20 Most Dangerous Bus Stops To Avoid In Lagos And Why

Lagos in recent times has become safer than it was some years ago when violent robberies, car jacking and mugging are carried out even in broad day light. However, in spite of the improved security, some areas are still considered as dangerous. As a resident or visitor, you do not want to find yourself in these bus stations at night or early in the morning.

1. Estate Bus stop at Ketu-Alapere: Attacks are carried-out both day and night.

2. Berger bus stop (along OPIC–Ibadan Expressway): Criminals attack victims with guns
on the long bridge and in traffic jams.

3. First Gate junction – Agidingbi: Robbery point.

4. Boundary Bus stop in Ajegunle: Popularly referred to as the ‘one million boys’ gang territory where criminals attack passengers in vehicles.

5. Ijora Bus stop: Notorious spot for gang-rape; abduction in buses (popularly known as ‘one
chance’.

6. Mile 2 Oke: Hammers, knives, guns are used to rob motorists in traffic jam

7. Church bus stop – Agboju Mile 2 (Badagry expressway): Haven for street urchins

8. Agric Bus stop – Mile 2: Notorious area for buried arms that are used for robbery operations in the area.

9. Abule-osu Bus Stop along Mile 2 – Badagry Expressway: Drivers conspire with thugs to attack victims

10. Apongbon Bus stop: Hotbed of ‘one-chance’ bus attacks.

11. School Bus stop, along Mba – Mile 2 road in Ajegunle: Use of jack-knives and other weapons on victims

12. Bamboo area along Oworonsoki – Ibadan Expressway: a dangerous spot about 100 meters from Alapere Housing Estate Bus stop.

13: Oshodi Oke Bridge: Oshodi Oke ‘boys’ are notorious for bag snatching, pickpocketing and mugging during rush hours.

14 Bolade Bus stop Oshodi: Bolade bus stop, once noted for chaos has improved since the facelift by Lagos State. But during rush hours and late nights, mugging is common.

15. Abule Egba Traffic Light: This bus stop is noted for violent mugging and dangerous street urchin who can forcefully take your belongings and even harm you.

16. Agboju Bus stop along Badagry Expressway: Notorious for car-jacking and robbery on the go.

17 Ajah Bus stop: Sporadic clashes often breaks among rival street urchins loyal to a ‘certain chief’ and over collection of toll from commercial bus drivers. Women are alleged to have been raped at night during such clashes.

18. Costain under Bridge: Costain under bridge is dangerous at night. Mugging is common in the area.

19. Okokomaiko and Agric Bus stop: The two bus stops are noted for car jacking, mugging and disappearances.

20. Iyana Iba Bus stop: For years, Iyana Iba has been noted for violent mugging, robbery and car jacking.

This woman took a year off Her marriage so she and her husband could sleep with other people

Lessons from a year spent sowing wild oats

Robin Rinaldi did what many women dream of but few actually do: she took a year off from her marriage and made an agreement with her husband that they could both sleep with other people for a set period.

Rinaldi’s book, The Wild Oats Project, is a summary of what she learned during the year she spent in an open marriage. The idea came to her when her husband got a vasectomy after a long battle over whether they would have children — she wanted them, he didn’t. Faced with a future without a family, Rinaldi made a decision:

 “I refuse to go to my grave with no children and only four lovers,” she wrote, “If I can’t have one, I must have the other.”

 She also learned a lot about sex, and about her own body. Rinaldi spent much of the project in new-age sexual workshops and orgasmic meditation classes, so she came away a greater awareness of her sexuality.

 “The sex was the classroom, but the sex was not the lesson,” she says. “Your body has wisdom, that is very powerful and can kind of show you your path, and you don’t always have to think it through or necessarily act based on other people’s rules.”

Still, Rinaldi wouldn’t necessarily recommend that other women take exactly the same path she did. Instead, she’d advise younger women to “sow your wild oats before you settle down — that’s a no-brainer.”

