Here are photos of the final year student of Agricultural Economics at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, who killed himself due to the accumulated debt caused by betting. The student, identified as Tobechukwu Okeke was found on Sunday morning, November 27, dangling from a rope in his room at Odenigwe, a community in Nsukka, Enugu state.
These are photos of the young man with his classmates bubbling with life before his unfortunate end.
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He then jumped up to propose, shocking his girlfriend
When it comes to proposals, women have seen it all and it takes a lot of effort to surprise the one these days. So it came as no surprise when this guy did it Nollywood epic style to propose to his queen.See video below.
A Nigerian pretended to die from a staged accident, shocking his girlfriend who upon hearing the news was devastated and was ready to die with him. The pretty lady was crying and heart-broken when she saw her boyfriend lying on the floor, helpless. To her surprise, he jumped up and proposed to her. What type of love do we call this?ml
President Barack Obama's daughters, Malia and Sasha, are 18 and 15 now, prime dating age. And guys actually do go out with them, Obama said. "That happened, you know?" he told a North Carolina radio station on Friday. "The truth is, I'm pretty relaxed about it for two reasons.
"One is [their mom] Michelle. She's taught—she's such a great example of how she carries herself, her self-esteem, not depending on boys to validate how you look or you know, not letting yourself be judged by anything other than your character and intelligence," he said. "And hopefully I've been a good example in terms of how I've shown respect to my wife. So I don't worry about it because they're really solid, smart girls—young ladies now."
Obama with the girls when they aren’t on a coffee date.
And anyway, Obama has a fail-safe: "The other reason is because they've had Secret Service. There's only so much these guys can do. These poor young men come by my house and…."
"They have no idea—" the radio host remarked.
"No, they have an idea. I describe for them…." Obama then laughed. Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away, a bunch of hopeful guys shivered.
Just 45 minutes into his sixth and final Los Angeles concert performance Thursday night, Kanye West called the show to an abrupt halt, according to Us Weekly. “Turn on the lights, show’s over,” he said. “I’m so hoarse. I can't finish the show.”
From atop his suspended platform, the rapper apologized to his fans at the Forum show. “I can’t let ya’ll have a show where I can’t perform for you. I’ll give everyone a refund,” he said. “I’ll do better next time.”
And though Kanye appeared to be sympathetic, the crowd was not. After the surprise announcement, he was booed and show attendees immediately went on Twitter to express their disappointment.
This is the second time Kanye has cut a show short during the "Saint Pablo" tour, but you can’t exactly blame him for the first time. Kanye ended his show last month at the Meadows Festival in New York, after Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint in Paris. The "Saint Pablo" tour continues in San Jose, California, on Nov. 17, and here's hoping that's enough time for him to rest his voice.
R&B singer Alicia Keys has made headlines over the past year for her strict make-up-free policy, hitting red carpets, concerts and TV shows with a refreshingly bare face.
However, it seems the star’s no-frills look takes a lot more effort than you might expect — and actually involves the use of a bit of make-up.
“Alicia gets regular facials, does acupuncture and she eats healthy and exercises,” saysDotti. “She knows you have to invest internally for your skin to look great externally. It’s about the choices she’s making and the products she’s using. It’s the work of a good team.”
Fresh-faced on the red carpet last month. Picture: AFP/Angela WeissSource:AFP
Among the treatments Keys uses to get her skin looking so good: applying cucumber pulp to the face, regular use of face masks, oils for rehydration, and a rather painful-sounding treatment involving ice.
“Right now, we’re doing a lot of ice work to tighten skin, bring the blood to the surface. To basically give it the pop that you need,” Dotti told W Magazine.
“I stick a jade roller in ice, so it’s basically freezing when I roll it over her skin. I really, really work into all those areas where I want blood and water and energy brought to the surface.”
And for anyone who thought Keys’ still-stunning ‘make-up free’ appearances were too good to be true, you’d be right: there is some make-up involved, just not the layers usually applied to a celeb before they step in front of cameras.
