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A woman whose car was stolen in Johannesburg 21 years ago couldn't believe her ears when police told her it had been found. However, seeing is believing, and when Merna Meyer got to the Newcastle police pound, she had no doubts that it was her Ford Laser, According to SA news medium, Netwerk24: "I recognised the sporty look, red and green stripes on the sides and tow bar. Even the colour is still the same beige." The front looked a bit different and the steering wheel had been replaced with a racing  one, she said at North West University's Potchefstroom campus on Thursday. Meyer was full of praise for warrant officers Gary Holmes and Derick Putter of the Newcastle car theft unit for tracking her down. They spent months trying to find her because the car had been registered in her maiden name, Pretorius. "They kept on trying, until they phoned me two months ago. When I picked up the phone, a policeman said: 'We've had a hard time tracking you

Andres Iniesta and Denis Suarez have urged Real Madrid’s Isco, to join them at Barcelona. Isco’s current deal at the Santiago Bernabeu expires in 2018 and he has been linked with a move away this summer. Reports in Spain this week claim Barca are ready to pay the 24-year-old a big signing-on fee, if he runs down his deal and then moved to Camp Nou on a free transfer. “He is a fantastic player, with an incredible talent,” Iniesta told reporters. “For many years he has been doing things very well and he is playing for one of the best teams in the world. “He is an important player not just in the national team but in his club. He is young and has many years to grow and improve.” Suarez however remains cautious about a possible deal. The last player to move directly from Real Madrid to Barcelona was Luis Enrique in 1996 “Of course I would like to have Isco as a team-mate, all good players are welcome in our team,” he said to Cadena Ser. “Isco has an incredible talent but right now he

Singer turned politician, 9ice, who was divorced his ex-wife, Toni Payne, and now fathers 4 children from 3 women, has this to say when asked by Vanguard if he will fix his relationship with Toni Payne if she asks for it; "I am very lucky and I am happy with what I have. Being married does not mean that you are going to be happy, unless we want to deceive ourselves. She’s with me and we are both happy. She’s living her life while I’m living my own life. Happiness is the most important thing. Don’t let your family push you into doing anything you don’t like. If you want to stay in marriage, all well and good. But if you think not getting married gives your happiness, don’t marry. It is not by force that one must marry. God is not going to punish anybody who refused to get married " The singer also told vanguard how he runs his home;  "How I run my home is different from how you run your own home. I might not be the one running the home. It might be the mother

It seems 47-year-old Zaklina, a fashion blogger turned social media star, is the world's youngest and beautiful grandmother, as her beautiful photos are amazing. Zaklina, who shares photos of what she wears each day on her page 'realfashionist', is a grandmother of two and also from Serbia but lives in Italy.  She has maintained her athletic model figure for decades, and picks her fashion tips from  living in various countries such as Switzerland, France and Poland. She also posts every picture with the hashtag #grandmotherthatlovesfash​ion to the delight of her 157,000 followers. More photos after the cut;

The parents of a baby girl who was born with her heart beating outside her chest have made a desperate plea for help so she can receive life-saving surgery abroad. Little Laraib Zahid was born naturally in in a government-run hospital in Pakistan’s Multan city earlier this month. According to the SunUK, the tiny tot seems otherwise healthy – she breathes normally and is active – but doctors are baffled as to why her heart is not inside her body. Her doctors have reassured her parents that her heart is functioning normally, but she urgently needs  an operation to place it inside her body. Mum, Shaista Zahida, 22, had a complication free birth and no one had predicted baby Laraib would be born with such a rare condition called Ectopia Cardis – a malformation in which the heart in abnormally placed either partially, or entirely outside the chest. More photos below:

Coming after some army officers attached to the 174 battalion (Ikorodu) assaulted a lady, giving her assault-tattoos, another man has been beaten to death by another officer attached to the battalion, and dumped on the streets.  According to twitter user Kenny Abel Adesanya, the incident occurred in Ogijo area of  Ikorodu, Lagos. The body of the deceased, was reportedly left on the street after the alleged brutality. 

