Thursday 3 October 2013
Welcome to Linda Ikeji's Blog: Plane carrying late Agagu's corpse & 20 passengers...
Welcome to Linda Ikeji's Blog: Plane carrying late Agagu's corpse & 20 passengers...: Sorry people, got back to Nigeria this morning and I'm knackered (will get back to regular blogging in a bit). So to the news, just he...
Thursday 15 August 2013
PETALS AND SHINE.: Its all in the EYEs...
PETALS AND SHINE.: Its all in the EYEs...: Hi dollies. As we begin to age our body changes, it reforms mostly according to the nutrients you give to it and , this changes affect our ...
LIFT THE VEIL PT 2
When you educate a woman, you educate a family. When you empower a woman, you build a nation. What do we understand by the rights of a woman, its easier to talk about about it,
write about it but implementation has always been the real problem.
RIGHTS OF A WOMAN
By virtue of the protocol, Nigerian women are guaranteed the right to dignity; the right to life, integrity and security of persons; freedom from harmful practices which negatively affect the human rights of women; equal rights in marriage; equal rights in cases of separation, divorce and annulment; the right to equal protection and benefit of the law; the right to participate in political and decision making process; the right to a peaceful existence and participation in the promotion and maintenance of peace; the right to education and training; equal opportunity in work and career advancement; the right to health, including sexual and reproductive rights; the right to food security; the right to adequate housing; the right to a positive cultural context; the right to a healthy and sustainable environment; the right to sustainable development; widow’s rights; the
right to equitable share in inheritance; the right of elderly women to special protection and freedom from violence; the right of women with disabilities to special protection and freedom from violence; the right of women in distress to special protection; and a right of remedy to any woman whose right or freedom has been violated.
On paper, this looks really nice but honestly, there are so many stories on the violation of these rights and little or nothing is done and most times the woman becomes the victim...
So far, some of the positive actions taken by the Nigeria government are:
Adoption of a gender policy in 2007;
Establishment of science schools for girls;
Establishment of women development centres in 36 states;
Adoption of the Trafficking in Person’s (Prohibition) Law Enforcement and Administration Act;
Establishment of a national agency for the prohibition of trafficking in persons;
Adoption of a national policy on HIV/AIDS, reproductive health and female genital mutilation
Aspects hindering the rights of women include:
The patriarchal structure of Nigerian society;
Failure of the National Assembly to pass the Abolition Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women In Nigeria And Other Related Matters Bill and failure to pass a national bill prohibiting violence against women.
Failure of the government to domesticate the protocol or enact appropriate legislation necessary for bringing to pass its obligations and undertakings under the protocol is worrying.
On finding this out, one question comes to mind
Why did the Nigerian government sign the protocol? Did the government sign as a mere formality, knowing that the protocol could be frustrated by non-domestication by virtue of Section 12 of the Constitution? Or is there just a divorce between the arm of government that signs
international instrument and the arm that domesticates these agreements.
Everyday we get to hear of stories of violation to women with all these laws in place but how many women can say they have gotten JUSTICE!!!!!!!!
Its about time we stand up for our future MOTHERS, our SISTER and LEADER
Sunday 11 August 2013
LIFT THE VEIL
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LIFT THE VEIL
lift the veil talks about the trials that the African woman encounters and faces on a daily basis, The woman is a helper, a Home builder, a Pillar on which the house stands.
The African Woman faces a lot of challenges in her everyday life, but still comes out with a smile on her face like nothing happened. She gets battered, bruised, molested but she holds her head high with Pride…She is resilient and resourceful…
Day to day struggles and triumphs are experienced by all of the world's creatures. As human beings, when we encounter a challenge, we have freedom to choose how to react. Every decision that we make leads us down a different road. Every decision that we make has significance. The tiniest choice that we make reverberates throughout the Universe. Lets support the African Woman in making the right choices.
Despite great strides by the international women rights movement over many years, women and girls around the world are still married as children and trafficked into forced labor and sex slavery. Around the world, women are suffering in different ways but cannot come out to air their pains for fear of being molested or punished.
Africa is a continent rich in culture and religion and that is what has made Africa what it is today but the same way it has its advantages so also the disadvantages that come along with it.
Back in the days, a womans place was basically in domestic section of the house and that limits what a woman can say or do as regards change in the society.These days we have women holding high posts in the corridors of power and are doing almost as good as their male colleagues, if not better.
let us join hands and fight this injustice to our Sisters, Mothers, future Leaders.....keep reading for more is yet to come on how our WOMEN are SUFFERING / OPPRESSED.......
STAY TUNED FOR MORE.....
Saturday 10 August 2013
MY COUNTRY NGERIA
WE HAVE ALL IT TAKES(BRAINS) WE JUST NEED STRUCTURE
A TEAM of 12 medical doctors led by a pediatric consultant, Prof. Awal Abubakar Wednesday successfully completed surgery operation on a baby girl born with four legs at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Yola in Adamawa State. The operation, which started Tuesday afternoon, was completed early morning of Wednesday. This is the first successful operation of its kind in the medical history of Nigeria. When The Guardian visited the hospital this morning, the baby girl was still being attended to by a team of medical workers at the pediatric ward of the hospital.
We have it all here Father of the baby, 29-year old Mani Maigi told The Guardian at the hospital that he lacked words to express his appreciation to the hospital management for not only paying the hospital bills of his baby, but to ensure that the best medical team was selected to carry out the operation.
"I almost lost hope on the future of my baby when she was born with four legs, I think of the financial implication and where to take the baby, but the hospital assured me that the management will handle the case. Initially, I think it was the normal unfulfilled promises we are familiar with in
this country, but today FMC Yola has not only fulfilled its promise to me, they have proven to the world that Nigeria has the best brains in the world".
This is just one of the few stories of how good our medical doctors are, so the question now is why do we always run out there for surgery when we have the best brains here......
why not improve and invest in our motherland instead of spending so much on hospital bills abroad. India is what it is today because their Government invested and granted loan to them, Nigeria is blessed with riches and brains, all it lacks is GOOD GOVERNANCE......TIME TO CHANGE IS NOW!!!!!!!!
