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Saturday, 30 November 2013
PHOTOS: I guess its not only Nigerians that face the problem of bad roads.
The Uk,has some really bad roads oh!. Maybe not as much as the one here in Nigeria but its bad all the same. Rothbury Avenue is one of the worst roads in Britain. Rothbury Avenue, South Tyneside, has just 16 houses but about 80 potholes. Residents are really frustrated but their council say they don't have any money to fix it.
Miracle babies
Three years old Kaydence Theriault and her fellow triplets Taylor and Kaylin were all born with Crouzon Syndrome, which causes a baby's head to become misshapen.Kaydence had the most severe form doctors had ever seen because her skull was shaped like a cloverleaf. The toddler has had to undergone pioneering surgery to prevent her brain from being squashed.
Most children born with the condition have surgery before they are 18 months old to separate the skull before it fuses but Kaydence's condition was so severe the bones were already joining together, pushing her head into an odd shape at the top and sides, like a three-leaved clover.
Mrs Theriault and her eldest son Jayden, eight, also have Crouzon Syndrome, which Mrs Theriault inherited from her father. But each of them has a milder form and underwent small operations just before they were one. Kaydence on the other hand,needed emergency surgery to open up her skull at two months old, as soon as she was strong enough, so her brain would have room to grow.Three months later, a team of expert surgeons came together at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital in Indianapolis to perform a delicate operation to reshape her head. World famous cranio-facial surgery Dr Kenneth Salyer, from Texas, was brought in to help with the surgery, which took place in May 2010 and lasted eight-and-a half hours. Neurosurgeon Dr Ronald Young said: 'The only way to reshape the head is to take that bone apart and put it back together in a different shape and that's what we did.'
The other two of the triplets Taylor and Kaylin, who had a milder form of Crouzon, underwent their surgeries at seven months old and are also doing well.
The other two of the triplets Taylor and Kaylin, who had a milder form of Crouzon, underwent their surgeries at seven months old and are also doing well.
'We're so happy they can all have a normal life," said the parents. We love those doctors for what they have done for our family.
PHOTOS: Aww... too cute x
Filled with holiday cheer, on Friday, 34 years old Kourtney Kardashian, dressed up her little ones Penelope, one, and Mason, three, in matching candy cane-coloured elf costumes to join her mother Kris Jenner for an outing in Calabasas, California. Really cute! See more pictures..
Chris brown's rehab suprise from on/off girlfriend
Chris Brown, 24,who is currently undergoing a court ordered 90-day stint at a live-in rehabilitation centre to focus on his anger issues was suprised by girlfriend Karrueche Tran for Thanksgiving.
She brought him a home-cooked turkey, yams, cranberry stuffing, black-eyed peas - the whole works.'pulling out all the stops to ensure he had a good Thanksgiving.
Chris,who was really touched told her "Babe, I'm thankful for everything that is you. Thanks for looking after me and I love you."'.
Apparently, the loving words had a huge effect on Karrueche, who reportedly broke down in tears when he said how much she meant to him. An insider said: 'She was completely moved by what he said. She said she couldn't stop crying and that her hands were shaking.'
Brown is expected to remain in rehab until the new year.
She brought him a home-cooked turkey, yams, cranberry stuffing, black-eyed peas - the whole works.'pulling out all the stops to ensure he had a good Thanksgiving.
Chris,who was really touched told her "Babe, I'm thankful for everything that is you. Thanks for looking after me and I love you."'.
Apparently, the loving words had a huge effect on Karrueche, who reportedly broke down in tears when he said how much she meant to him. An insider said: 'She was completely moved by what he said. She said she couldn't stop crying and that her hands were shaking.'
Brown is expected to remain in rehab until the new year.
22 years after going public,Magic Johnson opens up about living with HIV
The former Los Angeles Lakers player who became the face of HIV/Aids 22 years ago when he announced that he had HIV, says he is still surprised at the impact the news had. Johnson said when he was first told he had HIV he was convinced he was going to die, but advances in drugs has helped him- and millions of others - survive.
Johnson is now campaigning for more people to get tested for the disease, especially those in black or Hispanic communities. He admitted that when his team's doctor told him blood results had revealed he had HIV in 1991 he was 'devastated'. 'At that time, people were really dying of Aids. I was just scared to death,' he said.
Johnson and his wife Cookie, who tested negative along with their son,have been leading advocates for HIV awareness.Cookie was two months' pregnant at the time he was diagnosed.
Johnson recently campaigned in Harlem's Apollo Theater to raise awareness about the high rates of the disease.
Johnson recently campaigned in Harlem's Apollo Theater to raise awareness about the high rates of the disease.
Friday, 29 November 2013
VIDEO: Must watch. Raw, Beautiful sound. PENTATONIX
If you are a music lover and you appreciate great talent,awesome voices and good music,then you have to watch this. One of my favourite groups so far.Enjoy!
P square and brother Jude Okoye in South Africa for the Channel O Awards
The Channel O Africa Music Awards is scheduled to take place tomorrow in Soweto,South Africa. Musician Naeto C is going to be the awards show host. The biggest names in Africa’s music industry are already getting there.
Ashton Kutcher finally free to propose to girlfriend Mila Kunis as his divorce to Demi moore is finalised
Two and a half men star Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore have finalized their divorce roughly two year after their separation.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ordered their six-year marriage dissolved on Tuesday. No one was awarded spousal support, according to court documents. But Kutcher, 35, and Moore, 51, have worked out their division of property in a written agreement, according to the documents. The details were not included in the filing.
Kutcher and Moore married on Sept. 24, 2005. They announced their separation in late 2011, and Kutcher filed for divorce December 2012 citing "irreconcilable differences."
Kutcher became the highest-paid actor on television when he replaced Charlie Sheen on "Two and a Half Men." He has been dating actress Mila Kunis, his co-star from "That 70s Show," for over a year.
Police who shot a nine year old boy in court
Thirty-nine-year-old Rasak Alowonle,a policeman who allegedly shot and killed a nine-year-old boy while dispersing a mob, appeared before an Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, , yesterday, on a charge of manslaughter.
According to the prosecutor, Inspector Richard Odigie, the mob attempted to stop the accused from seizing a commercial bus.
Odigie told the court that the policeman committed the offence on June 13 at Mile 12, Ketu, Lagos.
The prosecutor said the accused and other members of his patrol team wanted to seize the bus from a driver who was obstructing traffic.
“The accused and his team tried to seize the commercial bus but the driver resisted,” he said.
Odigie submitted that the commotion drew the attention of a crowd that attacked the team with stones and broken bottles.
He said Alowonle shot a gun in an attempt to disperse the mob, and the bullet hit the boy.
Odigie said: “The victim’s parents and sister went to the MurtalaMuhammedInternationalAirport, Ikeja to pick up their eldest son, who arrived from Canada.
“The bullet went through the wind screen and hit the deceased, who was seated at the back seat, in his right eye.
“The deceased died on the spot but was rushed to a nearby hospital.”
He said that Alowonle, who was arrested by his colleagues, had been in police custody for the past four months.
According to Odigie, the offence contravenes Section 222 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs A. A. Demi-Ajayi, granted the accused bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Demi-Ajayi adjourned the case to January15 for mention.
The Exquisite Face of Universe pageant contestants.
Exquisite Face Of the Universe is a unique international beauty and modeling contest born to showcase the advancements of Africa’s Eco Tourism. Since the first edition in 2008, it has been held in Ghana for four consecutive years and hosted by former Ghanaian President, His Excellency John Osei Kuffor. meet the contestants.
