Human face Appears in Benue Stream

Much may never have been heard or written about Awube stream in Ipole Ugbugbu Owukpa, Ogbadibo local government Area of Benue State, but the stream, according to the people is their major source of livelihood. A community that has existed since over three- hundred years ago has had its existence tied to the mysterious Awube stream. The River, to an average Ugbugbu person, is second to God as it is the only source of water in the small community. One thing about the stream is that the people bath and wash inside it, yet they drink and cook with it. Every Ugbugbu bred drinks the water that can ordinarily be termed unhygienic. There is usually no method of eliminating likely germs as the water is drank just the way it is fetched. It is strange for an Ugbugbu bred to boil the water fetched from Awube stream before drinking. Yet, no known water-related disease or sickness has been recorded in the community despite the fact that the people freely use the water. The stream that flows from Amala in Enugu State through Eke-Akpa does not dry up at any point in time. It flows throughout the year in defiance of seasonal variation. In Ugbugbu, Awube is divided into two sections – the up section ( Okpa- ogicho) and the down section ( Okpa-ogaje).The up section is usually where the men bath. It’s separated from the down section so the men and women do not see themselves while bathing. Ironically, it’s the women who fetch water for drinking, hence they are forced to fetch the sweat and dirt the men wash off their bodies. Most men who bath inside the Awube stream spit and urinate inside the same stream, though there is a myth that whoever urinates inside the stream will become impotent. What a sane Ugbugbu child will not do is to defecate inside the stream, as such is deemed irreverent and sacrilegious. It’s, however, strange that despite the growing civilization in different communities and villages, the people of Ugbugbu continue to drink and bath with the water whose source has remained a mystery.

Nigerian Student Adaku Abel Dies After The Accra Floods

Before her death, beautiful Adaku Abel was a 200 level Business Administration student at the Accra Institute of Technology. She had been declared missing after the Ghana Accra flood that killed over 150 people.

Initially, not knowing she was dead, her friends and fellow students posted several missing person notices on Facebook and Twitter asking the public to help join the search. They had been to all the hospitals in Accra to no avail. Eventually, they were able to identify her body early hours of yesterday at 37 Military Hospital, Accra. Turns out she was among the 75 burnt to death in the Goil Filling Station disaster. May her soul rest in perfect peace.


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FG, Fuel Marketers Agree To End Fuel Scarcity Next Week

The Federal Government and petrol marketers on
Friday agreed to put an end to Nigeria’s fuel
scarcity problems before the close of business
next week Saturday.

Senate Makes 11 Years The Legal Age To Have Sex In Nigeria

The Senate on Wednesday passed the Sexual
Offences Bill, 2015 which prescribes life
imprisonment for rapists and those who have
sexual intercourse with children under 11 years.

Salaries: Rivers' Assembly Dares Amaechi, Summons Nine Aides

THE Rivers State House of Assembly appears to be
on a head-on collision with the state Governor, Mr.
Rotimi Amaechi, over civil servants’ unpaid
salaries.

365 Complete

the love of God in my life is visible, His
mercies are there for all to see, it is now
365 days complete, I haven't spend a day
at the hospital neither do I need a doctor
@home for check up, I have jump pass So
many obstacle not because I can but by
His grace, my family is a testimony to
what the Lord has done, believe me He
has no time to look at ur error but save u
all the Same, father I return all Glory to
You.

Baby born in coffin after mother's death

A dead pregnant woman from
Canada gave birth 23 hours after she
was confirmed dead in her coffin, Naij
reported.
The woman had bumped into a tree and
suffered serious head and chest
injuries. She was confirmed dead later
in hospital.

Doctors had tried to revive her and the
baby but were not responding. She was
placed in a morgue for 17 hours.
As the cemetery workers were lowering
the coffin something strange happened.
They had heard a baby crying and
immediately called the ambulance.
The baby girl was born four weeks
premature and was kept in an
incubator.
She has been called the miracle baby by
doctors.

Source: http://m.news24.com/nigeria/World/News/Baby-born-in-coffin-after-mothers-death-20141126

Man weds tree for the second time

A Peruvian man took tree
hugging to the extreme by wedding off
a tree for the second time in a
ceremony to raise awareness for
environmental issues, MirrorUK
reported.
The actor and activist tied the knot at
a national park over the weekend with
spectators witnessing the ceremony.
The first ceremony took place the
previous year.

