devil.
People have married their petsin the past, although in most cases the marriage ceremony was just a symbolic one performed by family or friends. However, 74-year old Aparecido Castaldo, a widower and father-of-seven, apparently wanted to be united with his goat Carmela in a church, by an evangelical minister. Unfortunately, none of the churches he contacted with his unusual request wanted to perform the ceremony, so Aparecido eventually contacted Toninho do Diabo (Tom the Devil), an old friend who just happens to be one of the most famous satanists in Brazil. The wedding is scheduled to take place at midnight, on October 13, at the Devil’s Church, in Sao Paolo. ”Only our church accepted this love between man and animal because we have no prejudice,” Toninho said.Aparecido fell in love with his pet goat two years ago, and apparently she has already been accepted as a “stepmother” by the man’s seven children, who will all be at the wedding. Although their upcoming wedding has caused a lot of controversy in the community, and attracted accusations from animal rights activists, Castaldo said they have no plans to consummate their marriage. He just needs a life companion and Carmella is just perfect. “Whenever someone says I am doing something wrong I reply the goat does not speak, ask for money to go shopping and doesn’t get pregnant – and she can’t talk,” the groom-to-be praised his future wife. She does have one fault, though – she tries to eat everything, including the first wedding dress Aparecido got for her. Luckily, he was able to find another.
Photo: Vera Gonçalves/ Bon Dia Agency
After the October 13 wedding, Aparecido plans to celebrate his union to Carmela with a barbecue party, but makes it very clear that there won’t be any goat meat served…

Inspired by Noah’s Ark from the Book of Genesis, Dutch artist Johan Huibers built a modern day replica spending a whopping$1.2 million on it. His reasons for building thevessel – he feared the effects global warming would someday have on his country, flooding included. The idea came tohim in 1992, when he had a dream about his native land submerged in a flood similar to the one in the Book of Genesis. He continued to think about it until he finally did something about it. And the result is a 130m long, 29m wide, 23m high ark that hecompleted in 2005. Weighing almost 3000 tons and built from Swedish pine reinforcedwith steel, it is quite hard to believe that ark might be seaworthy at all, but this modern-day Noah assures us it does indeed float.
A carpenter by profession, Johan Huibershasnow opened his full scale ark to the public and is attracting thousands of tourists from the world over. Located in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, the ark is something that would even surprise Noah, for it has a restaurant, two cinemas and of course, a menagerie of life-sized plastic animals. Towering over the flat Dutch landscape, the ark is easily visible from a nearby highway. Across the arks main hold is a huge space ofstalls, where visitors can view a large collection of stuffed and plastic animals like zebras, gorillas, lions, tigers, bears and buffaloes. There’s also a petting zoo, where less dangerous real-life animals like dogs, sheep, rabbits, ponies and a few exotic birdsare housed . On each level of the boat, around its edges, are displays about the history and dress of the ancient Middle East, a few scenes from the life of Noah, and games for kids like water pumps and levers that lift bales of hay. But the ark is not just about tourist attractions. Down below, there exists a honeycomb system of hatches, each opening an area where food could be sealedin for long-term storage. The curvature of the upper deck could be used to collect rainwater and also to let the horses and other animals get some exercise. Huibers says that his boat gives people a pretty goodidea of how Noah’s ark would have worked in practice.Jojan first built the half-scale version in 2004and let it float over the country’s canals, before the larger one was complete. When tourists flocked to see the prototype which was open to public, the proceeds went directly into funding the full-scale version. According to the original story, the ark was supposed to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high. It’s hard to interpret this ancient system of measurement, but Huibers did it based on the length of the forearm, determining that the final length had to be maybe about 450ftlong. Over half the length of the Titanic, this modern-age boat is called the ‘Johan’s Ark’. Huibers completed the mammoth task with the help of his two children and some friends. He says that his motivation was ultimately religious, wanting to make people think about their purpose on Earth. “I want to make people question that so that they golooking for answers.” The city of Dordrecht might just need the ark sometime in the future, given that it is quite prone to floods. One of the world’s deadliest floods occurred here in the 15thcentury, claiming about 10,000 lives. Let’s just hope nothing like that happens anytime soon, and if it does, perhaps Johan’s Ark could save everyone. Meanwhile, he’s dreaming of a new project –to get the Israelis and Arabs to cooperate and build a water pipeline from the Mediterranean Sea to the Dead Sea. Well, now THAT would be a miracle of biblical proportions.

Is that d same species?

Dogs need 4 legs to walk…or do they?
Well most of them do, but notwonder dog Faith. She was born with deformities, she only had one front leg and it had to be removed when she was 7 months because it was starting to atrophy. But thanks to the care of her adoptive ownersFaithmanaged to survive and grow into an amazing dog. She learned to move by using only her 2 remaining legs, but, according to her owners although it was a very difficult process, it was also natural.
Faith has become a starand her owners have started theWith Little Faith Foundationand they travel along with their pet, spreading their faith and God’s love to as many as they can.


