There has been a fire outbreak at the NNPC petrol station located along College road in the Ogba area of Lagos State.
The cause of the fire is not known at the moment.
However, firefighters are said to be having difficulties in putting out the inferno.
Some nearby houses are also reported to have been affected by the fire.
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Breaking News this Afternoon in Nigeria Friday 24th April 2020
Top Nigeria News Dailies Update from Newspaper Headlines Today this Afternoon
IBEDC appeals to customers for bill payment
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has appealed to postpaid and prepaid customers to pay their electricity bills when due and vend for energy for efficient service delivery. Its Chief Operating Officer, Mr John Ayodele, made the appeal in a statement on Friday, in which he corroborated the statement of the Minister of Power that …
The Sun Nigeria.
BREAKING NEWS: Ebonyi correspondents chapel condemns arrest, intimidation of members
Chijioke Agwu, Abakaliki Members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists in Ebonyi State on Friday condemned the arrest of two of their members on the orders of the state government. The members stated this in a communique after an extraordinary emergency meeting in Abakaliki. The communique which was signed by the …
The Sun Nigeria.
Coca-Cola supports Red Cross’ response to COVID-19 spread in Nigeria
Chinenye Anuforo The Coca-Cola Foundation, the philanthropic arm of The Coca-Cola Company, has provided a grant to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to help curb the spread of COVID-19 across Nigeria. This intervention is to scale up community sensitization and procure essential protective kits such as medical masks, face …
The Sun Nigeria.
Lockdown: Rotary Club Nsukka distributes palliative to over 150 households
Felix Ikem, Nsukka As Coronavirus continues to take devastating economic toll across the globe, Rotary Club of Nsukka, District 9142 has distributed palliative materials to over one hundred and fifty households in Nsukka local government Area of Enugu state. The palliative materials which include 10kg of rice, 10kg of beans, half cartoon of 120gm of …
The Sun Nigeria.
COVID-19 lockdown: FCT police arrests 1,909, violators, prosecute 1,736
Molly Kilete, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory(FCT), police command said it has arrested 1,909, persons for violating the COVID-19 presidential lockdown directive in Abuja. This is just as the command said has a total of 13, mobile courts spread across the city to try offenders. The command also said it has prosecuted a total 1,736, …
The Sun Nigeria.
Court remands suspected killers of Fasoranti’s daughter
Bamigbola Gbolagunte, Akure An Ondo State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, has remanded four suspects who allegedly killed Mrs Funke Olakunri, daughter of the leader of the pan-Yoruba Social Cultural Organization, Afenifere, Chief Rueben Fasoranti, The four suspects were arrested by the Special-Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force penultimate …
The Sun Nigeria.
Adamawa State Govt. Imposes Another 14 Day Lockdown
Billy Graham Abel Yola The Adamawa state governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has imposed another fourteen day lockdown on the state effective Friday, 24th April, 2020 midnight, following the register of a first case of Coronavirus in the state. The governor said, his government has already commenced contact tracing of the index case and a lockdown …
The Sun Nigeria.
Breaking News: Bauchi discovers 3 new COVID-19 cases
PAUL ORUDE, BAUCHI Three more people have tested positive for CoronaVirus in Bauchi State, bringing the total number of active cases to six as of Thursday, April 23. The new cases include another female staff of thedtate office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Bauchi and two other people whose identity have not been …
The Sun Nigeria.
COVID-19: Katsina shuts down another LGA
Agaju Madugba, Katsina Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has ordered a total lockdown of Safana Local Government Area with effect from 7am on Saturday. The order followed a confirmation by the NCDC of two cases of the COVID-19 in the area said to be from primary contact with the index case from the …
The Sun Nigeria.
To be gov not licence for dictatorship, Ex-Ebonyi SSG blasts Umahi
Chijioke Agwu, Abakaliki Former Secretary to the Ebonyi State Government (SSG), Prof. Bernard Odoh, has berated the state governor, Chief David Umahi, over his recent pronouncement banning Mr. Chijioke Agwu of the Sun newspapers and Mr. Peter Okutu of the Vanguard newspapers from entering the Ebonyi State Government House “for life.” The governor had banned …
The Sun Nigeria.
Nigeria, South Africa, others risk 125,000 jobs, $6bn revenue
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) renewed its call for government relief measures as the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis in Africa deepen. IATA, in its latest assessment of COVID-19 crisis impact on African airlines and air transport, listed Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Ghana, Egypt, Senegal and Cape Verde as countries facing the hardest hit as a result of Coronavirus. It projected that African airlines will lose $6 billion in revenues in 2020. South Africa tops the greatest loser in aviation as it is expected to…
New Telegraph.
