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In time past, AES had successfully organized five impactful annual national conferences as follow: 2009: Vision 20:2020: The Imperative of Entrepreneurship 2010: Leadership: a Sinequa-non for National Development 2011: Infrastructure, Education and Health: Panacea for Realizing Nigeria’s Vision 20:2020 2012: Strong System: Necessity for Building a Virile Nation 2013: Transformational Leadership: Springboard For Sustainable Development Eminent speakers/discussants from different fields of endeavor proffered solutions on the way forward for Nigeria at this year’s conference. The intellectual convocation also witnessed massive attendance which included, His Excellency, Prof, Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Represented by Barr. (Mrs.) Maureen Ovie, Director, Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Commodore (Chief) Ebitu Ukiwe, Rtd, GCON, (Ochiagha-Ochimba), Fmr. Chief of General Staff/Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria – Chairman continued on p(44)

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Global health body says ‘Suya’ ‘Kilishi’ can increase cancer This came to light in WHO’s anticipated report on the link between red meat and cancer. The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that Nigeria’s most patronized barbeque, Suya and Kilishi, can cause cancer. This came to light in WHO’s anticipated report on the link between red meat and cancer. According to the report, which did not categorically mention Suya or Kilishi, stated that 50g of processed meat a day increases the chance of developing colorectal cancer by 18%. A BBC report on Monday, October 26, defined processed meat as meat that “has been modified to increase its shelf-life or alter its taste – such as by smoking, curing or adding salt or preservatives”. However, Suya is processed red meat, and when prepared, it is seasoned with salt, pepper and groundnut powder. Kilishi, on the other hand, is a drier version of suya.

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The WHO report also said high temperature cooking on a barbeque can create carcinogenic – cancerous chemicals. “For an individual, the risk of developing colorectal (bowel) cancer because of their consumption of processed meat remains small, but this risk increases with the amount of meat consumed,” Kurt Straif from the WHO said. According to estimation, 34,000 deaths from cancer every year could be down to diets high in processed meat. A professor from the Cancer Research

UK and the University of Oxford, Tim Key, said; “This decision doesn’t mean you need to stop eating any red and processed meat, but if you eat lots of it you may want to think about cutting down.” The Meat Advisory Panel added: “Eating a bacon bap every once in a while isn’t going to do much harm – having a healthy diet is all about moderation. Avoiding red meat in the diet is not a protective strategy against cancer. The focus should be alcohol, smoking and body weight.”

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What Is Yellow Tongue? By NCNC Staff

acteria are often the main cause why a person gets a yellow tongue. These microorganisms produce pigments in the mouth that cause yellow coating on the tongue. While a yellow-colored tongue could be a bit frightening to look at, the condition is actually considered benign since it doesn’t always mean that the person with yellow tongue has a major health problem unless the condition is a rare case. Remedies of treating yellow tongue come in several ways such as better oral hygiene, use of medicines that can lessen the presence of the bacteria inside the mouth or changes in the diet or lifestyle. In other cases, people who have swollen tastebuds develop a yellow tongue which creates a

rough surface allowing microorganisms to stay and produce pigments. Some of the causes that are usually linked to yellow tongue include use of certain medicines, poor oral hygiene, dehydration, fever and mouth breathing. Also, there are times that the tongue would feel like bumpy and hairy apart from its yellow coating. Brushing the tongue is one of the simple remedies that can address yellow tongue immediately. Some may use a tongue scraper, others may use a small amount of hydrogen peroxide in brushing their tongues to bring up the bacteria and eliminate the stain. However, removing the color or coating is not that necessary especially to those who are suffering from colds or fever. They may experi-

ence yellow tongue because they breathe through their mouths, however once the mild illness start to go away, the coating will eventually resolve too. On the other hand, people who usually drink tea or coffee or smoke cigarettes may moderate their diets if they worry about their yellow-coated tongue. For cases where reasons of having yellow tongue are not apparent, a visit to a physician is highly advisable. Doctors usually prescribe patients to take a culture in order to know what kind of organism is causing the condition. Sometimes, Candida is found inhabiting inside the mouth which cause the tongue to get white or yellowish coating. Nevertheless, medications can be taken to remove them. continued on p(16)

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Montreal’s black community demands ‘racist’ textbook to be pulled By S. Ratko Certain members of Montreal’s black and Haitian communities claim a French grammar textbook being utilized in Quebec elementary schools involves racist material, and ought to be removed from the educational programs. The Ardoise grammar book, for Grade 3 and 4 students, involves the story about Fancia, an 11-year-old girl from Haiti, told through a first-person letter. She is portrayed as an orphan who doesn’t attend classes and spends her day getting water, doing laundry, and cooking. At the point when books are delivered to her neighborhood, Fancia says she goes to have a look, despite the fact that “people make fun” of her due to the fact that she is “poor and [her] skin is exceptionally black.” Completely translated content: “I live on the Island of Haiti. Since my parents died, I live with my grand-mother and my little brother. I go fetch water, I do the laundry, and I cook. I don’t go to school, but I love listening to stories. When books are brought to my neighbor-

hood, I always go, even though people make fun of me because I am poor and my skin is VERY black. I wish all children could go to school and learn with their friends.” ‘SOME MAY CALL IT POVERTY PORN’ Since being published on Facebook by a concerned parent, the Ardoise story has spread through Montreal’s Haitian community, with numerous individuals calling it racist. “It’s stereotypical, it’s racist, and no other perspective of Haiti is being presented to kids. Some people might call that passage poverty porn,” says Nathalie Batraville, a Montrealer of Haitian descent who is finishing her PhD in Haitian writing and literature at Yale. A few individuals from the black community have composed letters to the publisher, Anjou-based Les Editions CEC, requesting the entry to be removed. “The picture should be pulled,” says Rachel Zellars, a PhD understudy at McGill University who studies race in Quebec and Canada’s education system. “We need to shift

away from these individual instances [of protest] to the larger structural issues, which are really in this case the absence of historical curriculum and cultural curriculum in our classroom spaces, public and private, that allow for diverse representation of black people,” she said. “In Quebec, we have the most diverse community of black peoples in this province — in the entire country — and something has got to shift in terms of how we teach in our schools.” RESPONSE FROM THE PUBLISHER In a letter to the press, Les Editions CEC says the content is intended to guide teachers and students in a discussion on racism, poverty, and literature. The publisher says the content, initially distributed in 2001, mirrors the situation that is “very real and continues to this day.” They couldn’t say whether Fancia is a genuine person or a fictional character. The Quebec Ministry of Education says the book “meets its pedagogical standards” and that it’s up to teachers to clarify the picture and content to students.

Bloc Québécois Leader quits again By N.Ugoh Once again, Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe is leaving his post after his party won its lowest share ever of the vote, and he didn’t succeed to win a seat in the federal election. “I’m turning the page on a passionate and exciting political career that began in 1990,” Duceppe said at press conference recently. Duceppe said that he felt pride in his achievements throughout the years, which incorporated his battle to guard the Kyoto accord; the fight to uncover the Liberal sponsorship scandal and his endeavors to encourage the establishment of Quebec’s publicly subsidized childcare system and its law against gangs. The Bloc got its lowest ever vote in the recent race, yet Duceppe said he was glad to participate in any case. “This last campaign was possibly my greatest,”

he said. “We were facing adversity with our small team.” BACK TO RETIREMENT Duceppe lost his own particular race in the Montreal riding of Laurier– Sainte-Marie for the second sequential time to the NDP’s Hélène Laverdière. He was initially chosen to the seat in a by-election in 1990. “Of course, I would have liked to have been elected in my own riding, but I am leaving with a sense that I accomplished my duty,” he said. This is Duceppe’s second abdication: he quit politics in 2011 after the party clung to just four seats in that race. The Bloc has battled since the 2011 decision, with two MPs abandoning. New leader Mario Beaulieu has failed to impress Quebecers. That encouraged 68-year-old Duceppe to return from retirement in

June, weeks before the Aug. 2 election call. The Bloc finished the race with 10 seats in recent election — an increase of eight seats from the two it held before, yet less than the 12 seats required to take back official party status. NEW ADMINISTRATION The Bloc additionally reported that its new leader will be Rhéal Fortin, the recently elected MP for Rivière-Du-Nord. Fortin, a legal advisor who has been specializing in legal matters in St.- Jérôme since 1992, won over the NDP officeholder, Pierre-Dionne Labelle. Montcalm MP Monique Pauzé gets to be party whip, while Louis Plamondon, the MP for Bas-Richelieu-Nicolet-Bécancour, gets to be assembly pioneer. Catherine Fournier, the defeated Bloc candidate for Montarville on Montreal’s South Shore, will be VP. Fournier, 23, said

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After three weeks of what Edo State Chief of Staff, Hon Patrick Obahiagbon, would have described as political “higi-haga”, the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria finally confirmed all 36 ministerial nominees submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari as Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Senate screening and eventual confirmation of the ministerial nominees followed four months of waiting, suspense and high expectation as President Buhari had asked Nigerians to give up till September to form a cabinet of credible Nigerians. When he eventually did submit his final list of ministerial nominees early October however, it was greeted with wide-spread skepticism as many Nigerians were not only disappointed with the resurfacing of some old politicians of the NPN era, but also with the fact that there was a neartotal absence of men and women of younger generation. The average age of the ministerial nominees is 61 years. Nevertheless, the screening and confirmation of the nominees went ahead amid intense politicking occasioned by the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki by the Code of Conduct Tribunal for wrongful declaration of his assets during his time as Governor of Kwara State. Many believed that Saraki’s wanted to stall the ministerial confirmation so as to use it as a bargaining

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“What we did in this election, I think it’s a positive thing,” she said.

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chip to make government drop the charges against him at the Code of Conduct of Tribunal. That however was not to be as both inter and intra-party politicking combined with an unfavourable public opinion to ensure that the screening and confirmation went ahead in a manner peculiar perhaps only to Nigeria. The confirmation process of one of the nominees, immediate past governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, was particularly greeted with extreme drama and disgust after three postponements. The crescendo came when PDP senators staged a walk-out during his confirmation on 29th October 2015. That however did not stop the ruling party from exerting its numerical superiority in the Senate to ensure Amaechi scaled through. Amaechi’s confirmation has left PDP senators with a sour taste as they had hoped that they had an ally in Bukola Saraki whom they helped to become Senate President against the wishes of the ruling party’s high command. PDP’s senators’ opposition to Amaechi’s confirmation was hinged on the allegation that he (Amaechi) was indicted by a judicial commission of inquiry set up by his successor in office, PDP’s governor Nyesome Wike. Amaechi disputed the claim of the senators and challenged them to produce proof of the indictment.

