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Mike Duffy trial: ex-PMO senior staff member will testify

By Caterino Grebatorre Chris Woodcock, a former senior staff member in the Prime Minister’s Office and one of the key staff members who knew Nigel Wright composed a personal check to cover Mike Duffy’s costs, is testifying at the senator’s trial in Ottawa.

Woodcock, former executive of issues management, was an active member in the discussions about Duffy’s reimbursement, penning an early record called “Scenario for Repayment.” He was advised about the arrange-

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ment to cover Duffy’s expenses, and was additionally informed Wright, then Stephen Harper’s head of staff, wound up paying.

Wright, who burned through six days in the witness box, affirmed Woodcock was managing reactions to media lines and might have to support

an answer on something that would end up being incorrect on the off chance that he didn’t know Wright had repaid.

The trial, which started April 7 in the Ontario Court of Justice, enters the last week of its third stage.

It will proceed until end of August, with additional time required; break until it would continue again in mid-November.

Duffy has pleaded not guilty to 31 charges of extortion, rupture of trust and bribery identified with costs he guaranteed in 2013 as a senator and later repaid with money from Wright.

Sagay heads advisory committee on war against corruption President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption headed by Professor Itse Sagay, a prominent professor of law and civil rights activist.

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By Paul Njogu The Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Tribunal seized property and cars worth N400m from 3 civil servants of the Ministry of Niger Delta accused of corruption. The property belonging to the three officials was seized because it was said to be “excessive” of the emoluments of the officers according to a document obtained from the office of Ekpo Eta, chairman

of the ICPC. The document dated August 11 2015 and titled “Notice of Seizure of Movable and Immovable Properties Pursuant to Section 45 (4) a-b, of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000, is also silent on the status of the three account officials of the ministry, Poloma Kabiru Nuhu, Mangset Longyl Dickson and Daniel Obah.

The agency has seized 24 properties and several cars from the three

civil servants as a result of investigations carried out by the ICPC. The notice is to be served to the appropriate Land Registries and Departments in states where the property is located, according to the ICPC boss. One of the officials, Nuhu is claimed to own 10 hectares of land valued at N50m, covered by Right of Occupancy at Kuje, 16 plots of land in different parts of Gwagwalada, Abuja covered by Certificate of continued on p(49)

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Ashley Madison faces a $578 million class legal action A $578 million class legal action against Ashley Madison has been launched by two law firms in Canada on behalf of “all Canadians” who are at mercy of the hackers threatening to have their accounts leaked online after a massive data breach of the infidelity online site last month.

Millions of infidels all over the world have been affected by the data breach which caught Ashley Madison off guard. Hackers who were responsible of compromising the online site introduced themselves as the Impact Team.

“They are outraged that AshleyMadison.com failed to protect its users’ information,” attorney Ted Charney said in interview after he filed the suit. “In many cases, the users paid an additional fee for the website to remove all of their user data — only to discover that the information was left intact and exposed.”

Over 39 million members are at risk of having their data leaked on the Internet after Ashley Madison was hacked. The site is available in more than 50 countries, and has earned more than a million users in the UK alone.

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The National Identity Card will confirm Nigeria’s population and those entitled to vote, President Muhammadu Buhari said as he was registered on Monday.

This is even as Chris Onyemenam, director-general, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), said that so far about 7 million Nigerians had been captured in NIMC’s database.

Shortly after he was registered at the Presidential Villa, President Buhari said the National ID card “will complement the exercise of the permanent voters card,” saying that for those who want their votes to count from whichever party or constituency, they should ensure that they and their families were properly captured.

Onyemenam told journalists that harmonisation of the database was ongoing and so far the commission had a record of 7 million on its database.

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By Chasing Liberty ates the online hook-up site, is now facing charges filed by all Canadian users who will be scandalized of the breach.

They were represented by Charney Lawyers and Sutts, Strosberg, LLP. Large caches of data have been stolen from the site including names, home addresses, message history and email of the users. Hackers have threatened that damaging leak of sensitive information will soon unfold unless the site would stop operating.

“Numerous former users of AshleyMadison.com have approached the law firms to inquire about their privacy rights under Canadian law,” said the two firms in a statement.

“They are outraged that AshleyMadison.com failed to protect its users’ information.

In many cases, the users paid an additional fee for the website to remove all of their user data, only to discover that the information was left intact and exposed.”

Just this month, the still-unfolding leak of data

has revealed another batch of Ashley Madison users. The latest is a C-lister who recently made a public apology to his family.

Also, hackers exposed the profile of Florida Prosecutor Jeffrey Ashton in which he wrote, “I am looking for someone who has fantasies we can act out. A big toy collection would be a plus.”

Ashton is a member of the team who attempted to convict Casey Anthony after the latter was linked to the death of Caylee, her two-year-old daughter.

One of the former users who filed charges against AM is Eliot Shore. He is a widower and person with disability living in Ottawa who used the website for a short time after the death of his wife. But he insisted that no personal meet ups happened after he joined.

No response or comments have been obtained from Ashley Madison as of the moment. It can be recalled that the controversial hookup service uses the tagline, “Life is short, have an affair”.

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the next three months or so, the number is expected to quadruple, he said.

“In the past, the private sector was expected to perform that role, so government did not focus on that.

The close to 7 million that we have in our database is the product of the pilot scheme that we embarked upon to demonstrate the value of the scheme.

“Now that the MDAs are going to step up the harmonisation, the database will be populated in a matter of weeks. As a matter of fact, we are at the stage of migrating the data from the Bank Verification Number and that is about 20 million,” he said.

Thanking the president for the recent directive that biometrics databases in government agencies should be expeditiously harmonised, Onyemenam said records of birth and death would also be incorporated.

“We are taking deliberate steps to ensure that enrolment centres are opened in each local government.

In collaboration with MDAs,

we are now extending it to universities. It will also be extended to primary schools and hospitals. With the cooperation we expect from INEC, we are meeting INEC today, it will be extended even further.

“Because of the records of births and deaths that are the primary responsibility of the Nigerian Population Commission, it will even become wider because there are more centres for the registration of births and deaths.

“The ID card registration exercise, he said, is not a one-off thing in the sense that there is no time limit. It is a continuous exercise. So, every enrolment centre that we have established remain open forever, they are like branches of banks.

“Once a centre is established, it remains there and people can go there and enrol at their convenient time.

They will do the pre-enrolment first before going to any centre for the biometric data capture,” he said.

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After five long years of contesting for its approval, FDA has finally authorized the use of the first US prescription drug that boosts sex-drive to females.

Addyi a.k.a. “little pink pill” or “female Viagra” is the answer for every woman’s desire to increase their libido levels and improve their intimate relationships.

While Addyi seemed like a cute name for a sexenhancer medication, there are some things you need to consider before you seek for a prescription from your doctor for this drug. Prior to the approval of Addyi, which generic name is

flibanserin, FDA was confronted with huge political pressure after it rejected to authorized its use. The controversy over Addyi even sparked debate between sex health professionals, mental health practitioners, and of course, women.

Here are some of the facts about the drug that you need to consider:

at the desire stage, prior to arousal. Addyi was initially introduced in the market as an antidepressant but researchers found that it fell short in boosting the user’s mood, later they noticed that it can improve sex drive due to its ability to promote the release of a “feel good” chemical, called dopamine, in the brain.

1. NOT A COUNTERPART TO MALE VIAGRA Male Viagra works to boost blood flow to men’s penis which has attained arousal, on the other hand, flibanserin is intended to enhance women’s mood

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Smart insulin patch for diabetes patients could replace painful injections

By Paul Njogu An experimental smart insulin patch that delivers doses of insulin to diabetes patients could make painful injections a thing of the past after recent lab tests on lab animals proved successful. The insulin patch now to be tested on people offers a less painful solution for diabetes patients who have to inject themselves with insulin. The smart insulin patch

automatically detects a rise in blood sugar levels and secretes doses of insulin into the bloodstream of the diabetic patient.

The patch being tested by a joint project at the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University has been able to reduce the blood glucose levels of mice with Type 1 diabetes up to nine hours. The test also saw the blood glucose levels in the mice brought under control within 30 minutes.

The smart insulin patch is a thin patch with scores of painless micro-needles that are the size of eye lashes. The micro-needles store insulin and a glucose sensing enzyme that delivers the insulin once it detects increase in blood sugar levels.

According to John Buse, a director of the UNC Diabetes Care Center and co-author of the paper, the technology is

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Availability of abortion pill will vary across Canada

Selena Ross Federal approval of an abortion pill does not guarantee that women who wish to end pregnancies

will be able to obtain the medication in all areas of the country.

Health Canada announced recently that it has approved RU-486, a pill

that induces a miscarriagelike process, after several delays. Considered the gold standard of medical abortion treatment, it will be sold under the brand name Mifegymiso and could be available as early as next winter.

What medical authorities can’t predict is how many Canadian doctors will embrace the option, or how easily patients will be able to find the ones who do – especially in places such as Prince Edward Island where access to abortion has traditionally been difficult.

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Colostomy Treatment and Alternatives WHAT IS A COLOSTOMY? A colostomy is a surgically created opening in the colon that allows fecal wastes to exit the body through the abdominal wall instead of the rectum. In many cases, a colostomy is a temporary measure that is used until the colon heals following bowel surgery or an intestinal disorder. In other cases – particularly following removal of the colon and rectum – the colostomy is permanent. Colostomies are usually positioned in the lower left hand section of the abdomen, often by way of the incision through which a portion of the bowel has been removed. Once it has healed, the opening, or stoma, is round, reddish, and moist, like the tissue within the mouth.

For the first several weeks following the operation, it is usually necessary to wear a collections bag attached to the stoma, since passage of stool is not under voluntary control. In time, however, most people with colostomies learn to irrigate, or flush the bowel with water, every day or two, eliminating the need for a bag that must be work continuously.

Conditions that may necessitate a colostomy include: • Ulcerative colitis, a chronic inflammatory disease of the lower portion of the intestine.

• Fistulas, or abnormal passages joining the rectum and adjacent structures, frequently the vagina.

• Tumors of the rectum.

• Crohn’s disease, another chronic, inflammatory bowel disease that affects manly the lower portion of the small intestine and the colon.

• Diverticulitis, which entails inflammation of small, protruberant pockets (diverticuli) that develop in the colon wall and become impacted.

• Hirschsprung’s disease, a disorder in which nerves in the bowel wall are absent at birth, causing severe obstruction.

WHAT HAPPENS DURING A COLOSTOMY? A colostomy is performed in a hospital operating room under general anesthesia. The site of the incision and the exact procedure depend on the nature of the underlying disorder.

The surgeon cuts through that layers of the abdominal wall overlying the colon, then removes or closes off the diseased portions. Next, the end of the healthy intestine is pulled through the overlying tissues to form a tube. The surgeon then stitches the tube to the skin surface.

Following the operation, nurses explain how to care for the colostomy, giving specific instructions and demonstrations of proper bag attachment, emptying, and cleaning. A wide range of products, including bag deodorizers, are available to facilitate caring for a colostomy.

IS A COLOSTOMY UNPLEASANT? There may be pain in the first few days after surgery, and the stoma remains some-what sensitive to friction. Adjusting to having a colostomy can a long and stressful process, largely because of the disruption in the body image that it creates.

Many people feel ashamed and embarrassed by their changed bowel function.

Social workers and support groups for colostomy patients can help overcome these

emotional problems.

HOW LONG DOES A COLOSTOMY TAKE? The length of the operation depends on the extent of the surgery being performed, and can range from under an hour to several hours.

Increasingly, new procedures are eliminating the need for permanent colostomies. For example, treatment of ulcerative colitis often requires removal off the entire colon and rectum. A procedure called an ileoanal pullthrough allows surgeons to use a segment of the small intestine to assume the function of the diseased colon and rectum. The end of the small intestine is attached to the anal sphincter, and a loop of intestine is used to create a pouch to replace the rectum.

With time and training, most patients are able to achieve normal bowel control.

Complications The most common complication of this kind of surgery is infection, which is a hazard in any operation involving the colon where many kinds of bacteria can cause severe problems if they infiltrate other tissues.

To reduce this risk, the colon is thoroughly cleansed and antibiotics are administered before surgery. Other risks include premature opening of the incision and slow healing.

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Foreigner travelers to enter Canada via electronic screening

By Chasing Liberty Applications for electronic travel authorization will soon be accepted in Ottawa from foreign travelers wishing to visit Canada via air, by the end of August. This will add another layer of red tape to millions of travelers to Canada who will be required to submit personal information such as passport and biographic through Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s website. These documents will undergo pre-screening or face being denied entry as soon as the border enforcement is implemented.

Air passengers covered of the new measure include all those who apply for work and study permits as well as travelers whom come from visa-exempt countries. Notably the elec-

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“Providing the information required by these amendments will allow Canada to determine the admissibility of foreign nationals before they arrive

at the border and whether their travel poses migration or security risks,” said the immigration department.

The goal of the eTA system is to “enhance data-gathering capacity, improve intelligence, close the gap on the lack of information that is provided for commercial aviation

inbound traffic, and more generally to enforce the visa program.”

Travelers were given time to learn and experience the eTA prior to its enforcement in March.

During the enrolment period, they will learn using the new system and get their authorization as well.

According to critics, the new measure is another attempt to thwart the influx of refugees on Canadian soil and question the use of the data stored in the system.

“It aims at screening such people out and it looks to us as part of the broader government agenda to stop refugees before they are able to come,” Josh Paterson said in an interview in behalf of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association.

Application for eTA charges travelers $7 for the processing fees. If they earn a positive eTA, they are allowed to visit Canada for five years or up until their passports expire. Similar programs have already been used in Australia and the United States. eTa requirement is however not necessary for several groups such as American citizens, members of the Royal Family, visitors with valid visas, members of commercial aircrew and people in transit through French and Canada citizens who reside in Miquelon and St. Pierre.

Other exempted passengers are those who take flights that arrive in Canada on an unexpected or emergency circumstance.

In some cases, even if the traveler earned a posi-

tive eTA, a Canadian border officer may still cancel his or her authorization if deemed inadmissible.

Application for eTA requires personal information from travelers such as name, place and date of birth, address, gender, passport and nationality.

In countries where passengers need to present their visas, they have to provide their information to the Canadian consulate staff or embassy before arriving here.

In the 2013 statistics, about 7,055 visa-exempt foreign nationals who traveled to Canada are prohibited for entry at airports due to alleged participation in war crimes, espionage, membership in terror groups, health concerns such as a tuberculosis and criminality.

From “Golden” daughter to killer: Tragedy hits Asian community in Canada

By S. Ratko For some time, Jennifer Pan’s parents viewed her as their “golden” child.

The youthful Canadian lady, who lived in the city of Markham just north of Toronto, was a straight An student at a Catholic school who won scholarships and early acceptance to college. Consistent with her dad’s wishes, she moved on from the University of Toronto’s prestigious pharmacology program and went ahead to work at a blood-testing lab at SickKids healing center.

Pan’s achievements used to make her mom and dad, Bich Ha and Huei Hann Pan, overflow with pride. All things considered, they had landed in Toronto as refugees from Vietnam, working as workers for an automobile parts maker so their two children could have the bright future that they couldn’t achieve for themselves.

In any case, for Pan’s situation, that flawless destiny was just an extensive lie. She failed to finish high school, not to mention the University of Toronto, as she had told her parents.

Her trial, for plotting with hit men to execute her parents, finished in January, and she’s serving a long sentence. Be that as it may, the full story of this disturbed young lady is quite recently being told as a complete and effective account by somebody who knew her — and indeed, it’s burning.

In a story published in Toronto Life magazine recently, columnist Karen Ho detailed the many-sided web of trickery that her high school colleague at Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School in north Scarborough spun to keep her parents from finding the unimaginable: that their golden child was, truth be told, failing. Utilizing court records and meetings, Ho sorted out Pan’s descent from a bright rudimentary schooler to a chronic liar who forged report cards, grant letters and college transcripts — all to save a picture of flawlessness. The headline: “Jennifer Pan’s Revenge: the inside story of a golden child, the killers she hired, and the parents she wanted dead.”

Their secondary school, Ho composed, “was the ideal community for an understudy like Jennifer.

An outgoing person with a simple, sharp chuckle, she blended with boys, girls, Asians, Caucasians, athletes, geeks, individuals into the arts. Outside of school, Jennifer swam and practiced the military specialty of wushu.” But Ho would “discover later that Jennifer’s friendly, confident persona was a façade, beneath which she was tormented by feelings of inadequacy, self-doubt and shame.”

Among the signs that few saw were cuts on her lower arms, self-dispensed.

The genuine Jennifer never enrolled in college.

She never graduated from

Jennifer Pan secondary school.

“Jennifer’s parents assumed their daughter was an A student,” wrote Ho in the article. “In truth, she earned mostly Bs—respectable for most kids but unacceptable in her strict household. So Jennifer continued to doctor her report cards throughout high school. She received early acceptance” to Ryerson University in Toronto, “but then failed calculus in her final year and wasn’t able to graduate. The university withdrew its offer. Desperate to keep her parents from digging into her high school records, she lied and said she’d be starting at Ryerson in the fall. She said her plan was to do two years of science, then transfer over to U of T’s pharmacology program, which was her father’s hope. Hann was delighted and bought her a laptop. Jennifer collected used biology and physics textbooks and bought school supplies. In September, she pretended to attend frosh week. When it came to tuition, she doctored papers stating she was receiving an OSAP loan and convinced her dad she’d won a $3,000 scholarship. She

would pack up her book bag and take public transit downtown. Her parents assumed she was headed to class. Instead, Jennifer would go to public libraries …..”

She put on a show to be transferring to the University of Toronto and indeed, to be graduating from it, telling her parents when it came time for the graduation ceremony that there weren’t sufficient tickets to go around and they would not be able to go to.

At last, Ho composed, Pan’s parents at long last got suspicious, started tailing her and learned the truth.

When she admitted her trickeries, life in the Pan family rapidly started to unwind.

Bich and Hann had raised Jennifer and her

brother, Felix, to trust in the supreme significance of scholarly achievement, and they limited their activities to guarantee nothing less. Pan, whose secondary school life incorporated various extracurricular activities, such as figure skating, piano, hand to hand fighting and swimming, alongside long evenings studying, was forbidden from going to parties of any sort. Dating was out of the question. In their Markham home, they had trophy cases showing Pan’s numerous rewards.

At the point when Pan’s parents discovered that the greater part of their endeavors had been for nothing, they set further limitations on their nowgrown-up little girl. No more cellphone. No more laptop.

Not any more undercover

dates with her sweetheart, Daniel Wong.

While she in the long run gained more freedom, Pan stayed irate. She considered how much better her life would be without her parents. Thus, with Daniel’s help, she plotted to murder the two individuals who had made her life like “house arrest.”

The scene depicted in Toronto Life and prior in the trial is gruesome. In an arranged homicide masked to resemble a theft gone astray, Pan filled the role of defenseless witness as three procured hit men, David Mylvaganam, Lenford Crawford and allegedly Eric Carty, lethally shot her mom and seriously injured her dad. She called 911, troubled, to support the figment. continued on p(34)

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LIKE NIGERIA, LIKE CANADA Nigeria, Black World’s most populous nation, is a journalist’s delight. There is always news coming out of that country – for good or for bad. Some of the news is as sordid as others are pleasant.

The crisis in the ruling All Progressives People’s Congress (APC) arising from the National Assembly leadership elections had hardly died down before another mind-boggling allegation that Ibrahim Lamorde, chairman of the antigraft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) diverted to private use an estimated N1 trillion recovered from looters.

Dr. George Uboh, CEO of Public Alert Security Systems, had on 31st July 2015 petitioned the Senate President detailing how the EFCC chairman diverted an estimated N1 trillion recovered looted funds. Ibrahim Lamorde has denied the accusation, insisting that it was a deliberate attempt to smear his reputation. The Senate has set up a committee to investigate the allegation, but not before some intrigues played out between opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators and those of the ruling party, the APC. The opposition PDP senators had initially rejected the investigation, sensing that it

might trace the looted fund back to the party.

While the Senate is looking into Dr. Uboh’s allegation however, Nigeria’s sleazy oil sector appears to be heading for a serious over-haul as President Buhari has cancelled all offshore processing and crude swap deals for refined petroleum products between the NNPC and oil traders.

The cancellation which is aimed at enabling Nigeria review and re-evaluate the contracts in a way that would help restructure the terms in a more favourable manner, affects contracts for more than half of the 445,000 barrels per day of crude normally allocated for domestic refining usually used under the products swaps deals.

Meanwhile, three of Nigeria’s four refineries at Port-Harcourt and Warri have resumed production after successful test-runs.

The refineries are currently operating at an estimated 60 and 80 percent of installed capacities respectively, according to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. NNPC also says Kaduna refinery is expected to commence operation “soon”. Nigeria’s four refineries have a combined installed capacity of 445,000 bpd.

More on the oil sector, President Muhammadu

Buhari has followed in the foot-steps of former President Olusegun Obasanjo by appointing himself Minister of Petroleum Resources.

He also appointed Dr. Emmanuel Ibeh Kachikwu as Group Managing Director of NNPC. Delta State-born Dr. Ibeh Kachikwu, 58, holds a First Class degree in Law from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, a BL from the Nigerian Law School, an LL.M and an LL.D with specialization in Petroleum and Investment Law Strategies from the prestigious Harvard Law School. Until his appointment as GMD of NNPC he was the Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Exxon Mobil Africa. Dr. Kachikwu is believed to be vastly knowledgeable in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector.

Other appointments made by President Buhari include his longtime political associate, Engr. David Lawal as Secretary to the Government of the Federation; former banker, Abba Kyari as Chief of Staff; retired army colonel Hameed Ali, as the Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service; and Kure Martin Abeshi as the ComptrollerGeneral of Nigerian Immigration Service. These appointments went surprisingly against the grain of political permutations which had some key of-

ficials in the Buhari presidential campaign team such as Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu and former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi being mentioned as likely appointees to the coveted posts.

The appointments have also been widely criticized as being lopsided against the south-east, south-west and southsouth geopolitical zones. Ali and Abeshi are from Bauchi and Nasarawa states respectively. Critics cite Section 14, subsection of 3 of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution to buttress their point.

Section 14 (3) states that “The composition of the Government of the Federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs shall be carried out in such a manner as to reflect the federal character of Nigeria and the need to promote national unity, and also to command national loyalty, thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of persons from a few State or from a few ethnic or other sectional groups in that Government or in any of its agencies”.

While the criticisms prompted Presidential

spokesman, Femi Adesina, to state that the president would take note of federal character in subsequent appointments, analysts are of the opinion that the appointment of retired Col. Hameed Ali, a non-career Customs officer with strong gut hatred for corruption, to head the Customs Service is an indication that the President is out to beam his searchlight on the Customs Service. One good development about the appointments so far however, is that none of the appointees can be said not to be high on the integrity pedestal.

President Buhari has consistently maintained that he will not do business as usual and that no one with even a suspicion of corruption would smell his cabinet. So far, he is proving out to that statement.

And just like Nigeria, Canada is also always in the news for good or for bad. As election in Canada draws near on October 19, the prospect of a gloomy outcome stares Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the face as an opinion poll conducted by Angus Reid continued on p(34)

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poration, he was one of the privileged young engineers to start the First Petrochemical Plant in Warri (the Polypropylene section.)

Amos Dele Dada a highly focused engineer who had his first degree in 1981 and Masters in 1984 at University of Ife now Obafemi University was the first to obtain a PhD in Chemical Engineering from university of Benin , Benin City in Nigeria in 1995. He also proceeded to do a postdoctoral Programe at University of Manchester Institute (UMIST) in 1996. It was during this Programe he learnt about “Canada needs people” that he through the policy of Skilled worker of the Canadian immigration system and prophetic guardians that he relocated his family to Canada in December 1999 and he eventually retired from NNPC as a Chief Engineer in 2001 after sixteen years of Meritorious Service.

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A Saskatoon care aide complained about being violated of his privacy rights after his employer Oliver Lodge, the Health Region and the Ministry of Health shared his personal information with the media.

According to Ronald Kruzeniski, a privacy commissioner, while the release of the aide’s job status details is not within the legal authority of the employer and the two agencies, the health minister’s office or the premier is not covered by the privacy legislation. As a consequence, Kruzeniski can’t decide if the premier’s staff member was right or not in releasing the information to the media. The sharing of information happened after care aide Peter Bowden divulged information about the conditions at the nursing home where he is working.

Last spring, Bowden was subjected to suspension with pay after he spoke with reporters in an interview that aged people under the care of the nursing home were left up to 10 hours in soiled diapers and bed linens. He then filed a complaint with the privacy commissioner stating that after his interview last March, he found out that his employment information was sent to the media.

Bowden was terminated from work few weeks ago.

Nevertheless, Kruzeniski deemed it necessary that the Ministry of Health, the Saskatoon Health Region and Bowden’s employer

Ronald Kruzeniski apologize to him. Also, he recommended that the three parties provide rules that will specify the requirements in asking for request and divulging personal information. The privacy commissioner is also requesting for amendments on rules that deal with personal information protection so that they can be used by members of the executive council and MLAs. “The premier recognizing the Freedom of Information (and Privacy) Act ... is positive and I’m hopeful that he and the leader of the opposition and all MLAs will say ... let’s formalize it,” stated Kruzeniski.

In a statement released

by Premier Brad Wall, he expressed the agreement of the government in accepting the commissioner’s recommendations.

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understanding through the commissioner’s recommendations,” he added.

Wall also expressed his apology to Bowden and affirmed that the future operations of the government will be based on the privacy act that can be applied to ministers and premier.

Deputy leader Trent Wotherspoon of NDP Opposition suggested that the government should give emphasis on provincial seniors care.

“The very allegations and concerns around the seniors-care system that have been brought forward through this process ... are the important concerns that need to become top priority for this government,” said Wotherspoon in a report by the Canadian Press.

CEO Dan Florizone of Saskatoon Health Region admitted their liability in the privacy breach. Bowden will also receive a letter of apology from the health region and clarify its rules in relation to public reporting, transparency and disclosure.

“It will be much clearer going forward what can be released, what should be released, what should be protected and under what guidance that release would be undertaken,” Florizone stated.

The health region confirmed that firing out Bowden was not due to speaking out, which the care aide believed to be. According to the province, the first suspension issued to Bowden was related to some investigations of misconduct in the workplace.

Ford To Commence Vehicle Assembling in Nigeria This Year

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Ex-KGB agent leaves Canada after avoiding deportation for six years

Sequel to its hint in 2014 about setting up an automobile assembly plant in Nigeria, Ford Motor Company has recently confirmed its operation in Nigeria will start with the coupling of its best-selling Ford Ranger pickup truck in the fourth quarter of this year.

According to a statement from the company, the assembly plant in Nigeria will be established in partnership with Coscharis Motors and the assembly plant will be the first plant to be established outside South Africa, where Ford manufactures the Ranger for 148

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markets.

While reacting to this development, The President and Chief Executive Officer, Ford Motor Company (South Africa), Mr. Jeff Nemeth said, “Nigeria is a priority market for us in sub-Saharan Africa. Depending on how Nigeria develops over time … we are potentially looking at using our Nigerian plant to service West Africa.”

Nemeth revealed that the plant would be located in

Ikeja for the coupling of the Ford Ranger using material components imported from South Africa.

He disclosed that the plant would have the capacity to assemble up to 5,000 units every year and remained hopeful that the vehicles would be sold in Nigeria.

He said, “Ford produces 85,000 units each year in South Africa, which are sold across 24 African countries. It would take between one and two months to take an order, build it and deliver it within the country.

