Anthony Joshua defeats Wladimir Klitschko in the 11th round

It was a hell of a fight as Nigerian born British boxer, Anthony Joshua defeated 41 year old veteran, Wladimir Klitschko in the 11th round of one of the greatest boxing bout in recent times.

 

Joshua won the fight in the 11th round with a vicious uppercut that put his opponent on the floor, followed by a right cross. A brutal left hook knocked Wladimir down a second time then a crisp combo finished the old warrior in the corner and Klitschko went out on his shield.

Anthony Joshua meets his mum for the last time before the fight of his life, reveals she doesn't watch his fights

On Saturday, Anthony Joshua will square up against Wladimir Klitschko in what will be the biggest fight of his career so far. He visited his mum Yeta Odusanya for one last time before he steps onto the ring. The British boxer shared a pic he took with her and captioned it: 'See you on Sunday mum x'.

She has never seen her son fight and won't be in attendance, as watching her son take blow after blow goes against every woman's maternal instincts, he said.

Joshua has previously revealed that he doesn't like his mum to watch him when he is in the ring, saying:

'I don’t really let my mum come to my fights. It’s not a place you want to see your kid, I don’t think...a fight.'

Don’t wish us dead, you still need our mentoring- Obasanjo tells Nigerian youths

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday, appealed to Nigerian youths to desist from wishing their past leaders, including him dead, as the youths still need their mentoring and advise‎. Obasanjo made the appeal when he spoke during the Youth Governance Dialogue organized by the Youth Development Centre arm of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library(OOPL), Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital‎.

"Don’t wish us dead, don’t wish us to disappear because you will need us. You need us mentors and advisers to mentor and prepare you for the future. You need our experience and assistance of some of us to guide you through life. You should not lose hope, you should not feel frustrated. Whenever I go, they always ask me what is my fear about Nigeria and Africa. And I said my greatest fear is youth anger, frustrations and youth explosion which have no bound. 

We have the Boko haram in the north, the MASSOB and IPOB in the South East, the militants in the Niger Delta and the Oodua Peoples Congress in the Southwest. All of these are expression of anger and frustrations. We have what it takes to be great as a nation and we can’t transform this country without the youths. My greatest hope in this country is also the youth. You the youth should work to help yourselves. You must be ready to pay the price for what you stand for,”he said.

'Hot felon' Jeremy Meeks deported from the UK less than 8 hours after he landed for a fashion shoot

Less than eight hours after he arrived London's Heathrow Airport, Meeks, 32, was detained by UK border officials and banned from entering the country despite the fact that he had the correct papers and a letter from his parole officer. He was in the UK to shoot a series of magazine covers, according to his manager Jim Jordan.

But on arriving in London on Monday, Meeks was detained by UK border officials and banned from entering the country, despite claiming to have the correct paperwork and a letter from his parole officer. Meek, who is from Stockton, California was flown back to the US, and landed in New York on Monday night. His wife and manager who were traveling with him are still in a hotel in London.

His manager, Jim Jordan narrated the incident to DailyMail. Meeks’ wife and manager Jim Jordan, who were traveling with him, are currently holed up in a hotel in London.

Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, Jordan said: 

"We went into the UK and we went through immigration and they detained Jeremy. He wasn’t arrested but they deported him out of the country. They wouldn’t let him come into the country. He is really upset. He was police-escorted onto the plane."

A video shot by Meeks at the airport shows him being escorted onto the flight accompanied by officials and Meeks did not seem pleased in it. Pointing to his escort, he said:

“I’m sick of this s***. I’ve been denied. London don’t want me here having served my time. S*** is crazy.”

Meeks became famous in 2014 when the Stockton Police Department posted his mugshot on their website, following his arrest for street terrorism [gang activity] and a misdemeanor charge of resisting/obstructing justice. His photo went viral because of his good looks with internet users branding him “the hottest convict ever.” 

He was sentenced to 2 years in prison in 2015 but was released in March 2016 for good behavior. Immediately after his release, model agencies fell over themselves to have him model for them. Meeks embarked on a modeling career then and appeared on the catwalk at Phillip Plein during New York Fashion Week in February. He has also completed his first cover shoot – for British magazine Man About Town, with the issue featuring the felon due to launch this Thursday.

