The 17-year-old repeatedly seriously abused the four-year-old child until the victim eventually told their mother what he had been doing.
She reported her son to the police and when interviewed the boy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, admitted his behaviour had been 'disgusting and loathsome'.
Sentencing the youth, who is now 18, to three and a half years detention Judge Mark Brown described him as an intelligent young man who had known what he was doing was wrong.
He said: 'I am told you had been watching pornographic films.
'It is clear from what you said to police that you knew you had abused your sister and you appreciated that what you had done to her was not only disgusting but also loathsome but despite that knowledge you carried on and continued to treat her in that way.'
He said that the youth had treated her in a 'most appalling and dreadful fashion' because he had been sexually aroused.
The defendant had pleaded guilty to attempted rape and five offences of sexual assault.
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"My Wife Is A Whore" : "My Husband Is Adulterous" - Pastor And Wife Argue As Court Dissolves Marriage
An Orile-Agege Customary Court in Lagos, yesterday, dissolved the 20-year-old marriage of a pastor, who had accused his wife of infidelity and threat to his life.
Pastor Sunday Owonikoko, 51, had filed a petition at the court on May 27, saying he could no longer continue with his wife, Bolajoko, 47.
Ruling in the case, court president, Mr Joseph Adewusi, said the marriage has broken down irretrievably.
His words: “Starting from today, you cease to be addressed as husband and wife; you shall go your separate ways and maintain the peace.
“The custody of the under-aged among the children is referred to Ikeja Family Court for final decision, but in the interim, the children should remain with the petitioner.
“The petitioner, Pastor Sunday Owonikoko, should pay a compensation fee of N25,000 to the defendant and also secure accommodation for her.”
My wife still sees her ex
According to reports the pastor, who lives at 1, Alowole St., Papa Ashafa, Orile-Agege, had told the court that his wife was still seeing her ex-lovers.
“My wife once travelled to Ghana to meet one of her concubines. She did family planning without my consent and she goes out at will.
“She was suspended from the church for six months because she fought all ministers in the church. She then established her church, she fought all the members of the church, and they all left.”
The father of four children, aged between 19 years and 11 years, had also told the court that his wife threatened to destroy him and the church.
“I want the court to dissolve the union and grant me custody of my children,” he had said.
Bolajoko, an evangelist, had, however, denied the allegations in her response.
My husband is adulterous
She said: “My husband is adulterous. He has slept with almost all the sisters in the church. A mother of seven is presently living with himand he has made the woman an evangelist.“
Bolajoko told the court that her husband had “lost his mind” since he ate vegetable soup in the house of one of the sisters in the church. I don’t love him anymore, I want a divorce.”
Husband, wife trade blame on infidelity
Also yesterday, a couple, Muyideen and Simbiat Saula, urged an Ikorodu Customary Court, Lagos, to dissolve their marriage, accusing each other of infidelity.
Simbiat, 27, a trader who resides at Fajemisi St., Kokoro Abu, Ikorodu, had earlier told the court that Muyideen beats her regularly, adding that she was tired of his infidelity.
She said: “My husband beats me whenever I make mistakes; he had battered me to the extent that I had two miscarriages.
“He usually beats me to the extent that he would tear my clothes to pieces. I have also heard him receive calls from different women. I am no more interested in the marriage.“
Muyideen, 40, a businessman, in turn accused his wife of receiving strange calls from different men in the midnight.
He said: “My wife receives calls from concubines which her mother knows about. She opened a Facebook account to chat with her concubines; she has also installed a security code on her phone, so that I would not have access to it.
“I am also no more interested in the marriage because her mother came to pack her belongings,“ he said.
Pastor Sunday Owonikoko, 51, had filed a petition at the court on May 27, saying he could no longer continue with his wife, Bolajoko, 47.
Ruling in the case, court president, Mr Joseph Adewusi, said the marriage has broken down irretrievably.
His words: “Starting from today, you cease to be addressed as husband and wife; you shall go your separate ways and maintain the peace.
“The custody of the under-aged among the children is referred to Ikeja Family Court for final decision, but in the interim, the children should remain with the petitioner.
“The petitioner, Pastor Sunday Owonikoko, should pay a compensation fee of N25,000 to the defendant and also secure accommodation for her.”
My wife still sees her ex
According to reports the pastor, who lives at 1, Alowole St., Papa Ashafa, Orile-Agege, had told the court that his wife was still seeing her ex-lovers.