15 Words You Need to Eliminate From Your Vocabulary

Newsprint is on life support, emojis are multiplying faster than hungry Gremlins, and 300 million people worldwide strive to make their point in 140 or fewer characters.

People don’t have the time or the attention span to read any more words than necessary. You want your readers to hear you out, understand your message, and perhaps be entertained, right? Here’s a list of words to eliminate to help you write more succinctly.

1. That

It’s superfluous most of the time. Open any document you’ve got drafted on your desktop, and find a sentence with that in it. Read it out loud. Now read it again without that. If the sentence works without it, delete it. Also? Don’t use that when you refer to people. “I have several friends that live in the neighborhood.” No. No, you don’t. You have friends who. Not friends that.

2. Went

I went to school. Or the store, or to church, or to a conference, to Vegas, wherever it is you’re inclined to go. Instead of went, consider drove, skated, walked, ran, flew. There are any number of ways to move from here to there. Pick one. Don’t be lazy and miss the chance to add to your story.

I went to school. Or the store, or to church, or to a conference, to Vegas, wherever it is you’re inclined to go. Instead of went, consider drove, skated, walked, ran, flew. There are any number of ways to move from here to there. Pick one. Don’t be lazy and miss the chance to add to your story.

3. Honestly

People use honestly to add emphasis. The problem is, the minute you tell your reader this particular statement is honest, you’ve implied the rest of your words were not. #Awkward

4. Absolutely

Adding this word to most sentences is redundant. Something is either necessary, or it isn’t. Absolutely necessary doesn’t make it more necessary. If you recommend an essential course to your new employees, it’s essential. Coincidentally, the definition of essential is absolutely necessary. Chicken or egg, eh?

5. Very

Accurate adjectives don’t need qualifiers. If you need to qualify it? Replace it.

Very is intended to magnify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. What it does is makes your statement less specific. If you’re very happy? Be ecstatic. If you’re very sad, perhaps you’re melancholy or depressed. Woebegone, even. Very sad is a lazy way of making your point. Another pitfall of using very as a modifier? It’s subjective.Very cold and very tall mean different things to different people. Be specific. She’s 6’3″ and it’s 13 degrees below freezing? These make your story better while also ensuring the reader understands the point you’re making.

6. Really

Unless you’re a Valley Girl, visiting from 1985, there’s no need to usereally to modify an adjective. Or a verb. Or an adverb. Pick a different word to make your point. And never repeat really, or veryfor that matter. That’s really, really bad writing.

If you are visiting from 1985? Please bring the birth certificate for my Cabbage Patch Doll on your next visit. Thanks.

7. Amazing

The word means “causing great surprise or sudden wonder.” It’s synonymous with wonderful, incredible, startling, marvelous, astonishing, astounding, remarkable, miraculous, surprising, mind-blowing, and staggering. You get the point, right? It’s everywhere. It’s in corporate slogans. It dominated the Academy Awards acceptance speeches. It’s all over social media. It’s discussed in pre-game shows and post-game shows.

Newsflash: If everything is amazing, nothing is.

8. Always

Absolutes lock the writer into a position, sound conceited and close-minded, and often open the door to criticism regarding inaccuracies.Always is rarely true. Unless you’re giving written commands or instruction, find another word.

9. Never

See: Always.

10. Literally

Literally means literal. Actually happening as stated. Without exaggeration. More often than not, when the term is used, the writer means figuratively. Whatever is happening is being described metaphorically. No one actually “waits on pins and needles.” How uncomfortable would that be?

11. Just

It’s a filler word and it makes your sentence weaker, not stronger. Unless you’re using it as a synonym for equitable, fair, even-handed, or impartial, don’t use it at all.

12. Maybe

This makes you sound uninformed, unsure of the facts you’re presenting. Regardless of the topic, do the legwork, be sure, write an informed piece. The only thing you communicate when you include these words is uncertainty.