SHOCKING BUT TRUE!!!!!! 8 LANGUAGES GONE EXTINCT AND MORE TO GO IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
A few weeks ago, award-winning Nigerian novelist and Belgium-based academic, Dr. Chika Unigwe, visited Enugu, the capital of Enugu State, otherwise called the Coal City. She made a discovery that shocked her. During a brief interaction with some local children whose ages were between four and 12 years, she found that most of them could not speak their native Igbo language. "I noticed - to my dismay - that many of the children (at least the ones I saw), sadly, do not speak Igbo. They are being raised monolingual, which means they only speak English. I asked this random kid (who looked about six years old) her name in Igbo. She responded in English. I asked how old she was in Igbo. She stared at me. I asked it in English, she responded, 'How old I am is one years old (sic).' Apparently, this girl cannot speak any language correctly at all," Unigwe wrote on her Facebook page. Predictably, the writer's statement drew the attention of
many of her friends on the new media and, then, ignited a lengthy debate on her wall. Judging by the nature of the comments that trailed Unigwe's observation, many of those who responded to it were unaware of the syndrome that is currently threatening the continued survival of indigenous
languages in Nigeria. While experts are fast losing hope on elite kids, even many of those (children) in the rural areas can no longer speak their mother tongue. In her last comment, Unigwe said, "It is ridiculous to see kids growing up without speaking their mother tongues, while living in that culture. Don't kids in Nigeria pick up English at school anymore? Hopefully, the schools do a
better job than some parents who teach their kids grammar.
A Lagos-based teacher ate the humble pie during the 2012 Eid-el-Kabir. He, alongside his wife and their two children, had travelled to Ila Orangun, Osun State, his home town, where they chose to celebrate the Islamic festival with his parents. As many kids love to do, Idiat, the teacher's four-year old daughter, was eager to mix and play with other children in the relatively large extended family. So, from the first evening, Idiat preferred to join her mates in the passage or outside the house, while her parents sat in the sitting room. But hardly had the little girl joined them that she returned to the father and mother. Crying bitterly, she said, "Daddy, they are speaking rubbish."
The problem was that Idiat could not understand Yoruba, which was the tongue in which the kids were conversing. Because she had not been exposed to the mother tongue, the language the innocent folks were speaking was not only an empty noise to her, it was also utter rubbish.
What compounded the issue was the fact that the other kids were speaking Igbomina, a Yoruba dialect, and not the variant regarded as the standard. Anyway, Idiat's parents pet her and urged her to go back to her hosts. Yet, incessant quarrels, complaints and the 'rubbish refrain' were the order of the day throughout the days that the teacher stayed in Ila Orangun. "Honestly, I felt ashamed of myself," the teacher says. "It was there it dawned on my wife and I that we had not been fair to our children, ourselves and our cultural root by not teaching the kids Yoruba, or speaking it to them." Experts are agitated that if a child cannot speak his or her mother tongue today, that child's own children, say in the next 20 or 25 years, will know little or nothing about the language. After all, the dad or mum cannot teach what he or she does not know. The implication is that in the next 50 years or so, the fate of Nigerian languages would have become so dicey that they would not be far from extinction. The situation seems worsened by the fact that the ministries of education, which are in a position to enforce the propagation of the languages, are not serious about doing so. This is evident in a recent policy of the Federal Ministry of Education, which makes the study of at least one of Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo languages optional in the Senior
Secondary School, as against the initial regime that made it compulsory.
*Mixed marriage factor
Stella Johnson, a female undergraduate of a Nigerian university, speaks Yoruba quite fluently, even though it is not her mother tongue. "I was born in Lagos and I picked up Yoruba from primary school," she says. Although Stella's parents hail from Delta State, they belong to different tribes. Her father, an Ika Igbo, speaks the language fluently, her mother is also proficient in her
native Isoko language. Unfortunately, none of both parents has deemed it necessary to teach her how to speak and communicate effectively in either of the mother tongues. To make matters worse, only English language is spoken in their home. Stella speaks Yoruba only when she is with her friends. "Ever since I was a child, I have been speaking English at home. None of my parents understands each other's language. So, they speak English at home. In fact, English is the
mother tongue in our home," she says. The young woman, who turned 20 a few weeks ago, wishes she could hold a conversation in either Isoko or Ika lgbo languages, just as she does in English and Yoruba. She feels there is a vacuum in her life that can be filled only when she finds someone who will be willing to teach her how to speak both languages fluently. Even regular visits by Stella's uncles, aunts and cousins to her home have not been of much help. "Nobody has ever bothered to teach me Isoko or Ika Igbo. Whenever my parents' relatives visit us, all they ever do is ask why I can't speak both languages. Honestly, I feel very embarrassed. I wish that I could find somebody who will teach me one of them, at least," she tells our correspondent.Nowadays, more Nigerians seem to be getting married across ethnic barriers. Many of them, like Stella's parents, may end up denying their children the opportunity and the advantage of learning their mother tongues.
Investigation has shown that in some cases, spouses that belong to the same ethnic group communicate only in English because one of them cannot speak the mother tongue. For example, although they are both Ishan, Reginald Osaro, who lives in the Alagbado area of Lagos, can only discuss with his wife, Adesuwa, in English.
"My wife does not understand Ishan. But she speaks Igbo fluently because she grew up in her maternal grandmother's home in Imo State. My wife's mother is Igbo," Reginald says. Aware of the peculiar language situation in the country, one day, the Osaros decided to expose their son, who is barely two years old, to Ishan before he celebrates his fourth birthday.
"My wife came up with the suggestion and I felt it was a good idea. I would introduce our son to Ishan, which is his mother tongue, anyway, and she will ensure that he learns to speak good English. By the time the boy clocks four years, I am sure he will be able to speak both languages," Reginald says.
Also, a public relations consultant, Adeola Odunowo, and his wife have devised a similar strategy to ensure that their two children become proficient in Yoruba. "Already, my five year-old daughter speaks Yoruba well, thanks to my wife who has undertaken the task of teaching the children the language. I can't teach them myself because I'm not proficient in Yoruba," Odunowo says.
