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No temporary problems or passing challenges should stop us from honoring this day. Let us remind ourselves of the gifts God has given us. We have all the attributes of a great nation. We are not there yet because the one commodity we have been unable to exploit to the fullest is unity of purpose.

Newsweek According to nytimes.com : At least 717 people were killed, and 863 were injured, in a stampede near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday morning. The deaths — at an intersection in Mina, about six miles east of the city — occurred around 9 a.m. on the first day of Eid al-Adha, one of the holiest holidays in the Muslim calendar, and as millions of Muslims were making their pilgrimage, or hajj, to Mecca. It appeared to be the deadliest accident during the hajj since 1990, when 1,426 pilgrims perished in a stampede in a tunnel linking Mecca and Mina. And it occurred less than two weeks after a large construction crane toppled and crashed into the Grand Mosque in Mecca, killing at least 111 people and injuring 394 others.

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Popular comedian, Basketmouth expressed his dislike for popular ‘Sho Lee’ crooner, Sean Tizzle. The revelation was made while the comedian spoke with HIP TV’s Street Hop. Basketmouth said: ‘I called on Sean Tizzle and he was charging me a certain amount of money, I didn’t know if it was him or his management that charged me, but I don’t care, I had to tell my team to blacklist his name on any of my shows ’.I called on Olamide who’s even a more buzzing act, and he said I can pay him anything I feel like, and he didn’t even ask of his money until way after the show before I paid him’. 

The negative effects of doing drugs cannot be over emphasized. Here's just one example out of the countless stories of how drug addicts have committed several atrocities. LIB : Residents of Abesan Estate in the Ipaja, Lagos were thrown into confusion after a 34 year old man, Nelson Oamen, stabbed his father, 74year old father, Ehiremen Oamen, to death, removed his heart and left with it after an altercation on Friday. It was gathered that the father who was  a retiree was battling with stroke, and usually remained indoors.

Presidential candidate, Ben Carson has been under constant pressure from the media, especially in relation with his faith. A number of controversies has come up as to whether he supports gay marriage. This time, he was asked whether a president’s religion should matter, sparking another controversy. According to Vanguard: Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson said Sunday no Muslim should be president of the United States, adding a new twist to a controversy roiling the party’s White House nominating race.

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