CAMEROON MIDFIELDER, PATRICK EKENG SLUMPS AND DIES ON THE PITCH IN ROMANIA.

It has been reported that Dinamo Bucharest and Cameroon midfielder Patrick Ekeng died in hospital after collapsing on the pitch during a Romanian league match against Viitorul Constanta yesterday Friday May 6th. The club he was playing for  was leading 3-2 when he slumped just seven minutes after coming in as a substitute. According to Floreasca hospital in Bucharest. where he was rushed to after he had slumped, the doctors tried for an hour to resuscitate the 26year old Cameroon midfielder but failed. As at press time, the cause of his death is still unknown with some sources citing a possible heart attack. A statement on Dinamo's official facebook page on Friday evening said 'Dinamo tonight lost footballer Claude Patrick Ekeng forever. on  behalf of all Dinamo, sincere condolences to the bereaved family. God rest his soul.' Dinamo players lit candles along with supporters of the club to honour Ekeng after he died.

EUCHARIA ANUNOBI SLAMMED OVER AN ALLEGED SEX SCANDAL.

There is an unconfirmed report that veteran nollywood actress, Eucharia Anunobi is involved in a sex scandal with a pastor. The case is controversial because the said pastor related to this case is the one who ordained her as an evangelist. Although a  lot of reports on the social media have it that the accusations are pointing to the light skinned actress, Eucharia has chosen to remain silent; not reacting to any of them.
The case is said to be in police custody at the moment, though not yet confirmed.

A Lady Found Dead in Her Home.

This is Ronke Shonde and her husband, Lekan Shonde. She was found dead in her home this morning and her husband is missing. He is believed to have beaten her to death during a domestic dispute in their home. She leaves behind two young children. Marriage is an institution established by God, please ladies be careful in your selection.

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NOLLYWOOD COMIC ACTOR, IME BISHOP IS THE NEW SPECIAL ASSISTANT ON ETHICAL&SOCIAL ORIENTATION IN AKWA IBOM STATE.

Nollywood actor, popularly known as Okon has been appointed the Special Assistant to the governor of Akwa Ibom State on ethical and social reorientation.
He took to his Instagram page to confirm the good news. Idara , his wife also congratulated him with a post on her Instagram page.

SHORT STORY:BUY THE PIG TO GROW THE NAIRA BY KUBY UYANGA.

I know some interesting stories. Let me share a recent one.
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One day a Fulani man (let’s call him Adamu) went to pick up a second-hand truck he’d bought from a large farm on the outskirts on Yola. His fifteen year old techie nephew had helped him seal the deal on OLX.
Buhari visited Yola the same day Adamu picked up the truck from AFCOTT FARMS. He drove down the slope toward the S-bend just before the “Welcome to Numan” sign post. The north-eastern sun was besting itself and there were many checkpoints because of the presidential presence in nearby Yola. He glanced at the silver watch on his fair wrist. The digital dial read 1:39pm. Despite the fact that he’d miss Jummat prayers, he was in high spirits. After only six years of trading beans in Gombe, he’d finally saved up enough to buy the truck.
Adamu was proud of himself. Now he could go into larger scale supplies. And just as Allah would have it, Alhaji Joda of Gombe Jewel Hotel had set up a meeting for 4pm that evening. He stepped on the brake as he approached the checkpoint just before the bend.
Unlike the lengthy questions at the previous roadblocks, the lanky MoPol who sported fake Raybans and whiskery tribal marks waved him past with a nod and a, “ya hanya?” Adamu responded, “lafiya ela boi”, and drove past without coming to a full halt. Then he stepped on the gas to make up for his slow progress and glanced at his watch again. He had to get to Shagalinku junction by 3:30pm at most.
The black hog was already in the middle of the road when he raised his head. A loud but blunt thud reported from its impact with the truck’s metal fender. Adamu pulled over and looked in the side mirror. The animal was sprawled motionless in the sunshine. He got down and confirmed the pig was dead. As a devout Muslim, the animal was unclean in his religion but he dragged it to the roadside and turned toward the two Bachama men who were approaching him with unfriendly faces. Bachama people are mostly Christians and they rear swine extensively.
Adamu was dragged to the nearby police station. The big bellied Investigating Police Officer who heard the case had C. M. Okonkwo stitched into the breast of his faded black uniform with white thread. After a whispered conference with the Bachama men outside, the IPO came back and delivered the verdict. Adamu had to pay for the pig he’d killed. A pig of that size went for between twenty and thirty thousand but the owners demanded for seventy thousand naira. They adamantly argued the high worth of their animal. A long argument ensued which Adamu lost, partly because he was outnumbered, partly because the policeman was sympathetic to the Bachamas’ opportunistic cheating and partly because he was a… never mind. IPO had to earn his percentage. Adamu took a motorcycle to the bank and withdrew money. He went back to the police station, paid the seventy thousand and went his way.
The schemers high-fived themselves. They shared the loot and the meat. They’d got the upper over a Fulani ‘one’. Even though the sun was particularly harsh that afternoon, it was a good day. They’d shared some bowls of brukutu and departed to have siesta while their wives cooked the pork.
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It was about 3 o’clock when our hero, Adamu, suddenly resurfaced at the station. He had two ASPs for company and the marks on their cheeks were similar to his. IPO came out of his office when he heard Adamu yelling at the counter. He exchanged compliments with the ASPs and asked what the matter was. Adamu explained that he’d left the hog he paid for behind and was back for it. IPO swallowed a glob of spit in surprise and mumbled something as he beat a hasty retreat to his office. From safely behind his desk IPO sent Constable to relay news to the Bachama brothers and the other ‘eyes wey see’. The message was that the funky mallam was back for his ham and the man was going mudafogging ham (in his Anambra accent). All pieces of pork were to re-converge at the police station, latest 1545 hours.
Adamu waited till the last batch of pig meat was in. They were spread on the floor behind the counter. Boiled pig, fried pig, roasted pig and raw pig in different pots and pans. Then he raised his head and piped that his pig was black and whole, not cooked and cut to pieces. Adamu demanded to get back his black hog, whole. The particular one he’d killed and paid for. Or get paid for its tragic loss in such emotional circumstances.
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I know this story because my father is the local moneylender.
The Bachama men had to buy the pig to (further) grow the naira.
Adamu’s pig was worth five hundred thousand naira.

