Paris Jackson robbed by hitchhikers in Los Angeles

 

   Paris Jackson's attempt at being a good Samaritan backfired. The daughter of the late pop icon Michael Jackson offered a group of hitchhikers in L.A. a ride across the city but her trying to be nice only hurt her. Jackson, 19, voiced her outrage on her Instagram story Friday, where she described the encounter that ended with her debit card missing.

I’m alive, El-Zakzaky speaks from detention

 

   The leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, has debunked the rumour making the rounds that he died in detention, announcing that he is hale and hearty.

   El-Zakzaky, who made his first public appearance at the headquarters of the Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday, after over two years in its detention facilities, said that the service initially denied his personal doctor access to him until he rejected the medication from the service’s doctors. Speaking to newsmen yesterday, he equally thanked Nigerians for sustaining his life with endless prayers, noting: “It was severe on me on Monday but subsequently it started subsiding and for the first time at least the security allowed me to see my own doctor.

I’ll promote Yoruba culture, unity –Gani Adams, new Aare Ona Kakanfo

 
  Otunba Gani Adams was yesterday installed as the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III at Durba Stadium, ancient Oyo town, Oyo State.

   Adams, who had been in seclusion since Wednesday evening till Saturday morning undergoing traditional rites, came to the venue of the swearing-in in white attire with a white cap, white pairs of shoes, red royal beads on neck and eyeglasses to match. He arrived in company with his entourage to the warm embrace of monarchs from different parts of Yorubaland, including the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, Aje Ogungunniso I, Deji of Akure and Timi of Ede, among others.

This Day In History 14 January 2018- Challenger disaster

    At 11:38 a.m. EST, on January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Christa McAuliffe is on her way to becoming the first ordinary U.S. civilian to travel into space. McAuliffe, a 37-year-old high school social studies teacher from New Hampshire, won a competition that earned her a place among the seven-member crew of the Challenger. She underwent months of shuttle training but then, beginning January 23, was forced to wait six long days as the Challenger‘s launch countdown was repeatedly delayed because of weather and technical problems. Finally, on January 28, the shuttle lifted off.

Catholic Daily Reading for Sunday January 14, 2018

Daily Reading for Sunday January 14, 2018
Reading 1, First Samuel 3:3-10, 19
Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10
Gospel, John 1:35-42
Reading 2, First Corinthians 6:13-15, 17-20
Reading 1, First Samuel 3:3-10, 19
3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying in Yahweh's sanctuary, where the ark of God was,