A Chinese entomologist has broken a new Guinness World Record after discovering the world's biggest mosquito.
This week, Zhao Li, with the Insect Museum of West China in Chengdu, capital of the southwestern province of Sichuan, received certification from the Guinness World Records, which confirmed a giant mosquito he discovered in June to be the world's biggest.
Previously, the record holder was a mosquito discovered by British zoologist Mark Carwardine. Carwardine describes in his 2008 book "Animal Records" that the distance between the mosquito's foreleg and hind leg could reach 23 cm.
The Police Command in Benue has confirmed the killing of a man and his three children by his wife, who also took her life.
“The man, Mr Nicholas Adetsav, a staff of Makurdi Local Government Council, and his children, were killed on Friday night in Makurdi.
His wife, believed to be responsible for the death of the quartet, also killed herself.
“From information available to us, the woman has been having issues with her husband which might have culminated into this,” Mr Moses Yamu, the command’s spokesman, told newsmen, on Saturday in Makurdi. Yamu said that the couple, who lived at Vandeikya street, were both staff of Makurdi Local Government Council.
“They have been having issues; just yesterday(Friday), the woman was seen with a pestle trying to smash her husband’s car. No one knows the cause of their frequent fights.”
He said that Police personnel sent to the house found the man foaming in the mouth, the three kids already dead, while the woman, also dead, was found holding a knife in her hands.
“The incident happened at 8:30 p.m. on Friday; from what we have gathered, the couple fight on daily basis,” he told NAN.
Yamu said that investigation had begun toward determining the reasons for the actions, while the corpses had been deposited at the St. Theresa’s Catholic Hospital, Makurdi
Three Madonna students have lost their lives after a bus conveying about 6 of the caught fire yesterday and killed three immediately. They were twelve in number and the students hired two buses to convey them to their destination, but sadly, one of the buses caught fire and three were roasted beyond recognition while others were rushed to the hospital.
The dead students have been identified as, Kerry Oliver (200L), Christable (200L, OPT) and Rita (200L, OPT), while those rushed to the hospital are Stanley (400L, MLS), Chidima Nwosu (200L, OPT) and Divine (100L, EE).
Below is what a student (one of them) who witnessed the accident wrote;
“One of my buses we chattered from Taraba state, containing only Madonna students (we chartered 2 buses) had an accident today around 6:PM, the bus somersaulted and caught fire immediately, the bus burnt beyond recognition, student were burnt inside the bus alive. 3 students were burnt to death beyond recognition (2 girls, 1 boy), 3 students managed to come out, but 1 broke her leg and head.
They were immediately rushed to the hospital (and they are all unconscious).
The buses contained 12 students (6 students in each bus, containing the driver, 7 people). It all happened in Ebonyi State, Abakiliki. (I don’t know the state of the driver, whether he survived or not.).
Currently I am in one police station in Abakalili, can’t travel again this night, I was actually in the bus in the beginning but later I changed to the other bus. (Thank God.) 5 girls and I’m the only boy in the second bus. We are all madonna students)”
Nollywood actor, Benson Okonkwo, has said he is already used to people accusing him of being gay and is tired of talking about it. Okonkwo noted that playing gay roles in three movies in the past was probably the reason why he was being accused of being gay.
The actor has endured a public backlash over the last couple of days, particularly on the Internet shortly after he released some nude photos of himself, in which he used a curtain to cover his manhood. The actor immediately reacted to the insults he got from people by releasing a statement on his Instagram page.
However, in a chat with Saturday Beats, the actor blamed the situation on his being “handsome”.
“There is nothing wrong with that picture; I have talked about this gay issue endlessly and I am tired. People always accuse handsome men of being gay.
“I have played the role of being gay in three movies so maybe they are accusing me because I did justice to the roles. I am a versatile actor, so I was just being professional.
“I took the picture for a movie. I have been living with this allegation and it is not fair; God will judge the people judging me. Whoever thinks he has clean hands should cast the first stone.
“Let them keep talking, talk is cheap and free; rumours even make me more popular. I have my fans, people still love me regardless of what some others say,” he told Saturday Beats.
Face of Blogging in Africa, Linda Ikeji’s baby daddy, Sholaye Jeremi has allegedly rejected linda and her new baby and he wants nothing doing with her,
According to the reports, the millionaire Sholaye Jeremi has another Lady that he is more romantically involved with and she is no other than a former model and owner of Beth Africa Modelling Agency, Elizabeth Elohor.
