Church Building Collapses in Edo State

A one-storey building belonging to Christ Chosen Church of God in Edo

 State collapsed today.

The building housed offices and residences of church officials, The Nation reports.

According to reports, there were six people trapped in the building. Three were

 rescued and sustained severe injuries, and one of the individuals died. Efforts 

are currently being made to rescue the other two, who are still trapped in the debris.

According to reports, the building was being demolished by youths hired by the church authorities before it collapsed on the workmen.

The collapse of the building angered many, who went on rampage and burned down a church vehicle in the process.

Happiness is the Truth:Toyosi Phillips

On my flight back to New York recently, I Googled, “Is it OK to be this happy?” 

It goes without saying that I was stupidly happy at that moment and had been

 that way for a while. Funny thing is I couldn’t categorically say why. 

I didn’t know if it was seeing/spending time with my mom that had me in that good 

mood or if it was the credit alert I had just received or if it was the aftermath

 of spending time with my “big sister’s” adorable baby. I didn’t know what it was…

 I don’t know what it is because over a week later I’m still that happy. My heart is full.

The question now is, why did I have to google, “is it OK to be this happy?”? 

Did a part of me think that wasn’t normal? Or perhaps that I didn’t deserve

 that level of happiness? It made me wonder; how many people daily

 suppress their happiness because they think it’s not normal? How many people

 daily think they’ve done so much wrong and only deserve happiness in trickles 

or they think about everything that’s not going right in their lives and listen to

 The Voices- those ones that remind them that all their mates have good jobs 

and they are still looking for an internship . The voices which say they’re 

overweight and single; that level of happiness is only for people with

 husbands/wives and kids, 

or that their rent will be due in a few days and they still haven’t come up 

with the funds so that spark of happiness should be non-existent?

 How many people have listened to those lies and put out the fire of 

happiness blazing in them?

For anyone who has ever felt the need to ask the question, “is it OK to be this happy?” 

the answer is a resounding YES! Not just because several articles on Google agree, 

but because we all should be happy! Happiness keeps us optimistic.

 A conscious decision to stay happy helps us make essential life-altering changes. 

A conscious decision to stay happy renews our minds. We start seeing things differently.

It’s OK to feel like chuckling at the slightest thing, to feel a warmth in your 

heart that you cannot explain and to sing out loud and laugh at the ridiculous 

lyrics of songs. There’s nothing wrong with you. No, you’re not oblivious to the

 issues you have to deal with and no, you’re not living in lala land. 

You’re simply making a conscious decision not to be overwhelmed

 by life and that is commendable.

So today I choose to be happy and I choose to stay happy, regardless.

Photo : Olamide celebrates his NEA 2014 Win at the Etisalat Office! Introducing Video Ringtone Service – “Vringo”

At the recently concluded 2014 edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Awards 

held in New York, one of Nigeria’s biggest rappers and Etisalat 

brand ambassador, Olamide, clinched the award for Album of the Year for his 

“Baddest Guy Ever Liveth” Album.

The rapper recently paid a courtesy visit to Etisalat office in Victoria Island to 

celebrate his award with them. He was received by Enitan Denloye (Director,

 Brands and Communications); Oluwole Rawa, (Director, Consumer Segment) 

and Adia Sowho (Head, Digital Media).

See pictures below from the visit;

Etisalat recently unveiled a special video ringtone service called “Vringo”

 which enables subscribers to customize their caller tunes by replacing it with

 a video clip of their choice, ranging from music, movie, and comedy to 

football and other sports.

To have Olamide’s latest video “Story for the gods” as your video ringtone, 

simply download Vringo from the Android Play Store and search for the video;

 To get it as a ringback tune, text50296 to 251 from your Etisalat line.

Russian Man Commits Suicide Live on Skype while Spectators Watch

Sergey Kirilov

A 26-year-old Russian man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself live on Skype, while spectators cheered him on.
The man, Sergey Kirilov, announced his intentions to kill himself on social media, and invited people to watch him do it live on Skype, Daily Mail reports.

Police authorities investigating the case say they are surprised that instead of attempting to stop Kirilov from taking his own life, many encouraged him. Only one person tried to stop him.
One spectator said “If a man says he’s going to do something, he needs to do it,” and another said “Come on, are you ready yet? Go on – do it.”

Speaking on the incident, a police spokesperson said “It is beyond belief that people could watch this as a form of entertainment. We will be investigating everyone who watched this incident, especially those who urged him to carry it out who may be guilty of negligent homicide.”

Photo Credit: Daily Mail

Scotland Votes “No” to Gaining Independence from United Kingdom

Scotland has voted to remain a part of the United Kingdom after a vast majority of voters rejected independence.

There were 2,001,926 votes against independence, and 1,617,989 in favour, BBC reports.

David Cameron, UK Prime Minister, expressed great joy at the results, and pledged that “the three main unionist parties at Westminster would now follow through with their pledge of more powers for the Scottish Parliament.”

Cameron also promised to let the people of Northern Ireland, Wales, and England have a greater say over their affairs.

Photo Credit: BBC

I never thought I’d have children or fall in love – Angelina Jolie

Photo : Van Gaal’ll turn Rooney into a terror

Louis van Gaal will get Wayne Rooney back to his best and terrorising defenders again, 

according to former team-mate Rio Ferdinand, ESPN reports.

Ferdinand, 35, has seen both sides of the talented Manchester United striker: the angry 

young man and the calmer but less influential elder statesmen in the squad, and is optimistic

 he is ready to return to his creative best.

Writing in his autobiography #2sides, which is The Sun, Ferdinand said, “He’s still one of the 

top assist makers in the league … I think under Louis van Gaal we will see the return 

of the Rooney who terrorises opponents.”

Ferdinand says Rooney has become a calmer player in recent years but witness what 

he was like as a “very angry young man” during the early days of his career at United.

“He seems to fly into a rage about the smallest thing and went through mobile phones like

 they were sweets,” Ferdinand said. “He’d smash phones up in frustration, throwing them on the concrete.

 Other players used to laugh about it.

“I don’t know what happened but he did calm down.”

Rooney scored one and set up another for United on Sunday as they strolled to a 4-0 victory –

 their first competitive win of the season – against Ferdinand’s Queens Park Rangers at Old Trafford.

He has been made captain by Van Gaal but faces stiff competition for places with Radamel Falcao

 and Robin van Persie also fighting for first-choice forward roles.