If you order from overseas, it would take between four and six months.”

A former KGB agent who spent six years hiding in a Vancouver church in order to avoid deportation to Russia has left Canada subsequent to surrendering to immigration enforcement authorities, his attorney said recently.

Mikhail Lennikov, 55, willfully left the congregation in which he had looked for haven in 2009. He was escorted by Canada Border Services Agency officers to Toronto, where he got onto a flight to Moscow.

“I can confirm he left, he’s no longer in the country,” said Hadayt Nazami, his Toronto immigration lawyer. “It was a voluntary departure through negotiations. He wasn’t deported.”

He declined to clarify why Lennikov had chosen to surrender his battle. He said the Russian had been arranging a deal with the CBSA for quite a while. The arrangement did not include Lennikov setting off to any country other than Russia, he said.

He affirmed CBSA officers had not entered the congregation.

Lennikov still has a few cases outstanding in the Canadian courts, Nazami said. “I’ll be continuing to represent him with those applications.”

Lennikov was one of a few asylum seekers stayed inside Canadian churches to avoid deportation. The CBSA has refrained from entering places of worship to make captures.

His prominent case got to be politicized, with the NDP calling Lennikov

Mikhail Lennikov

a case of “a really wrongheaded immigration policy by this government” and claiming the Russian was not a threat to Canada.

The Conservatives, in the mean time, upheld his extradition, saying that as a former member of the notorious Soviet state security agency he was unwelcome in Canada.

Lennikov started working with the KGB while he was at Far Eastern State University, where he was active in the socialist youth alliance. Hired in 1982, he was appointed to the Japanese area of the Vladivostok office.

“His work included translating documents, assessing prospective Japanese informants’ credibility and continuing contact with some student informants from Far Eastern State University,” the Federal Court wrote in a ruling.

He “ascended through the positions in the KGB” until 1988, when he composed a report outlining why he was unsuited for KGB work and “was dismissed on the grounds that he was incapable of service,” the court said.

He left for Japan and

landed at the University of British Columbia in 1997 on a study license. After two years, he applied to become a lasting occupant however was rejected over his KGB past.

“He admits to having reported directly to the department of the KGB responsible for foreign intelligence and espionage, and further admits to having directly contributed to these functions, as well as engaging in recruitment activities,” the CBSA wrote.

It said while he kept up that he had joined the KGB under duress, had not engaged in spying and was “a well behaved inhabitant with broad ties to the community,” his presence in Canada was regarded “contrary to the national interest.”

In spite of the fact that his wife and child have been acknowledged as immigrants, Lennikov was considered inadmissible to Canada for espionage and requested deportation, a decision supported by the Federal Court in 2009.

Before he could be returned to Russia, he entered the First Lutheran Church in Vancouver and stayed there until recently.

His attorney said he trusted Lennikov left Canada a few days ago.

The attorney said he had not heard whether Lennikov had landed in Russia. Lennikov had before said he dreaded being accused of treason by Russian authorities in light of the fact that he had uncovered the names of KGB agents.

Man wanted for wife’s murder arrested

By G. G. Bastalino After seven and a half years of being at large, Harinder Singh Cheema of Montreal, 36, was arrested in San Francisco. Cheema is one of the 10 most wanted criminals in Quebec who is deemed to be the principal perpetrator of killing his 29 year old wife, Gurpreet Kaur on the eve of Christmas 2007. Allegedly, he has committed a seconddegree murder.

Montreal police was notified last July about Cheema’s arrest, a month after they learned that the suspect could be San Francisco. Since June, the police officers began coordinating with the Directeur des pour-

suites criminelles et pénales through the Bureau of External Affairs to finally corner him within the American soil.

Initially, the police officers recovered the body of his wife on the balcony outside their home located in Deguire Street, St. Laurent.

Kaur was found wrapped in bedsheets, strangled and body beaten. According to investigators, Cheema was last seen in the morning of December 24 leaving the apartment together with his kids who were only wearing undershirts inside their snowsuits. The kids who are only three weeks and 18 months old at that time were dropped off at the home of his wife’s best

friend.

Police also found out that Cheema went to Toronto afterwards, and stayed with his lover. From there he flew to Vancouver using a ticket that she booked for him. In the investigation, police said he came to Canada with a fake passport and a Russian driver’s licence.

To carry out his arrest, a nationwide warrant was issued on January 10, 2008. Also, Interpol released a worldwide red notice to further accomplish his arrest. In the same year, the probe on the case was also featured on America’s Most Wanted, a reality crime show no longer continued on p(34)

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Presidency: Government funding unavailable for President’s wife platform

By Dele Akintilo A Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu has recently disclosed that public fund will not be made available for Aisha Buhari’s platform due to the fact that the ‘ostentation, ubiquitousness and arrogance’ expected from the office have become things of the past.

In a monitored report, Mallam Garba repeated that despite the fact that an official portfolio has not been assigned to Aisha, “The ideal platform from which she will be useful to Nigeria’s women and children is still being thought out.”

Mallam Garba Shehu informationng.com Garba said, “Once this has been concluded on, Mrs. Buhari’s role will become clearer to all Nigerians. There will be nothing shady or hidden about it. There will be no access to public funds. It will be purely private and voluntary.”

While speaking further about the develop-

ment, he said, “President Buhari promised that there would be a clear difference between the role played by his wife during his tenure and that played by many previous First Ladies. All that ostentation, ubiquitousness and arrogance we have come to expect from the office are over and done with. Change has come.

Her only visit to that office was at the point of the take-over of the Villa by the incoming administration.”

He narrated further that the meeting during which the wives of governors were hosted by Aisha took place in a section of the Villa’s banquet hall, not in the office of the First Lady.

Academic dispute in UBC demands resignation of the chairman

By G.G. Bastalino An ongoing dispute on academic freedom is brewing among the faculty members of the University of British Columbia which resulted to calling for the chairman’s immediate resignation.

John Montalbano, chairman of the Board of Governors was accused of muzzling over Prof. Jennifer Berdahl’s blog after the latter wrote about the unexpected resignation of UBC president Arvind Gupta earlier this month.

The faculty members previously demanded the chairman to bow out of the issue allowing an investigation to take place as agreed between and among the faculty members and the university.

However, the faculty association called for the immediate resignation of Montalbano after he told Berdahl to submit the matter to the formal grievance in accordance to the collective agreement.

Montalbano had made contradicting statements with the media, which the university refused to comment while waiting for the settlement of the issue.

According to the group, Montalbano is apparently organizing activities within the university

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John Montalbano

in support of his own interest and it seems that the fact-finding process under the collective agreement will no longer be possible.

“We have lost confidence that there can be an internal investigation process uninfluenced by Mr. Montalbano, either within our usual labour relations processes or through a board-driven process,” faculty association president Mark Mac Lean said.

“His handling of Professor Gupta’s resignation and his mismanagement and subsequent events are now compounded by breaches of standard protocols, and leads us to believe that his resignation will be in the best interests of the university and the public,” added Mac Lean.

Also, the Board of Governors received criticisms from the Opposition New Democrats which

believes that the board is putting the university’s reputation at risk and managing the institution amidst conflict, secrecy and chaos.

Gender and diversity professor Jennifer Berdahl of the Sauder School of Business wrote assertions on another blog stating that her superiors are critical to her statements purporting to have placed the UBC’s governors in a humiliating situation.

Berdahl believes that the criticisms surfaced to stop her from being vocal, nevertheless, the faculty members have expressed their distrust on Montalbano.

In response to the allegations, Montalbon asserted that he only asked Berdahl to bring the matter under the collective agreement to determine the validity of her allegations. He neither told Berdahl to withdraw her blog or jeopardize her position’s funding nor planned to encroach into her right to academic freedom.

At present, the board of governors refused to comment despite demand of the faculty association to clarify Gupta’s resignation, emphasizing the confidentiality of the issue.

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Pastor Taiwo I.Odubiyi can get it.”

She wrote the names of some stores on a paper for him.

“I’m leaving on Tuesday. When can I see you?

We’d need to discuss some issues.” Antonio said.

“We can discuss now because as I said, I may not have so much time again.”

“We can’t do that now in front of our daughter er - I mean Weyin.”

Our daughter? Misan liked the sound of that.

“I’d also like to see Weyin again before I travel back on Tuesday. I’d like to spend some time with her.”

“Okay, I’ll see what I can do.” She answered.

She would have to think it through first though as she didn’t think she would want to spend a long time with him. She couldn’t trust her emotions. It would be torturous to keep on putting him off when she had this feeling for him.

“Can we see on Sunday, towards evening without Weyin? Will you be free then?”

“I’ll come with her on Sunday and on Monday I’ll see you in the evening on my way from the office.”

Misan decided.

“Okay.” He agreed.

When they finished eating, they left the restaurant to go to the car park.

When they got to the big hall where there were stores, Weyin saw a cookie store and pointed at it. “Mummy, can I have cookies?”

“Not now.” She said sternly. “We’ll get it later.”

“That’s okay,” Antonio interjected. “Let’s get it.

It’s on me.”

Misan shook her head.

“No, she doesn’t have to have it. Besides, I don’t want her taking cookies.

She knows.”

“Please, allow me to buy it for her. I appreciate the fact that you don’t want her taking cookies.”

He looked at her pleadingly.

“Just for today Okay.” Misan agreed.

His heart warmed when she yielded.

“Let’s go in and see what they’ve got.” He said and they entered the crowded store. Some minutes after, they came out with Weyin carrying a box of cookies.

In bed later at home,

relief and joy washed over Misan as she thought of the outing. She was surprised at how easily he accepted and related with Weyin as his daughter. She also remembered the questions he was asking Weyin and she laughed.

She would be seeing him on Saturday at the wedding and she was glad at her choice of clothing for the ceremony. ********** Antonio sucked in a deep breath as he lay down in bed, staring up at the ceiling. Now that he had met Weyin, he wanted to be a part of her life in every possible way. She was his flesh and blood. She would need a father. But how could that happen if he left her in Nigeria? The only way that could happen was if she came to live with him and it wasn’t likely Misan would agree to that except she was willing to come with Weyin. Another way was if he proposed marriage to Misan but that was definitely out of it.

He toyed with the idea of marriage to Misan in his mind. If that should happen, many things would change.

It would mean having to come home rather than hanging out with friends.

He wouldn’t mind to do it however, if marriage was the right thing. But how could he get married to her?!

They didn’t really know each other.

He tried to analyse his feelings for her and her reaction to him. He could feel an attraction to her. He doubted she felt anything, although, there were times he felt he sensed a current passing between them. He remembered she seemed to jump when he took her hand in the restaurant. Was that a sign of attraction or hatred?

But he could be mistaken about it. It might be his imagination. She seemed not to want him around her at all, which suited him just fine. They were very different. Courting her would be courting trouble. What would people say? How could he marry her under the circumstance?

He began to pray. If marriage was the right thing for him to do, he would.

God, what are you saying.

What is Your will?

To be continued.

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I lost her to religious differences Dear Agatha, I lost the only woman I have ever loved to religion.

Now she is pregnant for my best friend who is a Muslim like her. I am still going through the pains. It hurts so much. I really need your advice and encouragement to pull through.

Pained man.

Dear Pained man, It is unfortunate but there is nothing you can do anymore now that she is pregnant for another man. Consider your relationship with her and your love for her as one of the many experiences we are meant to go through in life. If God has designed both of you to be an item, no matter, the pressures from her family and friends, she would never have left you to marry your best friend.

If you look beyond the immediate and look at future, you are better off without these relationships in your life.

Consider how you would have felt if this incident came after you had married her or even on the verge of it.

The fact that she went away with your best friend makes the matter more than a religious affair. Both of them wanted it to happen but are simply hiding behind the mask of religion to justify it.

Yes, it is a type of betrayal that cuts deep, through to the heart of your soul, but one

Agatha Edo gatedo@yahoo.com agatha@gmail.com you will at the end of the day be glad it happened the way it did because it would give you all the freedom to pursue the right kind of woman who will make you happy.

That the two people closest to you betrayed you in such a way shows you are such a bad judge of character and that you don’t know what to look out for in your various relationships.

Therefore, use this sad moment to build up the right prerequisites for friendship.

Look beyond physical appearances to the hidden treasures in that person. Often times the things that are hidden from us at first are those things that come to mean the world to us. It is also necessary for you to sit back and do a thorough

critique of yourself as a human being. What sort of friend are you also to your own friends?

Are you also a fair weather friend or one to be trusted at all times? When things like this happen; they are indicators for us to check our values and quality of our own lives vis-à-vis our relationship with people around us. It is not a religious problem per say but an issue of having the wrong type of associations.

Often than not we blame others for our own defects.

Look at the area you need help to become a better person and ask God to help you so that when the right woman comes, you both would be happy together.

All our experiences in life are deliberately tailored by God to refine us into who and what God has designed us to be.

Accept their betrayal as being from God, a gift currently wrapped in pains but which at the end of the day would open a beautiful window for you.

One day, it would become, part of your beautiful past and experiences you are happy ended the way it did.

Despite your grief, learn to thank God and ask Him to help you overcome this moment with victory. Both of them came into your life to teach you a lesson in human behaviour on how to trust only in God and no one else.

Good luck.

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Antonio looked at Misan. She looked like she was crying. He gave her a closer look and saw the tears. Yes, she was. What could he do? She wasn’t even his fiancée and so couldn’t hug her.

He dropped Weyin’s hand and took Misan’s hand. She jolted slightly at his touch.

“Misan?”

She tightened her lips as she looked at him and their eyes locked. His eyes seemed to pierce into her.

“Thanks. I appreciate all that you’ve done for her.” He said.

She looked away.

He wished he could do more. There was silence for a while as he thought of what else to do.

The waiter brought their dessert of cake.

He could talk about Weyin. “Have you given her the gift from me?”

Misan nodded.

“Does she like it?”

She nodded again.

After some minutes he asked Weyin, “Is there anything you’d like me to buy for you?”

Misan listened.

“I want a Barbie.”

“A Barbie?” Antonio asked to confirm.

Misan looked up. “Weyin, you already have one!”

“That’s okay, she can have one more.” He told Misan then faced Weyin again. “I will get it for you, okay?”

“Okay.” Weyin said and dug into her cake with delight.

He asked Misan, “Can we get a Barbie to buy in a store around here?”

“Yes, it’s in stores all around.”

“Would you like to take me there or you’d prefer I give you the money?”

She wouldn’t like to take money from him as she wouldn’t want him to think she made profit on him. Neither would she want to go out with him. The closeness was getting too much for her.

She excused herself.

“I won’t have time. Tomorrow is Ruth’s engagement ceremony and Saturday is the wedding. I’m going to be busy. Weyin is the little bride at the wedding.”

Antonio nodded. “Yes that’s true, I’ve almost forgotten about that. They are sending a car to pick me up.”

So he’s going to be there too, Misan thought.

“Maybe I should ask the driver to take me to the store. I have already promised Weyin. Give me the names of the stores where I

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Mohamed sisters complain about ‘Man with No Name’ confronts being stopped by cop for cycling deportation after his identity got confirmed topless

By S. Ratko

By Greta B. Tameera, Nadia and Alysha Mohamed are planning to file charges against a police officer who stopped them from cycling topless. The three Kitchener, Ontario sisters were riding their bikes all over the town when they decided to take off their shirts due to the heat. While the public didn’t show any negative reaction toward their act, a police officer thought the public exposure of breasts was a bit upsetting for their delicate sensibilities. So, he ordered the cyclists to stop on Shanley Street and told them to cover up.

In an interview by the local press with Tameera Mohamed, she said the police officer demanded them to put on their shirts. But they refused saying that going topless in the public is a legal right in Ontario.

The officer asserted that there are complaints but later backtracked when he was Alysha start to record the incident using her smartphone. Immediately, he denied having stopped them from cycling topless and allowed them to continue their ride. After the incident, the Mohamed sisters headed right away

Tameera, Nadia and Alysha Mohamed to the police station to file a report.

Regional police in Waterloo conceded that there was a reported incident that involves a police officer and three topless female cyclists but did not go further into the details of the incident.

“We’re doing an internal review on the situation,” Staff Sgt. Michael Haffner stated in a interview. “It is a current law that if a female chooses to go topless, that is their right.”

A formal complaint may soon be filed by the sisters with the office of the Independent Police Review Director that deals with complaints between the public and municipal and regional police service in Ontario and Ontario Provincial Police.

“When men take off their tops in public, it’s clearly because it’s a hot day and clearly it’s for their comfort. Women should be given the same freedom,” Nadia Mohamed said.

“Women should be given the same freedom as men.

Even though legally we have that right, socially we clearly don’t,” she added.

Before the month ends, a rally of women supporting the movement to desexualize women’s bodies will be held in uptown Waterloo. Women attending the event may either go topless or in shirts.

This movement which legalized the right of women to expose their breast in the public started in 1991 after Gwen Jacob, student of the University of Guelph, was charged for taking off her top on a hot summer day.

What is a Feudal System?

The basic government and society in Europe during the medieval times was based around the feudal system. Small communities were formed around the local lord and the estate. The lord owned the land and everything in it. He would keep the peasants safe in return for their service. The lord, consequently, would provide the king with soldiers or taxes.

SERVICE FOR LAND Under the feudal system land was granted to people for service. It started at the top with the king granting his land to a nobleman for soldiers all the way down to a peasant getting land to grow crops.

THE ESTATE The center of life in the Middle Ages was the estate.

The estate was controlled by the local lord. He lived in a large house or castle where people would gather for celebrations or for protection if they were attacked. A small village would form around

the castle which would incorporate the local church.

Farms would then spread out from there which would be worked by the peasants.

HIERARCHY OF RULERS King - The highest authority in the land was the king. The king could not control all of the land by himself, so he divided it up among the Barons. In return, the Barons pledged their loyalty and soldiers to the king. When a king died, his firstborn son would inherit the throne. When one family stayed in power for a long time, this was called a dynasty.

Bishop - The Bishop was the highest church leader in the kingdom and managed an area called a diocese. The Catholic Church was very powerful in most parts of Medieval Europe and this made the Bishop powerful as well. Not only that, but the church received a tithe of 10 percent from all the people. This made some Bishops very rich.

Baron - Barons ruled large areas of land called fiefs. They reported directly to the king and were very powerful. They divided up their land among Lords who ran individual estates.

Their job was to maintain an army that was at the king’s service. If they did not have an army, sometimes they would pay the king a tax instead. This tax was called shield money.

Lord - The lords ran the local estates. They also were the knights and could be called into battle at any moment by their Baron.

The lords owned everything on their land including the peasants, crops, and village.

PEASANTS OR SERFS Most of the people living in the Middle Ages were peasants. They had a hard rough life. Some peasants were considered free and could own their own businesses like carpenters, bakers, and blacksmiths.

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The identity of a man who has been held in immigration detainment for right around 10 years has at long last been confirmed, making him ready for deportation back to his native Cameroon.

Michael Mvogo came to Canada in 2005 utilizing a deceitful U.S. international ID for the name of Andrea Jerome Walker.

When he was convicted in 2006 in Toronto for carrying $10-worth of crack, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) attempted to deport him however found his international ID was fake.

Authorities were not able to remove the “Man with No Name” from Canada until they could confirm who he was and where he was born.

The CBSA has now found the essential data, a representative recently.

“We can confirm that he is Michael Mvogo and his country of origin

Michael Mvogo is Cameroon,” Antonella DiGirolamo wrote in an email.

As indicated by a weekend report in the Toronto Star, a CBSA contact officer headed out to rural Cameroon in March to attempt to find evidence of the man’s identity. The officer figured out how to get a duplicate of a birth certificate in the town of Mvengue.

He additionally found an uncle who confirmed on video and in an announcement Mvogo was born in the country in 1959.

The Star referred to

a source that said his deportation should happen soon, however CBSA authorities couldn’t say if this had happened already.

“It is not the practice of the CBSA to confirm/ deny the removal of any individual from Canada,” DiGirolamo said.

Mvogo has a long history of deceive. When he was captured in Spain for possession of opiates in 1986, he identified himself as Philippe Jacques Hauris.

A worldwide unique fingerprint search by Interpol came back with eight different identities.

At a certain point, the CBSA even led a covert operation to return Mvogo to Africa, utilizing dodgy travel documents purchased from a Serbian fixer, yet the endeavor failed.

A year ago, a United Nations board of trustees encouraged Canada to release Mvogo, saying his confinement violated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The role of judges In Canada, judges are appointed by either the provincial government or the federal government, they are never elected. They are the masters of the courtroom and their role is to interpret and apply the law. They are there to keep order in the court and rule on the evidence presented to them. They hear motions, oversee jury trials or sit in judgment of cases without juries. They can also sit as a panel or group to hear appeals of lower court cases.

JUDICIAL POWERS Judges can strike down

laws as being unconstitutional or uphold them. They are responsible for setting the rules governing the court and matters before them.

Their jurisdiction to hear a case depends on the matter at issue.

PROVINCIALLY APPOINTED JUDGE Provincial court judges are limited to hearing provincial and summary conviction offences and have jurisdiction over certain matters of family law. Generally, provincially appointed judges do not hear cases involving

litigation parties.

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FEDERALLY-APPOINTED JUDGE Federally-appointed judges tend to hear cases where more is at stake in terms of crime and hear matters involving indictments.

They are also responsible for civil litigation of commercial disputes and private litigation over things like libel, negligence, administrative law involving federal institutions and contractual disputes.

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What is nepotism

By Paul Njogu Nepotism derived from the Italian word ‘nepotismo’ which originated from nephos, a Latin root that means nephew or grandson.

It refers to favouritism granted to relatives commonly occurring in workplaces, religion, entertainment, organizations or in political positions. In such cases, a relative is employed or ascends to power without the appropriate qualifications or when someone is offered a better pay than other people in same position due to family connections.

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The origin of the term is in the Middle Ages and in late 17th century where popes and bishops appointed relatives as cardinals since they had vowed chastity and didn’t have legitimate offspring to continue their “papal dynasty”. However this practice in religion was ended due to the issue of the papal bull, or bull Romanum decet Pontificem, in 1692. This only allowed one qualified relative to be made a cardinal to whom estates, property or office will be bestowed by the pope.

There has been an argument for and against favouritism of relatives in business, organizations and politics. For those who adhere to it argued that if applied sensibly it can provide stability and continuity in a start-up business where there is need of trust and willingness to work hard without immediate reward. On the other hand, critics contend that nepotism is unethical and it decreases the morale of other workers creating a negative attitude towards positions granted on grounds of nepotism.

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Top 6 Cottage Protection tips HOW TO CLOSE AND PROTECT YOUR COTTAGE FOR THE SEASON (NC) Summertime at the cottage provides Canadians with many lasting memories. The times shared with family and friends make the cottage experience a Canadian staple. As the summer winds down, we start thinking about saying goodbye to our beloved summer retreats and closing the properties for the season. Along with preparing their cottage for our harsh winter, owners need to also take necessary steps to protect their summer property from a break in while it stands empty for months at a time.

According to Patrice De Luca, V.P. of Customer Care for ADT Canada, break-ins remain a fact of life for cottage owners as their properties remain empty and vulnerable to intrusions for several months.

“Most break-ins occur over the winter when cottages are unattended for several months and there are fewer people around to witness suspicious behavior,” explained De Luca. “There are several steps you can take to deter burglars and reduce the risk that your cottage will be targeted since most burglar-

ies are committed by amateurs. A few simple security precautions will discourage most of them.”

The following ADT home protection checklist can help you plan important safety measures to help keep your cottage or summer home safe and damage-free during the winter: 1. Did you burglarproof your cottage by boarding all windows and securing all openings to deter thieves?

2. Did you take your more valuable possessions home with you so not to entice burglars?

3. Is your boat stored in an enclosed and locked building?

4. Did you turn off the water-main and unplug the major appliances as an added precaution against frozen pipes bursting?

5. Did you inform neighbors to keep an eye out for anything suspicious while you’re away?

6. Did you consider a security system?

A home security system is a very effective deterrent as thieves usually select an unoccupied property with the easiest access. A cottage

protected by a home security system is three times less susceptible to a break in than one without a system.

Home security system decals and yard signs are also an effective deterrent. Make sure your security system includes a loud inside house siren, detectors at all exterior doors, and motion sensors in the master bedroom and main living areas.

De Luca says the latest wireless fully interactive home security systems can now allow monitoring of your cottage from a distance through your computer or smartphone.

Protectron’s interactive security systems let you arm and disarm your alarm, lock or unlock your front door, control lights and your cottage’s thermostat from anywhere at the touch of your web-enabled device.

The interactive security system is linked to the ULC interlinked remote monitoring centres that protects your home 24 hours a day against burglars, fire, carbon monoxide poisoning and floods. More information on protecting your cottage is available at www.protectron. com.

WHEN BAD BEHAVIOR INDICATES A NEED FOR INTERVENTION

By Jean .T If a five-year-old child misbehaves and blames an imaginary friend, parents don’t usually become alarmed. They correct the child and move on. But what about an eight-yearold who hears voices and feels threatened by something she can’t explain?

What if teachers report that the child frequently seems spacy, is always daydreaming, and forgets a lot? What if that child exhibits unexplainable episodes of violent behavior, steals, or breaks things?

These behaviors may indicate the child needs serious psychological intervention.

The above example was an actual case studied by a forensic psychiatrist of an eight-year-old girl who stabbed her best friend to death at the bus stop. Her reason was that she thought her playmate had “dissed” her; what she heard her friend say and what was actually said according to several witnesses were two different

things, however. This girl’s mother knew she lived in a fantasy world, but ignored it as “just a kid thing.” She never realized how dark those fantasies had become.

There are many times when out of control, vicious or violent behavior is ignored or minimized when they should be considered red flags and symptomatic of emotional disturbance or possible physiological problems. Things such as a fascination for fires and fire starting, cruelty to animals, bullying or terrorizing younger children or old people, or evidence of a hair-trigger temper are often explained away as part of a “phase”, or sadly with the mantra of “boys will be boys.” But these very behaviors are indicators of a deeply disturbed individual. According to the FBI, these are characteristics shared almost exclusively by known serial killers, rapists and pedophiles.

What could create this potential for violence in a small child? The obvious answer is physical,

sexual or emotional abuse.

Children learn to cope with abuse in a number of ways. One is to continually play the victim; the other is to identify with the perpetrator. However, some physical injuries may also create changes in personality, thinking and behavior. A difficult birth, forceps delivery, drug or alcohol use by the mother, a childhood head injury or a seizure disorder can cause neurological damage or brain injury that doesn’t show up on an EEG or CAT scan, but still may create what amounts to a “short circuit” in the child’s ability to think, reason, or control their behavior. In other words, these injuries may allow a child to understand the difference between right and wrong, but they can’t relate those concepts to their own behavior.

They may not even have a realization of what they are doing at the time they are doing it; their actions – and the consequences – only occur to them later. These children often act as though they

Five easy tips to reduce air conditioning costs

(NC) The hot weather has finally arrived, and while many of us enjoy basking in the sun, when we’re inside our homes we prefer the cool comfort of air conditioning. That said, it’s important to keep a close watch on how you use it, because keeping the air conditioning on full blast could lead to hefty energy bills.

Here are five summer tips to help you stay comfortable, reduce energy use and save money from Dave Walton, the director of home ideas for Enercare Home Services.

• Use ceiling fans to circulate cool air. Fan

blades should operate in a counter-clockwise direction to move the air downwards and maximize air circulation so your air conditioner doesn’t have to work as hard.

• Don’t lose money cooling rooms that aren’t in use. Close vents and shut the doors in unused rooms. Also make sure to clear the vents you are using from dust and obstructions.