Rocking the natural look on stage. Picture: Gary Gershoff/GettySource:Getty Images
“Compared to the world of makeup, there is minimal. She’s already powerful to look at, with those amazing Cleopatra-shaped eyes, and now we get to see them!” saysDotti, who admits that she fills her client’s brows, enhances her freckles, applies self-tanning serum to her cheeks for glow and takes away shine using a matte powder.
In an essay published in Lenny earlier this year, Keys explained that her ‘no make-up’ look simply stuck after a photoshoot in which the photographer asked her to pose barefaced.
“I swear it is the strongest, most empowered, most free, and most honestly beautiful that I have ever felt,” she wrote. “I felt powerful because my initial intentions realised themselves. My desire to listen to myself, to tear down the walls I built over all those years, to be full of purpose, and to be myself! The universe was listening to those things I’d promised myself, or maybe I was just finally listening to the universe, but however it goes, that’s how this whole #nomakeup thing began.”
Keys in 2004, before she started her #nomakeup revolution. Picture: AP Photo/Laurent ReboursSource:AP
She said she hoped to start a revolution among women, writing, “I don’t want to cover up anymore. Not my face, not my mind, not my soul, not my thoughts, not my dreams, not my struggles, not my emotional growth. Nothing.”
A half-pint glass that Justin Bieber drank milk from during a visit to an Essex pub has gone up for sale.
The 22-year-old Canadian superstar surprised staff when he turned up for dinner at the Kings Oak Hotel in High Beech, Epping Forest, Essex, on Thursday evening.
After he left, they refused to wash up the glass, which had contained semi-skimmed milk, and instead decided to flog it on eBay.
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Justin Bieber is in the UK on a nationwide tour
Bidding on Saturday morning had reached £43.00 after 19 people laid their claim, but keen buyers are able to snap it up straight away if they choose to 'buy it now' for £500.
A £2.80 postage cost must also be paid to get the 'used' glass delivered.
Amy Potter, assistant manager at Kings Oak, said she and the other staff were shocked when Bieber arrived at their pub. The 24 year-old said: "We saw these body guards outside and joked 'imagine if that was Justin Bieber' and then it was him.
"I was thinking 'oh my God, what is he doing in this quiet pub in the middle of nowhere? Luckily I had stayed on a bit longer because he walked in when I was about to go at the end of my shift.Bieber glass of milk on ebay for £500 "He was really nice and chilled and was asking about us. We had a general chat about ice hockey and we told him some ghost stories because the pub is haunted - he stayed for about an hour.
"We get a lot of Towie and local celebs like Danny Dyer but no-one anywhere near as big as Justin Bieber."
Amy said Bieber, who is performing at the O2 on his Purpose tour until Saturday before he heads to Birmingham, decided to leave after spotting someone trying to take his picture.
"It was nice and quiet for him, he was chilled out and having his meal but then he had to move on because if a picture gets on social media you'll have hundreds of kids there and he gave us all a hug," she added.
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Justin shocked fans with his pit-stop in an Essex boozer
"All these school kids turned up afterwards and we gave his water bottle to them but we had put his stuff to the side and then said 'let's put it on Ebay for a laugh and see what we can get for it'.
"I could get a nutter who's obsessed with him and buys it but I'm not really bothered, I just did it for a laugh."
Amy put the glass on the online auction site for a minimum bid of £10, which has already been met, as well as the 'buy it now' price of £500. She said the glass has already been viewed by over 2,000 people. Bidding is due to finish at 1.04pm on Friday.
According to RadarOnline, Gwyneth Paltrow — the queen of “conscious-uncoupling” — wants to assist the two in their reportedly acrimonious bust-up. (Paltrow, of course, dated Pitt from 1994 until 1997.)
Brad Pitt may soon be getting some breakup advice from ex, Gwyneth Paltrow. Picture: Kevin Mazur Archive/WireImageSource:Supplied
Paltrow is apparently hoping to serve as a “mediator” between the two, given she had such an amicable split from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin back in 2014.
“She’s egotistical enough to think he’ll want her advice about consciously uncoupling from Angelina,” a source told RadarOnline.
“It’s a goodwill gesture on her part,” it was added.
