Pope Francis is wrapping up his three-day visit to Turkey with a liturgy alongside the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians and a meeting with young refugees who have fled Syria, Iraq and other conflict zones.
Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I will issue a joint declaration at the end of their meeting on Sunday, which falls on an important feast day for the Orthodox Church.
The Catholic and Orthodox churches split in 1054 over differences on the primacy of the papacy, and there was a time when patriarchs had to kiss...
Sunday, November 30, 2014
David Beckham and Son Brooklyn, 15, Involved in Car Accident
Retired soccer star and model David Beckham and his and Victoria Beckham's his eldest son, Brooklyn Beckham, were recently involved in a car crash in their native England and thankfully, were not injured.
The accident took place on Saturday.
"David and Brooklyn were involved in a car accident, they did not suffer any injuries and as I understand it, both passengers in the other vehicle were unharmed," a source told E! News. "David and Brooklyn...
US police officer who shot teenager resigns
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Darren Wilson insists he acted in accordance with the law
US police officer Darren Wilson - who fatally shot unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in the Missouri town of Ferguson - has resigned from the force, his lawyer Neil Bruntrager says.
Mr Bruntrager told US media the resignation was effective immediately.
Mr Wilson himself has been quoted by as saying he had taken the step because of threats of violence if he stayed.
Ferguson and other...
11 feared killed in Rivers gun attack
By Jimitota Onoyume
About eleven persons were feared dead in Omoku, headquarters of Ogba Egbema Ndoni local government area of Rivers State, following a shooting spree by gunmen who stormed the area Friday night and yesterday afternoon.
Community sources told Sunday Vanguard that the gunmen, who wore masks, shot indiscriminately for several hours on Friday night, adding that they later fled when men of the Joint Task Force, JTF, engaged them...
U.N.: Number of Ebola cases now tops 16,000
The number of confirmed, probable and suspected cases of Ebola in the current outbreak has surpassed 16,000, according to the World Health Organization, with nearly 7,000 deaths from those cases.
The United Nations' health agency issued its latest numbers Friday, focusing on how Ebola has affected Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- the three countries where the vast majority of cases have occurred.
Liberia has been hit hardest, with the WHO...
63 escape death as plane crash lands in Ilorin
By Demola Akinyemi
59 passengers and four crew members aboard an Overland Airlines plane escaped death, yesterday, in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, when the jet crash landed.
The aircraft, with registration number, 051175/1176, was said to be on its way to Ibadan when it developed fault.
Sunday Vanguard gathered that no casualty was recorded in the incident that happened around 5.30pm at the Ilorin International Airport.
Some passengers on board the aircraft commended the pilot who they claimed averted what they believed...
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Sick paedophile jailed after blackmailing girls aged 13-15 to send him nude pictures on Snapchat
Vile Aaron Finnie, 20, forced the girls to comply by telling them he would commit suicide and even sent one a picture of him with a gun to his head
A sick paedophile who lured girls as young as 13 into sending him naked pictures on Snapchat has been jailed.
Vile Aaron Finnie, 20, ensnared 11 different girls aged between 13 and 15 into sending or receiving indecent images.
The court heard how he would look for girls on Facebook, then move his...
Slavery levels in UK 'higher than thought'
There could be between 10,000 and 13,000 victims of slavery in the UK, higher than previous figures, analysis for the Home Office suggests.
Modern slavery victims are said to include women forced into prostitution, "imprisoned" domestic staff and workers in fields, factories and fishing boats.
The figure for 2013 is the first time the government has made an official estimate of the scale of the problem.
The Home Office has launched a strategy...
Egypt court dismisses murder charges against Mubarak
An Egyptian court has thrown out a case against former President Hosni Mubarak for conspiring to murder protesters during the 2011 Egyptian revolution due to a technicality and lack of jurisdiction.
Mubarak and his sons Alaa and Gamal were also cleared by Chief Judge Mahmoud Kamel al-Rashidi of corruption charges related to exporting gas to Israel.
The same Cairo court acquitted Habib al-Adli, former Mubarak-era interior minister, and six senior security commanders of conspiracy to murder protesters.
Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan...
U.N. releases U.S. torture report
The events in Ferguson, Missouri, are a "tragedy," but the U.N. Committee Against Torture "has to respect the decision" of authorities not to prosecute police Officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, committee member Alessio Bruni said Friday.
Bruni spoke at a news conference about the release of a committee report that criticizes, among other things, racial profiling and excessive use of force by U.S. police.
While the report...
Gunmen kidnap three expatriate workers in Bayelsa State
By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa
Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped three expatriate workers in Bayelsa State.
Saturday Vanguard learnt the expatriates were seized, Wednesday, at Emakalakala in Ogbia local government area of the state.
The abduction, has again brought to the fore the parlous state of security in the riverine enclave of the state where pirates and other criminal elements have been terrorizing law abiding citizens.