13. Stuff

This word is casual, generic even. It serves as a placeholder for something better. If the details of the stuff aren’t important enough to be included in the piece? Don’t reference it at all. If you tell your reader to take your course because they’ll learn a lot of stuff? They’re likely to tell you to stuff it.

14. Things

See: Stuff.

15. Irregardless

This doesn’t mean what you think it means, Jefe. It means regardless. It is literally (see what I did there?) defined as: regardless. Don’t use it. Save yourself the embarrassment.

Whether you’re ghostwriting for your CEO, updating a blog, selling a product, or finishing your master’s thesis, you need to keep your reader engaged. These 15 words are a great place to start trimming the fat from your prose. Bonus? You’ll sound smarter.

This post is in partnership with The Muse. The article above was originally published on The Muse.

His son was murdered 9 years ago. Last week, He got an unexpected package in the mail.

A father received the surprise of a lifetime when a bumper that his son was working on as he was murdered nine years ago randomly showed up at his shop in North Carolina.

John Brynarsky has been working on cars for 45 years, and before his son Chris was randomly murdered 9 years ago, he too had a knack for vehicles. Chris was a master custom painter, and he was in the middle of painting a bumper when an irate customer fatally shot him.

“He was shot, he fell over it, and it damaged it,” friend Mark Cosentino told USA Today

In honor of his friend, Cosentino repaired the bumper and put it back on the car, but not before writing a tribute to Chris on the inside.

“In memory of Christopher Brynarsky October 11th, 2006 11:45 AM," Cosentino said. "I just wanted to immortalize him. That was my way of doing it.”

Nearly nine years later, on Good Friday, the bumper suddenly resurfaced at Charlotte’s Hendrick Luxury Collision Center, and incredibly, the technician who removed it was none other than John, Chris’s father.

“It was, I didn't know what to do,” John Brynarsky, who noted that he still misses his son “everyday,” told USA Today. “I didn’t know what to think.”

Some Chinese Wives Buy Sex Dolls For Their Husbands

She lay quietly on a narrow bed, greeting potential customers with an impassive stare and a disproportionately buxom form: meet "156", a stand-in companion for Chinese men with empty beds.
Named for her height, she is a high-quality sex doll made of thermoplastic elastomer, a rubbery material softer than silicone, with adjustable hands, a removable head and genitals, and available from specialist shops in Beijing for around US$2,500.

Liu - who did not want to give his full name - has one among the few possessions in his dimly lit studio apartment, deep in an industrial suburb of the capital.

Like millions in China who leave their hometowns to work in the cities, the 29-year-old automobile designer leads a bachelor's life during the week, returning to his wife and toddler in neighbouring Hebei province every weekend.
Liu has been married for more than a decade, and does not want to be unfaithful, but still needs to satisfy his sexual appetites.
"Honestly, it is very easy to just pay a little money to find a woman in China, but I simply cannot bring myself to cheat on my wife, so I have never considered it," he said with a nervous laugh.

But a blow-up alternative was not an option. "There was no way I would have sex with that kind of cheap inflatable plastic," he explained.

Instead he forked out 15,800 yuan, almost a month's pay, for his more realistic Chinese-made "156".

Her removable parts make cleaning or replacement easier, but despite lengthy prior research - Liu can explain subtle differences between an exhaustive list of Chinese and foreign doll brands - he was disappointed.

"As an industrial designer I can't neglect the lack of realistic details," he lamented. "So I just used it a few times."

"The only way a doll is better than a woman is that it won't resist, so people can do whatever they want with it," he added.

Liu bought his doll from Micdolls in Beijing, where salesman Yi Jiange said proudly: "Most people think the dolls are more attractive than real women."

They come bald, with customers buying wigs for them according to their own preferences.

Psychologists Say Power Does 4 Crazy Things to Your Mind

Who doesn't desire power?

There's a little Frank Underwood in all of us.