Buhari to leaders: Tap opportunities provided by COVID-19
ECOWAS appoints President Champion of pandemic response President Muhammadu Buhari has charged his fellow West African leaders under the aegis of ECOWAS to tap opportunities accompanying the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Buhari, who was appointed the Champion of the COVID-19 response yesterday during the Extraordinary ECOWAS Summit on COVID-19 which was held via teleconferencing under the Chairmanship of Mahamadou Issoufou, President of the Republic of Niger, called on fellow ECOWAS leaders to look beyond the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and tap into various opportunities…
New Telegraph.
DMO raises N176.06bn for FG in April bond auction
The Debt Management Office (DMO) recorded 459 per cent over subscription level in April’s bond edition conducted on Wednesday. DMO said it raised N176.06 billion for the N60 billion offered for three instruments in the April bond auction. In a statement yesterday DMO said while it offered N60 billion bond across three tenors to investors at the auction – N20 billion each for the 5-year, 15-Year and 30-year tenors, the offer was oversubscribed to N275.67 billion, indicating overall subscription level of 459%. “The total subscription received through competitive bids…
New Telegraph.
Airport Hotel sends workers on 3-month leave without pay
The management of Airport Hotel, Ikeja, has directed its workers to proceed on three months compulsory leave without pay. The development, according to a letter to the workers, which was obtained by New Telegraph yesterday, is borne out of current devastation on businesses by COVID-19. The letter, dated 21/04/2020 and signed by Yemi Madu (Mrs), HHRA&T-LAHL, and titled to “ALL MEMBERS OF STAFF: NOTICE TO GO ON THREE MONTHS STAY BACK AT HOME WITHOUT PAY,” has also attracted the attention of organised labour that has vowed to ensure the directive…
New Telegraph.
40 doctors, nurses test positive for Coronavirus
No fewer than 40 frontline health workers, especially medical doctors and nurses in Nigeria have been infected with Coronavirus (COVID-19). There are tens of medical practitioners that have been quarantined. The healthcare workers were highly exposed to the virus as they were the first responders to patients infected with the virus. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, who made the disclosure yesterday at the daily Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja, called on health workers to take precautionary measures to protect themselves from contracting the virus. He…
New Telegraph.
Covid-19 lockdown: FG mulls extension as 40 doctors, nurses test positive
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has hinted on the possibility of a fresh extension of the lockdown order for another two weeks. This is coming barely 24 hours after the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) resolved to back a nationwide lockdown for two weeks to enhance better tracking of suspected cases of coronavirus infection across the country. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr. Boss Mustapha, who gave the indication yesterday at the daily media briefing on the activities of…
New Telegraph.
Dangote Cement’s N100bn bonds oversubscribed – Official
Dangote Cement Plc, yesterday, announced the successful issuance of its N100 billion Series 1 fixed rate senior unsecured bonds due April 2025. Mr. Michel Puchercos, Chief Executive Officer of the company, said in Lagos that the N100 billion bonds under its N300 billion bond programme, were 1.5 times oversubscribed. Puchercos said book building, with respect to the issuance, commenced on April 3, following the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission and closed on April 15 at a coupon rate of 12.50 per cent. He stated that the total order…
New Telegraph.
Akinjide: Exit of a legal icon, astute politician
Nigerians, particularly the people of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital were hit with the news of the demise of the Second Republic Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Chief Richard Akinjide, on Tuesday. Expectedly, there have been torrents of tributes for him from different quarters in line with a Biblical verse of Proverbs 10:7, which states that “a good and honest life is a blessed memorial; a wicked life leaves a rotten stench.” Akinjide was a respected elder statesman, legal icon and politician, who…
New Telegraph.
FG underscores transparency in N21bn anti-COVID-19 funding
NNPC, oil producers disburse ambulances, others to states The Federal Government has vowed to ensure transparency and accountability in the oil industry’s N21 billion anti-COVID-19 funding. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, and Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, unanimously underscored the need for transparency in the disbursement of the funds during the handing over in Lagos of six ambulances and medical consumables being the first tranche of 37 ambulances mulled for the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).…
New Telegraph.