Paltrow is said to have stayed friendly with Pitt after their split, while she appeared alongside Jolie in the 2004 scifi film Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow.
Paltrow, though, may have her work cut out for her as sources say there is a lot of “bad blood” between the two superstars.
According to UsWeekly, Jolie is “seething” as she plots her exit from her two year marriage to Pitt. It was added that something Pitt did made her “very pissed off”.
Reports have suggested that things came to a head between the couple when Pitt had an altercation with son, Maddox. Picture: John Shearer/Invision/APSource:AP
Jolie has reportedly been holed up in a Malibu mansion with all six children: Maddox, 15, Pax, 12, Zahara, 11, Shiloh, 10, and eight-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.
Meanwhile, the publication reported that Pitt is “frustrated”.
“Brad just wants to work through everything and get to a place where there can be some certainty about what’s going on,” a source told the magazine. “The kids are the only thing he’s hanging on to.”
That means Pitt has no plans to reconcile with Jolie.
As far as making her look bad, the source said that will not happen.
“There is so much stuff on Angelina but Brad just doesn’t want to go there. He told his team he doesn’t want to play dirty,” the source claimed.
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin set the gold standard in amicable celebrity splits. Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for J/P Haitian Relief OrganizationSource:Getty Images
There was no hint as to what that “stuff” could be.
As far as his “stuff”, a source said Pitt had reportedly “nothing to hide on the drug front”.
A source also told the magazine the Department Of Children And Family Services has made suggestions to the couple about what to change.
They were called in September by an anonymous tipster after an alleged fight that involved Pitt, Jolie and Maddox aboard a private jet that was heading from France to California, according to TMZ.
The next step in the split is for the two to agree on a long-term custody arrangement. They have a temporary once in place until October 20.
“The hope is that this period of time will lead them to being able to resolve things without the involvement of the courts,” a source claimed.
The way they were ... Ange and Brad are well and truly done. Picture: AFP/Getty Images/Jason MerrittSource:AFP
Paul Mason, a 50-year-old man from England was once considered the world's fattest man at 980 lbs. but he recently underwent gastric bypass surgery and already is down to 560 lbs. He says his 20,000 calorie-a- day diet is what attributed to his extreme size, but he also blames Britain's national health service for not allowing him to see an eating disorder specialist when he was just over 400 lbs.
2. Donna Simpson
Donna Simpson (born 1967) is an American woman who, in 2008, expressed a desire to become one of the world's heaviest women. She wished to attain a target weight of 1,000 pounds (450 kg). As of June 2010, Simpson weighed 602 pounds (273 kg), down from her weight of 630 pounds (290 kg) in 2008. During the process, Simpson maintained a website where fans paid to watch her eat. In 2010, she won the Guinness World Records for the "Heaviest woman to give birth." In August 2011, Simpson decided to go on a diet to reduce her weight to a target of 370 pounds (170 kg) in order to become more self-sufficient and be able to do a better job of raising her children.
3. Manuel Uribe
Manuel Uribe (born June 11, 1965) is a man from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, notable for suffering from morbid obesity to one of the greatest extents known in recorded history. After reaching a peak weight of around 597 kg (1,320 lb) and having been unable to leave his bed since 2001, Uribe lost approximately 400 lbs. (one-third of his body weight, about 181.8 kg) with the help of doctors and nutritionists, and by following the Zone diet. Uribe drew worldwide attention when he appeared on the Televisa television network in January 2006, but turned down offers for gastric bypass surgery in Italy.
Uribe has also been featured on The World's Heaviest Man, a television documentary about his bedridden life and attempts to overcome the disease. By October 26, 2008, Uribe had reduced his weight to 360 kg (790 lb). His efforts to overcome the disease continue. In mid 2009, it was falsely reported that Manuel had died. As of February 2012, he weighs 440 lbs.
