Why Is It Called a Corpse Flower?

Why Is It Called a Corpse Flower?

Amorphophalus Titanum is its botanical name. The flower's botanical name was given during the time that people used body parts to name flowers as it loosely translated "misshapen giant pen*s."

The English name however was not given in the era of naming flower using body parts. Perhaps, one could say that the name, Corpse Flower was given during the time that people used smelling to name flowers, LOL.

The name actually came from the pungent stench that the flower releases throughout the first 48 hours after it bloomed. It takes the giant flower 10 years to bloom.

A Corpse Flower in Denver Botanic Garden is set to bloom and garden lovers have begin to converge in the garden with bated noses to catch the corpse-like smell that will ooze out from the flower.

Mayakorp Nigeria Limited is Recruiting for Accounting / Administrative Personnel


Mayakorp Nigeria Limited, a leading Information Technology company in Nigeria is recruiting for Accounting/Administrative Personnel positions.

Located in Lagos, Nigeria, successful candidates will perform the following functions:


1. Processes checks and Payments
2. Print and disperse draft invoices to Associates and Client Managers
3. Update the Fee Billed Revenue spreadsheets
4. Disperse the final invoices to the client
5. Enter invoices in the system
6. Pays vendors in a timely manner
7. Maintains back up folders

Suitable qualification is B.Sc in Accountancy or Business Administration with 3-5 years experience. It is also required that successful candidate must reside in Victoria Island, Lagos.

Application Closing Date
20th August, 2015.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their Curriculum Vitae, cover letters and credentials to: jobs@mayakorp.com , State Position as email subject.

Is Cake Compulsory in a Wedding?

Is a Cake Compulsory in a Wedding?

Please dear readers, is it compulsory that every wedding must have a cake? Does a cake make a wedding or vice versa? I just spotted this rare wedding picture of an African couple that substituted cake for slices of bread on a 3-tier stand. What does it qualify as: a wedding or a marriage? I am just laughing out loud.

Erawan Shrine Bomb Attack Targeted Tourism and the Economy

Erawan Shrine Bomb Attack Targeted Tourism and the Economy

The Erawan Shrine, Bangkok blast has been described as an attempt to harm tourism and the economy by Prawit Wongsuwan, Thai Defence Minister. The blast which exploded around 12.00 GMT Monday 17 August, 2015 killed 21 and injured 120 others. The blast mostly affected foreigners and many victims were yet to be claimed.

It is yet unclear who would target the shrine but "We will hunt them down," Reuters quoted  Mr. Wongsuwan as saying.

I Resigned to Give the Young Chance to Lead - Nigeria's Customs Service Boss

I Resigned to Give the Young Chance to Lead - Nigeria's Customs Service Boss

As President Buhari accepts the Nigeria Customs boss, Alhaji Dikko Abdullahi's resignation request granting him an involuntary retirement effective from 18th August; he said that he resigned to allow the young to lead. 

The President’s letter accepting the request was titled, “Voluntary retirement from the Nigeria Customs Service.”

The approval read, “Dear, Alhaji D.I. Abdullahi. I write to acknowledge the receipt of your letter Ref. No. NCS/ADM/HQ/P. 35802 of 3rd August, 2015 conveying your decision to voluntarily retire from the Nigeria Customs Service with effect from Tuesday, August 18, 2015.

“I note with appreciation your services to this nation, especially as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service in the last six years.

“Accordingly, I hereby approve your voluntary retirement from the Nigeria Customs Service with effect from 18th of August, 2015.

“I wish you the very best in your future endeavours.

“Yours sincerely, Muhammadu Buhari.”

The successor to the office was yet to be announced at the press time.

When asked, the NCS boss explained that his resignation was informed by the need to allowing the young the chance of leadership.

He said, “The only way the NCS can move forward is by sacrifice; to give chance to others so that they can continue with the legacy that we have up in place.

“Revenue appreciated by 20 per cent from when I took over and the officers that did the work are still around and I think that the NCS, I stand to be corrected, is the only service that is fully automated in the system of operation.

“We have no fear. The time I’m leaving is the time I feel those young ones that have developed the software can manage the software.

“So, that is basically the reason.”

If You Massacre the Igbos Again, Nigeria Will Break - FFK

If You Massacre the Igbos Again, Nigeria Will Break - FFK

Femi Fani Kayode, the former PDP Campiagn Organisation Publicity Director comes hard on Dr. Junaid Mohammed describing his comment that Buhari owed nothing to the Igbos as very insensitive and cruel.

Kayode while reacting to the statement ” If the Igbo feel marginalised they should attempt to break away again”- Dr. Junaid Mohammed, The Punch Newspaper, 17th August 2015, warned that if the Igbos were  butchered again, Nigeria would break.

“I daresay that if Junaid Mohammed’s Nigeria ever butchers over 100,000 innocent igbo civilians again, as they did in the north in 1966 just before the civil war, there will indeed be another attempt to secede, but this time it will not only be successful, but they will also take many others with them.
“Rather than boast and beat our chests, we must learn from our history and we must never repeat its mistakes.”

Davenport Kills his Girlfriend E'Dena Hines Leaving Close friends in Shock

Davenport Kills his Girlfriend E'Dena Hines Leaving Close friends in Shock

Lamar Davenport as the killer of his girlfriend and the step daughter of Morgan Freeman is still a shocker to some close friends of the girl, E'Dena Hines.

"There was nothing in her relationship with Lamar that indicated this type of trouble," Hines' friend Tami Dunn told PEOPLE. "At least, she didn't tell her friends about it. He was quiet and not the most social person I had ever met, but he didn't have any dark energy."

"He seemed to love her, and she talked about him positively, whenever she talked about him. That's why it's such a shock."

Hines' life was cut off when her boy-friend stabbed her to death. During the greusome act, neighbouring houses reported having heard moaning and groaning from the girl whom a man's voice made them to believe was under exorcism.

"I heard that same man saying, 'In the name of Jesus Lord God, Demons, I command you.' Or something like that," George Hudacko, a neighbour narrated.

He narrated that occasionally, he heard Edena said, "Lama Stop."

Horrified, Hudacko called 911.

Davenport, 30, was charged with second-degree murder on Monday.


Athletic Bilbao 1 - 1 Draw Earns them Victory Over Barca

Athletic Bilbao 1 - 1 Draw Earns them Victory Over Barca

Luis Enrique's men after the first leg in Friday last week were hopeful that they could bounce back from the 4-0 win shocker given to them by Athletic Bilbao.

The belief was smashed on the ground as the Basque club managed a 1-1 draw in the second leg at Camp Nou on Monday; thus winning the Spanish Super Cup on 5-1 on aggregate.

Despite Lionel Messi's first-half goal, a red card to Gerard Pique put the boys' belief in doubt until Aritz Aduriz's close-range finish sealed a famous result for Athletic.

No Report of Injury has Come from the 4.0 Magnitude San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake

No Report of Injury has Come from the 4.0 Magnitude San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake

No Injury so far has been reported from the 4.0 magnitude seismic activity in the bay area in San Francisco. The epicenter was two miles from Emeryville, Calif., three miles from Oakland, three miles from Berkeley and 64 miles from Sacramento; the US Geological Survey says.

People described the earthquake as like a cracking of a tree limb that lasted few seconds which caused minor shaking. The temblor appears to have occurred along the Hayward fault, which experts have long said could produce a devastating quake and which has been the source of Fremont quake in July.