Odunowo blames his inability to speak his native language on the environment where he grew up.
"I grew up in the old 1004 flats on Victoria Island. My neighbours were mainly expatriates and a few Nigerian families. I never heard indigenous Nigerian languages being spoken on the estate when I was there. The language spoken in my home at that time was English. My parents never spoke to us in Yoruba. But, somehow, I managed to pick up the language from the streets," he says.
*Blaming parents
Further investigation by our correspondent shows that many Nigerian children, even adults, across the country cannot communicate effectively in their native languages and the situation is attributed to various factors. A former Head of the Department of English at the University of Lagos, Prof. Akachi Ezeigbo, blames Nigerian parents for failing to introduce their children to the
mother tongue at an early age. "Our indigenous languages are dying and I hold parents responsible for this. Parents make the error of thinking that if they expose a child to English, instead of his native language, he would learn well. But this is not true. The child will grow up being neither competent in the mother tongue nor English language," she says. Also, part of the blame, she adds, goes to 'cultural imperialists' for leading a campaign to label everything European - from food to language and clothes - as good and acceptable, while anything African is portrayed as bad and unacceptable.
Ezeigbo says early exposure to Nigerian languages will help improve a child's cognitive development. Using her own Children's performances in the West African School
Certificate Examination as an illustration, she notes that children have a better chance of learning other languages if they are exposed to the mother tongue early enough.
"I believe so much in children speaking the mother tongue. It helps them to master any other language. It is easier for children to speak all languages when you expose them to the
mother tongue at the age of three. More important, it helps them to improve in their academic work," she says. Ezeigbo thinks it is 'criminal' for a parent not to teach his children the mother tongue. She says children that are exposed to Nigerian languages early enough are able to
communicate ideas effectively in English language. The award-winning novelist and poet wonders why the products of inter-tribal marriages are often unable to speak the native languages of their parents, saying that it is primarily the responsibility of the female spouse to introduce the children to the mother tongue at an early age. "When students come into my office, the first thing I ask
them is if they speak their native languages. What they tell me is that their parents never spoke it to them at home. I think this is shocking," she says.
*Inferiority complex
One of those who commented on Unigwe's Facebook wall, a professor of sociolinguistics at the University of Roehampton in the United Kingdom, named Tope Omoniyi, blamed the current shift from the mother tongue on the poor attitude of the Nigerian elite toward indigenous languages.
Omoniyi said, "It is a shame that those who ought to know better in our society do not know at all. UNESCO and various other studies have shown, time and again, that children who have mother tongue medium of instruction and learnt English as a subject experience higher cognitive development than those who are instructed in English.
"Yet, many still see being monolingual in English as indicative of membership of an elite class. Unfortunately, it is increasingly a mark of growing stupidity on the part of parents who still cling to that warped value.
That's the message I'm taking to the West African Linguistic Society Conference at the University of Ibadan, holding between July 29 and August 2."
Also, another commentator, Joe Okafor, described the situation as the result of inferiority complex. "This issue is borne out of inferiority complex on the part of the parents, especially the uneducated and the half-educated. I was overjoyed, the other day, when a friend and his kids from the USA got chatting in flawless Igbo. The pretty kids dazzled me with American English and Igbo Owerri dialect," he said.
Perhaps, speaking the minds of some Nigerians who feel that the family, as a major socialising agency for the child, deserves a large chunk of the blame, one Oburubata Nnachor said, "I live in Onitsha and I have observed that parents in the town try very hard to teach their wards English, to the detriment of their mother tongue. If you must teach your children English language at home, then what are you sending them to school to learn? Igbo?
"I think the problem is not that they teach their wards English; the problem is that they make it a rule that English should be the only acceptable form of communication in their homes. When you do that, you are invariably selling your mother tongue short and ingraining it in the mind of the child that English is superior and the mother tongue is worthless."
*Eight Nigerian languages now extinct
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has listed four categories of endangered languages. They are the vulnerable, definitely endangered, severely endangered and the critically endangered languages. In the first category, most children speak the language,
which may be restricted to certain domains, while the second group refers to languages that are no longer learnt as mother tongue in the home.
It is safe to conclude that if the current trend in Nigeria continues and more children are gradually denied the opportunity to learn and master their mother tongues, indigenous Nigerian languages stand the risk of being classified as definitely endangered.
In a statement posted on the website of its Endangered Languages Programme, UNESCO warns that if nothing is done, about half of 6,000 plus languages spoken in the world today will disappear by the end of the 21st century. Some Nigerian languages are among the endangered species.
The organisation added that with the disappearance of unwritten and undocumented languages, humanity would lose not only a cultural wealth, but also important ancestral knowledge embedded, in particular, in indigenous languages.
So far, about eight Nigerian mother tongues have been listed as extinct.
They are
Ajawa (Bauchi State);
Auyokawa (Jigawa State);
Basa-Gumna(Niger and Nasarawa states);
Gamo-Ningi (Ningi Local Government, Bauchi State);
Kpati, Kubi, Mawa (Bauchi State) and
Teshenawa (Jigawa State) languages.
As concerned experts, including Prof. Akinwunmi Ishola, have noted, there are indications that
many more will follow in due course.
Research clearly reflects a serious decline in the ability of the Nigerian school child to express himself in English. Ezeigbo blames this on the lack of exposure of the child to the mother tongue. "This is what we get for not exposing our children to the mother tongue.
At three years, the sound system of the mother tongue seeps into the child and he is able to master any other language easily in future,"
It is feared that the Nigerian child may end up losing his mother tongue if nothing is done to check this trend and urgently, too. Parents, said to be the real culprits, are daily accused of sowing the seed of confusion by neglecting this all-important language need of their children or teaching them to despise the mother tongue. This may result, experts say, in the total loss of our cultural heritage.
MUST WE ALLOW OUR RICH CULTURE AND TRADITION GO EXTINCT ALL FOR CIVILIZATION?