“He prefers Elohor and the two are an item. He has vowed not to have anything to do with Linda and her family. Maybe what made him more furious was the fact that Linda made her baby’s name public and used Sholaye’s name. She should have gotten approval to do that, You don’t thrust a baby at a man who has denied paternity of that baby from the outstet,” source informed Kemi Ashefon.
Elohor
Elohor, who is a divorced mum of two, is currently in Italy and rumoured to be pregnant. She is said to be the woman Sholaye’s heart pants after.
“Elohor is more reserved, quiet in the media and exhibits no drama unlike the Ikeji family. No serious businessman will want to have anything do with either a Linda or her loud family whoselife is all on the social media for all to read,” the source said.
Since Linda was delivered of her baby Jayce Jeremi on Monday, September 17, 2018, it has been an outbreak of news on paternity and whether she had the baby naturally or through a surrogate.
A very private person, Sholaye, who is an Itsekiri guy was said to have dated Lagos socialite, Alali Hart, a beauty entrepreneur who runs Montaigne Place.
In his 40s, Sholayemi who lives in Ikoyi where Linda Ikeji also stays, is on a first name basis with quite a number of money bags such as Femi Otedola, former governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu etc.
“He’s currently seeing a very decent lady who’s divorced and he was said to have been begged by Linda’s parents to marry Linda.
He has refused bluntly and has not picked any calls from the Ikejis. He was said to have blocked Linda from reaching him too.”
In a TV interview with Channels Television, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) says that the present problems of the Nigerian economy was NOT created by the present government but by Governors before 2015.
Mr. Peter Obi said he remembers as a governor when the former Minister for Finance Okonjo Iweala asked the government to save and the governors and everyone else said no.
This is what tally with the current government stance that they met a moribund economy and the problems were already present before they got in. Why should you complain when you created this problem yesterday
A bird known as the Western Osprey (Pandion Haliaetus), flew from the University of Helsinki, Finland, to Nigeria.
The bird which is very rare in Nigeria was caught on Thursday, October 25th at Malam Madori, Jigawa State.
After much celebration of the rare bird, it was released and allowed to fly at the Baturiya Wetland Reserve in Jigawa.
A Facebook user Abubakar S. Ringim shared the news...
Osprey Pandion halietus caught on 25/10/2018 at Malam Madori, Jigawa State. The bird came from University of Helsinki, Finland. Available records from the University revealed that the bird was ringed 106 days prior to its caught in Jigawa, and covered 5808 kilometers during it's migration to winter in Africa, in particular, Nigeria. The bird were celebrated and successfully released today at the Baturiya Wetland Reserve in Jigawa.
France has launched a nationwide probe into incidents of babies being born with either missing or malformed arms after abnormal rates of birth defects in several regions have sparked a public health scare.
Francois Bourdillon, head of the Public Health France agency, confirmed for the first time that a national investigation was "underway" and the results would be known in about three months.
"Nothing is being hidden from you," he assured listeners to RTL radio.
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria has ordered the organised labour, comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress not to embark on its indefinite strike scheduled to commence on November 6.
Justice Sanusi Kado, on Friday, gave the order in a ruling on an ex parte application moved on behalf of the Federal Government by the Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr. Dayo Apata.
Agreeing with Apata, Justice Kado ruled that if the strike is allowed it would lead to huge economic loss to both public and private institutions and could jeopardise the health of many Nigerians who would not be able to access health facilities during the period.
The organised labour had threatened to commence an indefinite strike action to press for the increase in the national minimum wage from the current N18,000.
Justice Kado adjourned the matter till November 8 for the hearing of the motion on notice seeking the interlocutory injunction to stop the strike.
The judge ordered that the court order and other papers be filed on all the defendants.
Holidaymakers can now sleep with the fishes - but rather than the sinister gangster connotations, this time it's all about a luxurious once-in-a-lifetime stay.
A new underwater villa has opened at the glamorous Conrad Maldives Rangali Island hotel, where guests can sleep under the sea in a suite with glass ceilings and walls so you can look out directly into the striking blue waters and take in the marine life.
Which is, of course, in abundance - we're talking colourful tropical fish, breathtaking corals, and even the likes of turtles and sharks which reside in the Maldives' waters.
Named The Muraka, it's hailed as the first underwater villa of its kind, and makes for quite a spectacular stay.
First of all, there's the underwater bedroom itself with a king-size bed offering direct ocean views, with the property surrounded by colourful coral. The bedroom has an ensuite bathroom too - which also boasts glass walls for uninterrupted underwater panoramics.
Meanwhile head above the water and the residence offers everything you need for a comfortable stay including a spacious living room, and private bar.
