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http://ift.tt/2rC5Tss The Eastern Consultative Assembly, ECA, Thursday described the “quit notice” given to Igbo to leave the north as “childish and thoughtless,” saying “that 47 years slavery by Ndigbo for losing a war would no longer be acceptable as we cannot take it anymore.” They further said that Ndigbo preferred “death in the process of fighting for our honour and dignity rather than eternal slavery.” These were contained in a statement jointly signed by the Deputy National Leader and National Publicity Secretary of the ECA, Chief (Mrs) Maria Okwor and Rev Fr John Odey respectively shortly after its 7th General Assembly in Enugu. “We are tired of Nigeria as presently constituted,” they added, pointing out however, that the reactions of northern leaders who upbraided those who gave the quit notice but refused to address the issues at stake as insincere. They, however, commended Igbo groups and other individuals who participated in the sit-down- order by the Leader of the Ind...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A 19-year-old girl Pratiksha Natekar, has miraculously survives a train ‘knock-down’ in Mumbai India, after she was run over by a moving train while chatting on her mobile phone. Natekar survived the impact and was pulled uninjured from the tracks. She can be seen in CCTV trying to get on to the busy platform as the large train starts pulling in but was unaware of the noise of the locomotive as she is chatting to a friend on her mobile phone with her earphones in. Natekar suddenly becomes aware of the danger and tries to veer towards the platform, but realising she doesn’t have enough time to climb on to it before the train arrives, she changes direction. The teen she runs out of time to cross to the other side, panics and simply turns away from the train as it hits her from behind. She is knocked flat on her face and the train passes over her. The waiting commuters do not have enough time to save her and can only watch in horror as she disappears under the ...

http://ift.tt/2pyMJRp Fury dramatically beat Klitschko on points in a world title fight in November 2015 and once held both the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Association (WBA) belts now held by Joshua. AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ Tyson Fury taunted Anthony Joshua on Monday by insisting he could beat the world heavyweight champion with “one arm tied behind my back”. Shortly after his thrilling 11th-round stoppage of Wladimir Klitschko at London’s Wembley on Saturday, Joshua ‘called out’ fellow British heavyweight Fury by saying: “Fury, where are you at, baby?” While Joshua and Ukrainian veteran Klitschko retained a respectful tone towards one another both before and after their epic fight, the same cannot be said of Joshua’s relationship with Fury which has been marked by a series of back-and-forth taunts. Fury dramatically beat Klitschko on points in a world title fight in November 2015 and once held both the International Boxing Federation (IBF) an...