Woman kidnapped in Festac this morning

Friends of Toyin Nwosu say she was kidnapped this morning in Festac town, Lagos around 2:00am right in the presence of her family. She is 40 and a mother of 4. The kidnappers escaped through the canal at Amuwo area and are yet to contact her family. Anyone with any useful info should contact the nearest police station .

Declareyourassets.com is becoming Nigeria’s most viral game

Since President Buhari and VP Osinbajo have declared their assets, Nigerians too have decided to declare theirs. There's this hilarious game www.declareyourassets.comwhere Nigerians can now declare their assets- well it’s just for laughs though. 

The digital agency behind it decided to create the game just for fun so that Nigerians too can declare their assets and see what they are worth.

They made it funny and then ended it with a motivational/ encouraging comment.

If you have not declared your assets yet, what are you waiting for? 

Try it out here: www.declareyourassets.com

15 babies & children among 34 killed after refugee boat capsizes near Greek island

A total of 34 died after a boat capsized on a trip from Turkey to a tiny Greek island. One distraught mum had made it to the beach but screamed: “Where are my babies, where are my babies?” Fellow refugees told her: “They’ve drowned.”

Another devastated mother wailed as she said she had lost her nine-month-old baby and nine-year-old son. Police confirmed four babies, six boys and five girls were among the victims.



Details of the nationalities and ages of the victims of yesterday's sinking off the island of Farmakonisi were not immediately available.

The coastguard said 68 people were rescued from the water and another 30 survivors from the same boat were found on Farmakonisi.

Cows causing confusion in Lagos this morning (photos)

So they've moved them from Abuja to Lagos? Lol. Cows caused hold up around the Agege/Abbatoir road in Lagos this morning as people ran around to avoid attack from the sick looking cows. An eye witness said the cows harmed a lady and obstructed vehicular movement. More pics after the cut...

Man accuses APC of abandoning 90 year old woman who gave her N1m savings to Buhari's campaign

Remember Hajia Fadimatu Mai Talle Tara, the 90 year old woman who donated her N1 million savings to the Buhari campaign organization? A man named Idis Kuringafa who knows about her illness shared the news on his Facebook page and accused APC of abandoning her. What he wrote after the cut...

They made it! And the camera woman got fired..

Remember the camera woman who tripped a fleeing refugee carrying his daughter? And got fired for it? Well, a new picture trending on Social Media of the man and his daughter, shows that they safely made it to the location they were heading to. See that after the cut...

Tonto Dikeh to have a male bridesmaid for her white wedding?

It seems so. The Actress revealed on Instagram that she's been searching to see whether she can have a male bridesmaid. And she has named her bestie, fashion stylist - Swanky Jerry as the number one candidate. 

6yr old girl invites the Queen to her birthday party & gets a response

A 6 year old schoolgirl who invited the Queen to her birthday party got a delightful response. Melissa Poll made a card for the Queen congratulating her on becoming the longest reigning monarch- but complained that she hadn’t been allowed into Buckingham Palace.

The 6 year old and her little sister recently visited Buckingham Palace on a family trip, but because of an ongoing strike there was no time to queue up to get inside.

So she wrote to the Queen explaining she was disappointed she could not go inside the palace and also invited the monarch to her birthday party which will take place this month.

It was posted to Buckingham Palace and within a few days Melissa received a response from the Queen’s lady-in-waiting, reports the Manchester Evening News.

The letter personally thanked Melissa for the card and included an apology she could not attend the birthday party.

It read: “The Queen wishes me to write and thank you for your letter in which you tell Her Majesty about your disappointment at not being able to tour the State Apartments at Buckingham Palace.

“Her Majesty was sorry to hear that you and your grandmother tried twice to see inside the palace and that, for various reasons, you were unlucky.”

“Although unable to come to your birthday party, the Queen greatly appreciated your kind thought for her, and I hope you have a lovely time with your family and friends on September 27.

“I am to thank you too for your kind thought in writing about the forthcoming splendid milestone in Her Majesty’s reign.”

Ministerial list: Pat Utomi, Femi Falana, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Festus Odimegwu undergo DSS screening

As Nigerians await the unveiling of President Buhari's ministerial list, sources at the Department of State Security have revealed some names that made the list and have undergone screening by the DSS.
They include Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, frontline Economist Pat Utomi, former Nigerian Breweries MD Festus Odimegwu,  former Osun state governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Former MD of the Federal Inland Revenue, Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okaru, Former Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen Abdulrahman Dambazu rtd, former Legal Adviser of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change CPC Abubakar Malami(rtd) and former Commissioner for DFFinance in Lagos state, Wale Edun. 

However, the nominees are yet to give any confirmation on the supposed screening which may not be far-fetched from the fact that appointments of this nature are treated cautiously in the official circle.

DSS sources said the ministerial nominees concluded their screening last week Friday September 11th.

50 Cents' son rocks a Yeezy, North West Tshirt

50 Cent shared this photo of his son wearing a Yeezy shirt with North West on it and captioned it  "My Dad's crazy, he said I get all his money. So I can only date hot girls that have their own."

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Cancer patient receives world's first 3D printed rib cage in new surgical procedure

Two weeks ago, doctors implanted a 3D-printed titanium sternum and ribs into a patient in Spain. According to CNET and reports say he’s doing well.

The patient was suffering from a form of cancer that formed tumors in his chest cavity and to get rid of them, doctors at Salamanca University Hospital needed to cut out a section of his ribs, along with his breastplate.

According to medical reports, usually, doctors would replace the ribcage with a flat piece of titanium, which can actually loosen over time, but 3D printing allows for a more customized implant. The team at Salamanca took CT scans of the patient’s ribcage and used those images both to show surgeons exactly where to cut, and to create a 3D model to print replacement parts.

The team contracted Anatomics, an Australian medical company, to try to understand how to print the file. Anatomics sent the 3D files to the Australian government’s3D-printing lab at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). The lab’s printer prints by using a high-powered electron beam to melt metal powder into layers.

The result was a titanium object that looks less like ribs and more like something you’d see in a car’s engine, and fit perfectly into the patient’s ribcage.

Beyond being able to create truly personalized solutions to medical problems, 3D printing allows doctors to rapidly prototype ideas. In the US, doctors are using 3D printing to produce models for doctors to inspect and figure out the best plan for surgeries, without any invasive biopsies needed. Researchers are also working on 3D-printed tissue implants, but those haven’t been approved for use in humans yet. 3D printing, however, has started to make some regulatory inroads in the US. Last month, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first 3D-printed drug for consumption, and the FDA is researching more safe ways to bring the technology into the human body.

3D printing, especially in medicine, is still in its infancy. The Salamanca team’s achievement may well pave the way for more 3D-printed parts in humans, and perhaps America’s obsession with elective cosmetic surgery may one day extend to 3D-printed improvements. Hopefully no-one tells the Canadian government.