World tallest man living- guiness book

The tallest man living is Sultan Kösen (Turkey, b.10 December 1982) who measured 251 cm (8 ft 2.8 in) in Ankara, Turkey, on 08 February 2011.
The part-time farmer was the first man over 8 ft (2.43 m) to be measured by Guinness World Records in over 20 years.
Indeed, GWR only knows of 10 confirmed or reliable cases in history of humans reaching 8 ft or more.
Sultan first became the world's tallest living man in 2009, when he measured 246.5 cm (8 ft 1 in) in height.
He took the title from Xi Shun (China, b. 1951), who measured 2.361 m (7 ft 8.95 in) in height when measured in 2005.
Sultan is one of five siblings, with three brothers and one sister. The rest of his family, including his mum and dad, are all 'normal' sized.
Because of his extreme height he was never able to finish school but works occasionally as a farmer to support his family.
He describes one of the advantages of being tall as being able to help out his mum out with jobs such as changing a broken light bulb and hanging curtains.
Disadvantages to his height he lists include not being able to find clothes or shoes that fit or finding it extremely hard to fit into a regular size car.
Like every young man in their twenties, Sultan enjoys listening to music, playing computer games and watching movies.
                                                                     
What are the giant's dreams for the future? "I want what everyone else wants," says Sultan. "A wife, a family, a nice home. I'd also like the chance to find some decent clothes that fit! I've already had a suit made for me, and at least one dream has come true: I now own a pair of jeans made specially for me!"
More photos from the world's tallest man's wedding day can be found on.
if you would like to contact Sultan directly to work on an event or appearance, please contact him via email at sultan.kosen@mynet.com. Please note, any such appearance will incur a fee.

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Nigerian army captured 9 insurgents in Borno

Troops deployed in the ongoing operation Lafiya Dole in the North East have captured nine members of the Boko Haram sect who were hiding in fox holes in the Borno State.

The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in a statement on Monday that the troops of the 22 Brigade Garrison, captured the insurgent during a clearance operation at terrorists hideouts of Cinga, Mallum Maja, Bosuma and Murye villages.

Usman who said that three  of the insurgents were also killed by the troops added that the insurgents were terrorizing the innocent villagers with dangerous weapons before the operation.

According to him, the troops recovered ‘nine dane guns, three machetes, one bow with arrows, six motorcycles used by the Boko Haram terrorists to ferry slaughtered cow meats to Boko Haram terrorists hideouts, one tricycle, four Tiger Generators and one solar panel’ from the insurgents.

He said “In compliance  with the military high command’s directive which is to ensure that all villages and towns are cleared of remnants of Boko Haram terrorists,  troops of 22 Brigade Garrison in Operation Lafiya Dole,  on Sunday May 1, 2016 cleared  four villages of Boko Haram terrorists hiding in the area.

“The terrorists hibernating  in Cinga, Mallum Maja, Bosuma and Murye villages, were armed with dangerous weapons and have been terrorizing the communities. During the operations three Boko Haram terrorists were killed while nine of them who tried hiding in foxholes and dug outs were identified and captured alive.”

Usman stated also that the troops also released 400 persons held hostage by the insurgents.

He added that the troops recovered 300 cattle rustled by the Boko Haram and handed them over to their rightful owners.

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Meet the verified world oldest woman

'It's about hard work, long walks and lots of love': Born in 1897, 'world's oldest woman' reveals secret of long life - as she turns 119

• Family of Celina del Carmen Olea's claim she is world's oldest woman aged 118
• Argentine Celina is mother of 12 and grandma to 'many more' she says  
• Lives in Buenos Aires slum with son Alberto, adopted daughter Gladys, 48
• She puts her long life down to not smoking and 'filling her life with love'
• Discovery comes days after Brazilian civil servants find 131-year-old man

The family of a pensioner in Argentina claim she is the world's oldest living woman – as she prepares to celebrate her 119th birthday.

According to her identity card and birth certificate, Celina del Carmen Olea was born on February 15, 1897.