4. Robert Earl Hughes
Robert Earl Hughes (June 4, 1926 – July 10, 1958) was, during his lifetime, the heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world. Hughes' excessive weight was attributed to a malfunctioning pituitary gland. His chest was measured at 3.15 metres (10.3 ft), and he weighed an estimated 486 kilos (1,070 lb) at his heaviest. At the age of six, he weighed about 92 kilos (200 lb); at ten, he weighed 171 kilos (380 lb). By the time of his death, he weighed over half a ton.
During his adult life, Hughes made guest appearances at carnivals and fairs; plans to appear on the Ed Sullivan television program were announced but never came about. On July 10, 1958, Hughes contracted a case of measles which soon developed into uremia, resulting in his death in Baylis, Illinois, U. S.; he was 32 years old.
He is often said to have been buried in a piano case. This error stems from a sentence that appeared in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records, which read, "He was buried in a coffin the size of a piano case." His headstone notes that he was the world's heaviest man at a confirmed 1,041 pounds (472 kg).
5. Kenneth Brumley
Kenneth Brumley was one of the heaviest people ever recorded, whose weight was confirmed. He was featured on the Channel 4 BodyShock documentary "Half Ton Dad," as a father of four, who weighed almost 74 stone (468 kg or 1,035 pounds).
According to Kenneth Brumley's statements in the documentary, he had been bed-bound for four years. After he was accepted as a gastric bypass patient at the Renaissance Hospital in Houston, Texas, a fire crew had to hammer down a wall in Brumley's house to get him out.
At Renaissance Hospital, Brumley was treated by the team of specialists that treated Renee Williams, believed to have been the world's heaviest woman at the time. The first step in Brumley's treatment was a diet restricted to 1200 calories per day, which enabled him to lose 167.5 pounds (76 kg) in only 40 days.
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6. Michael Hebranko
Michael Hebranko (born May 14, 1953) is a person suffering from an extreme case of morbid obesity, known to be one of the heaviest people in the world.
After a stay at St. Luke's Hospital in New York, he dropped his weight from 411 kg (910 lb) to 90 kg (200 lb) and waist size from 290 cm (110 in) to 91 cm (36 in) in 19 months, with the help of dieting and exercise coach, Richard Simmons, and was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest recorded weight loss in 1990. He lost some of this weight through surgery. He then toured the United States lecturing about his experiences and advocating dieting and exercise and appeared in infomercials promoting Richard Simmons. He also appeared on TV talk shows such as The Howard Stern Show and the British chat show, Wogan, in 1990.
7. Mayra Rosales
"Mayra Rosales Child Murder - 1,000-lb woman is 'too big to kill' "
A Texas court has ruled that Mayra Rosales, who weighs about 1,036 pounds, weighs too much, and that it would have been impossible for her to lift her arm in order to kill her 2-year-old nephew, whom she was accused of murdering in 2008.
8. Jon Brower Minnoch
This is Jon Brower Minnoch (1941 - 1983) of Bainbridge Island, WA. He was 6 ft. 1 in. tall, and was estimated as weighing "probably more than" 1400 lbs. in 1979, at which point it took 13 people just to roll him over in bed. Minnoch, like many of the heaviest people, suffered from massive edema; his weight was augmented by at least 900 lbs. of fluid at its peak.
The former taxi driver had always been unusually heavy, reaching 400 lbs. in 1963, 700 lbs. in 1966, and 975 lbs. in 1976, but he claimed to have been handicapped, in no way, by his size until a 500-calorie diet sapped his muscular strength and left him on the brink of death. At his peak in 1978, Jon Brower Minnoch tipped the scales at an estimated 635 kilograms, or 1397 pounds, or if you prefer, 100 stone.
He passed away on on September 10, 1983 weighing 362 kilograms or 796 pounds. Minnoch was the father of two children by his 110-lb wife, Jeannette. (Source)
9. Terri Smith
A woman believed to be the world's fattest at 50 stone (700 lbs.) is facing a battle to shed weight after being told by doctors she could die.
Terri Smith is confined to her bedroom in her Ohio home, unable to move, stand, or roll over by herself, setting the new world record for the Fattest woman in 2010. She relies on her husband Myron, 44, and oldest daughter Najah, 30, to do everything for her.