WRITTEN BY: Kuby Uyanga.

Kuby Uyanga was seven years old when his father paid him five naira to read and re-tell the story in an illustrated book accurately. His lust for silver coins motivated him to convincingly complete the task. He made sure to recount the story properly so those silver pieces of metal joy could jingle in his pocket. A spark for story telling had been ignited. Twenty-two years later – seven spent studying and practicing Structural Engineering have not succeeded in extinguishing the ensuing combustion. Today he writes stories, screenplays, poetry and copy professionally. He also moonlights as a personal/organizational development speaker and events host in Lagos.

Janet Jackson Pregnant At 50!

Janet Jackson is pregnant at fifty. While most people think that they have reached their menopause others are going ahead to do  the unthinkable their age notwithstanding. It is gathered she postponed her tour to start a family with her husband, Wissam Al Mana.  Although it is yet to be confirmed I think that is a stepping stone to the fulfilment of her dream, congrats to her.

Genevieve Nnaji Turns A Year Older And Reveals Her Man Crush.

Dwayne Johnson who is known professionally as The Rock turned 44 on Monday, May 2nd and Genevieve revealed she was a big fan of the professional actor. She took to facebook to give a shout out on his special day. This is what she had to say: My MCM ROCKS, Happy Birthday @therock, God bless your generous heart. The Nollwood sensation also turned a year older and is on vacation with her squad.

Amber Rose Has Buried The Hatchet With Kim Kardashian But Not With Kanye West.

Amber Rose has long moved on from her break up with Kanye West and is even on speaking terms with  her former love rival Kim Kardashian.

But she revealed in an interview released Wednesday, that it does not mean she has to like Kanye West nor does it mean his wife expects her to like him too.

 

'I don't necessarily like [Kanye]. She knows that.'

She has her reasons for not liking him of course, what with his  claim over her  son Sebastian after the rapper got into a Twitter beef over a misunderstanding with Wiz Khalifa, Sebastian's father.

Amber like a mother  bear confronted Kanye over his allegations and she says that set an important rule up between both them and anyone else who thinks it appropriate to drag her child into a public fight.

 
 

Kourtney Kardashian Looking hot In Her Swim Wear.

Kourtney Kardashian been having a fun time in Miami while her sister Kim is enjoying another year at the Met Gala.

But she still had her younger sister in mind as she enjoyed a day at the beach with pastor Rich Wilkerson Jr, who acted as minister at Kim and Kanye's wedding.

The 37-year-old was looking awesome in a tight one-piece as she played with her children along with Rich and his wife DawnChere on Tuesday in sunny Florida.

at the beach with pastor Rich Wilkerson Jr, who acted as minister at Kim and Kanye's wedding

 

she looked absolutely stunning in her swimsuit as she took three-year-old daughter Penelope for a dip in the aqua-blue sea. 

Her 16-month-old son, Reign also had fun as he was seen splashing about in the tide under the watchful eye of his mother.

Mason, six, meanwhile was spotted playing in the sand with the pastor during the idyllic day at the beach.

SHORT STORY: LUCID by Abimbola Rita Abayomi.

 

     

             

LUCID

The buzz at his ears and sting of his skin was no new company for the night. laying on the hard concrete at a street corner with nothing but smug and dumb faces as company, the heat was oppressive, even under the dark sky. The wind blew softly raising no hairs but a gentle caress on his moist and gummy skin. He turned over as a sudden gust of wind had him hissing, coughing and spitting.

The night was still  and loud with an eerie silence, the serenity, interrupted only by his belabored breath. He moved to lay back down but a loud screech stops his descent and his hands fly to his ears.

A vehicle stops at the curve of the street where each pole held over three faces with the check sign boldly

printed on. He heard the doors open and saw two people weighed down with a sack run across to his end and drop their sack with a loud thud. Swift feet and the sound of slamming doors reached his ears followed immediately by another gut retching screech that sent his hands over his ears again.