At the beginning of "House of Cards,"Kevin Spacey's character explains why power beats money

Money is the McMansion in Sarasota that starts falling apart after 10 years. Power is the old stone building that stands for centuries. I cannot respect someone who doesn't see the difference.

But should you find and hold power — as Underwood so deliciously does — it's going to do some really weird things to your perception of yourself and others.

Here's what the research says:

1. If you feel powerful, you're more inspired by yourself than anybody else.

According to a 2015 study led by Gerben A. Van Kleef at the University of Amsterdam, powerful people find themselves more inspiring than anybody else. In a study of 140 undergraduates, he found that people who agreed highly to statements like "I can get others to do what I want" were more inspired by talking about their own life-changing experiences than hearing other people discuss theirs.

To Research Digest blogger Alex Fradera, it's indicative of self-sufficiency.

"As a matter of course, powerful people don't expect others to fulfill their needs, and may therefore find it difficult to consider anyone else a worthy source of inspiration," he writes. "It's a little like a child for whom no one in the playground is up to scratch, so they become their own best friend."

2. If you feel powerful, you're the first to act.

In a 2003 study led by Columbia University psychologist Adam Galinsky, people who felt more powerful than their peers were more likely to take a card in a game of blackjack, fix an annoying fan in a room, and take action in social dilemmas. A 2007 study coauthored by Galinsky added to that theme, finding that powerful people are more likely to act first in a negotiation.

In 2012, the University of Texas' Jennifer A. Whitson found an explanation as to why: Powerful people are less likely to perceive — and remember — constraints to their goals.

It's like how eagles and alligators evolved to have their eyes close together.

"The vision of predators is fixated on their object of pursuit — their prey — leaving little visual room for unexpected danger or potential threats in their surroundings," she and her authors write. "This directed focus allows them to pounce into action to secure their meal."

Same for CEOs.

3. If you feel powerful, you're more likely to cheat.

It's not that men are more disposed to having sex outside of their marriages than women.

According to a 2011 study led by Joris Lammers at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, it's that powerful people are more likely to cheat.

His team surveyed 1,561 professionals, asking how high up in their organizations they were and their history or interest in cheating.

"Results showed that elevated power is positively associated with infidelity because power increases confidence in the ability to attract partners," they wrote. "This association was found for both actual infidelity and intentions to engage in infidelity in the future."

Gender didn't matter.

Powerful women were just as likely to have or pursue affairs as powerful men. This goes against a commonly held assumption about cheating. It's not that men are inherently more likely to cheat than women, it's just that men are more likely to hold powerful positions.

"As a social psychologist, I believe that the situation is everything and that the situation or instance is often stronger than the individual," Lammers said in a statement. "As more and more women are in greater positions of power and are considered equal to men, then familiar assumptions about their behavior may also change."

4. If you feel powerful, you feel distant from other people.

According to Joe Magee at New York University and Pamela Smith at the University of California at San Diego, powerful people feel more socially distant than non-powerful people.

It happens for a few reasons:

• People become close to one another when they are "symmetrically dependent" on one another and have repeated interactions, Magee and Smith say. You and your boss aren't symmetrically dependent; you depend on her approval more than she does yours. But you and the other people on her team are symmetrical, so you're likely to become close over time.

• Research indicates that powerful people don't need to associate with others in the same way.

• Powerful people have to think more abstractly than everybody else. They're concerned with meeting goals more than developing relationships.

So the isolation is a result of the social situation that power puts you in — and the need to get things done.

It works for Mr. Underwood.

He Might Have Been Born Without Hand Or Feet, But That Hasn't Stopped Him From Being World's Most Inspiring Man

32 year old Nicholas Vujicic has a special gift - with a simple hug and a couple of words he can make some of the world's biggest problems go away. Nicholas was born without arms and hands despite three sonogram tests which failed to reveal his condition before his birth. 

"The early days were difficult." "Throughout his childhood, Nick not only dealt with the typical challenges of school and adolescence, but he also struggled with depression and loneliness. Nick constantly wondered why he was different than all the other kids. He questioned the purpose of life, or if he even had a purpose," he writes on his site.