“My wife once travelled to Ghana to meet one of her concubines. She did family planning without my consent and she goes out at will.
“She was suspended from the church for six months because she fought all ministers in the church. She then established her church, she fought all the members of the church, and they all left.”
The father of four children, aged between 19 years and 11 years, had also told the court that his wife threatened to destroy him and the church.
“I want the court to dissolve the union and grant me custody of my children,” he had said.
Bolajoko, an evangelist, had, however, denied the allegations in her response.
My husband is adulterous
She said: “My husband is adulterous. He has slept with almost all the sisters in the church. A mother of seven is presently living with himand he has made the woman an evangelist.“
Bolajoko told the court that her husband had “lost his mind” since he ate vegetable soup in the house of one of the sisters in the church. I don’t love him anymore, I want a divorce.”
Husband, wife trade blame on infidelity
Also yesterday, a couple, Muyideen and Simbiat Saula, urged an Ikorodu Customary Court, Lagos, to dissolve their marriage, accusing each other of infidelity.
Simbiat, 27, a trader who resides at Fajemisi St., Kokoro Abu, Ikorodu, had earlier told the court that Muyideen beats her regularly, adding that she was tired of his infidelity.
She said: “My husband beats me whenever I make mistakes; he had battered me to the extent that I had two miscarriages.
“He usually beats me to the extent that he would tear my clothes to pieces. I have also heard him receive calls from different women. I am no more interested in the marriage.“
Muyideen, 40, a businessman, in turn accused his wife of receiving strange calls from different men in the midnight.
He said: “My wife receives calls from concubines which her mother knows about. She opened a Facebook account to chat with her concubines; she has also installed a security code on her phone, so that I would not have access to it.
“I am also no more interested in the marriage because her mother came to pack her belongings,“ he said.
Get Your Hands Off My Bird, Prince Harry Warns Ronnie
Despite being a smooth operator around the ladies, the young royal, Prince Harry didn’t want to take any chances with wrinkly ladykiller Ronnie Wood.
The Prince bumped into gallant philanderer Ronnie backstage at Glastonbury and told him, in no uncertain terms, to keep his wandering hands off his missus.
Harry, 28, was guest of honour during The Rolling Stones set on the Pyramid stage with his girlfriend Cressida Bonas, 24, on Saturday night.
While partying backstage in the VIP area after the gig, Harry bumped into the legendary guitarist, 66.
Chatting about the incident, Ronnie chirpily revealed: “Harry said it was great to see me again and then he introduced me to his bird.
“I gave her a cuddle and he said, "Oi, get your hands off my bird! He was very funny about it.”
This isn’t much of a surprise considering Cressida is young, blonde and bloody gorgeous.
The debauched rock ’n' roller is famous for his lady-pulling skills. He dated cocktail waitress Katia Ivanova, 24, who was 41 years his junior and the reason his 24-year marriage to Jo Wood, 58, collapsed.
He then hooked up with Brazilian model Ana Araujo, 31, when she was in her 20s, and blonde promotions girl Nicola Sargent, 27.
The reprobate rocker has since married Sally Humphreys, who at 35, is more than three decades younger than him.
Mandela In “Permanent Vegetative State– Doctors Advise Family To Unplug Machine
Doctors treating Nelson Mandela said he was in a “permanent vegetative state” and advised his family to turn off his life support machine a week ago, according to court documents obtained by AFP Thursday.
“He is in a permanent vegetative state and is assisted in breathing by a life support machine,” said the court filing dated June 26.
“The Mandela family have been advised by the medical practitioners that his life support machine should be switched off.
“Rather than prolonging his suffering, the Mandela family is exploring this option as a very real probability,” read a filing from the family’s lawyer, relating to a dispute over the final resting place of Mandela’s three children.
Since the document was written, the government, family members and people visiting Mandela have reported his condition has improved.
“He is clearly a very ill man, but he was conscious and he tried to move his mouth and eyes when I talked to him,” Denis Goldberg, one of the men who was convicted with Mandela, told AFP after visiting him on Monday.
“He is definitely not unconscious,” he said adding that “he was aware of who I was.”
Goldberg said he was asked by Mandela’s wife Graca Machel to pay him a visit “just to give him mental stimulation.”
Presidency spokesman Mac Maharaj refused to comment on the documents.
“We don’t have a comment on that,” Maharaj told AFP, citing doctor-patient confidentiality.
“We have indicated from our point of view that based on the doctors’ report the condition of the former president is critical but stable at this stage.”