From her home in the slums of from Buenos Aires, she puts her longevity down to not smoking, walking everywhere, hard work and, she says most importantly, 'filling her life with love'.

And there can be no argument that is what Celina has done, having had 12 children and adopted and fostered many more children over the years.

She has lost count of the number of grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren and great-great-great grandchildren she has today.  

Some of her children went to school, while others went to work on the family's chicken farm in rural Tucuman province. 

Born on a farm three years before the beginning of the 20th century, Celina who was 17 at the beginning of the First World War, moved to Buenos Aires in the 1960s with her husband Jose Inocencio Segovio, who died shortly after the move.

The last time Celina got together with her whole family was last February for her 118th birthday.

These days she spends her days quietly at home in Buenos Aires with her son Alberto.

One of her adopted daughters Gladys, 48, lives around the corner and dotes on the woman who took her in when she was four days old. 

Despite her years, wheelchair-bound Celina is in remarkably good health and takes no medicine apart from cream for cysts around her eyes.

'She talks to me about her siblings, my father, my brothers and sisters, but they are all dead,' Alberto said. 

'Up until a couple of years ago she walked and cooked, soup was her speciality,' he added. 

Her story comes just a week after officials in Brazil made the astonishing claim that they had discovered a 131-year-old man after making routine visits to check he was still alive, and therefore eligible for his pension.

Civil servants posted Joao Coelho de Souza's photo and birth certificate online, which says he was born in the city of Meruoca in Ceara nearly 2,000 miles to the east of Acre on March 10, 1884.

Brazilian media reported that Joao lives with his wife, 69 years his junior, and three children.

His daughter, Cirlene Souza, is only 30, which would mean that Joao was 101 when she was born.

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Over 7,000 Agatu still displaced, neglected, missed cries Rep

Two months after the killings in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State by suspected Fulani herdsmen, over 7,000 displaced inhabitants have yet to return to the sacked communities.

The Deputy Chairman, House of Representative Committee on Solid Minerals, Mr. Adamu Entonu, said this on Sunday.

About 500 people were reportedly hacked to death in March when the attackers overran villages in Agatu, burnt houses and left many others injured.

Many local people fled their homes to escape further attacks.

Entonu, who represents Apa/Agatu Federal Constituency in the House, told The PUNCH that the displaced persons could not return home because they would have nowhere to lay their heads.

He lamented that since the attacks took place, the Federal Government had not started any reconstruction of destroyed buildings and basic facilities like health centres and schools.

Entonu added, “The situation in Agatu remains pathetic. Over 7,000 villagers were displaced and they cannot return home because the attackers left nothing for them.

“Till date, no reconstruction of infrastructure has taken place. There are no facilities and as a result, more people are dying.

“Apart from the National Emergency Management Agency, which sent some relief materials initially, there is nothing else that has happened in the area.

“The materials sent by NEMA were even grossly inadequate. More urgent is the need to quickly rebuilt infrastructure and send these people back to their homes.”

Entonu called on the government to include Agatu communities and other communities in Benue State, which were attacked by the same suspected Fulani herdsmen, in the reconstruction initiative for the victims of Boko Haram in the North-East.

“The attacks in Agatu followed the same pattern as the Boko Haram invasion of communities in the North-East.

“We call on the government to give similar attention to Agatu like it is doing with the North-East; they should reconstruct these villages so that the survivors can return to their normal life,” the lawmaker added.

He called for tighter security in Agatu, saying the current “ad hoc” arrangement of deploying soldiers each time an attack occurred was not sufficient.

“What the people prefer is a permanent Mobile Police Squadron.

“They should be here on a permanent basis so that villagers can seek help before an attack or immediately there is an attack,” he stated.

Entonu explained that the villagers were willing to donate a “large parcel of land” for the riot police squadron to erect its structures in Agatu.

“We have been talking with the Ministry of Interior on this and they have assured us that they will see what it can do,” he added.

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