• Close curtains or blinds on windows that receive direct sunlight to keep heat out of the house.

• Landscaping around your air condi-

tioner unit can help block the sun so it works more efficiently, but make sure trees, plants and hedges are planted at least three feet from the unit to avoid restricting airflow.

• Have a qualified professional perform maintenance on your air conditioner before the hot weather arrives to ensure it is operating efficiently and, be sure to wash or replace furnace filters every three months for maximum efficiency.

are in a trance, not listening or minding, or not responding in a way that makes any sense given the context of the situation.

Finally, there are some genetic components that make people more likely to exhibit certain aberrant psychological traits. Just as some people have immune systems that render them healthy during flu epidemics, there are others who may be more likely to react badly to stress, either by lashing out at others or by internalizing the stress and self-destructing.

What can a parent do if they see these signs in their child? First, don’t play the “blame game.”

Unless a parent is the one who physically abused a child or stood idly by while it happened, there may not be any one thing that happened to make the child what he or she is.

Second, get evaluations by a trained psychotherapist and by a pediatric neurologist. Even though many problems don’t show on CAT scans or EEGs, neurologists can perform other

measures in order to evaluate a child’s neurologic development. They may study body language, for example, to see if actions are appropriate to words and situations. They may measure reflexes to see if the brain is communicating effectively with other parts of the body. Even watching a child walk, jump or skip rope can show neurologic impairment that may not be visible otherwise.

Finally, parents need to understand that not all things can be fixed, but they can be managed.

Early intervention may help children and their parents learn coping skills and possibly remap some of the damaged neural paths. A program of medication and talk therapy may be developed to help the child control behavior and learn to express their feelings and anxieties in a constructive way. For the most part, these children will never live normal lives, but they can live lives of value and be reasonably independent.

However, parents also

need to be prepared to take more drastic measures if, despite all efforts, the bad behavior escalates. Many times, hormonal triggers during puberty can cause these children to spiral out of control. They become ticking time bombs and are a threat to the household, the neighborhood and to themselves. If this happens, parents need to take a hard stance and do what is best for all involved.

This may be to send the child to a group home or psychiatric facility that is equipped to deal with adolescents. There should be no shame or guilt attached to this move; if the child had leukemia, no one would think ill of a parent for sending them to an oncology specialist.

Not all bad behavior is pathological, but parents need to be sensitive to behavior that could indicate deep-seated pain, fear or rage in their child.

There shouldn’t have to be a school shooting to bring a parent to attention with regard to their child’s psychological well-being.

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Montreal African Business Fair 16 to 19 July, 2015

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u 16 au 18 juillet dernier, la Foire Africaine de Montreal pour sa 3e edition a tenu le Salon des Affaires et de la Cooperation Afrique-Canada, a l’Hotel de

l’Institut de Montreal.

Plusieurs entrepreneurs etaient au rendez-vous pour assister au programme de conferences orientee sur le theme de

la place des PMEs dans la cooperation decentralisee. Parmi les participants, une delegation de Maires venue de la Mauritanie au nombre de dix, a vivement

alimente les discussions et debats tout au long du Salon. Outre les themes de la cooperation internationale entre l’Afrique et le Canada ainsi que les innovations

technologiques, c’est la Journee de la Diaspora du 18 juillet qui a attiree le plus grand nombre de participants.

Aux termes de l’evenement,

les organisateurs se disent satisfaits et souhaitent remercier leurs partenaires en se tournant vers l’organisation de la 4e edition de la FAM.

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Two Nigerians ‘On Their Way To ISIS’ Nabbed In India Dele Akintilo A huge scene was created close to the integrated check post (ICP) at Attari, the border between India and Pakistan when two Nigerian scholars from Delhi jumped over a 20-foot-high grilled fence in an attempt to illegitimately enter Paki-

stan very early on August 7, 2015.

The two Nigerians claimed to be cousins and have been identified as Imran Kabir, 24 years, and Jamilu Sani, 25 years old.

They were apprehended by Border Security Force (BSF) official after a chase.

According to a BSF

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spokesperson, “Both wanted to go to Pakistan for pursuing Islamic studies. Sani had a Nigerian passport, while Kabir didn’t. We recovered five printouts taken from Google maps of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.

They described Iraq as their final destination.”

The cousins arrived

the checkpoint around 5.50am in a stolen Swift Dzire taxi. The BSF revealed that they had chartered the taxi from Delhi and eloped with it when they got to Amritsar when the driver slept off.

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By Breton INGREDIENTS • 10 oz (285 g) package frozen whole kernel corn, thawed and drained • 1 cup (250 ml) cooked shrimp, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (reserve a shrimp for garnish) • 1/2 cup (125 ml) chopped green pepper • 1/2 cup (125 ml) chopped red onion • 1/4 cup (60 ml) chopped fresh cilantro • 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped • 1/4 cup (60 ml) olive oil • 2 tbsp (30 ml) cider vinegar • 1 tsp (5 ml) red pepper flakes

• Breton, grainsfirst or Vivant crackers PREPARATION 1. In medium bowl, combine all ingredients, except crackers.

2. Serve in crock with crackers. Garnish with thinly sliced red onion and shrimp.

HINTS Prepare a day in advance to let the flavours infuse. Serve in lettuce cups.

For a tasty entree, serve grilled chicken with Corn Shrimp Relih and crackers.

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Mumbai, India - The Indian government is suing food conglomerate giant Nestlé for nearly $100 million as damages for “unfair trade practices”. It was found out early this year that the company’s premium brand, Maggi Instant Noodles, was exceeding the lead and monosodium glutamate safety level content, as confirmed by an official to the BBC mid-August this year. The test was conducted by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.

India’s food safety agency banned the Maggi noodles brand in the Indian market in early June as the company failed to comply with its misleading advertisement regarding the product’s labeling of its true content. The Indian government filed the case through the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), a court regulating consumer products being endowed with semi-judicial powers.

However, the Swiss company is disappointed with the Indian government’s “unusual action” against them for going to the courts to redress griev-

Shopkeepers removed Maggi two-minute noodles from their stores after the ban earlier this year [AP] ances and sue the food company of more than Rs6.4 billion (US$99 million) “on behalf of the consuming public”.

The Maggi brand of instant noodles is a popular snack throughout the country and highly perceived to dominate 80 percent of the Indian market.

The company had already destroyed about 400 metric tons of the noodles prior to the suit. But it continues to deny the allegations saying the product conforms to standards and stringent quality. Nestlé spokesperson based in New Delhi told Reuters that the company would only “provide adequate response” if copy

of complaints are received from the NCDRC. Nestlé already withdrew the product from the Indian market and started selling them overseas, without elaborating on what country.

The company’s spokesman in India also disclosed that the company’s noodles are totally safe for consumption as several tests conducted from other countries including the US, Singapore and the UK have shown.

Additionally, two Indian laboratories, one located in the western state of Goa while the other one is based in the southern city of Mysore, have cleared

the noodles of “unsafe and hazardous” amount of lead.

But the Indian food safety watchdog contradicted these statements saying the tests were marred with lapses. Nestlé India is challenging this accusation over the country’s high court reiterating Maggi is safe to eat. The Indian high court is expected to announce its verdict on the controversy soon.

Furthermore, the high court had ordered retesting of the products on which Nestlé had agreed, but the food safety regulators have not accepted this proposal.

A counsel from the food safety agency said that, “There is no provision under the law regarding such further test, and we are not inclined to do so just to satisfy Nestlé”, as told to the Indian Express.

Nestlé had been engaging in the Indian market for more than 30 years and their products are enjoyed by most of the populace until this scandal came out early this year.

The controversy seemed to decelerate the company’s operation affecting several of their instant noodle brands, according to some sources.

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Dr. Sunny Ekwunife, Medical Consultant of the Ultra Modern Clinic, Government House, Awka warns everyone about eating pomo or cow skin.

For people who are not aware of this, the medical expert reiterates pomo’s utter lack of nutritional value. It is even considered not good to one’s health. This also debunks all claims that pomo is advisable for aged people. Rather, Dr. Ekwunife gave emphasis on the

Source-Pulse Nigeria money-making potential of cow skin since it can generate wealth when it is processed into quality products such as shoes or belts.

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ing that using pomo to produce these products will help people create funds, improve their standard of living and develop projects for the benefit of the nation.

For that reason, he encouraged people to stop consuming cow skin as food by stressing its non-nutritional value.

According to Godwin Afangideh, Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, cow skin has been linked to cancer and liver problems in Nigeria.

Also, people who like eating this type of meat may be exposed to hypertension and diarrhea due to the large amount of salt used to delay its perishable nature.

Can you still eat bananas with type 2 diabetes?

Yes, you can still eat bananas - even if you have diabetes.

Bananas are a good source of fiber, potassium, and vitamin C, but they do contain carbohydrates. In fact, all fruit has some carbohydrate, so you need to count them in your diabetes meal plan.

If you want to include bananas in your meal plan, become familiar with portion sizes and the number of carbohydrates in each.

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She served as the Executive Director of an active nonprofit community organization for years before recently becoming the Conservative Candidate for Etobicoke North. She is an entrepreneur, community leader, social worker, accomplished artist and Bachelor of Science (Biology) graduate of York University.

Toyin has been an asset and a mentor to many in the community, and plans to continue to be so as a Member of Parliament.

Highlighting to young and old the great potential that lies in each of us to make a positive change in our community and the great nation of Canada. One of her main messages to those of the African Diaspora is to get engaged politically in this nation, as she recently said at the African Canadian Business Expo, “while it is great to stay connected with the political activities of the

countries we migrated from, it is imperative that we get involved in Canada’s political sphere as it is now our home country, the place in which we and our families reside and it’s policies directly affect our daily lives”.

If elected, Toyin will make history as the first Nigerian Canadian to enter into Canada’s Parliament. In this regard, we are proud to have someone from the African Diaspora represented in this federal election and ask African Canadians across the GTA to support her campaign however possible. To contact her campaign, visit www.VoteToyinDada.com or call(647)496-6521 Toyin believes that it is those who have lived within and understand the dynamics of a communityits struggles and how the policies of our country are able to strengthen it who are best suited to represent that community. She pledges to be a strong voice for our interests, and to continue the program of low taxes and economic growth as a member of Prime Minister Harper’s Conservative team.

As an individual who has spent most of her life in North Etobicoke, Toyin understands the concerns of the community, such as immigration and family finance. Subsequently, she has aligned herself with the Conservative Party, under who’s government, Canada

has welcomed the highest levels of immigrants in the past 70 years and has introduced a number of measures to help newcomers to Canada. Plans like the Action Plan for Faster Family Reunification which has helped record numbers of sponsored parents and grandparents immigrate to Canada. As well as the Pan Canadian Framework for the Assessment and Recognition of Foreign Qualifications which works with Provinces and Territories in developing a common approach to improve foreign credential recognition. Because we recognize that for Canada to achieve its economic potential, immigrants and newcomers must have the opportunity to find work that best suits their skills and qualifications. The very skills and qualifications that brought them to Canada in the first place.

A Party that introduced and increased the Universal Child Care Benefit and introduced the Family Tax Cut: which has allowed every single family with children to save up to $2,000 a year through income splitting, doubled the Children’s Fitness Tax credit, all while reducing the federal tax burden to its lowest level in 50 years.

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Fees for driver licences, renewals, replacements and commercial permits are among those increasing.

These changes support the recommendations of the Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public

Services to cover the rising costs of maintaining provincial roads, bridges and highways, enhance cost recovery for the delivery of driver and vehicle licensing services, and to support quality public services Ontarians rely on every day.

We explored “9 Reasons to Date Your Best Friend” and a whopping 80% of our readers said they’d be willing to give it a try. So how do you go from friendship to relationship?

If you really are friends then whatever happens, you two can communicate and weather the storm. Love is a delicate thing and building any loving relationship takes time. It can take even longer with friends, as expectations are higher and fear of losing a friend is great. Although there isn’t one “right” way to make the transition, here are 7 tips to go from friend to “in a relationship.”

1. TAKE INITIATIVE. A client of mine told me that she was planning to set her guy friend up with a girlfriend of hers. She told me this guy was great! I inquired why she wasn’t dating him. She had a few reasons, none of which I found valid. I helped script the following message which she sent to him: “I have a crazy question for you. I know that I was going to set you up with Katy but I was wondering if you would like to grab a coffee with me at some point. I feel like we have a lot in common. If not, no worries and I’ll for sure set you up with Katy. Let me know your thoughts. All the best.”

What was his reply? “I don’t think that’s a crazy question at all. I’d love to grab a coffee with you. What’s your schedule like?”

2. SHOW YOU CARE. Going from friendship to relationship requires you to work on showing you care even more than a friend. Do one thing weekly that shows you care more than just a friend. You can write a hand-

written note or card, or buy a small present that shows you were thinking of them. One of the best ways to show you care is by asking, “What can I do for you to help you feel appreciated and loved?” It’s definitely a hard question to get out of your mouth, but asking it may bring surprising answers and a closer bond, especially if the person being asked can feel you are genuine and sincere.

3. REASSURE YOUR PARTNER THAT YOU WANT THIS RELATIONSHIP. Since you started out as friends your level of trust and open communication should be more developed. You probably already have the foundation for speaking openly and honestly with each other, but since you are in a relationship now, both parties are likely to be vulnerable and afraid of being hurt or losing a friend. I recommend reassuring your partner once a week for the first three months that you want this relationship.

Tell them that you are glad you took the next step and are now dating. Being open about your emotions will relieve any worry and also help you to create an emotional bond on a deeper level.

4. SHARE YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS. You likely know a lot about your friend’s past and also about who they are now.

However, you might not know this person’s hopes and dreams in terms of getting married, having a family and building a life together with someone.

Speaking about your potential future together will hopefully strengthen your bond.

Additionally, it will clear up any misconceptions you have.

Sometimes we think we know someone better than we actually do.

5. MEET THE FAMILY. It’s possible that during

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Keep your joy!

By Pastor Taiwo Iredele Odubiyi After that, things went from bad to worse. First, Fred stopped eating at home and then he started sleeping some nights outside without giving any reason to Moni.

Moni told herself she didn’t care, the marriage was dead, but somehow, she still felt hurt, hurt that she and the man she married were now like strangers to each other, hurt that the love they once had for each other was now gone and perhaps forever, hurt that he might be living with another woman on those nights he didn’t come home. Where could he be staying? Who was he staying with? Moni could not help thinking, her anger growing.

Well, there was nothing she could do about the things that had happened but there were things she could do about her life now and her future, she consoled herself. She talked to Ben, her brother-in-law, and soon, began to work in his computer company.

She also decided to do something about her weight gain. She went to a store and bought magazines that mentioned ways to lose weight. She read them through and then, wrote some of those ways of losing weight out on a sheet of paper.

She looked at what she had written - eat fruits and vegetables, eat a light breakfast, eat only when you are hungry, stop eating when you are full, find alternatives to overeating during times of stress, physical exercise.” She read all the ways - eighteen in all.

Good, she folded the paper and put it in her Bible where she was sure she could see it everyday. She would start on it immediately.

She also decided to go to church more regularly and attend the weekly meetings. For a long time, she had allowed her marriage to be her main focus rather than God… (Excerpts from the novel Tears on my Pillow) I am amazed at the rate

many people link their joy or otherwise, directly or indirectly to the actions of another individual or a situation. In counseling most folks, I am used to people saying ‘I am not happy because my husband has done this’ or ‘my wife hasn’t done this’. So many will complain and say their spouses are not making them happy. They feel good and happy if things are going well with their spouses.

When there are issues, they are down, depressed and discouraged.

The question is this … do you think it is anyone’s responsibility to make you happy?

No one in life can successfully make you happy if you are not happy yourself. Joy is your responsibility and not dependent on the actions and feelings of another. If joy were to be a function of another’s actions, then like most works of flesh, it would come in bits and far in between, and you could be starved of joy and happiness for life.

Woman, joy is your responsibility and not your husband’s. It is not in his provision for the home and providing security. Man, your happiness in marriage does not lie in your wife’s cooking or keeping the home but it is a decision you have to make from within. It is a matter of choice.

God’s words promise us joy but like most things in life, there are conditions to be met. When issues come up that seem higher than you can handle or you are crumbling under the weight of so much debt, and it seems God is far away … do you keep your joy? Or

your friendship you met each other’s family. If that’s the case, you need to be reintroduced as a couple. Family who may have only thought of you as a friend need to know that your status has changed. If you haven’t yet met the family, a month or two into the relationship is a good time to meet them.

Having family on board with your relationship will deepen the bond and make the friend status disappear.

who are so cute? They are usually in close proximity to each other at social events and gatherings and they seem to enjoy each other’s company. Some say that couples who play together stay together. Strive to be like those couples. Partner up with your new date and stay side by side. At a social event, stay in the same conversation rather than leaving your partner to talk to someone else.

Take interest in your connection to your date. Staying side by side won’t smother the relationship, it will actually take your dating relationship up a notch and distance you from just being friends.

6. STICK TOGETHER. H a v e you ever seen those couples

7. BE PATIENT. Just because you’re good friends doesn’t mean you’ll be good at dating. Give your new relationship time to blossom.

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do you just give up on God and yourself?

Now, David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God. (1Samuel 30:6) David was faced with a situation. Everybody was crying but the Bible says David encouraged himself in the Lord. He chose to be happy. He chose to rejoice and not be downcast, and the answer came to him. He got everything back. If music is what brings joy to you, then play it. Do whatever you can do to keep your joy.

The Bible says in Isaiah 12 verse 3, that with joy you shall be able to draw out all that salvation has to offer. As a husband or wife, if you are not happy, it will be difficult for you to fulfill your role in the marriage or take good care of your children. Keeping your joy brings freedom. Freedom for you – your joy is not determined by another person, and freedom in respect of your relationship with your spouse as the person is freed from having to do the impossible.

So, when you are faced with situations, keep your joy. When the enemy seems to have the upper hand, keep your joy. Your spouse says he or she is no longer interested in the marriage, keep your joy. You just lost a loved one? Keep your joy.

Rejoice in the Lord always.

Again I will say, rejoice! (Philippians 4:4) Joy gives you strength.

There is nothing you will lose when you do not lose your joy.

(By Pastor Taiwo Iredele Odubiyi, the associate senior pastor of The Still Waters Church and the Executive President of TenderHearts Family Support Initiative, a Non-Governmental Organisation. Phone: 14108187482 . E-mail: pastortaiwoodubiyi@yahoo.com. Facebook: Pastor Mrs. Taiwo Odubiyi)

Make sure your expectations aren’t too high. Let your relationship grow slowly. We live in an age where everything moves so fast that we expect instantaneous gratification or we get bored. Relationships and trust develop slowly. We need to have patience to let a relationship grow at its own pace. Some friendships will develop into a relationship at a tortoise’s pace. Let your anxiety go, be patient and remember: Slow and steady wins the race.

If you’ve taken the risk of moving your friendship to the next level, give your relationship a chance to make it. With your dedication, love and patience, you just may get yourself a partner for life.

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TOGO TRIANGLE: WHERE STOLEN NIGERIAN CRUDE OIL IS SOLD (2) IN THE CONCLUDING PART OF THE TRAIL OF STOLEN OIL FROM THE WORLD’S SIXTH LARGEST PRODUCER, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, EMMANUEL MAYAH, LAYS HANDS ON DOCUMENTS PRODUCED FOR TRANSACTIONS TO MAKE AN ILLEGAL TRADE IN STOLEN NIGERIAN CRUDE LOOK GENUINE IN THE TOGO TRIANGLE. PIRATES ARE ALSO IN ON THE GAME, POSING DANGER TO BUYERS AND SELLERS ALIKE. However, Nigerian collaborators still amass illegal proceeds enough to buy up hotels and luxury homes in some countries on the West African coast.

Most people in the crowd at Togo Triangle are mere foot soldiers. Oil traders based anywhere in the world can remotely arrange buys. They only have to charter a tanker and provide the vessel owner and captain with technical information: where and when to pick up and offload cargo and how much.

Ship owners, captain and crew may never know the seller’s or buyer’s identity or the cargo’s provenance.

The thriving illegal trade of refined petroleum products creates strong incentives for piracy. Pirates target the large amounts of cash used for illegal deals, as well as the fuel, which they can then sell on the black market.

The addition of piracy into the equation makes Togo Triangle a very dangerous place to go, day or night.

TRANSACTIONS AND DOCUMENTS One of the documents Novinyo provided has as seller, GAVF International Nigeria Ltd, and PetroGhana Ltd as buyer.

The inspection company is SGS-Benin. The tugboat name is MV MSS Supply; its colour blue and white and its captain Hadonou Francis. The name of the super cargo is Daniel Bright, a Ghanaian whose travel passport is reproduced on the document.

THE BASIC STEPS IN THE TRANSACTION BEGINS AS FOLLOWS: • “Buyer and seller sign and seal contract documents, copies of which are deposited by either party with his bank.

Buyer raises draft in favour of seller for marine

ATB to be cashable upon confirmation of the marine ATB by the buyer.

• “Seller releases his ATB and calls the buyer super cargo on board.

Buyer’s bank releases to seller’s bank his bank guarantee to the full value of the cargo and commissions.

• “Seller moves vessel to Beninoise, Togolese or Ghanaian waters at buyer’s request for Q&Q. Buyer’s inspection agent confirms the quality and quantity, and upon certification, buyer places charter on the vessel from the vessel owner.

• “Seller procures and presents a complete set of shipping documents in favour of buyer as specified or may be required by LCD/BG. • Payment is effected by Swift Wire Transfer within 24 hours after presentation of documents as specified and the cargo led to Togolese waters.

• Buyer’s vessel is allowed to sail to buyer’s disport.”

The document finds space to explain that the crude oil is of Nigerian origin; that the seller has the independent capacity and ability to purchase the product from the NNPC or its official lifters and resell to the buyer. The buyer’s agent and the seller’s agent, both also called facilitators, are each entitled to a commission of $2 per barrel.

But Novinyo has never earned $2 per barrel. Most times a group of four to six facilitators come together to work on one transaction and thereafter split the commission.

He said he has heard stories of crude brazenly stolen from pipelines and loading terminals, and that officials at terminals may decide to pump more crude into a vessel.

“A vessel may have authorisation to lift 60,000 barrels of crude but someone at the terminal decides to feed it with 140,000 barrels. That is not a mistake you know.

The vessel will later transfer the surplus to another tanker. You and I are not to blame. We are only looking for something to eat,” Novinyo added.

Perhaps the easiest way of stealing crude from Nigeria is through an official process called crude oil swap. The PPMC has swap contracts with a number of companies that empowers them to lift crude oil from Nigeria for free, sell the products on the international market, and use the proceeds

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to import premium motor spirit (PMS) or petrol.

The PPMC signed a swap agreement with SIR Refinery of Cote d’Ivoire.

SIR is supposed to process the crude at its Abidjan facility, then ship the refined products, mostly petrol, kerosene and diesel back to Nigeria.

The deal entitles SIR to a $2.50 per barrel “processing fee”. Between 200,000 and 220,000 barrels per day (bpd) are taken out of the country under swap arrangements with different companies; however, there is no proof there is any swap-refining going on in Cote d’Ivoire Coast. And SIR hardly lifts a finger.

SIR, owned by the Ivoirien government, has since sub-contracted the swap to another oil company called Sahara Oil. The deal allows Sahara to lift and sell all the crude oil allocated to SIR by the PPMC on the open market.

It is alleged that SIR is helping the fat cats in the NNPC to sell stolen crude taken out of Nigeria through this arrangement. Nobody can say for sure the volume of crude actually lifted by SIR even though the contract states 60,000 bpd.

A CRIME ADVERTISED Because of glut in illicit oil with supply sometimes outstripping demand, advertisement of stolen crude from Nigeria is common on the internet.

One read: “Hello we are expecting over 200kmt of AGO in Togo Triangle over the weekend and we need real and urgent buyers to pick the product immediately.

“I have the bill of lading and confirmation of product with me already.

Buyer signs SPA and returns then I will forward the bill of lading and the confirmation of product

for buyer to raise a BCL or POF. Please only real buyers should reach me.

Thanks.”

The advertisement went on to give the seller’s contacts and email.

When this reporter called the telephone number, a male voice assured that he is a certified marketer listed in NNPC books.

Another online advertisement stated: “Bonnie Light Crude oil TTO Togo Triangle vessel available with all loading documents and CPA for a buyer to confirm and place MT799, then board for Q&Q and place MT103 thereafter. TTT transactions – Lome/Togo Triangle/Nigerian waters.

“The price for each barrel of Bonny Light crude oil delivered on out-turned barrels shall be based on dated Brent on the date of transfer as published by McGraw Hill market wire, less discount of $6.00 per barrel; $3.00 net to buyer; $3.00 to brokers/facilitators & consultants.

“Commissions: $1.50 seller’s agents/ brokers & facilitators – (closed) $1.50 buyer’s agents/brokers & facilitators TTO transactions – Lome/Togo Triangle/Nigerian waters.

“The price for each barrel of Bonny Light crude oil delivered on out-turned barrels shall be based on dated Brent on the date of transfer as published by McGraw Hill market wire, less discount of $6.00 per barrel; $3.00 net to buyer; $3.00 to brokers/facilitators & consultants.

“Commissions: $1.50 seller’s agents/ brokers & facilitators – (closed) $1.50 buyer s gents/brokers & facilitators CIF transactions – buyer’s port of discharge (ASWP).

“The price for each barrel of Bonny Light

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crude oil delivered on out-turned barrels shall be based on dated Brent on the date of transfer as published by McGraw Hill market wire, less discount of $4.00 per barrel; $2.00 net to buyer; $2.00 to brokers/facilitators & consultants.

“Commissions: $1.00 seller’s agents/ brokers & facilitators – (closed) $1.00 buyer’s agents/brokers & facilitators.

“Note: the above information will be incorporated into the SPA containing seller’s information that will be presented to the buyer. Discounts are subject to change based on transactions/ product availability.”

A PARALLEL OIL INDUSTRY Large as the market for stolen crude is, the trade in refined petroleum products from Nigeria is even more rife. The pathetic state of Nigeria’s four refineries has for decades enthroned a regime of massive importation of refined products.

Very large tankers known as motherships – holding some 60,000 metric tonnes of fuel – come from Europe and elsewhere and, too big to enter port, moor offshore.

Nigerian companies charter smaller tankers – holding 5,000 to 10,000 metric tonnes – to ferry the fuel from the mothership to depots onshore, from where it is distributed to filling stations.

Because the imports are subsidised by the government, fuel is cheaper in Nigeria than in Benin, Togo, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad and Niger.

Investigation into the subsidy scheme exposed mindless corruption. For example, the government pays subsidy on 59 million litres of fuel per day, yet domestic consumption is only 35 million litres. About 24 million litres are stolen a day, diverted and sold in neighbouring countries.

A report by the International Crisis Group shows that in Benin Republic, petrol smuggled from Nigeria was about 5 per cent of national consumption in 2000. In 2011, the figure rose to 95 per cent.

Every day, large wooden boats offload contraband fuel in plastic jerry cans on isolated beaches around Grand Popo in Benin and Hilakondji in Togo. There are over 50 other discharge

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Most people in the crowd at Togo Triangle are mere foot soldiers. Oil traders based anywhere in the world can remotely arrange buys. They only have to charter a tanker and provide the vessel owner and captain with technical information: where and when to pick up and offload cargo and how much.

Ship owners, captain and crew may never know the seller’s or buyer’s identity or the cargo’s provenance.

