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First picture of devoted mother who drowned to save her 3-year-old daughter in Hurricane Harvey

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A mother who drowned during floods in Texas has been identified as Collette Sulcer. The 41-year-old was swept away by the strong currents in the Texas floods while trying to carry her daughter Jordyn to safety.  Rescuers found little Jordyn alive, clinging to her mother's lifeless body. According to reports, the tragedy happened when the 41-year-old got stuck in Beaumont as she tried to flee rising waters in her car caused by Tropical Storm Harvey. Police said Collette tried desperately to keep her daughter’s head above water. When she was found half a mile away from the scene, Jordyn was still clinging to her mother's floating body. Carol Riley, a spokesperson for the Beaumont Police Department, said she ‘absolutely saved the child’s life’. She said: ‘They were in the water for quite some time. The mother did the best she could to keep her child up over the water. ‘The baby also had a backpack that was helping her float on her back and she was holding...

TF is this? See how a group of men tried to force a cow into a car (photos)

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The men removed the back seat so they could use the car to transport the cow. Would the car even move? Hausa news platform, Rariya, shared the photos as they called on the Federal government to look into ways some market men and women treat animals they want to sell. See more photos below

JAMB pegs varsity admission cut-off mark at 120, poly 100

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Tuesday pegged the minimum cut-off mark for admissions into universities for the 2017/2018 academic year at 120. The decision was taken together with vice-chancellors, rectors and provosts of higher institutions in the country at a combined policy meeting on admissions into universities, polytechnics and other higher institutions in Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday. The stakeholders also adopted 100 as the minimum cut-off mark for admission into polytechnics. They agreed that admission into first choice universities should close on October 15 while December 15, 2017 was set as the closing date for second choice admission by institutions. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, said universities should not go below the minimum 120 cut-off point adopted by the meeting for admissions. He called for the adoption of flexible cut-off marks for admission processes by higher institutions in the country. He said, “What JAMB has done is to...

Preye Odede Preps New Song & Music Video ‘I Am Real’ – See Sneak Peak PHOTOs!

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Multi-award winning recording artist,  Preye Odede  is gearing up for the release of a brand new song and music video titled –  I Am Real , Available 21st of August, 2017. Preceded by hit single, No Other God released in March, the upcoming visuals for ‘ I Am Real ‘ is set to be premiered at the Genesis Deluxe Cinema in Port Harcourt, Nigeria – Aug 19th, 2017. Preye’s sophomore album is  READY  and will be released soon. To whet your appetite a little bit, here are sneak peek photos from the new video, ‘ I Am Real’  shot in the United States by Patrick Elis.