105-yr-old Japanese sets 100m world record, to meet Bolt

Hidekichi Miyazaki

A fleet-footed Japanese centenarian raced into the Guinness World Records reference book on Wednesday and declared himself a “medical marvel” as he continues to stalk sprint king Usain Bolt. 

Hidekichi Miyazaki, dubbed “Golden Bolt” after the fastest man on the planet, clocked 42.22 seconds in Kyoto to set a 100 metres world record in the over-105 age category — one for which no mark previously existed — a day after reaching the milestone age.

“I’m not happy with the time,” the pint-sized Miyazaki told AFP in an interview after recovering his wind. “I started shedding tears during the race because I was going so slowly. Perhaps I’m getting old!”
Indeed, so leisurely was his pace that Bolt could have run his world record of 9.58 four times, or practically completed a 400 metres race — a fact not lost on Miyazaki.

“I’m still a beginner, you know,” he said, grinning from ear to ear. “I’ll have to train harder. Training was going splendidly, so I had set myself a target of 35 seconds. I can still go faster.”
“I will say this: I’m proud of my health,” added Miyazaki, the poster boy for Japan’s turbo-charged geriatrics in a country with one of the world’s highest life expectancy.

“The doctors gave me a medical examination a couple of days ago and I’m fit as a fiddle.
“My brain might not be the sharpest but physically I’m tip-top. I’ve never had any health problems. The doctors are amazed by me. I can definitely keep on running for another two or three years.”

HID Awolowo to be buried on her birthday, November 25

Chief HID Awolowo, who died on Saturday, is to be buried on her birthday, November 25, the family has said.

The eldest daughter of the deceased, Rev. Omotola Oyediran, on Wednesday said the late wife of the Premier of the old Western Region, the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, would be buried on November 25, when she would have clocked 100 years, before her passage.

Boko Haram Commander, Bulama Modu and 43 others nabbed by Nigerian troops

Trailer kills conductor in Lagos this morning

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A trailer conductor was killed this morning at Coker along the Badagry expressway in Lagos. Eyewitnesses say the unidentified conductor had called on a trailer driver to help him move his own trailer forward so he can offload the goods in his trailer. As the driver tried moving the vehicle, he suffered brake failure and pressed the conductor against another trailer. The deceased died instantly.

Deputy Vice Chancellor, his 14 year old son and four others die in car crash along Lagos-Ibadan expressway

 

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor-designate of Fountain University, Osogbo, Prof. Abdul Hakeem Mobolaji, his 14 year old son, Muhammad and four others died in a car crash along the Lagos Ibadan expressway on Sunday September 20th.

According to The Nation, the professor of Econometrics was traveling with his two sons, the late Muhammad and Abdul-Hafiz as well as one of his friend, Mr Abdul-Rasheed Attah, a lawyer, when a commercial bus rammed into his SUV after overtaking another vehicle on the narrow road. 

The road had been partitioned by the contractor working on it. Professor Mobolaji and his son died on the spot. His friend Attah and the late Mobolaji’s second son, AbdulHafiz were injured. Attah immediately called a relative and gave his phone to a woman to inform the person of the accident. Shortly after, he and Abdul Hafiz went into a coma. Four people including the driver of the passenger bus died in the accident. 

Speaking on the sad incident, the deceased professor's son, Abdul Azeez said "Who will take care of us now that he is late? I was expecting to link up with him at Fountain University today (Monday). I was calling his phone on Sunday when I didn’t hear from him whether he has reached Ibadan where he was expected to pick other family members but he wasn’t picking his calls. I called him severally up to 30 times but no one was picking the call. 

 

Fake soldier arrested in Ogun State

Ayodele Adedeji was arrested by Police Detectives attached to Onipanun Division of the Ogun State Police Command for parading himself as a soldier in the Nigerian Army, P.M News reports.

The suspect was monitored for some time by members of the public in the area who called the attention of a sergeant in the Nigerian army resident in same community to confirm if Adedeji was a genuine military man.

The sergeant was not satisfied with the suspect's explanation after interrogation and therefore handed him over to the police. During police interrogation, Adedeji confessed to be a fake soldier.

He revealed that he had been using his late elder brother's Army kits and other accoutrements. Among the items recovered from the suspect were two pairs of complete Nigerian Army uniforms,fake NA ID card, jungle boots, dummy gun, and other accoutrements of the Nigerian Army.

The Commissioner of Police CP Abdulmajid Ali directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Investigation and Intelligence in Ogun State to thoroughly investigate the matter to ascertain if the suspect was involved in kidnapping,land speculation, armed robbery for proper prosecution of the case.

Photo: Lady kidnapped sister’s 3 kids, sold 2 at N600,000

 

The Lady pictured above right identified as Faith Nuhu has been arrested by the Abuja police command after she kidnapped her sister's three children, Grace Musa Idris,13, Philip Musa Idris, 3, and Paul Musa Idris from their home in Kafachan, Kaduna State on the pretext of going to buy them biscuits. She then took the children to a motor park, where she boarded a vehicle to Owerri where she sold two of them at N600,000 to one Evelyn Ojiaku, who operates an illegal maternity home at Owerri, Imo State.
 

According to a report by The Sun, Faith works with a medical doctor and four others in a 6 man child trafficking syndicate.

