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Friday, June 30, 2017
Photos: First lady of Kebbi state, Zainab Atiku Bagudu, bursts into tears during her visit to a public hospital in the state
"Wife of the Governor of #Kebbi State, Dr. Zainab Atiku Bagudu @drzus emotionally walks away from a mother of two & her ill children at a hospital in Kebbi State. During the visit, she gave financial support to over 300 patients in three different hospitals anchored by the Ministry of Women Affairs & Social Development.
She said "As a consultant pediatrician and a mother, there is so much to cry about with our hospitals. We are happy with the approvals from the Governor for renovations, purchases and hiring of doctors. Our hope is that Kebbi can meet up with the basic standards of healthcare as soon as possible". 29-6-17 #ourkebbi#nigeria #Africa". Attachments area
31yr old filmmaker, Jade Osiberu’s debut film, #IsokenTheMovie, grosses N55m in 10days
Speaking on the reason for the box office success, 31yr old Jade Osiberu said, “To be honest, the reviews from critics and the general audience alike has been overwhelmingly positive, so I strongly believe that it’s the strong word of mouth that has sold the film despite being the underdog going into this weekend”. Critics have praised the writing as being witty and original, the casting as excellent with strong performances from the lead actor Dakore and supporting cast members like Marc Rhys, Tina Mba as well as newcomer Bolanle Olukani, the production design as stunning and the overall projection of the Nigerian culture through the use of art, books, music and fashion, several critics saying that “it is obvious that a lot of thought and effort went into making this film”.
The distributors of the BOI funded film, Silverbird Film distribution, are excited about the film’s performance in Cinemas nationwide and are confident that the film will enjoy a long run at the cinemas with continued audience patronage.
Talking about the journey to making Isoken, Ms Osiberu revealed “I wrote the script in 2014 and started looking for investors in September of that year. In Janurary 2015, I heard of the Nollyfund at the Bank of Industry and by March had put together all my paperwork to apply for a loan. However, the loan wasn’t approved till over a year later in June 2016 and this was when the film was shot. It has taken another one year to get the film in cinemas Nationwide. so in all, this has been a 3year journey from script to the big screen”
Ms Osiberu is an Engineer, turned banker, who’s career in the media began when she created Ndani TV whilst working in Digital Marketing in one of Nigeria’s biggest banks. She went on to write, direct and produce one of the most talked about TV shows in Nigeria, Gidi Up as well as produce many popular webseries such as ‘The Interview – A tale of Frank Donga’, Skinny Girl In Transit, Rumour Has It and many others.
Isoken is still available in all cinemas nationwide.
Big Brother Naija 2017 Coco Ice in yoruba bridal inspired photo shoot
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"Ask me again my preference in a woman, I'll tell you older" - Gideon Okeke reveals
Nollywood actor, Gideon Okeke revealed via Instagram
today that he prefers older women. What attracts him to them is their
grown and sexy state of mind.
Meet Professor McEleavy and Jenny Cook from University of Dundee, UK in Lagos, Ibadan and Abuja. Admissions still open for September 2017
Why Dundee?
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Rated Gold Star in the recently released June
2017 Teaching Excellence Framework in the UK
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Ranked 24th in the UK in the Guardian University Guide 2018, topping the table in Dentistry
and Design & Crafts.
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University of Dundee is in the top 10 in
Fashion & Textiles (3rd UK), Medicine (4th), Social
Work (4th), Business, Management & Marketing (5th),
Law (6th) and Forensic Sciences (7th).
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Ranked as the top young university in the UK and one of the best young higher
education institutions in the world.
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The University has been named The Times & Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year in each of
the last two years
Meet Jenny and
Professor Peter in your city and take hold of the Dundee Advantage. Bring your
academic documents including transcripts as Peter will be happy to make spot
offers and award scholarships to deserving students on merit.