Though the nationalities of the abducted expatriates could not be ascertained they were said to be working for a construction...
Friday, November 28, 2014
Nigerian mosque attack deaths climb to 120
UPDATED: NOV 29, 2014 01:23 GMT
At least 120 people were killed and 270 others wounded on Friday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up and gunmen opened fire on a Muslim congregation at Friday prayers in the central mosque in northern Nigeria's largest city of Kano, a rescue official said.
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the toll could rise, as some of the wounded were in critical condition and...
2Face, Oritsefemi, Niyola, others thrill fans at NMVA
By Juliet Ebirim
This year’s edition of the Nigeria Music Video Awards (NMVA) held on Wednesday night with titillating performances by 2Face, Oritsefemi, Mr Songs, Joe-el, Skales, Niyola and Mc Galaxy.
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Joe-el, MC Galaxy received their first awards for the Best Video by a New Act and Best Use of Dance in a Music Video respectively. Gbade Adetisola also received the award for the Best Use Of Visual Effects. Kemi Adetiba won the award for...
How police smashed kidnap gang in Lagos
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderantin, yesterday, said the 33-year-old leader of a notorious gang of kidnappers terrorizing Ajah and Epe areas of the state has been arrested.
Aderanti, who made this known at the eight edition of the Security Town Hall meeting organized by the Lagos State Security Trust Fund, said two AK-47 rifles were recovered from an unregistered Volkswagen Passat Saloon car belonging to the gang.
Vanguard gathered that the suspect, identified as Anthony Adidi, masterminded the kidnap of Ladi Ene Garba, staff...
davido buy's car for his manager & producer
Music star and HKN gang boss,
Davido (David Adedeji Adeleke) reportedly spent over N35m on brand new cars for both his manager, Kamal Ajiboye and his producer, Sheyi Akerele (Shizzi).
Davido bought a brand new black Mercedes 450 GL which cost N12m for his manager while that of his producer, is a brand new black Porsche Cayenne which cost N2...
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Archbishop condemns Reps for jumping over NASS gate
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Martins, on Monday expressed disgust at the behaviour of some members of the House of Representatives for jumping over the gate of the National Assembly Complex.
Martins said in Lagos that the lawmakers ought to have restrained themselves from throwing decorum to the wind, no matter the level of provocation.
“It gives us a lot of concern that the officials of the National Assembly have to...
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Sierra Leone: Ebola burial team dumps bodies
Workers employed by Sierra Leone's Ministry of Health to bury Ebola victims took drastic action this week in a dispute over pay, abandoning the bodies of 15 people in the street.
Some were paraded at the entrance to a hospital Monday to stop people from entering. Another body was placed outside the entrance to a hospital administrative building.
The workers have gone on strike because they say they are owed seven weeks of their "hazard" pay of $100 a week.
Burying Ebola victims is a dangerous task, since the deadly virus is spread through contact...
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Italian doctor with Ebola arrives in Rome
An Italian doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone arrived Tuesday in Rome, where he will receive specialist treatment, media reported.
The doctor, the first Italian to be infected with the disease, was flown into the military airport of Pratica di Mare, outside the capital.
The doctor, who reports say is a 50-year-old man, was transported in a specially sealed unit on board a military plane, TV pictures showed.
He will be hospitalised at the Lazzaro Spallanzani national institute for infectious diseases.
The Italian health ministry said he...
Cultists kidnap, murder Kogi varsity professor, student
By Boluwaji Obahopo
LOKOJA—A lecturer with Kogi State University, KSU, Anyigba, Associate Professor Justice Olurotimi Otitolaye, has been reported killed by cult members in the institution.
Professor Otitolaye.
Vanguard gathered that Professor Otitolaye, who had been championing war against examination malpractice in the institution, was abducted around Stadium Road, near the campus on Friday night, on his way to a supermarket.
His bullet-riddled...
Report: China building airstrip' island
China is building an island in the South China Sea that could accommodate the country's first airstrip in bitterly contested waters, according to satellite images analyzed by IHS Jane's Defence Weekly.
Reclamation at Fiery Cross Reef on the western edge of the disputed Spratly islands is creating a land mass that is more than 3,000 meters (2 miles) long and between 200 to 300 meters (650 to 980 feet) wide -- large enough to construct a...
2014 American Music Awards: Complete List of Winners!
By Sean ft Stanley
The 42nd annual American Music Awards shook L.A.'s Nokia Theatre Sunday night. Taylor Swift unleashed the first performance of "Blank Space," Jennifer Lopez and Iggy Azalea premiered their TV rendition of "Booty," and other artists, including Selena Gomez, Lorde, Charli XCX, Sam Smith, and A$AP Rocky, rounded out the rest of the live fare. (There was also a very strange but wonderful Waka Flocka Flame commercial.)...