JEALOUS BOYFRIEND SETS BABE ON FIREA 23-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Buguma area of River State has been burnt to death by her male lover, after she ended their affairs over the man’s jealous attitude. The victim, Miss Winifred Amarachi Oke, who graduated from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State with Second Class upper division, in Home Economics and was posted to River to serve, died of first degree burns she sustained in the mid night attack by her lover. The deceased was a native of Amawom, Oboro in Ikwuano Local
Government Area of Abia State. Meanwhile, the Police in Port Harcourt, River State capital, are currently questioning the suspect, whose name was given as Ogbonna, an undergraduate of Michael Okpara Univeristy, who hails from Ovim, in Isikwuato LGA of Abia State, on why he set her female lover ablaze.Winifred’s father, 53-year-old Okechukwu Onyeze Oke, told Daily Sun, amid tears, that they did not know Ogbonna, as he had not come to them to ask for the hand of their daughter in marriage. He wondered why the man should be jealous, to the point of wasting the life of their promising daughter, who they laboured for 23 years to bring up.The man stated that he learnt that whenever Ogbonna saw their daughter with anyone he would go violent and as a result, their daughter asked him to stay away from her, as she could no longer tolerate the level of jealousy he was exhibited. He said that Winifred was rushed to University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, after she was burnt in her room, where she died days after.
He told Daily Sun that the body of his daughter was transferred from the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia on Wednesday evening, August 8, with an NYSC ambulance. Mr. Oke said that Ogbonna allegedly poured petrol into the room Winifred was sleeping, through window, at about 1am and threw in a lighted match, thereby setting the room ablaze.
He said that when the fire raged, Winifred’s neigbours raised the alarms, leading to rescue efforts. When the fire was put out, the lady had been burnt from waist downwards.
According to Oke: “On July 19, somebody called my number at about some minutes to 7am, saying I should come to Port Harcourt, that my daughter had an accident. I inquired of the type of accident. He said that she had an accident in Port Harcourt. You know, she is a youth corps member I tried further to find out. He said somebody poured petrol into her apartment and set the house ablaze. “Before doing that, he (the suspect) first locked the door from outside and poured petrol into the room through the window, at about 1am and set her room ablaze. We had to go. Her mother had to go first. When we got there, she (Winifred) was critical.
She had severe burn.The fire burnt her waist down to legs and other parts of the body, including the tummy. She was taken to the UPTH by her fellow corps members. She was taken to the theatre for plastic surgery on her legs and she remained in the intensive care unit (ICU). She was on oxygen until Wednesday, July 31, 2013, when she died about 5.30am.The suspect has been apprehended by the police. Oke said the family could not understand why the suspect could go to the extent of killing Winifred, when they don’t even know him as a prospective husband to her...
Wednesday 7 August 2013
WHAT IS NIGERIA TURNING INTO
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Hi friend's, been a long while.I had to lay low for a bit and do more research so i can give you what you all will love to read......So many things have happened while i was in d wilderness sourcing for information to offer you all....Hope you all are good and have been fairing well for the past few months i was away but now am back to give you the best of all you have missed from my blog.
A quick intro by Stella Damasus and also a cry for help
Senator Ahmed Sani Yerima, under fire over marrying a 13-year-old Egyptian girl, justified his actions yesterday by saying he was following in the footsteps of Islam's Prophet Mohammed. "I am only following Prophet Mohammed's footsteps who married a nine-year-old girl, Aishatu," Yerima told journalists shortly after his opposition ANPP party paid a visit to President Goodluck Jonathan. Yerima, 49, who was governor of northwestern state of Zamfara when it became the first of 12 Muslim-dominated northern states to introduce Sharia law in 2000, spurned Nigeria's Child Rights Act of 2003 which forbids marriage with anyone under 18. "I do not work with such law that runs counter to my religion. For clarity, I do not have to obey the Child Rights Act so long as it contravenes my religious belief and I’m sick and tired of repeating myself all the time. I hope I can be left alone now.’’ The Nigerian Senate has ordered a probe after the national rights watchdog and 10 other groups accused him of shaming the country. Media reports have alleged Yerima paid a 100,000-dollar dowry and married the girl at the National Mosque in the capital Abuja.
There are reports indicating that the petition may die a quiet death at the hands of the committee. The ethics panel, headed by Umar Hambagda (ANPP Borno State), has received four public petitions in the last 12 months, but has not submitted a report on any of them. Last week Yerima emphasised that he had done nothing wrong. In an interview with the BBC, he said his fourth wife was not 13, but would not say how old she was. He denied breaking the law but said he would not respect any law that contradicted his religious beliefs. A spokesman for the Egyptian embassy in Nigeria had said the girl is still at school in Egypt. ‘’As a Muslim, as I always say, I consider God's law and that of his prophet above any other law. I consider all those complaining about this issue as detractors, because since 1999, many people have been waging different kind of wars against me. I don't care about the issue of age since I have not violated any rule as far as Islam is concerned. History tells us that Prophet Muhammad did marry a young girl as well. Therefore I have not contravened any law. Even if she is 13, as it is being falsely peddled around. If I state the age, they will still use it to smear Islam," he said.
An officials of the Egyptian embassy in Abuja Mohammed Saber yesterday said the mission "will follow the issue" because it is illegal in Egypt to marry an underage girl.
Newspaper reports have also accused the senator of having previously married a 15-year-old girl in 2006.
This is one of the elected few charged with taking the nation to greater heights but i dont understand how these set of leaders can take us anywhere if they believe it is right to marry under-age citizens that cant make decisions on their own......whatever happened to HUMAN RIGHTS.......
BRIBERY SCANDAL.....GAMBIA FIRES NIGERIAN-BORN CHIEF JUSTICE
The Republic of Gambia has fired its Nigeria-born acting Chief Justice,
Justice Joseph Wowo, over alleged bribery scandal, while appointing Ghana-born Justice Mabel Agyemang as his replacement.
The first-ever female Chief Justice was sworn-in last Thursday by President Yahya Jammeh, according to agency report.
Nigerian government said it was probing the allegations that led to Wowo's sack.
Wowo, who spent a historic one month in office as Gambia's top-jurist, has protested his indictment, dubbing the video-footage that caught him allegedly negotiating justice, a set-up.
He was called to Bar in Nigeria before his professional sojourn in Gambia's Bar and Bench.