He rose on shaky legs and walked towards the sack a few feet from him.

 

The sack was no sack.

He looked down at the odd form on the hard concrete. long braided hair at an end with stiff feet at another, wrapped in cream coloured lace that stopped just above blotted ankles. Away from the hair, downwards was a wine coloured splash across the chest area, breaking the flow of cream across the form. Further down another splash of wine across the abdomen, raised high above the form like an upturned calabash, from there on was a trail of deep crimson down the front of the form to its feet.

 

It was a woman.

 

He turned around, shoulders slumped, head bowed, as he dragged his feet back to his resting spot. Another gush of wind separated the cloth tied at his waist exposing his loins to the caress of the wind's moist hands with each step.

He found, again, his spot on the hard concrete, where he once laid his matted head, marked with folded brown cartons on which he slept.

As he lay down, hot tears cascade down his cheeks as he remembers the men who  dropped the woman and their horrible sounding car.

He looked down at his barely clad sandy form and shut his eyes against the pain in his head he could not will away.

He knew soon the night would claim him once again and his head would cease to ache with the rising of the sun.

So also would he know not again the terrors of the moon clad night.

He let his tears fall freely knowing that another day to own them may never arrive.

 

 

The Horrifying Moment Riders Were Stuck Upside Down for Half An Hour At New Alton Towers.

 

Riders had the fright of their lives as they were afraid they may fall out of an Alton Towers rollercoaster today after being left hanging 65ft high in the air for about half an hour when it suddenly came to a halt in front of busy Bank Holiday crowds.

A total of 28 people were left hanging face-down on the  Air Galactica ride when it grounded to a sudden halt in ' torrential' rain at the top of the first loop of the track at around 2pm.

One rider narrated how he was really afraid that his seatbelt would 'release' and he would come falling to the ground below as he dangled in mid-air, while another rider said it would've been 'game over' if the harness gave way.

Others told how distressed passengers were 'screaming and crying' during the incident which occurred when the ride broke down after  being besieged by floodwater from the heavy downpour.

A lot of disturbing pictures show the riders hanging helplessly in mid-air from the rollercoaster carriage as the workers at Staffordshire park rushed to help, comfort and also calm them down.

Other photographs show the queuing area for the ride filled with inch-deep floodwater. Some visitors believe the heavy rain may have caused the ride's electrics to trip, stopping it suddenly.

After 30minutes, workers managed to re-start the rollercoaster and safely returned the riders to the ground. Officials at the park told visitors the ride had been 'flooded' and it was temporarily shut.

Thomas Symons, 20, of Andover, who was riding Air Galactica with girlfriend Rebekah Sheppard when it broke, said he feared they could 'fall out' of the virtual reality ride - which opened in March.

He said 'I was the first in our row to realise something was wrong, took the VR goggles off and told the others to do the same as they still thought we were moving.

'They started freaking out, it was freezing and wet up there and I was more scared that the seatbelt would release and we'd fall out as we were suspended horizontally.'

He added: 'It was just a technical fault due to the weather but it left us stranded at the top in the rain for 30 minutes until a technician arrived.

'It was dealt with by the staff well and they reimbursed our tickets and gave us a couple of fast tracks tickets.'

His partner, Miss Sheppard, added: 'The lift that pulls it up stopped because of the rain. We were there for 30 minutes while people were sorting it out.

'The weather was terrible but afterwards we got a free drink, free tickets for this year and fast tracks for rides.' 

2Face Reacts To Tiwa Savage And Teebillz Marriage Scandal.

2Face has finally reacted to the imbroglio between Tiwa Savage and Teebillz. it would be recalled that in a shocking revelation, Teebillz alleged that his wife, Tiwa had slept with Dr sid, Don Jazzy and 2face Idibia.
 He took to twitter to slam those who were making fun of the issue.

 

Tiwa Savage Is A Very Respectful Yoruba Lady-- Freeze Of Coolfm.

OAP Freeze of cool FM also known as Daddy Freeze is known for his commenting on trending issues in the social circle; When Tiwa and her husband started having crisis, he wrote an epistle of  how disappointed he was in Tiwa for spreading  her husband's dirty linen in public. He bashed the singer seriously in that post.

 He later took to instagram to tender his apology for his earlier comment as regards the clash between the songstress and her husband.
Freeze said that after he spoke with Tiwa Savage the previous night his heart was heavy because he discovered she was a well brought up Yoruba lady who is a victim of circumstance. He said she spoke to him in a respectful manner.

 He however urged Nigerians to stop their negative comments about the duo but rather pray for them to get back together.

Poem: AS I WATCHED YOU SLEEP By Poet Ugochukwu Emebiriodo.

AS I WATCHED YOU SLEEP.

As I watched you sleep
Tears trickled down my face
For in all of life's haste
I had forgotten to stop and stare
At God's masterpiece
A potter's envy
You.

As I watched you sleep
I saw peace
Even in your sickness
The radiance of your smile
Elevated me
I noticed your lips
Your perfectly carved nose
Even the tiredness in your closed eyes
I noticed you.

 

 

Welcome everyone to the month of March! You shall succeed in this new month, amen.