Ironically, Wike himself has had his election as governor of Rivers State nullified by the River State Election Petition Tribunal on grounds that his election was marred by so much irregularities too numerous to ignore. The Tribunal has thus ordered a fresh governorship poll in Rivers State. Wike has appealed the verdict. And finally, after weeks of intensive and extensive electioneering campaign, the Liberal party has won a convincing majority in Canada’s general election, October 19, taking 185 seats in Parliament, enough to secure majority government, and more than enough to make Justin Trudeau Prime Minister-elect. Liberal Party’s candidates won in every province, the most striking being Quebec and Toronto. Justin Trudeau, 43, son of arguably Canada’s most famous politician, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, secured comfortable victory after rousing his party from third in the polls to first place on voting day. By this victory, Trudeau thus becomes Prime Minister and would be sworn into office on November 4. In a remarkable speech after the polls, Trudeau promised “sunny ways” for all Canadians. According to him, his victory is “….what positive politics can do. This is what a positive, hopeful vision, and a platform and a team together can make happen. Canadians from all across this great country sent a clear message to-

night, it’s time for a change in this country, my friends, a real change”. Continuing, Trudeau said “we beat fear with hope, we beat cynicism with hard work. We beat negative, divisive politics with a positive vision that brings Canadians together. Most of all we defeated the idea that Canadians should be satisfied with less, that good enough is good enough, and that better just isn’t possible. Well, my friends, this is Canada, and in Canada better is always possible.” Out-going Prime Minister Stephen Harper conceded defeat after nearly 10 years in office. Addressing his supporters after the election, Harper said that “the people are never wrong” and that he will step down as leader of the Conservative Party. Conservative Party took only 100 seats in Parliament. Trudeau’s election is a statement in youthful vibrancy, enthusiasm, energy and creativity in leadership from which Nigeria can learn useful lessons. Trudeau will name his cabinet on November 4, unlike Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari who has yet to form his executive after nearly six months after being elected president. Judging from his speeches before the elec-

tion, Trudeau’s policies are likely to focus on a number of issues including climate change, indigenous rights, abortion, tax review to favour the middle class and marijuana which he said he would start moves to legalise. Our congratulations go to President Muhammadu Buhari for having his ministerial nominees successfully confirmed by the Senate again all odds. It is expected that the government would now get down to serious business. For starters, there is the imperative of hammering out a national budget that would to all intents and purposes define the economic policy direction of the government. We also congratulate Canada’s Prime Ministerelect, Justin Trudeau, for his victory at the polls. It is our hope that his election will not only usher in a new and prosperous Canada, but also would advance to a new frontier the Nigerian-Canadian relations that would be mutually beneficial to both countries. It is remarkable that both the new Nigerian government of Muhammadu Buhari and the emergent government of Justin Trudeau came about on the credo of “change”. We are eager to see that positive change in both countries.

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Justin Trudeau led the Liberal Party to majority victory in Canada’s federal election on October 19, 2015. When the new prime minister-designate is sworn in, he will become Canada’s 23rd prime minister. The Liberal Party won 184 seats to form a majority government. PROUD SON OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER PIERRE TRUDEAU Justin Trudeau is the son of Pierre Elliott Trudeau who was the popular Canadian prime minister in 1968-1979 and 19801984. He led the creation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms among other achievements. Justin Trudeau at once said, “I’m incredibly proud to be Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s son.”

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A EULOGY TO A FATHER Justin Trudeau came to the spotlight on October 3, 2000, when he delivered his eulogy for his father during the former prime minister’s state funeral, at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal. Trudeau shared memories of his father by saying, “But more than anything, to me, he was dad. And what a dad. He loved us with the passion and the devotion that encompassed his life. He

A TEACHER After graduating with a B Ed (1998) in the University of British Columbia, he worked as a teacher in Vancouver between 1999 and 2002. He also studied Engineering and obtained a master’s degree in Environmental Geography. SETTING UP THE CABINET Trudeau has set November 4, 2015 as the day he will name his cabinet. Stephen Harper will resign officially before the incoming PM and his ministers are sworn in. It’s expected that, he might reopen Parliament by early continued on p(44)

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Beating out 42,000 entries from 96 countries, Canadian doctor Don Gutoski won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award this year for his striking foxes photo shot in the great outdoors of Northern Manitoba, at Wapusk National Park, near the Hudson Bay. The awardwinning image that goes with the caption A Tale of Two Foxes, captured the image of a red fox yanking a dead Arctic relative after killing it. Gutoski photographed the deadly encounter in difficult conditions using a long telephoto lens. For three hours, he captured the scenes in -30 C temperatures which started after spotting a red fox pursuing its helpless prey, a white Arctic fox. “By the time I got close enough to capture the event, the fight was over and the victor was feeding. I took a number of pictures of the event, until the red fox had eaten its fill, and picked up the remains to find a hiding spot for a later meal,” said Gutoski in his submission.

Subsequent to announcing that she would not accept a 24 percent increase in wages, Mayor Linda Jeffrey is currently focusing on the lucrative pay package of city councilors. Jeffrey condemned her council members for accepting a seven percent raise in salary and expanded benefits when belt-tightening is urgently required at city hall. “Since taking office I have maintained that council needs to show fiscal restraint and respect for our taxpayer’s dollars,” said Jeffrey said in an email. Recently, councilors voted in favor of significant changes to their pay structure, including wiping out a provision that permits one third of their paychecks excluded from income tax. Rather, councilors consented to raise their pay from $78,713 to $84,495 and distributed a car allowance of $14,927 beginning

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from 2016. They additionally voted themselves an enormous climb in pension contributions (94 percent), from $5,976 to $11,573 yearly. Jeffrey’s compensation will hop to $139,374 from $112,307 and her pension contribution would go from $9,269 to $19,623, yet the mayor has made known her aim to reject the increase. “I believe that a compensation change and increase to pension contributions that will cost our taxpayers $546,000 over the balance of this term of office is not an example of fiscal restraint or respect for our taxpayers,” Jeffrey told

the press. She will table a motion in coming weeks reducing her compensation by about $30,000. It would be the second time Jeffrey, who campaigned for the mayor’s employment a year ago promising to cut her compensation, will move to cut her pay since taking office. Last December, Jeffrey reduced her wages by $50,000 to match what she earned as a provincial cabinet minister. Be that as it may, the mayor’s recent move isn’t being praised in all circles. Local Councilor Grant Gibson blamed Jeffrey for playing political games. “It’s political maneuvering, obviously. She supported, like we all did, to have a citizens’ committee look at salaries,” said Gibson, noticing council members concurred they would keep whatever proposals that council gave. “We were clear continued on p(44)

Region of Peel provides $1M for the homeless By N.Ugoh

he Region of Peel and the Homelessness Partnering Strategy's (HPS) Community Advisory Board have announced more than $1 million in grants for local associations attempting to prevent and decrease homelessness in Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon. Associations can apply for a one-year grant of $80,000 for support services and capital activities and for a three-year grant of $955,752 for the Housing First pilot project. Projects must concentrate on activities that guarantee individuals who are homeless or at immi-

nent risk of homelessness have the ability to balance out their living plans and circumstances to move past crisis needs. Effective candidates will get an one-year grant of up to $80,000. The granting period will start April 1, 2016 and end March 31, 2017. Starting this year, the Housing First grant will be issued to one pilot project. The project must feature activities that help chronically or occasionally homeless people get to and keep up lasting housing, associate with standard services and reintegrate into the society. The winning candidate will get a grant of

$318,584 every year, for three years, for a total sum of $955,752. The giving period for that grant will likewise be April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2019. The due date to present an application for either grant is Thursday, Dec. 3 at 11:59 p.m. The Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) is a government subsidizing project that means to counteract and lessen homelessness. The Region of Peel goes about as the fund administrator and works with a Community Advisory Board to set financing needs and suggest projects for grants.

A Long Road Awaits For Trudeau After A Wild Race By Chasing Liberty After Canadians went home from the polls in this year’s election, Justin Trudeau came out as victor of a historic Liberal majority win. He vowed to unite Canadians and support diversity as he promised the nation to end a nearly decade of divisive politics. In a rally at Montreal, Trudeau told the crowd: “I will be the prime minister of all Canadians...We beat fear with hope. We beat cynicism with hard work. We beat negative, divisive politics with a positive vision that brings Canadians together.” Using an old-fashioned strategy, the country’s new prime minister finished a stellar electoral success through meeting and listening to Canadians. Indeed, he showed his commitment to establish a government that values hard work, transparency, inclusivity, connecting with the people of Quebec, ethnic

members of the society and aboriginal groups. Following the announcement of the results, the Liberal party made a remarkable finish right across the country taking about 32 positions in Atlantic Canada. Trudeau is yet to assemble a cabinet but according to a report on CBC’s website, there is a possibility that the newly-designated prime minister will gather in a mix of old blood and newcomers to fill in his front bench. To name a few, seasoned veterans John McCallum, Scott Brison and Ralph Goodale are expected to be brought at the table together with new political leaders such as Toronto businessman Bill Moreau, Regional Chief Jody WilsonRaybould of the Assembly of First Nations and previous Toronto police chief Bill Blair. Notably, this year’s election showed 71 per cent increase compared to the 2011 federal election ac-

cording to Elections Canada in their preliminary figures. More than 17,546,697 eligible voters cast their ballots in the recent election that is about 68% of the Canadian electors, higher than the 61 per cent registered electors in 2011. Although the numbers do not include those who applied for registration on Election Day, nevertheless, the highest voter turnout was found in Prince Edward Island with 77.4 per cent. Yukon Territory followed having 76 per cent while New Brunswick is closer at 74.6 per cent. According to Elections Canada, after seeing people came to cast their ballots during the Thanksgiving weekend they already expected that this year will yield a high voter turnout. For four days, over 3.6 million voters came to participate in the advance polls, higher by 71 per cent in the last federal election which held a three-day advance poll.

Mulcair keeps his role By Ijeoma Joseph

OTTAWA - New Democratic Leader Thomas Mulcair has chosen to keep his role as the party regroups after very poor results on the elections. “He’s in it for the long haul,” his spokesman, George Smith, told the press after Mulcair spent a few days meeting with elected as well as

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defeated New Democrat MPs as he tries to rebuild

his team. “Expect to see him in the House of Commons,” Smith said of Mulcair, who was reelected to his Montreal riding of Outremont recently with 44 percent of the vote. The NDP went into recent election with 95 candidates - over 50 percent were elected in the Orange Wave that took out Quebec in 2011

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n October 8, 2015 Second Harvest took over Yonge-Dundas Square to celebrate their local heroes and support food rescue. Canada’s largest food rescue charity turned Toronto’s tourist hub into a community lunch for over 1000 people at the Hero Workplace Fundraiser.

The feeling of community pride was overwhelming with smiling crowds of heroes gathering together to share in a meal and raise awareness of the hunger issues people face everyday. These heroes come from hundreds of companies across the city and work everyday to keep surplus food from going to waste in order to feed children, adults and seniors experiencing hunger. Roger Mooking, Food Network Star and Second Harvest Ambassador, joined in alongside Debra Lawson, Second Harvest’s executive director, scores of volunteers and heroes to taste their way through some of Toronto’s most delicious restaurants and food trucks. It was a veritable feast for the stomach and the soul with crowds dining on plates from more than ten different vendors including Twist, Matty’s Seafood and Salad King. Together they were able to raise enough funds to provide almost 8,000 meals through Second

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election. They finished with 44 seats, 16 of them in Quebec. In the meantime, a few Quebec media outlets reported that Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe had made a decision to quit politics after his defeat in the election race. A spokesperson for the party declined to say

anything on the matter. The veteran politician first retired in 2011 following his defeat in Montreal riding of Laurier-Sainte-Marie but was convinced to retake the rule of the party last summer when he heard that the party is showing poorly under Mario Beaulieu, who was chosen to

lead the party in 2014. With only 20.6 percent of the votes, this election represents the worst result of the party since its first election in 1993. Reportedly, Rheal Fortin will serve as a temporary leader until the party organizes the contest to choose a new one.