Till he decided to fight back. Nicholas decided he could do a lot more than merely change his life - he could change a life of millions. Since an age of 19, he has travelled the world talking to people, inspiring them to not give up hope.
When Nick is not travelling the world he is an author, musician and enjoys fishing and painting. He is also expecting his second child with his wife. Here's his story.

Post by Nick Vujicic.

Behold, Poorest States In Nigeria Revealed - See List

A survey carried out on the bureau’s website, disclosed the Nigerian states that have over 70% poverty rate.

According to Ireporterstv publication, Sokoto State remained the poorest state in Nigeria at the end of 2012, with a National Bureau Statistics, of 81.2% poverty rate.

Here are the top 10 poorest states in Nigeria

Sokoto – 81.2%

Katsina – 74.5%

Adamawa – 74.2%

Gombe – 74.2 %

Jigawa – 74.1%

Plateau – 74.1%

Ebonyi – 73.6%

Bauchi – 73%

Kebbi – 72%

Zamfara – 70.8%
However, Niger is the state with the lowest poverty rate which is 33.8%. It was followed by Osun (37.9%) and Ondo (45.7%). Bayelsa (47%) and Lagos (48.6%) have less than 50% poverty rate.

According to NBS, the national unemployment rate at the beginning of 2012 was 23.9%. Statistician-General Yemi Kale said that 112.519 million Nigerians (69%)lived in poverty conditions.

Zamfara State had the highest unemployment rate which is 42.6%. It was followed by Bauchi (41.4%). Other states that had above 30% unemployment rates include:

Gombe – 38.7%

Nassarawa – 36.5%

Jigawa – 35.9%

Edo – 35.2%

Adamawa – 33.8%

Kaduna – 30.3%

The survey concluded that the average poverty rate in the Northwest geopolitical zone is 71.4%, which remained the highest in the said area. It is followed by the Northeast region which has 69.1% and the North central region which has 60.7%. Poverty was least dominant in the Southwest (49.8%), South-South (55.5%), and South-East regions (59.5%).

Sorry But This Is The Salary You Must Earn to Afford a Home in America

A homebuyer needs to earn $48,603 to afford a median-priced property, report says

To afford a typical house in the U.S., a homebuyer needs a minimum salary of $48,603 as well as a 20% downpayment, according to new research from mortgage publisher HSH.com.

HSH.com calculated the minimum salary a buyer must earn to pay the principal, interest, insurance and taxes associated with home purchases across 27 metropolitan areas, using fourth-quarter data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and average interest rates for fixed-rate, 30-year mortgages.

“Home prices in metro areas throughout the country continue to show solid price growth, up 25% over the past three years on average,” NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun told HSH.

San Francisco continues to top the list of most unaffordable cities, requiring a buyer to be paid $142,448, while New York City only requires $87,535; Boston, $80,049; Washington, D.C., $77,394 and Chicago $54,346.

If you want the most bang for your buck, head to Pittsburgh, where you’ll be fine with $31,716; Cleveland, $32,010; St. Louis, $33,323; or Cincinnati, $33,485.

Take a look at the complete list here.

Revealed: World's Most Expensive Cities

A new report released today lists the top 10 most expensive cities in the world - and two major Australian cities are among them.

According to the EIU's survey, which ranks 133 cities using New York as a base, Sydney is now the fifth most expensive city in the world to live, followed by Melbourne at number six.

Interestingly, New York, London and Tokyo, once thought to be the most expensive cities in the world, have all fallen off the top 10, while Singapore, Paris, Oslo, and Zurich have retained their top 4 status for the second year in a row.

But among the top ten there was a bit of a shift. Ten years ago, Seoul was barely rounding out the top 50; now, the city is ranked alongside Hong Kong, which was once the third most expensive city. Though the majority of cities at the higher end of the study are in Asia, Western Europe and Australia, New York City rose from 26th to 22nd.