Meeks, his wife Melissa, and his manager Jim Jordan, had flown to London to attend the launch party but while Jordan's passport was stamped at the airport, Meeks was ordered to stand aside and he was interviewed for the next eight hours, fingerprinted and searched before being told he could not enter the UK and escorted onto a New York bound American Airlines flight. Jordan said Meek had all the correct papers  and had obtained a work visa for the trip, yet he was not allowed into the country.

“We flew to London from Los Angeles this morning. We got there, and Jeremy and I walked up to the customs office together. They stamped my passport. They looked at Jeremy’s passport and they said, could you guys go sit over there. So they put us in this sectioned off section and we were sitting there for an over an hour,” Jordan said.

“Then they came to me and asked if I could go through customs without Jeremy. I started getting calls from Jeremy, saying hey, they’re putting me in this room and there’s another guy in here and the guy has been here for about eight hours. He said they were interviewing me, they’re going to do a search and they’re doing all these things.

“They did a four-hour interrogation, they took a s*** ton of pictures of him. They strip-searched him, they fingerprinted him. They locked him in a small room for hours. They took his passport from him, they didn’t give him his passport back. They basically said, you cannot come into the UK with no explanation. Jeremy is really sad, he’s just really sad.”

Jordan says he will visit the US Embassy in London to seek assistance and will also make sure Meeks’ wife can continue her trip to the UK.

"It's been over 7-weeks of no electricity in my house" - Femi Kuti laments

Femi Kuti, the son of Fela Anikulapo Kuti is lamenting the lack of electricity in his home. Femi who stays in Alagbole, Akute in Lagos said this during his performance at the New Afrika Shrine on Sunday.

According to Femi, 'It's been over 7 weeks of no electricity in my house. The reality is that we are still facing the same problems Fela spoke about'.

"If you had pictures of everything I had done when I was in high school, I probably wouldn't have been president" - Obama

Former president Barack Obama said this during a round-table event with students in Chicago discussing politics and civic engagement yesterday. According to him;

"If you had pictures of everything I had done when I was in high school, I probably wouldn't have been president of the United states. So I would advice all of you to be a little more circumspect about your selfies and what you take pictures of. Just a suggestion. But it is a real problem. It's one of the biggest challenges of being in Public life.
I wrote a book about my early journey "Dreams from My Father" a ;long time ago and because I had been pretty honest about the struggles I went through as a young man, when I ran for office, there was something revealed about the guy smoked pot (Cannabis smoking) and I was like; Yeah I know, It's in my book. And I learned from that, I didn't sugarcoat it or suggest somehow that it was something I recommend for everybody. But that's what teenage kids did at that age when/where I was growing up. Not everybody, some were wiser than me but I wasn't then wise. So I think the best you can do is to own your life and your mistakes and the changes that you go through."

Meet Haben Girma,The first deaf and blind student to graduate from Harvard Law school

Haben Girma is the first Deaf-blind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, a feat which earned her recognition as a White House Champion of Change, Forbes 30 under 30, and BBC Women of Africa Hero.

Since her graduation, Haben advocates for equal access to information for people with disabilities. Haben holds a B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology from Lewis & Clark College.

 

Because of her disability rights advocacy, she was honored by President Barack Obama, President Bill Clinton, and many others. 

Haben has been featured extensively in media around the world, including the BBC, NBC, Forbes, NPR, and many more. She's based in San Francisco and she enjoys salsa dancing, surfing, and traveling the world.

Eze Goes to School Author, Onuorah Nzekwu is dead

The death has been announced of renowned writer and author of Eze Goes to School, Onuorah Nzekwu.

The literary doyen passed away at the age of 89, Friday night and cause of death is unknown at the moment.


Pa Nzekwu became popular for his book entitled Eze Goes to School, written in 1963.

Confirming the news to DAILY POST, Saturday morning, Denja Abdulahi, president, Association of Nigerian Authors, ANA, described the late Nzekwu as an icon, who would be greatly missed.