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“Is that all?” Antonio asked, with his eyebrows raised. Misan shrugged and said, “I’m involved with the youths in my church,” then she added pointedly, “to help them so they don’t make the mistakes I have made.” He ignored the last part of her statement and commented only on the first part. “It’s like we have something in common there. I’m also involved with the youths in my church.” Doing what? She wanted to ask him. He stopped for her to say more. When she did not, he cleared his throat and spoke again. “With this, what do you want us to do?” “What do you mean?” “I mean you and I.” “There is nothing to do because there’s no you and I. You wanted to see Weyin and you have seen her.” “Yes, I have seen her and I don’t think that my life will be the same again. I’m already thinking like a father.” He said and smiled. Misan continued, “Well, you have seen her, so the case is closed.” “I want to be sure of what you expect from me.” “Nothing.” She answered. He was silent for about a minute before he asked, “Is there another man in the picture?” She frowned in confusion. “What do you mean?” “Are you engaged to be married or something?” “What has that got to do with what we are discussing?” She stared at him. “I asked that question because I’m thinking we might consider getting married for the sake of the girl.” “That’s ridiculous!” She looked at him like he had lost his mind. “Why should we think of marriage because there’s a child?” “Why not? Getting married to you under this circumstance is definitely not going to be convenient for me but I’m thinking of what’s best for Weyin -” “And you think this is the best for her?” Does he mean what he’s saying? He leaned forward, placing his hands on the table. “This is my opinion, I’d like her to have a proper family upbringing which may mean raising her together with you. I’m not the kind of man who turns away from his responsibility. I don’t want her to grow up thinking that her father didn’t care about her because I do. This is definitely not going to be convenient for me. I have a lady waiting for me but I wouldn’t mind to do this if it

Pastor Taiwo I.Odubiyi is the right thing to do. If raising her with you happens to be what I have to do, I’ll call Jen and explain the situation to her.” He sighed. “A person has to make some sacrifices sometimes.” “No way! Marriage? To you? We don’t even like each other to start with!” Misan pointed out. Antonio couldn’t really tell what he felt for Misan but he knew it wasn’t hate. “I know I don’t hate you.” He said. “Oh, don’t make me laugh. How can I marry you?!” “Do you dislike me so much?” He asked. “That is not even the issue. Marriage will only complicate matters.” He smiled and said, “I know that some ladies get pregnant in order to get married.” “Not this lady!” She answered him. “I didn’t plan any of this to happen.” “Yes, I believe you did not -” Misan laughed. “Marriage, just like that? We don’t even know each other. You don’t know me and I don’t know you. I can’t marry without love.” He nodded. “Yes, love matters. I’m only trying to consider the little one involved. I’m trying to think wide and do whatever is right. And I’m hoping that you don’t hate me.” He paused as if he expected her to say something. When she did not, he went on. “If you don’t hate me and we get married, I’m certain that the love will come with time if we work at it.” “And what will happen to your fiancée?” “As I said earlier, if I have to marry you, I will have to explain the situation of things to her. I can only hope she understands.” He paused and then added, “If I’m getting married to you, I need to be sure that you’ve changed and are ready to commit to the marriage because marriage is not -” Misan cut in. “Hold it, Antonio. I don’t like that statement.” “My point is that marriage -” She cut in again. “Don’t think so far. There is no marriage … and if I may borrow your words, I have to be cer-

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tain you’ve changed, that you are a true Christian and will commit to the marriage. Besides, shouldn’t you pray before proposing marriage to a woman?” “I have.” He said. “Well, I haven’t.” He sighed. “So, what do you want from me? What do you want us to do?” “Nothing.” He sat back and folded his arms across his chest. “Now, I can remember asking you on that if you were safe and you said yes.” “Yes, that’s what I said. I thought I was safe. My menstrual cycle had been irregular which meant that the ovulation was also irregular. I’m sorry. It was a big mistake on my part. I was a fool.” “You were and you make me seem like a fool too but I’m not.” Misan tightened her lips in anger at his words. He continued. “You should consider yourself very fortunate that I have the fear of God and I’m willing to accept this child.” Misan couldn’t take it anymore. “Antonio, I don’t like these words and I have not asked you to accept her!” “Well, fortunately I have accepted her. And not only that, I’m willing to support and fulfill my responsibility. I hope you realize that many men will not do what I’m willing to do. Many of them would simply take off. They would not give a dime!” That stung. “I don’t need a dime!” She told him. “I’ve already admitted the mistake was mine. You don’t need to do anything for us. If I wanted you to, I would have told you about her on the ship. You don’t need to do anything -” “Whatever I want to do is not for you, it’s for my daughter.” “It doesn’t matter. You don’t need to do anything for her. That was why I didn’t tell you.” “That was even worse.” He looked angry as he spoke. “Do you realize that you’ve robbed me of her first smile, her first step, and her first three years? Do you have any idea how I feel over this issue?” “You should blame yourself for that!” She pointed a finger at him. “You gave me a wrong phone number.” “And you couldn’t tell me about her on the ship?” “Why should I?” Misan asked. To be continued. This story is from the novel, This Time Around To order this book and others by the same author, Taiwo Iredele Odubiyi Call: 1-410-8187482 Website: www.pastortaiwoodubiyi.org.uk

I don’t understand my husband With Auntie Agatha Dear Agatha, I do not know what to do anymore or how I am going to handle the situation in my home. To be candid, if I say I can pinpoint what the problem is exactly between my husband and I, then I am lying. The worst thing is that I don’t even know what I feel for him anymore. I just know that things are not the way they were between us. What makes it so bothersome is that this marriage is less than three years old and is both our second attempts. It is not as if we fight or something but we are growing apart at this alarming rate I really cannot explain. To make matters worse, he doesn’t appear to think there is anything the matter. Yet between January last year and now, I can count the number of times we have kissed not to talk of lovemaking. He practically does his thing while I do mine. To the outside world our marriage is solid but it is a different story in the bedroom. Ironically, whenever I bring the matter of the quality of our relationship up, he insists there is nothing the matter; that everything exists only in my imagination even when we don’t do things as a couple and lack the intimacy of a couple. Another thing is, he complains practically about everything. There is nothing you do for him that he would appreciate. It is either he doesn’t appreciate it or finds ways of making it irrelevant. Also, he doesn’t care about my family as much as I do his. If I ask to go and see my family, he finds way of discouraging me from going. Being my second attempt, I am so scared of failure all over again; the reason I want this to work. Please help me make sense of this seemingly hopeless situation I have found myself in. I’m willing to do anything to make this marriage work but I don’t know where to start from at all. You can only fight what you know but in this situation, how can I confront an issue my husband is refusing to acknowledge its existence? He has

Agatha Edo gataedo@yahoo.com agatha.edo@gmail.com changed from the man I used to know to a complete stranger. The man I married could talk to me late into the night and make love on demand. This man is so different from him. But at least I know he isn’t having an affair because it is simply not in his nature. Tolu Dear Tolu, The institution of marriage is multidimensional in its presentation. No matter one’s experiences, there is no knowing all there are to know about the institution because as each day passes by, new challenges come up between couples. Just like some diseases are manifesting new variations so are marital problems evolving from new angles. Besides, our eccentricity as individuals patent our problems in such a way that it makes them new to us. This is what you are yet to appreciate about your husband and marriage. Who is your husband? How well do you know him? What do you know about him beyond what he tells you? There is no way you can make this marriage work without moving your relationship with this man away from the pre marriage

relationship mode. In a premarriage relationship both parties are blinded to a certain extent by idealism. You see only what you want to see and ignore what you do not want to see. Unfortunately, there is no hiding place in a marriage. Living and doing things together make it imperative for couples to take into cognizance and battle those areas they hitherto didn’t want to focus on. Unlike when you two were dating and could escape to your own house, you do not have any choice now but to face his nature full scale. The truth is, People seldom change. What does, is our perception as well as the full recognition of the nature of the person. Your husband has always been like this. His nature has not changed. What you are experiencing is just a deeper insight into his nature. Rather than dwell too much on the changes and risk losing your marriage entirely, concentrate on getting to know who your husband really is, by observing everything about him. You must devote time to knowing his likes, dislikes, hobbies, friends, ideas, strength, weakness and every minute detail that will make your journey with him smooth. This knowledge will help you know how to fit yourself into him so as to make your marriage work. Honestly, this is not going to be easy because you should have done this before saying I do. This is the essence of courtship, to give the two parties the opportunity of getting to know each other with a view to appreciating how far both of you can go. Unfortunately, for most couples, this is lost on them. All they want is to have a wedding continued on p(48)

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U.S. judge rejects Canadian couple’s sperm bank lawsuit By Ijeoma Joseph PORT HOPE COUPLE ARRANGEMENTS TO APPEAL DECISION, SUBSEQUENT TO SUING OVER WHAT THEY SAID WAS FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT DONOR’S HEALTH HISTORY. A U.S. judge has rejected a lawsuit against a sperm bank by a Port Hope couple who charges they were misinformed about the wellbeing history of a donor who ended up having schizophrenia. Be that as it may, their legal advisor says she is going to appeal. Atlanta judge Robert McBurney recently approved Xytex Corp.’s motion to dismiss the claim, which claimed fraud, carelessness and product liability. In his decision, McBurney states that he concurs with Xytex’s arguments that each of the claims is “rooted in the concept of wrongful birth, a claim not recognized under Georgia law.”” The case, which has reached headlines far and wide, has brought up issues

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about how precisely sperm banks screen donors. At the point when moms Angela Collins and Margaret Hanson chose to have a child in 2007, they went to Atlanta-based Xytex, one of three U.S. banks affirmed by Health Canada, as indicated by court archives. They went through a catalogue of donors and focused in on “Number 9623” due to his noteworthy background. Touted as Xytex’s “best donor,” he was said to have an IQ of 160, a four year certification in neuroscience, a graduate degree

in artificial intelligence and a PhD in neuroscience engineering underway. Collins got to be impregnated with his sperm through artificial insemination. Xytex later accidentally released the donor’s name to the couple. They then learned he has schizophrenia, is a school dropout, had been convicted for robbery and is an ex-felon, as per legal reports. In a telephone interview from her office in San Francisco, the couple’s legal advisor, Nancy Hersh, said she doesn’t concur with the judge’s interpretation that the claim is a wrongful birth action. She said she feels that McBurney “teed it up for us to appeal” by noticing in his decision that science has advanced much faster than the law around there. “It’s a travesty when a company like Xytex can fraudulently represent a product and then walk away from it,” she charged. Xytex did not react to requests for comment made by telephone and email.

Ontario police to stop carding practice by winter By N.Ugoh Following the leadership of Premier Kathleen Wynne, Ontario police will end the practice of carding by the start of winter. Replacing the practice are rules that provide stronger guidance to officers who conduct street checks during an investigation, delivering charter rights to protect all individuals who are checked, and discussing laws clearly on what the police can do with any information that they collect including how long it can be kept. Ontario’s Minister of Community Safety Yasir Naqvi told that the new rules will help in protecting individual rights. In addition to stopping carding, Naqvi introduced the new rules that will cover interactions between the public and citizens occurring voluntarily during investigations. Executive director

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of the African-Canadian Legal Clinic Margaret Parsons declared ending the carding practice a historic day, saying that their organization has been fighting for this change since July 1994. Despite efforts by police to produce results that carding worked, the government was not able to produce any credible results despite extensive email search and asking senior police officers. The chief complaint against the carding procedure is that many people believed that the practice violated the Human Rights Code since

it only targets ethnic minorities, particularly young black men. Many felt that minorities were being carded for no particular reason. People who held this believe became particularly vocal in August which may account for the changes in the policy. As people became more vocal, emotions on both sides of the issue became extremely strong. The new policy requires that the police tell an individual when they are stopping them that they are free to walk away and that any information given by them to the officer is done on a voluntary basis. They also must tell the person how to file a complaint and what the officer intends to do with the information that they are collecting. The public now has 45 days to tell the government what they think about the changes in the policy before it is written into its final format.