Why Ogiemwonyi deserves Edo APC guber ticket – Idehen
Hon. Emman Gold-Idehen is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State. He speaks in this interview on the forthcoming primaries of the party to pick its candidate for the September 19 governorship election in the state and expectations of party members from their standard bearer. CAJETAN MMUTA reports The Edo APC governorship primary to elect a candidate for the September 19 gubernatorial election is some weeks away. What attributes do you think should determine who gets the party’s ticket? In my opinion, the…
New Telegraph.
Earlier today, during a teleconference call of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Summit on COVID19, the ECOWAS members as well as the leaders, jointly appointed Nigeria’s president, President Muhammadu Buhari as the champion and coordinator of the sub-regions’ response to coronavirus, under Chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Niger, His Excellency, Mahamadou Issoufou.
As a result, President Buhari through his special assistant on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina therefore encouraged all African leaders to have all hands on deck as the fight against Coronavirus intensifies, and also went ahead to state some of the modus operandi through which his government is taking care of the virus.
He stated:
“In every challenging situation such as the current one, there are also opportunities. Our region must therefore seek to find those opportunities provided by this gloomy global outlook for its benefit by embarking on the implementation of such critical policies, which before now, will be difficult to accept”.
Reacting to this, President Buhari’s aide on news media, Bashir Ahmad thus tweeted this afternoon, stating thus:
President @MBuhari’s appointment as Champion of the COVID-19 response, by the ECOWAS Leaders took place today at the Extraordinary ECOWAS Summit on COVID-19 which was held via teleconferencing under the Chairmanship of H.E. Mahamadou Issoufou, President of the Republic of Niger.
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A mum of three has taken her love of tattoos to the extreme – by getting her eyeballs tattooed pink. Michelle Di Donato, 32, from South Florida estimates that she’s had 90 percent of her body covered in tattoos. Michelle had her first tattoo at the age of 21 but started to cover her entire body when she met her 2nd husband, tattooist Chris, six years ago. Michelle told reporters: “I was not worried about damaging my eyes. I go through times of, like, craziness, and that was definitely one of those times.” ;
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Yet, fans of tattoos and not have come out to share their thoughts about her she has decided to look and to what extent some think these body modifications should have gone. Here are some comments passed about Michelle: Her eye tattoos make her look permanently high – Freda. She looks like a very sweet kind person and seems like a good mom. Her tattoos aren’t hurting anyone. As long if she’s happy and she takes good care of her children, that’s all that matters – Moon. I think she’s beautiful, what’s so wrong with wanting to express themselves using art? – Im. It looks like her eyes are bleeding itchy and painful – Sara. Never would I ever let someone near my eyes with a needle of any kind!! and I’ve never understood that tunnel thing people love in their ears, to me it’s very ugly on anybody – Anna. ;
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Other comments came in this manner: Let me tell you something ” people don’t know the value of their eyes when they have eyes ” 🙁👎 – Wizard. I love her look but her eyes look like they hurt. Reminds me of pink eye. – Pooka. So, share your own thoughts in the comment box below, let the world know what you think! ;
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The government of Sweden had urged the people of the country to strictly follow social distancing only. Now Sweden’s top epidemiologists have claimed that this policy has been successful and corona infection (Covid19) is now under control.
Stockholm. Sweden’s policy was criticized by many organizations and other countries, including the World Health Organization (WHO) after Sweden refused to adopt a lockdown formula to deal with the coronavirus. The government of Sweden had urged the people of the country to strictly follow social distancing only. Now Sweden’s top epidemiologists have claimed that this policy has been successful and corona infection (Covid19) is now under control.
According to a Bloomberg report, Andrés Teganel advised the Swedish government to focus only on social distancing rather than lockdown. He is also credited for Sweden’s very different policy towards Corona from the world. Now the decline in new cases of corona infection and the stabilization of deaths suggests that this policy is also working. According to Tegenel, Sweden is now at the point where it has reached its control position.
Schools, gyms and restaurants open in Sweden
Sweden never closed schools, gyms, cafes, bars, and restaurants, despite the spread of Corona infection worldwide. In contrast, the government repeatedly urged citizens to follow social distancing. Sweden has now not only controlled the corona to a great extent but has also not suffered the economic losses due to the lockdown. Although Sweden has the best health care system in the world, it did not even have to think like other countries to take this risk.
