Photo: Rainstorm Causes Havoc In Lagos

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 At least not less than 15 buildings were damaged by heavy rainstorm yesterday morning at Ebute Metta area of Lagos as residents prepared to leave for church. Roofs of several houses were removed and a lot of properties destroyed. At least 10 vehicles were also damaged in the process.

Spokesperson, for National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA,  Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the incident and said the agency was assessing the damage and would come up with relief packages.

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Photos: President Jonathan Visits Nyanya Bomb Blast Scene, Victims At The Hospital

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The president has cancelled his scheduled trip to Ibadan this morning to visit the Nyanya bomb blast scene. He was there with the senate president and also visited victims at Asokoro hospital, urging medical practitioners to do everything possible in their care to save the lives of the victims......

Photos: Another Early Morning Explosion Kills Many In Abuja Motor Park

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Bomb blast at Abuja bus station kills several people this morning

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Two blasts at Nyanya Motor Park on the outskirts of Abuja this morning April 14th has killed several people with many injured.

The blast occurred at the crowded bus station around 6.30am today during rush hour as commuters were about to board buses and taxis to go to work in central Abuja. Two buses full of people were struck. It is believed that one of the buses, which was parked overnight at the motor park, was loaded with the bomb that went off this morning.

The explosion occurred in a section of Nyanya park allocated to luxury buses. An eyewitness said he saw at least 50 bodies being removed from the scene..

"This morning there was an explosion at the Nyanya Motor Park," Manzo Ezekiel of the National Emergency Management Agency said. "Rescue teams are on the ground"

Now there are some really horrible photos from the ugly incident this morning. Find it after the cut. *viewer discretion advised*...

Over 200 feared dead as explosion rocks Nigerian capital, Abuja

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More than 200 people are feared dead in an explosion which rocked an outskirts of Abuja, the Nigerian capital, this morning.

The explosion sounded in a highly populated motor park in Nyanya, less than five minutes drive from the Abuja city Center.....More...

First Gay Clergyman Marries in Canterbury.

Cannon Pemberton and Laurence Cunnington

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A senior Church of England clergyman yesterday became the first to enter into a gay  marriage – in direct defiance of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby – plunging the Church into a fresh crisis. Canon Jeremy Pemberton tied the knot with Laurence Cunnington under new laws allowing same-sex marriages pushed through by David Cameron in the face of bitter opposition from backbench MPs and the Church. But Canon Pemberton, 58, now faces disciplinary action from the Church and could be expelled from his work as a priest because the House of Bishops has barred clergy from entering such unions, saying they undermine its traditional teaching that marriage should only be between a man and a woman....