The thriving illegal trade of refined petroleum products creates strong incentives for piracy. Pirates target the large amounts of cash used for illegal deals, as well as the fuel, which they can then sell on the black market.

The addition of piracy into the equation makes Togo Triangle a very dangerous place to go, day or night.

The ability of pirates to target tankers carrying out a ship-to-ship transfer shows that hijackers are well organised and connected, and often know beforehand that a transfer is going to take place. It is said that they use traders and prostitutes as spies.

When a tanker Energy Centurion was hijacked, the pirates had a shoot-out with the Togolese navy and still went away with the vessel and its content.

Back in Lome, this reporter was told that over 800 Nigerians are languishing in jail in that country. All of them are illegal migrants fleeing the economic hardship and a lack of basic infrastructure and opportunities in Nigeria.

Novinyo disclosed that many rich Nigerians, among them corrupt government officials and oil thieves, are buying up hotels and luxury homes in Benin, Togo and Ghana.

TheNiche contacted NNPC General Manager (Public Affairs), Ohi Alegbe, to comment on the report. He said he would investigate and get back to us.

But he failed to do so at press time.

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In a move that has been welcomed by current and potential candidates for Canadian permanent residence through the Quebec Skilled Worker Program (QSWP), the government of Quebec has this month lowered the pass mark required to obtain a Quebec Selection Certificate (CSQ) and, at the same time, removed the ‘adaptability’ factor from the points-based program.

The major consequence of this change is that one of the thresholds (the adaptability interview) that previously had to be met by most applicants in order for them to proceed with an application for Canadian permanent residence through the QSWP has been removed.

While the program is currently not open to new applicants, an announcement date for the next application cycle is expected before the end of 2015.

The rationale In a press release posted on its official website, the government of Quebec stated that ‘Quebec will select skilled workers in a more objective, consistent and effective manner.’

The adaptability interview was deemed to have been

overly subjective. In this interview, an applicant’s documentation, language proficiency, and settlement plan for Quebec may have been inspected. Quebec noted that it retains the right to conduct interviews for the QSWP for quality control purposes and to verify the authenticity of submitted documents,

cant has a validated job offer in Quebec. If an individual satisfies the minimum points requirement for these factors, he or she may then gain additional points for any accompanying dependent children and proof of financial selfsufficiency.

Candidates should note that a job offer is not required for the

though no points may be awarded for this interview.

The QSWP: How does it work? The QSWP uses a points-based system, where points are awarded for an applicant’s area of training, work experience, age, language proficiency, prior relationship with Quebec (through visits or family), the human capital factors of the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner (if applicable), and whether or not the appli-

QSWP. Applicants should also note that they may be awarded points for French proficiency, though it is not an eligibility requirement for the program. Applicants who do not have knowledge of French, but who have strong credentials in other areas, may still be eligible to apply. A single applicant must score at least 49 points, while an applicant with a spouse or common-law partner must

“Through the 2015 immigration plan we will welcome a record number of individuals who will contribute to our economy and labour market.”

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score at least 57 points.

Once a CSQ has been issued, applicants must then successfully complete medical and security examinations conducted by the federal government in order to be granted permanent resident status.

Potential applicants to the QSWP should note that they should have the intention to reside within the province of Quebec.

Pursuing a federal and Quebec application simultaneously For now, the QSWP remains a firstcome, first-served immigration program. In contrast, the Express Entry selection system for the federal economic immigration programs selects potential applicants on a priority basis from a pool of candidates who have made an expression of interest in immigrating to Canada. According to the governments of Quebec and Canada, candidates can apply under the QSWP and submit an Express Entry profile, as long as they withdraw one when either a CSQ or Invitation to Apply (ITA) is issued.

The QSWP may be an enticing option for individuals who wish to make an application to immigrate to Canada without having to be invited to apply, as well as individuals who are in the Express Entry pool and wish to increase their chances of successfully immigrating to Canada.

THE LATEST WELCOME ANNOUNCEMENT It is not yet known exactly when the next application cycle for the QSWP may begin, but today’s breaking news is the latest in a series of announcements made by the government of Quebec over recent months.

• In October, 2014, the government stated its objective to maintain a modern and efficient immigration system to attract newcomers who contribute to Quebec’s economic, social and cultural life.

• In January, 2015, Quebec released its new Areas of Training list.

In particular, candidates with degrees in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Accounting, Translation, Banking and Financial Operations are to be targeted by Quebec.

• In March, 2015, it was announced that the next application cycle for the QSWP will have 6,300 spaces.

• In May, 2015, the government of Quebec announced that by October 1, 2015 a new online tool will be available for applicants for Canadian immigration through the

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QSWP, allowing applicants to complete and submit an application online.

Moreover, the province amended the checklist re-

thereby increasing their chances of establishing a new life in Canada.”

Note: Though appli-

THE QSWP ADVANTANGE -No job offer required - Absence of French not a bar, but points available for proficiency in English and/ or French - No pool of candidates - No invitation to Apply required - First come, first served - Gain points for your Area of Training - Simpler online application process due to be rolled our - Removal of threshold for adaptability may reduce processing times - Increase your chances: Apply while also remaining in the Express Entry pool - Settle in a vibrant, exciting region of North America. quirements, in doing so simplifying the application procedure.

TOWARDS A NEW QUEBEC SKILLED WORKER PROGRAM “The latest announcement from Quebec regarding its flagship Skilled Worker Program is arguably the most important yet,” says Attorney David Cohen. “With fewer hurdles to jump, as well as

cations for a CSQ through the QSWP submitted before the announcement of the start of the official period for receipt of applications will be returned to applicants in most cases, candidates in one of the following situations may submit an application for a CSQ at any time: • The applicant is eligible for and has submitted an application under the Programme de

QSWP SELECTION FACTORS - Education: Up to 14 points - Area of Training: Up to 16 points - Validated job offer: Up to 10 points - Work experience: Up to 8 points - Age: Up to 16 points - Language proficiency: Up to 22 points - Family/stay in Quebec: Up to 8 points - Spouse/partner’s factors: Up to 17 points - Accompanying children: Up to 8 points - Financial self-sufficiency: 1 point a simplified documentation checklist, a new and more efficient online application system, and an Area of Training list that rewards occupations that many people have experience in, the immediate future for Quebec immigration is exciting.

“Moreover, the next application cycle could be one of the last of its kind, a way to apply for and obtain Canadian permanent residence on a first-come, first-served basis. I would encourage candidates who may be eligible for both the Quebec program and one of the federal economic programs to consider pursuing both options,

l’expérience québécoise (PEQ, or Quebec Experience Program); or • The applicant has enclosed a validated employment offer with the application for a selection certificate submitted under the QSWP; or • Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has informed the applicant that it has agreed to process the application for permanent residence in Canada; or • The applicant is a temporary resident in Quebec and eligible to submit an application for a CSQ. Source: www.cicnews.com

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Jack Ma, China’s Richest Man, Says He Was Happier When He Wasn’t a Billionaire

By Lisa Eadicicco Jack Ma, the founder and executive chairman of Alibaba, became the richest man in China after Alibaba IPO’d for a record $25 billion last September.

But Ma was just as happy — perhaps even happier — when he was barely making any money right out of college.

After graduating in 1988, Ma worked as an English teacher at a local university in his hometown of Hangzhou, China. He only made $12 a month, according to the documentary about his life called “Crocodile in the Yangtze.”

When speaking at a luncheon with the Economics Club of New York on, Ma referred to this period as the “best life I had.”

When you don’t have much money, you

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know how to spend it, Ma explained. But once you become a billionaire, you have a lot of responsibility.

“If you have less than $1 million, you know how to spend the money,” he said during his speech. “ [At] $1 billion, that’s not your money...The money I have today is a responsibility.

It’s the trust of people on me.”

Ma says he feels a need to spend his money “on behalf of the society.”

“I spend it our way,” he said. “It’s a trust.”

This isn’t the first time Ma has spoken about

the burden of being a billionaire.

When speaking at a panel at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, he referred to his days as an English teacher as “fantastic,” according to CNN Money. He said anyone with $1 million is “lucky,” but when you reach $10 million, “you’ve got troubles.”

After Alibaba’s IPO, he told CNBC that the pressure that comes with the responsibility gets to him, especially now that the world is focusing on Alibaba’s stock price.

“IPO is great because ... I’m happy with the results,” he said to CNBC. “But honestly, I think when people think too highly of you, you have the responsibility to calm down and be yourself.”

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Imo Assembly to deliberate in Igbo

By Henry Umahi Determined to protect, preserve and promote the Igbo language and culture, the Imo State House of Assembly is planning to set aside special days during which the business of lawmaking will be conducted strictly in Igbo.

On such days, members stepping into the hallowed chambers will be required to dress in Igbo traditional attire only.

It was gathered that the new leadership of the House, led by Dr. Acho Ihim, was not only concerned about the seeming apathy towards intergenerational transmission of Igbo language, but also the negative influences

of Western culture on Nigerian youths, particularly with regards to exposing sensitive parts of their body in the name of fashion, hence the Eight Assembly wants to lead by example. The speaker also believed that communicating in the mother tongue would strengthen members’ ties and build a psychological oneness “The members of the House are determined to revive the Igbo language and culture because they are aware of the fact that if you lose your language and culture, you have lost your identity.”

So, it will be a sort of reorientation of the people and cultural renaissance, “ disclosed a member who did not want his name in print.

Reacting to the development, Mr. Kris Odi, an Igbo language advocate, said: “I think it is a welcome development because it will serve as one of the ways to promote Igbo language. It will also enable those that are in the rural areas who are not literate enough to understand the basics of lawmaking and also bill passed and signed into law. It will also enable parents to begin to educate their children on the need to embrace Igbo language, citing the House of Assembly that deliberate in Igbo language as an example. And, ultimately, the effort will save the Igbo language from the threat of possible extinction.”

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Nigeria’s Online Retail Business Now Valued At $13 Billion According to a survey done by This Day, a Nigerian-based business news website, the countries ecommerce sector has grown to reach nearly $13 billion in value as more and more people get connected to the internet in the West African country.

The Nigerian government forecasts that over 80 percent of the country’s 177 million people will be able to access broadband mobile internet by the year 2018, while 20 percent of them will be connected to fixed line high speed internet.

This Day says with this increased connectivity the number of orders made on major on-line retailing

platforms, such as Konga. com, Jumia.com, DealDey, QuikTellers, WakaNow, RyteDeals, Checki.com and Buga.com,have incerase from just 1,000 per day in 2012 to 15,000 currently.

This it is says has grown the value of transaction done daily from $35 million to over $550 million.

“Today, on average, the leading online stores achieve about $2 million worth of transactions per week,” This Day reported.

The sector, which now supports over 20,000 jobs, is said to have attracted over $200 million in foreign direct investment since 2012, with the two largest

online retailing website, Jumia and Konga, recieving $50 million in the last one year.

Nigerian online retailers are now facing one big challenge in terms of data security which is making some potential clients stay away from these platforms.

“One roadblock in the online retail market is data security, which reduces frequency of online purchases.

In fact, a large number of Nigerians still prefer the traditional retail channels because of this,” FBN Capital said in a report on the sector.

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Laura soon to close 20 stores

By G.G. Bastalino Over the next following weeks, Laura’s Shoppe Inc., is expected to close 20 stores after falling short on its effort to compete with the increasing number of American retailers, a court document said. More closures are likely to take place in the future as the family-owned apparel retailer evaluates its portfolio of 162 stores in Canada and reorganizes its structure in the interest of its creditors.

About 2,383 staffs are employed in retailer’s chain or stores namely Laura, Melanie Lyne, Laura Plus, and Laura Petites. Almost half of Laura’s stores are based in Ontario.

“In 2011, faced with an influx into Canada of large international retailers, (Laura’s Shoppe Inc.) set out to make some significant changes,” court filings in Montreal stated. Unfortunately, the changes resulted in merchandise that did not resonate with . . . customers.”

Between 2011 and 2013, undisclosed losses pulled Laura out of its track, but it was able to recover and gain positive income by 2014. To compensate the losses the company suffered, Kalman Fisher, Laura’s president and grandson of the founder, entered into financial agreements in behalf of the company. One loan was made with Salus Capital Partners Inc, a US based firm who let Laura use about $11 million. Salus however encountered loses with the $250 million

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it lent to RadioShackCorp, a bankrupt electronics retailer. As a result, Salus is now liquidating its assets and intended to obtain the money Laura has borrowed.

Salus wanted to wind up all of Laura’s assets including the remaining merchandise for the spring and summer as well as close some shops down putting Laura out of business completely.

Just in time, Landlord Cadillac Fairview lent to Laura a $10 million loan with 12% interest which will be used in meeting payrolls and defraying operation expenses. This move was an advantage for Cadillac Fairview since the retailer company pays them an annual rent worth $20 million.

“They’re probably one of the largest, if not the largest, independent private retailers in Canada, so it would have been a shame if they would have gone out of business if there was a chance of saving them. I think that Cadillac Fairview is certainly helping out the company in

a time of dire need,” Avram Fishman said in a statement. Fishman is a senior counsel partner of Fishman Flanz Meland Paquin LLP and represents KPMG, the monitor appointed by the court in the case.

Laura plans to close 20 shops this year as it looks for ways to reduce rental costs on 26 locations leased by Cadillac Fairview. It is not yet confirmed which of these locations will cease operation or how many staff will be terminated nevertheless, the company is set to close some stores on September 13. This month, restructuring efforts will be effected including the massive temporary layoffs at the head office and promoting others to permanent positions.

Indeed, this failure may have some impact on Canadian traders that manufacture and supply merchandise to few Canadian retailers like Laura.

According to court documents, a surge in job losses, restructuring and closures may be observed in the manufacturing sector of the country this year.

What Makes a Successful Finance Business Partner?

By Jenny Okonkwo - D&A Magazine Is ‘business partnering’ a consciously chosen career path, or more like a role you discover? When considering a career in finance, it’s important to understand the requirements of the profession and how to build a successful career upon foundational skills, abilities and competencies. Here we look at 10 ways to become a successful and effective Finance Business Partner: 1. ACT AS A NEUTRAL MEDIATOR BETWEEN SALES AND OPERATIONS This is not as straightforward as it sounds. Both functions have very different agendas, priorities and points of focus within a business.

The finance business partner (FBP) is often acting as the ‘referee’ between the two departments, reconciling and compiling both viewpoints on the future for executive decision making. Business performance ideally needs to be tracked against a single set of metrics (I’ve learned from experience that this is not always the case). For this reason, FBPs are often process owners for corporate sales and operations planning (S&OP).

2. EDUCATE YOUR CUSTOMER BASE Know how to explain your role and build an agreed upon vision for your purpose and function as an FBP. I recall a humorous moment where one of my senior internal customers welcomed me into the organization by saying ‘you are welcome to police our activities at any time’.

After politely pointing out that I was a ‘business partner’ and not a ‘policewoman’, I went on to explain the agreed vision for my role. Thankfully we were on the same page.

3. LEAD FROM THE ‘MIDDLE’ OF THE ORGANIZATION FBPs are often required to make recommendations that may influence the decisions of stakeholders at the Executive level. They need to be comfortable in managing change as well as managing complexity. What lies at the heart of this dual role is a constant need to ‘provide the numbers’ in the shortest time possible to minimize risk in decision making. This in turn frees up resources and increases the opportunity to ‘think beyond the numbers’ andmaximize commercial opportunity.

4. DIVIDE FUNCTIONS FOR GREATER FOCUS It is challenging to wear a hat as both a full-time ‘Controller’ and a full-time ‘Business Partner’. Progressive and forward looking pharmaceu-

change the impossible to the possible. Diplomacy, tact and professional integrity are needed in abundance. It’s important to be seen as a business planning and decision support specialist who ‘looks beyond the numbers’.

By Jenny Okonkwo

tical firms have got it right by having a separate decision support function, allowing managers and analysts to focus purely on helping move the business forward, attending to the more traditional accounting duties at the year-end, to ensure a minimal financial exposure to the company.

5. BUILD STRONG RELATIONSHIPS The other business and support functions (Sales, Marketing, IT, Supply Chain, etc.) need to partner with a Finance professional to whom they can relate. Strong people and communication skills are critical. Showing interest followed by more detailed knowledge in the business separates the ‘Partners’ from the ‘Processors’.

6. BUY-IN FROM MANAGEMENT If the concept of business partnering is new to your organization, ensure that the President/GM has bought into the philosophy right from the start. Even in a culture where partnering is well established, it’s important to align what you think are critical objectives with those of the business leadership. I have been in meeting where there was a lack of agreement amongst the executive on their number one priority. This is especially common in dual reporting situations. Ensure everyone is on the same page and understands the vision and strategy.

7. BUY-IN FROM THE HEAD OF FINANCE A challenging situation can arise when the head of the finance function has come from a different professional background and has not been exposed to business partnering. Business partnering is not about ‘cracking the compliance whip’; it is about building relationships and confidence in your personal abilities to

8. BUY-IN FROM THE BUSINESS There was one role dur-

ing the earlier stages of my career, in an organization where, due to legacy staffing issues, the Finance function was held in very low regard.

It came to my attention that the VP of Operations was highly concerned about the levels of annual product warranty spend in the business, an ongoing business problem which required urgent attention.

Presenting him with an 80-page PowerPoint deck, detailing warranty spend to date, analyzed by various dimensions including customer, product SKU, customer location, etc., quickly changed historic perceptions of the value-add role of finance.

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Recovered Assets: We are not afraid of probe - EFCC The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, has denied diverting N1trillion of assets recovered from corrupt officials, saying he is prepared to face probe.

Following a petition by the Chief Executive of Public Alert Security Systems, George Uboh, the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, had summoned Mr. Lamorde to appear Wednesday when an investigation into the matter begins.

Mr. Uboh said the EFCC diverted about N1 trillion in recovered assets, operates hidden accounts to warehouse recovered funds which do not reflect in EFCC’s audited accounts.

He also said the EFCC trades with recovered funds through bank deposits and placements; manipulates bank accounts to conceal diversion of funds; and colludes with real estate companies in order to grossly undervalue seized assets before there are sold to their cronies.

Over half of the assets seized from convicts are not

9. SELF-CONFIDENCE AND PROFESSIONAL CREDIBILITY Be confident in establishing boundaries. Business partnering can often feel like trying to ‘capture a cloud. Say what you are going to do and do what you say.

10. IDENTIFYING AND DELIVERING QUICK WINS The best way to find success is to look at the small wins you achieve every day.

Use them as momentum to push yourself forward to your next goal.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author only.

This article was originally published on the author’s blog, http://jennyokonkwo.wordpress.com/ and has been republished with permission.

Jenny Okonkwo MBA, ACMA, CGMA, FP&A, CPA, CMA is a Certified Corporate FP&A Professional with a track record of success in helping North American, European and Japanese companies, across several industries, minimize financial risk to maximize commercial opportunity.

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Ibrahim Lamorde, EFCC Chairman

reflected in EFCC exhibit records, Mr. Uboh said. He also informed the Senate that over 95 per cent of EFCC’s recoveries in foreign currencies, other than those from multinational companies, have been diverted.

In his reaction through a statement signed by the Head of Media and Publicity of EFCC, Wilson Uwajuren, Mr. Lamorde said he had no fear for the Senate probe or “request for information regarding its activities by individuals, groups or organs of government; so far as such requests followed due process of law”.

The EFCC said even if it had not returned a kobo of recovered assets in its 12 years’ existence in addition to the yearly appropriated funds from the federation account, it would not be no-

where near N1 trillion.

The EFCC said it had earlier, without any prompting, commissioned KPMG to carry out a comprehensive audit of exhibits and forfeited assets in 12 years of its existence. The commission promised to make the report public.

“The EFCC as an agency that is founded on transparency is not afraid of any ‘probe’ or request for information regarding its activities by individuals, groups or organs of government; so far as such requests followed due process of law,” the statement said.

“The EFCC under Lamorde did not need the prompting of anyone, when it commissioned a reputable international audit firm, KPMG to carry out comprehensive audit of exhibits and forfeited assets of the Commission from 2003 to date. The report of the audit will be made public once it is ready.”

Were the Commission to be jittery about its records, itwould not have embarked on such audit, the statement said. continued on p(51)

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CULTURE

ISHI: The pain of an adulterous woman in Ogwashi-Uku

By Charles Adingupu The loss of their son naturally brought grief to the family of Mr. Nwaeke Okolie (not his real name). And the entire community of Ogbe-Ubu Quarter in OgwashiUku Kingdom, Delta State shared in their misfortune.

The boy never fell sick. That cast some mystery on the death.

He just went to sleep and did not wake up in the morning. While the whole community was still in a mournful mood, two weeks after Mr Okolie Nwaeke had buried his dead child, another of his sons died, also in a mysterious circumstance. As tongues began to wag on the misfortune that had befallen Mr. Okolie’s family, their first son died, also in a questionable circumstance.

This time, the sympathy from the community members turned to suspicion, that Mr. Okolie’s family might have offended the gods of the land. For a man to lose three sons successively in one month was one tragedy too many. About two weeks after the third death, Mr. Okolie’s wife, Ijeoma, for fear of losing another child, confessed to her husband her flirtatious acts outside her matrimonial home.

Her husband had to expose her, not knowing what other misfortune could come their way if he kept her unfaithfulness secret.

He still has three children left: two boys and a girl.

The three deaths were said to be a consequence for Ijeoma’s infidelity brought upon her children by the ofor; that is, the deity that protects the people of the community. (Every quarter in the kingdom has its own ofor.) In Ogwashi-Uku, when a married woman commits adultery, there are consequences, explains Rafiu, the oldest man in Umuti in Agediasie Quarters of the kingdom.

In the traditional parlance, Rafiu is known as Diokpa. According to him, adultery is an abomination in Ogwashi-Uku and any woman legitimately married to an Ogwashi-Uku man would pay dearly if she engages in it. “The husband or relations of an adulterous wife may be ignorant of the woman’s extra-marital escapades but the ofor will expose her by the deaths of her children and eventually her husband”, explains Diokpa Rafiu.

Though death is the ultimate consequence for the unfaithfulness of a married woman, says Diokpa Rafiu, not all acts of female infidelity eventually lead to death.

“If the unfaithful wife notices mysterious happenings to any of her children after the act, she may get scared that it is a consequence of her infidelity and may quickly confess and the cleansing takes place, to avert death”, he says.

But if she is initially stubborn, like the case of Ijeoma, the children would die one after the other till the husband too would die. However, he says, “it hardly gets to

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the stage of the husband dying as an Ogwashi-Uku man would immediately become suspicious of his wife if his children start dying in quick succession, and he would confront her.”

Interestingly, Ishi does not strike a family if the Ogwashi-Uku woman is married to a non Ogwashi-Uku man. It will still strike if a non Ogwashi-Uku woman marries an Ogwashi-Uku man. It is therefore not uncommon to find Okwashi-Uku girls preferring to marry from outside their place to avoid the consequences of Ishi in any eventually of a game outside the matrimonial home.

In the case of the marriage not having any issue, it is the husband who dies. Diokpa Rafiu adds that if eventually the husband dies, the wife must undergo all the purification processes before the man would be buried.

He also says this death wage is only efficacious on a couple who are traditionally married; in other words, when a woman’s bride price was paid.

A people rooted in deep traditions “In Ogwashi-Uku, every quarter has its own chi or deity; that is, personal god that protects the interests of the people against external aggression or otherwise”, Diokpa Rafiu explains. “At Azugwu Quarter for example, they have Obida-Nwaegene. At OgbeUbu, Ubu remains the deity and so it is in virtually every other quarter.”

In the case of Ijeoma, ObidaNwaegene, the ofor at Azugwu Quarter, was responsible for the calamities that befell her family because of her adulterous lifestyle. But after the tragic deaths of three out of her six children, Ijeoma had woken up to reality one early morning and confessed her crime to her husband.

However, for the love of his three surviving children whose lives still hung in the balance, her husband had no choice but to forgive her, though under the condition that she must izo ishi; in other words, undergo the purification exercise before he could accept her as his legitimate wife again.

The next morning, Mr. Okolie reported his wife’s adulterous act to

the Diokpa and other elders of the community.

Ishi, the cleansing ritual “When a woman commits adultery and her husband is still interested in the marriage, the woman would be compelled by tradition to cleanse herself, that is ife-ahu. Otherwise, she would have to severe relationship with her children. In other words, she would not cook and eat with them or have communication with them until she purifies herself before the children could fraternise with her,” says Diokpa Rauf.

The adulterous wife, according to him, would be expected to go before the shrine of the quarter with the women folk known as umu ada, which consists of women from the husband’s community but married to men outside.

At the shrine, a kola-nut would be broken and this marks the beginning of the woman’s confession.

She starts mentioning names of those men who had carnal knowledge of her.

Diokpa Rafiu discloses that there is an expected fee to be paid for each of the men involved in the act. The umu ada make some demands from the adulterous wife at the shrine.

However, at this point, no man is expected to go near the shrine or partake in the purification exercise. Upon completion of this stage, the umu ada would report to the Diokpa what transpired at the shrine. First will be to disclose the amount of money the adulterous wife would pay to them.

The adulterous wife would then be taken to inyemedi; that is, women married to men in that quarter. They would perform certain rites on her and request that a particular fee be paid by her.

Thereafter, the wife would visit the men folk in the quarter who would finally decide the punitive measures to be taken against the adulterous wife.

As part of the punishment, the woman would be required to cook. The woman and her children would jointly eat the food, which may not necessarily be solid food like eba or pounded yam, but perhaps just kola-nut. continued on p(49)

Islamic culture has well set guidelines on how women and men in the society are expected in terms of behavior,in line with specified gender roles.

Guided by the Quran, men and women should be equal in terms of human dignity; spirituality and ethical equality. The cultural context guided by education and economics plays a role in defining gender roles. The reality at hand is that women are the most affected on matters concerning their self-determination in areas like their socio-economic status; in family, health, life expectation, independence, freedom and rights.

However the interpretation of Quran verses over the years has privileged men over women and ossified gender roles. An example is an extract from the Quran; Verse 4.34, which refer to men as ‘guardians’ over women, this has been used for the gender roles and male privilege over women justification.

According to a St. Augustine saying, “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only page,” has been justified yet again as a discovery of an Islamic tribe in Africa where women are deemed equal to their male counterparts if not more superior in certain areas where muslims from other parts of the globe will find it hard to comply to.

Cardinal laws on chastity before marriage has been bent allowing Young Tuareg women as many different male lovers as they want before marriage; as long they obey laws on privacy that govern the community. A man must only arrive at a womans tent after dark, and leave before sunrise, a woman may choose to invite different men to her tent out of their own will. A divorce also allows women to keep their property and children.

SO WHO ARE THESE TUAREGS? The Tuareg are an Islamic African people. Though they travel with their herds they are not completely nomadic, since they also practice agriculture on their home ares and grow food crops. The term “Tuareg” comes from their muslim neighbors literally meaning “abandoned by God.” This is due to thir nomadic way of life inhibiting their practice of the religion.

They are believed to have originated from the North African Berbers traced to the Fezzan region of Libya. Today they are mostly found in the Saharan and sahelian regions (southern Algeria, western Libya, eastern Mali, northern Niger and northeastern Burkina Faso). They have expanded into regions border-

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ing the sahara, bringing local farming people into their society.

Most of the Tuareg people speak Hausa and French, and also read Arabic, however their main language is Tamacheq, which is in the Berber language group.

A common believe among the Tuareg people is that their female ancestors are the traditions founders. The Tagurmat believes that a Tuareg heroine, who fought a battle on Mount Bagzan in the Air region. Her twin daughters are also said to have founded the herbal healing profession.