There are also more than 1500 deaths in Sweden
Let us know that so far more than 14000 corona infection cases have been reported in Sweden and 1540 people have died from it. More than 500 new cases have been reported here on Sunday. According to Tegenel, Sweden has crossed the peak of corona infection and now the cases have started happening. He further explained that according to the trends that are now coming, this stability will gradually be transformed into a decline. Karin Tegmark Wissel, chief of the Sweden Public Health Authority’s Department of Microbiology, also believes that cases have started to decline and this is a very good sign. He told that the number of patients in ICU is also decreasing.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu Profile
Babajide Sanwo-Olu is a Nigerian politician, trained Surveyor and current Executive Governor of Lagos State.
On 16 September 2018, he formally declared his intentions of running for the office of the governor of Lagos State under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Party, and surprisingly, defeated the incumbent governor in the primaries.
We’d be seeing Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s biography, date of birth, age, early life, family, parents, siblings, wife, children, education, businesses, political career, net worth, houses, cars, social media handles and everything else you’d love to know about him.
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Full names: Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu
Date of birth: 25th June, 1965
Age: 54 years
Nationality: Nigerian
Spouse: Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu
Education: University of Lagos
Occupation: Politician, entrepreneur
Net worth:
Babajide Sanwo-Olu Biography, Date Of Birth, Early Life, Family And Education
Babajide Sanwo-Olu was born on the 25th of June, 1965 in Lagos State, Nigeria. Being born into a Christian family, Sanwo-Olu started following God at an early age.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu had his primary and secondary education in Lagos State. He gained admission to study at the prestigious University of Lagos, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree. Sanwo-Olu also is also an alumnus of London Business School, Lagos Business School and the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Career
Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu worked as treasurer with the former Lead Merchant Bank from 1994 to 1997 before moving to the United Bank for Africa where he served as the head of foreign money market.
After working at UBA, he proceeded to the First City Monument Bank (then First Inland Bank, Plc) where he worked as a deputy general manager and divisional head. He also worked as the Baywatch Group Limited and First Class Group Limited.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu also worked as the Managing Director/CEO of Lagos State Property Development Corporation (LSPDC) before declaring his intentions to contest for the Governor of Lagos.
Public Service and Politics
In 2003, Babajide Sanwo-Olu got his first appointments as the Special Adviser on Corporate Matters to the then deputy governor of Lagos State, Femi Pedro. After that, he was made the acting Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget.
In 2007, Bola Tinubu , the then governor of Lagos State appointed Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry.
After the 2007 general elections, Governor Babatunde Fashola appointed Sanwo-Olu as Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu formally declared his intentions of running for the office of the governor of Lagos State under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Party. Surprisingly, on the 2nd of October, 2008, he defeated the incumbent Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in the primaries.
His victory was due to the supports he got from major stakeholders in Lagos State politics; including members of the Lagos State House of Assembly (this led to withdrawal of Dr. Femi Hamzat from the gubernatorial race) and the Governor’s Advisory Council of the Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Congress.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu was declared winner of the 2019 gubernatorial elections which held 9th March, 2019. He defeated his opponent, Jimi Agbaje with a wide margin.
Personal Life
Babajide Sanwo-Olu is married to Dr. (MRS) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu and they have four children. He is a Christian and member of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries.
Awards and Recognition
Babajide Sanwo-Olu has won several awards in his career, some of them include:
• 2009 Best in Human Capital Development award from the Industrial Training Fund (ITF).
• LSDPC Impactful Leadership and Recognition Award.
• Platinum award from the Lagos State Public Service Club.
• Merit award from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management in Nigeria (CIPMN).
• Merit award from the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria.
• Merit Award from the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN).
Babajide Sanwo-Olu Net Worth
Before becoming the is the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu had previously handles several positions, including Special Adviser on Corporate Matters to the then deputy governor of Lagos State, Femi Pedro and Commissioner for Commerce and Industry.
He is also an entrepreneur. His net worth is however not yet available, but we promise to update this article as soon as we get a reliable information from a credible source.
Social Media Handles
You can connect with Babajide Sanwo-Olu on:
Twitter @JideSanwoOlu
Instagram @JideSanwoOlu
A Nigerian man went viral on social media yesterday for an extremely strange act. The man was streaming live on Instagram as he listened to 2Pac Shakur’s music (Hit Em Up), drank alcohol, displayed several weapons including a submachine gun and fired several rounds from his balcony.
The man, who was identified as Flexing Mike, a record company executive, was shouting, “Dem dey crase? Dem dey mad? I will disturb the peace of Great Britain today! Call me the f**king cops! I don blow tools everywhere now, dem no fit call the police. How can I shoot all this bullets, police did not come, them dey mad?”
Several witnesses down on the street also recorded the incident and posted the videos online. Some people on social media said that the act might be the result of mental illness caused by the coronavirus lock down.
