Son on the run after 'getting his own MOTHER pregnant for the second time'

A man is on the run in Zimbabwe after allegedly making his own mother pregnant for the second time.

Facebook Will Disappear in 5 to 8 Years - Analyst

Facebook will lose dominance as a major web company in less than a decade, Eric Jackson, founder of Ironfire Capital said Monday on CNBC's Squawk on the Street.

"In five to eight years they are going to disappear in the way that Yahoo has disappeared," Jackson said. "Yahoo is still making money, it's still profitable, still has 13,000 employees working for it, but it's 10 percent of the value that it was at the height of 2000. For all intents and purposes, it's disappeared."

Humble Genius earns Medical Degree at 21

Sho Yano, who was reading at age two, writing at three and composing music at five, will graduate this week from the Pritzker School of Medicine, where he also received a Ph.D. in molecular genetics and cell biology.

A 21-year-old Chicago man who began college at age nine and medical school three years later is about to become the youngest student ever awarded an M.D. by the University of Chicago.
He was an accomplished pianist at age 9. Now at 21, Sho Yano is the youngest medical school graduate in the history of the University of Chicago.

137 bodies recovered from plane crash site, 25 intact, others burnt beyond recognition

Rescue workers from the The National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA)  have so far pulled at least 137 bodies from the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Lagos on sunday

Fashola Takes Custody of 3 Children who lost their parents in the Dana Air Crash



The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) during his Monday visit to the site of the Dana Air crash saw three children – Joel Okwuchukwu (11), Chisom Okwuchukwu (9), and Esther Okwuchukwu (7), wandering  at the site of Sunday’s Dana Airline plane crash, looking for their parents.

Excess exercise 'hurts the heart' and cause dangerous long-term harm - Scientists

Extreme exercise such as marathons may permanently damage the heart and trigger rhythm abnormalities, warn researchers.

Boko Haram claims responsibility for the Bauchi Church Blast on Sunday

Boko Haram, the militant Islamist group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed at least 15 people in Bauchi state on sunday.

6 of our citizens were on the Dana Plane - China

China said on Monday that six of its nationals were aboard a plane that crashed into a residential area of Nigeria’s largest city with all 153 people on board presumed dead.

The Chinese embassy in Nigeria said it had been told by local authorities that six of its citizens were aboard the Dana Air Boeing MD83 plane that plunged into a densely populated area of Lagos on Sunday.

PICTURE OF THE DAY: President Jonathan weeps at Crash Site

                        President Jonathan cried at the site of the Dana plane crash today

We were forced to fly the faulty plane - Dana Air official

As the Nation continue to mourn the lives lost in the ill-fated Dana Air Crash, More Interesting Revelations show up that suggests that the Dana Airline should be held responsible for the death of hundreds of Nigerians on Sunday.

Nigerian student receives 7 awards at New York’s varsity

New York – A Nigerian graduate at the Lehman College, the City University of New York (CUNY), Olu Onemola, has received seven awards at the university’s 2012 graduation ceremony.

He received the awards during the graduation ceremony held on Saturday in New York.

Olu is the son of Bukun-olu Onemola, Nigeria’s Deputy Ambassador at the United Nations in New York.

A graduate of Political Science at Lehman, young Onemola received the distinguished “Golden Key’’ award, otherwise referred to as International Honour Society which is an academic honour society for high-achieving scholars.

Other awards are the Pi Sigma Alpha, National Honour Society in Political Science, and The Jacob Hammer Memorial Prize in English which is awarded to a student leading in theatre performance.

He also won the Edgar Dawson Prize in Political and Legal Theory which is an award to the outstanding Political Science graduate with the strongest portfolio of political and legal essays.

Onemola also received the CUNY Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence in Leadership Award, and he similarly received the Cum Laude award.

This is a Latin term that signifies “With Honours”, a distinction bestowed on graduates that fall within a 3.4 to a 3.59 GPA on a four-point scale.

Speaking on the awards, the elated Onemola said they had inspired him to continue to thrive in all his endeavours, regardless of any obstacles that might stand on his way.

“My impression is that hard work definitely pays off. Being able to achieve such feats, while serving as the President of the Student Government, is a testament to hard work,’’ he said.

(NAN)

A List of Air Crashes in Nigeria

In the last five decades, air transportation in the country has suffered plane crashes that have claimed thousands of lives, including those of eminent Nigerians and foreigners. Below is a catalogue of air mishaps in the country (Source The Guardian):

• November 20, 1969: Nigeria Airways BAC VC10 crashed on landing, killing 87 people on board.

• January 22, 1973: Royal Jordanian Airlines flight 707 carrying 171 Nigerian Muslims returning from Mecca and five crewmen crashed in Kano, killing all on board.

Gov Akpabio: I Personally Warned Dana Air MD About Their Operational Services

IT emerged last night that the management of Dana Air which operated the aircraft that crashed over Lagos, yesterday, was warned by Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State over the operational service of its airplanes

Pictures: Jonathan, Fashola, Amosun Visit Crash Site

The air crash site of Dana flight #992 was visited by President Goodluck Jonathan, Governor Babatunde Fashola, Governor Ibikunle Amosun  and the Inspector General of Police. An MD 83 jetliner crashed yesterday afternoon in the suburb of Lagos killing 153 passengers on board and several others on the ground.