While commiserating with his family over the incident, Abdulahi said the late writer would forever be remembered for his literary works, which preached about the importance of education.

Born February 19, 1928 in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, Nzekwu was a writer who explored the internal conflicts inherent in the relationship of the educated Igbo to traditional Igbo culture.

Nzekwu’s first novel, Wand of Noble Wood (1961), portrays in moving terms the futility of a Western pragmatic approach to the problems created by an African’s traditional religious beliefs.

In 1963 he published a children’s book, Eze Goes to School (written with Michael Crowder), and his third novel, Highlife for Lizards, appeared in 1965.

He had worked as a teacher, civil servant and journalist, also wrote Wand of Noble Wood, Blade Among the Boys and other fictional and non-fictional works.

He was also the pioneer general manager of News Agency of Nigeria.

Donald Trump closes White House Sidewalk to the public permanently

On Wednesday, April 19, 2017 the U.S. Secret Service said it would end public access to a sidewalk along the south fence of the White House.

The sidewalk has been closed at nights from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. since 2015 and will now be off-limits entirely. 

Secret Service Communications Director Cathy Milhoan said the closure will “lessen the possibility of individuals illegally accessing the White House grounds”.  

In March, a man scaled a fence east of the White House at night and was on the property’s grounds for 16 minutes before being detained.

20 school children and a driver burnt to death in minibus crash in South Africa

At least 20 pupils have died in after a minibus they were travelling in crashed into a lorry outside Bronkhortspruit in Gauteng, South Africa on Friday afternoon. The taxi burst into flames, and most of the children were trapped inside.

ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said fire services had managed to extinguish the burning vehicle, which was found lying on its side.

Russel Meiring, ER24 spokesman said. 

“It is confirmed 20 children have been killed,” Russel Meiring said. "Paramedics arrived on the scene to find the fire services already in attendance. The fire services had already extinguished the burning vehicle, which was found lying on its side." 

"Unfortunately, nothing could be done for the children and they were declared dead on the scene," Meiring said.

The truck driver survived, so did several other children who sustained injuries and had to be dragged from the wreckage by people at the scene. The dead children and the dead minibus driver lay trapped inside the bus that stood on its side. Some of the bodies of the children were charred beyond recognition.

Meiring said several other children were found at the scene. It's believed these children had been pulled out of the taxi by members of the community.

"The (minibus) was transporting learners from school and it collided with the truck and caught fire," Mpumalanga police spokesman Gerald Sedibe said.

Terrorist kills one officer, wounds two others in an ambush on the Champs Elysees, Paris

A policeman was shot dead while two other police officers were seriously wounded by a Kalashnikov-wielding (AK-47) gunman on the Champs Elysees in central Paris - just three days before the French presidential election. ISIS has since claimed the attack, but the French authorities say they don't have a connection of the shooter to ISIS yet.
The gunman, identified as 39-year-old Karim C - who was jailed for 20 years for trying to kill officers in 2001 was said to have parked his Audi , walked up to police in a van an opened fire after police stopped at a red light on the world famous avenue, Champs Elysees. 

As soon as he shot at the policemen, the gunmen made no attempt to run and hide. French police said the attack was probably a 'terrorist act' and dramatic video footage captured the moment police shot at the assailant, who later died.

The fatal incident unfolded as presidential candidates, including National Front party leader Marine Le Pen, debated on a TV show nearby before Sunday's election. Both Fillon and National Front leader Marine Le Pen have cancelled scheduled events tomorrow following the attack. All candidates involved in the race to become the next French head of state have expressed their horror at the attack.

Police have now launched a desperate manhunt for a second suspect after heavily armed officers flooded the area in the heart of the French capital.
Officers have been searching the home of the alleged shooter - who was known to security services and had been flagged as an 'extremist' - in east Paris.

The gunman was previously jailed for 20 years for previously wanting to kill police' in 2001 but is believed to have been released early in 2016

Karim C, who used the alias 'Abu Yousuf the Belgian' had reportedly made several threats to kill police using the social media app Telegram, an instant messaging service.

Karim was born in France and lived in Chelles, a commuter town close to Paris.

