Crashed Air Algerie flight AH5017- Pilot had asked to turn back!

Information at our disposal revealed that pilots of the airliner that crashed in Mali last Thursday had asked to turn back.

According to French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, the crew of Air Algerie flight AH5017 requested to return to Burkina Faso after initially asking to change course due to bad weather.

This was made known as the plane's two flight data recorders arrived in France.

It will be recalled that the jet was flying to Algeria when it crashed in Mali, killing all 118 aboard, including 54 French citizens.

France has taken the leading role in the investigation.

"What we know for sure is that the weather was bad that night, that the plane crew had asked to change route then to turn back before all contact was lost," Mr Fabius said on Monday.

A team of French investigators is currently sifting through the plane's wreckage in Mali, but Mr Fabius said they were facing "extremely difficult conditions".

"It's a long, fastidious and extremely complex job," he added.

French, Malian and Dutch soldiers from a UN peacekeeping force (MINUSMA) have secured the site, about 80 km (50 miles) south of the Malian town of Gossi, near the Burkina Faso border.

Earlier on Monday, a French official confirmed that the two flight data recorders had arrived in France and were now being examined by experts.

One of the devices was retrieved almost as soon as rescuers arrived on the spot, while the second was found late Saturday.

A source close to the investigation told the AFP news agency that one of them was badly damaged on the outside.

But Martine Del Bono, a spokeswoman for the French aviation investigation office, refused to comment on their condition, telling press: "At this stage, we cannot say anymore."

Even if both "black boxes" are in good condition, French Transport Minister Thierry Mariani has warned that analysing the flight data and cockpit conversations could take "weeks".

French flags were lowered to half-mast on Monday for three days in memory of the dead.

Nearly half of those on board were French. There were also 27 from Burkina Faso and further passengers from, among others, Lebanon, Algeria, Canada and Germany. One was a British citizen.

Among the French contingent on board flight AH5017 was a family of 10.

The plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, which was chartered from Spanish airline Swiftair had six crew members, all Spanish.

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Paris Hilton shows off her Hot New Man!

Two days after Paris Hilton was allegedly introduced to 23-year-old Josh Upshaw, a Ralph Lauren model, the two were recently spotted making out on at the beach in Malibu.

A Source revealed that the duo met just on Thursday night during DT Model Management's second anniversary party at Pump restaurant in West Hollywood.

"He's so nice and sweet,"
"He's also a little older so that's good for Paris." the source reportedly said. 

A lower rank soldier will arrest Abuba­kar Shekau, plus...the outcome of 2015 elections as revealed by Cleric!

The General Overseer of God of Cham­pion Royal As­sembly Joshua Ignila, reportedly predicted that leader of Boko Haram terrorist organisation, Abuba­kar Shekau would be captured by a lower rank military officer of the Nigerian Army.

The SunOnline, reports that the cleric  also listed some prophecies that were about to happen including  those that would take place in 2015 during the general elections, he allegedly added that none of his prophecies had ever failed because he spoke the mind of God. 

Speaking to his congregation on how it will happened, the cleric reportedly said that a Nigerian soldier would shoot Shekau in the leg and capture him. 

He further advised security leaders to tighten security in Abuja be­tween today and Wednesday: “I hear the sound of bomb in the city and I call on security agen­cies to tighten security in Abuja between Monday and Wednesday.” 

He predicted also that a private jet with some governors on-board who are opposed to certain decisions in the country would crash. “I have warned them through my broadcast on Champions Television and I have tried to reach out to those I saw in my predic­tion. “It is going to happen soon and nobody should blame anybody for it. It is either they retreat from that meeting they want to attend or they will perish.” He said.

On the 2015 general elections, Ignila said he saw the man presently on the seat at the Villa, still sitting comfortably on the seat in 2015 and advised the ruling party to formulate policies that would pacify the opposition after a hard fight at the polls. “It is not win­ning the election that is the issue, but the problem that would emerge after the elec­tion. It will make the present insecurity in the country a child’s play.”He said.

British Researchers says "Chop knuckle" is a healthier way to greet!

