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Abandoned daughter gets surprise inheritance from unexpected source R ainwater Blackfoot was abandoned by her mother and put into foster care by her father. “He was telling me that he was having a happier life without me,” she said of her dad. Without the help of her parents, Rainwater’s life wasn’t the easiest. “There were many years where there was no food in the house,” Rainwater says. “I didn’t have electricity for months.” Foster care and constant struggle made it difficult for her to accept help and trust others. “If someone tries to help me out, there is usually a catch to it,” she said. In 2008, her father passed away and left her $86,000. She had no idea it was there waiting for her, until recently. However,  Inside Edition surprised her with a giant check for $86,000. “I could never have imagined in a million years that all this money would be sitting for me!” She exclaimed when she finally found out. Thanks to the We Find, You Keep campaig...

Happy dad! Mikel Obi cradles newborn twins in his arms His baby mama, Olga Diyachenko shared this photo of the footballer carrying his twin girls in their nursery

Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Buhari speaks on his recent appointments, says he chose people who have been loyal to him People who are loyal to you or people who can do the job? Just asking, what do I know? President Buhari yesterday broke his silence on the recent appointments he made which has been described as lopsided. In an interview with BBC Hausa which was translated by  Daily Trust , President Buahri said he chose people that have been loyal and steadfast with him right from his days in APP, CPC and then APC. "This is the nature of Nigerian politics. If they will do justice to me, as an elected Nigerian president, let them look at the Constitution a Nigerian president works with, there are people who will closely work with me that don’t need to be taken to the Senate. If I select people whom I know quite well in my political party, whom we came all t...

Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Oshiomole fires 4 of his commissioners Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomole has fired four of his Commissioners in the State Executive Council. A statement by the governor's Special Adviser, Media and Public Affairs, Prince Kassim Afegbua, says the termination of appointments is in line with the governor's commitment to strengthen the system towards optimal performance. Continue to see the affected commissioners The affected commissioners are: -Chief Lucky James, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs; -Mrs. Maigida Blessing, Commissioner for Women Affairs; -Mr. Patrick Aguinede, Commissioner for Basic Education -Mr. Chris Ebare, Commissioner for Energy and Water Resources. The statement adds that the termination is with immediate effect. The affected commissioners have been advised to hand over all government property in their possession to the Permanent Secretaries in their respective M...

Photo: Saudi man divorces wife for dancing A Saudi man instantly divorced his wife after catching her dancing in front of the TV at their home. He told her what she did was an unforgivable. According to Emirates 24/7, the unnamed woman had waited for her husband to go out before she turned on her favourite TV music channel and started to dance in front of the TV set in her room. Her husband had warned her against watching such channels, but she went behind his back and ciphered some of them so he would not know she was watching them. The woman told the Saudi daily 'Sada' that her husband had warned her many times against watching such channels and that she must see only religious and social channels which he likes to watch. "She said that she waited for him to go out on that day, turned on her favorite channel and started to dance. As she was dancing, her husband returned home but she did not hear him coming as the music was loud. She said that when he saw her da...

Erm, this is a pastor in Aba (photo) According to this twitter user Chinedu Ozordi, this is a pastor in Aba, Abia state. Lol