BUCKINGHAM AVIARY CLUB 2nd Year Anniversary Business Network and Dinner Party

Buckingham Aviary club 2nd year Anniversary which took place on saturday 26th july at the Holiday Inn Kensington, was a great night of business network, informative, Educational and fun night for all present. The 2nd year anniversary was theme as "Men United 2 support prostate Cancer".

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Exclusive Pictures From Tomi, Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo's Son Wedding In Kent, UK

KICC Head Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo's son Tomi Ashimolowo and his fiancée Dorothy Jeneba Kamara Wedded  on Saturday July 26th in Kent. Congratulations to the lovely couples. More pics after cut...

Phopto: Nollywood Actor, Jim Iyke Flees Liberia Over Ebola

We aren't Nazis and we are not inspired by Hitler: EFF

Julius Malema addresses the crowd at the EFF's first Anniversary Rally held at Thokoza Park in Soweto, Johannesburg.

The Economic Freedom Fighters are not Nazis and are not inspired by Adolf Hitler, the party said in a statement on Wednesday.

EFF spokesman Mbuyiseni Ndlozi described comments in this regard by African National Congress secretary general Gwede Mantashe as "sick observations".

"Every day, Mantashe manufactures derogatory labels and tries to stick them to the EFF and he is continuously failing because the EFF is growing stronger and stronger," Ndlozi said.
On Tuesday, Mantashe said that in the same way Hitler had used brown shirts to mobilise support, the EFF was using red overalls.

Nigeria Tracking 30,000 People at Risk of Contracting Ebola

 Nigerian health authorities are in the process of tracing more than 30,000 people who could be at risk of contracting Ebola, after the virus surfaced in Lagos.

The authorities have confirmed that a Liberian man who died in Lagos last Friday tested positive for Ebola, Reuters reported.

After the discovery, the hospital that dealt with Nigeria's first known Ebola victim was closed.

Professor Sunday Omilabu, from Lagos University Teaching Hospital, told Reuters the health

Israel presses attack on Gaza; 20 killed at U.N. school

        

  Israeli artillery shells slammed into U.N.-run school sheltering evacuees from the Gaza conflict early Wednesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens of others as they slept, according to Palestinian health officials and the U.N. agency in charge of the school.
The Israeli military later announced that it would implement a temporary humanitarian cease-fire in the Gaza Strip between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday. The cease-fire would not apply to areas in which Israeli military is currently operating, it said.

What is Ebola and how worried should we be about it?

The virus is found mainly in central and west Africa and people living in or near tropical rainforests are at particular risk. File photo

Ebola, formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is described by the World Health Organisation as "a severe, often fatal illness in humans".

It first appeared in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks, in Nzara, Sudan and in Yambuku, a village near the Ebola River, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The virus is found mainly in central and west Africa and people living in or near tropical rainforests are at particular risk.

Cameroun's Security Forces Rescues Deputy Prime Minister's Wife Abducted By Boko Haram

 

According to BBC Hausa, the wife of Cameroun‘s Deputy Prime Minister, Amadou Ali 

who was abducted from her home on Sunday  by suspected members of the extremist 

Boko Haram sect  has been rescued by Cameroun’s security forces.

Though BBC didn’t shed more light on it, they also disclosed that sixteen people
died and not four during the battle between Boko Haram men and Cameroonian soldiers
before they finally abducted her on Sunday.

Is Grace Mugabe the next Zimbabwean president?

 Grace Mugabe

The Zimbabwean first lady’s future plans came into question this week after she accepted a nomination to become secretary of the Zanu-PF Women’s League.
According to telegraph.co.uk, Mugabe was unanimously nominated for the role.
The nomination process took place during her birthday celebration in Moshonaland Central province.
Many have viewed this move as Grace Mugabe (49)’s first step into the political arena.  She is expected to officially take over as the new secretary of the Women’s League at the party’s congress next month.