The tree was covered in draping and is
unknown whether it was aware of the
nuptials taking place.
By wedding the trees he hopes the
public would take into consideration the
environmental problems which are
taking place worldwide. More of the
world is man-made and trees are being
cut to suit human beings.
He has encouraged people to plant more
trees in order to save the planet.

2015 Elections will shock the World- Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on
Thursday said despite the violence
currently being experienced in parts
of the country, the 2015 general
elections would be peaceful and
transparent.

He said the peaceful nature of the
election would surprise the world.
Jonathan made the promise on
Thursday evening when members of
the diplomatic corps, some senators,
ministers and former government
officials joined him for the breaking
of Ramadan fast at the Presidential
Villa, Abuja.

The President said, “I know that one
thing that is dear to your hearts is
what the elections in this country will
look like next year.

“But let me use this unique
opportunity to reassure you and I am
conveying this to my brothers, your
heads of government, that our
elections next year will be free and
fair.

“It will be very peaceful in nature
that will even surprise the whole
world.

”Jonathan said with ugly incidents
globally, there was need for constant
prayers for divine intervention.
He regretted that more members of
the society were choosing the wrong
path and were being used by evil
forces to wreak havoc.

“Let us take the opportunity of this
season to ask Allah to forgive them
and guide them back to the path of
righteousness and holiness.

“I request Your Excellencies and all
Muslims and Christians that, as you
pray this period, especially during
the night of Majesty, we pray for
peace and security to reign
throughout the world.

“Let us also pray for Allah to guide
our leaders and grant them good
health and wisdom to work for the
progress of their respective
countries,” the President
added.

Jonathan’s guests had on
arrival at the Presidential Villa had a
special prayer session in the Villa
Mosque before moving into the new
Presidential Banquet Hall to break
their fast with the President.

Costa passes medical at Chelsea

Spain striker Diego Costa has passed a
medical at Chelsea ahead of a proposed
£32m transfer from Atletico Madrid.
Chelsea met the buyout clause in the 25-
year-old's contract with Atletico and he
will now negotiate personal terms.
Costa scored 36 goals in 52 games for
Atletico this season as they won their
first La Liga title since 1996 and reached
the Champions League final.
The Brazil-born forward is in Spain's
World Cup squad.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said in
May that the addition of a "killer"
striker would be a key priority during
the summer.
The London club scored 71 goals in the
Premier League this season, 31 fewer
than champions Manchester City, who
finished four points ahead of them.
Chelsea strikers Samuel Eto'o, Fernando
Torres and Demba Ba contributed a total
of 19 of those in the league, with 33-
year-old Eto'o, now a free agent, scoring
nine of them.
"We have to try to win as a team, to
improve as a team, but also add the
attacking player with that killer instinct,"
Mourinho said last month.
Mourinho will hope that Costa will go some
way towards addressing that problem
having enjoyed a prolific campaign with
Atletico.
Costa scored 27 goals in La Liga and only
finished third behind Real Madrid's
Cristiano Ronaldo (31) and Barcelona's
Lionel Messi (28) on the list of top
goalscorers.
The striker also scored against Chelsea
from the penalty spot in the semi-finals
of the Champions League, one of his
eight goals in the tournament, as Atletico
came from behind to win 3-1 at
Stamford Bridge.
Costa was born and raised in Brazil and
made two friendly appearances for them
last year before he became a naturalised
Spaniard.

Call your wife to order, cleric tells Jonathan

A Muslim cleric, Mumakai Unagha, has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to call his
wife, Patience, to order so as to halt her perceived interference in governance.
Unuagha, a former Vice President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) said:
“Mrs. Jonathan’s meddlesomeness in governance is complicating the volatile situation in the
nation.”

Soyinka: sect ‘obscene,’ incapable of dialogue

Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has described Boko Haram’s leader as an “obscenity” who is
likely to be incapable of dialogue.
The winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature told AFP by phone from Los Angeles
that Boko Haram chief Abubakar Shekau was “high on religion and drugs”.

“For me, we are dealing with a sub-human species,” Soyinka said. “How do you dialogue
with that kind of obscenity?”

Debate over the prospects of negotiating with Boko Haram and even Shekau himself has
been a controversial issue in Nigeria throughout the extremist group’s uprising which has
killed thousands.

Unbeatable Bayern Succumb to Augsburg

http://www.nairaland.com/1694176/augsburg-ends-bayern-munichs-game