Agency report stated that Jammeh swore-in Agyemang at a ceremony held at State House, Banjul.
Agyemang, who was reportedly confirmed last Tuesday as CJ following her brief spell as acting CJ, took oaths of office, administered by the deputy secretary to Cabinet, Mariama Njie. Agyemang is the second Ghanaian Chief Justice of The Gambia.
Her swearing-in ceremony was said to have been graced by top government officials, including the vice president and Minister of Women's Affairs, Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy and scores of cabinet ministers.
The Gambian leader was quoted as urging the new chief justice to look into numerous pending cases in court, while expressing his dissatisfaction with the slow pace of cases in the courts.
MAN SETS FRIEND ON FIRE FOR DATING HIS MUM
A father of four, Mr. Sylvester Ezema, of Akpa Edem, Nsukka, Enugu State was on Saturday set ablaze by one Sunday Ugwuoke of the same community.
The incident, which happened in the early hours of morning, has created much confusion and tension in the community.
A source who pleaded anonymity told DailyPost that the victim was ambushed around 5:30 a.m when he came out to urinate.
According to him, “Ugwuoke on sighting Ezema, poured petrol on him before setting him ablaze. After the heinous act, he ran away and is still at large till now”.
He further revealed that the shouting of the victim attracted sympathizers, who rushed him to Chukwudi Hospital Nsukka, where he later died.
Meanwhile, Ugwuoke was alleged to have told some of his friends that he had warned the victim several times to stop having amorous relationship with his mother.
Efforts by our correspondent to get reactions from the deceased’s family proved abortive as they declined comment.
When contacted, the Enugu State Police Public Relation Officer, Ebere Amarizu, DSP, confirmed the incident and said that police had started investigations to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident.
“The matter has been reported to the police. After investigations, those indicted will be arrested and prosecuted.
“The body of the deceased has been deposited at the Bishop Shanahan Hospital Nsukka for post mortem examination”, Amaraizu stated.
FINALLY I LEAVE YOU ALL WITH THIS VIDEO.......( OUR SO-CALLED LEADERS)
Sunday 21 April 2013
Take time out just for your lady
The Unfulfilled Woman
Many couples have this problem but its the woman that feels the bulk of the pain more, they tend to pile it up till it becomes rather unbearable and later affects the relationship.
Men often forget a simple fact, which is a woman's body is like a complicated machine, and needs lots of tunning to make it function properly. And the quickest and easiest excuse men give is that they had a long day at work....If u are still wondering what am talking about, then you need to read on.
Orgasm: This is the peak of of any sexual experinece as regards a woman, but how many of these women ever reach that cloud 9?...according to a friend, it is the greatest feeling caused by the fullness within the Vagina and the pressure and friction upon its posterior surface which leads to her body suddenly plunging into a series of muscular spasms...
i was shocked by the emotion she put in the description and how passionate she was in describing it and that made me wonder how a woman felt when she doesnt experience that whenever she is making out with her man.(Men) what is a sexual experience without Ejaculation?, it leaves you wanting more. then imagine that feeling in a woman.
When you get to your car in the morning, you open the hood, check for oil, top up the water if need be and you run the engine for a bit before you drive out. Dont you think you should take that much time on your woman also, when making love to her?, take her body like that car of yours and do the normal checks before driving off with the pleasure (winks)
Solution
The solution is just looking at us in the face....TUNE HER ENGINE PROPERLY
The longer the time you spend touching her body in the most intimate places, the closer you get her to the final destination...We have to put ourselves in the back seat and let the satisfaction of our woman be the first priority whenever we are together. Funny enough i was reading up on some magazine and i was shocked to find out that there are two types of Orgasm.
1. Clitorial Orgasm
2. Vaginal Orgasm
Do i see that shocked look on your face too, for more on this, lets make it a date.
10 ways to blow his mind with your mouth
1. Let your mouth graze his ear when you whisper what you want him to do to you2. Suck on his earlobe, then trace your tongue along the outer ridge-its a little known erogenous zone
3. His nipples are just as sensitive as yours, tease him by sucking and with a firm tongue lick the tips
4. Plant light kisses on the skin behind his knees, trust me, its a very sensitive spot
5. When you're behind him, kiss the back of his neck and swirl your tongue around to give him chills
6. When he is lying on his stomach, straddle him and kiss your way down till you reach the base of his spine
7. Surprise him with oral first thing in the morning when his testosterone is naturally jacked up
8. Let out a soft moan when going down on him. Making noise has a way of turning a man on by a hundred degrees
9. Run your lips along his hip bones while slowly making your way to his package
10. Run your tongue around the ridge where the head of the Penis is connected to the shaft. It contains 80% of his erogenous tissues
Food that makes you eat less
1. Vegetable soup
Veggies are loaded with fiber, which helps one feel satiated for a very long time
2. Popcorn:
Popcorn is very low in calories, you can munch tons of it without guilt, which may trick your mind into eating less later since you have already inhaled so much
3. Almonds
They contain protein fibers and good fat, all of which slows down digestion. Aim for just a handfull (about 14 nuts) which is roughly 100 calories
Thursday 18 April 2013
I WANT TO BE A SENATOR WHEN I GROW UP
A report published by news portal thestreetjournal.com, has put the total monthly remuneration package for each of 109 serving senators of the Federal House of Assembly at N29, 479, 749. The jumbo pay package which if calculated per annum is six times bigger than what is earned by President Barack Obama of the United States, also include provisions for a N1, 242,122.70 monthly newspaper allowance and another N621, 061.37 wardrobe monthly allowance for each of the lawmakers. Below is a breakdown of the total monthly earnings each senator in Nigeria as reported by the news portal.