On the day the court document was written President Jacob Zuma reported that Mandela’s health had faltered and he cancelled a trip to Mozambique.
The next day the president reported that Mandela’s condition had “improved during the course of the night”.
Lawyers for Mandela’s relatives and family members themselves were not immediately available for comment.
Mandela’s wife earlier Thursday said that while occasionally Mandela has been uncomfortable during his nearly one month hospital stay, he has seldom been in pain.
“Now we are about 25 days we have been in hospital,” Machel said, giving thanks for the outpouring of well wishes from around the world for the Nobel peace laureate.
“Although Madiba sometimes may be uncomfortable, very few times he is in pain,” she said.
The former president, who turns 95 later this month, was rushed to hospital on June 8 with a recurring lung infection.
Meanwhile Nelson Mandela’s grandson thrust an increasingly acerbic family feud firmly into the public eye.
Mandla Mandela, forced by a court to return the remains of three of Mandela’s children to the revered South African leader’s proposed burial ground in Qunu, launched a tirade at close family members.
With his grandfather lying critically ill in hospital, Mandla reacted furiously to the court order, accusing one of his brothers of impregnating his wife and others of being born out of wedlock.
He also accused other close relatives of money grabbing.
“In the past few days I have been the target of attacks from all sorts of individuals wanting a few minutes of fame and media attention at my expense,” Mandla said at a nationally televised press conference.
He accused Mandela’s daughter Makaziwe of trying to “sow divisions and destruction” in her family.
The anti-apartheid hero’s ex-wife Winnie, who has regularly visited him in hospital, “has no business in the matters of the Mandelas,” Mandla added.
He also lashed out at his own brother Ndaba for claiming he was born out of wedlock.
“I don’t want to hang out our dirty linen as a family in public but he knows very well that my father impregnated a married woman of which he is the result of that act…. As for the remaining of my two brothers we all know that they are not my father’s children.”
Mandla however said he would not fight a court order to move the remains of his father, uncle and aunt from his estate in Mvezo — the eastern village where he is overseeing large-scale development as the local traditional chief — back to nearby Qunu, Mandela’s childhood home.
The three bodies were exhumed Wednesday after a sheriff forced open the gates of Mandla’s estate with a pickaxe to allow three hearses to enter the property.
The graves were moved in 2011, allegedly without the family’s consent.
After forensic tests confirmed the identities, the hearses transported the remains to Qunu on Thursday for the reburial, according to police.
“He is in a permanent vegetative state and is assisted in breathing by a life support machine,” said the court filing dated June 26.
“The Mandela family have been advised by the medical practitioners that his life support machine should be switched off.
“Rather than prolonging his suffering, the Mandela family is exploring this option as a very real probability,” read a filing from the family’s lawyer, relating to a dispute over the final resting place of Mandela’s three children.
Since the document was written, the government, family members and people visiting Mandela have reported his condition has improved.
“He is clearly a very ill man, but he was conscious and he tried to move his mouth and eyes when I talked to him,” Denis Goldberg, one of the men who was convicted with Mandela, told AFP after visiting him on Monday.
“He is definitely not unconscious,” he said adding that “he was aware of who I was.”
Goldberg said he was asked by Mandela’s wife Graca Machel to pay him a visit “just to give him mental stimulation.”
Presidency spokesman Mac Maharaj refused to comment on the documents.
“We don’t have a comment on that,” Maharaj told AFP, citing doctor-patient confidentiality.
“We have indicated from our point of view that based on the doctors’ report the condition of the former president is critical but stable at this stage.”
On the day the court document was written President Jacob Zuma reported that Mandela’s health had faltered and he cancelled a trip to Mozambique.
The next day the president reported that Mandela’s condition had “improved during the course of the night”.
Lawyers for Mandela’s relatives and family members themselves were not immediately available for comment.
Mandela’s wife earlier Thursday said that while occasionally Mandela has been uncomfortable during his nearly one month hospital stay, he has seldom been in pain.
“Now we are about 25 days we have been in hospital,” Machel said, giving thanks for the outpouring of well wishes from around the world for the Nobel peace laureate.
“Although Madiba sometimes may be uncomfortable, very few times he is in pain,” she said.
The former president, who turns 95 later this month, was rushed to hospital on June 8 with a recurring lung infection.
Meanwhile Nelson Mandela’s grandson thrust an increasingly acerbic family feud firmly into the public eye.
