Italian Quake!

Friends and families of victims of Wednesday, August 24th, 2016, 6.2 magnitude earthquake, and a 4.7 magnitude aftershocks which struck three central Italian towns, are still trying to come to terms with what eye-witnesses described as apocalyptic scenes "likeDante's Inferno,". 

Amatrice, Accumoli, about 100 kilometers northeast of Rome, and Pescara del Tronto, about 25 kilometers further east, are the three towns severely hit in the disaster that claimed over 250 lives including children, about 400 injured and brought the towns to rubble.

World Leaders and individuals from across the globe continued to show supports to the Italian government in the rescure efforts, and to  affected families. 

Photo credit: Gregorio Borgia

Photo Speaks!

Photo speaks: What a way to protest...at the bronze medal Judo finals in Rio, 2016.

Omran's Brother Ali Did Not Survive Qaterji Airstrike!

Ali Dagneesh, (pictured on the left) ten -year- old elder brother to Omran Daqneesh,  (picture on the right) whose heartrending  image got the whole world talking, reportedly died at the M10 hospital as a result of injuries sustained from the airstrike in Qaterji area of  Aleppo, on Wednesday, August 17, 2016, that injured five- year- old Omran and other children, including a woman and two young men.

This is a wake up call for the world to stand up against this madness going on in Syria.

Eight Gang Members Arrested In Connection To Fire Outbreak That Killed 13 Babies In Baghdad!

Iraqi security committee have confirmed the arrest of an eight-member gang, who believably  set fire in Al-Yarmouk hospital, one of the biggest hospitals in Baghdad leading to the killing of 13 premature babies, and stealing 100 million Iraqi dinars ($84,602).

 

Information revealed that security cameras captured images of the gang, who acting on information that there was about a 100 million dinars in the hospital’s contract room, entered the hospital identifying themselves as an audit team or something of that sort, they put on masks when they stormed the room. 

They stole the money and then set the room on fire to hide the theft of money, the fire spread to the premature babies’ lobby, which was adjacent to the contract room, killing the babies. 

An initial investigation found the presence of flammable materials at the site.

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.