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You wouldn't believe The city with A 20-year's waiting lists for rental homes

The city’s queue for rent-controlled housing is so long that it’s being considered by the Guinness Book of World Records. On average, it takes nine years to be granted a rent-controlled property – and that jumps to two decades in some of the most popular neighbourhoods.

Nigerian News

Cameroonian Cleaner Kills His Nigerian Boss At Ikoyi Lagos Estate Over An Unpaid Salary Advance

A Cameroonian was arrested yesterday for his involvement in the murder of his boss.

Joel Ludguo, the 22 years old man was accused of killing his boss, Miss Temidayo Adeleke who just returned from the United States on Tuesday the  20th of December 2016 at her mansion in Parkview Estate Ikoyi Lagos for not granting his request for salary advance.

A Star actress Carrie Fisher In the popular Movie Star Wars 'suffers From an heart attack'

US actress Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, is in a critical condition after suffering a heart attack during a flight, reports say.

She went into cardiac arrest on the London to LA flight, the LA Times said.
Passengers attempted to revive her with CPR and she was rushed to hospital when the plane landed after midday local time (20:00 GMT), the TMZ website said.
Fisher, 60, had been on tour promoting her latest book The Princess Diarist.
The heart attack happened about 15 minutes before the plane landed in LA, celebrity news website TMZ reported. A medic who was travelling on the plane administered CPR.

International News Nigeria

Successful Ebola vaccine will be fast-tracked for use

A highly effective vaccine that guards against the deadly Ebola virus could be available by 2018, says the World Health Organization.

Hilarious Christmas picture

Hilarious Picture of A Ferrari 458 Spider Carrying A Christmas tree

Apparently Ferrari Dosnt Need To Build An Suv.

This is For those who decides to live the two-door lifestyle. The lack of cargo space definitely didn’t slow the owner of this Ferrari 458 Italia spider down.

Apparently you can have your cake and eat it too, and in this case the cake is a Ferrari 458 Italia with a Christmas tree on its roof.

Nigerian News

 Accident On Lagos Abeokuta Expressway In Ogun State, A Woman & 2 Children Died                                    
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Lagos Abeokuta Expressway Accident Ogun State, A Woman And 2 Children Burnt To Death, 3 Injured

The woman Was returning to Lagos from Abeokuta for The Christmas, With her two Children When They

 died along

 the way  yesterday in a Lexus

According to a witness, the fatal accident happened at the Ewekoro axis of the Lagos-Abeoluta Expressway in Ogun state.

The driver was speeding when he lost control of the Jeep which somersaulted severally before bursting into flames.

Here is what the eyewitness who identified himself as Fajani said in a post on the social media yesterday:

The survivors are currently receiving treatment at Ogun State General Hospital in Ijaiye Abeokuta.

photos from the accident scene

 

World News. Nigeria

The Church Of England Appoints A Nigerian As First African Bishop In 20 years

 Woyin Karowei Dorgu Was announced as the 13th bishop of Woolwich by The Church of England 

Dorgu is the Church’s first black bishop in 20 years, will be consecrated at Southwark Cathedral on 17 March, 2017.

Woolwich where he is to superintend over has a huge Nigerian population but the Guardian reports that most of them worship in black-majority Pentecostal churches rather than with the Church of England.

The church described him as a person who: 

      ‘‘Has a deep concern for mission and regularly leads open-air evangelism in his parish and has seen his church grow remarkably.

       ‘‘He is much involved in the life of the Church Primary School in the parish where he has been Chair of Governors and supports staff and pupils. He is married to Mosun who is a Consultant Child Psychiatrist,’‘ they added.