Brazilian Construction Worker Survives As Iron Bar Pierces Skull

A 24 year old construction worker, Eduardo Leite survived after a 6-foot metal bar fell from above him and pierced his skull on Wednesday last week.

Luiz Essinger of Rio de Janeiro's Miguel Couto Hospital Friday told the Globo TV network that doctor's successfully withdrew the iron bar during a five-hour-long surgery.

"He was taken to the operating room, his skull was opened, they examined the brain and the surgeon decided to pull the metal bar out from the front in the same direction it entered the brain." Essinger said.

He said Leite was conscious when he arrived at the hospital and told him what had happened.

The bar fell from the fifth floor of a building under construction, went through Leite's hard hat, entered the back of his skull and exited between his eyes, Essinger said, adding: "It really was a miracle" that Leite survived.

He said Leite was lucid and showed no negative consequences after the operation.

Photo: Miguel Couto Hospital / AP

Star actress, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde is preparing to launch a reality TV show of her own, named The Real Omotola

Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde is preparing to launch a reality TV show of her own, named The Real Omotola. The show will focus on her private and everyday life and will reveal exclusively the Omotola that no one knows about.
  It is expected to hit the Nigerian and United Kingdom screens in a matter of weeks.

Wild Man On A Shooting Spree Storms Popular Nigerian Night Spot In Brooklyn

A wild man on a shooting spree in Brooklyn, New York, struck a popular Nigerian night spot, 9Ja Villa, late Friday.
According to the shaken owner of 9Ja Villa, Carol Emerenini, the gunman kept on repeating “Gimme the money! Gimme all the money!”.

Emerenini, owner of the Mill Basin establishment, said security guards saw the culprit walk up to them, waving a gun in the air. Emerenini also said that the man then “pistol whipped” one of the bouncers and fled on East 51 St.

The gunman then stopped a livery cab and tried to pat the driver, Eric Martine, down for cash but the cabby threw a quick punch at the gunman who managed to fire a shot, hitting a passenger in the head. The passenger, Nikita Gerbelsky, 23, of Forest Hills, was declared brain dead at Kings County Hospital.

Shortly after the incident, police arrested a suspect - Michael Magnan, a 19 year old youth with previous arrests including drug and weapons possession, evidence tampering and bail jumping.

“This guy was drunk,” said gunman's father Frantz Magnan. “How could he do something like that?”

Magnan has been charged with attempted murder, assault, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal mischief on Sunday, officials said.

Missing Girl Murdered In Festac, Lagos By Facebook Friends

Cynthia Udoka Osokogu has been missing since late July 2012 and her pictures has been all over the internet.

Unfortunately, reports came in yesterday that she has been found, but dead cold in the mortuary.

The 24-year post-graduate student of Nasarawa State University left Abuja on the 22nd of July according to reports. She was a budding enterpreneur, a clothing retailer and had travelled to Lagos to purchase new stock.

Cynthia had been chatting with some new “friends” on Facebook for a few months. During the course of their conversations, they developed a friendship and a certain level of trust. These young men were also university students who seemed normal and promised to host Cynthia when she came to Lagos.

It is speculated that they paid for her plane ticket and promised to pay for her hotel as well. Only Cynthia knows if this is true.

However, Cynthia trusted her new friends and had no idea that they had some devilish plans for her. These two young men picked Cynthia up from the airport in Lagos and drove her to a hotel in Festac.

At the hotel, they tied her up, took all the money she brought to shop for her business and strangled her to death.

They then left the hotel and immediately deleted her from their facebook friend list to remove any trace of their connection.

The hotel staff found her body and since her ID cards and mobile phone had been stolen, they could not identify her or call friends and family. Her body was then taken to a morgue in Lagos.

Meanwhile her family and friends had been praying for her safe return.

The Killers were caught when at some point, one of the killers answered Cynthia’s phone and the call was traced to Festac.

Her missing person’s police report was then handed over to the Area E Command in Festac. This led her family to the hotel and also to finding her body in the morgue.

The killers were identified thanks to the CCTV from the hotel.

According to reports, these two young men have now confessed that they killed Cynthia and she is their sixth victim – the gang reportedly specializes in luring young women, robbing them of their possessions before killing them.

The pharmacist who supplied the drugs used on Cynthia has also been arrested.

According to Police spokesperson Ngozi Braide, “Six people were arrested on Sunday over the incident and investigations are ongoing”.

Cynthia Osokogu was the only daughter and the last born of her parents – Major General & Mrs Osokogu.

She is survived by three elder brothers and parents.

May her gentle soul rest in peace.

It's quite a terrible thing to happen, and i wish people would learn some lessons from these things...

Happy Birthday Usain Bolt...

Wishing Usain a happy birthday as he bolts into his 26th year!

The Jamaican track star, winner of three more Olympic gold medals in London to bring his career total to six and who's never won less than gold turns 26 today.
At the Summer Olympics,  he became the first man to ever win back-to-back titles in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 4x100-meter relay. He sure deserves a big birthday celebration.

The fastest man in the world has been globetrotting following his recent olympic record. Just yesterday he was taking a helicopter tour over the Swiss Alps and tweeting pictures of the stunning view after spending the weekend in Paris.