Collapsed Synagogue Church kills dozens

Many people are reported to have died with several others injured after a building inside the headquarters of the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Ikotun, Lagos collapsed around 2pm this afternoon.

Many worshipers who lived inside the church were among those who died while some are believed to still be trapped under the rubble of the collapsed building.

Four ambulance buses have arrived the scene, taking the injured to the hospital while the dead ones are being evacuated to the mortuary.

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EBOLA: OAU female Ebola Virus suspect moved to Lagos

The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife have said one of its female student is suspected to be a secondary contact of Ebola.

This was contained in a statement by the Public Relations of the university, Mr. Biodun Olarewaju late on Tuesday.

He explained that the suspected student has been evacuated to Lagos for proper attention.

It said, “A female student of the OAU, Ile-Ife who is suspected to be a secondary contact of the Ebola Virus Disease in Port-Harcourt, presented sick at the University Health Centre.

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NAIJA SINGLE GIRL: Can I sue her?

I graduated from secondary school in 2000 filled with hopes and dreams. I dreamt of instant admission into the university, graduating with a first class, getting a plum job and getting married and having my first kid by the time I am 30. Naija frustrate me, I wrote jamb till jamb started writing me. It got to a point they started sending me to different states on sight-seeing/jamb writing tour!
In 2005, out of frustration I decided to kill myself, I bought valium 5, drank overdose but I no die, as a matter of fact, I didn’t even sleep that night.

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SAD: 2face looses dad

Pa Michael Idibia, father of multi award winning singer, Tuface Idibia is dead.

Pa Idibia died at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja on Saturday, after an unsuccessful battle with prostrate Cancer.

Tuface’s Manager, Efe Omoregie, who confirmed the news Saturday evening said the singer is still in shock over the sad incident.

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EBOLA UPDATE: Dr. Adadevoh dies

Female medical doctor at First Consultant Hospital, Lagos, Dr Stella Adedavoh, has died from the Ebola virus disease.

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, confirmed this to newsmen last night.

The doctor was the one who attended to Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American who brought the virus to Nigeria.

Dr Adedavoh had been in coma for nearly a week as a result of the virus.

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BREAKING NEWS: Suspected suicide bomber arrested at Lagos airport

There was panic Monday at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos, following the arrest of a physically challenged man suspected to be Boko Haram suicide bomber at CENTREX, an annex office of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) by private security men.

An eye witness, who spoke to reporters, said that the suspected bomber was about to gain entrance to the annex when he was accosted and subsequently arrested by private security guards of the agency.

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OFILI SPEAKS: Obama Says Africa Not Ready For #Ebola Drug After Watching I Am Legend

Breaking Satirical News

Washington DC, USA – President Barack Obama at a press conference on Wednesday said that it’s too early to send the unapproved experimental drug “Zmapp” to Africa where the outbreak of Ebola has killed close to a 1000 people. Despite the fact that Ebola is spreading at its fastest rate ever, the President still wants the drug to be fully tested on Americans before using it on dying Africans.

“We have to let science take its course. The last time an experimental drug was used it mutated into a deadly strain killing over 90% of the planets population. We don’t want that to happen to Africans,” the President said at the African Summit.

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OFILI SPEAKS: Africa Finds Its Own Cure For #Ebola

While America is busy injecting defenseless rats with the Ebola virus to systematically extract antibodies that can maybe “cure” Ebola. A group of extraordinary Africans have come together to find a more humane and effective cure for the disease.

Sources confirm that this potential cure does not involve harming rats, monkeys or any sort of animal and neither was it created in any fancy or expensive African research University or Hospital (that is if they even exist). These brilliant scientists…I mean pastors gathered inside Africa’s most lavishly equipped and weekly funded medical research facility … the Nigerian church … where several other cures have been discovered in the past couple of years. Including the cure for Aids, the cure for Cancer, the cure for Poverty and even the cure for Boko Haram just ask Pastor T.B. Joshua!

