Biggest Christ Statue

Nigeria on 1st January unveiled a nine-metre tall statue of Jesus Christ carved from white marble, thought to be the biggest of its kind in Africa. Standing barefoot with arms outstretched, the "Jesus de Greatest" statue weighs in at 40 tonnes. More than 100 priests and hundreds of Catholic worshippers attended the nine-metre (30-foot) statue's official unveiling in the village of Abajah in southeastern Nigeria. Obinna Onuoha, 43-year-old boss of an oil and gas distribution company, timed the statue's unveiling to coincide with his parents' 50th wedding anniversary. He said the idea of building a giant statue of Jesus came to him in a dream nearly 20 years ago. And when his 68-year-old mother fell seriously ill a few years ago, she made him promise that he would build a church if she survived.