Commonwealth Games 2014: Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare takes 100m gold in Glasgow

The fastest woman in Africa is now the fastest woman in the Commonwealth. Blessing Okagbare backed up a series of scintillating runs at Hampden Park to claim a stunning Commonwealth Games 100 metres title ahead of Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown and Kerron Stewart on Monday night.

6 Ways To Take Care Of Your 'Mental Hygiene'

When you think of proper hygiene, actions such as brushing your teeth and washing your hands probably come to mind. 
However, these practices only focus on physical hygiene. They do nothing to take care of our minds.
In his book "The Time Bandit Solution: Recovering Stolen Time You Never Knew You Had," Edward G. Brown presents the concept of "mental hygiene," which focuses on caring for your mind the same way you do for your body.

Just as physical hygiene keeps your body in top condition to move and function, taking care of your mental hygiene keeps your mind sharp. Brown designed the concept "for the purpose of increasing sustained behavioral peak performance through concentration."
He focuses on strategies for ridding your mind of destructive, negative thoughts and filling it with positive affirmations and self-esteem boosters.

Here are Brown's six techniques for taking care of your mental hygiene to keep your mind ready to tackle a challenge at any time:

Israel steps up bombardment of Gaza; Netanyahu warns of long conflict

 Israel pounded the Gaza Strip early Tuesday in some of the heaviest bombardments since the conflict began after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned his country that the mission would be longer and bloodier than previously thought, dashing hopes for a cease-fire despite intense international efforts.
Israeli airstrikes struck a fuel tank off Gaza’s only electricity plant early Tuesday, forcing it to shut down, according to Palestinian officials. The attack threatens to cut off power to the more than 1.8 million residents of Gaza, who were getting electricity only a few hours a day.

President Jonathan- There would’ve been crisis if Buhari was killed

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday admitted that Nigeria would have erupted in turmoil, if a former Head of State, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, had died during separate attacks on them in Kaduna on Wednesday.

He said Nigerians would not have celebrated the Eid-el-Fitri because a major calamity would have befallen the country if they had died.

The President said these just as the opposition All Progressives Congress called for an international inquiry into the attack on Buhari by a lone bomber.

Jonathan spoke when Vice-President Namadi Sambo led members of the Muslim community in the Federal Capital Territory to pay the traditional sallah homage to him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The President described those responsible for the attacks as sons of the devil.

Photo: President Jonathan And Elder Sister- Spot The Difference.....

President Jonathan and his elder sister. They share so much today in attributes. This was taken during the visit of FCT Muslim leaders to the President to celebrate the end of the Ramadan fast. Can u spot any difference between the two. 

Arik Air Suspends Flight To Sierra-Leone And Liberia Over Outbreak Of Ebola Disease.

Arik Air has said it has suspended flight operations to Liberia and Sierra-Leone following 

the outbreak of Ebola virusin the countries. The airline’s Head of Corporate Communications, 

Ola Adebanji, disclosed this in a statement issued yesterday in Lagos. 

 According to the statement, the suspension would be in force until further notice.

Tweet Of The Day:@GovernorRochas

UN Security Council calls for Gaza cease-fire

 The U.N. Security Council called for "an immediate and unconditional humanitarian cease-fire" in the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas at an emergency meeting just after midnight Monday morning.
The council met as Muslims started celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. The pressure for a cease-fire followed new attacks launched by Israel and Hamas on Sunday despite going back and forth over proposals for another temporary halt to nearly three weeks of fighting.
A 12-hour lull Saturday, agreed to by both sides following intense U.S. and United Nations mediation efforts, could not be sustained.

Two infected Americans, a dead Liberian doctor, and the worst-ever Ebola outbreak

Dr. Kent Brantly, left, treats an Ebola patient at the Samaritan’s Purse Ebola Case Management Center in Monrovia, Liberia. On Saturday, July 26, 2014, the North Carolina-based aid organization said Brantly tested positive for the disease and was being treated at a hospital in Monrovia. (AP Photo/Samaritan’s Purse)

All weekend, the Ebola news kept getting worse. It began on Saturday, when Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, confirmed that it was latest country to confirm a death by Ebola. He was Liberian, and he had died after landing in Lagos airport on Tuesday.