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Ebola terror: Woman tested for killer virus as she collapses and dies at Gatwick Airport

Fresh fears over Ebola arriving in the UK were raised again when a woman died at Gatwick Airport after arriving from Gambia yesterday.

The elderly woman collapsed at the airport shortly after arriving on a Gambia Bird flight and was later pronounced dead.

The woman, who is thought to be in her early 70s, showed no symptoms during the flight, according to a spokesman from Public Health England.

She later tested negative for the virus.

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EBOLA UPDATE

A Nigerian nurse who treated a man with Ebola is now dead and five other people are sick with one of the world's most virulent diseases after coming into contact with him, the country's health minister said Wednesday.

The growing number of cases in Lagos, a megacity of some 21 million people, comes as authorities acknowledge they did not treat Patrick Sawyer as an Ebola patient and isolate him for the first 24 hours after his arrival in Nigeria last month. Sawyer, a 40-year-old American of Liberian descent with a wife and three young daughters in Minnesota, was traveling on a business flight to Nigeria when he fell ill.

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Alicia Keys' Pregnant, Expecting Second Child With Husband Swizz Beatz

Aww! Alicia Keys and husband Swizz Beatz are expecting their second child together—and the singer made the announcement via Instagram on Thursday, July 31.

The Grammy winning musician, who is already mom to 3-year-old Egypt, shared the adorable picture of herself, 33, and her husband, 35, cradling her blossoming belly, as they celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary.

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OFILI SPEAKS: Why Brazil Lost And What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Their Loss

When Neymar fell to the ground grasping his back in the 82^nd minute of the Brazil versus Colombian world cup quarter-final, the entire nation of Brazil as well as several other millions in other parts of the globe held their collective breath!

This was not a typical fall…it looked more serious. A fortuitous or intentional (only Colombian defender Juan Camilo Zuniga will know) knee to the back.

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Uburu berths, set to change face of marketing communication

“Dramatic paradigm shifts in the very nature of how we do business are redefining PR and marketing communications. The new imperative is to develop a dialogue with customers and prospects that is identifiable, relevant, consistent and engaging.”

Those were the words of Tony Usidamen, Founder and Lead Consultant of Uburu - a creative Business Communication consultancy - at the media launch of the company in Lagos recently.

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OFILI SPEAKS: The Immunization Of #Nigeria: Why #BokoHaram Can Actually Make Us Better

When I attended the National Economic Forum on Education in March I was tasked along with a group of others to develop a mock educational curriculum of what we should be teaching our children in 20 years time…in the future.

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ASARI DOKUBO: Its all a SCAM

Ignoring video released yesterday by Boko Haram showing the kidnapped Chibok girls, ex-militant Asari Dokubo  still insists the kidnap is all a scam. He led an anti-bringbackourgirls protest yesterday and shared photos and the message above on his Facebook page. 

See more pictures after the cut:

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Govt to reject Boko Haram exchange demands

The government is expected to reject conditions set out by Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls held hostage by the Islamists.

Asked if the government would reject the suggestion by Shekau in a new video that the girls may be released once Nigeria frees all militant prisoners, Interior Minister Abba Moro said: "Of course."

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#BRING BACK OUR GIRLS

Islamist sect Boko Haram claims that the girls shown in their latest video are some of the schoolgirls kidnapped from a hostel in Chibok on 14 April.

BBC News reports that the video shows at least 100 girls who have supposedly been converted to Islam.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has demanded the release of imprisoned Boko Haram members in exchange for the abducted girls.

According to a report by The Telegraph, Shekau will only return the children to their parents once all the imprisoned members have been released.

The Nigerian army's attempts to rescue the girls have been unsuccessful and their location has yet to be determined.

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Bomb hits Abuja... Kills over 50 people

Suicide Bombers at it again. When will this bloodshed stop??

 As at the last count, sources at the scene of the bomb blast(s) that rocked Nyanya,  beside El-rufai bus stop, a densely populated town in Abuja, say over 100 persons have been sent to their early graves by suspected suicide bombers. The heartless suicide bombers struck while many Nigerians were scrambling for buses to go to their various destinations in the Abuja city centre.  According to an eye witness, an improvised explosive device in a luxury bus belonging to federal capital territory exploded making a huge sound which make people to run in all direction for safety.