Men in the Tuareg community are known for veiling their faces with a blue cloth dyed with indigo. The veil is a symbol of male identity; protection of the wearer from evil spirits and also an attractive adornment which can be worn in various styles.

Different social situations calls for the veil being worn differently; It is worn highest, above the nose to express respect in the presence of chiefs, older people and in-laws.

The Tuareg men begin to wear a veil at puberty and their faces stay covered infront of their elders and most women, as a signification of maturity and ready for marriage. A Tuareg is prohibited from eating before a woman he cannot have sexual relations with, compulsory gatherings the man turns his back while eating in the presence of such a woman.

When it comes to women, unlike in most Islamic communities, most of them do not wear veils. They may lead to a divorce and independently inherit property. On marrying Tuareg women wears a scarf to cover their hair.

A mother’s tent, is the root of the community. Upon divorce a man is forced to return to his mother mostly with just his camel less everything else. Divorce is a common norm in the community hence divorce cases are not shameful. Families organize “divorce parties” for their daughters to inform the young men in the community of the availability of the girl. However discussion of political issues and informing women of the decision made are conducted by men.

The sons inherit two-thirds of a family’s property and the remaining part to the daughters.

The father passes on political office to son. A unique fact is that the Tuareg society is matrilineal, which means that families trace their lines through the women, rather than the men, all the way to the first queen.

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continued from p(9) preliminary and will take years to find out if it will work on humans as well. However he descried the research as a “way cool technology and very exciting”. Diabetes affects millions of people worldwide and most diabetic people have to manage their blood sugar levels by monitoring their diets, painful insulin shots and finger pricks.

It becomes a constant chore on managing the levels day by day but such research and advances in technology are helping reduce the tasks involved. However the new products like the smart insulin patch also require regular

attention since their sensors and pumps can also malfunction and the needle-tipped catheters may at some point need replacement.

The micro-needles are able to painlessly pierce the skin surface and inject the insulin into the capillaries and researchers are looking at was of fine tuning the patch to be able to normalize the blood sugar levels within a certain desired range for each patient and also work for several days. The study has been funded by the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute and the American Diabetes As-

sociation. According to the senior author and a professor in the joint department of biomedical engineering, Dr Zhen Gu, PHD, the researchers are now progressing to preclinical, mini-pig-based studies before they move to clinical trials and finally test the patch on humans in around 3-4 years. David C Klonoff, MD, Medical director of the Diabetes Research Institute at Mills-Peninsula Health Services, San Mateo, California also agreed that there was much work to be done on the new patch technology before it is ready for clinical use or goes to the market.

dents managed to jump over a 20-foot-high grilled fence and landed on a rail track.

The BSF spokesperson said, “Once there, they thought they had entered Pakistani territory and started shouting ‘we are in Pakistan’. They didn’t know that they were still in India.”

During the course of interrogation one of them claimed to be studying in Mahatma Gandhi Open Uni-

versity in Delhi and the other revealed he was studying in Karnataka State Open University in Delhi.

As confirmed by the Indian authorities, “Both had come to India on student visa in 2014. They said they were headed for Afghanistan en route to Iraq, which was their final destination. They wanted to pursue Islamic studies in Pakistan before that.”

continued from p(11) Pastor... deliverance to the oppressed and to impart and infuse the Holy Spirit to the weak and get them on fire for Jesus Christ.

Our vision is to raise an ‘Eagle Generation’. A generation of committed, vibrant Holy Spirit filled people of God who desires to fulfill the commission our master has committed to our hands with integrity. Integrity is lacking among believers and God wants to restore it.

The theme for this year’s conference is ‘Return to thy Maker.’ It is a clarion call for those who have denied God access to their lives, to be aware that they did not make themselves and so there is no point deceiving themselves.

They should rather find the true God and return to him.

The second phase is to those who have accepted him and have walked out on Him and backslided for one reason or the other while the third phase is those who have accepted him, have not denied Him as Lord but have abandoned the assignment he gave them. It is also a call to nations that have abandoned God to return to their maker.

Asked why he holds the conference outside of Toronto he has this to say: In 2007, through one of the speakers God directed me to take the conference to the nation as we will not be able to

affect and train all the people he has called me to train in Toronto.

God ha enabled us to hold this conference in 17 nations namely Canada, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Togo, Brazil, South Africa,Indonesia, Singapore, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Rwanda, Ireland and Nigeria. We go to the nation with The mandate of three Es , Equip, Empower and Encourage. Through the grace of God we were able to empower ministers of the gospel and also led many to Christ. This year we are trusting that God will help us to do more.

When asked how he was able to finance his several trips: ‘Where God leads he provides. No genuine vision from God can lack heavenly provision. God is the source and uses men as his resource .

He is a faith provider.

On methods for raising an Eagle Generation: In addition to teaching, preaching, holding conference and seminars, one of the means and methods of raising an eagle generation in addition to organizing this conference that God committed to our hands is to empower the youth in particular and the body of Christ in general with other resources, DVDs, CDs and books. I have

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This year God has enabled us to write another book which will be launched in this conference titled: ‘Turning Curses to Blessings.’ It is my prayer that God will turn the bitter situations of your life to pleasant situations. You shall go from ‘Mara’ to ‘Naomi’ in Jesus name.

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continued from p(11) Like nigeria... shows most people do not believe Harper was unaware of a scandal involving several of his close confidants.

Canada’s ruling Conservatives are seeking to hold on to power in the October 19 election but a string of awkward revelations of fraud and bribery arising from the trial of Senator Mike Duffy, once a close ally of Harper, is threatening to truncate that dream. A Reuters report quotes Harper as insisting

he (Harper) had no idea his former chief of staff had secretly paid Duffy C$90,000 ($68,700) in 2013 to cover dubious expenses. Evidence at the trial however suggests otherwise.

On the brighter note, current and potential candidates for Canadian permanent residence through Skilled Worker Program can heave a sigh of relief as the government of Quebec has lowered the pass mark re-

quired to obtain a Quebec Selection Certificate (CSQ). The ‘adaptability’ requirement in the points-based program has also been removed. All other conditions precedent to this program however remain unchanged. This means that the rules guiding the immigration program has been relaxed for potential candidates. Nigeria and others countries in Africa can certainly benefit from this provided all other conditions are met.

slaves. They owned nothing and were pledged to their local lord. They worked long days, 6 days a week, and often barely had enough food to survive.

FUN FACTS ABOUT THE MIDDLE AGE FEUDAL SYSTEM • Around 90 percent of the people worked the land as peasants.

• Peasants worked hard and died young. Most were

dead before they reached 30 years old.

• The kings believed they were given the right to rule

by God. This was called “divine right”.

• Lords and Barons swore oaths of homage and fealty to their kings.

• The Lord held absolute power over the fief or estate including holding court and deciding punishments for crimes.

CONCLUSION

Feudalism existed until 15th century. Although there is no commonly accepted definition of feudalism among scholars, probably the best definition of Feudalism was given by Marc Bloch in 1939, which states that Feudalism includes not only the obligations of the warrior nobility but those of all three estates of the realm: the nobility, the clergy, and the peasantry bound by manorialism.

continued from p(13) man wntad.. running on TV. Further, the Fox television showcased the issue following an appeal made by a detective based in Montreal.

Kaur, the victim of the crime, is a resident of Canada for four years and has already attained

a permanent residency prior to her death. On the other hand, Cheema is from India with no permanent resident status in the country.

Kaur went to Canada after the police raped her, accusing her of communi-

cating with Sikh terrorists.

Following the recovery of Kaur’s body, the child protection services place the children under foster care.

Moreover, right after Cheema’s arrest in San Francisco, was sent back to Quebec.

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What’s more, the initial headlines supported it: “Markham’s Bich Ha Pan was gunned down inside her own home during what appears to have been a random home invasion,” reported the Markham Economist & Sun. “Markham killing shocks neighbors.”

“Home invasion suspects ‘pose very real danger’; Markham police warn residents after woman killed in random attack,” said the Toronto Star.

Be that as it may, police officers working on the case figured it out within a few weeks. This lie — that an immigrant couple was shot by random robbers and not through the will of their little girl — would have to be Pan’s last.

This January, an Ontario court declared Pan and her three-co blamed (Wong, Crawford and Mylvaganam) guilty of firstdegree murder and endeavored homicide. They were all given life sentences with no possibility of parole for a long time. Carty, who has pleaded not guilty, will be tried independently.

While Pan’s trial was vigorously reported in the Toronto press, it ended up representing just a part of a more intricate and tangled story, told by Ho. The Toronto Life piece, to some extent in light of the fact that it was accounted for and investigated by a previous colleague acquainted with Pan’s life, offered a record of the intricacies paving the way to her horrendous deed. Since it was distributed recently, the article has been broadly shared on Facebook, hitting a powerful chord with Asian settler kids in Canada and the U.S. who have taken to online networking to share stories of childhoods portrayed by elevated standards and the handicapping fear connect-

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ed with not meeting them.

Pan’s case recounts the tale of Asian foreigners’ fantasies swung to savage nightmare. The adventure is full of tensions that have swarmed discussions encompassing Asian settler groups as of recently, from the “model minority” myth to the civil argument about whether Asian child rearing yields better results.

As attention is attracted to the emotional well-being issues among Asians in Canada, it now additionally fuels questions about how much pressure is too much.

It’s an error to take one case and sum up or generalize, noted Jennifer Lee, a human science teacher at the University of California Irvine who specializes in Asian American life in America. Furthermore, she said, it would be an oversight to ascribe Pan’s inconveniences to “tiger parenting.”

Pan’s story is an amazing case. “It’s so easy to blame immigrant parents,” said Lee, who co-authored the recently released book “The Asian American Achievement Paradox.” “The danger of highlighting cases like Jennifer’s is that they contribute to a misconception that all Asian American kids experience this extreme pressure and are mentally unstable.”

But she said, “Jennifer’s parents certainly had a role in making her feel trapped, but I think there’s a broader discussion to be had about the expectations that teachers, peers and institutions place on people like Jennifer to fit that stereotype of the exceptional Asian American student.”

“Ultimately, it’s a horrible crime,” writer Ho said in an interview with The Washington Post. “But because so many people have gone through the ex-

perience of growing up like Jennifer, it’s not unfathomable to them that someone would just break.”

“The more I found out about Jennifer’s strict childhood,” Ho composed, “the more I could identify with her. I grew up with immigrant folks who additionally came to Canada from Asia (in their case Hong Kong) with nothing, and a father who requested a lot from me. My father anticipated for me to be at the top of my class, particularly in math and science, to always be obedient, and to be excellent from every other angle. He needed a youngster who was similar to a trophy — something he could brag about.”

In the Reddit talk of the story, one user, who made new account in order to be anonymous, said: “…. This story did a number on me, because my life used to resemble hers. I come from an Asian family, with a lot of that immigrant parent mentality. I was an exceptional student in high school, getting scholarships for university and having my pick on which to attend.

And then it went downhill from there.”

He also lived at home, pretending to have a respectable job: “[My parents] gave me everything, sacrificed so much for my success, and this was the result.” But unlike Pan, he adds, “I accepted those conditions from my parents to fix my life …. I don’t have any sympathy for Jennifer Pan because I feel like I was in her shoes. After her parents found out, her dad reacted similar to mine, so did her mom.”

But, he wrote, “I used the opportunity to get my life back, she used it to wreck hers.”

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continued from p(17) the border and made enquiry about the route to Pakistan.

They found out that the border was closed at that time, but instead of leaving, they waited beside the car.

The ever conscious BSF personnel became suspicious and walked up to them. The cousins became scared and took to their heels.

The border guards ran after them, compelling them to abandon the car. The stu-

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Kaduna Refinery Commences Production

By Dele Akintilo The Kaduna Refining and Petrochemicals Company (KRPC) have commenced refining of about 60,000 barrels of crude daily following the refurbishment of two of the company’s major production lines.

According to KRPC, they are currently working with a milestone target of releasing two million litres of petrol per day into the market starting from October 2015.

While speaking about the target, the Managing Director of the company, Mr. Saidu Muhammed said, “We are doing a lot at the moment to make sure that

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we achieve 80 per cent of refining capacity.” He gave assurance that the KRPC’s level of production would reach 90 per cent by the second quarter of 2016.

The company’s cur-

rent production capacity is 110,000 barrels of crude per day. Mr. Muhammed said rehabilitation work on the other two production lines of the company continued on p(48)

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• Getting out into the world, getting a job, experiencing and learning.

• Figuring out how business works.

• Learning what you like to do and what you’re good at – your strengths to leverage and weaknesses to overcome.

• Gaining confidence from your success-

Mogo wants to be the Uber of banking

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es and wisdom from your failures.

• Meeting smart people, asking good questions and listening to what they have to say.

• Figuring out what it takes to be a good employee and how to motivate and manage others.

• Learning what works and what doesn’t work in the real world.

• Putting yourself out there so you’re aware of opportunities and maybe even create your own luck.

• U n d e r s t a n d i n g that it’s all completely and entirely up to you – nobody else can do it for you and nobody is holding you back, either.

• Having your priorities straight, the work ethic to always get the job done, and the discipline to focus on what matters and not on what doesn’t.

• It always comes down to the same thing. Doing what matters. That’s exactly how world-class companies like GE and P&G breed

hundreds, if not thousands, of entrepreneurs who found tomorrow’s startups and CEOs that turn good companies into great ones: on-the-job experience.

• Now I’ll tell you what doesn’t matter.

What doesn’t matter is what everyone else says and does. That’s right; none of it matters. Not a word. Of course, the exception is the people you come across in your realworld experience. If you get out in the world and do things, you will inevitably meet and learn from thousands of people. That’s 99 percent of the wisdom you’ll need.

No kidding.

• Here’s another way to look at it. Let’s talk about spheres of influence. The popular wisdom of the day is that everyone should have these enormous spheres of communication and social networks, the bigger the better.

• Popular wisdom is wrong and I’ll tell you why.

• Social networking – tweeting, posting, linking, blogging, too – is what I call “one-tomany” communication.

The level of interaction and quality of communication is lousy because a billion people are all doing the same thing so nobody has the bandwidth to read but a tiny fraction of what shows up in their stream.

Devyani Basoodetsing is a happy customer of Mogo Finance Know-how, an online moneylender that brought $50 million up in a present preliminary providing on the Toronto Inventory Change.

Based mostly in Vancouver, Mogo started giving on-line credits in 2006.

It just surpassed a million loans and has arrangements to open a storefront in Toronto, most likely inside of the Queen St. W. space.

Mogo is considered one of various Canadian companies planning to make advances into the Huge 5 banks’ share of the market. They have to utilize know-how to disrupt monetary suppliers in the identical means that Uber has upset the taxi business and Airbnb has upset the lodge market.

These financial knowhow new companies grasp similar to WealthSimple, NestWealth and WealthBar, and comparing to Grouplend and Borrowell.

Mogo, as distinctive on-line banks, offers loans to middle-income customers who need to solidify and repay other loans. Furthermore, it offers a good deal to low-wage customers who need quick cash they will repay when their subsequent payday arrives.

Basoodetsing is part of the latter gathering. She took a year off from work at maternity depart and borrowed a huge amount of money, leaving her without entry to standard loans and components of credit rating.

“I noticed Mogo online and thought I’d give it a attempt. I utilized at 11 p.m. Once I referred to as within the morning, I used to be happy to see my mortgage was permitted. I might

anticipate funds by the subsequent day,” she says.

She started with a $1,200 mortgage loan at a 36 per cent yearly rate of interest. She later ensured for a five-year mortgage for $5,000 at a 26 per cent of interest.

Mogo presents advances of as much as $35,000 at charges starting at 5.9 for each penny. Credit score assessment tested account holders may pay charges as much as 39.9 per cent, depending on the product.

Dave Feller, Mogo’s founder and chief government, spoke for the press.

He was frank about his point of using fiscal expertise to disrupt customer loaning — and maybe, sometime in the not so distant future, the entire banking endeavor.

“Our focus is to create a digital monetary model, identical to Uber,” he stated.

He started with the thought of “money on the go” (shortened to Mogo) for young people who need to avoid heading off to a financial institution department.

He embraces the idea of lending to all Canadians, even high-risk account holders whose advances go into default. He is mindful of there’s a danger to the corporate fame when it needs to take strong assortment actions.

Mogo supports finan-

cial education through computer games. It gives a free pay as you run Visa card with no month-to-month payment, planning to wean customers from bank cards, and gives decrease of interest to those that pay regularly.

It additionally has a 100-day cash back guarantee, which helps you to change your mind for any reason and pay again basically the mortgage principal. The corporate covers any charges.

Buyers are in any case prepared for his or her compensates. The shares (recorded on the TSX with the picture GO) have been estimated at $10 within of the preparatory providing, however.

The corporate has yet to make an income, paying little respect to earnings of $23.4 million in income last year and $19.5 million within the first half of 2015. It reported a web lack of $4.7 million within the second quarter — up from $3.4 million — on account of bigger spending on expertise change and advertising.

Silicon Valley is coming, U.S. broker Jamie Dimon said. On-line loan specialists “need to eat our lunch.”

When you join Mogo’s distribution, you get an email saying, “Welcome to the riot. Uncredit card your life.”

• That’s why the vast majority of online interaction is a complete waste of time. Everything you post just bounces around the Web and nothing ever really comes of it. Nothing that matters, anyway. It’s like throwing a bucket of water into the ocean. Sure, there’s more water in the ocean now, but so what?

• Also, whatever you learn online is visible to everyone so it provides no competitive advantage whatsoever.

• The way to be successful is to keep

your sphere of influence small and focused. How small and focused? That depends. Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates wrote code.

Richard Branson sold records. Their spheres were relatively small and extremely focused in the early days of their careers while they were building their businesses. Then they grew in time. That’s usually how it works.

• It basically comes down to this: You do want to broaden your sphere but you want to broaden it by doing what

matters, not by wasting your time on what doesn’t matter.

• Not only does reading about rich people’s habits not matter, the same is true of the vast majority of what you do online. And if they wasted their time with all that stuff, wealthy people would never have become wealthy to begin with. The only thing successful people do that matters is focus on doing what matters. Simple as that.

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Availability of abortion pill will vary across Canada to perform abortions or to refer patients for them, as long as they connect the patient with further services. In at least one province, Ontario, doctors will be able to abstain from prescribing the abortion pill as well, with rules not yet updated in some other provinces.

“I think there’s lots of different, complex reasons why people don’t give the care,” said Robyn MacQuarrie, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Truro, N.S. Dr. MacQuarrie previously offered to travel to PEI to provide surgical abortions, which are not available there. “I’m optimistic that now that there’s a medication that limits some of those barriers, they’ll be willing to appropriately treat those patients.”

The drug combines mifepristone and misoprostol, which act together to stop a woman’s body from producing progesterone and to force the uterus to contract.

It is generally used to terminate a pregnancy at between seven and nine weeks.

RU-486 has been approved in the United States since 2000 and in France since 1988, and it’s available in nearly 60 countries, including Australia, where no prescription is required.

The drug’s cost in the U.S. is between $300 to $800, according to Planned Parenthood.

Health Canada announced its approval two and a half years after the manufacturer’s application.

It won’t allow pharmacies to

dispense the drug without a prescription, following the lead of most countries, said Health Canada spokesman Eric Morrissette.

Fifteen years after the drug’s introduction to the U.S., it is primarily available at established abortion clinics, said Vicki Saporta, president of the National Abortion Federation. However, some private physicians also started offering it, as did some health clinics in rural areas.

What pattern will appear in Canada “remains to be seen,” Ms. Saporta said.

Abortion has been the least accessible in PEI, in the three northern territories, and in New Brunswick, which recently removed some restrictions around the service, she said.

Women living in the remote regions of all provinces face their own hurdles.

For Nova Scotia women outside of Halifax, the arrival of RU-486 will be noticed, Dr. MacQuarrie said.

“I work in a pretty rural area of the province, and they may not get care on their doorstep, but I can’t think of any area where there would be an undue barrier with the access to RU-486.”

In PEI, however, the difficulties come down to more than a long drive. One reason for pessimism among local pro-choice advocates is that drug-induced abortion is already available on the island, but it’s nearly impossible to explain where.

Doctors across the country already combine misoprosto and a chemotherapy medication called methotrexate to create abortions, a well-known option less safe and effective than RU-486. In PEI, a handful of doctors offer the drug cocktail, but even the registrar of the province’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, Cyril Moyse, doesn’t know who they are. If a patient asked for information, he would likely send them to pro-choice activists for word-of-mouth wisdom, Dr. Moyse said.

“That would be the most direct way, I would think,” he said One such activist, Becka Viau, said there are rumoured to be six doctors providing the service. “I think it’s social pressure,” she said.

“It’s kept secret.”

When women find doctors who will prescribe the

methotrexate combination, some PEI pharmacists will refuse to fill the prescription on conscientious grounds, said UPEI professor Colleen MacQuarrie. That’s within pharmacists’ rights, as long as they ensure the patient has an alternate source of care, said Janet Cooper of the Canadian Pharmacists Association.

Canadian doctors who were wary of the makeshift cocktail will likely be more willing to prescribe an abortion drug that’s approved by Health Canada for that purpose, said Jennifer Blake, the CEO of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada. She expects the society to provide formal training around the drug and its side effects to doctors who want to offer it, and said family doctors and obstetricians will both be able to qualify. Doctors’ approaches to abortion “depends on the community,” Dr. Blake said.

“I think if you look at physicians in general as coming from the fabric of Canadians society, Canadian society on the whole feels this is a decision that is best made by a woman herself, and I would expect that to be the same among health-care providers.”

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Sex-Selection Services in Demand at U.S. Fertility Clinics

By Ariel Concepcion U.S. fertility clinics are offering childless couples the chance to have their own children. Not only that, they are made also to choose what gender they want their child be. Today, it is no longer a mere service that gives infertile couples the chance to bear one. It is beyond that. The clinics that give this service are growing in number everyday across the United States.

This popular, yet controversial service is also known as “nonmedical sex selection” or “family balancing”.

The Wall Street Journal reported recently that Fertility Institutes, an organization which is known to offer child sex selection services in New Mexico, New York and Los Angeles attested that majority (90 percent) of their clients do not have fertility issues, but they flock from the U.S. or overseas to make sure they have the “right gender” for their next child.

Currently, these fertility clinics are providing sex selections through vitro fertilization (IVF) and implanting the client-selected embryos and discarding or freezing the others. The procedure cost about $18,000 with an accuracy of 99.99 percent and an additional service on evaluation of all 46 chromosomes present in the embryos for genetic purposes, the report added.

This procedure is not legal in other countries. Some of the countries which legalized this service include the U.S. and Mexico on which the couple undergoes IVF together. During the process,

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But not all are happy with these developments.

Some human rights advocates are criticizing the procedure as “too harsh for the unwanted embryos that are left in the cold as they are indefinitely frozen”. Additionally, the Wall Street Journal reported that the ethics committee of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is against the procedure citing humanitarian reasons.

As Sigal Klipstein, head of the ACOGs ethics committee, told the Wall Street Journal, “We don’t want people to use the technology that is really intended to help couples with medical needs for nonmedical reasons”.

Unfortunately, according to latest surveys, majority of couples preferred males over female embryos; this made critics more vocal about the practice citing the imbalance on gender equality and discrimination the procedure may entail on the long run.

On this matter, Joel Baltzofin, medical director of New York Fertility Services told the Wall Street Journal, “If people want to avail themselves of the technology, why not?”

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FROM THE DOCTOR’S DESK MARGINALIZATION OF CORRUPTION VICTIMS IN NIGERIA

By Dr. Ignatius Odianosen Okosun (PhD)

T

he Spanish philosopher José Ortega Gasset in the beginning of last century, articulated a solution to societal ills that stroke me as ingenious, in a deranged way. He argued that all public sector workers from the top down should be demoted to the level beneath their current job. His reasoning foreshadowed the Peter’s Principle: in hierarchies, people “rise to their level of incompetence”.

The tech investor Ben Horowitz added a twist to this scenario in his book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things,: “The Law of Crappy People”. As soon as someone on a given rung at a company gets as good as the worst person the next rung up, he or she may expect a promotion. Yet, if it is granted, the firm’s talent levels will gradually slide downhill. No one person need be peculiarly crappy for this to occur; bureaucracies just tend to be crappier than the sum of their parts.

However it is wrong to think of these pitfalls as restricted to organisations.

There is a case to be made that the gravitational pull of the mediocre affects all life. According to John Stuart Mill , the general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.

People and organisations hit plateaux not because they could not do better, but because a plateau is a tolerable, even comfortable place. Even evolution – life itself! – is all about mediocrity. “Survival of the fittest is not a holistic progression towards greatness”.

Those not too keen to take a break from the past are now eager to rate President Muhammadu Buhari low in his first few days in office. They want to accentuate President’s first month with the internal strive within his party and the slight administrative lapses he has had to deal with as president and commander in chief of armed forces of the federal republic of Nigeria as too slow progression towards greatness.

Primordial asessments of this nature are not unexpected and are indeed welcome. But besides sensing that a harsh verdict is deliberate or misguided from the opposition, this type of appraisal is usually reserved for the President’s first hundred days in office.

The hundred days in office is an American concept traced to the extraordinary first months of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency.

That period started the contemporary custom of taking

a new President’s measure just after three months in office, because the hundred day mark provides a useful yardstick for assessing a new administration.

Without discountenancing the genuine yearnings of the masses and analysts who were glued on the concept of change and wanted President Muhammadu Buhari to hit the ground running, the first day, one week or the first month should indeed count for something. There can be no time to waste in this onerous task of rebuilding a beleaguered nation. This is why it is important, in evaluating the tone of this administration, not to confuse the internal striving within the All Progressives Congress and the tussle at the National Assembly with the change that Buhari promised through the need to chart a new course for Nigeria. Comparing his first days in office with the late Umaru Yar’Adua’s, and submitting a verdict that the president is slow, therefore, is hasty and needless.

The configuration that Jonathan left behind is decayed and sickening and it will be inequitable to imagine that President Muhammadu Buhari will perform magic in dealing with it at a go. A regime that doubted the veracity of the kidnap of more than two hundred school girls and politicized national security so much so that it had to pay for foreign mercenaries when the international community kept it at arm’s length must have left extensive rot that would require a colossal amount of goodwill and tact to deal with.

The same regime that spent a quarter of national budget on bogus fuel subsidy yearly, growing waste from N285bn to N1.3trn in its first year and excused corruption for mere stealing, a clear case of institutionalized corruption and impunity. That administration did not leave this country on a mere sick bed but the intensive care unit without us even knowing it and yet we are asking to be discharged after just a month with our blood pressure still reading 230/180 which is suicidal for a nation in limbo.

The three key pillars upon which change is expected are war against corruption, national security and the competent management of resources.

These issues have definitely occupied President Muhammadu Buhari orbit in his first month and it is apparent that a changed approach is already being felt.

On terrorism in the NorthEast, the first task is not to be in denial. We have seen Buhari relocating the military command to Maiduguri

the heart beat of the Boko Haram extremist group.

Today the level of confidence in Nigeria is remarkably towering and President Muhammadu Buhari, has been described by many as embodying ‘the promise of change’. Hardly surprising, given that one of the reasons he became president is because of his apparent zero-tolerance approach to corruption. Nigerians have indeed continued to offer increasingly passionate support to the president. But one useful complementary legal remedy against corruption has been largely ignored: the use of human rights law to empower the citizens and provide effective remedies for victims of corruption.

