Death toll in the Indonesian plane crash hits 86

According to Agency reports, the death toll in the Indonesian plane crash has reached 86. Some of the passengers of the crashed C-130 Hercules plane included military personnel and their family members, civilians and some students. The plane which left Jakarta Tuesday made two stops before crashing near a residential neighbourhood in Medan, Indonesia.

An Indonesian Red Cross official, Zulkifli confirmed that so far, 86 bodies have been recovered from the crash site.

Some of the Most Dangerous Walks To School In The World

Someone says education is expensive. Would you rather try ignorance? Definitely in Nigeria even in the remotest part of the country, you cannot find anything close. We are indeed blessed. Take a look at what these poor kids go through to acquire education. They have to travel the most dangerous walks to school in the world.

                                                Padang School – Indonesia

  To reach the school in Padang, many children have to cross this collapsed bridge by shuffling along a tightrope wire that is thirty feet above a flowing river. But their adventure doesn’t end there, they also have to walk a further seven miles through a dense tropical forest.

                                
                           Zhang Jiawan Village School – Southern China

 

 What was once a great village defense has now become a hindrance as children have to descend unsecured ladders to reach their school. And at the end of the day it is one hell of a climb to get home.

                                   Plempungan Village School – Indonesia

 

 School children have started using this aqueduct as means to reach their school. It separates the Suro Village and Plempungan Village in Java and was never really meant to be used as a crossing point.
Despite it’s danger, students prefer to take the risk of crossing the aqueduct rather than the long six kilometer walk around.

                               Sanghiang Tanjung Village School – Indonesia

 This bridge that sits over the Ciberang River was destroyed in a severe storm but it doesn’t stop the children trying to cross it to get to school. After the story about this school journey went viral an Indonesian steel company has offered to build the locals a new bridge.

                                                 Remote School In Colombia

 The only way for kids to get to school in a remote part of the Columbian rainforest is via a steel cable. The children have to zipline along the 800 meter cable and can reach speeds up to 50mph.
The picture below by photographer Christoph Otto shows a young girl carrying her younger brother in a sack as he is too young to use the zipline alone.

                                               Boarding School – Pili, China

 80 Children study at a Pili boarding school but the journey home at the end of term is a dangerous one. The students have to walk 125 miles home over dangerous mountains, chain bridges and single plank bridges. They also have to wade through four freezing rivers. The journey home takes two days to complete.

 

                                                 Decun village School – China

I honestly salute the courage of these children but I'd rather be a stark illiterate than try any of those.

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Indonesia military transport plane crashes in Medan; 37 dead

An Indonesian air force transport plane crashed Tuesday into a residential neighborhood in the country's third-largest city of Medan, killing dozens of people.

Television footage showed the wreckage of the downed C-130 Hercules, a crumpled burning car and a shattered building that local media said contained a spa. Smoke billowed from the site and several thousand people milled nearby.

North Sumatra police chief Eko Hadi Sutedjo told reporters that the plane was carrying 50 people based on its manifest.

26 suspects discharged in DPO’s murder case, five remanded

YESTERDAY, an Iyanganku Chief Magistrates’ Court presided by Mr. A. Adebisi discharged 26 suspects in the murder of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Agugu Police Station in Oyo State, CSP Ike Nworgu, as he held that the accused should not be charged with any criminal offence.

Mom kills children, stores their bodies in a deep freezer

 

Mitchelle Blair screams as deputies escort her from the courtroom. 

A Detroit Mom, Mitchelle Blair has pleaded guilty to killing two of her children, a daughter Stoni Blair, aged 13 and a 9-year-old son, Stephen Berry
36 year old Blair who told the Judge she had  no remorse for beating and suffocating them disclosed her dead children were demons.

We killed ex-FUTA VC to steal his jeep ─ Suspect

                                                 

The two aides of the late former Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Prof. Albert Ilemobade, who allegedly killed the don, have confessed that they carried out the act in order to steal the deceased’s Toyota RAV4.

The suspects ─ Olayemi Bamitale, the driver; and Daniel Ita, the gateman of the deceased ─ were paraded at the headquarters of the Ondo State Police Command, Akure, on Monday.

What do you think about life?

Life is a journey into the mysterious. For some it may be well and rosy, while for others nothing seems to just work out the expected way. When life smiles at one, things are bound to be exceptionally good for that fellow but when one is at the receiving end of life one would think all hope is lost.

Success in life requires no formal education. Educated fellows are known to have completely failed in life while the illiterates are successful.

Mourners recall SC shooting victim in funeral at church

 

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, center, with son and daughter-in-law Hunter and Kathleen Biden, to his right, sing “We Shall Overcome” while joining hands with Emanuel AME Church members Sunday, June 28, 2015 in Charleston, S.C. Biden delivered a short speech and said he was there to stand in solidarity with the church and families of the nine people who were killed June 17. 

 

The day she was killed along with eight others during Bible study at a South Carolina church, Myra Thompson achieved her goal of becoming a minister

Hundreds honored Thompson, 59, in a service Monday at the site of the deadly shooting, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston.

"This is a woman who I want to strive to be," South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said of Thompson. "She wanted every person she came in touch with to make them better."

