Welcome to Joel Obaz Blog: July 2016

Saturday 30 July 2016

18 year old Cancer patient marries high school sweetheart at Tulsa children’s hospital

When 18 years old Swift Myers, who’s battling bone cancer, woke up after almost 11 days in an induced coma, he knew exactly what he wanted to do next: marry his girlfriend of almost two years, Abbi and he didn’t have to think twice about it.

Mourinho hails 'humble' Ibrahimovic ahead of United debut

Jose Mourinho says there is more to Zlatan Ibrahimovic than meets the eye as the Swede prepares for his maiden Manchester United appearance

Swimsuit mural of Hillary Clinton creates a stir in Australia

People walk past a mural of US presidential nominee Hillary Clinton clad in a swimsuit, created by street artist Lushsux, in West Footscray, Melbourne on July 30, 2016

An Australian mural of US presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in a revealing, stars and stripes swimsuit may be taken down, after it has reportedly been deemed offensive.

The creator of the painting, the street artist who goes by the name Lushsux and who has also painted murals of the likes of Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian, branded calls to remove it "pathetic".

PDP says their party convention slated for August 17th in Rivers state will still hold despite yesterday's court order by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High court, stopping the convention. Read the party's press statement below:

A hot air balloon, similar to the one seen here, with 16 people caught fire crashed into a field near Lockhart, Texas on Saturday morning, according to federal officials. Police are still working do determine the identities of the passengers as well as the number of casualties. Caldwell County Sheriff Daniel Law said there does not appear to be any survivors Sixteen passengers aboard a hot air balloon died in Texas Saturday morning after the balloon's basket caught fire.

Pep Guardiola To Sign These Two World Class Players For £92m

Pep Guardiola has confirmed the double pursuit of Leroy Sane (Schalke) and John Stones (Everton), with reports claiming that Manchester City will pay £92m for the pair.

Guardiola spoke to reporters on Thursday following Manchester City’s penalty shoot-out victory over Borussia Dortmund in the International Champions Cup in China.

The ex-Bayern Munich manager said that he would be ‘very happy’ if Sane completes a move to City, which would be worth around £42m according to reports.

Sane, 20, is a highly-rated forward with the ability to play on the wing, as well as in an advanced midfield role.

John Stones on the other hand, who turned 22 in May, has been tipped to join City for a staggering £50m fee.

#idian;Man Presumed To Have Died After Snake Bite "Comes Back From The Dead" During His Funeral.photos

An Indian man presumed to have died after being bitten by a snake rose up from his own funeral pyre moments after it was set on fire - only to die 'again' after visiting a traditional healer. The 23-year-old man, only known by his first name Sandeep, had gone to collect wood from the forest after leaving his village in Madhya Pradesh when he was bitten.see more photos after cut

Popular Lagos Lawmaker and Nollywood veteran, Hon. Desmond Elliot was recently spotted on set of a new movie titled, ‘Single Ladies’.

The thespian, who has starred in over two hundred films and a number of popular soap operas, took time off his Lawmaking duties to Direct the movie starring Mercy Aigbe, Mary Remmy and Padeta Agu at ROK Studios in Lagos.

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Bayezid Hossain is only 4 years-old, but looks like a very old man.

The boy from Bangladesh ages eight times the normal rate because of an extremely rare condition called progeria.

Bayezid has a swollen face, hollow eyes, sagging skin, ageing joints, difficulties passing urine, and weak and broken teeth due to rare genetic disorder.

Snake Bites Dog On The Penis And Refuses To Let Go. Photos/Video....

This is the painful moment a dog was bitten on the penis by a snake who just would not let go. The dog desperately tried to free itself after the snake latched onto its private part.

Squirming in pain (as you might imagine), the dog tries to bite the snake and make it release its jaws, but was not successful – while the cameras were rolling at least. The dog is tethered up with a metal chain in the video, apparently next to a field.

It is not clear where the video was taken or what kind of snake it was.

Mary Taylor Previte, a woman in her 80s, on Wednesday reunited with a Chinese man who rescued her during the Second World War. She traveled thousands of miles from New Jersey, US, to Guiyang in southwest China’s Guizhou Province.

For decades Mary never gave up hope of finding Eddie Wang, a member of a rescue team that saved her from a Japanese concentration camp in Weifang, east China’s Shandong Province, where she and her brothers and sisters had been imprisoned since the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941

Watch Video; Ambassadorial Nominees Unable To Recite National Anthem, Pledge...

he Senate on Tuesday began the screening of the 47 ambassadorial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari for legislative approval. Buhari had on June 9 sent to the Senate 47 names of Nigerians to be screened and confirmed as career diplomats.