Corruption is anathema to effective enjoyment of human rights but it is often considered an ‘ordinary and victimless crime.’ It is not yet the myth that corruption is a victimless crime has prevailed for many years, in part because of the narrowed conception of corruption, and the perceived legal and practical challenges, such as causation, evidence-gathering and legal stand¬ing.

However, it is not that those who characterise corruption as victimless completely disagree that it causes harms, especially to the economically and socially vulnerable (any individual or determinate class of persons, who by reason of poverty, or disability or socially or economically disadvantaged and vul¬nerable position, suffer most the immediate effects of violations of human rights caused by corruption). On the contrary, the argument often put forward is that since no one victim suffers more harm than others, and that there may be no direct victim, it is probably pointless to labour in search of ‘invisible victims’. This line of reasoning would appear weak and difficult to sustain.

Moreover apart from causing both direct and indirect economic and other harms to citizens and the public in the form of the loss of the common wealth and public revenue, corruption also causes nonmonetary loss in the form of wide¬spread and consistent denial of impartial application of the rule of law.

While it may be difficult to quantify the harms that corrup¬tion causes, this does not make the harms less real, less destructive, or less corrosive. In fact, the manifestations and indicators of these harms can be easily recognised in the form of poverty and the systematic, gross human rights violations that millions of economically and

socially vulnerable Nigerians have suffered for many years.

Quoting the former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan address during the 2003 adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC): ‘[H]as a wide range of corrosive effects on societies; undermines democracy and the rule of law; leads to violations of human rights; erodes the quality of life, hurts the poor dis¬proportionately by diverting funds intended for development, and undermines a state’s ability to provide basic services.’

While it is true that the causes of poverty and underdevelopment in Nigeria are complex (and no single factor causes poverty), the longstanding problem of corruption is unquestionably one explanation for deficits in the rule of law, a drain on public treasury, and exacerbation of existing vulnerabilities and inequalities.

President Muhammadu Buhari government therefore can not afford to treat grand corruption as an isolated incident if he does not want to be accused in four years’ time of leaving both communities and individual victims of corruption powerless and without effective remedies. At the moment, the legal frameworks against corruption in Nigeria do not reflect elements of the accountability of the government for the human rights violations faced by victims of grand corruption. The victims are largely neutralised and virtually anonymous in the criminal process, with no access to human rights remedies.

The overriding priority for the Buhari government is to provide a strong leadership by proposing and facilitating the passage of a bill by the National Assembly that would characterise grand corruption as a breach of national trust and grant the citizens enforceable human rights to ensure the eradication of corruption and abuse of power and also to establish a trust fund for victims of corruption in the country.

President Muhammadu Buhari government can take a clue from the abandoned 1995 draft Constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria ironically proposed

by General Sani Abacha regarded as one of the most corrupt leaders in Africa, which explicitly grants legal standing to the citizens to sue for violations of their human rights occa¬sioned by corruption. The draft constitution provided in section 35 that ‘Every person shall have the right to: (i) ensure the eradication of

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corrupt practices, and abuse of power; (ii) protect and preserve public property; (iii) fight against misappropriation and squandering of public funds.’

The proposed legislation can also contain provision to characterise the failure of national and foreign banks to prevent stolen funds from being cached in their banks and to aid in their recapture as complicity, after the fact, and itself, a delict. Also, the Buhari government should institute a trust fund for victims of corruption, drawn mostly from recovered stolen wealth and other interest that might be generated from this. Given the limited resources available, fines should be imposed on corrupt officials, and such fines should be set aside as endowment for the trust funds.

The proposed trust funds can also be augmented by support from international development agencies and other relevant institutions and the private sector. Part of the funds should be used to establish victims’ assistance programmes (VAP) to ensure the victims’ perspective is fully incorporated into the fight against corruption.

The notion of trust funds for victims of human right violations is a well-established mechanism in international law and relations, such as under Article 75 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ;which creates a fund for the benefit of victims of international crimes and their families, the assets of which may originate from money or property collected through fines or forfeiture imposed by the (ICC) on the individual perpetrator.

The idea of a trust fund is also frequently adopted in mass claims programmes (such as the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal of 1981) to provide ‘effective remedies for numerous individuals who suffered losses, damage or injuries as a result of an armed conflict or a similar event causing widespread damage’. The existence of armed conflict is not a obligation for mass claims: similar types of claims would arise from environmental disasters, causing widespread damage or injury, or from systematic human rights violations in peacetime caused by corruption.

The goal is presumably to achieve ‘practical justice that would be speedy and resourceful, yet not rough’. Mass claim cases are clearly similar in kind to the adverse effects of corruption on human rights.

Therefore, the President Muhammadu Buhari government should replicate the mass claim principles,

and work towards establishing trust for victims of corruption. By establishing such trust funds, the President Muhammadu Buhari government will also be signalling that victims will no longer be marginalised in the fight against corruption.

Indeed, the UN Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power provides some guarantees for victims such as those that suffer ‘substantial impairment of their fundamental rights’ through acts or omissions, including abuse of power. Corruption is implied here as the ultimate abuse of power. Victims of human right violations would be entitled to effective remedies regardless of whether they bring their claims against the state in an individual or collective capacity and Nigeria should not be an exception to this rule. However the institutions of governance and the society as a whole are the victims. Furthermore, corruption disproportionately inflicts grave harms on the economically and socially vulnerable, who, in addition to violations of their specific human rights, are also denied access to effective operation of the rule of law and institutions of government. In his ‘Covenant with Nigerians’ President Muhammadu Buhari stated ‘I believe if Nigeria does not kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria.’ But if any significant and sustainable success is to be recorded in the fight against corruption, the Buhari government will need to avoid mistakes of previous regimes.

Nigerians are not in doubt as about the commitment of the Buhari administration on its anti-corruption crusade. His stance on corruption accompanied by verbal and body language is unequivocal. But many are worried regarding the seemingly lukewarm position of National Assembly in the fight against corruption. For the benefit of doubt since the inauguration of the 8th Assembly on 9th of June, 2015, they have only managed to have 15 days of sitting with 12 weeks of recess. Nigerians expect to see a more proactive National Assembly that engages the people. It is pathetic that there is issues of fighting over juicy committee, no wonder the President is taking his time to compile the ministerial list, and also sourcing and scouring for fearless judges to try corrupt officials. The big issue that should bother the legislation should be how to create a lean government, cut cost, to come out and pledge support for the fight against continued on p(48)

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A friend of mine just lost a bid to a contract after rigorous screening and meetings he passed through before he was finally turned down.

As he came into the room, I felt something was totally wrong with him. His entrance into the room changed the atmosphere of the whole place from vivid to dreary and I felt this was not good. He sat on the couch like a dead wood and the look from his once radiant face was that of someone that just witnessed tsunami debacle.

At first I was wondering the reason for his cold appearance but later after debriefing, I understood while he was so down. This was the third consecutive projects he lost to other bidders that are less experienced and skillful in his field.

He is man that never compromised standard and qualities when it comes to projects and his guiding principle is ‘there is no short cut to success’.

He further explained about his plan to give up with his field of work and move into another one for he is getting too old for the field as young and incompetent project managers are finding their ways through the back doors to secure projects.

I told him that sometimes we are caught up in the middle of life crisis that could resulting into us thinking why are we into a particular jobs, family or relationship. This kind of situation will make us to have second thought of who we are and what we do. The simple solution that comes to our mind as well as ring in our head is to simply give up and move away from the situation as if it does not exist.

The Big Question: Do we really need to keep forging ahead with a particular game, study, and project or dream that always evade us just right in front of us?

I will use Serena Williams as a case study for the above question. In 2012 before the Olympics, Serena was at her lowest performance and ranking after going out in the first round of the French Open, her earliest exit at a grand slam.

She was miserable after that defeat which seems unimaginable. On a particular Sunday in 2012, the 30-yearold American capped off a ‘golden summer’ by winning a fourth US Open crown for her 15th slam singles title.

Her victory in the last grand slam of the season came after she won Wimbledon and singles and doubles gold med-

als at the 2012 London Games.

“Losses really motivate me,” Williams said after a champagne toast at her news conference following her 6-2 2-6 7-5 victory over world number one Victoria Azarenka in a thrilling US Open women’s final.

“I was miserable after that loss in Paris. I have never been so miserable after a loss,” she said of her defeat to 111thranked Virginie Razzano of France.

“I don’t know if that helped me, the loss in Paris. I like to believe it did, because I just wanted to do more. I wanted to do more and more and more.” After beating Australian Open champion Azarenka on Sunday, Williams collapsed on her back and covered her face in shock.

“This is the best feeling I think in tennis,” she said.

Williams has had to overcome more than defeats. She battled a slew of injuries over the last few years, including a severe foot injury and life-threatening blood clots in her lungs, and also had behaviour issues that plagued her at the US Open.

The power-hitting Williams has managed to come through it all in brilliant fashion, showing she still has the skill, will and enthusiasm to rule the women’s game. “I was in the hospital last year,” said Williams, who checked herself in after having trouble breathing and was found to have the blood clots. “So it means a lot.

To win Wimbledon is always so special, but coming to your home country and winning this one is just awesome. To win two in a year, it’s great.”

Williams said she tried to think on the positive side, but has perspective about the challenges that must be faced. “I don’t think about the downs too much. I hope I never think about them as my life continues,” she said.

“But I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.”I have fallen several times. Each time I just get up and I dust myself off.

So I feel really awesome that I have been able to do that. “You see great people like Muham-

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mad Ali, for instance, who is a complete person I have always looked up to in sports. He went to jail for so long and he came back as a champion again.

“So I just really think that really defines a champion.”

Williams’s previous two trips to the US Open ended with matches in which she badly lost control of her temper. She threatened an official on court for calling a foot fault on her in the 2009 semi-final against Kim Clijsters, and insulted the chair umpire when she was punished for screaming during a point against Sam Stosur in last year’s final. There was a moment in Sunday’s final against Azarenka that tested Williams’s self-control after she was assessed a foot fault in the second set and glared at the chair umpire.

“This is the first year in a long time I haven’t lost my cool,” she said, drawing a laugh from reporters. “I think everyone thought about last year. (But) I was just thinking, OK, which foot was it? So I would know not to do that again.”

Her extraordinary 2012 summer of success is extra special considering she began her run as a grand slam champion 13 years ago when she won the US Open crown as a 17-year-old. Asked to compare herself to the teenager who the 1999 title, Williams said: “We both have so much to look forward to. I feel like even though I’m 30, I feel so young and I’ve never felt as fit and more excited and more hungry.

“Even with this win, (I’m) so excited still to play the next grand slam and see what I can do. Just to do more, I love that feeling. “I will think about my legacy when I’m done.”

Many of us have been disappointed and fall severally.

The falling as well as the situation that lead to the fall is not what matter but how will can pull through from the fall. Let spend little or no time thinking about the fall or the difficulty you are going through now but focus on those periods you had success and breakthrough.

This will help to give hope and meaning about life likewise a reason to live for another day.

TO AN ADOLESCENT, THERE IS NOTHING IN THE WORLD MORE EMBARRASSING THAN A PARENT.

DAVE BARRY

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Seat change request of Hilton Removing Porn Movies an ultra-Orthodox Jewish From Its Hotels passenger sparks controversy

By R.Stanmbolija

By Chasing Liberty Christine Fylnn, a former Halifax chef got offended with a seat change request on Porter Airlines after an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man refuse to sit beside her for religious reasons.

The 31-year-old chef was already buckled on her seat, waiting for the departure of the Newark, N.J. to Toronto flight when the man approached another gentleman sitting across the aisle o request for seat change.

“He came down the aisle, he didn’t actually look at me … or make eye contact. He turned to the gentleman across the aisle and said, ‘Change,’” said Flynn who was confused why the man was talking to the other passenger but gestures toward her direction. Although the man didn’t talk directly to her, she understands that he doesn’t want to sit beside her due to the fact that she is a woman.

According to Flynn, if only the man had been upfront in speaking to her and asked politely for seat change, she might have been considerate to accept the request. Language might been one of the major issue considering the man’s English wasn’t that good, but it was his gesture of looking away from Flynn which offended the female passenger.

“He could have made

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a plan, he could have put in a request,” said Flynn in her interview with Metro Morning on CBC Radio.

“When someone doesn’t look at you, and when someone doesn’t acknowledge you as person because of your gender, you’re a lot less willing to be accommodating. Leaving it to the last minute and expecting me to move is appalling. He’s expecting me to fall in to that archetypical feminine role and acquiesce.”

The first passenger which the man asked to exchange seats refused to accept with his request, so he turned to another passenger in the next row asking the same request. This time, one flight attendant noticed the trouble and inquired if something is wrong.

Flynn answered the aircrew saying ‘This man is refusing to sit next to me because I am a woman.’

Immediately, another man sitting behind Flynn offered to switch seats with her. But she refused to move when the flight attendant asked if she is willing to give up her seat. The idea was ridicu-

lous for Flynn and she was out of words right after.

Eventually, the man was accommodated on a new seat beside another male passenger and the aircraft took off. Nevertheless, the incident left Flynn frustrated.

Spokesman Brad Cicero of Porter Airlines admitted that the incident indeed transpired. He also added that the flight steward “did his best to manage the situation as efficiently and reasonably as possible in order to avoid an unnecessary delay.” During the flight there were limited options to change one passenger’s seat to another since it was quite full, said Cicero.

What Flynn is hoping to hear now is an apology from the airline, “There really should be a policy around this. If people are going to get on flights and demand that they sit next to someone of the same sex, there should be an area where they can go. I should not have to move because someone has a problem with my uterus.”

Notably, seat issues between female passengers and ultra-Orthodox Jewish men are pretty common nowadays. According to an article published on New York Times last April, this usually happens in some flights from New York to Israel which often cause disruption or delays in flights in the past years.

British Airways Modifies Their Menu to Serve Ghanaian Delicacies

By Sandra M. Competition can be very beneficial to customers, since it leads to the players in the industry

applying a notch higher product or services to stay ahead of the rivals. British Airways listens to its customers as they are willing to go an extra step and in-

clude traditional Ghanaian dishes as part of the flights menu on the Accra-London route.

During a press briefing in Accra, Mr. Kelvin

Voyagers who count requesting X-rated movies in their hotel rooms as a feature of their vacation stay can exclude Hilton Hotels & Resorts, as the chain has reported it will remove all on-demand explicit movies from its properties, around the world.

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation, which reported the change, had already recorded the Hilton on its “Dirty Dozen” list, which it regards the “12 leading helpers of sexual abuse.”

NCOSE declared that it is thankful to Hilton for its “decision to no longer seek profits from hardcore pornography.”

“We want to publicly thank Hilton for its decision to create a safe and positive environment for all of its customers,” said Dawn Hawkins, official executive of NCOSE, in an announcement.

“Hilton has taken a stand against sexual exploitation.

Pornography not only contributes to the demand for sex trafficking, which is a serious concern in hotels, but it also contrib-

utes to child exploitation, sexual violence, and lifelong porn addictions. The National Center on Sexual Exploitation applauds Hilton Hotels for recognizing these harms, and is glad to announce that Hilton Hotels will be removed from the Dirty Dozen List.”

This is what’s on NCOSE’s “Dirty Dozen” list now: American Apparel, American Library Association, Backpage.com, CKE Restaurants, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Department of Justice, Facebook, Fifty Shades of Grey, Sex Week, Verizon and YouTube.

Air Canada will charge $25 to check a bag soon

By Chasing Liberty Domestic passengers of Air Canada will soon be charged for checked bag fees, the same policy that WestJet implements despite critical reactions from travelers. The fee will be effective starting November 2 and will be charged on passengers booking Tango fares on the lowest economy class.

Matching the new policy carried out by WestJet, Air Canada said that it is currently adjusting its new rules on first-checked-bag policy to keep it aligned with the prevailing industry practices applied in North America.

For tickets booked by the end of August on the lowest economy Tango fare for Canada flights, travelers will be charged for checked bag fees starting November 2. The new rules however, do not apply to passengers of Air Canada who booked economy

tickets within the higher Latitude and Flex fares.

WestJet also don’t ask for fees on checked luggage for Flex and Plus, two higher fare classes of the airline. Frequent travelers and people who buy an Air Canada Vacations packages will also be exempted from paying the new fees.

Ultimately, only one in five passengers will be required to pay the checked-baggage fees in both airlines.

Charges for checked bags were already applied to flights to and from the United States via Air Canada since 2011. Flights to and from Mexico and the Caribbean via Air Canada will also apply the checked fee though no charges has been applied by WestJet on those routes.

Actually, the $25 fee charged on all domestic flights was first introduced in Canada through Porter Airlines last May. This expands

the policy which was only applied before on flights between the United States and Canada.

In the United States, paying baggage fees is ordinary, allowing the country to earn about $3.35 billion in 2013. Over the past years, many airlines are adding separate charges from their fares such as food and beverages, internet service and headphones. This scheme of unbundling their fares helps the airline company to generate more significant incomes.

When the second quarter of the year ended June 30, WestJet reported the have earned about $47.8 million ancillary revenue, higher than the $38.3 million income earned by the company in the same quarter last year, after the launching of premium seating.

Based on a per-passenger count, the increase of the ancillary fees in the quarter ranges from $1.50 to $10.04.

Leung , British airways Commercial manager for Ghana made it clear of their new endeavor. Stating, “We have just launched a new on-board menu from Accra to London following feedback from our Ghanaian passengers” Mr. Leung expressed his admiration for Ghana country for managing to hold on to its traditions, “Making it strong in culinary heritage.

In order to develop a better understanding of

traditional Ghanaian food, and their mode of preparation, the British Airways design chef worked hand in hand with the airlines local catering partner, explained Mr. Leung. “With the new menu, customers would now choose from a range of local Ghanaian dishes, as well as western dishes”, he passionately added.

Waakye, a traditional Ghanaian meal of bean cooked with rice, Kelewele, which is fried riped plan-

tain cubes, sprinkled with spices, shito sauce, which is prepared from dried chillies, tomato and pepper; sre some of the Ghanaian indigenous meals to be served on the flights, among others.

“There is great promise of improved relations as Ghana has remained a strategic partner with the airline”, noted Mr Leung.

So next time you are on a flight from Ghana to London, Go for your favorite home delicacy.

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Continued from last issue Johannesburg, SA January 2004 One day they were travelling. The man decided to climb his horse and the son carrying the luggage was following him. An old man met him and said, ‘What wisdom is this?

What sort of enslavement? Your young son is walking, carrying luggage on his head and you are riding on the horse, you are very inconsiderate.’

The man swallowed his pride and descended from the horse and allowed his son to ride the horse while he was following.

They had not walked too far when another man met them and said, ‘What wisdom is this?

You old man, you are walking and your son is riding the horse. He is the young man full of energy and vitality. How can you do that?’ The man was confused, about what to do.

So he decided to join his son on the horse with the luggage.

They had only moved a few kilometers, when they met another man, who stopped them and expressed their cruelty to the poor animal, ‘Do you want

to kill the animal? You pack your load, your son and yourself on this animal.

That is too much for the animal to bear.’

He suggested. The man totally embarrassed, and, to say the least, more than confused, decided to allow the animal to go free and he shared his luggage with his son and they were following the horse. After taking this very stressful journey to a point he met another man who stopped them and the horse and asked, ‘Who owns this horse?’

The man replied, ‘I am the owner.’

‘So tell me, are you this daft? You are carrying load on your head with your son and the horse is going free?’

Kenny that is not only your case, that is the case of this world. You can never satisfy the world

no matter what you do. If chocolate will kill me or is it sugar please let me die and keep your information to yourself. I will live my life because I know I cannot please the world” Kenny, though amused by the story, did not comment he just laughed. While telling the story Paola was making the soup. By now it was 9pm; they set their meal on the tiny round dining table. Kenny prayed aloud blessing God for the provision and praying for those who do not have.

Paola started eating when Kenny lifted up his head and said, ‘I consider this your attitude of prayer every time before a meal not only ritualistic but an unnecessary waste of time.

One day while you are doing that I will finish the meal.”

Kenny ignored him and settled to the ‘egusi’ soup and ‘eba’ combined meal. “This soup is very delicious,” commented Kenny. “Stop flattering me,” replied Paola.

“No my friend, I am not flattering you, the soup is very superb. It tastes really nice and has a good smell. I think it is the locust bean you put in it.

Locust beans is better than maggie cubes, according to my wife.

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By: Urban Myth

1. A woman who shot and killed her husband over a game of Bridge was not only acquitted of the crime, she managed to collect $300,000 in life insurance premiums.

2. Stainless steel was discovered by accident.

3. Two 17-year-old Pennsylvania boys turned a hillside barn into a speakeasy and gambling hall that raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars before police shut it down.

4. A woman once removed a label from a can of tuna and found a cat food label beneath.

5. When lions and tigers mate, their offspring are called tigons and ligers.

By: James Joyce

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his work of art reflects life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, and by rejecting euphemism, reveals

to the Irish their unromantic reality. Each of the 15 stories offers glimpses into the lives of ordinary Dubliners, and collectively they paint a portrait of a nation.

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off to college or university. I pray that God guides and protects you. I pray that the good Lord gives you knowledge and wisdom throughout your studies.

Till next month!

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In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his dreams broken by drinking, drugs, and women. Then, on a winter night in 1982, not far from Ron’s home, a young cocktail waitress named Debra Sue Carter was savagely murdered.

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A successful woman is one who can find such a man.”

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By Imani King I just had the best sex of my life with New York’s most eligible playboy bachelor, billionaire Preston Easterbrook.

There are only three problems. #1: He’s my brother’s best friend. #2: I can’t stand the man, and he can’t stand me either. #3: I’m pregnant now and the baby is his.

Actually, make that four problems. After I told Preston he was going to be a dad, he chased me down on the street and proposed marriage. Unfortunately, the paparazzi were there too. I fell during all the commotion, hit my head, and now I can’t remember anything.

1. ICED TEA Two girls ate dinner together. They both ordered iced tea. One girl drank them very fast and had finished five in the time it took the other to drink just one. The girl who drank one died while the other survived. All of the drinks were poisoned. How did the girl who drank the most survive?

2. DINNER TIME A woman shoots her husband, then holds him under water for five minutes. A little while later, they both go out and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

3. RICH PEOPLE A man is found murdered on a Sunday morning. His wife calls the police, who question the wife and the staff, and are given the following alibis: the wife says she was sleeping, the butler was cleaning the closet, the gardener was picking vegetables, the maid was getting the mail, and the cook was preparing breakfast. Immediately, the police arrest the murderer. Who did it and how did the police know?

4. ROOMS A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose among three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

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6. SEVENTEEN SHEEP A farmer has seventeen sheep. All but nine of them die. How many sheep does he have left?

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US Court orders release of detained immigrant children

By G.G. Bastalino A year ago, over 68,000 children travelled to the United States without a parent. As a consequence, they were held in detention centers of the Department of Homeland Security which was against a 1997 classaction settlement, ruling the prohibition of juveniles under the age of 18 to be detained for more than 72 hours.

Based on this settlement ruling, Los Angeles District Judge Dolly Gee ordered the administration of President Barack Obama weeks ago to quickly liberate immigrant children from being detained. The decision made last July affirmed that some of the minors who entered the country illegally were held in detention centers in violation of a landmark settlement.

Federal Court judge Gee said the government must comply with her order up until October 23 “without unnecessary delay.” Hundreds of unauthorized immigrant children are set to be released by virtue of Gee’s ruling, including the mothers

of some of these children.

The ruling was rendered just in time as U.S. presidential candidates debated over illegal immigration and the entry of unauthorized immigrants from Central America who crossed the borders of U.S. and Mexico. More than 68,000 minors travelled unaccompanied by their parents and entered the country last year. In response, the administration captured these unaccompanied minors or minors caught with a parent, in a detention facility. Some of these unaccompanied immigrant minors were released by the federal government from the border detention centers and brought to their relatives living in the United States.

However the ruling provides that those parents who were caught with their child will be kept in custody if authorities find a reasonable cause to believe that the adult poses harm to public safety or is a significant flight risk.

U.S. immigration authorities find the ruling contrary to the immigra-

tion principles. They argued that if these undocumented immigrant children are released, it would encourage families in Central America to take the risk of journeying to the north. Based on a report of Los Angeles Times, the federal government is presently detaining 1,400 parents and children in three border detention centers – one in Pennsylvania, two in Texas.

Last month, the government stated its disappointment over the decision and planned to transfer the children and their mothers as quickly as possible, through immigration detention centers intended for families. However, Gee said these family detention centers manifest a deplorable condition. There are days wherein crowded rooms are packed with kids who are not provided enough spaces for sleeping.

Moreover, the government can still seek an appeal over the ruling before the month of August ends.

On the other hand, no immediate comment has been obtained yet from the agency.

Cannabis treats Cancer, US government admits

US Military Aid to Pakistan, Suspended

By G.G. Bastalino Counter-terrorism operations in Pakistan won’t push through, as US government decides not to certify the attack intended in North Waziristan to destroy the Haqqani network. The network is a US-designated terrorist group based in Pakistan and connected with the Taliban. Some of the terrible attacks of the networks were carried out during the Afghan War. In a report published

by Dawn, the U.S. Department of Defense has declared that the Pakistani embassy in Washington was notified of the development. As a result, the release of another financial assistance from US for the Pakistani military will be suspended. Due to the the non-certification of the Operation Zarb-e-Azb, a counter-terror campaign set in Pakistan, the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) won’t issue the new financial support tranche. Nevertheless, an extension for another year was stipulated so long as the U.S. Department of Defense would permit Pakistan’s counter-terrorism operation against the Haqqani network in North Waziristan.

“Although most of the 2015 payment is moving through the pipeline, the Pentagon recently informed authorities in Pakistan that

a final $300 million may be withheld if the US defence secretary cannot certify sufficient action against the militant group,” officials said in a statement on Express Tribune.

With the suspended $300 million support, it is expected that a huge block between the United States and Pakistan would keep the two allies apart from their conflicting priorities and interest in settling the peace and order in the Afghan-Pakistani border. On top of the financial consequences of the suspended CSF financial support, the development will create a politically damaging blow on Islamabad. The Dawn said in a report that the decision to block the certification justified the perceptions of the Afghans that Pakistani is not wielding much power on cross-border terrorists as alleged by Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani.

At present, this allegation caused friction in ties with Kabul as well as activists associated to Haqqani network.

Although no confirmation has been communicated regarding the withholding of the next CSF tranche, it is expected that ties between U.S and Pakistan will continue to remain sour, the way it used to be since 2011, after the death of the US most wanted terrorist,

Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan following the U.S. commando’s raid. Nonetheless, Washington can still sort differences out in October, with the scheduled state visit of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

It is still unclear if Pakistan’s defense spending will be burdened with the CSF tranche suspension. But, according to early reports this year, Islamabad had already counted its overall budget together with the “US support payment to fund the coalition forces in Afghanistan who are seeking for logistic support within the Pakistani territory.”

Last month, United States released a $337 million tranche to Pakistan, but with the recent development, there is a possibility that Islamabad may not be able to expect the $1.5 billion aid from CSF for the current fiscal year.

While Pakistan will fall short of expecting another financial support from US this year, Russia came in just in time to conclude a major defense deal with Pakistan for the purchase of four Mi-35 Hind helicopters for combat operations. This deal may lead to a broader defense relationship between Pakistan and Russia despite some issues in cooperation expansion on both sides.

By G.G. Bastalino The U.S. government finally admitted that cannabis kills cancer cells. This statement was released after the government sponsored a study that intends to disprove the effectiveness of cannabis for medical use, but it resulted to prove the contrary, Metro UK reported.