Banker 'fit' to enter plea over HK murders
By Paul Armstrong, CNN
UPDATED: NOV 24, 2014 04:50 GMT
A court in Hong Kong has ruled that a British banker charged with the grisly murder of two Indonesian women is psychologically fit to enter a plea on both counts.
However, the case has been adjourned until July next year to allow for more than 200 pieces of forensic and DNA evidence to be analyzed.
Rurik Jutting has been in custody since November 1 following the discovery of the bodies of...
WOW Nigerian Government to cut fuel subsidy by half in 2015
The Federal Government has said it plans to cut subsidies on petroleum products by half next year after sharp falls in global crude prices, spurred a reversal of its 2015 budget downwards.
President Goodluck Jonathan submitted the revised budget figures to lawmakers last week, proposing to spend 458.68 billion naira ($2.59 bln) on petrol subsidy in 2015, down from 971.14 billion naira presented for 2014.
It also assumed further cuts to petrol subsidies in 2016 to 408.68 billion naira and 371.18 billion naira for 2017.
The Minister of finance and...
Monday, November 24, 2014
3 priests, teacher arrested in sex abuse case
By Al Goodman, CNN
UPDATED: NOV 24, 2014 17:27 GMT
It might all have remained a dark secret, if a young man who was an alleged victim of sexual abuse hadn't written a letter to the Vatican. And then gotten a surprise phone call from Pope Francis, according to a Spanish digital newspaper.
On Monday, Spanish police arrested three Catholic priests and a religion teacher on suspicion of abusing a minor, Spain's interior minister announced.
A court statement from Granada confirmed the arrests of four people "for a case of sexual abuse," and said it...
US defence Secretary to step down from post
Chuck Hagel has resigned as US defence secretary after less than two years in the top military post.
President Barack Obama confirmed his resignation and paid tribute to his "class and integrity".
Mr Hagel, 68, a Vietnam war veteran and former Republican senator, said it had been his life's "greatest privilege".
Last month, it was reported that he was sharply critical of the US strategy against Islamic State and in relation to the Syria regime.
He...
Cleveland police shoot dead boy, 12, carrying fake gun
A 12-year-old boy has been shot dead by police in the US city of Cleveland, after brandishing what turned out to be a fake gun in a playground.
Police say an officer fired two shots at the boy after he failed to obey an order to raise his hands.
A caller reported the boy to police for scaring people with a gun but said that he did not know if it was real.
One of the officers was in his first year on the local force, the other had more than 10...
Messi breaks Spanish goals record
Lionel Messi broke the Spanish league's all-time scoring record after hitting a hat trick in Barcelona's 5-1 victory over Sevilla.
It has been a season of records for the Argentine international who, at just 27, already holds the record as Barcelona's highest ever scorer in European competition.
But all eyes were on the diminutive striker at the Camp Nou stadium to see whether he cold break Telmo Zarra's 59-year-old record of 251 Spanish league...
13-YR-OLD GIRL’S HORROR: ‘My stepfather serially raped, impregnated me!’
By Favour Nnabugwu and Leo
Aligwo
Parents and adults generally have responsibility to care for, educate, and discipline children but when the children begin to detest the parents, then the situation calls for concern.
13 -year-old Blessing Chia allegedly fell victim to regular beating by his step father, Mr Benjamin Richard, 35, who, as she claimed, later lusted after her.
The allegation by the girl that the step father serially raped...
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Top 5 most Richest People in the world 2014
5) LARRY ELLISON – $49.3 BILLION
Heavily involved in the tech industry, Larry Ellison is the chief executive officer of Oracle, an American multinational computer technology corporation based out of California that specializes in computer hardware systems. Ellison is worth $48 billion, a whopping $8 billion more than the two Koch brothers. Named the third wealthiest man in America last year, Ellison also has large stakes in companies such as Salesforce, NetSuite, Astex Pharmaceuticals and Quark Biotechnology. Ellison was, along with Bill Gates...
Saturday, November 22, 2014
101 Interesting facts
1.Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.
2.The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.
3.Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
4.It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.
5.When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.
6.Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
7.Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.
8.Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones...
Friday, November 21, 2014
Obama unveils new immigration plan USA
updated 15:50 GMT 11.21.14
Obama: 'You can come out of the shadows'
By Jim Acosta and Stephen Collinson, CNN live
Obama unveils new immigrationWashington (CNN) - President Barack Obama is ordering the most sweeping overhaul of the immigration system in decades, despite Republican claims he is acting illegally by moving unilaterally to shield five million undocumented immigrants.
Obama rejected accusations by conservatives...
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Chris Hemsworth id People magazine's Sexiest man Alive for 2014
By Bruna
The wait is finally over! Jimmy Kimmel had the honor of announcing this year's handsome Hollywood hunk that snagged the title of People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2014, and it's Chris Hemsworth! After playing a fun game of Q&A with the audience, Hemsworth answered their yes or no questions with a voice changer and mask via Skype, until they finally guessed hisidentity (thanks to some superhero questions)."Thank you very...