LAGOS
Date: Friday, 30th June 2017
Venue: UKEAS Victoria Island 6 Adeola Odeku Street, First Floor
Time: 10.00 – 11.30
Date: Friday, 30th June 2017
Venue: SI-UK Education Council 2nd Floor 84 Opebi road, Ikeja
Time: 14.00-15.00
Date: Saturday, 1st July 2017
Venue: UKEAS Ikeja 3rd floor, 76 Opebi road, Ikeja
Time: 11.00 – 14.00
IBADAN
Date: Monday, 3rd July 2017
Venue: UKEAS Ibadan 1 Shell Close, Onireke close, Ile Oridetu
Time: 10.00 – 14.00
Date: Monday, 3rd July 2017
Venue: PFL Ibadan Oni&Sons, Ring road opposite Shoprite
Time: 15.00 – 16.00
ABUJA
Date: Wednesday, 5th July 2017
Venue: SI-UK Education Council Abuja
Time: 10.00 – 12.00
Date: Wednesday, 5th July
Venue: UKEAS Abuja 50 Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Osas&Oseji Building
between UBA and H-Medix, Wuse 2
Time: 14.00- 16.30
Enquiries:
Babajide Ogundeji
Recruitment Officer- West Africa
University of Dundee
b.ogundeji@dundee.ac.uk
+2348175133447
W: www.dundee.ac.uk/internationalHeartbreaking story of a Kenyan female pastor who was gang-raped on her wedding day, lost her husband to carbon monoxide and was once told she would never conceive a baby.
In
2014, the clergy who was then known as Terry Apudo was abducted, raped,
stabbed and left for dead by the roadside on her wedding day.
The
following year she lost her husband to carbon monoxide at their home, an
incident which almost wrecked her life.
In a
lengthy interview with BBC, the pastor who now has every reason to be
happy again narrated her ordeal saying:
'It was going to be a very big wedding. I was a pastor, so all our church members were coming, as well as all our relatives. My fiance, Harry, and I were very excited - we were getting married in All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi and I had rented a beautiful dress.'
'But the night before the
wedding I realised that I had some of Harry's clothes, including his
cravat. He couldn't show up without a tie, so a friend who had stayed
the night offered to take it to him first thing in the morning. We got
up at dawn and I walked her to the bus station.'
'As
I was making my way back home, I walked past a guy sitting on the
bonnet of a car - suddenly he grabbed me from behind and dumped me in
the back seat. There were two more men inside, and they drove off. It
all happened in a fraction of a second.'
''A
piece of cloth was stuffed in my mouth. I was kicking and hitting out
and trying to scream. When I managed to push the gag out, I screamed:
"It's my wedding day!" That was when I got the first blow. One of the
men told me to "co-operate or you will die".
'The
men took turns to rape me. I felt sure I was going to die, but I was
still fighting for my life, so when one of the men took the gag out of
my mouth I bit his manhood. He screamed in pain and one of them stabbed
me in the stomach. Then they opened the door and threw me out of the
moving car.'
'I was miles from home, outside Nairobi. More than six hours had passed since I had been abducted.'
A
child saw me being thrown out and called her grandmother. People came
running. When the police came they tried to get a pulse, but no-one
could. Thinking I was dead, they wrapped me in a blanket and started to
take me to the mortuary. But on the way there, I choked on the blanket
and coughed. The policeman said: "She's alive?" And he turned the car
around and drove me to the biggest government hospital in Kenya.
I
arrived in great shock, murmuring incoherently. I was half-naked and
covered in blood, and my face was swollen from being punched. But
something must have alerted the matron, because she guessed I was a
bride. "Let's go around the churches to see if they're missing a bride,"
she told the nurses.
By coincidence, the first
church they called at was All Saints Cathedral. "Are you missing a
bride?" the nurse asked. The minister said: "Yes, there was a wedding at
10 o'clock and she didn't come."
When
I didn't show up to the church, my parents were panicking. People were
sent out to search for me. Rumours flew. Some wondered: "Did she change
her mind?" Others said: "No, it's so unlike her, what happened?"
After
a few hours, they had to take down the decorations to make room for the
next ceremony. Harry had been put in the vestry to wait.
When
they heard where I was, my parents came to the hospital with the whole
entourage. Harry was actually carrying my wedding gown. But the media
had also got wind of the story so there were reporters too.