In the past, hippies and several laudable scientists have declared that smoking or ingesting cannabis can help a person obtain medicinal benefits. Now, US government has put great emphasis on this mind-blowing claim that the herb is after all a source of medicinal benefits particularly for Cancer patients.

Based on the global health estimates, around 20,000 people across the world are killed every day due to cancer. Health researchers in the study funded by the US government disclosed that the active ingredient in cannabis called cannabinoids is the key factor the plays a great role in impeding the development of the illness by killing cancer cells and stopping major blood vessels to encourage

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the growth of tumours.

In a study conducted on mice and rats, cannabinoids demonstrated that it is capable of causing death to cancer cells while protecting normal cells in the process.

Remarkably, marijuana’s major chemical ingredients have shown how it can effectively fight the development of certain illnesses like liver cancer, colon cancer, breast cancers and other types of diseases. There was also a finding that cannabidiol has the capability to support the effectiveness of chemotherapy, leaving the patient free from horrible side effects.

Scientists conducted the research at St George’s University in London. No-

tably, they discovered cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), two cannabinoids in marijuana that weakened cancer cells, affirming the ability of cannabis to cure cancer effectively, apart from radiation treatment.

Here are snippets of claims written on the US government’s Cancer.org site by a health researcher: “Studies in mice and rats have shown that cannabinoids may inhibit tumor growth by causing cell death, blocking cell growth, and blocking the development of blood vessels needed by tumors to grow. Laboratory and animal studies have shown that cannabinoids may

A Swiss millionaire’s son is in court for paying three men to destroy his £ 150,000 Ferrari 458 so that the insurance could help him cover the cost for a new supercar. The 20 year old who lives part time in Augsburg, Germany has been convicted and sentenced to 22 months’ probation and charged a fine of £ 20,865 while his accomplices were each sentenced to 14 and 16 months’ probation following a court hearing in Augsburg. The young man was fed up with his Ferrari 458 and told the court he was low on cash and didn’t

have the courage to face his father, a Zurich-based businessman. However the young man revealed that he also gets monthly allowances of between £3260 and £6520 from his father who also paid for his son’s bail set at £140,200.

At the age of 20, the unnamed young man owns several properties valued at £17 million and 15 cars including a Lamborghini. He was advised by a local car dealer to commit insurance fraud by recruiting an accomplice from the dealer’s garage to set on fire the Ferrari, valued at £123,890. In making an alibi, the young man’s accomplice was left

in the car while he went to a massage parlour with a friend, when the car was set ablaze. However the incident was picked by security cameras. The car dealer and the other accomplice, who were each paid £9780 for the assistance, were later arrested when they returned to Switzerland.

The young man told the court, he got bored with the Ferrari and had hatched the plan so as to claim the latest model on his insurance. However his plot was discovered by the insurance company from evidence obtained from the CCTV footages and phone calls to his accomplices.

be able to kill cancer cells while protecting normal cells.

“A study in mice showed that cannabinoids

may protect against inflammation of the colon and may have potential in reducing the risk of colon cancer, and possibly in its

treatment.

“A laboratory study of delta-9-THC in hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer) cells showed that it

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Ghana set for Agricultural Revolution as WAATCO Plan to set Tractor Assembly

Light at the end of the Tunnel for Cancer Patients as a Cure takes Shape in University of Ghana

By Sandra M.

By F. Kumani In the next five years, The West Africa Agro-Tech Company Ghana Limited (WAATCO), has promised to set up an assembly plant in Ghana to deliver 5,000 tractors at a cheaper price to support the agricultural sector in the country and its surroundings.

Training the youth in and outside Ghana on opportunity generation in various technological fields and service to farmers, is also among the agendas of WAATCO. The revelation of this plan was disclosed during the inauguration of the company’s showroom in Accra, by the WAATCO, Managing Director, MrAkoliya Patel.

Indian made Sonalika tractors, farming machines, service center, training center and spare parts depot were

damaged or killed the cancer cells. The same study of delta-9-THC in mouse models of liver cancer showed that it had antitumor effects.”

At present, FDA has approved two cannabis medications.

Based on the reports of the National Cancer Institute the Department of Health, cannabinoids are useful treatment against cancer and its side effects through eating, smoking and ingesting tongue sprays and other cannabis-infused products.

Ingesting this medicinal herb in any of the various ways, stops cancer cells to grow, prevent inflammations, frustrate the developing blood vessels to grow tumours or feel muscle spasm relief.

While NIDA revealed that cannabis can kill cells and minimize the size of others, surprisingly the institution has expressed its opposition on the recent proposal submitted to the House of Representatives and the Congress which moves to legalize the use of cannabis all over the US.

displayed during this launch.

Mobile tractor service vans aimed at moving across the country offering after sale services, repair and maintenance to farmers as part of the purchase package of the tractors. “This we believe will guarantee the lifespan of tractors and also reduce the long distances farmers have to travel to seek spare parts and technical supports in some cases”, Said Mr. Patel.

Investment worth $200 million is set within the next five years in the agriculture sector is in the plan if the Government honors the initiative with support to agriculture in the form of subsidies among other ways.

“The company has commenced preparations to establish another showroom in Tamale to meet the needs of the farmers in Northern Ghana as well as those in the Sahel region,” furthered Mr. Patel.

During the inaugurating of the facilities, Mr. FifiKwetey, Minister of Food and Agriculture, appealed for investments in the agriculture

sector as it is the source of employment to more than 50 percent of the total Ghanaian population, endorsing the opening of WAATCO office in Ghana as a clear signal of the growing and strengthening partnership between Ghana and India.

“Use of technology in the agricultural sector will serve as a huge incentives to the youth who are not ready to venture into agriculture by viewing it full of hassle and suffering”, affirmed Mr. Kwetey.

He reassured of the Government’s commitment in the agricultural sector, revealing to the attendees the willingness of the Executive to support any private entity willing to invest in the sector.

He finalized his speech with a vote of thank to the President, Ghana Agriculture Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Philip Abayori for the initiative and encouraged stakeholders to take a step and register with the chamber to serve as facilitators for their investment in the agricultural sector in the country.

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In a press release, on 5th August 2015 in the official University of Ghana website the university announced that the University of Ghana was collaborating in discovery of Legonmycins: Future Microbial and Cancer Fighting agents.

“An international research team from the University of Ghana in collaboration with University of Aberdeen and Wuhan University in China has made a discovery of a set of new alkaloids from a novel Ghanaian microorganism which have a great potential as future microbial and cancer fighting agents”, stated the website.

For the first time, the compounds Legonmycins A and B, named after Legon, a suburb in Ghana have been identified by Dr Kwaku Kyeremeh, a lecturer at the university of Ghana’s Department of Chemistry in collaboration with other researchers.

The press release further expounds on the discovery , stating that Legonmycins A and B belong to a group of naturally occurring alkaloids based on the pyrrolizidine backbone.

Mainly produced by plants as a defence mechanism against insect pests and herbivores, Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs), have been used in the past for therapeutic and recreational purposes. The interesting part is that with even knowledge of over 660 plants pyrrolizidines are known

only a portion of about 10 backteria Pas have been characterized.

Recent studies have shown PAs to have pharmaceutical prowess in antitumour and anti inflammatory agents. However, their biosythentic origins have not been well comprehended until now.

Dr. Kwaku Kyeremeh, Dr. Hai Deng, Professor Yi Yu and their counterparts, found parts of the missing puzzle behind the mystery behind the amino acid composition and other biosythentic precursors involved in the biosythensis of bacteria PAs. Identification of Legonmycins as originating from non-ribosomal peptide synthetases, wre revealed using the method of genome analysis and identificationof gene clusters.

Dr Hai Deng, from the University of Aberdeen, said the benefit of their work, which is published in the top international journal Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. and featured as the back cover of the journal, is two-fold. “It moves on current understanding of this important group of alkaloids - an essential step forward if the full pharmaceutical potential of these substances are to be realised. The newly discovered compounds could themselves one day be used in the creation of new drug treatments, he said.

Dr. Deng further said that, the generation of these analogues depend first on determining the genome sequence of the compounds

and then working out how they can be biosynthesised.

According to Dr. Yi Yu, an Associate Professor from Wuhan University, in order to address the problem of resupply, the current research is a great step forward to our ability to use synthetic biology to generate what are known as analogues which are modified versions of the original alkaloids either from plants or microbes but, much suited to human health.

One of the researchers, Dr. Kwaku Kyeremeh, a Lecturer at the University of Ghana’s Department of Chemistry said that even though Ghana represents one of the world’s biodiversity rich hotspots until recently, very little research had been conducted on the country’s flora and fauna.

Different accounts of some work on plants, he added, exist but the identification of natural product compounds from microbes is completely new. Dr. Kyeremeh believes that, Ghana has a large number of microbial talents which future research must identify and isolate and noted that the results represent the ultimate goal for this area and type of research and concluded that the current findings are an important step forward to achieving this goal.

The research was sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust and the Royal Society’s Africa Award.

Source: University of Ghana official website

SAA launches route between Ghana and Washington DC

By Ariel Concepcion Accra, Ghana- The South African Airways (SAA), Africa’s leading airline, made a bold move by announcing its inaugural flight from the Ghanaian capital of Accra to the US capital of Washington, DC, early August this year.

This route, practically the first for SAA was confirmed during an official event on July 31 at the Labadi Beach Hotel in downtown Accra, Ghana. Officials from the government, the airlines’ executives and other foreign dignitaries were among the attendees of the big occasion. The guests include the LA Traditional Stool Head, Nii Tettey Pobu Tsuru II, and Honorable Dzifa Aku Attivor, Ghanaian Minister of Transport, and officials of the American Embassy and the American Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ghana. Also

present were executives of the Ghana Chamber of Commerce.

On the same event, the SAA Commercial Cooperation Agreement (SCCA) together with the Ghanaian domestic carrier African World Airlines (AWA) was also initiated, sealing further connections by flyers to the rest of West Africa. Currently, the airline is serving 24 countries across the African continent. The Ghana-Washington route however, is the second West African country that established air-links with the North American territory.

The new route will make SAA feel more of its presence in West Africa as analysts predicted and this will substantially increase more revenues for the air carrier. Its maiden flight departed from the Kotoka International Airport in Accra at 10:45 PM of Aug. 2, after a send-off ceremony. The Ghanaian Minister of Transportation was

on board the initial flight together with other guests from the government and members of the mass media.

The initial flight was piloted by Captain Themba McLean who is the first black Chief Standards Pilot, and copiloted by Senior First Officer Mvikeli Nongxa and Senior First Officer Yvette Findley-Walsh.

Arriving at the Washington Dulles International Airport, the party was greeted by a celebratory water-spray as the aircraft trails the airport’s taxiway.

According to the SAA’s flight schedules, the maiden flight is the beginning of the daily flights from Johannesburg to Accra; four of the flights would continue through Washington while three of the flights will fly directly to Abidjan, Ivory Coast. However, three of SAA’s current weekly flight schedules between Johannesburg and Washington shall continue to operate

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via Dakar, Senegal.

According to Mr. Kendy Phohleli, SAA executive of the Africa Hub Project, the decision to divert some of its North American flights to Ghana “is based on sound business principles as there is considerable demand for passengers wanting to fly between Ghana and the US.” He also added that “SAA anticipates the route will considerably add up for the larger opportunities for the growth of tourism and trade relations between Ghana and the United States”.

Additionally, Mr. Michael Cheng Luo, AWA Chief Executive Officer claimed that South African Airways is widely known to the Star Alliance as a strong regional player. The alliance is the largest group of leaders in the aviation industry worldwide; nevertheless, they are glad in welcoming the airline as their partner in Ghana.

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Baylor DE Sam Ukwuachu to face sexual assault charges

Sam Ukwuachu

By Ariel Concepcion

Waco, Texas - Sam Ukwuachu, Baylor’s defensive end was sentenced on this month for sexual assault against a female former Baylor soccer player.

Allegedly, the sexual violence happened in October 2013. While the case was being heard, the authorities established and organized a Title IX office which comprised a team of two fulltime investigators and Title IX investigators to maintain the peace and order within the university.

In a report released by the Waco Tribune-Herald, Ukwuachu, now 22, was

sentenced to 10 years of felony probation and may serve time at the county jail for six months as well as 400 hours of community service. The report added that Ukwuachu would be facing a maximum period of 20 years in prison.

Prior to conviction, Ukwuacho was previously arraigned for two charges of sexual battery in June 2014 for the same incident which the victim’s claimed to have occurred without her consent. The victim remained anonymous for security reasons. The Texas Monthly obtained a report of the victim’s testimony which narrates that Ukwuacho took the woman to his apartment

and forcibly penetrated himself to her despite repeated pleas to stop.

Further details about the woman’s ordeal with Ukwuacho during the homecoming night of Oct. 2013, when the crime allegedly took place were published on The Texas Monthly. This was the first time the facts were out into the public since the trial began. Notably, the paper reported that the woman testified and met Ukwuacho during an athletic tutoring program organized by Baylor. Texas Monthly added that the woman was driven

by Ukwuacho instead to his apartment after she agreed to transfer to another party during the homecoming night. On her testimony, she testified that the sexual assault happened inside Ukwuacho’s bedroom.

The woman further said in the report: “He was using all his weight on me to pull up my dress and do nasty things on me. He pulled my underwear to the side and forced my legs open with his toes while my head was pressed between his bed and desk forcing him inside of me. He succeeds while I was crying for mercy”. The victim also testified that she was a virgin at the time of the assault.

The Waco police interviewed the woman after she revealed the incident and filed a report on it, but the case was immediately suspended and no arrest was made. The television network CNN informed the Waco police that the case attained a national status, but

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Notably, some clinicians believe that the disorder many not be real which is caused ongoing debates in the psychological and medical health communities.

3. THE DRUG IS NOT POTENT ENOUGH. In a study about women who take Addyi, it revealed their libido levels only showed small im-

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Staying Safe When Boating This Summer (NC) For many Canadians, relaxing in the boat is a summer tradition. From engaging in water sports to cruising around the lake, boating is an activity the entire family can enjoy.

Before heading out on the open water, it’s important to familiarize yourself with boating rules and regulations to keep you and everyone aboard your vessel safe.

“As with driving a car, you never know when a boating accident may occur,” says Ryan Michel, senior vice president and chief risk officer at Allstate Insurance Company of Canada. “Erring on the side of caution is recommended so you can be prepared for any situation.”

If you’re planning to take a boat out, ensure you have your Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC). In Canada, it’s illegal for anyone to operate a powered recreational vessel unless they pass the required boating safety course. Check that your card is on board with you each time.

It’s legally required to have one properly-fitted life jacket for each passenger.

Encourage passengers to wear their life jacket in case they suddenly go overboard, regardless of swimming abiliwas completely disregarded.

Bethany McCraw, Baylor’s Associate Dean argued, “there is no enough evidence to establish a case,” said the Waco paper in a report.

In March of 2014, the case was elevated to

5. IT IS A BIT PRICEY While the price of the pill is not yet confirmed, it is expected to be sold at a price as steep as male Viagra when it becomes available to the public in October. The prescription drug might leave you broke for each month of supply worth $400 for 10 pills.

It pays a lot to know the contraindications manifested from this new medication before deciding if this pill is good for you. While women can choose another medicine that can aid them in boosting their libido levels, opting to nondrug ways is a good alternative.

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Nigerian Teenager Wins US Kids Golf Teen World Championship A fourteen-year- old Nigerian is in the United States of America doing wonders in the world of Golf.

Georgia Oboh emerged winner at the US Kids Golf Teen World Championship that took place at Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club, North Carolina.

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Drinking and boating is another issue to keep in mind. Statistics from MADD Canada show that alcohol is involved in approximately 40 per cent of boating fatalities every year. Be aware of your surroundings and be vigilant when sharing the water.

Here are a few tips to consider before you head out on the water: • Perform regular, routine safety checks, including examining the battery and its connections.

• Confirm your vessel is suitable for the body of water the district attorney’s office and three months later, an indictment was received by the prosecutors. Since then, the case continued to roll, until a conviction was rendered.

Later in 2013, Sam Ukwuacho transferred from

you intend to travel on.

• Ensure your boat has a fully stocked emergency preparedness kit.

“Every boater should have signaling devices, like a whistle or air horn, close by in case of distress,” says Michel. “Having items like a waterproof flashlight or signal flares can make all of the difference in an emergency situation.”

For more tips on how to protect your summertime investment, visit Allstate Canada’s Good Hands blog at goodhandsadvice.ca.

Boise State to Baylor following his expulsion from the Broncos program as a result of the case. The conviction brought the Baylor academic community into a stir since it “condemns campus violence against women and sexual assault”.

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triumphed after a great final round of 69 at the championship which started on July 23 and ended on July 25.

Georgia is at present a student of golf Academy at Manchester, UK. She has represented Nigeria in many international events.

After she came victorious, she took to Twitter to reveal her happiness and thanked God for the win.

She wrote, “All glory to God winning the world championships.”

Ex-NFL Cheerleader, Molly Shattuck Sentenced for Raping 15-Year-Old Boy

By A. Olubunmi According to report emanating from TMZ, a woman has dragged NBA star Derrick Rose to court, accusing Derrick and two of his friends of drugging and forcefully raping her in 2013.

The woman revealed that she dated Derrick from 2011-2013. She alleged that later in August 2013, Derrick and two of his friends drugged her drink at Derrick’s house in an attempt

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Molly Shattuck www.nydailynews.com violates her probation, she would have to serve a higher part of her 15-year sentence, pay damages worth $10,000 to the victim’s family and be registered as a sex offender for 20 years.

While speaking on her behalf, her defense attorney, Michelle Lipkow-

itz in her statement said, “Mrs. Shattuck is extremely sorry for any pain and all pain she may have caused.

She is determined to demonstrate, at this point, to all involved her sorrow, her remorse and full acceptance of responsibility for any poor decisions she made.”

Current World Footballer of the year, Cristiano Ronaldo is in disagreement with Real Madrid gaffer, Rafa Benitez’s attacking formation ahead of their 2015/2016 La Liga campaign.

According to Cadena Cope, Benitez wanted Ronaldo to play as a centre forward (No9) with Jese in attack and Gareth Bale operating behind the pair but Ronaldo kicked against Benitez’s request, stating that his best position

Cristiano Ronaldo destinationsoccer.com is playing on the left of a front three.

Cope claimed further that Ronaldo’s anger had to do more with Bale’s pro-

(NC) For even the best of us golf can be a frustrating sport. The precision, patience, resiliency, and mental strength required challenges even the most talented and level-headed participants. With that being said golf is one of the most popular Canadian summer past times and is enjoyed by Canadians of all skill levels. While golf will undoubtedly test our mental strength, it can be even more taxing on our bodies.

The constant bending over,

repetitive swing motion, and hot weather conditions take a physical toll.

Here are some tips from the Ontario Chiropractic Association to help prepare your body for a round of golf and avoid injury: Find your swing: It is very easy for amateur golfers to injure themselves by repeatedly doing an incorrect swing. Everyone’s swing is different, but it is important to work with a swing that benefits our game and body. Consult-

ing with a professional before hitting the links will help develop our game and avoid injury.

The right equipment: Wearing proper golf attire goes beyond simply looking the part. Your playing partners will be intimidated when they see you strut to the tee box looking like Jordan Spieth; that is until you flub your first drive 20 yards right into the water. Wearing soft spike golf shoes gives you greater shock absorption and cush-

motion this season than any argument over attacking formations with Benitez.

Ronaldo is of the opinion that he is being ‘fazed out’ as Bale is now the focus of Real’s attacking composition.

However, playing in an attacking diamond as a ‘false 9’ is adjudged by many Real fans as Gareth Bale’s best position.

This recent development has affected Ronaldo’s performance as he has only found the net once in six games.

NFF Purchases 6.5 Million Naira Car For Oliseh

By Dele Akintilo

How to avoid injuries on the golf course this summer

to have sex with her. The woman said she escaped along with a friend, but after she got to her apartment, Derrick and his friends broke in and raped her. She said shame and embarrassment kept had been keeping her from coming forth since the sad event occurred.

Derrick Rose, a 26-year-old Chicago Bulls point guard was named NBA MVP in 2011 but missed most of 2012-2014 seasons with nagging knee injuries.

Ronaldo Not In Tune With Real Madrid Coach’s Formation

By Dele Akintilo

By Dele Akintilo Former leader of Baltimore Ravens, Molly Shattuck has been sentenced to 48 weekends in jail by a Delaware judge after she pleaded guilty to a fourthdegree rape charge leveled against her over the rape of 15 year old boy.

Shattuck who was a member of the cheering squad of Baltimore Ravens in 2005 and the oldest cheerleader in the NFL history was indicted by a grand jury in Sussex County, Delaware in November 2014 on nine charges which included two counts of third-degree rape and four counts of illicit sexual contact. She pleaded guilty to a single charge of fourthdegree rape in June 2015.

In the event that she

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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has bought a Nissan Altima (2.5 SL 2015 model) as official car for Super Eagles Head Coach, Sunday Oliseh.

This report was confirmed by the NFF on Twitter. It was also added that the official car was delivered to him at the NFF Glass House Secretariat in Abuja.

According to the NFF, “Sunday Oliseh’s Nissan Altima 2.5 SL 2015 model

ioning. This helps your back in both the short and long term.

Preparation: Always make sure to stretch your muscles prior to and after

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venturesafrica.com car has just been delivered at the NFF secretariat.”

The official car’s valuation is around 6.5 million Naira.

It was also reliably gathered that Oliseh’s offi-

a round of golf. We may be in a rush to reach the 19th hole, but it is important to cool our muscles down after a strenuous round.

Carrying your bag:

cial residence in Abuja will be ready very soon.

Oliseh’s first task with the Eagles is to ensure victory in the match against Tanzania on September 5 in Dar es Salaam in a bid to qualify Nigeria for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

In respect of the match, the Tanzania Football Federation has confirmed that the match would be played at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on September 5, 2015 at 2.30pm Nigerian time.

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RELIGIOUS NEWS

First Baptist Church Begins Appointing LGBT Ministers

By S. Ratko A congregation in South Carolina is set to start appointing gay and transgender priests.

The minister of the First Baptist Church of Greenville said the Church began talking about the rule change under the watchful eye of the Supreme Court’s choice to make gay marriage lawful across the

country.

“It’s going to open up a space for evangelical gay people to have a place again,” Pastor Jim Dant said.

The congregation will now offer same-sex wedding services and will permit gay and transgender individuals to hold authority positions.

Initially Baptist Greenville cut ties with the South-

ern Baptist tradition in the mid 1990s. It’s currently a member of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.

On the other hand, the fellowship is against the congregation’s choice.

“The foundation of a Christian sexual ethic is faithfulness in marriage between a man and a woman and celibacy in singleness,” the CBF said to the press.

Joshua’s Synagogue Church indicted by court on building collapse

old child and said they were from different countries with 22 from Nigeria, 2 from Benin, 2 from Togo and 8 victims were from South Africa.

He also added that the cause of the collapse was structural failure and recommended the state government to carry out fitness test for habitation on all buildings within the SCOAN premise located in Segun Irefin Street, Bolorunpelu, Egbe, and Lagos State. He also asked that the contractors (engineer Oladele Ogundeji and Akinbela Fatiregun) of HardRock Construction Co. Ltd., who handled the project to also be tried for criminal negligence by the relevant authorities.

Komolafe also asked the government to reduce cost of getting building permits and government agen-

cies to eradicate corruption in issuance of fake receipts. He also faulted the ability of the DPO attached to Ikotun Division of the Nigeria Police, CSP Haruna Alaba in being able to lead a credible investigation based on the conduct of the testimony that was given by the Police at the Coroner’s Court and conduct of police at the accident scene. He said that Alaba relied on information from Police Headquarters instead of taking note of what was happening in his jurisdiction.

In response to the judgment, Mr. Olalekan Ojo, the counsel representing the church and Pastor T. B. Joshua, said the church wasn’t indicted nor found guilty of any offence by the coroner hence no need to challenge the coroner’s verdict.

VATICAN CITY -Pope Francis has again strongly called on Catholic communities to have a welcoming and merciful attitude

to Christians who have remarried outside the church after a divorce, saying that such people “are not by any means excommunicated” and should be made to feel a part of their communities.

In his first weekly general audience Wednesday after a month-long pause for the scorching Italian summer heat, the pontiff focused his continued on p(48)

Muslims living in the city of Nunavut will soon have their very first mosque off the edge of Road to Nowhere of Iqaluit. The construction of the territory’s lone mosque is underway with its barebones structure consisting of four walls and a portion of a roof rising above the rocky landscape with stilts supporting the latest framework.

Organizers are hoping that by the end of 2015 the space will be completed to accommodate the hosting of Friday prayers sessions attended by 100 Muslims or more. Indeed, the project is expected to take about 5 years or more.

Nunavut’s first mosque is a brainchild of engineer Syed Asid Ali, a Pakistan native based in Toronto. Before he came to the city, Syed was being hired to work as boiler inspector in Iqaluit. He was hesitant to live in the city at that time, so he sought for the opinion of her wife.

Syed told her that the city doesn’t have a mosque, but his wife replied saying perhaps this opportunity calls for him to build a mosque there.

"I was never fascinated to make a mosque," said Syed in a phone interview

by CTVNews.ca. "But the very concept of serving the community stuck in mind."

When Syed accepted the job offer, he moved with his family up north.

In 2009, Syed became one of the instruments in establishing the Islamic Society of Nunavut which initiated

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Melissa Klein included that they "are absolutely going to appeal this decision."

"But, honestly it’s just ridiculous. $135,000 for politely telling somebody, I’m sorry, I can’t basically participate in your event.

It’s mind blowing," she said.

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Islamic scholar based in Toronto.

"I have seen people donating $3,000; I have seen people donating five dollars," said Syed. "It was moving that everybody who has any capacity, small or big, wants to share for the good cause."

Syed was also amazed of meeting Christian believers who supported their project.

"There were so many times I was moved, especially when my friends, those who are Christian, they were coming forward, and saying 'We want to help you,' " said Syed.

Today, Muslims in Iqaluit are about ten times more numerous compared to their population six or seven years ago. The community grows as Muslims from Morocco, Pakistan and Libya move to Iqaluit and as locals get married and converted through faith according to Syed.

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By Kimberla Lawson Roby Alexis Fletcher hasn’t had a merry Christmas in five years-not since her mother passed away. Every December she remembers the joy her mother brought to everyone during the holiday season and feels the pain of her absence, even more so now that she and her sister are barely speaking. More than anything, Alexis wishes her family could be whole again.

However, with her wedding fast approaching, Alexis might just be ready to make some holiday memories with a new family of her own. Alexis’s fiancé, Chase Dupont, is everything she ever dreamed of. He’s kind, handsome, fully supportive of Alexis’s career, and the CEO of a large company.

But outside forces threaten to derail this happy couple from ever reaching the altar.

Theophilus Henry Simmons is young, single, sexy, and just about the finest black man any wishful mother and daughter have ever seen in Charleston, Mississippi. He’s also a pastor. And when he starts courting the quiet, homespun Essie Lee Laneand she accepts his marriage proposal-a few of the church folk decide to teach Essie what it really means to be a pastor’s wife, and show her how little she knows about them.

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The Power of Being Thankful: 365 Devotions for Discovering the Strength of Gratitude the complicated process of constructing a mosque.

Gathering the logistics wasn’t easy said Syed because most of the supplies used in making the building need to be flown in or delivered through one of three ships that disembark in the city each year, the organization is also responsible for searching an appropriate location for the mosque and prepare the needed documents in applying for a building permit. Also, members have to look for sources of funds that will help them start the construction.

