Nigerians have revealed their surprise following the obituary poster of a man who is said to have died at the age of 170 (1848 - 2018).
The deceased identified as Pa Monday Agwalogu from Osisioma Ngwa local government area of Abia state, passed away in May 2018 after a brief sickness.
The man who is believed to be the oldest in his village before his death, is to be buried next week Thursday and Friday (November 15th and 16th) in his community.
Nigerian internet users have been wondering how possible this is - with some asking whether the family did the right calculation with the old man's age.
The oldest person ever whose age has been verified is Jeanne Calment (1875–1997) of France, who died at the age of 122 years, 164 days.
Former lecturer of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Professor Richard Akindele was on Monday sentenced to 6 years in jail for demanding sex to pass his student,Monica Osagie by Justice Maurine Onyetenu of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo The accused had pleaded not guilty to the charge of sexual harassment preferred against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offenses Commission, ICPC. He had since then been remanded in prison custody following objection to his bail by the prosecution ICPC. When the case came up on Monday, Richard opted to change his earlier plea and admitted guilty of the offences as charged. He was arraigned before Justice onyetenu on November 19 for alleged sexual harassment. Meanwhile, efforts by the defence counsel to suspend the sentencing and negotiate for plea bargain failed, as Justice Onyetenu frowned at the rampant cases of students harassment by lecturers. Justice Onyetenu said “the plea bargain is not absolute. Th...
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