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D uring a dare with friends, Daniel Medforth agreed to take 35 Viagra pills to see what will happen. Well, what happened was, he ended up had constant erections for 5 days. Daniel, who took the pills 'for a laugh', took ill and had to confess to his wife who then took him to the hospital. The 36-year-old father of two told, who was in hospital for 2 days told the  The Sun :  'I ended up feeling sick, dizzy and hallucinating, everything I saw was green. And I had a massive erection that would not go away. The paramedics were very professional but you could see they were trying not to laugh. The doctors and nurses told me off.' After being discharged, Daniel was forced to stay in bed for a few more days due to constant erections.  'It wasn't a permanent erection but every time I brushed against something for five days it sprang into life and it was no use to me. Fortunately my wife has forgiven me and I realize I have been very, very lucky.'...

A Florida man, who was found 11 years ago with no memory of his past, said he has finally found his family after years of searching. Benjaman Kyle, of Jacksonville, Florida, was found naked, covered in fire ants and unresponsive in 2004 at a Burger King in Georgia with no memory of his family or his identity.  Kyle took on his current name as he searched for a link to his past. "I had no idea who I was. I couldn't remember," Kyle told ABC News in 2012. "I had no idea how I got there." Diagnosed with amnesia, Kyle spent years searching for his family. The search paid off when he announced this month he had finally found biological family members. A team of people helped sequence Kyle's DNA over the years and then look for potential matches. “Many people had shared their DNA profiles so that they could be compared with mine,” Kyle wrote on his Facebook page. “Through a process of elimination they determined my ancestral bloodline and who ...

A divorced mother tattooed "Do Not Resuscitate" on her chest before she suffocated herself , a coroner heard on Wednesday Rebecca Leaper, who was unhappy with her weight, was found dead on a bed in her home by her ex-husband, Richard Mason, after she texted him claiming she was "feeling unwell." Mason, who had known Ms Leaper for 24 years prior to her death, had taken their daughter Saskia out for a meal before receiving the troubling texts. In a statement read to the court, coroner Jeremy Chipperfield heard that the 54-year-old mum sent a text to Mr Mason as he began his meal at a nearby restaurant. It read: "Please come home with Saskia after your meal. "There is no rush but I am feeling a bit poorly." But the coroner heard that when they both got to Ms Leaper's house in Oxford shortly after their meal, they found a note taped to the door. The letter, written by Ms Leaper herself, said: "I should be dead."Please d...

A 12-year-old girl identified as Mulikat Hassan shocked residents in Mushin, Lagos after she allegedly committed suicide. The little girl was found dead by her parents after she was seen dangling from the ceiling of her parents’ one-room apartment in Mushin. According to Sunday Sun, a neigbour said: “I have never seen anything like it before. Yes, I have heard of adults committing suicide but never have I seen or heard of a 12-year old girl taking her own life. I think it is as a result of some sort of spiritual manipulation.” Expressing pain over the death of Mulikat, another neighbour de­scribed the deceased as a very decent and responsible girl.  “She was a very good, responsible and respectful girl. It remains a big surprise to me why she would choose to commit suicide. That morning, before her mother went to work, they both passed by my shop and I admired the fine hijab that she (Mulikat) wore, and I told her mother I liked it and she smiled.” “Wh...

The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices, ICPC and Other Related Offences Commission, Mr. Ekpo Nta, said while the commission had recovered N53m from a suspect who allegedly diverted  N103m meant for three Federal Government colleges, he would remain in the commission’s custody till the recovery of the balance. The ICPC boss said the commission had recorded successes in the fight against corruption, starting with the recovery of assets seized from officials of government who he said were being investigated for living above their means. Nta said, “We just returned close to N1bn to the Federal Ministry of Environment and N53m to three colleges in Ogun State. “An official in the ministry took the money and lodged it into a dedicated account. We tracked it and recovered the money. The N53m we just returned to the schools was recovered from a Federal Pay Officer in Ogun State. “The man is currently in custody and we will keep him there so that we will be ...

Authorities say they are looking for two men who allegedly raped a 72-year-old woman and stole cash from her after kicking in the door of her home Saturday. The Vicksburg Post reports that the rape and robbery was reported about 6:35 a.m. Saturday. Vicksburg police Capt. Sandra Williams says at least one of the men was armed with a handgun when they kicked in a door of the home early Saturday. She says they raped the woman before stealing cash and fleeing. A composite sketch of both rapists has been shared by the Police.

In regards to   the controversy generated by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) order for the arrest of Senate President Bukola Saraki, the police yesterday said they haven't received any order to that effect. “I am yet to see one”, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Solomon Arase, said. The CCT, headed by Justice Danladi Umar, had, in a ruling on Friday, ordered the IGP and other security agencies to arrest Saraki and produce him before Monday to face a 13-count charge bordering on corruption and false declaration of assets.  The order and subsequent bench warrant followed Saraki’s failure to appear before the tribunal for arraignment. “The police are yet to receive the Code of Conduct Tribunal bench warrant”, ordering the Senate President’s arrest, a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), ACP Adebisi  Kolawole, also said, yesterday.