When purpose comes to the rescue

“The tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goals… the tragedy of life lies in not having goals to reach for. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace not to have stars to reach out for. So aim high, dream big dreams and remember everything is possible if you can just believe”. – Anonymous

Purpose is defined by free dictionary.com as ‘the object toward which one strives or for which something exists; an aim or a goal’. Every individual created by God has a purpose for being. You came into this world for a reason. You are neither an accident nor a mistake because God doesn’t make mistakes; you are also not an experiment or a chance product of your parents. They may not have planned for you but you are here anyway and you are the most valuable of all of God’s creation.

16 dead, 5 injured in nursing home fire in northern Mexico

A fire swept through a retirement home for poor people early Tuesday, killing 16 elderly residents at the facility outside the northern border city of Mexicali, the mayor's office said.

Five other residents were reported in serious condition after being taken to a hospital in nearby Mexicali, which sits across the border from Calexico, California.

This King has 100 wives

                                       Fon Abumbi 11 

   Fon Abumbi 11 in front of the palace, which was added to the  world         monuments watch list of the 100 most endangered sites of 2006


The wisest ruler in his time, king Solomon who had all sorts of women as wives and concubines would be envious of  Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, who has close to 100 wives. They weren't all his from the start. The local tradition demands that when a fon dies, his successor inherits all his wives and then marries his own queens. The monarch who "inherited" 72 wives and more than 500 children after his father's death, has ruled Bafut, the largest fondom in the region, for 47 years.

Would you believe this bland babe is Tyra Banks?

OMG, who is this?

Former supermodel turned media mogul posted a picture of her naked face on her instagram page on Wednesday, June 17, declaring that fans deserved to see the REAL her. 
The 41-year old  Banks known for her great beauty has a makeup line called TYRA Beauty, so it was not that she ran out of supply.
Seriously, doesn't she look pretty?

Ex-Algerian tycoon jailed 18 years over corruption

 

 Former Algerian businessman Abdelmoumene Rafik Khalifa on Tuesday was sentenced to 18 years in prison by the criminal court of Blida in one of heaviest corruption cases in the nation.

The accused was charged with conspiracy, breach of trust, forgery and use of forgeries, corruption, and fraudulent bankruptcy.

Woman goes blind after cat licks her

  Janese Walters

 

Some things are indeed very strange in this life. How can a human being be licking animal's face or allowing them lick their face. It's just disgusting.
Doctors have diagnosed a cat owner, Janese Walters, of Toledo, Ohio with 'Cat Scratch', a bacteria caused by cat's saliva or fur. Now that she cannot see, what becomes of her pet?

photo credit: google

Stowaway found dead after falling from British Airways plane in London

A stowaway on a British Airways jet was found dead after falling on a roof as the plane approached London Heathrow Airport, authorities said Friday.

It's unclear whether the man had crouched in the wheel well, a common hiding place for stowaways.

A second man who was hiding in the undercarriage of the plane was hospitalized with injuries, the airline said.

Man deliberately drives into crowd – kills 3

 

Authorities say a man deliberately drove his SUV into a crowd killing three people including a child. At least 34 people suffered injuries including 10 seriously and one in critical condition. The incident happened at Graz, Austria’s second most populous city on Saturday.

You think you are bold? Step out in any of these

When i saw these hair styles, i told myself, others who have not seen them should have a glimpse. How would they board a vehicle or move around in a crowded place. Not my style though but really cute.
They were showcased at this year's Afrik show in the Ivorian city of Abidjan.
 

photo credit: BBC

Area Fada turns 64

Confirmed Area Fada, Charles Oputa aka Charly boy celebrates 64th birthday. The controversial grandpa said nothing was going to stop him from looking and acting like a young boy, no matter his age.

Queen of England honours four Nigerians

Four Nigerians will be presented the inaugural Queen’s Young Leaders Awards, on Monday, at the United Kingdom’s Buckingham Palace.

The awards will be presented by the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II. The four Nigerians are: Isaiah Owolabi, Kelvin Ogholi, Nkechikwu Azinge and Oladipupo Ajiroba.

According to a statement issued by the QYL, the awards are being given to exceptional young people from across the Commonwealth. Apart from the four beneficiaries from Nigeria, Canada, India, Cameroon and South Africa have three winners each.

Sickle Cell Disease: Nigeria has largest cases in the world - Research

 Nigeria has the largest population of people with Sickle Cell Disease in the world, with over 150,000 babies born with the serious condition every year, researches have shown.
Mr Lanre Alege, a Pharmacist with the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, said this in a lecture delivered during June edition of the keep fit exercise for staff of the hospital at the Kwara stadium on Saturday.

Soyinka loses Oxford’s Professor of Poetry race to Armitage

Prof. Wole Soyinka has lost the race to be Oxford’s Professor of poetry to British poet, Simon Armitage.
Armitage, a popular poet and broadcaster, secured 1,221 votes – 301 more than his closest rival, Wole Soyinka.
Armitage was backed by 58 names, including John Carey and Melvyn Bragg. Bragg had previously supported Soyinka, but later publicly switched his allegiance to Armitage, saying the 80-year-old might not “bother to come to Oxford” if he were to win.