Nollywood script writer, director & producer Chike Bryan Nnamani, a father of five, has died after he received a call from home while on his way to work, suddenly developed a stroke and died hours later after he was admitted at Lagos State University Teaching hospital. Chike Bryan's colleague narrated what happened. Here's his story: I never knew we could be close; never expected to weep for a friend who turned out to be a buddy. A guy who held no grudge, malice or hate in his good heart against another. Today, he’s no more. His bit is done here on earth. I will always remember him.  A guy I have worked so closely with in almost 10 months. Suddenly he disappear from my life. Death, O death, why?  He woke up this morning hale and hearty. He had breakfast at a friend’s and was on his way to the office. As he was driving down in the friend’s car he received phone call from home about some happenings, there he lost his cool. Afterwards, the friend asked him to calm do

Though she has not yet been named, but the Muslim lady who was subjected to social media attacks, after she was pictured walking past terrorist attack victims, has defended herself. According to her, she had helped victims and was 'devastated' after witnessing the attack.  She said: 'I'm shocked and totally dismayed at how a picture of me is being circulated on social media. 'To those individuals who have interpreted and commented on what my thoughts were in that horrific and distressful moment, I would like to say not only have I been devastated, by witnessing the aftermath of  a shocking and numbing terror attack, I've also had to deal with the shock of finding my picture plastered all over social media by those who could not look beyond my attire, who draw conclusions based on hate and xenophobia.   'My thoughts at that moment were one of sadness, fear, and concern. 'What the image does not show is that I had talked to other witnesses to tr

This innocent newborn baby was found Friday morning by a passerby in Thailand. He was wrapped in blankets and placed in a plastic basket. Another photo after the cut..

A wedding banner has gone viral and it's not because of how cute the couple look, but because It involves a man getting married to two women at once. In fact, these ones can't be called couple again because they are more than two. One bride looks excited, the other doesn't look happy at all. Their wedding is in two days time and it will take place in Isoko south, Delta state.

A team of scientists and restorers have completed the restoration of Jesus tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, at a cost of $4million. The restoration work, held up for more than 200 years, took only nine months to be completed. The tomb site is a cave where Roman Catholics and Orthodox Catholics believe Jesus was entombed and then was resurrected. It lies beneath a shrine called the Aedicule. The restoration included the cleaning and reinforcing of the limestone and marble Edicule and the removal of an iron cage installed in 1947 to shore up its walls. The project led by the National Technical University of Athen, which was completed on Monday, was funded by Jordan's King Abdullah and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. 

In a statement signed by Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President Media and Publicity, Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has expressed appreciation to the British Government "for the very effective materials and logistical support to Nigeria" in the fight against Boko Haram. According to the President, in spite of "isolated attacks against soft targets," the British assistance helped in flushing "Boko Haram out of their hide-out base and severely degraded their capacity to mount a serious attack on Nigerian assets." President Buhari's appreciation was contained in a formal letter he wrote to the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, on behalf of the people of Nigeria to express "my heartfelt condolences to the injured and families of the dead" in Wednesday's terrorist attack in London. He said the horrid incident "underscores the threat we all live under," adding that, "terrorism has no borders and no seaso

Alhaji Mohammed Indimi,  Maiduguri billionaire, and In-law to President Muhammadu Buhari has des cribed Governor Kashim Shettima'srecords of achievements in Borno as unbelievable, saying it surprises him, how the Governor has changed the faces of Maiduguri and other parts of the State despite meagre resources and management of the Boko Haram insurgency. Indimi stated these  while receiving Governor Shettima at his expanse residence in Maiduguri on Thursday  evening. The Governor’s visit was to follow up on Indimi's pledge to make huge contributions in areas of infrastructure and agriculture to support ongoing efforts by the Government to rebuild homes, rehabilitate and resettle internally displaced persons in safe communities destroyed by insurgents. "‎What you are doing in Borno State despite small resources is unbelievable. I don't know how you do it. You have completely changed the faces of Maiduguri. I have been to many states and I can say that many l