Google pays tribute to adventurer famous for 1947 Kon Tiki expedition; Thor Heyerdahl

Thor Heyerdahl: Google pays tribute to adventurer famous for 1947 Kon Tiki expedition

NEW DELHI: Google on Monday created an interactive doodle to commemorate the birthday of the late legendary Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl.

The internet giant has created one of its iconic illustrations to pay tribute to the man who recreated a Peruvian raft.

Known for leading the Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947, Thor Heyerdahl was born on 6 October 1914. The Kon Tiki expedition was inspired by old reports and drawings made by the Spanish Conquistadors of Inca rafts and by native legends and archaeological evidence suggesting contact between South America and Polynesia.

President Barack Obama: The US is planning measures to screen incoming air passengers for Ebola.

Obama: US planning air passenger Ebola screening.

Barack Obama criticised foreign governments for not stepping up their response to the West Africa outbreak. 

The likelihood of an Ebola outbreak in the US is "extremely low", Mr Obama said, but "we don't have a lot of margin of error".

More than 3,400 people have died in West Africa in the world's deadliest outbreak of the viral disease.
Mr Obama's comments came six days after a Liberian man became the first case of Ebola diagnosed on American soil. 

Amber Levonchuck, professionally known as Amber Rose, is an American model, actress, and recording artist.

Amber Levonchuck, professionally known as Amber Rose, is an American model, actress, and recording artist.

Amber Rose began stripping under the pseudonym "Paris" at age 15 after her father, who served in the military for 20 years, divorced her mother. She was spotted by rapper Kanye West in the music video "What Them Girls Like." They then began a romantic relationship that lasted from 2008 to 2010.

Big Brother Africa Hotshots: Video Highlights of all 26 Housemates Launch Performances

Big Brother Africa Hotshots: Video Highlights of all 26 Housemates Launch Performances #BigBroAfrica #BBHotshots

It’s no longer news that the 63days of Big Brother Africa Hotshots officially kicked off yesterday and 25 out of 26 of the housemates are already up for possible eviction based on the live show’s audience poll of the talents the 26 housemates showcased in a Hotshots talent show at the launch.

Shekau Appears in Video to Disprove Rumor of Dead

Shekau Appears in Video to Disprove Rumor of Dead

A video has been released showing the purported leader of Nigeria's Islamist group Boko Haram dismissing the military's allegations that he is dead.

In the video, Abubakar Shekau says his fighters shot down an air force jet that went missing three weeks ago.
Last week, the military claimed a man posing as the Boko Haram leader in videos had been killed and in August 2013 said that Shekau may be dead.

Sanusi Lamido, The Kano Emir shuffles Emirate Council members

Kano Emir, elevates late Bayero's son, shuffles Emirate Council members

The Emir of Kano, His Royal Highness, Muhammad Sanusi II has proclaimed the rearranging of the Emirate Council parts with the height of the late Bayero's child, Aminu Ado Bayero to the position of "Wambai" and Ahmad Ado Bayero to 'Sarkin Dawakin Tsakar Gida'.

Additionally, child of  the late Tijjani Hashim, Galadiman Kano was named 'Dan Isan Kano'.

Sanusi, who proclaimed the activity in his royal residence through the weekend, clarified that it was as an aftereffect of the demise of Tijjani Hashim, Galadiman Kano, which gave space for substitution.

oshadipe twins death revealed by manager

Manager Reveals The True Story Behind Taiwo of the Oshadipe Twins  Death

 In a selective meeting with The Nations Newspaper, the twins' administrator, Olu Akinsanya uncovered points of interest on the sickness which prompted her demise. You can read the complete meeting through the The Nations Newspaper Website.

Olu says Taiwo was conceded at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, around a month prior and was given medical solutions.