By the age of 20, Terri weighed 18 stone (252 lbs.) but she remained active and held a job as a mental health care worker for 20 years. "I used to help people wash, feed and dress themselves," she said.
To undergo a brain scan and receive the life-saving treatment she may require, Terri is now embarking on a weight loss regimen of exercise and healthy eating.
10. Dzhambik Khatokhov
An 11-year-old boy named Dzhambik Khatokhov (known as Jambik) from Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, weighs 324 pounds, is 5' 2" and sets the world record for the Fattest child.
At birth, Jambik weighed 6 lb. 6 oz. - a reasonable amount for a baby - but by his first birthday he was more than 28 lbs. At just three years old, Jambik was lifting weights as heavy as 7 lbs. At four, he had ballooned to 81 lbs, even though he was just 3 ft., 11 in., and at six, he was 157 lbs. Since then Jambik has gained nearly 112 lbs. more on a diet of porridge and ice cream.
But his mother Nelya, 42, doesn't share their doctor's concern that, Jambik's weight is dire. "He is just growing -- upwards and outwards," she said. "What can I do about it? This is who he is, this is how God created him."
Jambik, who practises wrestling five days a week and also goes swimming, said, "I want to be a sportsman when I grow up. Or better, an Olympic champion. I like to be strong."
Dzhambik is famous in Russia and has been presented on many Russian TV Shows. He has gained world fame through the U.K. Channel 4 BodyShock series, where he was presented in a series called - "World's Biggest Boy," which was aired on many TV stations around the world.
1. Yusra Mardini: The refugee who swam for her life a year ago
Yusra Mardini swam for her life when she fled Syria in 2015. Just a year later, the inspirational teenager won the first heat in the women's 100m butterfly at the Rio Olympics.
Mardini embarked on a perilous journey across the Mediterranean while fleeing war-torn Syria with her sister. They both swam for three hours in the frigid sea and pushed a sinking boat carrying 20 to safety before settling in Germany. The courageous 18-year-old was then named one of 10 members of the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team for the Games in Brazil, where she rose to the occasion on day one, touching the wall first in the opening 100m butterfly heat.
Mardini's time of 1:09.21 did not see her through to the semi-finals, but she savored the experience nonetheless.
2. Oksana Chusovitina: The 41-year-old gymnast competing in her seventh Olympics
At 41, Uzbekistan's Oksana Chusovitina is the oldest woman gymnast ever to compete in the Summer Games, and one of only a few women to return to international competition after becoming a mother. The average age of a female artistic gymnast at this year's Olympics is just under 20-years-old.
Chuso's career has spanned more than a quarter of a century. She competed for the U.S.S.R in the Junior Nationals in 1988. Her first Olympic competition was with the Unified Team in 1992 in Barcelona. She then went to the German team before switching back to Uzbekistan.
She announced that London 2012 would be her last competition, only to change her mind the morning after making that decision. And as long as she still got the goods, why not?
At 13-years-old, Gaurika Singh is the youngest athlete at 2016 Rio Olympics, but her place in history could have been vastly different.
A year ago, she was in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, on the fifth floor of a building, and was forced to take shelter under a table when the Himalayan country was hit by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed 9,000 people. The 100m backstroke champion, who lives in London, left Nepal as a toddler but came back to compete in the Nepalese national swimming championship when the earthquake struck.
It's hard to believe that this baby-faced girl with braces will start the ninth grade when she returns to school just a month after the Olympics. This promising young athlete is going to have an incredible tale to tell her schoolmates. “What did you do on your summer holiday, Gaurika?” Her truthful reply: “Not much, apart from winning my heat at the Rio Olympics." On day three of the competition, she finished first of three swimmers in her heat, but with no chance of progressing further against an elite field in the women's 100m backstroke.
4. Julius Yego: The Kenyan javelin thrower who taught himself the sport by watching YouTube
Kenyan javelin thrower Julius Yego won gold at the World Championships in Beijing in 2015, with a new African record throw of 92.72 meters. His win puts him in the position to become the first Kenyan to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event this month in Rio.