Photo Of The Day: Naeto C And New Born Daughter

Chinese Blogger Dong Rubin Jailed for Six Years In China For "Rumour-Mongering"

 Blogger Dong Rubin

China has stepped up its unforgiving campaign against internet "rumours" and "rumourmongers" that sees web users facing years in prison for posting criticism about the government online.
The latest victim is a blogger in Yunnan known for his criticism of the ruling Communist Party.
Dong Rubin, known to his 50,000 online followers by the alias "Bianmin", has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail according to state media reports.

Million-vote Malema vows to shut down business in Johannesburg

Julius Malema.

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema is threatening to shut down business in central Johannesburg when his supporters return to protest against the ban on overalls in the Gauteng legislature.

Speaking from his spacious third-floor office at his party's headquarters in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Malema said he was now planning a huge protest that would make Tuesday's chaotic march on the legislature look like a Sunday picnic.

Boko Haram kidnaps Cameroon's vice prime ministers wife

A government spokesman says Boko Haram fighters kidnapped the wife of Cameroon's vice prime minister in an attack that also resulted in multiple deaths.

Communications Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary said the attack occurred early Sunday morning in the town of Kolofata, in the Far North Region. He said the fighters targeted the home of Vice Prime Minister Amadou Ali as well as a local traditional chief.

He could not provide the exact numbers of people killed and kidnapped because he was still gathering information about the attack. But he confirmed that Ali's wife was among those kidnapped.

Photos: Zulu Monarch, King Zwelithini Marries 6th Wife In An Elegance Royal Wedding In Ulundi, Kwazulu-Natal

 King Goodwill Zwelithini and his sixth wife Swaziland Princess Zola Mafu


King Zwelithini, 66, married Queen Zola Mafu, 28, in a traditional ceremony on Saturday which was attended by more than 10,000 guests, including President Jacob Zuma and ANC stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
More than 60 cows and scores of sheep were slaughtered for the occasion.
Mafu was selected as the king's bride at the age of 18 while participating in the 2003 Swazi reed dance, according to the newspaper. More pics after cut...

Exclusive Pictures From King Sunny Ade’s Daughter's Wedding In Ondo State, Nigeria.

One of the beautiful daughters of Juju maestro, King Sunny Ade, also known as KSA, held her traditional marriage in Ondo State.

The occasion took place over the weekend and the happy father could not hide his joy over the development.

Congratulation to the JuJu Maestro and the beautiful couples. More pics after cut.

Naeto C And Wife Welcomes Baby Girl

Music artiste Naetochukwu popularly known as Naeto C and his wife, Nicole welcomed a baby girl on Friday, 25th of July, 2014.

The bouncing baby girl which was delivered is the second child of the couple, She gave birth to the baby in UK.

The couple tied the knot in 2012 and already have a son. Congratulations Naeto  C and Nicole on the new arrival to the family. 

Ebola Has Nigeria On 'Red Alert'

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A man reads a local newspaperson a street with the headline Ebola Virus kills Liberian in Lagos, in Lagos Nigeria, Saturday, July 26, 2014. An Ebola outbreak that has left more than 600 people dead across West Africa has spread to the continent's most populous nation after a Liberian man with a high fever vomited aboard an airplane to Nigeria and then died there, officials said Friday. 

Nigerian officials have put all airports, seaports and land borders on “red alert,” after a Liberian man died of Ebola virus disease in the capital city of Lagos. The outbreak that has killed more than 660 people and infected more than 1,000 in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has officially reached the most populous country on the continent.

After leveling Iraq’s Tomb of Jonah, the Islamic State could destroy ‘anything in the Bible’

Jonah’s main appearance in the Old Testament is short, but none too sweet.

As recounted in the Book of Jonah, God asked Jonah to preach. Not thinking himself cut out for the evangelizing game, Jonah ran away to sea.

