Lagos At Christmas

Church of Assumption decorations on under Falomo bridge Ikoyi-Lagos

Zenith Bank Decorations on Ajose Adeogun street, Victoria Island-Lagos

Church of Assumption Xmas Decorations @ Falomo Bridge Ikoyi-Lagos

Civic Center Building on Ozumba Mbadiwe street Victoria Island

Zenith Bank Building on Ajose Adeogun street, Victoria Island

'EKO O'ni bajeeooooo'!

Film Maker Gerry Anderson Goes Home

Gerry Anderson, Thunderbirds creator has died at the age of 83. His son Jamie announced.

           

The chairman of his fan club, Nick Williams, paid tribute to him: “To those who met him Gerry was a quiet, unassuming but determined man.

"His desire to make the best films he could drove him and his talented teams to innovate, take risks, and do everything necessary to produce quite inspirational works.

"Gerry’s legacy is that he inspired so many people and continues to bring so much joy to so many millions of people around the world.”

Gerry was diagnosed with Alzheimer's two years ago, and he had recently moved into a care home.

Anderson, who also brought the world Captain Scarlet, Stingray and Joe 90, died peacefully in his sleep at midday.

Myanmar plane crash, Two DEAD, ELEVEN HURT!

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Winter-Storms-Tornado hits the U.S!

An enormous storm system that dumped snow and sleet on the U.S. midsection and unleashed damaging tornadoes around the Deep South has been blamed for at least six deaths and several injuries, and has begun punching its way northeast, slowing holiday travel.

Post-Christmas travellers braced for a second day of flight delays and cancellations, a day after rare winter twisters damaged numerous homes in Louisiana and Alabama. The vast storm system stretching across numerous states has been linked to three deaths, though no one was killed outright in the tornadoes. The storms also left more than 100,000 without power for a time, darkening Christmas celebrations.

Drenching rainstorms rumbled across Georgia early Wednesday without causing any apparent damages. But Georgia Power officials said thousands lost power in the state as the storm system moved on toward the Carolinas, taking aim at the heavily populated Eastern seaboard.

LAGOS EXPLOSION!

About 15 houses and many was razed Wednesday morning, when a storey building packed with fire works exploded killing at least one person, while several others were injured. This happened at the Jankara area of Lagos Island.   The building is said to be located close to King Ado Secondary School

Images of damages

Myanmar plane crash, Two dead, 11 hurt

 A Myanmar passenger jet packed with foreign tourists crash-landed and burst into flames on Tuesday in a field in eastern Shan state, killing two people and injuring 11 others, officials said.

Smoke rises from the scene of an Air Bagan passenger plane crash near Heho airport in Myanmar

The Air Bagan aircraft came down near Heho airport - the gateway to the popular tourist destination of Inle Lake.

It was reported that 51 foreigners were among the 63 passengers on board the Christmas Day flight from Yangon via Mandalay. A motorcyclist on the ground was also killed. 

According to the information ministry, an 11-year-old child on board was killed when the ageing Fokker-100 jet attempted to land in heavy fog, breaking its tail and catching fire, 

Two Americans, one British woman and one Korean man were among those taken to hospital in nearby Taunggyi, according to Air Bagan, which described the incident as an "emergency landing".

Pope's Christmas message says hope mustn't die in Syria, Nigeria!

Marking the eighth Christmas season of his pontificate, the 85-year-old read his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) message to tens of thousands of people in St Peter's Square and to millions of others watching around the world.

Delivering Christmas greetings in 65 languages, Benedict used the Biblical analogy of the "good soil" to underscore his view that the hope represented by Christmas should never die, even in the most dire situations.

"This good earth exists, and today too, in 2012, from this earth truth has sprung up! Consequently, there is hope in the world, a hope in which we can trust, even at the most difficult times and in the most difficult situations," he said.

In his virtual tour of the some of the world's trouble spots, he reserved his toughest words for Syria, Nigeria and Mali.

Pope Benedict also held out a Christmas olive branch to the new government in China, asking is members to "esteem the contributions of religions". China does not allow its Catholics to recognise the pope's authority, forcing them to be members of a parallel state-backed Church.