Iran on Sunday stepped up relief operations in shattered villages in
its northeast after saying rescue operations were completed following a
double earthquake which cost 227 lives and injured 1,380 people.
“Search and rescue operations have ended and we are now working to
ensure survivors’ needs in terms of shelter and food,” Interior Minister
Moustafa Mohammad-Najjar told state television as he announced the
casualty toll..............
see full story here:
http://247nigerianewsupdate.com/iran-mourns-227-killed-in-earthquakes/
Rumour has it that the famous Nigerian actor Mr Latin is dead but he is not dead. The comedian spoke against the backdrop of reports on some social media networks on his presumed demise.
Amusan, who expressed surprise at the rumour of his own death, said:
“I am hale and hearty, please; help tell the whole world that I am very
much alive.
“In fact, I have just finished some bottles of beer with my friends at Ijaiye Junction when I heard the rumour of my death.
“ I wonder why people will take delight in this kind of false story. I know my God will not kill me now,” he said.
NAN recalled that the false news of his death was widely relayed on Monday on some social media on the internet.
Source: http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/40597-im-not-dead-mr-latin
London said farewell to the Olympic Games on Sunday with a
high-octane romp through British pop music, bringing the curtain down on
more than two weeks of action at the end of which the United States
topped the sporting world with 46 gold medals......continue
Twenty suspected Boko Haram militants in Maiduguri,have been killed by Nigerian soldiers in a shootout.
But the army lost one soldier while two others were injured, a senior officer said.......continue after the cut.......
Asaba—AN unidentified teenage mother has dumped her new-born baby
girl in a church, leaving a note behind in which she pleaded with the
priest to assume full custody of the child as well as her upkeep as she
would return at “the appropriate time” to claim the baby.
The incident occurred, weekend, in Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State......see full story here http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/08/teenage-mother-abandons-baby-in-church/
hmmm na wah ooh......