Armed policemen later stormed the building. Luckily, some people at the entrance to the building told the police that they suspected that the guns were not real and this probably saved Flexing Mike’s life.
It is illegal to own an imitation gun in the UK, so Flexing Mike might still be in trouble even if it is determined that the guns are not real.
Nigerian singer cum CEO of Mavins Records Don Jazzy has finally opened up on why he is still not married at the age of 37 even though he is rich.
Don Jazzy in a Tik-Tok video has told his fans how he ended up single and not married at his age.
in the video, Don Jazzy was heard asking an unknown woman if she loves him but the woman was hear saying “no I never loved you” of which he broke down in tears.
to explain how he ended up his relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Don Jazzy shared the video and wrote;
The Seven Wondersof the Ancient World
were:
the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Greece
the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
the Colossus of Rhodes
the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Egypt
The Seven Wonderswere first defined as themata(Greekfor ‘things to be seen’ which, in today’s common English, we would phrase as ‘must-sees’) by Philo of Byzantiumin 225 BCE, in his work On The SevenWonders. Other writers on the Seven Wonders include Herodotus, Callimachus of Cyrene, and Antipaterof Sidon. Of the original seven, only the Great Pyramidexists today.
Great Pyramid at Giza
The Great Pyramid at Giza was constructed between 2584 and 2561 BCE for the EgyptianPharaohKhufu (known in Greek as ‘Cheops’) and was the tallest manmade structure in the world for almost 4,000 years. Excavations of the interior of the pyramid were only initiated in earnest in the late 18th and early 19th centuries CE and so the intricacies of the interior which so intrigue modern people were unknown to the ancient writers. It was the structure itself with its perfect symmetry and imposing height which impressed ancient visitors.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, if they existed as described, were built by Nebuchadnezzar IIbetween 605-562 BCE as a gift to his wife. They are described by the ancient writer Diodorus Siculus as being self-watering planes of exotic flora and fauna reaching a height of over 75 feet (23 m) through a series of climbing terraces. Diodorus wrote that Nebuchadnezzar’s wife, Amtis of Media, missed the mountains and flowers of her homeland and so the king commanded that a mountain be created for her in Babylon. The controversy over whether the gardens existed comes from the fact that they are nowhere mentioned in Babylonian history and that Herodotus, ‘the Father of History’, makes no mention of them in his descriptions of Babylon. There are many other ancient facts, figures, and places Herodotus fails to mention, however, or has been shown to be wrong about. Diodorus, Philo, and the historian Strabo all claim the gardens existed. They were destroyed by an earthquakesometime after the 1st century CE.
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was created by the great Greek sculptor Phidias(known as the finest sculptor of the ancient world in the 5th century BCE, he also worked on the Parthenonand the statue of Athenathere in Athens). The statue depicted the god Zeus seated on his throne, his skin of ivory and robes of hammered gold, and was 40 feet (12 m) tall, designed to inspire awe in the worshippers who came to the Templeof Zeus at Olympia. Not everyone was awestruck by the statue
Although the temple itself is very large, the sculptor is criticized for not having appreciated the correct proportions. He has shown Zeus seated, but with the head almost touching the ceiling, so that we have the impression that if Zeus moved to stand up he would unroof the temple. (Seven Wonders)The Temple at Olympia fell into ruin after the rise of Christianityand the ban on the Olympic Gamesas ‘pagan rites’. The statue was carried off to Constantinoplewhere it was later destroyed, sometime in either the 5th or 6th centuries CE, by an earthquake.
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (Ephesos), a Greek colony in Asia Minor, took over 120 years to build and only one night to destroy. Completed in 550 BCE, the temple was 425 feet (about 129 m) long, 225 feet (almost 69 m) wide, supported by 127 60-foot (about 18 m) high columns. Sponsored by the wealthy King Croesusof Lydia, who spared no expense in anything he did (according to Herodotus, among others) the temple was so magnificent that every account of it is written with the same tone of awe and each agrees with the other that this was among the most amazing structures ever raised by humans. On July 21, 356 BCE a man named Herostratus set fire to the temple in order, as he said, to achieve lasting fame by forever being associated with the destruction of something so beautiful. The Ephesians decreed that his name should never be recorded nor remembered, but Strabo set it down as a point of interest in the history of the temple. On the same night the temple burned, Alexander the Greatwas born and, later, offered to rebuild the ruined temple, but the Ephesians refused his generosity. It was rebuilt on a less grand scale after Alexander’s deathbut was destroyed by the invasion of the Goths. Rebuilt again, it was finally destroyed utterly by a Christian mob lead by Saint John Chrysostom in 401 CE.
