Mountain Dew drops Lil Wayne over Emmett Till lyric in rap song

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A few days after Lil Wayne refused to properly apologize to the family of civil rights icon, Emmett Till (Google who ET was) for using his name to describe rough s-ex in a rap lyric, Mountain Dew has dropped him as one of their spokesperson.

The family of Emmett Till asked Lil Wayne for a public apology back in February after the remix for Future'sKarate Chop leaked online containing the lyric, "I'mma beat the p***y up like Emmett Till"

Lil Wayne ignored Till's family until earlier this week when they threatened to put pressure on Mountain Dew and Weezy's other sponsors to drop him.

Pastor Olukoya of Mountain of Fire Gives N40m To First Class Graduates

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In his usual style of rewarding academic excellence, the General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Dr. Daniel Olukoya, has splashed N40 million on members of the church who graduated with first class honors degree from different universities across the country.

The event which is third in the series made the 77 graduates smile home with N 500,000 each.

The previous first class graduates went home with a car each, but this year the number rose from 15 to 77 so Dr. Olukoya settled for cash, which they could use to further their education or start something.

Man watches in horror as wind pushes his wife off Mountain

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A relaxing walk on a mountain top for one couple ended in tragedy.   A woman who slipped and fell to her death while walking with her husband at Beachy Head, has been named as Laraine Goodwin. It is believed that strong winds could have brought the 49-year-old woman to lose her balance and fall from the cliff on Saturday afternoon.
Viewers called emergency services and comforted the woman's husband. Guards found her body at the foot of the cliff and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Irish Mountain Climber Struck Dead By Lightening While Climbing Mountain Kilimanjaro

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In a rather odd and tragic development, an Irish climber has been killed after being struck by lightning while scaling Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro, Sky News reports. The climber, Ian McKeever, 42, from Lough Dan in County Wicklow, died as he led a group up the mountain. It has also been reported that a number of other climbers with him also needed medical attention. Meanwhile, the deceased, McKeever was a lecturer and broadcaster who regularly mentored hikers, including groups of Irish schoolchildren, climbing to the 5, 896m summit. However, the latest expedition team set off to Tanzania from Ireland on December 28 and began its ascent the day before New Year’s Eve.