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Guide for Accused Persons in Criminal Trials This Guide provides accused persons with general information about criminal trials. This is not a full or complete review of the criminal process. It does not cover every circumstance that might arise in your case. THINK ABOUT GETTING LEGAL REPRESENTATION This Guide does not provide legal advice. It also does not replace the advice or assistance you would get if you have a lawyer or paralegal representing you in court. You are strongly urged to get advice from a lawyer or paralegal about your legal options and the possible penalties you could face. You can get referrals to a lawyer or paralegal as follows: Law Society Referral Service: 1-800268-8326 toll free or 416-947-3330. The Law Society Referral Service will give you the name of a lawyer or paralegal within or near your community, who will provide a free consultation of up to 30 minutes to help you determine your rights and options. Lawyer and Paralegal Directory: You can search on-line for lawyers and paralegals by name, city or postal code at: http://www1.lsuc. on.ca/LawyerParalegalDirectory/index.jsp You can also look for a lawyer or paralegal on the Internet or in the telephone directory. You may be eligible for legal aid if there is a likelihood of jail if you are convicted. For more information, contact Legal Aid Ontario at 1-800668-8258 toll free or at 416-979-1446. You may be able to get free legal advice or representation at your local community legal aid clinic, or from law students at a universitybased student legal aid services society (SLASS). Each clinic and SLASS has its own guidelines and financial eligibility for accepting clients, so you should contact them directly. For a list of community or SLASS clinics near you, visit: http:// www.legalaid.on.ca/en/ contact/default.asp or call Legal Aid Ontario at 1-800-668-8258 toll free or at 416-979-1446.

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BEFORE YOUR TRIAL DATE Accessibility accommodation for persons with disabilities If you have any questions about a courthouse’s accessibility features, or if you or one of your witnesses needs accessible court services, contact the Accessibility Coordinator at the courthouse. You can obtain more information about courthouse accessibility on the Ministry of the Attorney General’s website at: http://www. attorneygeneral.jus.gov. on.ca/english/courts/ Court_Addresses/. DISCLOSURE The Crown is obliged to give anyone charged with an offence, free of charge, information in the Crown’s possession or control that is not clearly irrelevant or privileged. This could include: police notes, witness statements, diagrams, and photographs. This information is called “disclosure”. If you think anything is missing from the disclosure materials you receive from the Crown, mention this to the Crown in court or write to the Crown Attorney’s office. INTERPRETER If you or one of your witnesses requires an interpreter for a scheduled court date, immediately advise the court office where your case is scheduled to be heard. The court office provides interpreter services for court hearings free of charge. FRENCH TRIAL A person charged with a criminal offence whose language is French is entitled to a French trial. Notify the court as soon as possible about your intention to have a French trial. Summons to Witness (also known as a “subpoena”) A Summons to Witness is a court order requiring a witness to come to court. The Crown is not required to subpoena or call anybody as a witness on your behalf. It is up to you to subpoena any witnesses you want for your defence so they are obligated to attend the trial. Contact the court office where your case is scheduled to be heard well ahead of time to find out

how to apply for a Summons to Witness. Charter notice If any of your rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the “Charter”) were breached, such as your right to be tried within a reasonable time, the trial judge might “stay” the charge against you (which means the case ends) or might refuse to allow evidence obtained as a result of the breach of your Charter rights to be used in your trial. If you want to argue that your rights and freedoms under the Charter have been breached, you must provide written Notice of Application and constitutional issue to the local Crown Attorney’s office that is prosecuting the case. You must comply with the criminal rules of the Ontario Court of Justice when making court applications, including Charter applications. These rules can be found on the Court’s website at:http://www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/criminalrules/. If you do not comply with these criminal rules, you can ask the judge to still allow you to proceed with your application. If you want to argue that the law under which you have been charged is unconstitutional, you must provide a written Notice of Application and constitutional issue to the local Crown Attorney’s office that is prosecuting the case, as well as to the Attorney General of Canada and the Attorney General of Ontario at least 15 days before your trial date. The addresses and fax numbers for the Attorney General of Ontario and the Attorney General of Canada are: The Attorney General of Ontario Constitutional Law Branch 4th floor, 720 Bay Street Toronto, Ontario M5G 2K1 Fax: (416) 326-4015 The Attorney General of Canada Suite 3400, Exchange Tower Box 36, First Canadian Place Toronto, Ontario M5X 1K6 Fax: (416) 952-0298 OR Justice Building 234 Wellington Street Ot tawa, Ontario K1A 0H8 Fax: (613) 954-1920 Source: http://www. ontariocourts.ca/ocj/ self-represented-parties/ g u i d e - f o r- a c c u s e d - i n criminal-cases/guide/

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By Staff writer I have done it - you have made the momentous decision to adopt a child. Whatever your reasons for doing so, it is one of the biggest and most important decisions you will make in your life – right up there along with marriage, divorce or switching careers. Having made the decision, probably after months of discussion and soul-searching, the next most important step will be to choose an adoption agency. The agency you choose will not only guide you through the lengthy, complicated and often costly process – but will hopefully offer you support and help long after you have your adopted child settled in your home. The first step in choosing an adoption agency that is right for you is to approach the task from the point of view of a consumer. Some experts have suggested that you approach it with the same attitude as if you were buying a new car! Try to look beyond the human element and look at a potential adoption agency as merely a business, and from an objective point of view. After all, their goal is to make a profit as well as to help you meet your own personal goals. Try to spend several weeks – perhaps even months – investigating different agencies, what they specialize in and what they offer, and how long they have been in business. Most adoption agencies have informal orientation or informational sessions on a regular basis; if you attend a meeting, come prepared with a list of questions you would like to ask Of course, the best recommendation you can have is from someone else who has actually used the agency to successfully adopt. Ask the agency if they have a list of adoptive parents who would be prepared to talk to you; often these same adoptive parents will regularly attend the agency’s orientation session and give glowing reviews of the agency and its workers. You can also find many adoption forums and chat rooms on-line, where people in the same position as you can exchange information and opinions a little more candidly. Often it’s the personality of the people in the agency, and your particular social worker that will influence your decision as much as anything – remember you will be working closely with these people for probably many months. You want to work

with a social worker who is sympathetic to your needs, and is energetic and experienced enough to find you a child in this often competitive environment. No adoption agency is going to advertise its failures, but how do you proceed if you come across people who have failed to adopt through a particular agency, or have had their application declined? Keep in mind the fault may be with the client, not the agency; not everybody is approved to adopt and not everybody finds the children they are looking for. One more thing you can do is to contact the Better Business Bureau in the state where the agency is licensed to see if any complaints have been filed against them. Ask the agency about any professional affiliations; such as the Child Welfare League of America. By now you will probably have decided to pursue domestic adoption or adoption from overseas. Adopting internationally is potentially even more complicated; in adopting from another country, you need to deal with not only the standard legal issues, costs and paperwork, but possibly language barriers and immigration concerns too. Make sure your agency is experienced in working with the country in question as well as accredited there; you might want to make sure they have representatives actually based in that country. And will your agency help with travel arrangements, when the time comes for you to travel there? Many countries have hugely different requirements when it comes to adoption; does your agency allow you to easily switch your application from one country to another, for whatever reason? Adopting a child is probably one of the costliest things you will do – the average cost to adopt through an agency within the United States is around $15,000 and many adoptions can cost more than this. Be realistic - remember that you are paying for the agency’s services and there is no guarantee that you will get the child you have always wanted. Be wary of an agency if they require that all your fees be paid upfront. Your agency should be able to supply you with a comprehensive list of fees, a detailed breakdown and explanation of what they include as well as a schedule of when they

are due. It’s well worth the added cost to you to have an experienced adoption attorney look over the fee structure as well as the other paperwork. You should also be suspicious of an agency that seems to charge too little for their services or seems to have “hidden costs”. From the consumer point of view, you might ask to see the company’s most recent annual report and find out how they spend their leftover funds. If the agency is a non-profit agency, it is important to know how much of their income is spent on administration. The adoption process can be time consuming to say the least. Ask your agency for some guidelines on how long the whole process might take, although you should also be wary of an agency who promises to find you a child before the family assessment has been completed. Don’t be afraid to jump ship and switch agencies midway through the process - having already established of course that your fees paid so far will be refunded to you. From this viewpoint, it can be a good idea to have a “second choice” agency as a backup, in case the agency you chose is simply not working out. You may also come across “adoption facilitators” who are people not actually licensed as agencies whose business is to match birthparents with potential adoptive parents. In virtually all states, facilitators are not allowed to charge directly for their services and if you are thinking of using one, many of the same kind of questions can be asked of them. You don’t have to use one at all – it is your social worker’s responsibility to match you up with a potential child once you have been approved. And after all the paperwork is done, every form signed, every last hurdle cleared and at last you have a child in your home? Many agencies consider that their job is far from over at this point – they may offer informal and professional advice, support groups and get togethers with fellow adoptive parents, as well as recommending specialist help should you need it. And if you are happy with their services, you can always be one of the enthusiastic new parents singing their praises at the next orientation session.

CANADA – VISA & IMMIGRATION 2016 Parents’ / Grandparents’ Immigration Application & Super Visa • Are you ready with your Parentsʼ / Grandparentsʼ Immigration Application for January 2016? • Do you know that only 5,000 applications were accepted this year - 2015? • Do you know that those 5000 applications were received before January 15, 2015 by the Immigration office? (NC) With millions of Canadian children back at school, teaching good publicrail safety behaviours takes on special importance. As our children are kicking off a new school year, they need to be reminded never to play on railroad property or take shortcuts across it to get to school or a friend’s house, all of which is dangerous and illegal. A string of railway cars may be stopped one moment and move, without warning, the next. Always walk to a designated crossing. Trespassing on railway tracks and property continues to cause unnecessary and avoidable deaths and injuries across Canada. The public needs to be reminded that all railway property -

including railway yards and bridges - is private property and is an extremely dangerous environment. Trespassers can be charged and/or fined. In 2014, there were 58 trespasser accidents in Canada that caused 36 fatalities and 21 serious injuries. “Trespassing fatalities are entirely preventable,” says Stephen Covey, chief of police for CN. “The railway is not a safe place for children to play and it is not safe for adults to take short cuts across it. Safety is very much a shared responsibility if we are to reduce accidents. The public must also do their part in observing the rules at all times. It is important to remember that when you see tracks, think trains.”

Every year, CN police officers make hundreds of All Aboard for Safety presentations and talk to more than 300,000 children and adults at schools and community events in Canada and the United States about the importance of safety and the dangers of walking or playing on or near railway tracks. Help keep our communities safe by sharing our the 10 safety tips at www. cn.ca/railsafety. If you see unsafe behaviour on railway property, do not hesitate to report it by calling CN Police at 1- 800-465-9239, or by contacting local emergency services. More information on rail crossing safety is available at www.operationlifesaver.ca.

fected individuals should consult their doctors if the symptoms remain to subsist within several days. Traditional Chinese medicine considers a yellow tongue as one of the symptoms of damp heat. When doctors conduct tongue diagnosis, they inspect the tongue of the

individual to examine the internal systems of the body more closely. For tongues with yellowish color, it is usually interpreted that the individual has less yang or too much damp heat in his or her body which are often linked to problems in the spleen or stomach.

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Also, liver diseases, infection with HIV and other medical problems are also linked to the development of yellow coating on the tongue. There are times that yellow tongue appears following the confirmation of the diagnosis. Indeed, if they show up for no apparent reason, af-

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Education Minister Liz Sandals announced that the $2.5 million fund given to teacher’s union was just a normal cost of doing business in response to reports that the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation were each paid $1 million in recent negotiations with the smaller French teacher’s union receiving $500,000. Many leaders have become increasingly concerned over the cost of negotiations, since all of the costs have not been calculated yet and the government expects to be able to pay the staff and individuals in local schools and school board’s who are involved in the process. What made most of the people even more upset is the fact that the government paid the costs without asking for any receipts for how the money was spent. Since 2008, the government has paid out a total of $3.741 million; nevertheless, this year’s payments were much higher because of the new two-tier negotiation system. Perhaps even more

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concerning to many citizens is the fact that the union was not required to show where it spent the money. For example, most negotiations are held in hotel meeting rooms. Hotels usually publish the rates for these rooms that average around $100 a day. Furthermore, the most common food eaten during negotiations is pizza. Even if the negotiators ate 100 pizzas over the course of several meals, it does not come close to the amount of money that the unions collected. Still others do not agree with the principle that the money was paid to other parties without any receipts being required. As reporters looked at the practice that the government has allowed to happen, the unions pointed to normal practices in the

private sector. While many companies do cover these costs as a normal part of their negotiation practices, there is no indication that this amount of money actually changed hands nor the party expressed any intention to obtain receipts from the other. The government has said that they expect negotiations will be much cheaper next year because the two-tier system will soon be put into place. The government has a history of settling higher payouts in the first year of a new system. For example, payouts were higher in 2004, around the time that system was initially set up and this year when it was enacted again. Therefore, taxpayers can be hopeful that costs will decline again next year.

