Photos: Microsoft holds Office 365 Bloggers' Meet-up in Lagos

Microsoft Nigeria hosted a team of bloggers last Friday the 15th of July, 2016, at her head office -Civic Towers, Victoria Island in Lagos.

Bloggers/reps in attendance were Olorisupergal, Kemi Filani, Ono Bello, Laila Ijeoma (Lailasblog), Moji Delano, Olu Famous, Helen Ozor, Gladys Nwankwo of Mobility NG, Demola Expoze and more.

That day marked a new fiscal year for Microsoft and at the event, discussions centered around Microsoft Office 365 and Windows 10, how Microsoft's Windows 10 empowers people to do great things and the key features of the Microsoft's office 365.
Photos from the event continue below.

"Is this the acceptance fee into heaven?" Primary school where N2 million acceptance is charged

Well, we know there are schools and there are SCHOOLS. Who knows, maybe this could be one of them? A lady on twitter came online to post this list and express shock at the huge amount the Primary school, located at high brow Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, are charging:  a non-refundable acceptance fee pegged at a whopping 2 million naira.

The lady asked "Acceptance fee of 2million. Please is this the acceptance fee into heaven?" Lol

Continue below to see the full list

Disturbing pics: 6 children from the same family die of food poisoning

the ambulance that carried away the poor victims

According to a social media who shared the shockingly horrifying story online, six children from the same parents were killed by food poisoning in Ekwulumili, Anambra state. From what he gathered, the foodstuff at their home was allegedly poisoned by unknown enemy, so when they ate it, all 6 died.

Horrible. Read what happened below. Disturbing photos 

Buhari’s anti-corruption war is not selective – Orji Uzor Kalu

 
Today, the former Governor of Abia State said those being investigated are individuals that handled the finances of the country in the last administration, and the present government is right to demand how the money was expended. He said people are biased in their reasoning if they think the anti-corruption war is

Portraits of interracial septuagenarian couple celebrating 20 years of love, melt hearts

                       

A series of nude portraits showing a septuagenarian interracial couple, Gerry, 75, and Darwin, 70, is winning the hearts of many online. The pictures were taken by Arizona-based photographer, Jade Beall, and have

Rider narrowly escaped death after an accident involving 2 horses, during Emir of Minna’s visit to the Gov. of Niger State yesterday

 

9 dead in Ghana stampede at festivities for end of Ramadan

 
The stampede took place at a party at Asawase Community Center, Kumasi, Ghana, in the early hours of today. Survivors told police that the stampede happened after an apparent dispute between two DJs who were performing at the same time and the lights were turned off to try to calm it, but people panicked and tried to leave. Six of the casualties were females and the others were males.

Shoprite, Ilorin, Kwara State, forced to shut its doors after a massive crowd stormed the place today

 

Gang chops off the ear of a police DPO, strips him naked, during arrest

                  
According to the Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, Ali Okechukwu, the members of the gang, led by one Ifedilichukwu Nwankwo, allegedly chopped off one of the ears of a Divisional Police Officer of

Messi, father bag 21 months in prison and €3.5m fine for tax fraud

 
According to Sky sports, Lionel Messi Jorge Horacio Messi were handed a 21-month suspended sentence for tax fraud but they won’t serve jail time. Under Spanish law sentencing less than two years can be suspended. The sentence is for three tax crimes. They’re also fined €2m and €1.5m respectively…. bt C. Ronaldo has offered to help them wt dt cuz Messi is said to be really broke….

Skater heading to Lekki from Ajah, Lagos, left badly wounded after losing grip of a speeding Danfo bus he was holding

 

Identical twins give birth on the same day and at the same time but in different cities

 
35-year-old Sarah Mariuz and Leah Rodgers each gave birth to their first child on June 30, at the exact same time, Today reports. Rodgers welcomed a baby boy, at 1:18 a.m. local time in Denver, Colorado, and Mariuz gave birth to a baby girl, at 1:18 a.m. in La Jolla, California. The sisters who said they never planned to have kids or even get pregnant at the same exact time…. bt d kongi struck concurrently….

Many feared dead at Alakija Bustop, Lagos, as truck carrying a 40ft container losses control, hits and falls on loaded buses

 

Oscar Pistorius given six years for Reeva Steenkamp murder

 
South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to six years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013. The verdict comes after his initial five-year conviction for manslaughter was changed to murder last December on appeal.
He was taken immediately to jail. Both the prosecution and defence can appeal. Pistorius, 29, shot Reeva Steenkamp four times through a locked toilet door in February 2013. He admitted shooting her, but said he mistook Ms Steenkamp for an intruder and acted out of fear.

Nigerian footballer arrested with meth in Cambodia, gets eight years

Francis Ihenwe Oderah, a 30-year-old Nigerian who described himself as a footballer, was on Monday sentenced in Phnom Penh Municipal Court, to eight years jail and fined about $10,000 for drug trafficking.
He had 100 grams of meth in his possession when he was arrested in Phnom Penh’s Choam Chao commune in January. During his hearing on June 7, he admitted having acted as a delivery man, but said he was not a dealer…. n even swore wt d Jabulani football he took to court….

First self-driving car spotted in Nigeria (photo)

Have you ever seen a car driving without a driver? Well, one was spotted on the streets of Lagos on Saturday, July 2.

Lagos RRS arrests Ayodeji Ijitola, 32, while driving a motorcycle (Okada) on a pedestrian bridge

 

Pictures from the 2016 World Wife Carrying Championship

 
At the championship, husbands are made to complete a gruelling obstacle course while carrying their wives. Many men from across the globe, participated in this year’s edition which took place in Sonkajaervi, Finland.

2 years after his wife, 4 kids died in a fire incident, generator fumes kill pastor

             

According to The Sun, Pastor John Kayode of Love District, Christ Apostolic Church, Ekapamre, Delta State, who lost his entire family to a fire incident on September 25, 2014, died on June 26, 2016, as a result of inhalation of generator fumes. He had allegedly placed the generator in the corridor of his resi­dence and slept off.

Dasukigate: Metuh gives up legal fight, offers to refund N400m, supports Buhari’s anti-corruption war

 

The former National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Olisa Metuh, today, said he was prepared to pay back his share of N400m out of the $2.1billion cash meant for arms, which was allegedly diverted to political purposes.

Metuh, who has been on trial in the past few months, said he has had enough of legal travails. He said he had been in talks with the Ministry of Justice, the EFCC and other necessary bodies on how to refund the money and resolve the issue