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was the tombof the Persian SatrapMausolus, built c. 351 BCE. Mausolus chose Halicarnassus as his capital city, and he and his beloved wife Artemisia went to great lengths to create a city whose beauty would be unmatched in the world. Mausolus died in 353 BCE, and Artemisia wished to create a final resting place worthy of such a great king. Artemisia died two years after Mausolus and her ashes were entombed with his in the mausoleum (Pliny the Elderrecords that the craftsmen continued work on the structure after her death, both as a tribute to their patroness and knowing the work would bring them lasting fame). The tomb was 135 feet (41 m) tall and ornately decorated with fine sculpture. It was destroyed by a series of earthquakes and lay in ruin for hundreds of years until, in 1494 CE, it was completely dismantled and used by the Knights of St. John of Malta in the building of their castle at Bodrum (where the ancient stones can still be seen today). It is from the tomb of Mausolus that the English word ‘mausoleum’ is derived.
Colossus of Rhodes
The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the god Helios(the patron god of the island of Rhodes) constructed between 292 and 280 BCE. It stood over 110 feet (just over 33 m) high, overlooking the harbor of Rhodes and, despite fanciful depictions to the contrary, stood with its legs together on a base (much like the Statue of Liberty in the harbor off New York City in the United States of America, which is modeled on the Colossus) and did not straddle the harbour. The statue was commissioned after the defeat of the invading army of Demetrius in 304 BCE. Demetrius left behind much of his siege equipment and weaponry, and this was sold by the Rhodians for 300 talents (approximately 360 million US dollars) which money they used to build the Colossus. The statue stood for only 56 years before it was destroyed by an earthquake in 226 BCE. It lay in impressive ruin for over 800 years, according to Strabo, and was still a tourist attraction. Pliny the Elder claims that the fingers of the Colossus were larger than most statues of his day. According to the historian Theophanes, the bronzeruins were eventually sold to “a Jewish merchant of Edessa” around 654 CE who carried them away on 900 camels to be melted down.
Lighthouse of Alexandria
The Lighthouse at Alexandria, built on the island of Pharos, stood close to 440 feet (134 m) in height and was commissioned by Ptolemy ISoter. Construction was completed sometime around 280 BCE. The lighthouse was the third tallest human-made structure in the world (after the pyramids), and its light (a mirror which reflected the sun’s rays by day and a fire by night) could be seen as far as 35 miles out to sea. The structure rose from a square base to a middle octagonal section up to a circular top and those who saw it in its glory reported that words were inadequate to describe its beauty. The lighthouse was badly damaged in an earthquake in 956 CE, again in 1303 CE and 1323 CE and, by the year 1480 CE, it was gone. The Egyptian fort Quaitbey now stands on the site of the Pharos, built with some of the stones from the ruins of the lighthouse.
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Thousands of classic car enthusiasts and collectors flock to the Barrett-Jackson auction The auction, held each year in Scottsdale Arizona, attracts nearly 300,000 people all with an eye and a love for the classics. William La Jeunesse reports.
A trove full of interesting cars and trucks has been discovered in a Portland-area river.
The cars were found near a railroad bridge southwest of downtown Portland.
Working off a tip from a self-professed former getaway driver, a diving team recently found nine vehicles that were dumped in the same spot in the Tualatin River near a boat launch ramp.
Jared Liesek of the Adventures with Purpose YouTube channel said they originally went looking for a truck sent into the water by a jilted lover, but the first thing he found was a first-generation Mazda RX-7.
Not far away there was a 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1, then three trucks and a Chevy sedan that might be a mid-60s Chevelle.
The Mazda wasn’t too deep, so they were able to cable it to a flatbed and just drag it out of the water.
The following day they came back to use lift bags to get the Mustang out and came across two more cars while they were there. Even though the windows were closed, the Mustang was completely full of mud and they had to break the glass to dig it out and make sure there wasn’t a body inside. It was so heavy, they needed to bring in a two truck to get it onto the ramp, folding its rotted body in half in the process.
A Chevrolet Silverado has also been removed, and they have identified a Chevy LUV, a Datsun pickup, what might be a Ford F-Series and a Mazda sedan, all in various stages of deterioration.
They’re guessing at least a few of the vehicles were dumped there by a chop shop operation.
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