The people of Plateau state will not forget in a hurry the marriage ceremony between 107-year-old elder Dikam Garba Dabo’ok and his 95-year-old wife, Mrs Ka’a Nafung.
The couple, who have been living together for 70 years, found a new sparkle to rekindle their marital love in the church, and the ceremony has remained the talk of the town.

Dikam Garba Dabo’ok and his wife, Mrs Ka’a Nafung.

At 95, the bride is well past her menopause and her surviving first child is 65 years old, but this did not stop the couple from walking down the aisle. They are the first couple in the history of the state to be administered marital vows at such unusual ages.

Reports reaching us reveal there was a bomb scare earlier today, February 28 at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
The reports have it that the bomb scare at the airport created massive pandemonium which left passengers and government officials topsy-turvy.

An 18-year-old boy, Nwabuike Enwerem has been arrested by the police for allegedly stabbing his teenage neighbour, Sunday IIaya to death.
According to report, the duo were fighting over money given to their younger brothers to share and in the process Enwerem stabbed Ilaya with a knife on the left side of the neck, which subsequently led to his death.
The incident was said to have happened on Mulianu Street, Ajangbadi, Lagos State.

Ethel Lang passed away on Thursday, January 15, and is believed to have been the last person to be born during the reign of Queen Victoria.

The oldest person in Britain, a woman, has died at the age of 114.

Ethel Lang passed away on Thursday, January 15, and is believed to have been the last person to be born during the reign of Queen Victoria.

Mrs Lang was born on 27 May 1900 in the Worsbrough area of Barnsley and lived in the South Yorkshire town all her life.

A metre-long flesh parasite has been found living in a man’s foot at least for four years, Melbourne, Australia.
The 38-year-old man, from Sudan, visited doctors as his swollen foot had been painful for nearly a year. The man’s foot was X-rayed and the ghastly “guinea worm” was revealed.
 
The remains of the lengthy parasite were found in the back of his ankle and the front of his sole. The creature had probably died and started to degenerate inside the man’s body.
Shocked doctors consider that their patient was infected four years ago in Australia. The man has made a full recovery after the worm was removed during surgery.

 In some parts of our country, insects are considered as a good source of protein. People who eat them do it because they want to. But it might be a shock for you to know that it has been estimated that the average person unintentionally eats a pound of insects every year.
You might not have been eating insects consciously, but you have probably consumed pounds of them during your lifetime. But how could this happen?
Scientists found some insects in fruits, vegetables, bread, canned and processed food, even in the beverages we take.
You might never have deliberately eaten an insect, however you have probably inadvertently consumed over a pound of insects in your lifetime. The question, how is that so; then arises.

1. Mites – These tiny bugs live in wheat and grains. They can also stay in frozen vegetables. So if you have some grains stored in your cupboard for too long, there might be some insects growing there that you would later consume.

 Cameroonian soldiers have killed over 180 insurgents who are alleged to be members of the dangerous Boko Haram sect in the northern part of the nation.
A military source told Chinese news agency, Xinhua, that the militants were killed during attack at Amchide, an area bordering Nigeria, at about 8pm on Thursday night.
He continued and said that over 400 insurgents had attacked the defence and security forces, the report added.