But then Yahweh sent a great storm. When Jonah’s shipmates found out he was running from the Man Upstairs, they regretfully threw him overboard. Rather than let Jonah drown, God sent a great fish (or a whale, depending on the translation) to swallow him and — yuck — vomit him on dry land. Once saved, Jonah did preach to the people — but then got angry with God when He spared the wicked.

Gaza campaign on pace to become deadliest Israeli conflict in recent years :The Washington Post

 Palestinian and Israeli casualties are mounting at a pace that could surpass any other Israeli conflict in nearly a decade, amid signs of a deepening military and political stalemate driven by diplomatic gridlock, Palestinian militant resilience and the absence of a clear Israeli exit strategy.

The rising death toll in the Gaza Strip conflict propelled U.S. and European diplomats huddled in Paris to call for an extension of a 12-hour humanitarian truce Saturday that had afforded both sides a brief respite from the nearly three-week-old conflict.

Photos: Israel says it's extending Gaza truce for 24 hours :The Associated Press

As her brother-in-law Mazen Keferna, background left, weeps, Palestinian Manal Keferna, 30, right, cries upon her return to the family house, destroyed by Israeli strikes in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 26, 2014. 

Hamas resumed rocket fire Saturday on Israel after rejecting Israel's offer to extend a humanitarian cease-fire, the latest setback in international efforts to negotiate an end to the Gaza war.

Despite the Hamas rejection, Israel's Cabinet decided to extend a truce for 24 hours, until midnight (2100 GMT) Sunday. However, it warned that its military would respond to any fire from Gaza and would continue to demolish Hamas military tunnels during this period.

The temporary lull on Saturday saw Palestinians return to neighborhoods reduced to rubble and allowed medics to collect close to 150 bodies, Palestinian health official Ashraf al-Kidra said.

With the retrieval of the corpses, the number of Palestinians killed reached 1,047 in 19 days of fighting, while more than 6,000 were wounded, he said. More pics after cut...

Record Label Kalawa Jazmee musicians and staff does it for Madiba

Record label Kalawa Jazmee musicians and staff paid a visit to the Doug Whitehead School in honour of Mandela Day.

Record label Kalawa Jazmee, Airports Company South Africa and  Association for People with Disabilities (APD) made a difference in the lives of 184 learners at Doug Whitehead on Wednesday, 23 July 2014.
The parties donated food, toys and erected a rubber-tyre vegetable garden. Activities included play time and interaction with the children, storytelling, art and crafts.
The day ended with a lunch braai for the learners and all invited guests.
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Suspected Bomber Of General Buhari's Convoy Arrested Disquised As A Woman

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Photos: Released Sudanese Woman, Meriam Ibrahim Meets Pope Francis

Sudanese woman, Meriam Ibrahim, who flew into Italy yesterday  in company of her husband Daniel Wani and their two children Martin and Maya, met with Pope Francis at Casa Santa Martath inside the Vatican.
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Iraq jihadists blow up 'Jonah's tomb' in Mosul

Islamic State insurgents destroy reputed burial site of a prophet known in the Bible as Jonah after storming Iraqi city

The new jihadist rulers of Iraq's northern city of Mosul on Thursday completely levelled one its most well-known shrines.

The Nabi Yunus shrine was built on the reputed burial site of a prophet known in the Koran as Yunus and in the Bible as Jonah.

Iraq elects new president as attacks kill dozens

  Fouad Massoum speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq. Kurdish politician Fouad Massoum was named Iraq’s new president on Thursday, Massoum, 76, one of the founders of President Jalal Talabani’s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, known as PUK, accepted the position after winning two-thirds of the votes, noting the “huge security, political and economic tasks" facing the government. 