I
was moved to another hospital where I'd have more privacy. That was
where the doctors stitched me up and gave me some devastating news: "The
stab wound went deep into your womb, so you won't be able to carry any
children."
I was given the morning-after pill,
as well as antiretroviral drugs to protect me from HIV and Aids. My mind
shut down, it refused to accept what had happened.
Harry
kept saying he still wanted to marry me. "I want to take care of her
and make sure she comes back to good health in my arms, in our house,"
he said. Truth be told, I wasn't in a position to say Yes or No because
my mind was so jammed with the faces of the three men, and with
everything that had happened.
A few days later,
when I was less sedated, I was able to look him in the eye. I kept
saying sorry. I felt like I had let him down. Some people said it was my
own fault for leaving the house in the morning. It was really hurtful,
but my family and Harry supported me.
The
police never caught the rapists. I went to the line-up after line-up but
I didn't recognise any of the men, and it hurt me each time I went. It
set back my recovery - it was 10 steps forward, 20 back. In the end, I
went back to the police station and said: "You know what, I'm done. I
just want to leave it."
Three months after the
attack I was told I was HIV-negative and got really excited, but they
told me I had to wait three more months to be sure. Still, Harry and I
began to plan our second wedding.
Although I
had been very angry at the press intrusion, somebody read my story and
asked to meet me. Her name was Vip Ogolla, and she was also a rape
survivor. We spoke, and she told me she and her friends wanted to give
me a free wedding. "Go wild, have whatever you want," she said.
I
was ecstatic. I went for a different type of cake, much more expensive.
Instead of a rented gown, now I could have one that was totally mine.
In July 2005, seven months after our first planned wedding, Harry and I got married and went on a honeymoon.
Twenty-nine days later,
we were at home on a very cold night. Harry lit a charcoal burner and
took it to the bedroom. After dinner, he removed it because the room was
really warm. I got under the covers as he locked up the house. When he
came to bed he said he was feeling dizzy, but we thought nothing of it.
It
was so cold we couldn't sleep, so I suggested getting another duvet.
But Harry said he couldn't get it as he didn't have enough strength.
Strangely, I couldn't stand up either. We realised something was very
wrong. He passed out. I passed out. I remember coming to. I would call
him. At times he would respond, at other times he wouldn't. I pushed
myself out of bed and threw up, which gave me some strength. I started
crawling to the phone. I called my neighbour and said: "Something is
wrong, Harry is not responding."
She came over
immediately but it took me ages to crawl to the front door to let her in
as I kept passing out. I saw an avalanche of people coming in,
screaming. And I passed out again.
I woke up in
hospital and asked where my husband was. They said they were working on
him in the next room. I said: "I'm a pastor, I've seen quite a lot in
my life, I need you to be very straight with me." The doctor looked at
me and said: "I'm sorry, your husband did not make it."
I couldn't believe it.
Going
back to church for the funeral was terrible. Just a month earlier I had
been there in my white dress, with Harry standing at the front looking
handsome in his suit. Now, I was in black and he was being wheeled in,
in a casket.
People thought I was cursed and
held back their children from me. "There's a bad omen hanging over her,"
they said. At one point, I actually believed it myself.
Others accused me of killing my husband. That really got me down - I was grieving.
The post-mortem showed what really happened: as the carbon monoxide filled his system, he started choking and suffocated.
I
had a terrible breakdown. I felt let down by God, I felt let down by
everybody. I couldn't believe that people could be laughing, going out
and just going about life. I crashed.
One day I
was sitting on the balcony looking at the birds chirping away and I
said: "God, how can you take care of the birds and not me?" In that
instant I remembered there are 24 hours a day - sitting in depression
with your curtains closed, no-one's going to give you back those 24
hours. Before you know, it's a week, a month, a year wasted away. That
was a tough reality.
I told everybody I would
never ever get married again. God took my husband, and the thought of
ever going through such a loss again was too much. It's something I
wouldn't wish on anybody. The pain is so intense, you feel it in your
nails.