In Singapore, the study found, a loaf of bread, a bottle of wine, and a pack of cigarettes will together cost the equivalent of $39.11.

1. Singapore
2. Paris
3. Oslo
4. Zurich
5. Sydney
6. Melbourne
7. Geneva
8. Copenhagen
9. Hong Kong
10. Seoul

'I started screaming outside'- Single Mom; Winner Of $188 million Lottery Shares Her Story [Powerball]

Marie Holmes, the 26-year-old single mother from North Carolina who was one of three $188 million winners of a $564 million jackpot, says she ran outside her home when she realized she won.

“I started screaming outside,” Holmes recalled today on "Good Morning America."  "I said, ‘We made it!'"

Holmes, of Shallotte, North Carolina, was fixing her children breakfast the day after the Feb. 11, drawing hen she saw the winning numbers on Facebook.

“I just happened to check Facebook and my friend had a post up with the numbers on it so I looked at the numbers and I had my numbers in my hand and I was like these are the same numbers on my ticket,” Holmes said on “GMA.” “Then I started screaming and stuff and my kids ran away from me and said I scared them.”

Holmes said her mom, who purchased the winning ticket for Holmes on her way to church, was the first person she called.

While her mom was convinced because she saw the numbers in person, Holmes says the rest of her family did not believe she had won the $564.1 million jackpot, the fifth largest lottery prize in U.S. history.

“I called my sister and I told her…she was like, ‘Stop playing with me. I’m asleep. You didn’t hit the lottery. Send me a picture,’” Holmes said. “So I sent her a picture and then I called my uncle and told him the same thing. He told me, ‘Man I’m at work don’t be playing with me.’”

Holmes had been living with six other people –- including her four children, ages 9 months to 7 years –- prior to her lottery win.

“I don’t have to worry about staying with my mom anymore. I can have my own place,” she said. "We're going to have our own everything."
“They can have their own house and stuff so it’s going to impact not only mine but the people around me," Holmes said of her family. 

20 English Words To Avoid When in Other Countries

If you travel abroad frequently for work, or if you have an e-commerce store with customers from all over the world, it’s worth noting that there are a number of English words that, phonetically, don’t work in other countries and can lead to double entendre or unintended offence territory. Here are 20 of them to help you ensure that your communication isn’t lost in translation.
France

