Tunde Bakare Visits Buhari!

Running mate to Muhammadu Buhari, in Nigeria's 2011 presidential elections, Pastor Tunde Bakare, paid a courtesy visit to President Buhari recently in Aso Villa, Abuja, Nigeria.

Photo Speaks: Aftermath Of Jakande Illegal Structures Demolition!

Pictures of the remains, after demolition of illegal structures, built on the Right of Way, RoW, of high tension power cables, at Jakande, in Lekki Peninsula area of Lagos state.

In May, 2016, the Lagos state government resolved to establish zero tolerance, when its issued an ultimatum to owners, occupiers or developers of structures, built on the Right of Way, RoW, of high tension power cables across the state, to vacate such properties or face demolition.

Such structures the government says, contravenes its Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law, 2010. 

 

More so, dangerous, illegal and a source of serious concern to the state government.

The exercise which is ongoing, is jointly carried out by Lagos State Task Force, Lagos State Building Control Agency and Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development.

World's Largest Airship Completes Maiden Flight!

Described by the Hybrid Air Vehicles's CEO, the airship's manufacturer, Stephen McGlennan as a mixture of: Airplane, Airship and Helicopter technology. 

The world's largest, 92-metre long airship, Airlander 10, completed its first flight on Wednesday, August 17, 2016.

Ethicists Frown At Host Choice For 26th ICTS Venue!

As medical experts prepare to hold the 26th International Congress of the Transplantation Society  in Hong Kong, Ethicists and medical practitioners frowns at the choice of Hong Kong, a former British colony that returned to Chinese rule in 1997, as host for the conference. 

Their reason for disapproval it was gathered, springs from the believe that against it's claims to have stopped a decade long practice, there is no independent and objective evidence of a complete cessation of China's unethical organ procurement from prisoners. This move the group believes, indicates that the organization have neglected a longstanding embargo intended to pressure China into changing.

Chinese health officials on their part said they have stopped the practice since January 1, 2015, and currently building a voluntary national donation system that does not include prisoners, howbeit, prisoners can still donate organs.  "The task is heavy and the road far, but we are walking on a path of light,”. Chinese former deputy minister of health and senior transplant official, Huang Jiefu, said in a recent  interview on China's move to stop the practice.  

Picture source: news.com

Children Paying The Price For Desperate Power Control In Syria!

The distressing image below of a Syrian child injured in the head, identified as Omran Daqneesh, shortly after an attack, unveils the extent the toll of desperation for power control in Syria is taking on the innocent. 

According to information provided alongside the video by the Syrian anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center, Omran seen in an ambulance, looking disoriented, was among the five children, a woman and two young men wounded in an airstrike, in Qaterji area of  Aleppo, on Wednesday, August 17, 2016.  

The five year old, and about 12 other children injured in the attack, all under the age of 15, were treated at the M10 hospital and released later Wednesday night.

Photo Speaks: Lagos State Opens Up Berger Bus-Stop Pedestrian Bridge!

Lagos state government opens up Berger bus-stop pedestrian bridge for use.

Photo Speaks: Lagos State Embark On Fly Over Construction Projects To Ease Traffic Situations!

On-going fly-over construction at Abule -Egba area of Lagos state, Nigeria.

One of the projects embarked on by the present administration to ease traffic situation and boost socio-economic activities across the state.