Report from British researcher's experiment says fist bump popularly known in Nigeria as "chop knuckle" could be a cleaner, better way for people to greet each other.

David Whitworth of Britain’s Aberystwyth University says they tested just how many bacteria are transferred hand to hand during a handshake, a high-five and a fist bump. Handshakes are the worst, they found, while a high-five passed along half as many bacteria. 

Fist bumps were the cleanest greetings, 

“Adoption of the fist bump as a greeting could substantially reduce the transmission of infectious disease between individuals,” Whitworth and colleagues report in the American Journal of Infection Control.

So here's a big Chop Knuckle to all our readers out there.

Two years out from release, Wonder Woman Unveiled!

 The first official picture of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice  was recently unveiled Zack Snyder. 



This is coming two years out from release, so..... feed your eyes folks.

HORRIFIC- Pakistan Mob Kills woman and granddaughters Over 'Blasphemy'!

A woman and her two granddaughters were reportedly killed by an angry mob in Pakistan after an allegedly blasphemous post on Facebook.

Information revealed that the victims identified as 55-year-old Bashiran, seven-year-old Hira and her baby sister died after their home was attacked in Gurjanwala, 110 miles southeast of the capital Islamabad.

All three were members of the Ahmadi community - an offshoot of Islam founded in India in the 19th Century.

It was gathered that the mob attacked and burnt five homes, a storage building and several vehicles belonging to Ahmadi followers on Sunday night after an unverified rumours emerged that a member of the community had put up an image of the Kaaba, the structure at the Grand Mosque in Mecca which Muslims face five times a day to pray, allegedly containing nudity.

Police officials said a crowd of about 150 people first went to the police station to demand the blasphemy case was registered.

"As we were negotiating with the crowd, another mob attacked and started burning the houses of Ahmadis," an official said.

60-year-old Munawar Ahmed, who lives in the area, said: "The attackers were looting and plundering, taking away fans and whatever valuables they could get hold of.

"Some were continuously firing into the air."

A spokesman for the Ahmadi community, Salimud Din,  accused the police of failing to act.

"The police were there but just watching the burning," he said.

"They didn't do anything to stop the mob, first they looted their homes and shops and then they burnt the homes."

Mr Din said it was the worst assault since attacks on places of worship which killed 86 Ahmadis in 2011.

Under Pakistani law, Ahmadi people are banned from using Muslim greetings, saying prayers or refereeing to their place of worship as a mosque. 

The blasphemy law is considered draconian by the minority Ahmadi and Christian community in Pakistan. The controversial law is not clearly defined and is punishable by death.           

Human rights groups say the law is often used to settle personal vendettas or to illegal grab property.

In January 2011, governor of Punjab Salman Taseer - who opposed the law - was killed by his bodyguard. Lawyers showered his killer with rose petals when he came to court.

Three months later Shahbaz Bhatti, the only Christian minister in the government, was killed for challenging the law.

And in May 2014, prominent human rights activist Rashid Rehman, who had received death threats for defending people charged under the law, was shot dead in Multan.

A report by the Center for Research and Security Studies in Islamabad said there was just one case of blasphemy in 2001, but by 2011 that number grew to 80.

This year alone around 100 people have been charged under the law.

Though there have been convictions, the death sentence has never been carried out and most cases are thrown out on appeal.

Mobs like the one in Gurjanwala have reportedly killed many people accused of blasphemy.

“If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.―John F. Kennedy

Another bomb explosion hits Kano!

After averting an explosion at Isiayaku Rabiu Mosque, having recovered explosives hidden in a Peugeot vehicle which was parked near the mosque; and less than 24 hours after a bomb explosion killed at least five people at Saint Charles Catholic Church, Kano State, another explosion reportedly occurred in the state.

It was gathered that the blast which claimed many lives, occurred at NNPC Mega station at Hotoro area of Kano state.

Confirming the Monday explosion via its twitter page, the Nigerian Police, said it was detonated by a suicide bomber, it further advised residents to stay clear of the scene.

The number of casualties could not be ascertained yet.