Lagos Pastor Claims He Has Cure For Deadly Ebola Virus

The Founder of Trinity House, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, has claimed that he has found a solution to the deadly Ebola disease, which has killed no fewer than 670 people and infected more than 1,000 in Africa.

Following the death in Lagos of a Liberian, Patrick Sawyer, who flew in from his country to Nigeria last week, Ighodalo said he had a “message of hope and faith” that would uncover the solution to the highly infectious disease.

He said that God’s “anointing” and the “living words of Jesus,” were all that are needed to cure the deadly disease,” adding that mere laying of hands on those afflicted with the incurable Ebola virus was all that was required to liberate them.

Ighodalo claimed that he was drawing inspiration from the late Canadian–American Pentecostal pastor, John D. Lake, who, according to him, cured those infected by the virus.

Writing on his official Facebook page, the clergyman, who is also a chartered accountant, said that he could perform the same feat as Lake who reportedly laid hands on some Africans infected by the Ebola virus and healed them.

“Several years ago, the Ebola virus erupted in Africa, killing thousands of people without restraint or cure. The medical world was perplexed. A great man of God by the name John G. Lake came to the rescue by laying hands on infected people who were not to be touched.

“With bare hands, cleaning secretion and curing every victim, John. G. Lake along with his Holy Ghost filled team, brought to an abrupt end to the spread of the deadly virus. The higher life that put out Ebola in the days of John. G. Lake will do the same through you in your day! At the name of Jesus, Ebola will bow out! Stop the fear! Lake and team are long gone! But I am here, you are here! We can save our world! We have the life of God in us!” Ighodalo wrote in a post on his Facebook page.

Buttressing his claim that Ebola could be cured by the simple laying of hands on the infected individuals, Ighodalo quoted from portions of the Holy Bible.

Read Why Terrorist Bomb Refused To Detonate

Reports from the United States CIA has revealed that the Nigerian terrorist, Umar Abdulmutallab, failed to successfully carry out a bomb attack in 2009 because the explosives he was wired with became ‘degraded’ after he wore the same pair of underpants for two weeks.

Abdulmutallab had, at the age of 23, confessed to and convicted of attempting to detonate plastic explosives hidden in his underwear while aboard a Northwest Airlines Flight 253, en route from Amsterdam to Michigan, US on December 25, 2009.

However, United States officials explained that the bomb failed to detonate aboard the flight, which was carrying nearly 300 people, but caused a brief fire that caused burns to his groin.

He was sentenced to life without parole in February 2012 after he pleaded guilty to all charges on the second day of his trial the previous October.

The U.S. Head of the Transportation Security Administration, John Pistole, said during the week that the bomb failed to detonate because of how long Abdulmutallab had been wearing his underwear.

Pistole said, “The bomber had had the device with him for over two weeks.”

When he was then asked whether the bomb had become ‘damp’ Pistole replied that the explosive had become damp due to the length of days Abdulmutallab carried the device in his underwear.

During his trial, Abdulmutallab said the bomb in his underwear was a ‘blessed weapon’ to avenge poorly treated Muslims around the world.

However, after the bomb failed to detonate, passengers pounced on Abdulmutallab and forced him to the front of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 where he was held until the plane landed minutes later.

See How India Rock Python Swallows Antelope

 This impressive digestive feat was captured by Indian animal rescuer  in the tiny village of Billa in the Indian state of Gujarat.

The photographer and a member of his team dashed 25 miles to the scene on a motorcycle after getting a tip-off from a local in the area - arriving to find the giant snake devouring a nilgai, a type of Asian antelope also known as a blue bull

Algeria Flight Enroute From Bukina Faso Crashes In Sahara Desert

An Air Algerie flight that went missing en route from Burkina Faso to Algiers with 116 people on board including 50 French nationals has crashed in Sahara desert.

Among those aboard were Mariela Castro, the 51-year-old daughter of Cuban president Raul Castro and niece of former leader Fidel Castro.

Air navigation services lost track of the Swiftair MD-83 around 50 minutes into the flight after the crew reportedly asked to change course due to a storm.

The plane, which is operated by Air Algerie, was last picked up on radar at 1.55am GMT and should have landed in the Algerian capital around three hours later.

Wreckage of the plane has reportedly been spotted by French fighter jets in the Saharan sand in Mali.

It comes after a treacherous week for the aviation industry in which 298 people were killed when Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane was shot down over Ukraine and 48 people died in a crash in Taiwan.

Breaking News: Bomb Explosion Hits Kaduna Metro

A bomb explosion has hit Kaduna town with reports of several people killed and some injured.

The incident occurred in the early hours of today, near Kano Motel along Alkali Road leading to Murtala Square, Kaduna.

The bomb was reportedly targeting thousands of Muslims who were rounding off a  Ramadan Tafsir in the square.

Security operatives have sealed the area; reporters could not verify the casualty figures as at the time of publishing this report.

OSMI Lauds BON, Corporate Brands On World Cup Support

Optima Sports Management International (OSMI), the exclusive 2014 FIFA World Cup terrestrial broadcast rights owners for the Nigerian territory, has applauded its partners, Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON), Sponsors and the various corporate organisations for their support towards a successful broadcast of the just-concluded tournament.

BON is the umbrella body of radio and television stations across the country and partnered with OSMI to broadcast all the 64 matches of the 2014 FIFA World Cup to all Nigerians free of charge. Airtel, Coca-Cola, Guinness, Ecobank, Alomo Bitters and NNPC are some of the corporate brands that patronised OSMI during the broadcast.

According Managing Director, OSMI, the generous patronage and support of the broadcast stations, sponsors and supporting brands made the transmission of the matches to Nigerians possible.  

He said: “The OSMI vision is to provide premium sports contents to the generality of Nigerians without having to pay to enjoy such progammes and we have been doing this consistently for over ten years now. For followers of sports, especially football, we delivered on this objective with the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil as we transmitted all the 64 matches.  

Youths, Beat Up Former PDP National Chairman's Wife

Decorum was said to have been thrown into the wind Friday, when the Delta State Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and youths suspected to be loyal to the party chairman, allegedly in broad day light beat up and tore the clothes off the wife of the former PDP national chairman, Mrs. Mariam Nneamaka Ali.

The show of shame occurred when the State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, had waited to come and perform the formal commissioning of the newly built state secretariat of the party. It was a presentation of vehicles to the 25 local government party chairmen in the state.

Correspondents learned that trouble started at the state party secretariat following a heated argument between the state party chairman, and the wife of the former PDP national chairman. It was all over a seat.

In recalling her ordeal, the wife of the former PDP national chairman, Mrs. Mariam Nneamaka Ali, alleged that as a Board of Trustee member of the party, she had been, on several occasions, ‘sidelined’ by the state party chairman and others.

According to Nneamaka Ali, “A PDP stakeholder meeting was held in Abuja and as a Board member member, I was deliberately not invited and just today, another stakeholder meeting was held at the state party secretariat. The same time the same thing happened, I was not informed until someone called me that since I am in town, it will be nice and wise for me to attend, and I went.

On arrival, I saw two vacant seats besides the former deputy governor, Chief Benjamin Elue, and the speaker, Mr. Peter Onwusanya. I quietly seated [myself] and immediately, to my surprise, the MC of the ceremony publicly announced that where I was seated was not meant for me,” she said.