Simon Akpaasou's Blog

Monday a beautifully sunny, windless day, I woke up 9:00 a.m. I left my city with my aim (life to travel across the world) board a bus going to Makrinitsa, Greece. The air temperature was 16°C, but there is snow on the mountains. Makrinitsa one of the most touristy mountain villages of Greece and is famous for its traditional color, its unique architecture and its excellent view towards Volos and the Pagasitic Gulf. The first thing I did was paying a visit to one of the oldest trees in Europe. Located in the square of Tsagarada in Pelion According to reports by foresters, the plane tree it is around 1000 years old. The tree branches are as thick as a tree trunk and the circumference of the trunk measures 14 meters, the crown of the plane tree is so large that it is difficult to measure it. Its perimeter may even be 40 meters. Tsagkarada Village is a lovely place. Like my 36 states tour in Nigeria where I visited Museums and holy lands, I left Tsagkarada for Museum of Byz...

Tyrannosaurus rex, the king of the dinosaurs, has gained a new family member. The fragments of a fossilized skull belonging to a previously unknown species of tyrannosaur were found in southern Alberta, Canada. And it's all thanks to John De Groot, a farmer and palaeontology enthusiast who found the fossil, according to a release from the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Alberta, where the fossils will be displayed later this year. This is the first new tyrannosaur found in Canada in 50 years and one of the oldest tyrannosaur species found in North America. And researchers believe that Thanatotheristes degrootorum lived about 2.5 million years before its close relative, Tyrannosaurus rex Thanatotheristes degrootorum was stalking what is now North America as a formidable predator 79.5 million years ago. It could reach between 26 and 30 feet in length and weighed more than two tons as an adult. Tyrannosaurus rex could reach about 40 feet in length. Its name combines Thanatos, the Greek god o...

The video of a 12-year-old girl who had a ‘vision’ of Jesus Christ during a midweek service at TB Joshua’s popular church in Lagos has gone viral. During a service known as the ‘Living Water Service’ at The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) in which congregants come forward to receive water they believe to be anointed, immediately after receiving her water, a young girl suddenly cried out and gesticulated wildly. There is a Man there; He is tall! He is wearing a white garment,”  exclaims the girl who later identified herself as Gift from Anambra State. According to her, He said,  “Repent; I am coming soon. Bring people to My church; bring more souls.” Gift then narrated how she witnessed angels and 24 elders  “bowing down and singing, ‘Holy, Holy is the Lamb’." Throughout this period, Gift’s eyes remained closed as she vividly expressed that  “His face is shining”  and  “the light is too bright”. Suddenly, the young girl crumpled to t...

Nationals from 42 countries including Israel and China must register their arrival with UK Police, if they are staying longer than 6 months. Nigeria is not on the list.

Dead in the streets: Appalling sight of man's body on the pavement lays bare the crisis in coronavirus ground zero Wuhan *The grey-haired man collapsed and died while wearing a face mask in Wuhan *It is feared the virus caused his death and police in hazmat suits responded *Death toll has risen to 213 after world health bosses declared global emergency Police in hazmat suits yesterday surrounded the body of a man who was found dead on the pavement at ground zero of China's virus epidemic. Source:  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7951059/Man-lies-dead-streets-coronavirus-ground-zero-Wuhan.html

China’s  mystery new coronavirus  is spreading fast. More than 7,700 people are known to be infected and at least 170 deaths have been recorded. The bulk of cases have been confined to China but the virus is gradually spreading further afield. So far cases have been confirmed in more than 15 countries, including France, Germany, Australia  and the United States . At least 100 people have been tested in the United Kingdom  and Public Health England (PHE) think it “likely” the virus will soon be discovered here, though all tests have been negative to date. Experts have been warning for years that the world is long overdue a major disease outbreak, but there is much individuals can do to avoid becoming infected.  This practical guide is designed to keep you safe and will be updated daily. It is underpinned with advice from leading experts from the NHS and beyond .  Health workers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant at a b...

Song Recommendation YOU  ARE SICK … If you are reading this line it means you  understand “ that nobody ever die of insort”   and you didn’t close the brief in anger. I would explain the very insulting opening paragraph with total faith that you would have been cured of your ailment when you are done reading this brief ( yet another insort ) but first, let me tell you about my week I work with a company where nobody gives a flying donkey how many years of experience you have. They’d give you projects that require a decent number of years of experience & expertise and budgets to the tune of millions of Naira and then you are required to build castles in the sky. When you complain that it ( building a castle in the sky)  isn’t realistic they’d tell you and prove to you that it has been done before ( Stay with me I am getting somewhere) . A nice way to describe my first project is -It failed. All the millions of Naira invested entered the bush. I was told to r...