But there was one man - Tonny Gobanga -
who kept visiting. He would encourage me to talk about my husband and
think about the good times. One time he didn't call for three days and I
was so angry. That's when it hit me that I had fallen for him.
Tonny
proposed marriage but I told him to buy a magazine, read my story and
tell me if he still loved me. He came back and said he still wanted to
marry me.
But I said: "Listen, there's another thing - I can't have children, so I cannot get married to you."
"Children are a gift from God," he said. "If we get them, Amen. If not, I will have more time to love you."
I thought: "Wow, what a line!" So I said Yes.
Tonny
went home to tell his parents, who were very excited until they heard
my story. "You can't marry her - she is cursed," they said. My
father-in-law refused to attend the wedding, but we went ahead anyway.
We had 800 guests - many came out of curiosity.
It
was three years after my first wedding, and I was very scared. When we
were exchanging vows, I thought: "Here I am again Father, please don't
let him die." As the congregation prayed for us I cried uncontrollably.
A year into our marriage, I felt unwell and went to the doctor - and to my great surprise he told me that I was pregnant.
As
the months progressed I was put on total bed rest, because of the stab
wound to my womb. But all went well, and we had a baby girl who we
called Tehille. Four years later, we had another baby girl named Towdah.
Today, I am the best of friends with my father-in-law.
I
wrote a book, Crawling out of Darkness, about my ordeal, to give people
hope of rising again. I also started an organisation called Kara
Olmurani. We work with rape survivors, as I call them - not rape
victims. We offer counselling and support. We are looking to start a
halfway house for them where they can come and find their footing before
going back to face the world.
I have forgiven
my attackers. It wasn't easy but I realised I was getting a raw deal by
being upset with people who probably don't care. My faith also
encourages me to forgive and not repay evil with evil but with good.
The
most important thing is to mourn. Go through every step of it. Get
upset until you are willing to do something about your situation. You
have to keep moving, crawl if you have to. But move towards your destiny
because it's waiting, and you have to go and get it.
"Children and pregnant women were not spared" New horrific images from the militia massacre of the Fulanis on Mambilla Plateau, Taraba State
A Nigerian journalist, Mr Adoh posted more photos from
the militia massacre of the Fulanis on the Mambilla Plateau in Sardauna
Local Government Area of Taraba State.
LIB recalls that scores of people including children and
pregnant women were killed, over 300 animals slaughtered and about 120 houses set
ablaze in simultaneous attacks carried out on Fulani settlements in the
early hours of Sunday, June 18.
Meanwhile, Brig.-Gen. Benjamin Ahanotu,, the Acting General
Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Jos, has
condemned the role of traditional rulers and community leaders in the
crisis on Mambilla Plateau.
Ahanotu expressed the view at the palace of the Chief of Mambilla, Dr Shehu Audu Baju II, last Saturday.
He said that after visiting scenes of the killings that he
was shocked by what he saw and likened the crisis to the activities of
Boko Haram terrorists.
"Even Boko Haram did not slaughter women and children but here I saw young children and pregnant women’’ killed. We should know that the victims are fellow Nigerians and indigenes of this area who should be treated with dignity,” he said.
Ahanotu said that traditional rulers and community leaders failed to take proactive measures to prevent the crisis.
He said that throughout the crisis, Mambila village heads
and community leaders did not assist the wounded but watched them die
helplessly.
"As elders, they did not also make any effort to convey the injured to hospitals, making the victim to lose confidence in the system and seek medical attention in neighbouring Cameroon Republic. As leaders of the people, you should be able carry everyone along, irrespective of their ethnic, religious or political affiliation,” he stressed.
Ahanotu said that soldiers had been deployed to flashpoints
across the Local Government Area and called on the Traditional Council
to support them.
He called on the warring parties to embark on
reconciliation and confidence building measures to ensure that the
victims returned to their homes and resume their normal business.
More photos below...
Photos: Youths in Kaduna attack vigilante group members for killing young man in Kaduna
The youths set the office of the vigilantes on fire and also attacked some persons found in the office. Three persons sustained injuries during the attack and are currently receiving medical attention at a hospital.
The remains of the deceased youth has been deposited at the state mortuary.