There was, however, drama during the exercise as some of the nominees, who were drilled by members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs chaired by Senator Monsurat Sunmonu, could not recite the national anthem and the national pledge smoothly.

The nominees were asked questions ranging from diplomatic issues to the names of the senators representing their states, their geopolitical zones and the states in them, how many local government areas in their states, how many lawmakers in the Senate, among others.

While some of them stuttered while reciting either the anthem or the pledge, others missed their lines in the process.

A Nairobi prostitute was allegedly caught stealing her client's valuables after she drugged him. When the man said to be a Kenyatta University student became unconscious, the prostitute gathered every electronic gadget in his house. However, luck ran out on her as she was nabbed by vigilant neighbours. They tied her up as they waited for the police to arrive.

A 22-year-old Russian woman named Kristina Medvedeva was beheaded on her very first date with a man she met online. Kristina, a shop assistant in the Russian city of Ekaterinburg, was seeking for love on the internet and reportedly described her relationship status as 'actively searching' on one social media site

Fayose made the comment on Thursday, July 28, 2016, during a programme on Orange 94.5 FM in Akure, Ondo State

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has said that he cannot stop criticizing President Muhammadu Buhari.

Fayose made the comment on Thursday, July 28, 2016, during a programme on Orange 94.5 FM in Akure, Ondo State.

“I don’t hate President Buhari but what I have been saying is truth and he knows I have been saying the truth,” he said.

“I was 24 years old when he became military head of state, and that was the same way things were difficult. We queued up before we could purchase essential commodities.

“I am saying the truth so that the president can do things that will benefit the people of this country. They want to shut me up, but I will not stop talking… I will continue to talk even in incarceration. If I stop talking Nigerian masses will suffer,” he added.

Woman reunites with Nigerian man who rescued her as a baby 22 years ago in London

A woman left in a phone box as a baby has reunited with the Nigerian man who found her 22 years ago, Metro UK reports.

Kiran Sheikh was two hours old when she was abandoned at a call box in Forest Gate, east London on April 30, 1994. The mother, who was trapped in a violent relationship, gave birth on the floor in her bathroom, dumped the child then called Samaritans, urging them to come quickly for the baby.

Sera Luka, who was among over 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago, was rescued in May 2016 along with 97 women and children held hostage by the terrorists. Thirty-five Boko Haram fighters were killed in the clashes. According to a post shared by Femi Adeolu, a soldier also died during the rescue.

Thursday 28 July 2016

Federal Government abandons funeral of late Super Eagles great

Despite several promises from the Government to give late Super Eagles great, Stephen Keshi a grand send-off, the funeral has been left for just his family.

Special Adviser to the Sports Ministers, Solomon Dalung revealed that the Federal Government plan to properly honour the late Keshi after the Olympic Games in Rio.

Victor Moses Nigerian forward starts again as Chelsea beat Liverpool 1-0

Moses was impressive for Chelsea at the Rose Bowl with his direct running at the Liverpool back-line.

Daniel Amokachi with his sons, Nazim and Kalim

Twin sons of ex-Super Eagles forward, Daniel Amokachi are set to train with one of his former clubs, Besiktas.

Amokachi who played 77 games for the Turkish giants between 1996 and 1999, scoring 17 goals took to his social media to announce his sons would be training with the side.

Relatives of victims cry during a funeral ceremony for victims of the failed July 15 coup attempt at Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara on July 17. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to purge the "virus" within state bodies, including journalists, purportedly responsible for the uprising.

ANKARA, Turkey, July 27 (UPI) -- The Turkish government moved Wednesday to shut down dozens of news media outlets in the aftermath of the attempted military coup.

The regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan forcefully closed 45 newspapers, 16 television news stations, 23 radio stations, three news agencies and 15 magazines,

No one can prove I stole Rivers State money – Former governor, Rotimi Amaechi says

Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, has denied allegations that he embezzled money meant for the development of Rivers state when he was governor. Amaechi said this while speaking at a stakeholders’ forum on corruption organised by the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja today July 28th.

