PHOTOS: Over 30 Kids Burn To Death After Church Bus Bursts In Flames

At least thirty three children have died after bus driving them home from a church event burst into flames on Sunday, northern town of Fundacion, Colombia.

The church bus after the fire accident in Fundacion, Colombia
Presumably the fire occurred through the fault of the bus driver who has already been detained and interrogated. It was learnt that the accident happened when the overcrowded bus was bringing children home from Sunday schools classes.

Yet to be identified bodies of the dead children
At the time of the accident the driver was in his cabin pouring petrol into the engine through the floor. And as there was one more canister of gasoline inside the bus the fire spread very fast sweeping away everything in its path.

The bus driver who escaped the death was detained and interogated
While the death toll keep rising dozens of injured children are treated in the local hospitals. The identities of the dead сhildren is yet to be established with the help of their parents and available dental records.

The Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos declared a national day of mourning
The local witnesses described the accident that took place in their village as a living hell. The Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos visited Fundacion to pay his respects to the victims' parents, ordered a thorough investigation and declared a national day of mourning

SHOCKING: ‘I've Infected Thousands Of Men With HIV’ – Woman Confesses To TB Joshua

Francis, a prostitute who spent most of years on a revenge mission, infecting several men with HIV after she discovered she was also infected with HIV/AIDS by a man in 2006 confesses at TB Joshua’s SCOAN.

Francis who slept with up to six men daily in the major cities of Tanzania and Namibia said:
“I was very angry with every kind of man, anyone that called himself a man… It’s only that I could not manage to hunt and kill them but my desire was to use any weapon to kill men – because one of them killed me. Inside me, I said to myself, ‘I will never tell them my status. Whoever comes to me, I will finish him. The way they infected me, I must infect them also.’ I don’t know how many men I infected but they are thousands.”
Francis who grew up in Tanzania started living a rebellious life at the age of 14 shares her story:
“When we reached the city, I found a lot of girls who were older than me who were in this business of prostitution,” Francis explained. “They introduced me how to behave in order to seduce men and get clients.” Two years down the line aged 16, the young girl was already pregnant for an unknown father. Attempts to abort the child through native concoctions all failed and she resolved to return home to have her child.
However, the desire to prostitute continued even after giving birth. “I was even prostituting when I was breastfeeding and eventually, my mum took the child away from me.” Francis immediately returned to the city, linking back up with her group. Four years later, Francis’ mum sent a message to her that a family relative was willing to take her to Namibia to save the family from shame and get her out of the ‘mess’. She eventually agreed.
“When I reached Namibia, I felt I was imprisoned. I couldn’t go to clubs, smoke, drink or meet men – which is what I wanted to do.” Fighting her aunt daily, she eventually threw Francis out of her home. “It was celebration for me that I can go back to the same lifestyle. I already made a group of friends that were prostituting… They introduced me to the area where I could hunt for men and sleep with them.”
Living a lavish and promiscuous life on the streets of Windhoek, Namibia, Francis had lost all touch with her family. ‘Business’ was booming due to the influx of foreign workers in the city who would regularly patronise her and also introduced her to hard drugs. However, the consequences of her actions were about to catch up on her.
“In 2006, I discovered that I was pregnant again. I didn’t know the father because I was sleeping with five or six men a day – I just wanted money to enjoy,” she recounted. Encouraged by a fellow prostitute not to abort, Francis visited a hospital when the pregnancy reached six months where they conducted several tests. “That is when I discovered I was HIV/AIDs positive.” Shock. Bitterness. Rage. Emotions ran wild within the heart of the young sex-worker. “There was this voice that said – ‘Now, it’s better you die!’ ”
Knowing that death was close, the embittered prostitute resolved to take as many men as possible along with her. “I cannot count how many men I have infected. If any man told me we should use a condom, I would tell him, ‘Look at how I look? I cannot have such a disease.’ So, the man would end up trusting me. They are thousands.”
Francis expanded her ‘business’ horizons via the internet, particularly using the dating social network ‘Eskimi’. It was in 2013 that she encountered a Nigerian man while looking for a more ‘serious’ relationship. “The man became attracted to me and asked for my contact details. He told me he wanted to come to Namibia and visit me.” When the Nigerian arrived, the couple forged a relationship, culminating in Francis falling pregnant. She did not divulge her health status.
After giving birth, Francis had a bout of guilt and visited a pastor at Christ Embassy Church to confess her sins. “After confessing to the pastor, who is also a Nigerian, he met the father of my child and asked if he really knew me. He told him, ‘This girl confessed to me that she is HIV/AIDS Positive.’ ” Francis’ Nigerian lover fainted upon hearing the news and was rushed to hospital.
After recovering, he ‘ran away’ from her, moving to Angola. However, their young baby was nearing the age of nine months. Francis was desperate. Her finances were stagnant and she was tired of prostitution. After pleading with the Nigerian, a settlement was eventually reached. “He said the only thing he would do for me was to give me money to go to Nigeria and drop the child with his parents.”
Some weeks earlier, a friend had introduced Francis to a Christian television station which was gaining increasing popularity in Namibia. It was Emmanuel TV, the station of Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua. Seizing the opportunity to visit Nigeria, Francis decided to visit the famous church in Lagos after she had dropped off her son. “When I arrived in Lagos, they put me in a car and took me straight to a state called Enugu. I only stayed one week there. Then I had to search for The Synagogue.”
On Sunday 27 April 2014, Miss Francis sat gingerly in the huge auditorium of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) in Lagos. It was the time of prayer from the ‘wise men’ and she was nervous. “Before the wise man came close, I felt like electricity dividing my body and I started shivering. I don’t know what happened when he prayed for me.” Francis received ‘deliverance’ from the ‘demon’ that pushed her to a life of prostitution.
The following week, Sunday 4 th May 2014, Francis publicly gave her confession in the crowded church. “I am here to kneel down and ask the whole world, every man I encountered, to forgive me,” she tearfully said, explaining that after her ‘deliverance’ she began regretting her actions for the first time. She went further to send a poignant message to her fellow sex-workers. “There is no benefit in prostitution. The end of prostitution is bitterness and sorrow. I advise youth – if you are in the same situation I was in, let me be an example in your eyes. Drop that lifestyle immediately and seek the face of God.”
Francis stayed another week in the Nigerian church after which T.B. Joshua gave her the sum of $1,500 to restart her life in Namibia. “I will never return to prostitution. I am so grateful to God,” she concluded.
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Lagos trader loses N5m buried underground