The latest attack in the heart of Paris so close to an election could send voters flocking to far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday. The National Front leader Thursday evening said the terror threat facing France stemmed from 'laxity', and within minutes of the attack tweeted her solidarity with security forces.

A poll earlier this week found that more than half of French police officers plan to cast their vote for her at the election this weekend.

Former Pope Benedict XVI celebrates 90th birthday with a glass of beer

Retired pope, Benedict XVI  who recently turned 90 celebrated his special day with a chilled glass of beer outside the monastery on Vatican City grounds.

He was joined by his brother, Mgr Georg Ratzinger, and visitors from his native Bavaria in Germany.

The retired pontiff was born on April 16, 1927, in southern Germany. But since the birthday coincided this year with Easter Sunday, the occasion was celebrated on Monday.

Benedict XVI who retired in 2013 became the first pope to resign in 600 years.

Egyptian archaeologists discover 8 mummies in 3,500-year-old tomb near ancient city of Luxor

Egyptian archaeologists have made a surprising discovery, having found eight mummies in a tomb near the ancient southern city of Luxor. The tomb believed to be 3,500-years-old also contained colourful wooden coffins and over 1,000 funerary statues.


The tomb, discovered in the Draa Abul Nagaa necropolis near the famed Valley of the Kings, dated roughly from 1,500 to 1,000 B.C and is believed to have belonged to a nobleman named Userhat who worked as the city judge, the Antiquities Ministry said in a statement. The death vault has not been fully excavated yet but so far, a lot of discoveries have been made. The mysterious tomb was opened to add more mummies during the 21st Dynasty, about 3,000 years ago, to protect them during a period when tomb-robbing was common. Ushabti figurines were often placed with the deceased in ancient Egyptian tombs to help with responsibilities in the afterlife. Hundreds of these figurines were also discovered in the tomb.

Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Enany said: "It was a surprise how much was being displayed inside. We found a large number of Ushabti (small carved figurines), more than 1,000 of them.  This is an important discovery."

Head of the archaeological mission, Mostafa el-Waziri, said: "There are 10 coffins and eight mummies. The excavation is ongoing."

The tomb is T-shaped and comprised an open courtyard leading to two halls, one containing four ancient coffins and the other including a chamber that houses six. Journalists and Egyptian archaeological teams thronged the tomb to see the newly discovered artefacts. Inside the tomb, archaeologists wearing white masks and latex gloves inspected the coffins. They were covered with intricate drawings in red, blue, black, green, and yellow, and featured the carved faces of the dead.

A mummy wrapped in linen which was inside one of the coffins was also examined by the archaeologists. A nine-metre shaft inside the tomb held the Ushabti figurines, as well as “wooden masks and a handle of a sarcophagus lid,” the Antiquities Ministry said in a statement. Another room in the tomb was also discovered but it has not yet been completely excavated. Nevine el-Aref, the spokeswoman for the antiquities ministry, said there is evidence and traces that new mummies could be discovered in the future.

New Report Says Google Voice Search Records And Keeps Conversations People Have Around Their Phones

Google could have a record of everything you have said around it for years, and you can listen to it yourself.

The company quietly records many of the conversations that people have around its products.

The feature works as a way of letting people search with their voice, and storing those recordings presumably lets Google improve its language recognition tools as well as the results that it gives to people.


But it also comes with an easy way of listening to and deleting all of the information that it collects. That’s done through a special page that brings together the information that Google has on you.

It’s found by heading to Google’s history page and looking at the long list of recordings. The company has a specific audio page and another for activity on the web, which will show you everywhere Google has a record of you being on the internet.

The new portal was introduced in June 2015 and so has been active for the last year – meaning that it is now probably full of various things you have said, which you thought might have been in private.


Everyone should cover up their laptop webcams right now, says FBI director
The recordings can function as a kind of diary, reminding you of the various places and situations that you and your phone have been in. But it’s also a reminder of just how much information is collected about you, and how intimate that information can be.

You'll see more if you've an Android phone, which can be activated at any time just by saying "OK, Google". But you may well also have recordings on there whatever devices you've interacted with Google using.