“If you had followed the Rivers State government when I was governor, we were the first state to introduce the Public Procurement Law in the country. The state cabinet used to call the Director General of Public Procurement in the state as an alternative governor, that they wanted an amendment to that law. The reason they wanted amendment is that he (DG) refused to increase the threshold to one hundred million naira, per ministry, instead he reduced it to 10 million naira. I had a battle with him (DG BPE) and the world bank who insisted that we should not go for an amendment but should persuade him to increase the threshold. I remember the cabinet tried to go to court against him and I remember that he was also trying to go to court against Commissioners. In fact, the procurement DG wrote a memo that I felt was very incriminating requesting that since the law requires the governor to take any commissioner who doesn’t comply with the public procurement law to court, I should please take the commissioner of education to court for not complying… Everybody in the cabinet felt that he was an alternative governor, they felt that he was slowing the process,” he said.

Troops returning from Bama on humanitarian escort duty, were ambushed enroute Maiduguri by suspected remnants of Boko Haram terrorists hiding in Meleri village, a few kilometres from Kawuri.

The gallant troops however, successfully cleared the ambush and exploited up to Afunori. Unfortunately, 2 soldiers and 3 civilians were wounded in the ambush, among whom were staff of United Nations agencies and other international humanitarian organizations.

The wounded have been evacuated to University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri and they are in stable condition. The Nigerian Army wishes to sympathize with our wounded colleagues, the United Nations and other Non-governmental organizations whose personnel were also injured in this sad incident.

We wish to reiterate our determination and commitment to ensuring safety and security in the North East and safeguarding the lives of all persons.

Thank you for your usual and kind cooperation.
Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman Acting Director Army Public Relation

Hillary Clinton seeks unity as nation's first major female presidential candidate

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Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine wave to supporters as a cascade of balloons fall from the roof of Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. On Thursday, Clinton made history becoing the first female nnominee of a major political party.

PHILADELPHIA, July 29 (UPI) -- Seeking to lead a nation that is "cleareyed about what we are up against" but unafraid of the challenge, Democrat Hillary Clinton made history Thursday, becoming the first woman to accept the nomination of a major political party for president of the United States.

This is the shocking moment a middle-aged couple were filmed having sex on a car bonnet in the middle of a residential street. Shop worker Sophie Browne, 18, spotted the couple running out of a house naked and duck behind a car as she walked home from a night shift at Ald

The pair, who look to be in their 40s, then started having sex on someone's car bonnet in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, at 12am on Monday.

Former Nigerian Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and her husband, Ikemba Iweala are celebrating their 37th wedding anniversary today. The couple have 4 children. Their son, Uzodimma Iweala, the author of the novel 'Beasts of No Nation'. Uzodimma Iweala took to his Instagram today, to celebrate his parents.

"Happy 37 years of marriage to my wonderful parents who seem to have taken this whole kids out of the house thing extra serious." he wrote "My siblings and I just get selfies of them now with captions like Enjoying watching President Obama speak at the #dncconvention. Okay oooo! Enjoyment! I couldn't ask for more wonderful parents or a more perfect example of how you live through life's triumphs and challenges with someone you love. Happy Anniversary! And please take me with you on your next trip"

Cool-headed elephant fights off 14 lionesses in Zambia

An elephant in Zambia demonstrated his ability to keep a cool head under pressure when he escaped being made into a meal by 14 female lions.

The video, filmed by Jesse Nash on a tour with Normal Carr Safaris at the Chinzombo Safari Camp in Zambia, shows a group of 14 lionesses descending on a young elephant.

The elephant, keeping calm, swats at the lionesses with his trunk while making his way to a nearby body of water.

Truck loses boxes filled with iPhones on Chinese road

A Chinese traffic camera captured a moment that could be a tech lover's dream -- boxes filled with iPhones falling out of a truck.

the video show a truck traveling down a Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, road July 15 when the rear doors of its trailer swing open.

Bikini-clad off-duty Swedish police officer arrests pickpocket

An off-duty Swedish police officer arrested a pickpocket who approached her as she was sunbathing with a group of friends.

Mikaela Kellner, who has served as a police officer for 11 years, Shared a photo of herself apprehending the man while wearing only a bikini at Ralambshovsparken in Stockholm.

President Obama Shared Something His Daughters Love to Tease Him About During His DNC Speech(photo/videos)

Malia and Sasha Obama share a laugh. (Photo: Getty Images)

Speaking at night three of the Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama started off by noting how his daughters — Malia, 18, and Sasha, 15 — are quick to point out to him how much older he looks today than when he took office eight years ago — all while their mother, First Lady Michelle Obama, has not aged a day.