There was a mild drama on Monday in the Daleko Market, Mushin, Lagos State, as journalists searched in vain for an unidentified trader who was said to have lost huge sums of money buried in her shop to the fire incident that razed the market on Sunday

Our correspondent, who visited the market, could see the huge hole in the shop where the money was said to have been buried.

One of the traders, who spoke to PUNCH Metro on condition of anonymity, said the trader was in the habit of keeping her money in the underground, instead of a bank.

He said, “The woman usually keeps money in her shop, and would use her goods to cover it.

“But we are not sure if the whole money was destroyed by the fire. The theory here is that those that arrived first at the market saw the money and stole it.”

However, conflicting figures given by the traders made it difficult to ascertain the exact amount that was lost.

While some said it was between N2m to N5m, others put it higher than that.

But an attempt to speak with the said shop owner was unsuccessful as she was said to have gone to Alausa with other market leaders.

Meanwhile, other traders and shop owners at the market have appealed to the Lagos State Government to assist them to rebuild their shops.

No fewer than 120 shops were affected in the fire that reportedly started around 1am as a result of a power surge.

Our correspondent reported that the affected portion of the market had been left in ruins, while people were seen trying to gather what was left.

A vegetable oil trader, Mrs. Monsurat Abiodun, said she lost goods worth over N2m to the fire.

She said, “It was around 2am on Sunday that my neighbour called to inform me that the market was on fire. When I got here yesterday (Sunday), I discovered that everything was gone. All my life savings were in this shop, now everything is gone. Where do I start from?”

Another trader, Mrs Amope Lawal, said her drum of oil that was destroyed by the inferno was worth over N1.8m.

Also, another vegetable oil dealer, Mrs Idowu Adeniji, also claimed to have recorded huge losses.

A rice seller, Alhaji Kazeem, said he lost over hundred bags of rice to the fire. He said, “I am ruined; over 100 bags of rice were lost to this inferno.”

His friend, who is also a rice seller, who identified himself simply as Ibrahim claimed to have also lost 100 bags of rice to the fire.

The traders appealed to the state government to come to their aid.

“We want government to come to our aid. Our hope is for the government to allow us to rebuild this place, that is how we can recover our losses with time,” Abiodun said.

The General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, on Monday visited the market in company with the Iyaloja-General, Mrs Folashade Tinubu-Ojo on an assessment tour of the damage caused by the fire.

Oke-Osanyintolu said Governor Babatunde Fashola had directed the agency to carry out an enumeration and assessment of the affected victims and found a way of reducing the impact of the disaster.

He also said the agency would establish market emergency management committees in all the markets in the state to avert such disaster.

Tinubu-Ojo advised the market executives to cooperate with the government and put off all electrical appliances in the shops after the close of market.