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WEIRD: Lose Weight with one touch

In a digital world, even weight can be shed in one touch – but only virtually, and in the form of a ‘selfie’. SkinneePix can trim 2-6kg of virtual fat for a slimmer look, but it has already raised concerns about health and body-image issues. The co-founder of the app describes how cameras usually add additional weight to photos, prompting people to complain that the photo isn’t an accurate representation of themselves. The creators of the controversial app also claim that is has motivated users to lose weight.

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OFILI: The Day I Learned How To Dance

Secondary School is quite an amazing time in a person’s life, that’s where you get your first kiss, your first romantic dance and your first real girlfriend. Sadly none of that ever happened to me. I was quite awkward in school…especially on the dance floor.

I played video games a lot growing up from Street Fighter to Killer Instinct to Mortal Kombat, so it was not surprising that my idea of a really cool dance move was the Subzero (remember him from mortal kombat) fighting stance, which basically entailed me on the dance floor swinging side to side like a ninja and out of beat.

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Prophet Soul E gets his first revelation

Former Afro Pop star, Soul E, who is now Prophet of God, has revealed his recent revelations about Nigerian superstars, Wizkid and Davido, and they don't sound too good.

Soul E in a message published on his Facebook page, claimed that God has shown him Wizkid being poisoned in a revelation. Also, star singer, Davido was revealed to have been involved in a fatal car crash.

"When GOD gives a vision he gives it so we are careful and pray, as i was sleeping the lord open my eyes and saw wizkid been poisoned he needs to be very careful and get close to GOD, i also saw divido in a very fatal moto car accident i stand a prophet and i cancel this, finally i saw ASO ROCK on fire the president needs to delay 3day of fasting and pray for the nation am not hear to make any one afraid if GOD reviews a vision he is ready to save..... SOUL E"

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2,000 displaced by Kaduna attacks

The Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Tuesday said it had registered 2,000 persons displaced by the attacks on three villages in Kaura Local Government Area.

The executive secretary of the agency, Mr Dogo Makama told newsmen in Kaduna that the agency had assessed the needs of those affected and would soon offer assistance to them.

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Mo Abudu, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Bill Clinton, Others To Be Honoured In New York

Chairman and CEO of EbonyLife TV, Mo Abudu will be honoured at the Century of the African Woman Forum and Gala on March 8, 2014 in Manhattan, New York, USA. Other honourees at the Gala also include Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Finance Minister and Coordinating for the Economy, Former President of the United States of America; Bill Clinton and Dr Mehriet Mandefo; President of Truth Aid and winner of a 2014 Sundance Film Festival Award.

While expressing her joy, Mo Abudu said, "I am grateful for the recognition. For me it is humbling and challenging. I celebrate my team at Ebonylife TV whose commitment to excellence consistently pushes the frontiers in media in the continent and around the world."

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Fuel Scarcity Update: 74 million litres of PMS arrives Lagos Port

The fuel scarcity situation in Nigeria is set to abate, as major fuel marketers, yesterday, said they have secured the delivery of about 74 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, at their depots in Lagos.

This was even as the scarcity worsened, with many of the filling stations closed to motorists, while the few that were selling had long queues.

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Aviation Unions suspends proposed strike action

Four trade unions in the aviation industry on Tuesday said they shelved their proposed strike after they met with the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu.

They are Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association (ATSSSAN) and National Union of Air Transport Employees (NAUTE), the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations Civil Service Technical, Recreation Services Employees (AUPCTRE) and National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) had threatened to down tools over the payment of salary arrears, hazard allowance and condition of service, among others

The decision to shelve the strike is contained in a signed by all the representatives of the unions, ministries of labour, aviation and the National Salaries and Wages Commission.

They said the action was to facilitate an amicable resolution of their grievances.

Source: Nan

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