Basic Salary (BS) = N2,484,245.50
Hardship Allowance: 50% of Basic Salary = N1,242,122.75
Constituency allowance: 200% of BS = N4,968,509.00
Furniture Allowance: 300% of BS = N7,452,736.50
Newspaper allowance: 50% = N1,242,122.70
Wardrobe allowance: 25% = N621,061.37
Recess Allowance: 10% = N248,424.55
Accommodation: 200% = N4,968,509.00
Utilities: 30% = N828,081.83
Domestic Staff: 35% = N863,184.12
Entertainment: 30% = N828,081.83
Personal Assistance: 25% = N621,061.37
Vehicle Maintenance Allowance: 75% = N1,863,184.12
Leave Allowance : 10% = N248,424.55
One off payments (Severance gratuity): 300% = N7,452,736.50
Motor Vehicle Allowance: 400% of BS = N9,936,982.00
Total per month = N29, 479, 749.00
And some citizens are still living below $1 a day........
Thursday 11 April 2013
Money Is The Root Of Evil
Mr Ekwelum allegedly hatched and executed the act without the consent of the wife, but the lid was blown off by his 20-year-old spouse Ozioma when she could not find their son and reported the matter to the police. Her husband had wanted to travel to Greece.
The Abia State commissioner of Police, Mr Usman Abubakar Tilli, who disclosed this to newsmen in his office on Monday said the police mounted a man hunt that led to the rescue of the child and the arrest of the suspects.
CP Tilli warned criminals to stay off the state as there would be no hiding place for them and said the suspects have been charged to court.
T he Commissioner who expresses concern over spate of child trafficking said that on March 4 this year Mr Chidiebere Samuel of Ovungwu in IsialaNgwa south Local government area that his wife Odinaka Samuel connived with a nurse Monica Benjamin who delivered her baby girl and sold the child at N150, 000.
Describing such acts as inhuman, he said the suspects in the criminal transaction have been apprehended and charged to an Umuahia Magistrate court.
In a similar incident in Amoji Isiala Ngwa north local government the commissioner said that a man Mr Oluchukwu Ogidi reported that his wife Kelechi on March 16 connived with one Dr Williams Oruwa who delivered her baby and sold the newborn baby boy for N350.He also said the suspects have been arrested and charged to court even as he revealed that in the course of investigation three pregnant women allegedly harboured by the suspect possibly to have their babies sold after delivery were discovered.
The General Overseer of The Way of Joy Church, Ikotun Egbe, Lagos State, Pastor Ibikunle and his gang members are presently cooling of their heels in the cells of Special Anti Robbery Squad of the Lagos State Police Command
Just In From ILESA in OSUN State, NIGERIA,Human parts Seller Caught Red Handed.
Man Caught Selling Human Part (Viewer Discretion Advised)
The whole of Oke-Opo area in Ilesha Osun State was thrown into panic when human butchered and parts seller was apprehended by the Police after tip off by the residents of the area
FINALLY THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO POOR ABDUL TRYING TO BE A PEACE MAKER
Must we let our love for money becloued our better judgement or fear of God...These are a few of the stories we get to hear about how desperate some people can be for acquisition of wealth.
LETS JOIN HANDS AND FIGHT THIS EVIL IN THE EXCUSE OF POVERTY.....LIKE THE SAYING GOES.....NIGERIA NA WE COUNTRY, WE MUST TO DO BETTER FOR AM......proudly Nigerian.....dont know about you o...
Tuesday 9 April 2013
Choice, can be a big .......
In the world today, we see so many young people still single and we start to wonder if and when they will get married. In our society marriage is termed as the altimate thing for a young woman, but we fail to come to terms with a fact that not every one is meant to marry. This is a hard fact that many people fail to admit. Some people are not tolerant and believe in having their own space so marriage to them is a NO NO....Some want it so bad that they end up marrying for wrong reasons, and so on.For some others they just go into for the sake of their family, to avoid them stressing them but one thing i ask my self still is, ARE WE ALL MEANT TO MARRY....for some others these are a list of what bothers them when the issue of relationship and marriage comes up, relationships, when do you let go, how do u know the right one, how can you be sure,what is the right age,does age difference really matter, will he/she be accepted by my family and friends,religious background and finally the issue of money...these are a few of the things many people battle with. So at the end of the day i ask myself and you all out there, what can one do, because this is one thing that i know has been on my mind for a while and will love to hear what you all have to say also......the question now is.....DOES IT TAKE A GENIUS TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE??????
Wednesday 3 April 2013
A LETTER TO COUPLES
why is it that our society is always eager to say the worst of women when they are guilty of having extra marital affairs but when a man does the same, people just turn their heads and say he is just a man. I am not excusing the fact that it is morally wrong or that they are justified for such acts but lets analize it properly...why and what are the reasons why they are going outside or seeking attention outside..Is it that their husbands are neglecting them or are these the signs of end times?....I had a chat with a friend of mine on this issue and she had a lot to say concerning this topic. Lets start from the very beginning of mankind, a woman was created from the rib of a man, close to the heart.It simply means that a woman is a softer man, that craves a lot of attention and care. There are little things men take for granted that mean a lot to that woman we call our wives or partners. They like us(men) to take note of very little things about them of which while we were dating we always noticed, but give a man 1year after marriage, we tend to take these things for granted. There was a day my girlfriend went and made her hair and i came in tired and weak and i didnt take note of it, she made a big deal of it and i had to beg her for a whole week to make up for it.As a man ask yourself one thing, when was the last time you bought her her favourite snack, or that little thing she loves, when was the last time u guys had dinner outside the house, when was the last time you guys went out and had fun, when was the last time you paid her a compliment on how sexy she looks or something close to that...the list can go on and on...all they are trying to say is we should make an effort to do some of those things we used to do towards them while we were dating...We all know the economy leaves us drained after a hard days work but lets take some time out for our women. Lets try as men to rekindle that old flame we shared when we were still dating..And women, this is not an excuse for lowering yourself and please talk about it when your man lacks or there is something missing or you want some more attention from the menfolk. Lets try and bring back our lost ethics and values...lets make this world a better place...TAKE TIME OUT FOR OUR WOMEN, THEY NEED OUR ATTENTION
Tuesday 2 April 2013
RAPE (lets join hands and fight this together)
Rape from the dictionary means: forcing someone to have sex when they are unwilling, using violence or threatening beheviour...there are times when i am in the mood for sex and my girfriend is not in the mood but she allows me to have my way, i find out its not the same as when it is mutual....then think about having your way with someone that doesnt want you to touch her or want it from you...So many people get raped daily but nothing is done to stop it or most times the victims keep it to themselves for fear or are too ashamed to let the world know about it because of the shameful stigma attached to rape victims. what is the Government doing to assist these victims mentally or otherwise, when will we stop this barbaric act. We hear stories everyday about kids raped by their parents, family or by hoodlums and all the Government does is to put them behind bars. What have they done to help these victims, most of them are mentally distabilized and this affects them later in life. The essence of this publication is to rally amongst ourselves to do something about this issue. We cant keep reading stories and just sigh about it, we have to join hands and do something to stop this act.... personally i did try to stop the act and below is a picture of myself haven stopped some boys from rapping a girl under the influence of alcohol
Monday 1 April 2013
SEGREGATION
When i hear this word (segregation), i remember the sayings of Marthin Luther King " i believe that one day blacks and white will stand together as brothers" if a BLACK man can have such a dream, i wonder why we shoud segregate ourselves not cos of colour but because we are from different tribes in th same country. This story is a true story of a young man who found love in the northern part of Nigeria but can not marry the girl he loves because he is from Edo state to be precise.
