KENYAN BUILDING COLLAPSE NEAR NAIROBI KILLS SIX PEOPLE. (PHOTO).

-
Image
 Kenyan building collapse near Nairobi kills six people The collapse of an unfinished eight-storey building in Kenya has killed six people. The structure fell on Friday morning in Syokimau on the outskirts of Nairobi. Construction workers were reportedly at the site when the building’s uppermost concrete slab gave way, bringing down part of the structure, according to a preliminary report from Nairobi City County’s emergency team. The report did not establish why the slab failed. The Kenya Red Cross initially reported that three people had been rescued and one person was reported missing. TV reports later said that five people had been pulled alive from the rubble and taken to hospital. The emergency report said the number of workers present when the building fell had not been confirmed, leaving open the possibility that others were trapped. Firefighters and specialist rescue teams were continuing to search for survivors.
Post a Comment

MOSQUITOES DISCOVERED IN ICELAND FOR THE FIRST TIME. (PHOTO).

-


 Mosquitoes discovered in Iceland for the first time

Mosquitoes, long among the planet’s most widespread pests, have now been spotted in Iceland for the first time. Over their 217-million-year history, these insects have colonized nearly every region except Antarctica and select Arctic areas. Rising global temperatures, however, are allowing them to move into previously inhospitable regions. In Kiðafell, Kjós, insect enthusiast Björn Hjaltason discovered one male and two female mosquitoes in his garden and shared the find in the Facebook group Insects in Iceland.

Hjaltason sent the specimens to entomologist Matthías Alfreðsson at the Icelandic Institute of Natural History, who identified them as Culiseta annulata, a species native to Europe, Central Asia, and North Africa. This marks the first time mosquitoes have been confirmed on Icelandic soil, leaving Antarctica as the only remaining mosquito-free region. While it is not yet clear if the species has established a permanent population, scientists have long predicted that cold-tolerant mosquitoes like C. annulata could thrive as global temperatures rise. Iceland’s wetlands, ponds, and marshes could provide ideal breeding grounds, and unusually warm winters, such as those experienced during recent Arctic heatwaves, may allow the insects to survive.

The emergence of mosquitoes in Iceland is part of a larger global trend, with species expanding into northern regions as climate change makes them habitable. While C. annulata is not considered a major disease vector, it can transmit Tahyna virus, which causes mild flu-like symptoms. More importantly, the arrival of mosquitoes may have ecological impacts, potentially disrupting local food webs and competing with native insects. Scientists will be watching closely to see whether C. annulata survives Iceland’s winter and if other mosquito species may soon follow.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

THE NEW OONI OF ILE-IFE,WILL NOT EAT THE HEART OF THE LATE OONI-PALACE CHIEFS.

-
Image
                           According to the Araba of Osogboland Chief Yemi Elebuibon,debunk the rumors that the new Ooni will eat the heart of the late Ooni of Ife as custom demands,so he cleared the air when he recently said that ''The heart of the late king would not be fed to the next Ooni.The eating of the heart of a departed King by an incoming one belonged to the past.It no longer exists.People still make this insinuation because many are barred from witnessing the burial of a king.What the incoming king will eat is the heart of an animal and not that of a human.Nobody will be buried with the Ooni.Nobody would be killed for any form o sacrifice''.Thank God he clarified the part that no one will be buried with the Ooni,because the rumors going round is that the Sarun,otherwise known as Abobakun,is on the run,to escape being buried with the late Ooni of Ife.Lowa Adimula of Ife,Oba Joseph Ijaodola,who is the Head o...
Read more

INNOSON GIVES OUT BRAND NEW IVM G5 AND SALARY FOR LIFE TO THE MAN WHO PROPHESIED ABOUT HIS VEHICLE MANUFACTURING IN 1979.(PHOTO).

-
Image
Innoson Gives Out Brand New IVM G5 and Salary For Life To The Man Who Prophesied About His Vehicle Manufacturing In 1979.  Last Saturday, July 22nd the Chairman of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company Ltd, Chief Dr Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma OFR gave out a brand new Innoson IVM G5 to Mr Ikechukwu Osakwe popularly known as Osabros who prophesied to him in 1979 that he would be the first man in Africa to manufacture vehicles and sell to different African countries.  The prophecy was given at the period the then Innocent Chukwuma could not boast of a car, talk less of manufacturing one. According to Dr Chukwuma during the presentation of the car, he recalled on how Mr Ikechukwu Osakwe all the way from Kano blocked him at the front of his house early in the morning and told him he has a message for him.  Mr Osakwe went on to narrate a dream he had about him, how he saw in the said dream his vehicle manufacturing company known as CAP PLC. "He told me that CAP means Chukwuma ...
Read more

SHAKIRA COVERS WOMEN'S HEALTH MAGAZINE,APRIL ISSUE.

-
Image
             Gerard Pique,welcomed their first child into the world last year January.Shakira told the magazine that ''I think it takes two to keep it passionate in relationships,a lot of laughter and a lot of fun moments together,that's essential but also affinity,you know.You have to be compatible.I'm really happy where i am right now,with the person that i'm with right now.He seems to want the same things i want,and that's very important''.More pictures below.                                                                                                                    
Read more