Leaders Call for Dialogue after Recent Problems in Val d’Or By Nicole Anozie Ghislain Picard, chief of the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador, has called on Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard to host a meeting with aboriginal leaders about the alleged police abuse against aboriginal women. Due to alleged abuse and crime, eight officers in Val d’Or were suspended. Picard also called on prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau to launch a public investigation into the disappearance and possible murder of aboriginal women in the area which is located about 500 kilometers northwest of Montreal. Some efforts have been made to open up a dialogue, since eight Surete du Quebec officers were suspended with pay following reports that women were being

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forced to have sex with the sanctioned officers. Leaders for the aboriginal community are hopeful that the dialogue would open up crucial issues about the Val d’Or situation as well as the violence across Quebec and Canada. Head of the Quebec provincial police, Martin Prud’homm insisted that there is no crisis, but asserted that he is introducing new policies to be

sure that citizens of the area are being treated properly, including having social workers ride with the police in downtown Val d’Or and ensuring cameras are installed in police cars. The government hopes that anyone who has information about these cases will feel free to come forward. The best way to come forward is to contact the Montreal police at 1-844-615-3118.

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By NCNC staff The World Health Organization says that people should stop eating red meat because it may cause cancer. Of particular concern are processed meat that are salted, cured or smoked. The report says that eating just two slices of ham each day may increase a person’s chance of getting cancer by up to 18 percent. Therefore, people should think about incorporating more salmon into their diets. A six ounce serving of salmon provides two grams of omega-3 fats that are great for the body. These fats are divided into two different types; eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid. Scientists know that people who eat a diet high in eicosapentaenoic acid usually enjoy better mental health, especially in teenagers who have shown signs of becoming hostile. Eating a diet high in docosahexaenoic acid has been shown to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s, lower the amount of blood triglycerides, and help mothers to produce healthy breast milk. Other studies have indicated that eating salmon, particularly at a young age, may help to raise a person’s IQ level. The docosahexaenoic acid has also been shown to be very useful in helping to stop dry eye and slow down the effects of age re-

lated macular degeneration. In particular, scientists believe there is a link between the docosahexaenoic acid’s ability to stop inflammation and its ability to stop macular degeneration. The omega-3 fats also help to lock moisture into skin cells by helping to form collagen and elastin fibers. This is particularly important as we come into winter, because people will have fewer problems with dry skin caused by the lack of moisture in the winter air. Additionally, these fats have been shown to reduce the degree that skin blemishes are noticeable. Eating salmon also provides the body with bioactive peptides that help joints and cartridges to function better, helps the body use insulin effectively and stops inflammation in the digestive tract. In particular, a bioactive peptide called calcitonin has been shown to be extremely useful in helping the body balance collagen and minerals.

Additionally, bioactive peptides in the body along with the vitamin D and selenium found in salmon has been shown to stop inflammation. The high level of Vitamin D in salmon has also been shown to be useful in stopping or slowing down several types of cancer including breast, prostate, and colorectal. Finally, the amount of protein found in salmon has many health benefits. Most notable is that it helps to keep bones strong, so that if a person slips and falls on the ice this winter, their bones are less likely to break. Additionally, the protein helps to grow long hair which is almost a necessity during the winter months as the temperatures drop. There are many reasons to eat salmon. Now, that experts have suggested that people no longer eat as much processed or red meat, it is a wonderful time to eat more salmon.

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(NC) Do you ever wonder why strawberries sometimes turn mouldy after only a few days in the refrigerator? It turns out they may be infected with a common fruit rot disease called ‘gray mould’ fungus. The disease often appears on strawberries as soft, light brown areas that quickly take over the remaining flesh. The berries then dry up, giving the fruit a dusty colour and powdery texture. Strawberries are often infected with the disease while in bloom in the fields. If it is not caught, the symptoms can develop right up until they’re ready for harvesting. The fungus spreads so quickly that any healthy berry that comes into contact with gray mould will often become inedible or unusable within 48 hours. Farmers tell us that fortunately they now have multiple ways of combating gray mould fungus. This can range from the proper spacing of plants, to layering straw mulch, to making

colorectal cancer by 18 percent, while daily consumption of 100 grams portion of red meat increases the risk by 17 percent. PROCESSED MEAT AND CANCER Cancer has now been attributed to the consumption of processed meat. This is according to extensive studies carried out by a group of International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) experts in France, in October 2015.

Consumption of processed meat could lead to bowel cancer in humans while red meat is likely to cause other types of cancer, the WHO experts reported. These findings linked processed meat with mainly bowel cancer and further association with stomach cancer. IARC is a consortium of researchers, based in France which is part of WHO. IARC released a report linking consumption of processed meat to continued on p(44)

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6 Important Lessons We’ve Learnt About Our Democracy By Reuben Abati Reuben Abati, Former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria and a renowned newspaper columnist has released another masterpiece detailing the important lessons we have learnt about our democracy so far. The democratic experience in Nigeria has definitely been a continuing learning curve, and the more lessons we learn at various active centres: people, platforms and processes, the richer our democracy, the stronger the society evolves to deliver a brighter future for the sovereign. The greatest residue of our democracy in the last 16 years (1999–2015), I think, is the manner in which our community has been enriched by lessons that have practically changed our lives. The democratic deficit is less than the gain; for us, democracy is essentially liberative and should endure. It is partly the reason why no matter the observed shortcomings of the fivemonth old Buhari administration, the Nigerian people remain optimistic about their belief in the viability of the democratic option. They know that they have been empowered in such a manner that succeeding governments will always be held accountable to the electorate. Thus, democracy has reframed the national dialogue and the people’s expectations. The greatest residue of our democracy in the last 16 years (1999–2015), I think, is the manner in which our community has been enriched by lessons that have practically changed our lives. The democratic deficit is less than the gain; for us, democracy is essentially liberative and should endure. In 1999, with the return to civilian rule, the Nigerian people secured

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victory against a military establishment, which had exercised political authority, formally and informally, for about 33 years. They fought for six years to insist on democracy and the people’s right to choose. Sixteen years later, after many seasons of trial, we have reached a point in our romance with democracy, whereby no other form of government appeals to us. It is clear to every discerning person that only democratic rule is now acceptable to Nigerians. For it has shown us, how powerful we can possibly be. No other event has proven this to be true, more concretely than the last general elections. It should not be lost on Nigerians, the significance of the removal from office of an incumbent President. In 2015, the power of the vote turned the Nigerian voter into the ultimate political authority, resulting in a greater sense of public ownership of the democratic enterprise. He or she knows that elected representatives can be held accountable through the ballot box. Democracy, building on the increased access to information and social interactions, has thus given Nigerians of voting age a voice and power that they never imagined possible. Military figures still show up and occupy high positions, but they do so only through the democratic process and it is only a matter of time before the myth of the military strong man being fit for public office will be completely ex-

ploded and laid to rest. In reality, the military’s political authority is diminished as old soldiers seek legitimation through the people. It is a great achievement for Nigeria. Secondly, in 2005, an attempt was made to bypass the Nigerian Constitution and extend to a third term, the tenure of the then incumbent President. This alleged plan against the people was to have been hatched with the imprimatur of the national legislature, but again the people rose against the planned subterfuge. Pierre Nkurunziza may have succeeded in executing the same antipeople ploy in Burundi, and Paul Kagame may be toying with it in Rwanda, but it is not the kind of folly that anyone will ever try again in Nigeria and hope to succeed. The people have learnt that those in positions of power at the highest level may not be trusted to respect the laws of the land or the oath of office they took. Having stopped one former President from transforming into a monarch, the phrase – third term remains in our political lexicon, a reminder of what is constitutionally unacceptable. And for Nigerians, “stayism”, sit-tightism” or the Biya disease is definitely risqué. When people are elected to high office, they will not be allowed to change the rules of the game to suit their own purposes. Third lesson: Nigerians have become very conscious of the implications of the health of their leaders for the stability of the polity. They were taught that lesson during the threeyear rule of late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. At the time, the key subject was the mortality of the President. From that point onwards, any sign that a potential President could continued on p(48)

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St Kitts-Nevis expects Canada to reintroduce the visa waiver By G.G. Bastalino The administration of St Kitts-Nevis remains hopeful that Canada will reinstate the visa waiver it withdraw last year due to problems in the citizenship by investment (CBI) program of the federation. According to Foreign Minister Brantley in his interview with WINN FM, Team Unity is optimistic that the waiver will be reinstated as the same selling point of the program. “I think it is realistic, because they revoked it because they had certain specific concerns, it wasn’t a general policy of… visa privilege revocation for Canada. Indeed the very day that they revoked our privilege, they granted that privilege to Chile a nation of…17 million people, so clearly it wasn’t an issue of overall policy, it was rather a response by Canada to a specific concern and we know what that concern is in relation to our CBI programme and difficulties there. So we’ve engaged them,” told the foreign affairs. In November 2014, Canada announced that privilege of St Kitts-Nevis

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citizens to enjoy visa-free travel to Canada will no longer be effective due to lax security issues. Following the announcement, Trinidad’s Canadian embassy immediately released a statement on November 22, 2014 requiring citizens of St Kitts to present a temporary resident visa whenever they travel to Canada. In a statement, the Canadian government cited concerns on passport and identity management practices within the CIB program of Basseterre that’s why it ruled to rescind the visa waiver. At a conference held this October, PM Timothy Harris introduced some changes on the citizenship by investment program in the presence of several service providers of St Kitts. He presented the citizen application management system (CAMS), a new online system that enable applicants to register and monitor their application process through the assistance of their service providers. Notably, this innovative system is the first of its kind in the world. About two dozen amendments were outlined and aligned with a recali-

brated relationship with the European Union, the UK and the US in an attempt to regain support on program. Also present in the conference is Attorney General Vincent Byron who spoke about some reforms on the CBI. “As we can now recalibrate and revamp the system and let our service providers, our agents overseas know, and give them that confidence… We are focused on ensuring that we can consistently have a turnaround of 90 days or less in the process... and we will continue to work on our programme to make sure that all of our stakeholders get efficient service, And that we do not in any way return to the time when we had criticisms being leveled at the unit… we have improved the staff. We have brought in new individuals, people with more experience and strengthened the staff considerably, and we will continue to do so,” said Byron through WINN FM. Although Canada may decide on the contrary instead of ruling the reinstatement of the visa waiver, Brantley is confident that Basseterre still has a continued on p(46)