Yego's rise to fame is a bit more unconventional than the standard javelin medalist. He claims to be self-taught and relies on YouTube videos to perfect his technique. While Yego's hometown in the Rift Valley has produced several Olympic sprinters, there's a shortage of javelin specialists, so he had to learn on his own. He specifically found inspiration in Andreas Thorkildsen, a Norwegian javelin thrower who competed in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. Yego watched videos of Thorkildsen throwing while taking notes on his technique and training methods. (Source)
5. Zahra Nemati: The paralyzed flagbearer from Iran who will compete in both the Olympics and Paralympics
When archer Zahra Nemati carried the Iranian flag into Maracana Stadium, she broke new ground for the Islamic country. Never before had a woman led Iran's team in an athletes' parade in the opening ceremonies. It was quite an entry for the 31-year-old, who is also the only Iranian woman to have a gold medal.
She had hoped to represent Iran at the Olympics much earlier in life, and in taekwondo rather than archery. A car accident, which left her paralyzed, put the former black belt on a new sporting path.
Unlike most athletes, Nemati won't just be spending part of August in Brazil. She will be back a month later for the Paralympics, where she's the defending champion in the individual recurve (W1/W2). (Source)
6. Boris Berian: The runner who went from McDonald's employee to 800m U.S. lead
Two years ago, Boris Brian was working at McDonald's. Now he is competing at the Olympics.
A promising runner from Widefield High School in Colorado Springs, Berian struggled with his eligibility due to his grades. Eventually, he dropped out and tried to strike out on his own. He crashed on a friend's couch and found a job at McDonald's to subsidize his training. He even had to win a legal battle against Nike, but nothing held him back. Each day, he rode his bike or walked the nearly three miles to work the early shift, so he would have time to train in the evening. He earned his spot in Rio by finishing second behind Clayton Murphy in the 800m at the U.S. Track and Field Trials. (Source)
7. Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima: The marathon runner who lit the Olympic torch
After soccer legend Pelé backed out of lighting the Olympic torch due to poor health, Brazil chose Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima to ignite the cauldron at the opening ceremony.
De Lima, a distance runner, is best known for winning the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics despite being tackled by a protester. He was leading late in the run, but his shot at the gold was derailed when an Irish priest, Cornelius Horan, grabbed him and knocked him into the crowd. (Horan had a history of disrupting sporting events, including the British Grand Prix, to promote his theory that the world was coming to an end.) De Lima had lost only seconds before an observer helped to pull Horan off him, but the damage was done. De Lima remained unfazed and finished the race third with a smile.
Besides winning the bronze, de Lima was awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal — an honor rarely bestowed in the Olympics — for “exceptional demonstration of fair play and Olympic values.” From heartbreak in 2004 to Olympic glory in 2016, De Lima has been a true sportsman in every sense of the word.
8. Michalis Kalomiris: The Athens lawyer who accidentally qualified for Rio 2016
Life is full of surprises. That's certainly the case for Michalis Kalomiris, an Athens lawyer, and amateur marathon runner. He was on a track and field website reading a list of athletes who would be competing in the Rio Games for Greece. It was there he came across the surprise of his life — his own name. The 30-year-old attorney had unknowingly qualified for the Rio Olympics in March 2015 while competing in the Rome Marathon.
Despite being 10 minutes too slow in that race for Olympic qualification, the 30-year-old had made it onto the Greek marathon team on a technicality. There's a stipulation in the regulations set by the International Association of Athletic Federation (IAAF) that dictates an athlete may still qualify should they finish in the top 10 of a Gold Label event, and the Rome Marathon was one such occasion.
9. Etimoni Timuani: The football player who is the only person representing his country
Etimoni Timuani, 24, ran the 100m at a pace of 11.72 at the 2015 World Championships, so he's not likely to advance after the first round. What makes him unique is that he's the only athlete in Rio representing Tuvalu, the small island nation with a population somewhere around 10,000. His is the only one-athlete country to compete this year.
Timuani also won't be competing in a discipline for which he has been prepared. He is a soccer player who came to the Olympics with scant little experience but was invited by the International Olympic Committee with just ONE track event under his belt.