Mandla Mandela, forced by a court to return the remains of three of Mandela’s children to the revered South African leader’s proposed burial ground in Qunu, launched a tirade at close family members.
With his grandfather lying critically ill in hospital, Mandla reacted furiously to the court order, accusing one of his brothers of impregnating his wife and others of being born out of wedlock.
He also accused other close relatives of money grabbing.
“In the past few days I have been the target of attacks from all sorts of individuals wanting a few minutes of fame and media attention at my expense,” Mandla said at a nationally televised press conference.
He accused Mandela’s daughter Makaziwe of trying to “sow divisions and destruction” in her family.
The anti-apartheid hero’s ex-wife Winnie, who has regularly visited him in hospital, “has no business in the matters of the Mandelas,” Mandla added.
He also lashed out at his own brother Ndaba for claiming he was born out of wedlock.
“I don’t want to hang out our dirty linen as a family in public but he knows very well that my father impregnated a married woman of which he is the result of that act…. As for the remaining of my two brothers we all know that they are not my father’s children.”
Mandla however said he would not fight a court order to move the remains of his father, uncle and aunt from his estate in Mvezo — the eastern village where he is overseeing large-scale development as the local traditional chief — back to nearby Qunu, Mandela’s childhood home.
The three bodies were exhumed Wednesday after a sheriff forced open the gates of Mandla’s estate with a pickaxe to allow three hearses to enter the property.
The graves were moved in 2011, allegedly without the family’s consent.
After forensic tests confirmed the identities, the hearses transported the remains to Qunu on Thursday for the reburial, according to police.
Meet Victor Olalusi - the Best Medical Graduate in a Russian University
Victor Olalusi, a student from Nigeria, has recently become the best graduate student at the Faculty of Clinical Sciences at the Russian National Research Medical University in Moscow. Before leaving for Russia, Olalusi had the best result in the West African School Certificate Examination in 2004, was the best Science Student in the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination in 2006, and also had the highest Obafemi Awolowo University Post UME score in 2006.
Lekan Otufodunrin talked to the brilliant student Olalusi about his accomplishments, quality of education in Russia and the future plans.
A Key to Success
For the great part of his accomplishment, Olalusi thanks God, saying “Mostly, I do the much I can, which can be very little, but with God, little is much.” The other part Olalusi’s success is his willingness to excel, perfect management and hard work. “More pragmatically, I took every class as it came and made sure I gave each of them equal attention; attended my lectures, referred to resource materials and with the much-needed grasp of the language, things turned around.”
Why Russia
Olalusi admitted that this is a challenge in itself - to find an opportunity to study abroad, and namely to get the necessary funding. He and not all the brilliant students will be able to continue education outside Nigeria. “I believe, besides me, there are tens of thousands of students with quite impressive high school records, but the question is how many of such students have access to scholarship offers, schooling abroad.” The problem, Olalusi reconed, is that to get the information about education opportunities abroad, one needs “to have THE so called NIGERIAN EDGE (like KNOW SOMEONE).”
As for his particular case, he said he "came across a scholarship offer to Russia (IN THE DAILIES), grabbed the application form and went for the interview; and that was how it all began." Moreover, it also turned out that education in Russia is more affordable than in other counties and particularly in the US. “I MEAN YOU GET the same level of education (except in Russian language) as you get in these countries. Living in Moscow can be very expensive though,” Olalusi added.
Medical Training: Russia vs Nigeria
Drawing on his study experience in both Nigeria and Russia, Olalusi described the Russian education system as more intense. On the other hand, he said, the atmosphere in Russian universities seems to be friendlier. For Olalusi, these features make Russian education more “conducive”. “Everything, lecture materials, school books, internet resources are at the tip of your fingers. “There are seats enough, and those at the rare end of the halls get the gist of the lecture just in the same way as those in the front. The Lecturers don’t scare you; rather they welcome you and are always willing to help and assist.” However, one of the major challenges for a foreign student is the Russian language, which is rather complicated but still great to learn, Olalusi said.
Talking about medical training in particular, Olalusi highlighted that, from his point of view, the quality of medical education in Russia is “at par with the rest of the world, Europe and the Americas. Besides up-to-date theoretical knowledge, Russia offers training practically.”
