Meet the businessman who hands out £1,000 to complete strangers

How would you react if you were approached on the street and handed an envelope filled with money? No seeming rhyme nor reason.

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The card that Mr Lucky hands to those he randomly encounters. 

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Hannah, who worked out the clues on Twitter and tracked down the £1000 to a pub in Soho, London.  

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'Lucky' Linda, owner of a fish and chip shop in Vauxhall, London who smiled her way into recieving the £1000 gift.  

 "You are lucky," you are told. But with this luck comes a responsibility: that you promise to do something good with it.

An anonymous millionaire is currently putting people to the test by handing out £1,000 to those he randomly encounters. The Sunday Telegraph spent the day with him whilst he paced the streets of London hunting for 10 lucky recipients.

The reactions were varied, from the stunned to the suspicious to the simply delighted.

He has given away close to £100,000 to people he has met around the world. He hands those that he chooses a sleek card explaining his project and allows them 48 hours to get in touch. Sometimes he adds in a treasure hunt for extra entertainment and leaves the invites hidden in bookshops or landmarks and sends clues out from his Twitter account

Congolese warlord sentenced to 14 years for using child soldiers

The International Criminal Court today Tuesday July 10th sentenced Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga, 51, to 14 years in prison for using child soldiers in his rebel army in 2002-03.

The founder of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) and commander of its military wing the Patriotic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (FPLC), was found guilty of abducting children as young as 11; forcing the boys to fight and commit atrocities and turning the young girls into sex-slaves.

Having spent the last 6 years in prison, Lubanga is expected to serve only 8 out of the 14 year prison sentence.

Rivers State Governor gives cars, cash to Dolphin & Rivers Angels

River State Governor Rotimi Amaechi yesterday Monday July 9th gave money and cars to NPL champions - Dolphin and the women’s cup holders, Rivers Angels.
   
Each player of Dolphin got a Nissan Sunny car and N500,000, while the coaches got one million Naira each with a car. The Rivers Angels, who won the female FA Cup last season, each got a Ford car and N500,000. 

The reward, according to the Governor, is to reward the teams for their hard work so far and encourage them to push harder to retain their title this season. 

Stampede as explosion rocks venue of passing-out parade

There was an explosion yesterday at the venue for the passing-out parade of members of Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, but no casualty was recorded. The incident occurred at the Civic Centre, close to the state police command headquarters, as the PCRC members were ending their two weeks training.

Some of the trainees said the explosion came from a nylon bag outside the handball field venue of the training, thereby causing a stampede

Plateau bloodbath: Senator, Majority Leader died of exhaustion –Rep

                        

Senator Gyang Dantong and Plateau State Majority Leader, Gyang Fulani, died of exhaustion on Sunday, it was revealed yesterday. The two lawmakers were among the 104 persons who lost their lives when suspected Fulani herdsmen began their rampage on four local governments last Saturday.

Confirming the cause of the legislators’ deaths yesterday were a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Simon Mwadkon, who slumped alongside the late Sen. Dantong, 53 and the late Hon. Fulani, aged 54. The two died when they were ambushed on Sunday during the burial of those who died in the first attack.

Herdsmen kill General on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

When Brig. Gen. Sylvester Iruh (retd.) left Ilorin, Kwara State, on Friday, July 6, his goal was to return to his family in Akute, Ogun State.
Having left them for a day to attend a burial in Ilorin, Iruh must have been eager to return to his Akute residence.

But his hopes were dashed when he was attacked by suspected herdsmen on the Long Bridge on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Iruh's wife, Christiana, told our correspondent on Monday that she was expecting her husband when she received call that he had been attacked.

Third Mainland Bridge gridlock begins. Diversion routes

 

Diversion routes as released by Lagos State Commissioner for Works, Kayode Opeifa:

1. University of Lagos Waterfront (towards Lagos)
2. Oworonshoki Interchange (towards Lagos)
3. Adeniji Adele Interchange (towards Oworonshoki/Toll Gate)

Daily Diversion Periods;
A. 12 Midnight to 12 noon
1. Vehicles approaching from Oworonshoki and Ikeja/Toll gate/Ikorodu Road end of the Bridge will have unhindered access to the bridge towards Lagos Island.

I Have Video and Audio evidence of Lawan collecting bribe - Otedola

The House of Representatives Committee on Ethics came under further scrutiny, yesterday, after oil magnate, Mr Femi Otedola, accused one of its members of lying in his account of Otedola's controversial appearance before the committee last Tuesday.

Responding to published comments where Rep. Ibrahim Bello, a member of the committee was quoted as saying that Otedola told the committee that he did not have the video recording of his transaction with Rep. Farouk Lawan, Otedola affirmed that he never told the committee anything as such.
Otedola had in the past insisted that he is in possession of audio and video recording of Lawan negotiating and collecting the bribe money.