Iraqi lawmakers elected a veteran Kurdish politician as the nation's new president on Thursday, hours after an attack on a prison convoy killed dozens of people, brutally underscoring the challenges faced by the country's leaders as they struggle to form a new government.
The 76-year-old Fouad Massoum, one of the founders of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party led by Iraq's previous President Jalal Talabani, accepted the mostly ceremonial position after winning two-thirds of the votes in parliament, noting the "huge security, political and economic tasks" facing the next government.
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GAZA: Under the Shells :Photos: Contain Graphic Images

With the latest conflict between Hamas and Israel now in its third week, diplomatic efforts have failed to bring anything more than brief pauses in the fighting. The death toll of the conflict is nearing 800, including 32 Israeli soldiers, but the vast majority of the casualties have been Palestinian civilians. The photos below vividly show the human toll of the conflict.

 

Israeli soldiers fire 155-mm artillery cannons toward the Gaza Strip from their position near Israel's border with the coastal Palestinian enclave on July 21, 2014.More pics after cut....

Ebola May Have Reached Nigeria

The deadly Ebola hemorrhagic fever may have reached Nigeria, local health officials say. A Liberian man in his 40s is currently being tested for the virus in the capital city of Lagos, which is home to 21 million people, according to Reuters.
The most recent Ebola outbreak has already killed 632 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since February. This would be the first case in Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa.

Swaziland: Africa's last absolute monarchy

It is considered an act of terrorism to criticize King Mswati III. But as Swaziland's banned opposition continues to speak out, the international community turns a blind eye. 

The People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) is Swaziland's biggest opposition group. Yet in order to speak to its general secretary, Mlungisi Makhanya, you have dial a South African phone number. In Swaziland itself it is listed as a terrorist organization. Makhanya told DW of threats against his life and the unexplained deaths of party members.

Read Asari Dokubo's Comment On The Bomb Attack On General Buhari. Do You Share Asari's Views?

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Air Algerie flight vanishes as French fighters look for plane

An Air Algerie flight carrying 116 people has vanished while en route from Burkina Faso to Algeria. A French government official and the plane's Spanish owner says contact was lost with the aircraft over northern Mali.

Air navigation authorities said flight MH5017 disappeared from the radar at 0155 UTC on Thursday around 50 minutes after taking off from Burkina Faso's capital Ougadougou, according to Algerian state news agency APS.
France's junior transport minister, Frederic Cuvillier, said the plane had vanished over the border region between Niger and Mali.

Nigeria and neighbours form new force to fight Boko Haram

 

Boko Haram is waging an insurgency to create an Islamic state in Nigeria

Nigeria and three other states have pledged to speed up the creation of a 2,800-strong regional force to tackle militant Islamist group Boko Haram.

Defence ministers of Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger said they would each contribute 700 troops to the force.

#BringBackOurGirls- 100 days as captives of Boko Haram

In the night of 14-15 April, 2014, several trucks were parked in front of the government secondary school in Chibok, Borno State. Members of the terrorist sect Boko Haram forced their way into the school dormitories and abducted almost 300 girls.

Later the state governor claimed that 129 girls had been abducted, of whom 52 were able to make good their escape. Asabe Aliyu Kwarmbula, the director of the school, insisted that a far greater number of girls had been kidnapped. The girls were between 12 - 18 years old and to this day their whereabouts remain a mystery.

Picture Of The Day: Former Super Eagles Captain, Joseph Yobo And Son

General Buhari "The Attack On Me Was An Assassination Attempt

''I was personally involved in a clearly targeted bomb attack yesterday along Ali- Akilu road , Kawo- Kaduna about 2.30pm on my way to Daura"

The unfortunate event , clearly was an assassination attempt, came from a fast moving vehicle that made many attempts to overtake my security car but was blocked by my escort vehicle. We reached the market area of Kawo where he took advantage of our slowing down and attempted to ram my car and instantly denoted the bomb which destroyed all the three cars in our convoy, unfortunately, when i came out of my vehicle, i saw many dead bodies of innocent people littered around.

Thank God for His Mercies. I came out unhurt but three of my security staffs sustaining minor injuries. They have seen been treated in hospital and discharged.

Signed: General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd) GCFR