VIDEO: A Moment when a building Collapses in Cairo

The video below shows the moment a five-storey building collapses in Cairo, Egypt’s capital. The building was sited in a busy neighborhood of the city.

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WHY DO PEOPLE FLIRT in a love relationship?

Why do people flirt? Did I hear you say “if we didn’t have women in the world there would not be s*x in the first place and the issue of “flirtation” would not arise?

So, blame the “female gender”? No! Blame the “man”? Don’t even think about it!

Sincerely, no one is in this world to live up to anyone’s expectations. But one thing lovers should understand is that “timing” is very important in s*x and so is “two-timing”. If you ain’t got the former you had better not mess with the latter.

Eight Ways To Confront The Climate Crises Without Losing Hope

Rebecca Solnit, @guardianus columnist says there's still time to fix the climate crises “The Covid-19 pandemic is proof that if we take a crisis seriously, we can change how we live, almost overnight, dramatically, globally, digging up great piles of money from nowhere, like the $3tn the US initially threw at the pandemic. We must remake the world, and we can remake it better"

Get to know more about the eight ways to confront the climate crises without losing hope in this publication curtsey, the Guardian:

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Texas’ new abortion law is complicating care for risky pregnancies

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Speaker of Oyo State House Of Assembly Ties the Knot

The Speaker of Oyo State House Of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin has wedded his lover, Olamidun Majekodunmi at the All Souls Anglican Church, Bodija on Saturday.

Some of the dignitaries at the church wedding were the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, governors of Ogun and Ondo States, Dapo Abiodun and Rotimi Akeredolu. The former Ogun governor, Gbenga Daniel was also present.

CYMI DANCERS CELEBRATE FLAMENCO DAY IN MADRID

CYMI Dancers in Spain celebrated International Flamenco day on November 16, with both fine art institutions and local clubs joining in, NPR reports.

The art form, created in Spain was celebrated November 16 in both the Prado Museum and in flamenco clubs like the "Corral de la Moreira" in Madrid.⁠

⁠According to the report, at the "Corral," flamenco dancer Belen Lopez was centre of attention during a specially prepared performance.⁠

⁠"It is a feeling, an international language: pain, happiness. It is something that hasn't words but anyone in the world can understand if they let themselves be enveloped in the moment," she told The Associated Press in an attempt to describe the dance.

Thousands of birds spotted over a farmland in a defensive flight

A huge cloud of hundreds of thousands of birds, was spotted over farmland in Cumbria, UK, composed of a beautiful murmuration of starlings flies over a field at dusk before landing to roost. Ornithologists believe that murmurations offer safety in numbers from predators trying to target individuals.

Photos: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

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Please release Kanu, Bianca Ojukwu begs Buhari

Bianca Ojukwu, former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain

Former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain, Bianca Ojukwu, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

Mrs Ojukwu made the plea while speaking at the 10th memorial anniversary of late Igbo leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, organised in Owerri on Friday.

She urged the President to consider the plea made by some Igbo leaders during their recent visit to the State House, Abuja, asking for Mr Kanu’s release.

LINDA IKEJI TAKES US BACK IN TIME WITH HER FIRST BLOG POST

Linda Ifeoma Ikeji, a Nigerian blogger, writer, entrepreneur and former model takes us fifteen years back when she made her first post on the “Linda Ikeji’s Blog”.

She dropped the message via her IG stating that “Exactly 15 years ago today, 26^th of November 2006, I created a blog and wrote my first blog post … the best decision of my life!

I started with introducing myself, then subsequent blog posts was me sharing personal stuff which was the order of the day back then but sometime in early 2007, I decided I wanted to stop talking about myself and start talking about other people...lol. And so, it became a gossip/news blog .. which was extremely rare in those days, making The Linda Ikeji Blog one of the pioneers of entertainment news online in Nigeria. A standing ovation please. 🙌😆

Sanwo-Olu commissions 40-metric tons LPG Refill Plant

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday commissioned a 40 metric tons Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Refill Plant in Ikorodu division.

The gas plant according to the governor can cater for 20,000 homes was built by IBILE Oil and Gas Corporation (IOGC), the State-owned energy firm, in Igbogbo-Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) to ramp up supply of LPG for domestic use and to cut down on the use of dirty fuel, responsible for carbon emission and air pollution.

Mr Sanwo-Olu, in company of his Deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, opened the gas plant built by IBILE Oil and Gas Corporation (IOGC), the State-owned energy firm, in Igbogbo-Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) to ramp up supply of LPG for domestic use.

Davido on CNN

Nigeria's super star singer, David Adedeji Adeleke, popularly known as Davido speaks with Zain Asher on CNN in view of his recent financial donations to orphanages in Nigeria. See the video below, curtsey of CNN:

Nigerian Actress puts the record straight on N500 gift to pregnant women who deliver at primary health care facilities in Abia state

Nigerian Actress Doris Ogala puts the record straight on N500 gift to pregnant women who deliver at primary health care facilities in Abia state.

In her message captioned “To put the records straight !”, posted on her IG she states that “At inception in 2015, the Governor set out to intervene at the 2 extremes of the healthcare loop. The aged to improve our average life expectancy statitics and child birth to reduce infant mortality. In 2016, Abia State Government introduced under the leadership of a US based geriatric expert a state wide geriatric care unit to visit the homes of the elderly to provide personalised health care services through that way, save the lives of many aged and sometimes abandoned old people in mostly rural communities.

“On the other extreme, since 2015, Abia has invested heavily to improve primary health care centres across the state with a view to providing basic health care services to citizens especially those in rural communities. One of the strategies adopted was to provide incentives that will encourage pregnant women to deliver at these improved primary health care centres and by so doing reduce patronage of traditional birth attendants, hence reduce infant mortality

WOMEN WHO GIVE BIRTH IN GOVT HOSPITALS WILL GET N500 – IKPEAZU

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has said the state gives N500 to pregnant women who deliver at primary health care facilities in the state.