Why I turned down N500,000 compensation -Victim

Barely one month after the Dana plane crash, victims, whose property were destroyed, were invited by the airline management to come for their compensation.  Daily Sun gathered that while some of the victims received what the airline described as advanced payment of the compensation ‘towards interim relief to secure temporary accommodation,’ others refused to collect on the ground that what they were offered was not commensurate with their losses.
Those who collected the advance payment were made to sign a letter of acknowledgement. However, it was not certain where the letter originated from, though it was addressed to Dana Airline Management, 51, Allen Avenue, Ikeja.

Robbers strike in Osogbo, kill businessman

                    

Armed robbers, numbering about seven, yesterday struck in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, killing a popular businessman and hotelier, Mr Rasheed Babatunde Bolarinwa and carting away money and other valuable worth millions of naira.
The robbers, it was learnt invaded, the late Bolarinwa’s residence located at Alekuwodo area of Osogbo at midnight and demanded for a huge amount of money after they had searched the house.

Incredible! Airport security spot 5month-old baby in baggage scanner

A couple were caught trying to smuggle their baby into the United Arab Emirates - when airport security staff spotted the five-month-old hidden in their luggage on a bag scanner. (pictured avove)

The Egyptian husband and wife (pictured above) arrived at Sharjah International Airport on Friday night but were held at immigration as they did not have a visa for the newborn, according to Gulf News.

Gunmen abduct Gov Amaechi’s lawyer’s wife

The wife of Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s lawyer, Ifedayo Adedipe, (SAN) was yesterday, kidnapped  by  four armed gunmen.  The incident took place at about 7:30am. She was abducted at the junction linking Woshikem and Okpowoabasi streets at Rumuodomaya, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Port   Harcourt, Rivers State.

The four  hefty men in their early 30s were said to have accosted the businesswoman, as she was driving out in her car with Lagos registration number IA O5.

50 burnt bodies discovered in pastors house in Jos

Security agents said they discovered the bodies of at least 50 people, mostly women and children, who were burnt to death in the house of a pastor of the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) in Matse village, Riyom LGA of Plateau State. Family members of the victims said the people burnt at the pastor's home were people who ran into the home for safety after fulani herdsmen invaded their village on Saturday morning, killing over 20 people.

The killers followed these people to the church house, set the house ablaze and prevented people from leaving by standing at the exit and shooting at people who came out through the door.

Sometimes I can't believe all this is happening in Nigeria.its still hard to believe that three yrs back Nigerian was peaceful irrespective of the niger delta desturbance.lets never stop praying for this nation

Taliban publicly execute woman near Kabul for 'adultery' (video)

A man Afghan officials say is a member of the Taliban shot dead a woman accused of adultery in front of a crowd near Kabul, a video obtained by Reuters showed.

Usher's 11yr old stepson declared brain dead after tragic acident

Usher's ex-wife Tameka Raymond's 11 year old son, Kyle Glover, was critically injured in a jet ski accident on Lake Lanier on Saturday July 7th. Kyle and a friend, a 15 year old girl, were being pulled in an inner tube when a 38 year old man on a jet ski crashed into them, striking Kyle in the head and knocking him unconscious. He was airlifted to Atlanta's Egelston Hospital, where doctors battled to save his life.

Tameka, who was not in town at the time, was flown home on a private jet chartered by Usher, who remains by her side.

Unfortunately now TMZ is reporting that doctors have declared the 11 year old brain dead. He has experienced zero brain activity since the accident. So sad. May God be with them!

2012 Range Rover to hit Nigerian market with new features

      

Like its equally iconic cousin, the Land Rover Discovery 4, which is respected globally as the most capable off-road vehicle, the latest Range Rover Sport is entering the current model year with new features, refinements and a number of ‘firsts’. 

Recently, in South Africa, Jaguar Land Rover Sub-Sahara Africa presented to a section of the region’s motoring press the latest Range Rover Sport in its HSE, HSE Luxury and Supercharged versions, alongside the specially customised ‘Autobiography.’ As each flaunted its trim and equipment levels, the areas of improvements, including enhanced engine performance, the new power/manual tailgate and the dual-view touch-screen navigation display, among many others, also became evident.

Family of 8 die mysteriously in their sleep after burying their grandmother

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Grief and sorrow enveloped Umuakuru village in Emekuku, Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State yesterday Sunday July 8th following the mysterious death of nine members of a family whose bodies were discovered in their rooms early hours of the day.The family had buried their 98-year-old mother, Mrs Felicia Njoku on Saturday [July 7] in their country home.

The deceased include Mr. Pascal Njoku, his wife Juliana and their five children, Ebere (first daughter), Ifunanya (second daughter), Chibueze (son) Jackline (third daughter) and Uchechi (last daughter). pic after the cut