On the page, you can listen through all of the recordings. You can also see information about how the sound was recorded – whether it was through the Google app or elsewhere – as well as any transcription of what was said if Google has turned it into text successfully.

But perhaps the most useful – and least cringe-inducing – reason to visit the page is to delete everything from there, should you so wish. That can be done either by selecting specific recordings or deleting everything in one go.

To delete particular files, you can click the check box on the left and then move back to the top of the page and select “delete”. To get rid of everything, you can press the “More” button, select “Delete options” and then “Advanced” and click through.

The easiest way to stop Google recording everything is to turn off the virtual assistant and never to use voice search. But that solution also gets at the central problem of much privacy and data use today – doing so cuts off one of the most useful things about having an Android phone or using Google search


from independent.co.uk

Former NFL star Todd Heap accidentally runs over and kills his 3year old daughter at his mansion

Former American NFL star, Todd Heap accidentally ran over and killed his three-year-old daughter while moving his vehicle forward at their Arizona mansion on Friday.

The little girl was reportedly in a driveway when her 37-year-old father pulled forward and ran over his youngest child who was rushed to a hospital where she was later pronounced dead.

According to the Arizona police who are still investigating the tragedy, they responded to an emergency call at around 3:45 pm local time on Friday afternoon at the home in a gated community in Las Sendas.

They revealed that after checking the retired NFL star who played for the Baltimore Ravens and the Arizona Cardinals there were 'no signs of impairment'.

Todd Heap, a former tight end for Baltimore Ravens, played 10 seasons and bagged the all-time leader in touchdown catches and second all-time leader in receptions and yards.

He retired from professional football in 2013.

Former American Idol finalist bags 70 years in jail for possession of child porn

26yr old Brandon Cox had the world at his feet when he made it to the final of American Idols in 2012. Fast forward 5 years later and he's thrown it all away.

In January, a jury found him guilty on seven counts of possession of child pornography and he was slapped with the maximum penalty of 70 years in jail.

275 indecent images of children were discovered on his computer but Cox who has a four year old son protested his innocence throughout the trial and at the sentencing.

District Attorney Randall Houston said:

 'It’s very rare for us to deal with child porn cases where the images depict such young victims. Usually it may be young girls, 14 to 15, which is bad, don’t get me wrong. But he had photos and videos of toddlers, 4- or 5-year-olds. 'There were even photos of an infant engaged in sexual acts.'

He went on to describe Cox as 'sick.'

Cox was already under investigation when he entered and earned a spot on the final round of 'Idol,' with his files drawing he attention of investigators in 2011. It is unclear if producers of the show were aware of this at that time.  

Assistant District Attorney Kristy Peoples said:

 'We are talking about toddlers, sexual penetration, oral sex, and the horrific nature of these photos and the quantity of the photos.' Cox plans to appeal his conviction.

Detroit Muslim doctor charged with genital mutilation on two girls

A Detroit-area doctor has been charged with performing genital mutilation on two young girls from Minnesota. Prosecutors say Dr. Jumana Nagarwala 44, of Northville, Michigan, was arrested Thursday, few days after two 7-year-old girls identified her as the person who performed medical procedures of Female genital mutilation(female circumcision) on them at a Livonia clinic in February of this year.
The FBI says the girls were accompanied to the clinic by their mothers.

Female genital mutilation of minors is illegal in the U.S. unless there's a legitimate health reason. Nagarwala will appear in Detroit federal court Thursday. It's unclear if she has a lawyer yet. In a court filing, the FBI says Nagarwala denied performing genital mutilation.

The FBI also says the doctor is a member of a cultural community that believes in the practice.

Nagarwala is also charged with transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, and making a false statement to a federal officer.

Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel Lemisch said in a statement:

'Female genital mutilation constitutes a particularly brutal form of violence against women and girls. It is also a serious federal felony in the United States. The practice has no place in modern society and those who perform FGM on minors will be held accountable under federal law'.

'According to the complaint, despite her oath to care for her patients, Dr. Nagarwala is alleged to have performed horrifying acts of brutality on the most vulnerable victims,' acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department's Criminal Division added.

