China Unveils Electric Straddling Bus!

China has designed a new kind of transportation known as the electric “straddling bus”. 

The new bus design which was recently shown off at Beijing’s High-Tech Expo  is extra tall so as to allow any cars under seven feet to travel underneath, whether the bus is in motion or not, and it has the capacity to carry 1,400 passengers. It is designed for capacity and efficiency, not necessarily for speed. 

Since its powered by electricity, the design would reduce fuel consumption by some 800 tons and carbon emissions by nearly 2,500 tons every year, while its size would allow it to replace 40 conventional buses.

Reports has it that straddling buses idea was first proposed in 1960, by Lester Walker and Craig Hodgetts, two American Architects, aimed at using it to modernize New York City.

Photo Speaks: Commercial Train In Lagos!

Current state of a commercial train as seen at the terminus at Oshodi, Lagos - Nigeria, obviously needs to be up-graded.

Photos Of A Dancing Cat!

ccchisa76's photos of an immaculate white cat performing ballet is breaking the Internet.

Photos From Around Nigeria - Aba/ Port Harcourt Death Trap!

Negligence and irresponsibility of the highest order: Embarrassing state of Aba - Port Harcourt road.

With erosion and refuse dump this size right in the middle of a high way connecting two commercial cities in eastern Nigeria, one can not help but wonder what the governments of Abia and Rivers states are doing to remedy the situation. 

EgyptAir Flight MS804 Debris Found, No Terrorist Group So Far Claimed Responsibility!

Wreckage of EgyptAir flight MS8o4 flying from Paris to Cairo, which vanished from radar just as it was exiting air space controlled by Greece and entering into Egypt air space was on Friday morning, May 20, found by the Egyptian military about 290 km, (180) mile north of Egypt's Mediterranean port city, Alexandria.

Egypt Military authorities said flight MS804, due to arrive Cairo Airport at 03:15 am CLT, swerved radically and plunged from 37,000 feet to 15,000 before vanishing from Egyptian sea coast at 02:30 am CLT on 19 May,  2016, with 66 people on board: 56 passengers and 10 crew members.

Debris from the wreckage found include human body parts, passengers belongings and plane parts floating in the Mediterranean. 

Information disclosed that British geologist, Richard Osman was among the passengers of the ill fated flight. 

In the mist of speculations that the accident might be an act of terror, United States intelligence said terror attack is the 'most likely cause of the crash' . However, no terrorist group has so far come out to claim responsibility. 

Egyptian President Adbel Fattah al-Sisi has offered condolences for those on board, amounting to Cairo's official confirmation of their deaths.

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Nigerian Army Confirms Rescue Of Amina, One Of The Kidnapped Chibok School Girls!

The Nigerian Army in a Press release Wednesday, May 18, 2016, confirmed the rescue of 19-year-old Amina Ali, one of the kidnapped Chibok school girls and Mohammed Hayatu, a suspected Boko Haram terrorist, who claimed to be her husband, by troops of 25 Brigade Damboa in conjunction with Civilian JTF deployed in one of the blocking positions at Baale, near Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria.

According to the information signed by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Amina and Mohammed were brought to Headquarters 25 Task Force Brigade Damboa at about 2.30pm local time, on Wednesday, May 18.

The statement further revealed that "Preliminary investigation shows that  is indeed one of the abducted Chibok School girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists on 14th April 2014 in Chibok and her name is Amina Ali as against Falmata Mbalala that was earlier stated. In addition, she is a nursing mother with a 4 month old baby girl who was named Safiya. Both the suspected Boko Haram terrorist and the nursing mother have been taken  to Maiduguri for further medical attention and screening".

One Of Chibok Kidnapped School Girl Found In Sambisa Forest!

One of the Chibok school girls, kidnapped from their school dormitory by members of the Boko-haram terrorist sect, in April 2014, was recently reported to have been found in Sambisa forest, by members of the Civilian Joint Task Force( JTF) group.

Kidnapped Chibok School Girls

Information gathered, revealed that the girl, identified as Amina Ali Nkeki, was recognized by a member of the JTF  vigilante group, on Tuesday, May 17, as she wandered in the forest, near the Nigerian - Cameroon border, where she went to search for firewood. 

The 19-years old,  who has been reunited with her mother in Chibok, was 17 - years of age, when she and other school girls were abducted from their school hostel at night. She further stated that the rest of the kidnapped girls, are still in boko-haram strong hold, but for six of the girls that died.