Nigerian Brain Drain
When asked, what Nigerian Government should do to stop brain drain in Nigeria, Olalusi gave a direct answer: “ONE thing, …just ONE thing: EQUIP our hospitals. Our clinics are 50 years behind the standards abroad; this makes my heart bleed. I almost was crying when a Nigerian medical student told me over the phone of how doctors had to use a TORCH LIGHT (a lamp) to finish an operation.” He also noted that lack of the appropriate equipment might sometimes to doctors’ inability to rescue those in need.
Olalusi concluded that “It’s sad when you have all the knowledge, but there is nothing physically you can do. That defeats the nobility of medicine (to help the sick and take off pain/suffering) and renders it lame”
Working on Nigeria’s Image
Upon his arrival to Russia, Olalusi found out that for many people from around the globe, Nigeria associates with “Corruption, bombings, killings, scams are the bane.” He added that “It’s even worse when you’re held down, delayed (and MADE TO MISS YOUR FLIGHT) at airports because you’re a Nigerian.” This motivated him to use every opportunity to start re-building the image of Nigeria among the people he studies and was surrounded with. “The first thing I DID was to take it upon myself to help build a positive image for Nigeria, I placed that weight on my shoulders and I started taking steps at re-defining the image of the country I COME FROM.”
He believes that these efforts are not in vain, and he is not going to give up. “Now, the world is gradually coming to understand who we truly are, we just need to be more consistent and true (HONEST) to ourselves.”
Future Plans
Having graduated in Russia, Olalusi wants to bring the acquired knowledge home. He said, “But really, I believe my home country needs me more than any other nation does. I would return home.” However, he would like to keep networking with colleagues from around the world, as well as keep improving his medical skills, particularly in the field of Cardiology and Cardiovascular medicine, as well as Infectious Diseases, especially Malaria.
One of the ideas that Olalusi has in mind now is creation of an institute of Malariology in Nigeria. “I had once talked to a friend about a possibility of having an institute of Malariology at home, a clinic ONLY for Malaria patients, with ongoing research works aimed at stopping the menace and at reducing the number of deaths and complications.”
In the future, Victor Olalusi hope to always follow one principle: “In one phrase, that means being honest and very diligent in practice.”
Lekan Otufodunrin talked to the brilliant student Olalusi about his accomplishments, quality of education in Russia and the future plans.
A Key to Success
For the great part of his accomplishment, Olalusi thanks God, saying “Mostly, I do the much I can, which can be very little, but with God, little is much.” The other part Olalusi’s success is his willingness to excel, perfect management and hard work. “More pragmatically, I took every class as it came and made sure I gave each of them equal attention; attended my lectures, referred to resource materials and with the much-needed grasp of the language, things turned around.”
Why Russia
Olalusi admitted that this is a challenge in itself - to find an opportunity to study abroad, and namely to get the necessary funding. He and not all the brilliant students will be able to continue education outside Nigeria. “I believe, besides me, there are tens of thousands of students with quite impressive high school records, but the question is how many of such students have access to scholarship offers, schooling abroad.” The problem, Olalusi reconed, is that to get the information about education opportunities abroad, one needs “to have THE so called NIGERIAN EDGE (like KNOW SOMEONE).”
As for his particular case, he said he "came across a scholarship offer to Russia (IN THE DAILIES), grabbed the application form and went for the interview; and that was how it all began." Moreover, it also turned out that education in Russia is more affordable than in other counties and particularly in the US. “I MEAN YOU GET the same level of education (except in Russian language) as you get in these countries. Living in Moscow can be very expensive though,” Olalusi added.
Medical Training: Russia vs Nigeria
Drawing on his study experience in both Nigeria and Russia, Olalusi described the Russian education system as more intense. On the other hand, he said, the atmosphere in Russian universities seems to be friendlier. For Olalusi, these features make Russian education more “conducive”. “Everything, lecture materials, school books, internet resources are at the tip of your fingers. “There are seats enough, and those at the rare end of the halls get the gist of the lecture just in the same way as those in the front. The Lecturers don’t scare you; rather they welcome you and are always willing to help and assist.” However, one of the major challenges for a foreign student is the Russian language, which is rather complicated but still great to learn, Olalusi said.
Talking about medical training in particular, Olalusi highlighted that, from his point of view, the quality of medical education in Russia is “at par with the rest of the world, Europe and the Americas. Besides up-to-date theoretical knowledge, Russia offers training practically.”
Nigerian Brain Drain
When asked, what Nigerian Government should do to stop brain drain in Nigeria, Olalusi gave a direct answer: “ONE thing, …just ONE thing: EQUIP our hospitals. Our clinics are 50 years behind the standards abroad; this makes my heart bleed. I almost was crying when a Nigerian medical student told me over the phone of how doctors had to use a TORCH LIGHT (a lamp) to finish an operation.” He also noted that lack of the appropriate equipment might sometimes to doctors’ inability to rescue those in need.