How to handle past hurts

Written by Ibukunolu Ogunsin Chapter One

ur private jet landed on a California air strip and taxied over to a private terminal. With a few minutes to spare, we disembarked quickly and walked to the waiting limousine. The driver sped off and as I looked through the window as we approached the Hotel Pennsylvania, I could see that the signs were boldly written in red, the neon lights were colourful and bright, even at 7 pm in the evening. My husband gave me a brief peck on the cheek and smiled into my face. I could smell his favourite cologne...the Armani Code. I simply smiled back and mouthed the words I have gotten so used to saying every day since I set my eyes on him, fifteen years ago...the words that mean so much to him, because they are spoken from my heart, "I love you my crown." He chuckled and squeezed my fingers. As we approached the hotel lobby our driver slowed the vehicle, parked behind a grey Mercedes Benz, quickly got out and opened the doors for us. I said a quick thank you in his direction and looked up to the skies one more time to offer my thanksgiving prayers to God for making this opportunity possible. As my husband and I stepped into the foyer, all eyes were on us, literally. I am married to the most handsome man on earth, but that was not what drew their gaze towards us. It was because my husband had recently been appointed as the Minister of Health and I happened to be married to this gorgeous and God fearing man. Despite being very busy, he had promised to be by my side always and at all events and that meant so much to me and would mean so much more to me at the 20th reunion of my Alma mater, where most of my ex - classmates were attending. I had dreamt of this day simply to bring final closure to an issue that I had been battling with for a very long time. I received the invitation about two months ago and I immediately noticed the RSVP name. I knew that name, but chose to remember

it only in my mind and never allowed it in my life....his name...my first boyfriend...the man who raped me... I showed the invitation to my husband and reminded him of what I had told him before we got engaged. At first I doubted my reasoning for wanting to go....my husband only laughed politely and recounted word for word what happened to me. I could not believe he remembered. Tears welled up in my eyes. He held me tight and told me to go to the reunion and finally forgive him. He then promised that whatever his schedule, he would make time and go with me. He picked up my hands, held them firmly and lovingly between his and prayed for me to have strength. That night I tossed around on my bed, searching for sleep but found none but then all of a sudden, fell deeply into a trance and the event of that day came rushing by....Tade was my first boyfriend, the only guy I had fallen in love with the minute my eyes fell upon him at our matriculation ceremony into the university, he completely swept me off my feet. We were practically seen together and tagged “the lovers” by our course mates, my parents met him once during one of their scheduled visits and they both fell in love with him. He was nice, jolly and very friendly, we were so young and naive and one day in our third year of relationship and with a year left before graduation. Tade invited me over to his boy’s quarters off campus on the pretext of giving me a surprise birthday gift. Suspecting nothing but a bit unsettled at the fact that he looked a bit tipsy but I simply assumed he was just unnecessarily jovial....but then after a few minutes at his place, he slammed the door shut and forced himself onto me, I struggled with him, fought so hard but he eventually overpowered me...since that day and up till today I have always wondered what took over him, although he had pressed me severally earlier on at the beginning of our relationship but I never succumbed and I told him I wanted to keep myself pure till my wedding night, even though

As Fred and his wife, Moni got down from their car, they saw Onome. Moni said hello and involuntarily looked at Fred. He greeted Onome briefly and followed Moni into their apartment. Moni remembered the past and all the pain came over her again but she determined she would not allow her emotions to colour her mood. She would not let her feelings show to Fred. She entered the kitchen and cooked. Afterward, they sat at the table and began to eat together. Fred was making conversations, and Moni answered quietly, without laughing much. He raised his eyes to look at her once, sensing that her mood seemed to have changed. What could the problem be? Or could it be his imagination? Moni struggled to push the pain away. She had to. Fred was making efforts these days to love her and she must encourage him. She noticed that he had finished the juice in his glass cup. “Do you want me to pour more juice for you?” She asked nicely. He nodded, “Yes, thank you.” As she quietly sat with him later to watch TV, she felt the issue of the past was something she would have to bear alone and she prayed that God would help her overcome it. Fred eventually asked, “Are you very happy?” “Yes,” she tried to smile. How could she be sure it was really over between Fred and Onome? “You seem a little withdrawn.” She shook her head. “There›s nothing.” “There›s nothing as in there›s really nothing or there›s nothing as in - leave me alone?” She kept quiet. “Let›s go in.” He told her quietly. She followed him into the bedroom. Behind closed doors, he held her strong. “If there›s anything at anytime, I want us to discuss it. We should clarify issues as soon as possible; that›s what the pastor said. And if I seem to be forgetting my promises, I want you to remind me.” Should she mention the real issue? She began to think. He sensed her hesitation and asked, “Are you thinking about something?” I was not a strong Christian then but with a Pentecoastal background, it was well drummed into my brains by my parents to remain pure until my wedding night.. TO BE CONTINUED Ibukunolu Ogunsina – Barrie, Ontario

Pastor Taiwo I.Odubiyi She shrugged, “Well, it›s just that seeing Onome now brought the past back to my memory.” There, she had said it. He took a deep breath. “I›m sorry.” …... …... It’s just that the pain comes sometimes and refuses to go away. The same thing happened when I saw her last week.” He tightened his arms around her. She really needed to be reassured so she asked softly, “Is it really over between you?” (Excerpts from ‘Tears On My Pillow’) As I have said several times and mentioned in my novels and the book ‘30 Things Wives Do That Hurt Their Husbands’, there are principles to be followed to have a healthy, good and lasting relationship. These principles are biblical. One of these principles is that offenses should be forgiven and forgotten, which means that it should not be brought up again especially if your spouse has apologised for it. One of the Biblical Scriptures for this principle is 1Corinthians 13:5 Love does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.(1Corinthians 13:5 NIV) Some people like referring to the past, quoting date, time, statements and names, to score points. Some others refer to the past because they have not forgiven their spouses for the offenses. Whatever the case may be, it is better not to bring it up again; let the sleeping dog lie, especially if the incident was in the past. If you have a fresh issue with your spouse, keep to the facts of this particular issue as much as possible, and refrain from referring to the past or the past misdeed especially if he or she has apologised and has stopped doing it or it’s not likely it happens again. Bringing

up the past shows that you are still dwelling on it, and of course, that could influence your attitude, affect the present and if not handled carefully could affect the future. This could prevent you and your marriage from moving forward. In the story above, Moni was following this principle when she hesitated to bring up the issue of her husband›s affair with Onome, a fresh graduate. The past misdeed should not be brought up especially in an argument. Don›t throw it at your spouse›s face. That will hurt and could get your spouse angry. It will not help matters, neither will it help your marriage or bring you closer to your spouse. A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. (Proverbs 15:1 NIV) Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out. (Proverbs17:14 NIV) Thinking about a past offense enlarges it in your mind. You cannot do anything about what has already happened. What you should do is pray about it, by asking God to heal your heart. Choose to forgive, choose to keep your home, let go of the past and don’t bring it up again. WHEN CAN THE PAST HURT BE BROUGHT UP? There are times when bringing up the past will be considered to be necessary and okay, and in line with another principle of a successful and healthy relationship – Communication. 1. When it has injured your marriage 2. When it still hurts deeply 3. When it has not been dealt with 4. When it is still going on 5. When it can affect the future 6. When you have an understanding spouse who is willing to work through the issues with you In the novel ‹Tears On My Pillow›, Moni still had doubts and concerns. She hesitated to bring it up and finally did because Fred showed sincere concern and she knew she could discuss it with him. She did, and Fred assured her of his commitment to their marriage. If Fred did not show care or concern, she wouldn›t have talked about it, but the doubts would have remained in her heart and might cause problems in future. E-mail:

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Katz Group Fires all Cashiers at the Rexall Palace By Staff Reporter Due to contentions that some cashiers have been stealing up money from the company, Daryl Katz, CEO of Katz Group, has fired all parking lot cashiers working at the Rexall Place where the famous Edmonton Oilers play. Mr. Katz said that while the decision was not made lightly, the company lost between $700,000 and $1.2 million last year. In fact, the company estimated that it was losing about one in every five dollars paid to the parking cashiers. The company estimated that it should be bringing in about $6 million annually from parking fees. The parking operation which is overseen by the non-profit Northlands group had been receiving much less in revenues than they thought they should be receiving. Therefore, the company set out to find out what was happening to the expected money that was not ending up on the company’s pocket. Last summer, the company installed hidden cameras to try to see if the money was rightfully collected in the first place. The company also used hidden spies to count the number of cars entering and leaving the parking facilities in an effort to find out what was

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happening to the paid fees. Using the hidden cameras and car counts, the company determined that about 50 percent of their employees were not following proper procedures. Apparently, it seemed that the company did not keep track on the individual employees who were not following company procedures. It is also unclear how the company was making employees aware of these procedures. The CEO is not totally convinced that all money was being taken by the parking lot cashiers. He felt that some of the money may have been taken by their managers. He also has this belief that part of the money may have been taken while the money was being counted in the accounting office. Yet, the CEO decided that all parking lot cashiers had to be terminated from their jobs. No immediate actions were taken, however, against the managers or the people who were responsible for auditing the money

in the accounting office. As a consequence, this made many of the cashiers extremely upset. Some of these cashiers depended on the money to be able to pay their basic bills. Despite the fact that they had no money coming in, many cashiers decided that they would be contacting lawyers because they felt they were fired unfairly. They were hoping that their counsels will be able to help them take defamation cases to court. They are very concerned on the effect that the mass firing will have on their ability to obtain other employment to support their daily needs. In fact, one of the cashiers who was fired together with the rest has worked at the parking facilities for over 33 years. She has never been punished for anything. Yet, like the other parking lot cashiers, she was terminated. Likewise, those cashiers who often make minimum wage has expressed their disappointment having been fired unfairly. Moreover, this is the last year that the Edmonton Oilers will play at Rexall Place, as they prepare to make a huge move to the new downtown arena before next season. A different company is expected to oversee parking at the new facility.

Ontario Doctors Pursue Charter Suit Against Province Over Fee Cuts

By NCNC Staff Ontario doctors are taking their fight with the province to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice demanding a review of the fee cuts. The province imposes a $340 million fee cut for services provided by doctors after negotiation with the provincial Liberal government failed and the

Ontario Medical Association (OMA) walked away from the negotiating table. According to the OMA, the government didn’t negotiate in good faith and they want the courts to order the government to negotiate in good faith before taking a unilateral decision on the cut. They also want the court to decide that the Charter of Rights and Free-

doms be applied to the doctors. The OMA that represents 25,000 Ontario physicians wants a review on resolving the matter through a binding arbitration with the government which was earlier rejected by the province prompting the OMA to pursue a legal action. The government had demanded a two year wage freeze

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Salmon Production to Double by 2023 in Newfoundland By N.Ugoh Newfoundland is abuzz with the news that the amount of salmon sold may double by 2023 under the Grieg Project. The government has committed $45 million under the Aquaculture Capital Equity Investment Program to this project. The most exciting part of the project is it promises staff to receive 235 indirect years

of employment and 325 direct years of employment. Additional jobs may also be available through service and supply sectors that are not listed in these totals. Under the Grieg Project, a $75 million hatchery at Marystown will be completed with its stateof-the-art grow-out facilities by 2017. Eventually, this will allow the facility to breed over 33,000

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3 Care Workers Sentenced to 60 Days Jail for Abusing Senior in Calgary By Staff Reporter Three care workers at a Calgary nursing home have been sentenced to 60 days jail for abusing 92 year old Ulrich Wissner. The three women, Maria Dumo, Angelina Borja and Mary Casimero were caught on camera slapping, flicking water and threatening to pour contents from Wissner’s catheter bag on him, a month before Wissner died. Wissner had complained to his family of the mistreatment received from the care workers whom he was totally dependent upon and his family installed a motion activated camera in his room to confirm the assault complaint from Wissner. Four days later, his son, Peter was shocked to find out how his father lived his last months of his life in helplessness and fear instead of safety and comfort at the Carewest Garrison Green home. The three women were immediately fired after the video was given to police and were sentenced to 60 days in jail, 1 year of probation and 30 hours of community service. The probation also consists of participation in anger management treatment or counselling. Wissner, a former paratrooper in the Second World War and a PhD graduate in paleontology had immigrated to Canada

were other people who did worse to Wissner. The video captured the three women using excessive force on Wissner by attempting to bind his wrists, forcing a pillow between his legs, flicking water over him and tossing his bed sheet over his face while changing the senior’s night gown. Borja is also caught Ulrich Wissner is seen in this on camera makfamily photo ing a gesture with her middle finger to from Germany in 1958 and Wissner and slapping him had also worked as a geologist. He had raised three with an open hand on his children in their home in right shoulder. Casimero is Calgary and suffered from also seen gesturing over prostate cancer and was Wissner while holding the largely deaf and showed tubing with Wissner’s urine signs of dementia before over his head, threatening being taken to the south- to dump the contents over west extended care facil- him. The three women ity. He loved outdoors, was pleaded guilty to the chargan avid reader and a gifted es as the family of Wissner artist and when his health deemed the sentence fair declined he was in severe and hoped no other famipain when force was placed lies went through the same on his joints. His family in- ordeal. Wissner’s son, Peter, stalled the camera when he pleaded with them not to urged others with seniors in leave him at the care home nursing homes to be vigisince some of the staff lant and heed to their loved were hurting him. His son ones when allegations of Peter said the family hasn’t mistreatment or abuse are been able to grieve Wiss- raised. Also Carewest Innoner’s death while thinking vation Health Care issued a of all he went through in- statement after the incident cluding a comment from indicating they took action Dumo who said in an in- immediately they were interview to police that there formed of the incident.