'The Department of Justice is committed to stopping female genital mutilation in this country, and will use the full power of the law to ensure that no girls suffer such physical and emotional abuse.'

Nagarwala is reportedly part of a Gujarati-speaking Muslim community in Michigan. She lives in Northville with her husband, Moiz Yusuf Nagarwala, 48, who works at Visteon Corporation, an 'automotive electronics supplier'.

The FBI had launched an investigation after receiving a tip that Nagarwala had performed female genital mutilation on two seven-year-old girls at a Livonia medical clinic, according to the criminal complaint.
The girls said they were told to keep the trip secret.
One of the girls told the FBI that Nagarwala 'pinched' her on the 'place where she goes pee.' 'adding that they were told not to talk about the procedure,' FBI Special Agent Kevin Swanson wrote in the complaint.

A subsequent medical examination showed that the young girls' genitals did not appear normal and a section had been altered or removed.

'Finally, the doctor observed some scar tissue and small healing lacerations,' the agent wrote.

The complaint details the second girl's experience with the doctor and she said she underwent a procedure and identified Nagarwala as the doctor.

'She said that she 'got a shot,' and that it hurt really badly and she screamed,' the FBI agent wrote. 'Her parents told her that the procedure is a secret and that she is not supposed to talk about it. '(The girl) said that after the procedure, she could barely walk, and that she felt pain all the way down to her ankle,' the agent continued.

A subsequent medical exam showed the girl's genitalia had a small incision and a small tear.

On Monday, Minnesota Child Protective Services personnel and a federal agent interviewed the second girl's parents.

They confirmed the trip to Detroit, saying they took the girl to see Nagarwala for a 'cleansing' of extra skin, according to the court filing.

The girl was shown a photo of Nagarwala and said she was the doctor who performed the procedure, according to the FBI.

Henry Ford Hospital where Nagarwala  worked issued the following statement:

'The alleged criminal activity did not occur at any Henry Ford facility,' health system spokesman David Olejarz said Thursday. 'We would never support or condone anything related to this practice.'

Source: Daily Mail

Pope celebrates 'Holy Thursday in prison, washes the feet of 12 prison inmates

Pope Francis during the Holy Thursday celebration washed the feet of prison inmates at the Paliano detention center in Italy for former mafia members. As part of the mass celebration, the pontiff bent to wash and kiss the right foot of 12 inmates in commemoration of Jesus' gesture of humility towards his 12 apostles on the night before he was crucified.

Two of the inmates, who participated in the ceremony are said to be serving life sentences while the remaining 10 are due to be released between 2019 and 2073.

According to the Vatican, three of the inmates were women and one was a born Muslim who had converted to Catholicism. The group consisted of 10 Italians, an Albanian and a prisoner from the pope’s homeland of Argentina.

According to the pope in his massage culled from AP, he said by washing the feet of inmates, he was willing to do 'the work of a slave in order to sow love among us' and urged the prisoners to help each other.

'If you can do something, a service for your companions in prison, do it,' he said, adding that 'this is love … to be the servant of others.'

He added:

'We are all sinners. We all have defects,' the pope told the inmates during an improvised sermon broadcasted by Vatican Radio.

After their breakup, it's been revealed that Mariah Carey always gave Bryan Tanaka $25k monthly, to buy her gifts

What does a backup dancer buy for his girlfriend who is worth around $520million? According to Life & Style magazine, sources close to Mariah Carey say the pop diva is aware her dancer beau, Bryan Tanaka doesn't rake in nearly as much cash as she does, so she gives him $25K monthly so he can buy her gifts for her.

Which was one of the reasons they broke up only after 5 months of dating. Mariah was reportedly tired of footing his bills and his jealousy. It was revealed that he was also very jealous of her relationship with her ex-husband, Nick Cannon who are parents to twin children.

Sources say the last straw for Tanaka was when Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon attended the Kids' Choice Awards together last month. He demanded she came home immediately but she ignored him.

Mariah was formerly engaged to Australian billionaire James Packer - who would reportedly showered her with expensive presents regularly - sources told the magazine that she always gave him money because she 'wants the same treatment from Bryan'. 'She doesn’t care that he’s using her money to do it,' said the insider.