Zubaidah Tallab Foundation, a Winnipegbased group known for shipping an assembled mosque to Northwest Territories’ Inuvik, teamed up with the society. There are also supporter from different parts of the world which extended their donations to the society. One is Shyakh Abdullah Hakim Quick, an

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freedom of religion, but also the freedom of speech in this case," Aaron Klein said.

He said they chose not to prepare the cake for the lesbian couple due to their relgious beliefs.

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Francis: Divorced and remarried ‘are not by any means excommunicated’

By Joshua J. McElwee

The Christian proprietors of an Oregon bakery are confronting a heavy fine due to declining to bake a cake for a lesbian wedding.

A complaint against Sweet Cakes By Melissa was made after the proprietors, Aaron and Melissa Klein, said no to a lesbian couple who asked for a wedding cake in 2013.

The state decided that the proprietors were guilty for discrimination against the couple based on their sexual orientation.

Fox News reported that the state has now requested the Kleins to pay $135,000 to the lesbian couple and issued a gag request, which bans them from "speaking publicly about their refusal to participate in or bake wedding cakes for same-sex unions."

The couple told Sean Hannity recently that they think the state of Oregon has disregarded their First Amendment rights.

"The state of Oregon violated our First Amendment rights, not only in the

FIRST MOSQUE IN NUNAVUT, SOON TO RISE

By Paul Njogu The Synagogue Church of Nations (SCOAN) has been indicted for the building collapse that left 116 people dead. The Joshua’s Synagogue has been indicted following the Lagos Coroner’s inquest into the cause of the collapse of the six-storey building and indicted SCOAN for “criminal negligence” and said the Church didn’t have necessary permit or approval in construction of the building. The Coroner inquest was inaugurated by the Lagos State Government to investigate the cause of the collapse and in its verdict it held that it wasn’t an aircraft that caused the collapse of the building as alleged but that the death of the victims was consistent with blunt force trauma. The Chief Magistrate presiding over the Coroner’s Court, Oyetade Komolafe also added that most victims suffered injuries such as loss of limbs, multiple rib fractures, hemorrhage, lung perforation, crushed bones, strangulation, destruction of left tibia and chest wounds.

Komolafe also gave specific details of the cause of death for the 116 victims including 60 males, 56 females and including a 6 year

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n the off chance that you feel called to preach yet haven’t went to theological school or experienced the appointment process, “So You Think You Can Preach” is looking for you.

Yes, truly.

The new show is looking for 16-to 35-year-olds who want to be the next Kenneth Copeland, Joyce Meyer, Joel Osteen or Benny Hinn.

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The winner of the show will get a lifetime opportunity preaching at two mega churches, $25,000 and a car.

The dropped trailer has made a quite the controversy among viewers. A quick glance on Facebook uncovers that many are shocked the show’s premise.

“First they started (with) competition in worship, now it’s competition in the pulpit? There is no competition in the kingdom of heaven! If you’re concerned about becoming the ‘next big thing,’ check your heart!

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Jawn Murray writes: “No! No! NO! No more preachers on realityTV! #RealityTV#preachers #church.”

Be that as it may, others see the show as another approach to propel the kingdom.

“I love this... Go ahead Holy Spirit and get the Word of God out there by any means necessary! Wow ...

How strategic!” Corletta J. Vaughn posted on Facebook.

Until now, the TV program has not been picked up by the network, nor does it have ensured judges, yet the site guarantees “Christian superstars” will choose the winner.

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King Sunny Ade Unveils His Radio Station King Sunny Ade is not resting. He is set to float a radio station in his hometown (Ondo State). As revealed the name of the radio station is M&C FM ie Music and Culture FM. With the influence of the it s founder and Nigerian music legend, it would be moulded into one of the best in the country.

The legend reportedly applied for the radio license in 2006 under President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration but would only start airing before the end of the year. KSA talking about this approval that took so long, he said; “Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well. The NBC has its operational standard, so do I. I deliberately took time off to carefully select a team of loyal partners who share (the) same vision on what a music station should be.

“Don’t forget also that this will be the first radio station in Nigeria that will be solely devoted to promoting our culture and our

Mrs. Olayinka Modupe Oguntoyinbo (Nee Segun) Alias: “Iya Lade” Died August 9, 2015 Buried August 15, 2015 corruption. We have not seen any of that. But so far it seems it is only the President Buhari and vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo cannot fight the anticorruption war alone.

However, they can’t fight it alone without the support of the legislators and judiciary to stamp it out, considering the fact these arms do not function in isolation. There is no gainsaying to the fact that corruption has been a major bane on Nigeria development. If our new crop of lawmakers are truly agents of change, they need to draw inspiration from the Mr. President and from the people that voted them into office. They need to

update their software, their thinking and principles, rather than scrambling for hardware privileges.

According to John Maynard Keynes famous speech in Manchester in 1926: ‘The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty.’ Buhari’s primary task in the next four years is to produce a country that will come closest to passing Keynes’s triple test.

Nigerians expect President Muhammadu Buhari to take creative, radical, evolutionary, and bold initiatives to fight corruption and thereby working to create a state that serves

its people’s interests. The road to ‘change’ will be filled with ‘potholes and blind curves.’ But four years from now, Nigeria can be ‘a new country’ where corruption is no longer considered ‘normal’ if the Buhari government can show strong political will, leadership and the courage to do something dramatically different to address the issues of marginalization of corruption victims in Nigeria.

Dr. Ignatius Okosun is a researcher, prolific writer on various global issues and social commentator.. He is based in Toronto-Canada.

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has in the same vein announced that the refineries in Port Harcourt and Warri had resumed full production after the completion of the phased

rehabilitation.

NNPC runs three refineries with a combined production capacity of 445,000 barrels per day (bpd). They total production comprises 210,000bpd from Port Harcourt refinery, 125,000bpda from Warri refinery and petrochemical

plant, and 110,00bpd from Kaduna refinery and petrochemical plant.

This development will increase the country’s local refining output and decrease the level of dependence on importation of petroleum products into the country.

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remarks entirely on how the church should treat divorced and remarried persons. He said it does no good to try to keep them at a distance from the community.

“If then we look at these new bonds also with the eyes of small children ... with the eyes of children, we see again the urgency to grow in our communities a real welcoming towards people that live in such situations,” Francis told those gathered in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall for the audience.

“How can we recommend to these parents to do all [they can] to educate their children in the Christian life, giving them the example of a sure and practiced faith, if we put them at a distance from the life of the community, as if they might have been excommunicated?” the pope asked.

“These persons are not by any means excommunicated,” the pontiff said, repeating: “They are not excommunicated.”

“It absolutely does not work to treat them as such,” he said. “They are always [to be] made part of the Church.”

Francis has been speaking in his general audiences for the past months on different roles

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in the family and on situations facing families around the world, as a way of preparing for a global meeting of Catholic bishops on family life he has called for October.

That meeting, known as a Synod, is the second of two the pontiff called for 2014 and 2015. One of the issues known to be at discussion among the hundreds of prelates attending is how the church treats divorced and remarried persons, who are currently prohibited from taking communion if they do not obtain an annulment of their first marriages.

The pontiff opened his audience Wednesday by saying that while “the church knows well that such a situation contradicts the Christian sacrament,” it is always looking with the “heart of a mother” to seek out the good for people.

He also called on priests “to manifest openly and coherently the availability of the community” to welcome and encourage divorced and remarried persons.

Priests should be welcoming, Francis said, so that remarried persons “may live and grow always more in their belonging to Christ and to the Church with prayer,

with listening to the Word of God, with attending the liturgy, with the Christian education of their children, with charity and service to the poor, with a commitment to justice and peace.”

The Gospel reading opening the audience Wednesday was taken from Gospel of John, when Jesus tells the story of the Good Shepherd who knows their sheep and would choose to lay down their life for them.

“The biblical symbol of the Good Shepherd summarizes the mission that Jesus received from the Father: that of giving his life for the sheep,” said the pope. “Such an attitude is a model also for the church, that welcomes her children as a mother that gives her life for them.”

Quoting from his apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (“The Joy of the Gospel”), the pontiff said: “The church is called to always be the open house of the father.”

“No closed doors,” he told the audience, repeating: “No closed doors!”

Joshua J. McElwee is NCR Vatican correspondent Source: http://ncronline.org/

Occupancy, and an uncompleted duplex at Diamond Estate, in Apo, Abuja worth N90m.

The other official, Dickson, has a plot of land at Kubwa District, Cadastral Zone, Abuja valued at N7m while Obah owns a four bedroom duplex at Karsana South District, Abuja, valued at N60m and several other plots in Abuja and Port Harcourt, Rivers

King Sunny Ade music,’ he added He has taken time to perfect the technical process related to running a ‘model’ radio station and has put together a management team

which includes Financial Directors, one of Nigeria’s renowned journalist as Media Manager and as well having himself and a top broadcast engineer as Chairman.

State including a plot of land at Ozuoba, Port Harcourt, other plots valued at N16.5m in Umuodili Odubo Community, Rivers State, Olipobo Rumuekini Layout valued at N18m in Obio Akpor Local Government Area and another plot at Livingstone Estate, Umuogodo, Igbo Etche, in Obio Akpor Local Government of the Rivers State according to the ICPC boss.

The agency has also strengthened its Asset Tracing, Recovery and Management Unit (ATRMU) by posting more personnel in the unit, in a bid to ensure successful operations on searching for civil servants that possess questionable property in the Federal Capital Territory for interrogation purposes and recovery of ill-gotten assets.

exercise will be futile if she lies. It is better to tell the truth and go through proper cleansing.

The fine is heavy if the man or men who committed sacrilege with the woman have connection or are related to the husband.

In this case, the punitive measures taken against the wife would be very severe.

At the confession stage at the shrine with the umu ada, the adulterous wife must be sincere otherwise the cleansing process would be distorted and the effects of her action would rebound. First, she must be compelled by tradition to surrender the clothes or wrapper she wore on the day she committed the adultery. The people involved in the act who she earlier mentioned would be visited and they would

be fined a cock each. They are also expected to replace the clothes she wore on the day each one of them slept with her.

Similarly, if the men who slept with the woman are relatives of the husband, they are fined eight he-goats and expected to replace the woman’s clothes she earlier surrendered to the umu ada at the shrine.

In the same way, if the bed-sharers are not from Ogwashi-Uku, perhaps they are city-dwellers and cannot be reached as at the time she made her confession, Diokpa Rafiu says the woman becomes responsible for everything.

“She has to provide all the materials for the purification exercise, including the goats if need be”, Diokpa Rafiu affirms.

continued from p(26) The next step would be for the men to fetch a boy of about five or seven years of age to sit directly facing the woman. The little boy would push the food with his hand into the woman’s mouth and the woman would be expected to do the same.

After this exercise, the men would eventually agree on a fee the adulterous wife would pay as a fine for desecrating the land. This fine is circumstantial because the woman could claim that she was raped and she never gave her consent to the advances of the man. In that case, the three parties involved, umu ada, inyemedi and the men folk would be lenient in deciding the total amount of fine as the adulterous act was not intentional. But the whole

Review All Our Yesterdays

By Kelechi Achonu

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The Toronto fringe festival was such a storming success this year. AnOther Theatre Company presented a powerful play All Our Yesterdays. A new play written and directed by Chloé Hung, Based on the kidnapping of the Chibok school girls

by Boko Haram in northern Nigeria in April 2014. All Our Yesterdays features Chiamaka Umeh (Hairspray, Into the Woods) and Amanda Weise (Pon Broadway,Sou ndclash).

“Girls and women are among the most disadvantaged people globally, denied access to basic human rights and exposed to barriers that keep them from attaining their full potential,” says Sarah Muir, “All Our Yesterdays focuses our attention on the issue of gender based violence.

All Our Yesterdays is a play about the lives of two sisters- both displayed a remarkable talent on stage. Ladi (Weise) is eighteen and attends Chi

bok government girls sec ondary school, and Hasana (Umeh) is sixteen, and is unable to attend school because of her undiagnosed Asperger’s. All Our Yesterdays is a memory play that is grounded in Ladi and Hasana’s time held captive

by Boko Haram, and goes back and forth to the events leading up to their kidnapping, an intense irrational reality.

So immense is the weight; Ladi’s leaving home for the first time to attend school, to a devastatingly selfish decision that has tragic results, which you will sense in this 60mins play.

On April 14, 2014 Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from their school in Chibok, Nigeria. While in recent weeks the Nigerian Army has liberated women and children from several Boko Haram camps, to date the 276 Chibok girls have not been found. Initially, the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls spread quickly and ignited global outrage. A few months later, however,

it turns out the story of the Chibok girls had disappeared from the media narrative. As a student herself Hung felt compelled to write a piece for these girls, both to keep their story alive, and because their desire to learn was the main reason Boko Haram attacked their school.

All Our Yesterdays began as a short five-minute piece written

by Chloé Hung for an assignment at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. It was well received which led to workshops of an hour-long play under the supervision of Gary Garrison and Peter Parnell. Hung also conducted extensive research for the play, including speaking with Pablo Idahosa (York University), Wumi Asubiaro-Dada (Voices 4 Change Nigeria), Hadiza Aminu Dorayi (#BringBackOurGirlsCampaign), and accessing special reports such as Julian Eaton’s advisory report Services available for people with Autism in Nigeria.

Michael Jackson’s father stroke linked to Viagra overdose

By Paul Njogu Joe Jackson is reported to have taken an overdose of Viagra anticipating a night of lust in Brazil that caused his recent stroke and heart attack. According to reports, the 87 year old father of Michael Jackson took three Viagra tablets after being spotted with a number of beautiful young women, including a busty redhead in nights just before his $200,000 birthday bash in South America. He later woke up feeling dizzy and complained “he felt unwell” before being rushed to the Albert Einstein hospital and placed in intensive care. He also suffered a heart attack, where his heart stopped three times and Sao Paulo surgeons fitted him with a pacemaker to help him stabilize.

Charles Coupet, the musical family’s patriarch representative, gave a different version of the story saying Joe Jackson felt unwell after taking medication for a headache. They later took him to hospital for medical examination after he complained he was unwell. He was later released from hospital in Brazil and flew

Joe Jackson back to Los Angeles in a private jet in the company of his three offspring.

It is also reported that he also suffered a stroke several years ago that caused his erectile dysfunction issues causing him to turn to Viagra when keeping up with the younger ladies in his life.

Unfortunately none of his children were in Brazil in celebrating his 87th birthday or by his bedside before flying back to LA.

answers from p(41) 1. Answer: The poison was in the ice.

2. Answer: She shot her husband with a camera and then developed the photo.

3. Answer: There is no mail on Sundays.

4. Answer: The third one. Lions that haven’t eaten in three years are dead.

5. Answer: Roosters don’t lay eggs.

6. Answer: Nine.

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oronto - On May 31, 2015 St. Michael's New Covenant Cherubim and Seraphim Church Movement held a celebration of their 10th Harvest Thanksgiving at the church's premises.

During the period of harvest, it is the time to appreciate what God has done for us and our congregation, hence the purpose of this year’s celebration titled “"My Year of Triumph and Holy Deliverance."

The members were shining in their white robes and the church was beautifully decorated. It was a wonderful sight.

Year after year, the celebration gets better and better.

It was a tremendous swing out to this year's harvest. St. Michael hosted another rewarding harvest while other local churches and churches across the country are joining them to celebrate another prosperous harvest. Like every year, there were a lot of foods and drinks and boundless dancing and praise to the glory of God. Visitors were entertained and felt comfortable. The congregation of God is still going forward towards the future. Ayo ni o!

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Mandela’s Grandson Arrested for Alleged Rape Johannesburg, South Africa- A man identified as a grandson of Nelson Mandela was arrested by South African police on Aug. 15, for allegedly raping a 15year old girl. Mbuso Mandela, 24, is believed to be one of the late president’s grandsons. He is now under police custody, waiting to be summoned before the Johannesburg magistrate’s court after four to five days arrest for a bail hearing, said police spokesperson Brig. Mashadi Selepe.

The young Mandela appeared briefly in court days after he was arrested to hear the charges against him by the judge on duty. Mbuso Mandela was reportedly residing in Gauteng, South Africa and was working full time as an employee of Vibrant Media Marketing and Front Foot Events and Workshop in Rosebank, South Africa, at the time of his arrest.

According to Brig.

Selepe, the 15-year old victim was allegedly raped by the young Mandela inside a popular restaurant in Greenside, located at the outskirts of Johannesburg on Aug. 7. The crime was not immediately reported to the police for unknown reasons until one week later. He was arrested a day after the victim reported

Mbuso Mandela the crime to the police.

According to the girl’s family spokesman, who refused to be identified told the Daily Sun, the young girl was dining inside the restaurant on the night of Aug. 7 with friends when she excused herself to go to the bathroom. Mandela was also at the restaurant at that time with unidentified companions. When the girl was already inside the toilet, she was allegedly attacked and raped by Mandela, the spokesman added.

The family spokesman told the Associated Press that the Mandela clan wanted to interfere with the police investigation. Days after the commission of the crime and a day before Mbuso’s arrested, a man disguised as a police officer went to the girl’s home and told her family that the young Mandela would not be ar-

rested and pursued them to drop the charges, the spokesman added.

The Daily Sun reported that the disguised cop was in fact one of Winnie Madikezela-Mandela’s bodyguards. In an interview, the family spokesman told the Sun that the girl’s father had asked for the man’s police badge, but he could not show any.

According to the report, the man was indeed sent by Winnie Mandela to fix the problem.

The bodyguard then admitted that he was there to mediate in behalf of the late statesman’s divorced wife who invited the girl and her family to the Madikezela-Mandela’s Soweto home to discuss the matter. The girl’s family had declined the invitation that led to the young Mandela’s arrest a day later.

Mbuso Mandela is one of the late president’s 17 grandsons, although his parents were not identified in the report. Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa, serving from 1994 to 1999. Prior to his presidency, the old Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist and philanthropist and was imprisoned for more than 27 years from 1962 to 1990.

He died in 2013 at age 95.

President Bongo to donate entire inheritance to charities Gabon, Central AfricaPresident Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon had vowed “to give his entire share of the inheritance” from his father, the former president Omar Bongo Ondimba, to “all the youth of Gabon.” He expressed this pledge during his speech that marks Gabon’s 55th Independence Day celebration on Aug. 16.

President Bongo had said, during the live national TV broadcast, that it was mutually agreed among members of his family, his wife Sylvia and all his children that “my share of inheritance will be shared with all Gabonese youth because in my eyes, we are all heirs to Omar Bongo Ondimba”. He also added that “no Gabonese shall be left by the side of the road”.

The President has led the country since 2009 when he won the national election before his father died. The Bongo family’s fortune includes millions of dollars in domestic and overseas accounts, shares on Gabon’s heavy and medium industries, real estates, and properties mostly located in France, among others.

Gabon’s per capita GDP is one of the highest in Africa, primarily due to abundance of oil and precious minerals which are among the country’s biggest exports. The

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World Bank ranks Gabon as an upper middle-income nation, despite the fact that majority of its citizens live in poverty because wealth is unevenly distributed among the populace.

Further, the president said in his speech that “all income from my part of the inheritance would be donated in a foundation for the youth and their education”.

He added that a property of Omar Bongo “in behalf of his children”, in Libreville adjacent to Camp de Gaulle will be transferred to the state and would be established as a university.

The late Omar Bongo had ruled the central African nation presiding over its oil and mineral resources since 1967 until his son succeeded him in 2009. The old man died in 2011 with most

SAA launches route between Ghana and Washington DC

By Ariel Concepcion Accra, Ghana- The South African Airways (SAA), Africa’s leading airline, made a bold move by announcing its inaugural flight from the Ghanaian capital of Accra to the US capital of Washington, DC, early August this year.

This route, practically the first for SAA was confirmed during an official event on July 31 at the Labadi Beach Hotel in downtown Accra, Ghana. Officials from the government, the airlines’ executives and other foreign dignitaries were among the attendees of the big occasion. The guests include the LA Traditional Stool Head, Nii Tettey Pobu Tsuru II, and Honorable Dzifa Aku Attivor, Ghanaian Minister of Transport, and officials of the American Embassy and the American Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Gha-

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na. Also present were executives of the Ghana Chamber of Commerce.

On the same event, the SAA Commercial Cooperation Agreement (SCCA) together with the Ghanaian domestic carrier African World Airlines (AWA) was also initiated, sealing further connections by flyers to the rest of West Africa. Currently, the airline is serving 24 countries across the African continent. The GhanaWashington route however, is the second West African country that established air-

links with the North American territory.

The new route will make SAA feel more of its presence in West Africa as analysts predicted and this will substantially increase more revenues for the air carrier. Its maiden flight departed from the Kotoka International Airport in Accra at 10:45 PM of Aug. 2, after a send-off ceremony. The Ghanaian Minister of Transportation was on board the initial flight together with other guests from the government and members of the

mass media.

The initial flight was piloted by Captain Themba McLean who is the first black Chief Standards Pilot, and co-piloted by Senior First Officer Mvikeli Nongxa and Senior First Officer Yvette Findley-Walsh.

Arriving at the Washington Dulles International Airport, the party was greeted by a celebratory waterspray as the aircraft trails the airport’s taxiway.

According to the SAA’s flight schedules, the maiden flight is the beginning of the daily flights from Johannesburg to Accra; four of the flights would continue through Washington while three of the flights will fly directly to Abidjan, Ivory Coast. However, three of SAA’s current weekly flight schedules between Johannesburg and Washington shall continue to operate via Dakar, Senegal.

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According to Mr. Kendy Phohleli, SAA executive of the Africa Hub Project, the decision to divert some of its North American flights to Ghana “is based on sound business principles as there is considerable demand for passengers wanting to fly between Ghana and the US.” He also added that “SAA anticipates the route will considerably add up for the larger opportunities for the growth of tourism and trade relations between Ghana and the United States”.

Additionally, Mr. Michael Cheng Luo, AWA Chief Executive Officer claimed that South African Airways is widely known to the Star Alliance as a strong regional player. The alliance is the largest group of leaders in the aviation industry worldwide; nevertheless, they are glad in welcoming the airline as their partner in Ghana.

of his wealth not yet settled among his heirs numbering 53 individuals. The value of the late president’s wealth is estimated to be worth over hundred million euros before his death.

Meanwhile, Agence France-Presse reported that some properties in France purportedly owned by Ali Bongo are now under investigation by the French authorities as to who are their real owners. On a larger perspective, Transparency International (TI) alleges that several African leaders are amassing wealth through corruption and illegal means and funneling state funds in France while their citizens remain poor and hungry. The funds are mostly used to buy lavish homes, various real estate properties and expensive sports cars, according to TI.

continued from p(25) Coming in the wake of EFCC probe of Toyin Saraki, the wife of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, over allegations of fraud committed when her husband was the Governor of Kwara State, the anti-graft agency questioned the motive and procedure of the planned Senate probe.

“More sinister is the discovery that the so called petition did not follow the procedure for consideration by the senate. It was sent, not to the senate but to a member, Senate Peter Nwaoboshi, a first term senator from Delta North.

“Under the senate rules, petitions meant for consideration by the red chamber are sent to the senate, not to a member of the senate.

“Also, petitions meant for the senate are tabled at the plenary, before they are referred to the relevant committees for further consideration. In this instance, the senate has been on recess and there is no evidence that the so called petition was considered at plenary and referred to any committee,” it said.

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EDO UNITED ORGANIZATIONS BBQ RE-IGNITES THE NEED FOR UNITY AMONG THE EDOS

By Festus Ewansiha

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he Edo people in Toronto and its environs found reason to dine and wine together in a ground-breaking barbeque organized by the Edo United Organizations of Canada at the Eldorado Park in Brampton on Saturday August 8, 2015.

Edo United organizations of Canada is a conglomeration of eleven different associations (the Able Brothers Club, Adazee Relief Club, Bazuaye Cultural Productions, the Dynamic Club, Ebony Ladies Club,

Esan United Club, the Eve’s Klub, the Prestigious Ladies Club, the Sweet Mothers Club, Uhunmwonde Association, and the UNIC Club, all of Canada) that felt a common need to work together for the unity and strength of the Edo community in Canada.

According to Mr. Festus Ehiozomwangie, the President of the UNIC Club of Canada, and the chief initiator of the novel gathering, “There has been the desire to bring all the clubs in Toronto together to champion a common

cause, but the fear of distrust, self interest, and complacency have been the mitigating factors that have before now prevented the realization of such dream.”

Speaking further, and in his words,” I will like to thank all the clubs, especially the clubs’ various leaders, who put aside our differences and focused more on our similarity to bring this epoch-making event to reality.” “This is the beginning of a bigger future for the youths and all the Edo people,” he concluded.

At the event, it be-

came obvious the reason to unite had dawn on everyone. While the men were engaged in doing the harder chores like fixing tents, roasting and toasting on the grills, the women were seen serving all varieties of food – rice, akara, moin-moin, pof-pof, ewa (beans), bole (plantain) just name it, they were all available.

Almost everyone I spoke to gave their thumbs up for the Chair-Person of the organizing committee, Mrs. Pat Atiba, for her coordinating insight and un-

assuming personality. For instance, when one of the noble attendee, Chief Chris Omoregie Inneh, the Obasoyen of the Benin Kingdom, who took it upon himself to visit every booth to thank the organizers for the great event, got to Mrs. Atiba, she modestly gave it up for her colleagues, saying, “A-h-h-h sir, it was not only my power. We are here today because of the support from everyone of us, so the thanks is for everybody” smiling.

The kids had some great fun as well, dancing

to the interplay of the music by DJs Mike and Tempo.

In another dimension, one of the Edo sons, Mr. Efe Iyamu, an artist by profession, added some colors by bringing in a large sketch of the head mask of queen Idia, the mother of Oba Esigie. People were seen taking turns to sign their autographs on the drawing.

When the show finally came to an end, some of the organizers were seen picking trashes, and making sure they left a good mark for the authority of Eldorado Park.

HAPPY GLORIOUS BIRTHDAY TONY

MALTON, ONTARIO - 7TH OF AUGUST, 2015 FRIENDS AND FAMILY GATHERED TO CELEBRATE WITH TONY AS BOBO TURNED 14. WE WISH YOU MANY HAPPY AND HEALTHY YEARS. NIGERIAN CANADIAN NEWSPAPER, CANADA Pictures by: Nigerian Canadian Newspaper, Canada

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HAPPY 76TH BIRTHDAY

Ogbolu Family gestures an Appreciation with a Surprise Birthday Party for their Father On 1st August 2015, Ogbolu family, accompanied by friends and well wishers executed a well planned surprise-party for their father and grandfather on their bornday party at Chris Gibson Recreation Centre, Brampton, Ontario in Canada. Papa who seemed not to be in tune with what

was happening, clearly was overjoyed; granting his children with immeasurable praises and showered them with blessings for such a thoughtful gesture. In attendance was Mrs Ogbolu who had ardently participated in making sure the plan had gone as planned; right from the start to

execution.

An enthralling event organized by the off-springs crowned the surprise visit.

A wide selection of foods and drinks were served during the ceremony. The exemplary event surely was a success and set an example for others to follow. Regularly

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Nigerian Canadian Newspaper wishes Papa a healthy and long life.

Take a look at the idyllic pictures from the event.

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SEX AND LOVE

10 AMAZING BENEFITS THAT SEX CAN GIVE TO MEN Elasticity, blood flow and vaginal lubrication are of the best benefits that women can gain from good sex.

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viruses, germs and other culprits.

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7. SHIELDED FROM PROSTATE CANCER Prostate cancer may less likely to occur in men if they ejaculate as many as 21 times in a month, according to a study published on the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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