And when you take a look back…well, they’re right.

Here’s President Obama speaking at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver,see videos:

Nigerian Music star Tiwa Savage has signed with Roc Nation, an American entertainment company founded by rapper Jay Z in 2008. The official Instagram page of the company shared the photo above as they officially welcomed her.

Oh no! Mary J Blige files for divorce from husband after 12 years of marriage

After 12 years of marriage, singer Mary J. Blige has filed for divorce from her husband and manager, producer Martin “Kendu” Isaacs, TMZ reports.

Blige has claimed irreconcilable differences and plans to move forward with a legal split from Kendu. Blige has also asked a judge to block Isaacs from requesting or obtaining spousal support after the divorce.

The couple does not have any children together. Blige and Isaacs were married on December 7, 2003 in a private ceremony.

John Howell, the United Kingdom (UK) Trade and Investment Envoy to Nigeria, has said that Britain will strengthen its trade ties with Nigeria.

Howell, who made this known at a “Bell Ringing ceremony” at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Lagos on Wednesday, said that British Government is ready to invest in Nigerian market.

Juventus star Paul Pogba has continued to keep everybody guessing after posting a picture to Instagram from his holiday in Miami, featuring a cryptic caption which could be linked to his future. The 23-year-old is close to sealing a £110m return to Manchester United. Pogba was seen chilling alongside his agent Mino Raiola in Miami.,Pogba, the most in-demand midfield talent in the world, added more fuel the speculation surrounding him after writing 'we say it all by saying nothing at all #holidays' with his latest image posted on Instagram, alongside Raiola,

Two year-old Abubakar pictured with his mother, who lives in Kano State, is one of the more than 400,000 children UNICEF has treated for severe acute malnutrition.

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari was so shocked by UNICEF reports that a staggering 2.5 Nigerian children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition that she recently launched an initiative to fight child malnutrition in Nigeria.

Mrs. Buhari’s ‘Get Involved’ initiative is looking for the support of ordinary Nigerians and will also be working with the private sector, development partners, non-governmental organisations and UNICEF to help end child malnurition in the country.

Photo credit: Unicef Nigeria

Photos from requiem mass for former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi

The Funeral rites of former Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has commenced with a a requiem mass currently holding at the St Paul's Catholic Church in Benin City, Edo state. His children, family members, Football enthusiasts and others are attending the mass. More photos the cut.

The governor declared that he willingly participated at the peace meeting convened by the Inspector-General of Police and the Director General of the Department of State Security because of his commitment to peace and the need to make sacrifices for the development of the state.

Addressing PDP faithful at the Rivers West Senatorial District Rally in Degema on Wednesday, Governor Wike stated that the people of the state must be allowed to elect Representatives of their choice at the National and State Assemblies

The man who’s shocking Nigerians with revelations of corruption as former chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has now raised fresh 20 questions for the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara bordering on the unfolding budget padding scandal.

Three suspected robbers pictured above were apprehended while trying to break into a pastor's house located at Utagba Ogbe in Ndokwa West local government area of Delta state. They have been handed over to the police.

Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, has dropped out of the list of top 100 richest people in the world. This is largely due to the devaluation of the Naira. Dangote who owns the second largest sugar-refinery in the world, remains richer than American billionaires, Donald Trump, and Oprah Winfrey who ranks as the second richest black woman in the world

Heavy rain and strong winds reportedly destroyed and swept some vehicles into a small river, after Kantoma Brigde, in Suleja, Niger state. According to an eyewitness, most of the cars were in a motor park and belonged to a car dealer. See more photos of the damaged vehicles as you continue.

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Bauchi state is agog with joy after an old mentally unstable woman received her miracle unexpectedly and has regained sanity. According to reports, the woman had wandered across parts of the state for about 7 years following her mental condition. Solution came her way recently after Pastor W.F Kumuyi of Deeper Life Bible Church healed her in a crusade.

Saturday 30 July 2016

Friday 29 July 2016

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has said that he cannot stop criticizing President Muhammadu Buhari.

Thursday 28 July 2016

Special Adviser to the Sports Ministers, Solomon Dalung revealed that the Federal Government plan to properly honour the late Keshi after the Olympic Games in Rio.

Twin sons of ex-Super Eagles forward, Daniel Amokachi are set to train with one of his former clubs, Besiktas.