Ehi is a young man, a grad of Computer science that fell inlove with a girl from Igala, funny enough, he is a muslim and he would have understood if Aisha's father objected based on the fact that they had different religions. Unknown to both lovers, aisha's father has a dislike for people from Edo state based on some story in the past, but as we speak Ehi is suffering because one Edo person did something in the past and he is now been victimized because he is from that state. what i am trying to bring out is simply thus, must this innocent young man suffer for what another person did, does it mean because we are from different ethnic background we cant love freely...We always preach about the unity of the nation but still we have resevation on a sin someone else commited...whta do you think Ehi should do because as i write this, he is disraught and angry...and Aisha has no say in it because she is a girl. Do we have to give up on love based on ethnicity or should we fight for what we believe in...Ehi and Aisha need your comments and advice on what step to take for this is devastating to them.
As far as am concerned, this is an injustice to this poor lovers cos Ehi has done nothing wrong but love who he feels makes him happy butis now punished for what he doesnt know of or better still who he doesnt know...
IS IT RIGHT TO SUFFER THE SINS OF OTHERS
SEX
Friday 29 March 2013
marriage ( is it worth it)
when is the right age for marriage that is the question i ask myself, some say early marriage is the best and some say both parties have to be matured enough to handle issues...so i ask which is best...early marriage or wait till one is matured enough..come to think of it, does AGE mean MATURED.....I had this talk on marriage with a friend of mine, who is getting married soon and she said to her their are three things she saw in her man, 1. the right person, 2. the one you love, 3. the one you marry and it got me thinking....even the ones in marriage are seeking attention outside their marriages...You have the men having affairs like it dont mean anything and even the women now are looking for men to make them feel complete or have that sense of womanhood...the question now is why go through all the stress of printing cards, planning an event, spending so much and still be unhappy....is it that the essence of marriage has lost its values or that marriage is not just enough.....I do hope to get married some day but with the present trend i often wonder....DO I HAVE TO SUBJECT MYSELF TO ALL THIS HASTLE CALLED MARRIAGE TO END UP DIVORCING AGAIN
this pic is a picture of two people hooking up and looking so happy that this day has finally come to pass but do you think they are doing this for the right reasons......some people marry for convenience sake...like someone said look for a man that will take care of you and your kids...whatever happened to marry the love of your life or is LOVE NOT ENOUGH anymore..this and more are the question i ask myself and time keeps ticking...you have the pressure from parents about TRIBAL issues and RELIGION,the list goes on......SO FINALLY I ASK IS MARRIAGE WORTH IT
Saturday 23 March 2013
men are romantic in their own weird man-way
Friday 22 March 2013
parenting....what does is really mean
Parenting....what does it really mean,its not just having kids that qualifies us as a parent but what and how we groom them. some people think its all about the bills but trust me, you are so wrong...lets start with this little question first then we come back for more....
1.what makes one a good parent
2. if u have kids already, are u a good parent and why
1.what makes one a good parent
2. if u have kids already, are u a good parent and why
Thursday 14 March 2013
what will you do
Top of the day to you all and how are you today?... i have a lil story for you today and will love to find out your opinions....
Two childhood friends(temi and sola) went to grade school and high school and remained best of friends but one of them had to leave for the UK for higher learning(sola), during her stay in the Uk she(sola) met a young man and they started dating. After a while she lost contact with her bestie(temi) in Nigeria and communication was slack. Along the line Temi in Nigeria met a young man online and started dating him prior his return back home and now they have set a date for their wedding which is in a couple of weeks..during that period Sola in the UK lost her boyfriend to a grl in Nigeria and through some persons she got her friends contact back...Now this is the twist,Sola poured out her heart to Temi telling her how she was heart broken and needed a break from the Uk and that was how she planned to come home for her friends wedding and a break from her heart break...Thursday before the wedding Temi goes to welcome Sola her lost best friend from the Airport and takes her home to introduce to her man, Lo and behold he turns out to be the same man that ripped her heart and Temi the girl she lost her man to in Nigeria....If u are either of the two women, what will you do....pour in your comments while you wait for the conclusion......have a swell day....
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Dating and marriage are different time zones
I had this discussion with some friends and found out one thing...when you are dating you dont show your true colours but show that side that will make your spouse happy..COURTSHIP plays a very vital part and the first question goes thus.....
1. how long should it last
2. who sets the rule
3. how can one tell if the other party is acting
4. how can we solve this issue
think about this for now till i come back with tips and tricks on how to learn more about your partner......keep reading till next blog.....have a nice day and hope your weekend was lovely
Friday 8 March 2013
Brian Okwara
Strive premieres this March in Nigeria. The cast includes Brian Okwara, Yemi Blaq, Ayo Popoola, Lilian Esoro, Uru Eke and Femi Ijawo.SYNOPSIS
The disappearance of his younger brother at age eight (8) and the death of his parents at age 13 made Ray Osas Omorodion (Bryan Okwara) into the person he now is. Subconsciously blaming himself for his brother’s disappearance, Jay now has the messianic tendency of saving others even if it throws him in harm’s way.
