Biko don't look at the photos...they are extremely horrific. I've warned you...don't go and look and start abusing me in the comment section o..eh eh! The horrific incident happened yesterday along Sagamu expressway, between Ikenne and Sagamu. Some of those that died were OOU students going to Lagos for the weekend. See the photos after the cut..
At least 10 students of Olabisi Onabanjo University Ogun state lost their lives after a container on a truck fell on the commuter bus they were traveling in, crushing all the passengers and the bus driver to death. This happened along the Sagamu/Benin expressway at Ilishan, very close to Sagamu junction at about 12noon today June 26th. The students were on their way to Lagos when the accident happened.
An eyewitness said the driver of the truck drove against traffic which caused the head on collision with the commuter bus
"I was coming from Sagamu side and saw the accident. I had to hurriedly park my car, run to the scene to see if the passengers could be rescued but unfortunately all the occupants were dead including the driver. The bus was facing Lagos, but I dont know where it was coming from. The driver of the truck carrying an empty container was coming from Sagamu axis but was driving against traffic and that resulted in the collision, which eventually claimed the lives of the innocent people" the eye witness said.The remains of the victims have been deposited at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, OOUTH, Sagamu.
The US Supreme Court today June 26th ruled that same-sex marriages must be recognized in all 50 states of the United States of America. Texas will probably appeal.
From The Washington Post
The Supreme Court on Friday delivered a historic victory for gay rights, ruling 5 to 4 that the Constitution requires that same-sex couples be allowed to marry no matter where they live and that states may no longer reserve the right only for heterosexual couples.
People jubilating after the rulingThe court’s action marks the culmination of an unprecedented upheaval in public opinion and the nation’s jurisprudence. Advocates called it the most pressing civil rights issue of modern times, while critics said the courts had sent the country into uncharted territory by changing the traditional definition of marriage.
“Under the Constitution, same-sex couples seek in marriage the same legal treatment as opposite-sex couples, and it would disparage their choices and diminish their personhood to deny them this right,” Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion.
He was joined in the ruling by the court’s liberal justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
All four of the court’s most conservative members — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. — dissented and each wrote a separate opinion, saying the court had usurped a power that belongs to the people.
UK Beauty & Lifestyle Blogger Carly Jade (pictured above) was killed in yesterday's Tunisia terror attack at a beachfront hotel. Above is her last tweet as she packed her bags and went on holiday with friends to Tunisia. 37 people were shot dead at the hotel yesterday by two attackers who opened fire as the tourists relaxed on the beach. See the photo of one of the killers after the cut...
One of the attackers has been identified as 23 year old Saif Al-Din Al-Rizqi, aka, Abu Yahya al-
Qayrawani from Tunisia
Philadelphia 76ers selected Jahlil Okafor with the third pick in the 2015 NBA Draft on Thursday June 25th. He was born December 15, 1995. Okafor's father, Chukwudi Obika Okafor is of Nigerian descent (Anambra state) while his mother Dacresha Lanett Benton is a mix of African-American and white. Congrats to him...
OAP Toolz arrived LA last night ahead of the BET awards that's scheduled to take place on Sunday June 28th, at the Staples Center. She shared these stunning photos of herself. More photos after the cut..
When Ciara and Jacob Martinez named their daughter Isis five years ago they had no idea that the lofty moniker, after the Egyptian goddess of fertility, would put them through such hell. The Arizona couple thought the name was fitting since they’d had trouble conceiving and consider their little girl a “miracle,”
Isis is special in another way too: she was diagnosed in 2012 with the rare neurodevelopmental disorder Rett Syndrome, for which her family began fundraising to pay for a trip for her to see a specialist in California.
But last August stickers with their tagline, #TeamIsis, started getting the wrong kind of attention as strangers mistook their group for the terrorist organization, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, aka, ISIS.
“I honestly didn’t think anything of it when I printed them,” said the stay-at-home mom of two, 23, including another daughter Imelia, 2, with her husband, Jacob, 27. “I had started to hear of ISIS the terror group a couple of months earlier but to me that’s just an acronym, my daughter’s name is something completely different. But after [a fundraising event we held for our daughter], people started trying to drive me off the road, flipping me off, being aggressive… It was horrible.”
Haters have tweeted Ciara telling her that her ill daughter now, non-verbal due to her syndrome, is “a disgrace to America with that name.” Others continue to urge her to change Isis’ name amid all the torment but Ciara tells Yahoo Parenting that she’s standing strong.
“Isis has beaten so many odds,” says the mom of her first-born, who endures 35 hours of various therapies for her condition every week. “She has proven that she can do all things with great practice so if she can fight and live this life, I can do a better job and help fight the world for her.”
Well-wishers always ask how she does it, Ciara says. “People ask if it’s been hard, but I just say, ‘If you were in my position, wouldn’t you fight for what you have to fight for? I’m letting the world know that this is what her name is. This is her disease and we’re not backing down. I want to spread awareness.”