which, according to the OMA, amounts to a pay cut for the doctors. In a statement, OMA’s president Dr Doug Weir, said that doctors had nothing to lose even if the judge’s decision wasn’t to their favour. Health minister Deb Mathews, while avoiding questions on having a conciliator to reach a deal, maintained that a deal will be reached. However,

she also expressed disappointment in the filing of the court case by the doctors and urged the OMA to return to the negotiating table, according to her statement. However, Weir added that doctors wanted a conciliator to aid them in negotiations. The government had imposed a 1.3 per-cent reduction to fee-for-service

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GERMANY WILL SUPPORT BUHARI TO RECOVER LOOT By NCNC staff

agos, Nigeria- German Consul Ingo Herbert had announced in this African nation of helping to support the administration of Muhammadu Buhari in recovering looted funds stashed from German banks by corrupt Nigerian officials, according to The Nigerian Voice (TNV), Oct. 24. Mr. Herbert is the new German Consul in this West African country of 182 million people. He had just assumed the duties in overseeing consular affairs at the German consulate based in Lagos. According to TNV, Mr. Herbert was interviewed by newsmen to whom he disclosed his promise to give his support and the whole Consular office in every effort by the Federal government in stopping graft and corruption, especially the recovery of looted funds kept in various German banks. Aside from this, he also promised to give assistance to Nigerians who are applying for travel visas to his country and gave them assurance of a fair and decent handling of the local’s visa applications. Apparently a newbie in Nigeria, Mr. Herbert was amazed on what he saw in the streets of Lagos, whom

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he finds Nigerians to be friendly and he is still yet to discover the city. On his interview with Vera Wisdom-Bassey in Lagos, TNV continues, the consul also made a promise on Germany’s help to fight terrorism in Nigeria. Barely five weeks in Nigeria, Herbert was asked how he compares Germany to Nigeria, he answered, “… For Nigeria, it’s been meaningful; it is a large country with different people. As I have said, it’s like the Federal Republic of Germany with different people of Southern Germany and

Northern Germany. But I might say that I find the people here very open, very friendly and very positive to newcomers, very open to people from other countries…” When asked about terrorism, the Consul reiterated that his home country is supporting initiatives that are similar to what the European Union are using, claiming that they are part of the Union. Citing example as in Mali, where he said that the U.N. coalition is taking two sides, referring to one side as the fight of the police or the local

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Domestic violence on the rise in Canada Domestic violence is on the rise in Canada during the past years and the police could not act on some of them after witnesses recanted their statements to protect primarily the children and their entire family, as reported by Mississauga News (MN). Calls to police pertaining to domestic abuse and violence keep rising despite authorities’ effort to curb them through increase in police street visibility and presence even on the darkest of night. In Brampton and Mississauga, police saw a minor decrease in charges about such violence and similar incidents in the previous year. Some victims of violent abuse recanted their previous statement for fear of reprisal from perpetrators. This make police job on halt when complainants drop the case, the Mississauga News confirmed. While in Edmonton, amidst the wake of mass murders that transpired in December 29, 2014, police since then were on talks on how to fully protect victims and witnesses on similar crimes. The date will be long remembered when Phu Lam, 53, shot and killed

6 adults (ages between 25 and 50) including his wife Thuy Tien Truong and two children (both aged under 10), as files from the site CBC News-Edmonton had reported. Phu Lam killed himself after the gruesome murders, the police reported. Prior to the mass murder, the wife refused to cooperate with police on the first instance Phu Lam threatened to kill the woman and her entire family in 2012. She even recanted her initial statement against Phu Lam resulting to stayed case. Both were living separately during the time of the killings. However, authorities in Peel Regional Police released its Domestic Violence Report for 2014 at a Police Services Board on the last week of September this year. According to the report, in Peel alone, 13,678 calls were made in 2014 concerning domestic violence which is a three percent increase from the 13,402 calls a year earlier. MN further cited the calls made in the previous years before 2013, which are more alarming, said the police. Figures were 14,516 and 14, 116 responded calls back in 2011 and 2012, respec-

tively. The report was authored by Const. Claudia Wells, who said that police officers confronting domestic violence face difficulties especially in Peel. She said that the Region of Peel is a diverse community of multilingual population, composing mainly of more than 100 languages and dialects spoken by its inhabitants. MN further explained quoting Wells, whom Peel Regional Police is seeking the help for the Multilingual Community Interpreter Services which gives assistance to them, free of charge, in interpreting between the police and the aggrieved parties. Similar domestic violence police calls are also on the rise across the nation. According to the Edmonton Sun, citing the report of Statistics Canada, “…the percentage of intimate partner violence cases across Canada that involved the use of a weapon rose from 12 percent in 2010 to 16 percent in 2013. While lower than Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec, Alberta’s family violence rate is slightly higher than the national average with roughly 290 victims per 100,000 people in 2013”.

military and the other side is the role of finding the root cause of terrorism. These are the efforts that Germany applies in Nigeria to counter terrorism, Mr. Herbert was quoted as saying during the interview, on which he added, “and we support the new policy that the president (Buhari) has made to fight corruption. Whatever Ger-

many can do, Germany will assist”. Mr. Herbert further clarifies during the chat with newsmen that tracking the files on looted funds are not his concern but the framework that the G7 is using, without elaborating. He also claimed that he is seeking police assistance in tracking the loot, mentioning again that his govern-

ment is ready to assist Nigeria to recover the looted funds. Additionally, Mr. Herbert closed the interview by saying, “It is not my task to educate those (Nigerian corrupt politicians) on what they should do, but any step they take to mitigate corruption, we will support them, to make sure corruption is totally eradicated”.

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Don’t Cry for Bola Tinubu By Femi Aribisala Many monuments have been built in honour of the man Bola Tinubu. He is acclaimed as the political genius of our times who not only engineered the taming of the PDP juggernaut, he caged it and confined it to the backwaters of Otuoke. Since the APC defeat of the PDP in the presidential election, Tinubu the tactician has been feted, celebrated and praised to high heavens. But all these encomiums have proved to be highly exaggerated. The truth of the matter is that Tinubu, the veritable Jagaban of Borgu, is a master of political illusion. He is remarkable for the distinction of characteristically pulling defeat out of the jaws of putative victory. He mid-wifed the birth of the APC, only to be shut out of its vice-presidential sweepstakes. He engineered APC victory at the centre, only to see his arch-enemies take over the posts of Speaker and Senate President in the Natiuonal Assembly. He piggy-backed Buhari to the presidency, only to be shut out of a say in the president’s cabinet nominees. Tinubu is called the National Leader of the APC when there is no such post in the party’s Constitution. When a critical meeting of APC bigwigs was called to address the party’s imbroglio in the National Assembly, the “National Leader” could not attend because, in actual fact, he is not even a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party. SOWING AND REAPING In 2011, Tinubu was hailed for cutting his nose to spite his face. The PDP nominated his kinswoman, Mulikat Akande, as Speaker of the National Assembly. However, Tinubu conspired with recalcitrant PDP partymembers to frustrate the plans of their party for his South-West homestead. Instead, he engineered the election of Sokoto’s Aminu Tambuwal, an APC wolf in PDP sheep’s clothing, as Speaker. In 2015, Tinubu received payback for these shenanigans again to the detriment of his native South-West. The same Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto he schemed into the position of Speaker in 2011, repaid Tinubu by frustrating his efforts to install his Lagos acolyte, Femi Gbajabiamila, as Speaker in 2015. Taking a leaf straight out of Tinubu’s 2011 playbook, Tambuwal conspired with opposition PDP members to install another Northern

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PDP turncoat, Yakubu Dogara, as Speaker. Tinubu’s comeuppance here is particularly savage because it was actually Gbajabiamila who reportedly convinced Tinubu that Tambuwal would readily act as traitor to his PDP party in 2011. It is therefore veritable poetic justice that the same Tambuwal became an equally ready tool of the PDP in the frustration of Gbajabiamila’s ambition and the interests of Tinubu and the APC in 2015. Moreover, Tinubu was repaid for his 2011 manipulations with interest. The same treachery employed to Tinubu’s political disadvantage in the House was also duplicated in the Senate. Bukola Saraki, another PDP turncoat, refused to abide by the dictates of APC Central, firmly controlled by Tinubu’s ACN. He snatched the position of Senate President without official APC approval, but with the support of the opposition PDP. So doing, he sidelined both Tinubu’s first-choice of George Akume, as well as his second-choice of Ahmed Lawan. CRUMBLED COOKIE Just as Tinubu was licking his wounds at the denial of his “rightful inheritance” in the National Assembly after the APC victory at the polls, the news came that his political cookie had equally crumbled at Aso Rock. It had been popularly alleged that Tinubu’s portion in Buhari’s presidency would not be limited to the appointment of his political godson as vice-president, but would also include the allocation of no less than nine choice ministerial nominees to the discretion of the Jagaban of Borgu. But by the time Buhari unfurled his ministerial list two weeks ago, the alleged dedicated slots had shrunk to zero. Many of us had warned in the heady days of the formation of the APC that those insistent that power must return to the North would be determined to checkmate Tinubu if and when the election was won. We warned Tinubu that even as he cannot conceivably be accepted nationally to rule Nigeria as president, even so can he not rule Ni-

geria by proxy. We warned him that the North would never allow Buhari to be his Man Friday in Aso Rock. However, Tinubu was too far gone to listen. It would now appear that he even failed to take out insurance policies against such probable eventualities. But once elected, Buhari started a romance with Babatunde Fashola and Kayode Fayemi designed clearly to sideline the Jagaban. While these former governors were previously members of Tinubu’s innercircle, they had since run out of patience with the heavy handedness of their boss. Therefore, during the election campaign, both of them campaigned for Buhari above and beyond the call of party duty. Fashola, in particular, was clearly fed up with being under Tinubu’s political shadow. In the struggle for who would be the APC gubernatorial candidate in Lagos State, Tinubu did not allow Fashola to choose his successor, in the ignoble tradition of Nigerian governors. While Fashola favoured Supo Shasore, the former Attorney General of Lagos State, Tinubu railroaded in Akinwunmi Ambode as the APC candidate. While again, in the ignoble tradition of Nigerian politics, governors promptly transform themselves into Senators when their term as governor ends, this option was closed off to Fashola because Tinubu had already installed his wife as the Senator from Fashola’s constitutency. The only option left for Fashola politically was a presidential ministerial appointment and, even there, Tinubu had put up a road block against him. Tinubu prefers to nominate political nonentities for higher office in the South-West, so that he would be the only Iroko tree in the forests of the region. Therefore his candidates for ministerial appointment from Lagos were his little nationally-known former commissioners, Wale Edun and Yemi Cardoso, who could pose no threats whatsoever to his ascribed South-West political supremacy. ALARM BELLS But when Fashola and Fayemi accompanied Buhari to the G7 meeting in Germany in June 2015, alarm bells started ringing in Tinubu’s Bourdillon Road mansion in Lagos. This was clearly a signial that these former governors were intent on by-passing the official godfather of the South-West by applying to continued on p(25)

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Commissioner, Mr. Nwosu and she is the Director General of her father’s foundation, Rochas Okorocha Foundation. Uloma’s husband is Imo State’s current Honorable Commissioner for Land Survey and Urban Planning.