Olalusi concluded that “It’s sad when you have all the knowledge, but there is nothing physically you can do. That defeats the nobility of medicine (to help the sick and take off pain/suffering) and renders it lame”
Working on Nigeria’s Image
Upon his arrival to Russia, Olalusi found out that for many people from around the globe, Nigeria associates with “Corruption, bombings, killings, scams are the bane.” He added that “It’s even worse when you’re held down, delayed (and MADE TO MISS YOUR FLIGHT) at airports because you’re a Nigerian.” This motivated him to use every opportunity to start re-building the image of Nigeria among the people he studies and was surrounded with. “The first thing I DID was to take it upon myself to help build a positive image for Nigeria, I placed that weight on my shoulders and I started taking steps at re-defining the image of the country I COME FROM.”
He believes that these efforts are not in vain, and he is not going to give up. “Now, the world is gradually coming to understand who we truly are, we just need to be more consistent and true (HONEST) to ourselves.”
Future Plans
Having graduated in Russia, Olalusi wants to bring the acquired knowledge home. He said, “But really, I believe my home country needs me more than any other nation does. I would return home.” However, he would like to keep networking with colleagues from around the world, as well as keep improving his medical skills, particularly in the field of Cardiology and Cardiovascular medicine, as well as Infectious Diseases, especially Malaria.
One of the ideas that Olalusi has in mind now is creation of an institute of Malariology in Nigeria. “I had once talked to a friend about a possibility of having an institute of Malariology at home, a clinic ONLY for Malaria patients, with ongoing research works aimed at stopping the menace and at reducing the number of deaths and complications.”
In the future, Victor Olalusi hope to always follow one principle: “In one phrase, that means being honest and very diligent in practice.”
Family Violence: Son Tries To Kill Father, Father Shoots Son
A 68-year-old man has been arrested for shooting his 22-year-old son.
Police reports had it that the father, Anthony Oyeniji used a pump action rifle to shoot his son, Taiwo. Anthony however claimed he shot his son because he (son) tried to attack him with kitchen knife.
Taiwo, whose hand was fractured by the bullet, was rushed to Igando General Hospital for treatment.
A police report recounted the incident thus;
“On June 20, 2013, one Taiwo Oyeniji, of 5 Oyeniji Street, Micom Bus Stop, Akowonjo, was reported to have carried a knife and threatened to kill his father, one Anthony Oyeniji, 68-years-old.
“In the attempt, the father carried his pump action gun and shot him in the hand and disarmed him. The father has a fire arm licence but it has expired. Taiwo has been taken to Igando General Hospital where an x-ray confirmed that he sustained fracture on the left hand. The matter is under investigation at Gowon Estate Police Station.”
World's Largest Building
The world's largest building has opened in China capable of fitting 20 Sydney Opera Houses - or three Pentagons - inside.
The New Century Global Center in Chengdu, Sichuan province, is a staggering 19million sq.ft. and contains shopping centres, a Mediterranean village, a water park, an ice-skating rink, and multiple hotels.
However, visitors to the glass paneled building need not worry about the weather as the giant complex will have its own artificial sun.
The building is 500 metres long, 400 metres wide and 100 metres high, reports said.
According to Chinese officials, the New Century Global Center is the largest freestanding building in the world, and took three years to complete.
‘This is an ocean city built by man,’ Chinese guide Liu Xun told AFP.
He added that the artificial sun built inside the building will provide light and heat 24 hours a day for shoppers exploring the around 400,000 sq. metres of boutiques and stores.
The New Century Global Center in Chengdu, Sichuan province, is a staggering 19million sq.ft. and contains shopping centres, a Mediterranean village, a water park, an ice-skating rink, and multiple hotels.
However, visitors to the glass paneled building need not worry about the weather as the giant complex will have its own artificial sun.
The building is 500 metres long, 400 metres wide and 100 metres high, reports said.
According to Chinese officials, the New Century Global Center is the largest freestanding building in the world, and took three years to complete.
‘This is an ocean city built by man,’ Chinese guide Liu Xun told AFP.
He added that the artificial sun built inside the building will provide light and heat 24 hours a day for shoppers exploring the around 400,000 sq. metres of boutiques and stores.
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