Preservative. Avoid asking about preservatives in France; you’ll probably be met with strange looks. It means ‘condom’ in France.
Norway
Pick. If you’re visiting Norway, don’t use the word ‘pick’. Your Norwegian colleague is unlikely to be impressed - it means ‘dick’ over there.
Fitter. Does your business specialise in fitness products? Be mindful that in Norway, the word ‘fitte’ refers to a woman’s genitals.
Turkey
Peach. Going to Turkey? Avoid asking for a peach in the supermarket or anywhere else for that matter. It means ‘bastard’ in Turkish.
Germany
Gift. ‘Never look a gift horse in the mouth’, we’re told; perhaps more so in Germany where the word means ‘poison’.
Latte. In Germany, latte doesn’t mean the frothy, milky concoction you get from your local Starbucks. It means ‘erect penis’ in some German quarters.
Korea
Salsa. Out for a Mexican in Korea? It’s probably best not to ask for salsa: it means ‘diarrhoea’ in Korean.
Sweden
Speed. Try not to talk about speed when in the company of others in Sweden. It means ‘fart’.
Bump.  If you’ve had the misfortune of a bump on your car, note that the word ‘bump’ in Swedish means ‘dump’.
Speed bump.  Put the above two words together and you have the phrase ‘speed bump’, which in Swedish means fart dump.
Kiss. If you ask your Swedish host or hostess for a kiss, they might very well direct you to the toilets. In Swedish, the word means ‘pee’.
Portugal
Pay Day. If you’re in Portugal, refrain from singing with happiness that it’s ‘pay day’. No one will be impressed. In Portuguese it means “I farted”.
Exquisite. Extend a compliment to your Portuguese host by describing something belonging to them as ‘exquisite’ and you might be met with askance looks: ‘esquisito’ in Portuguese means ‘weird’.
Hungary
Cookie. If you’re visiting Hungary, whether on business or for pleasure, avoid asking for a cookie. It means ‘small penis’ in Hungarian.
Japan
Jerry. It’s perhaps a little late for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, but if you’re in Japan, avoid using the word – it means ‘diarrhoea’ over there.
France
Bra. Do you sell luxury underwear? Whilst you and I might initially understand the word to mean a garment that covers the breasts, if you’re in France your French colleagues might think you’re selling arms. Literally.
Italy
Tremendous. Refrain from boasting about the tremendous prices you offer your clients. In this country, ‘tremendo’ is the word for ‘terrible’.
Netherlands
Bill.  Asking for the bill might raise a few guffaws in the Netherlands: ‘bil’ means ‘buttocks’ there.
Lager. It might confuse your Dutch colleagues if you were to ask for a ‘lager’ when having a few drinks with them after work. Lager means ‘storage’ in Dutch.
Spain
Cool.  The word cool is too close for comfort to the Spanish word 'culo'; a crude term for 'bum'. Best avoided.
That some words can be misinterpreted not only has relevance for those who frequently go abroad on business,  but as Tictail point out, also for online businesses where ‘borderless’ transactions take place. So if you’ve often wondered why your “exquisite Madagascan chocolates” fly like hotcakes everywhere in the world except Brazil and Portugal, perhaps you now have the answer: weird, dodgy chocolates just won’t sell.

Popular Actress ‘Genevieve Nnaji’ Gets Chieftancy Title[Photos]

The Beautiful actress is now the ‘Eze Ada of Amuzu Nweafor in Mbaise, Imo state. She shared photos of the event on instagram. Congratulations!

Remember The 17 Yr Old High School Investor Who Made $72Million, Actually Decieved Us; It's Fake

You know that thing about how if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is? Well, yeah, that’s totally true.

Take, for instance, the fantastical tale of Mohammed Islam, the “genius” New York high school investor who reportedly made $72 million while playing the stock market with his investor pals at Stuyvesant High School. Amazing, right? New York magazine did a glowing profile of him and everything in its “Reasons to Love New York” section.

Well, not long after that story blew up, financial experts said, “um, no.”

“Based on his press clippings, 17-year-old high school senior Mohammed “Mo” Islam has already achieved a level of market mastery beyond most investor’s wildest dreams,” wrote Yahoo! Finance on Monday morning.

“Assume Mo started investing with $1,000 when he was 10. To accumulate $72 million strictly through his trading acumen he would need to average over 500% annualized returns over the last 7 years,” the site wrote. “That means he would have had to double his money every one to two months for 7 years straight… to net 500% per year for 7 straight years Mo would have to be the greatest trader in history. Ever. By far. No such creature has ever existed in financial markets and it’s not for lack of trying.”

By the end of the day Monday, the whole thing unraveled. “EXCLUSIVE: New York Mag’s Boy Genius Investor Made It All Up,” read the headline from the New York Observer, which sat down with a disgraced Islam and pal Damir Tulemaganbetov to let the pair come clean.

The actual amount they made trading? Zero. Nada. Zilch. Surrounded by a team of four from the crisis management firm they’ve hired, Islam admitted that he made the whole thing up. A friend of Islam’s father who works at New York hooked the 17-year-old up with the reporter. In the piece, Islam appears to say that his returns are in the “eight figures,” but admitted to the Observer that he’s invested nothing and made nothing.

“So it’s a total fiction?” the Observer asked.
“Yes.” Well, he does run an investment club at Stuyvesant that does simulated trades, which, he said (after consulting with his crisis team) had returns that were “incredible.”