After kidnapping her sister's children, Faith in company of other members of the kidnapping gang were on their way to Owerri when they decided to drop the eldest of the children, Grace, along the Abuja-Jos highway because they felt she was too old and was intelligent enough to understand what was going on. After wandering on the road for hours, a motorist stopped on the road and inquired from the little girl what she was doing on the road. She told them what happened. 

 

The police was alerted and after a comprehensive analytical tracking system, Faith was arrested. When interrogated, she confessed to being part of a kidnapping and child trafficking syndicate. She then led the police to other members of her gang in Edo and Imo state.

Ekiti Muslims divided over Fayose's free Sallah rams

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Tuesday distributed rams to Muslims in the state, appealing to them to shun politicians whipping religious sentiment.

A communiqué signed by the state’s Assistant Secretary, League of Imams and Alfas, Alhaji Quadri Oguntuase, and two others, had earlier ordered Muslims in the state not to collect rams and other food items for Sallah celebration, if presented to them in any form by the government.


However, the General Secretary of the League, Alhaji Abdulrazak Adenipekun, in a counter-statement, ordered Muslims in the state to ignore the ban on Sallah gift.

Distributing the rams at the Government House, Fayose said he would not allow himself to be dragged into playing politics with religion in the state.

IN PICTURES: Nigerian troops clear more Boko Haram camps

Burkina Faso government, coup leaders sign truce

Burkina Faso coup leaders agreed to return to their barracks and said they would restore the deposed president to power, signing a deal with the army that apparently defuses a tense standoff sparked by last week’s coup.

The breakthrough came on Tuesday night after marathon talks in Nigeria’s Abuja, where west African heads of state had sought to break the impasse fuelled by angry threats on both sides.

The deal was signed a day after troops entered Burkina’s capital Ouagadougou, turning up the pressure on the elite presidential guards who staged the coup.

IN PICTURES: Governor Fayose distributes free Sallah rams to muslims

Arsene Wenger splits from wife

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, 65, has split from his wife Annie, 59. The couple got married in 2010 but have been together for years and have an 18 year old daughter together.

They are said to have agreed a financial package and divided up their assets after Arsene filed for legal separation in a French court.

Wenger, who previously admitted that his high pressured job with Arsenal had put pressure on his marriage has not been seen with Annie since 2013, which led to speculations for months that all was not well between the couple.

Their split have now been confirmed.

Nigerian woman on holiday in America arrested for shoplifting

 

 A Nigerian woman, Jennifer Akudihor who is on holiday in the US has been arrested by Kansas city police department for allegedly shop lifting clothing items and accessories worth nearly $2,000 at Oak Park Mall in Kansas last week Tuesday.

According to KMBC.com, Police reports states that Jennifer who was with two toddlers and an infant when she was arrested, hid 66 items in shopping bags and inside the stroller she was pushing through Macy's at Oak Park Mall.

She has been charged with felony theft and ordered to hand over her passport. Jennifer was in court last Wednesday and her bail was set at $2,500. She was apologetic during her first court appearance.

“The officer in the report said that she was very apologetic and remorseful, and that does go a long way, and he put that in the report, so I think it does help in this situation. Everybody has a story. There’s always a lot of reasons why people do this, and it’s not for us to decide. It’s up to the courts and the judge to look at her case.” said Sgt. Gary Mason of the Overland Park Police Department.

South Africa Police:- Arrests man after 21 pieces of female private parts are found in his freezer

A father of 2, 58 year old Danish man was arrested in South Africa after pieces of female genitalia were found in a freezer in his home. Police spokesman, Hangwani Mulaudzi said that 21 pieces of women’s genitalia were found stored in plastic bags in a freezer. Police also discovered anaesthetic and other surgical implements in his home.

Mulaudzi said: “We are not sure how many victims there are; we are in the process of tracing them’

The spokesman said police were alerted by one of the man’s victims. The man was arrested on Thursday in the city of Bloemfontein in the central Free State province. They are asking women who have been assaulted by the man to come forward.

Mulaudzi couldn’t identify the man’s motive. It is not known if the body parts are from 21 different women. It is not known how the man committed the assaults or if the women are dead or alive.

The Danish citizen owns a gun shop in the city of Bloemfontein in the central Free State province, reported Volksblad, a local Afrikaans language newspaper.

BREAKING: Saraki fails to show up at Code of Conduct Tribunal

 The embattled President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has failed to show up at the Code of Conduct Tribunal as at 11:40 today in Abuja, where he is expected to take a simple plea of guilty or not guilty on a 13-count charge of false declaration of assets.

The court room is already filled to the brim, with many supporters of the Senate President, lawyers and journalists..

On Friday, the tribunal issued a bench warrant against the Senate President, asking the police to arrest him and bring him to trial today.

The police claimed that did not get any warrant to effect the arrest and Saraki himself tweeted he was not hiding, to avoid the arrest.

Reports at the weekend indicated that the Senate President would challenge not just the planned trial today but also the validity of the arrest warrant, based on legal advice that an order procured on Thursday night from the Federal High Court in Abuja, ought to have been enough to stop the Tribunal to sit on Friday.

The order given by Justice Ahmed Muhammed summoned the CCB and CCT to his court today, the same day that the trial at the Tribunal was billed to start.