www.faiththedog.info/

But before you think about getting one for your special someone, there are a few thingsyou should know. First of all theTitan Arum‘s flowering stalk reaches a height of 3 meters and has a diameter of over a meter, so it’s going to be pretty hard to carry. And second of all and, most importantly, it reeks like a decomposing dead body…that’s why it’s sometimes known as “the corpse flower”
It’s native to the rainforests of centralSumatra,Indonesiaand it rarely blooms in captivity, so when that actually happens it’s apretty big deal. Haven’t seen one up close yet, but considering the smell, I consider myself lucky

Has anyone observed the bad network service in Benin since Monday? Can't call, Text or Browse....!
Does anyone know what's responsible

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Hollywood loves its sequels, and we’ve got the proof here. Meet the 105 sequels at various stages of production, and a further 17 that seem to have died.
It’s been nearly five years since we started doing our annual round-ups of the current movie sequels that are in the works, and thisyear marks the longest list of all. Furthermore, what the 105 we've rounded up here doesn’t include are the projects that we suspect might have been lost to development hell, which we’ve detailed down at the bottom. Hollywood does love itsfollow-ups.
The projects that we do talk about here eachhave some chance of happening, and we’ve done a release date cut off of films due after October 2012 at the earliest. Thus, this summer’s collection of sequels – including The Dark Knight Rises , Madagascar 3 , Ice Age 4 , G.I. Joe 2 , The Expendables 2 , American Pie: The Reunion , Men In Black 3 , Wimpy Kid 3 , The Bourne Legacy – aren’t included either.
And yet, with those exclusions, we’re still left with the many projects we're about to talk about.
Regular readers will know we don't like splitting lists over multiple pages, but we've had to in this instance. The reason? Er, simply because our back end system wouldn't let us fit it all on one page, unless we took all the pictures out.
Check d link 4 d full details:

http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/18891/105-movie-sequels-currently-in-the-works

My dear, i'll only tell U that wen Ur not on any side of d fence, every stone will hit U. Beta 2 break courtship than marriage

Haha!
Who told U leftyness is wrong?!
Leave d baby Jor!!!!
Myt Jst b a Coincidence, but most presidents r left-Handed

@blacksta.
Lol. Which one be boko haram goat! I dey laff, roll 4 floor! But I think Ur name: blacksta suggests Ur a Ghanian. #justasuggestion.

I've read so much in the news about this boko haram and I've come to the conclusion that this is a SPIRITUAL issue. No amount of human strength can successfully prevail against it coz we human beings have limits. Children of the Living God, the God who sent His son Jesus Christ to die for the world. Children of this God PLEASE NEVER STOP PRAYING FOR THIS NATION. We need to pray against all the people standing on the peace of Nigeria. Prayer in the Name of Jesus CHRIST is the strongest weapon in fact the only weapon we can use against these people. Retaliation and vengeance is GOD'S. I know that God will cause them to wither away like grass and I by faith in Christ it will happen VERY soon. Please christians let us beef up our prayer life and worship God in spirit and in truth(John 4:24). Do not think this is a political issue! Please PRAY!

I'm reaaally skeptical about this Islamic banking. Do U know Y? Coz despite the fact there's no interest on loans, if U can't pay back the loan sharia law becomes applicable. They'll begin to maim and chop off peoples limbs in return! #Justmyopinionthough.

Teaching practice in UNIBEN was increased to 10800 from 2800 this 2011/12 session before students queried the faculty dean then it was reduced to 5800. (sounds a bit like the fuel subsidy issue.). How is it Ur school.

Teaching practice in UNIBEN was increased to 10800 from 2800 this session before students queried the faculty dean then it was reduced to 5800. (sounds a bit like the fuel subsidy issue.). How is it Ur school.

@Stiyke.
I wont insult U for what U said but I believe U said it coz Ur not happy bout What's goin on wiv these boko haram guys. So U mean coz as Christians we should just ' loose guard' and let ourselves be killed by some self bomber? That's simply dyin 4 no reason! God's will 4 man also includes us to be fruitfull, multiply and enjoy long life here on earth and in heaven. Didn't expect U to say such a statement that sounds like U've lost the battle. Pls be more encouraging. Cheerz!

Thanks mahn. If U can still reply me. How much do U think it would cost?

Seems like these guy are looking for anything to cause chaos. This Al-Mustapha case has been on before any1 even new about the word ' boko ' talk less of 'haram'. I have a feeling these guys will soon make an outrageous demand that will become a popular comedy joke which will make them lose their foothold.

Just watch and heard the news item on stv just now!

Guys! I desperately need Ur help on this one! My N72 screen keeps displaying a blank white screen. This is what happened: I was using my phone like normal, then I decided to clean the inner screen coz dust had accumulated inside and I do this regularly coz its a clip-on case. After cleanin it, as I placed the case back on, I hadn't even clipped in on then the screen suddenly went white an since then it hasn't come back on again. I checked wiv another screen and it didn't work. Then I tried my screen with a different phone but it did work. Taken it for repairs but they said something about the ' display I.C'. Really need Ur help on this one coz I really need this phone back to Use again. ThankU very much.

Thanks Mahn!

ThankU

Hey peeps!
This is very urgent. I really need software options apart from photoshop and corel draw for graphic designing. Pls ur help is really appreciated as my God will surely reward Ur kindness. God bless guys!

Pls can some1 help me. I need a software for designing apart from corel and photoshop! I've bin using these 2 but not really getting the professional look that am looking for. This is really urgent. Pls reply thankU.