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                  The dead child was identified as three year old Syrian named Aylan Kurdi.Him and his family except his father Abdullah,died when the boat they are in capsized,on their way to Europe.His father Abdullah tried to save him as they struggle in the sea.His mother Rehan and his 5 year old brother Galip also died.His father was the only survivor from the family of four.Aylan's aunt Fatima Kurdi,who lives in Canada,said ''When the boat flipped upside down and the waves kept pushing down,those two boys were in his arms.He tried with all his power to push them up above the water to breath and they screamed Daddy please don't die.He tried to save the second one,Aylan,he looked at him and there was blood coming out from his eyes.So he closed his eyes and he let him go.He looked around for his wife,she was floating in the water.He said i tried with all my power to save them,i couldn't''.More photos below.         ...

              According to Reuters,Islamist militants al-Shabaab seized control of two towns over two days in southern Somalia and attacked two African Union {AU} convoys in the same region.Both captured towns were on routes toward Indian Ocean ports south of the capital Mogadishu and came after al-Shabaab fighters attacked an AU base in the same area on September 1.Al-Shabaab ssaid today that they had seized the two towns in the lower Shabelle region,south of Mogadishu en route to Marka,and Kuntuwarey,on the road between the capital and Barawe.

                According to sources,Reverend Moses Tabuwaye,was on his way to Awka Anambra state for a church programme yesterday September 4,when he was kidnapped to an unknown destination.The people that kidnapped him are demanding N40 million.It was not clear whether his church is planning to meet the demands..Most Rev.Nicholas Okoh,whose picture is seen above,is the Archbishop of the kidnapped Reverend's church,which is the Metropolitan and Primate of Nigeria,has advised all Christians to be vigilant.He made this state statement at the 2015 Annual Pre-pilgrimage Retreat and Workshop for staff of Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission {NCPC} and stakeholders today saturday in Abuja.He said ''I urge all of you Christians to be very vigilant and security conscious where ever you find yourselves.The issue of kidnspping is rampant in the country but we can still curtail the menace if we are vigilant.If we fail to live together as brothers in prayer...

                   According to sources,two belly dancers identified as Shakira and Bandis were on thursday sentenced to 6 months in prison for ''Inciting debauchery'' in a racy music videos.The court said they promoted indecency in their music videos,though people that have watched the videos said neither of the two videos contains nudity.Along with the singers,they include other women dancing in revealing cloths too.Bardis video tiled ''Hard to Get'' was viewed more than two million times on youtube.Shakira's video,titled ''Cumin'' was viewed nearly three million times.Sources further said that Racy music videos are common in Egypt but authorities sometimes clampdown on singers seen as taking things too far.Nigeria my country should not only ban but prosecute those that keep shooting pornography music videos and at the end they expect us to clap for them for showing us free porn on national television.People should put it in mind th...