More photos below...
Demand for Qatar to shut down Aljazeera is unacceptable and a threat to media freedom - United Nations
Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said this on Friday after Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates imposed a boycott on Qatar three weeks ago, accusing it of backing militants, then issued an ultimatum,
including demanding that it shut down a Turkish military base in Doha, shutting Al Jazeera and curbing ties with Iran, Reuters reports.
U.N. High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein is "extremely concerned by the demand that Qatar close down the Al Jazeera network, as well as other affiliated media outlets", his spokesman Rupert Colville told a news briefing.
Colville continued: "Whether or not you watch it, like it, or agree with its editorial standpoints, Al Jazeera’s Arabic and English channels are legitimate, and have many millions of viewers. The demand that they be summarily closed down is, in our view, an unacceptable attack on the right to freedom of expression and opinion."
Certificate Forgery: Court dismisses case against Senator Andy Uba
Justice Valentine Ashi
said the law says that 'he who asserts must prove; and that the
plaintiff had failed to lead the court with further evidence.
The
judge went on to say that the plaintiff should have investigated and
gotten his facts from the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC), which cleared the defendant as being eligible for elections.
He
also said the plaintiff should have conducted checks at Union Secondary
School, Awkunawu, Enugu State, where the defendant said he obtained his
School Leaving Certificate as opposed to Boys’ High School, Awkunawu,
which the plaintiff claimed. The judge dismissed the suit and said the
plaintiff failed to investigate the defendant’s claims and therefore
failed to prove the forgery case against him.
Sign death warrant of prisoners on death row- FG appeals to state governors
Some governors have for religious and personal beliefs, refused to sign the death warrants of convicted murderers in their various prisons.
The Federal government made the appeal at the National Economic Council, NEC meeting in Abuja, presided over by the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja.
Speaking to state house correspondents after the meeting, Ebonyi state governor, Dave Umahi, said
“In our NEC meeting today, the Minister of Interior (Abdulram Danbazzau) and the CG of Prisons came to brief us about the status of our prisons and the inmates through out the country. The situation painted by the Minister and the CG of Prisons was pathetic and some of them gave graphic examples of what is happening in our prisons up to the states. For example last few months, we had a jail break in my state and to true confession, that was the first time I visited prison. What I saw was a very terrible situation that shouldn’t be allowed and that is how it has been through out the country in all the states. Some of us on our own developed some initiatives. Some have succeeded in the states from transferring the prisons from the urban centre outside the city centre. Some are providing medical services, some are building new prisons.
And so NEC considered all the submissions and came up with an agreement that the governors should assist the Federal Government in partnership to rehabilitate the prisons. And it was also agreed that the states that have the capacity to build prisons should go ahead including private sectors participation. And of course the minister made it very clear that over 70 percent of inmates are awaiting trial. The Minister did point out that they are beginning to do some farming in prisons and purchase some agric equipment which means that some of these prisoners that are available and could move freely could be engaged in agricultural programmes. This was agreed. The governors were also advised to do a number things to decongest the prisons. For example the Chief Judges of various states should do a more frequent visits to the prisons. They have constitutional role to perform during such visits. The governors on their own from time to time should also be able to visit. On the condemned criminals, the governors and NEC agreed that the governors should either sign their death sentences or commit them as they would wish because they will also serve as a risk if judgement has been delivered and no appeal is pending and the governors are not taking action on that. On the whole, NEC viewed that there should be emergency situations in terms of our prisons so that these people that are supposed to be reformed right there should not be further hardened”
Orezi invokes Fela for new video “Cooking Pot” as a voice and stand for 'say no to rape' , consensual sex, responsible drinking and safe sex (use of condoms )
The Adasa Cookey directed video was shot in a Lagos location with Orezi paying homage to Afrobeat Legend Fela and also kicking off protest for consensual sex as he makes a stand by using his song to pass his message effectively.
The Afrobeat song produced by TymG and Mixed by Ex-O shows a very conscious and serious side of Orezi as he looks to tackle some menace facing the society and using his art of music as a tool.
WATCH AND ENJOY
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