One person he has now come to value like a brother is Frank Ogaga (Yemi Blaq). Their bond grew through the orphanage they found themselves. Frank’s like family to him, and although they had varying views on how they perceived life, they loved each other (even if they never said the words). Leaving the orphanage together, they become street hustlers and pick pockets although their approaches to it differed. Once they were two, now four - including Jenny Okafor(Lilian Esoro) whom Ray sees like a sister and Frank likes; and Swag (Ayo Popoola) (Femi Iwajo) their drug addict buddy;
Jay suddenly wants out of this life especially after meeting Sophia Olanrewaju(Uru Eke) - the lady he has feelings for; he straightens his act working in a bar and helping people. Jenny soon follows suit. Ray’s smart and has goodness about him, trying hard to stay out of crime and hoping to someday be a broadcaster. Frank’s the complete opposite with a growing hate and a nag for crime. Believing it’s the only way for people (not smart) like him. His dream is to be the leader of the big league (the most notorious gang in the area).
An encounter with Bode Jordan-Akintunde (BJ - leader of the Big league and owner of Jordan’s Haven) (Bimbo Manuel) further separates the two, and a little insight given by Scar (Samson Smart - a snitch) on BJ’s activities placed the two on opposing ends with Bruno joining the big league and committing crime, and Jay a sabotage. More like a crime fighter.
Things complicate when Swag dies of drug overdose, and further when Scar is killed by BJ. Jenny gets caught up in Jordan’s haven and has senator Okoli (a business associate of the haven) (Kunle Coker) on her trail, which she almost kills. Ray now has to trade himself for Jenny. BJ’s not a clean business man so he keeps the two. The senator now has Jenny, BJ has Ray
BJ tells Frank the last test to becoming number two (2) is killing Ray. Frank tries but does not have the heart for it. BJ does the job himself. Frank survives, thanks to a dog tag he made of his mothers silver slab with her treasured advices crested on it. Sophia gets her dad to call the police not on BJ’s payroll; BJ and the big league are rounded up by the police. The haven’s activities end
The lives of these two orphans set the center stage of this movie as events of love, hate, quest and other dynamics of the Nigerian environment are brought to the fore, giving the movie a savor of sub-stories
Thursday 7 March 2013
dont let him/her make u feel down
Wednesday 6 March 2013
Naked Guy Blocks Lekki Phase1 Gate To Protest Seized Okada
for more details on this, click on the link below and u get all the info
http://www.talkofnaija.com/news/166748_look-naked-guy-blocks-lekki-phase1-gate-to-protest-seized-okada
Tuesday 5 March 2013
fact of life
"I don't wanna lose you now, we're gonna get through somehow I don't wanna lose you now forever, never
Baby I finally found the courage to stand my ground
But if you want me, I'll be around forever, forever..."
that is actually from a song by Gloria Estefan "dont wanna lose you"
That's one song that made sense even till now...
We find ourselves loving that person that doesnt want you but you hang in there...Ask yourself -WHY....Trust me you can if you want to have a better life...Out there is that great person waiting to shower you with all the love you deserve....i know its easier said than done but fight for it if its worth it but know when to count your loses....Some relationships arent made to last so savour the good times and move on.....
Monday 4 March 2013
unbelieveably true
Nigerian Gay Church Resume Operations In Lagos
Less than five years after Nigeria-only gay church, House of Rainbow, was attacked by some Lagos residents and consequently closed down in Nigeria, the church has returned to the country with three secret groups in the African most populous nation.
With this development, Nigeria appears to lead other countries where the church currently operates.
Founded by Nigerian-born gay, Rev. Rowland Jide Macaulay, House of Rainbow, which came to Nigeria in 2006, is “an inclusive and affirming religious community open and welcome to all people including sexual minorities and marginalised people, a monthly gathering of ‘people of faith’ for ‘prayer and praise’, which focuses on the person’s journey towards reconciliation of sexuality and spirituality.”
Macaulay, a trained lawyer and son of a reverend who owns a massive church in Lagos, is leading the comeback even though he remains in self-imposed exile in London, where sources said he currently enjoys lots of financial sponsorship for the movement.
Unlike in the pre-2008 when the church openly operated at Jakande Estate, Isolo, and Berger in Lagos, Macaulay, who is the backbone of the movement, is not secretive of the meeting places and time of the church in Nigeria, but has instituted a very stringent process to screen prospective members of coming to join the church.
It was learnt that aside Nigeria, the church has two groups each in Ghana and United Kingdom (UK).
“We now have new groups in Malawi and Ghana. There are currently three groups in Nigeria, two each in Ghana and the UK and one each in Malawi, Lesotho and Burundi. All these groups are managed by volunteers,who are appointed through a rigorous ‘Local Leader Application’ process.
“We currently have 12 appointed Local Leaders in 6 countries. Currently we have over 25 outstanding applications for local leaders including, but not limited to the following locations: France, Netherlands, Cote d’Ivoire, Sierra-Leone. This has continued to strengthen the interest and work of House Of Rainbow particularly in Africa,” Macaulay
Thursday 28 February 2013
What is true love?
The word "true love" is something that everyone wants to feel, but it is a fact that only a little part of the people has the luck to meet her. What is actually the true love?....most times we feel this is the one but seriously, what is the yardstick for true love......we have seen many cases of what we felt was true love end up in the thrash......better still i call it"true understanding" cos wit understanding comes patience and tolerance and if u have both....love grows
Wednesday 27 February 2013
look good at all times
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Read Pope Benedict's full resignation letter
Read the full text of the pope's resignation letter below.
Dear Brothers,
I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church.
After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry.
I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering.
However, in today's world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me.
For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter, entrusted to me by the Cardinals on 19 April 2005, in such a way, that as from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.
Dear Brothers, I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my defects.
And now, let us entrust the Holy Church to the care of Our Supreme Pastor, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and implore his holy Mother Mary, so that she may assist the Cardinal Fathers with her maternal solicitude, in electing a new Supreme Pontiff.
With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.
From the Vatican, 10 February 2013
BENEDICTUS PP XVI
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