New York (kind of) stuck to its original story in an editor’s note, in which the writer said the $72 million was originally presented as a rumor. “However, Mohammed provided bank statements that showed he is worth eight figures, and he confirmed on the record that he’s worth eight figures.”

OMG! Nigerian Women Bags Most Adulterous Wives In The World; Top 10 Most unfaithful women in the world

A worldwide survey held by Durex, the condom manufacturer on over 29,000 people from 36 nations revealed that the following people were the most culpable to infidelity and adultery.

And in these rating, Nigerian women win the race. For the first time in recent months have i seen my beloved country win a gong yet a negative one?

Top 10 Most unfaithful women in the world [by country]

1. Nigerian women:

62% of Nigerian women are unfaithful. Recently Major Chitsiko, a soldier, committed suicide after his wife cheated on him. The couple was estranged. Also in November 20011, Erelu Tola Solomon, a social elite in Lagos and Abuja, decided to ruin her 25 year marriage after having sex with a Lagos businessman.

 

2. Thai women:

59% of women living in Thailand admitted to cheating on their husbands. The rules seem more relaxed in Thailand than they are in the West. Many husbands even allow their wives to commit adultery.

 

3. British women:

A UNLV article on infidelity and extramarital affairs noted that Britain have cases at a rate of 42%, The country experiences a high rate of women cheating.

4. Malaysian women:

33% of Malaysians are known to cheat. 39% of the Malaysian women, in particular, are known to betray their marriage vows. It was also revealed that Malaysian men have on average 3 sex partners.

5. Russian women:

33% of Russian women are known to be cheaters. Interestingly enough, the adulterer is not the one to blame in Russia. The finger points towards the person who kindles the affair. The fingers also point to women and that has been a century old tradition for 100s of years.

6. Singaporean women:

Durex also established that 19% of women in Singapore are known to be unfaithful. Singapore men are known to have up to 16 sex partners, which explains why the country has 19% unfaithful women.

7. French women:

Women in France are 16.3% likely to commit adultery. Men are 22% likely. A Huffington Post article believes that France makes adultery mandatory – 93% of the population is committing it.

8. American women:

14% of married women in Americans admitted to having an affair once during their married life. 54% of the married men did not know about their spouses extramarital activities. This comes in a society where 50% believe that adultery is morally wrong. Interestingly enough 61% of Americans believe that adultery should not be a crime.

9. Italian women:

The judicial system in Italy has decriminalized adultery for married women. Women now can lie about having an affair to protect their honor.

10. Indian women:

Indian Women are also known to be adulterous. Adultery is considered as a crime and is placed under Chapter XX, which deals with offenses relating to the sacrament of marriage. As per the Indian jurisdiction, the law related to adultery is mentioned under Section 497 of the Indian penal code. Section 498 of the Indian penal code also states the law related to adultery.

All in all, 50-65% of husbands and 40-55% of wives have an affair before they are 40.

17 Yr Old ‘Kylie Jenner’ And Her BF ‘Tyga’ Visits Children's Hospital

The 17-year-old Keeping Up With the Kardashians star visited Children's Hospital of Los Angeles Monday with her rumored boyfriend Tyga for a special L.A. Gear Presents Teen Impact Holiday Party.

Wearing a white, shear, midriff-baring top, a pair of tight, ripped jeans, high heels, and camera-ready makeup ... Kylie showed up Monday with boyfriend Tyga to the Teen Impact Holiday Party at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

TMZ Reports that the couple passed out about 30 gifts as they went room to room to visit sick kids, staying around an hour.

During the spirited do-gooder event, the reality star and the 25-year-old rapper donated a whole bunch of toys and gifts and also met with some sick children and their families. The hospitalized youngsters were visibly ecstatic while posing for smiley photos with the stars. Some excited kids even scored a few selfies with Kylie and Tyga.

It was great to come back to @childrensla to bring christmas to the kids. Thank you to @lagear and @808audio and @idvproducts @djskee for helping me bring a smile to so many kids faces. It's amazing! #Humbled

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