The governor spoke during Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday.

According to him, the move became important since access to quality healthcare is not cheap.

Three men found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery

Travis McMichael, the man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia in 2020, has been found guilty on all charges. His father Gregory McMichael and neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan were convicted of felony murder and other charges, CBS News reports.

The jury returned guilty verdicts against all three defendants in the murder of the 25-year-old Black man who was fatally shot while jogging in the neighborhood in February 2020.

Wao! Sweden's First Female Prime Minister Resigns Hours After Appointment

Sweden's first female Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson on Wednesday tendered her resignation just hours after her appointment by parliament after her budget failed to pass and the junior Greens Party left the coalition government, AFP reports.

"There is a constitutional practice that a coalition government should resign when one party quits," Andersson, a Social Democrat, told reporters.

WAO! LASG crushes 482 motorcycles impounded for traffic violation

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the crushing of 482 motorcycles impounded for various traffic offences at different areas in the state, Punch reports.

According to the report, the state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, said in a statement on Saturday that the crushing of the impounded motorcycles was an ongoing exercise, adding that the decision to publicly crush them was to dispel insinuations that they were sold and recycled into the society.

There is no better advert for the proverb that wisdom does not come with age than the case of Fryo and Davido - Reno

Only about a day ago Nigeria’s super star Musician, Davido donated M250 naira to orphanages across Nigeria, a kind gesture from the guy who only turned 29 years yesterday, some persons are already discrediting his actions and among these ones is Babafryo, a fellow Nigerian brother and musician.

Sending his video message via Instagram, Baba Babafryo lamented on how he had been neglected by his colleagues in the entertainment industry when he needed their financial support.

There's An Urgent Need For Leadership Mentoring In Africa - Former Nigeria's President

Former Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan

In his remark at the 2021 edition of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation's Democracy Dialogue, former Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan says there is an urgent need for leadership mentoring in Africa for the continent  to sustain and develop its democracy. See the video below to find out more curtesy, Arise News:

Thumbs Up All The Way For Davido

Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has stated that Nigerian singer, Davido, is wiser than those who gave him money.

Omokri said this in his social media post as his reaction to the singer’s donation of N250m to orphanages across Nigeria, after fans and colleagues gifted him over N200m for his birthday.

Recall Wednesday, David asked his friends and fans to donate N1m each to him for his birthday.

Though he added that the goal was to get N100m, the singer received over N53m in cash transfers in less than fifty five minutes.

NYSC Generates N511m Naira to Federation Account

The National Youth Service Corps says it would continue to harness the potentials of Corps Members to enhance their empowerment and also contribute to national development.

NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim stated this today in Abuja while addressing the media on the preparations for the forthcoming 2021 Batch ‘C’ Stream Two Orientation Course slated to commence on Wednesday 24th November 2021.

He disclosed that the Scheme has rejiged its garment factories in Niger and Anambra States for maximum productivity while the bread and water factories in Abuja have also been overhauled.

Sultan@15: Governor reminds leaders on future consequences

Nigeria’s Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Monday reminded his country’s leaders to think of their deeds and consequences for the future of the country.

Tambuwal gave the task at the 8th Sheikh Usmanu Bn Fodiyo Week and unveiling of the Sokoto Caliphate Special Edition in commemoration of 15th year on throne of Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III.

The occasion has as its theme: “Promoting unity, development and peaceful coexistence in Nigeria and West Africa: Lessons from the life of Sheikh Usmanu Bn Fodiyo.”

COP26: Jeff Bezos hails Buhari’s climate change actions

American billionaire and founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, on Monday in Glasgow, Scotland commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership role in restoring degraded lands in the country, NAN reports.

A statement released by the President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Monday in Abuja, quoted Bezos as describing the commitment of the Nigerian leader to restore 4 million hectares as exemplary.

Bezos joined President Buhari, French President Emmanuel Macron, Prince Charles and the Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, at a COP26 side event entitled, “Accelerating land restoration in Africa, the case of the Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative.”

How to make people who hate you on the web start loving you - Blessing

Blessing Okoro Nkiruka, otherwise known as Blessing CEO seems to have the solution the hate-game as she drops a message via her IG to her fans and the public:

Do you ever wonder why it’s so easy to love comedians? Because it’s easy to laugh 😂.

But people hate people like us, teachers, lecturers, intellectual people even doctors because they have to think and reason and that is hard 😂😂😂.

Japan's Princess Marries Commoner Boyfriend

Japan’s Princess Mako, the emperor’s niece, has married her commoner college sweetheart on Tuesday and left the royal family after a years-long engagement beset by scrutiny that has left the princess with post-traumatic stress disorder. This has generated a lot of comments from social media users. 

Texas Bans Transgender Girls from Female Sports in Schools⁠

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday signed into law a bill banning transgender girls from participating in female sports at public schools, joining a wave of similar measures emerging from Republican-controlled statehouses across the country, Premium Times reports.

According to the report, supporters of the bill, due to take effect on Jan. 18, say it is aimed at protecting fairness in school sports by eliminating what they see as an inherent physical competitive advantage of transgender athletes playing on female teams.

Equal rights advocates decry such restrictions as discriminatory, “hate”-based measures whose real purpose is to energize hard-core social conservatives, with little or no evidence that trans women or girls are dominating sports, the report stated further.

Greg Abbott, Texas Governor

SEB gathers that seven other states have passed similar laws this year, part of a Republican-led national campaign since Idaho in March 2020 barred athletes who were assigned a male gender at birth from competing on sports teams against those assigned as female in public schools or colleges.