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bi, said, “some days ago, a fisherman came to us with the bird that carries some identification mark which indicates that it may have

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Wole Soyinka: My New Book Will Draw Blood By Dele Akintilo Nigeria’s popular playwright and essayist, Professor Wole Soyinka has come out to describe his latest book, “InterInventions” as the nastiest book he has ever written. He revealed this while speaking at the formal inauguration of “The Wole Soyinka Foundation”, a retreat haven for writers. The 130 – page book – InterInventions, Between Defective Memory and Public Lie, A Personal Odyssey in The Republic of Liars, was presented to the general public at the June 12 Cultural Centre Kuto, Abeokuta by Adams Oshiohmole. Soyinka remarked that the book is “so truthful that it hurts” and recommended the book to people who “feel vengeful” towards public liars due to the therapeutic value of the book. He said, “(InterInventions), it is the nastiest book I have ever written. It

is so truthful that it hurts… it is my vengeance against public lies. It is not one of the butterfly books. No, it is not a butterfly book. I want to draw blood (with it). I’m warning all of you, if you feel vengeful, read this book and you will be alright. It is like homeopathic medicine.” He sadly revealed that public lies have become an enterprise of sort, growing geometrically and worsened by social media which facilitates the predisposition for lies. Page seven of the book decries public lies – “lies of staggering impudence, especially consider-

ing the fact that, in most cases, both victims and their traducers are still living.” According to Soyinka, there is the need for a “ritual of public purgation where both sides – such victims of lies and the traducers, are brought together before the public tribunal for the world to know the truth.” In his insight into lies, he talked about former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, in the first paragraph of page 82 by stating that “it was a great fun (for Soyinka) to watch him (Daniel) lie his head off.” He stated he “would have gone insane” had he not found a cozy place to hide himself while he was doing his creative work. Oshiomhole during his presentation of the book described Soyinka as a great and relentless fighter, saying further that Nigeria needs social warriors who tell the truth constantly.

the bird belongs to the Eagle family and added, “You know that they are carnivorous; they eat flesh. So, we feed it with fish or meat. We are not surprised that a bird flew in from

Germany, because some time ago, we found a bird that flew in from Finland. We have contacted the German Embassy in Nigeria and we are still waiting for their reply. I am sure

Germany will be happy to hear that we have one of its research birds in our custody. We have a global understanding on research and wellbeing of humans and animals”.

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ity status as homosexual and requested for social acceptance from the Nigerians. His shocking revelation made him gain admirers and haters who threatened to kill him. Also, as a result of his revelation, he was disowned by his family and most of his friends and got ejected from his home. The revelation led to the cancellation of Funmi Iyanda’s New Dawn live format as future guests on the pre-

recorded version were severely screened by NTA Executive Producers in a bid to avert what was considered “causing public offence”. Alimi is currently based in London and still carries on with his advocacy on gay rights within Migrant African communities. Besides sexual rights advocacy, Alimi has also spearheaded protests against UK policies that can promote racial prejudice.

be member of Buhari’s kitchen cabinet on their own recognisance. The Tinubu brigade would have none of this. Therefore, a campaign of calumny was launched to cut Fashola in particular to dimunitive size. Suddenly, the “memo” was sent out implying the former governor had developed political leprosy. When two books were launched simultaneously celebrating his achievements as governor, none of his APC colleagues from Lagos dared to attend for fear of entering the bad books of the dreaded Jagaban. In order to nail the coffin on Fashola’s ministerial aspirations, it was leaked to the press that a whopping 78 million naira of public money was spent on the construction of his

personal website. 139 million naira was also alleged to have been spent on two boreholes constructed in Government House, Lagos during his tenure. The intention here was to ensure that Fashola becomes ineligible for ministerial consideration on grounds that he would not pass Buhari’s anti-corruption integrity test. However, Buhari was apparently unimpressed by these political shenanigans. When his list of ministerial nominees were unfurled, Fashola and Fayemi featured prominently among Buhari’s “first eleven.” None of Tinubu’s nominees made the list. Other nominees from the South-West were precisely the kind of people Tinubu did not want in Buhari’s team; people who would not be indebted

to Tinubu but to Buhari. While Buhari completely ignored Tinubu’s candidates, he included that of another South-West bigwig. Obasanjo’s favourite son, Prince Olagusoye Oyinlola, former governor of Osun State, was included in Buhari’s list. Thereby, the president asserted the saliency of Obasanjo’s SouthWest influence in Aso Rock over that of the Jagaban. He even pointedly appointed Obasanjo as his special envoy to Guinea-Bissau. This is certainly not what Tinubu bargained for when he decided to pitch his tent with Buhari and the APC. If he were to be furthermore overlooked in the appointment of BOT chairman of the APC, the marginalisation of the Jagaban in the post-election APC would be complete.

COMEUPPANCE Some of us saw this coming. In the heady early days of the APC coalition, we warned that Tinubu would be used and dumped. But we were labelled as PDP lapdogs and charlatans. That is why I say today: let no one cry for Bola Tinubu. Anyone who hears Tinubu’s recent vicious attack on Saraki would realise these are the tokens of a frustrated man. Tinubu could not attack the President, therefore he poured all his venom on the Senate President. He accused him of indiscipline and disloyalty; the very things he celebrated in the PDP rebels who joined forces with him against their party in 2011. The recent declaration that Buhari appointed Babachir Lawal as Secre-

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tary to the Government of the Federation at the instance of Tinubu is a facesaving device. The Tinubu camp forgot to tell us this until now. At the time of new SGF’s appointment, all the uproar was about the Northern lopsidedness in Buhari’s choices. Observing the sidelining of Tinubu by Buhari, Senator Femi Okunroumu said: “I am having a good laugh. This is what I expected. In any case, Tinubu is stretching his luck too far as he wants to dictate who will rule Nigeria. Tinubu’s wings need to be clipped. With the ministerial list, Tinubu has been dumped. He should not just be dumped, he should be disgraced.” On his part, Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, said: “APC is not a

party; it is a gang of people whose sole aim was to remove Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as president. In a real party, you share the spoils of office before elections not after elections. This is what is happening in APC. We warned our people, but they failed to listen.” In the new politics of today’s APC, it is better to be the enemy of Bola Tinubu than to be his friend. The enemies of Tinubu become Senate presidents; they become Speakers of the House of Representatives; they become ministers of the Federal government. But the friends of Tinubu are sent to Siberia. The Jagaban of Borgu himself has been slain politically upon his high places. How are the mighty fallen!

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his time of year the Mother Parish of the Celestial Church of Christ held its annual harvest ceremony with the theme “Harvest of the Beloved,” on the 27th day of September 2015. Attend-

ees enjoyed the merrymaking with lots of eating, drinking and take away food. Celebrated within the church premises, the colourful event was a beautiful sight to behold with women in their beautifully sown “Sutanas” and a service so awesome. The choir sang splen-

did worship songs harmonizing with the drummers who created special beats that took us back home. Indeed, each harvest ceremony just gets better year by year, that a portion of the Dundas Street was ordered closed to accommodate the once-in-a-year celebration. All in all it was a majestic event that all of the mem-

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vehicles in the European nation. In the US, nearly 500,000 Volkswagen vehicles have been ordered to be recalled following the findings of the regulators that the automaker used “defeat devices” to minimize toxic emissions during official tests. Transport minister Alexander Dobrint of Germany stated that devices used to temporarily reduce toxic emissions may have been removed and necessary steps would have been taken to make sure emission regulations are complied with. As of the moment, Volkswagen has halted the distribution of diesel cars and has yet to provide a schedule for recall in the US. “Outside [Europe], each individual country will clarify in detail which emissions classes of the EA 189 [diesel] engine are in fact affected,” said the automaker. About 11 million die-

sel vehicles around the world have to comply with the refitting requirement according to the company. Just this October, Volkswagen Group CEO Matthias Mueller announced that all vehicles in Germany should be refitted next year. In a report published by Reuters, the recall of the 11 million automobiles would be one of history’s biggest efforts made by a single automaker, almost similar to the 2009-2010 recall done by Toyota which counted over 10 million cars having acceleration issues, although surpassed by the number of cars recalled due to defective Takata air bags installed on multiple carmakers. Some of the diesel models affected of the recall would include 2009 to 2015 models of Skoda, Seat and Audi. While owners are bothered that the refitting may affect the automobile’s performance or reduce its efficiency, the executives of the company said they would try to avoid such problems. Reuters reported that analysts have said that the recall would cost the company about 35 billion to comply with regulatory fines, lawsuits and vehicle refitting needs.

Ford makes 2nd recall for Windstar minivans due axle problem By Ngozi Ugoh A new North American recall is slated to come about as Ford recall about 342,271 Windstar minivans made in Oakville, Ontario due to cracks found in rear axles when vehicles as get older. This is the second time that Ford announced a safety defect recall on 1998 – 2003 models. This year around 58,853 Canadian vehicles will be affected by this remedial action. In a statement released by Ford last month, the company said that: “There is a risk that the combined effects of corrosion and stress can lead to cracks in the axle that – if undetected – can grow and result in a complete fracture.” There are a few accidents reported which were associated with the Wind-

AT&T could do it, why not the other companies? This was announced by TMobile following the lead made by AT&T, the leading wireless carrier across the United States, in working with a single number to be used in multiple devices. T-Mobile, one of the four leading carriers operating within the United States, is currently in slot number 3 among the largest providers of wireless network. Mike Sievert, T-Mobile operations chief had told the technology website Re/ code on the first week of October this year that his company is currently on the job to realize a sole and unified number system that could be used by its owner in any gadget. Competing from rival AT&T, Sievert also told Re/ code that they are working on optional features for customers which are more advanced than what is offered by the former. He did not elaborate on the details of their initial offering though. Sievert said, “What we are working on will make this version one offered by AT&T looks small”. He further added, “Our strategy is to ask customers what they want and need and then build it. AT&T is to build or buy things, and then try to convince customers they ask for it”. Re/code further explained that T-Mobile, being one of the four leading wireless carriers, avoids using shared data buckets for multiple device accounts,

vehicles had correctly installed brackets may still get rear axle replacements as an incentive at a reduced price. CBC News reported that the company also made previous recalls on other models such as 2001-2008 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner due to loose-fitting shift control level bolts of the transmissions and 2015 Ford F-50 trucks that brakes the pickup automatically because of an adaptive cruise control problem.

devices, as confirmed by Re/code, is agreed among experts as the key in pursuing consumers to buy more than one cellular-based devices. Added to this, a much convenient single telephone number will make subscribers more attuned to multiple devices on their possession, enhancing tremendous growth on monthly data plans. Re/code further added that AT&T will be offering the service dubbed as “NumberSync” technology, come December in time for the busy holiday season. The company is also planning to support connected cars aside from connecting multiple phones with a single number. Re/code learned that AT&T was developing the technology for more than a year before its applications which was initially named as “Cascade”. Meantime, Verizon, currently occupying the second spot on the industry, is yet to announce its plans regarding number sharing within devices.

Car emergency kits can be a life saver By NC staff

star minivans but they don’t involve injuries said the company. Although, Ford designed a bracket in 2010 to reduce this problem, this time the problem is pointed at those brackets which were incorrectly installed. So in this year’s recall, customers who will have their vehicles recalled due to wrong bracket installation will be given the chance to replace their rear axle. Nevertheless, Ford said that customers whose

unlike the three major carriers. This was clear with AT&T and Verizon, who, T-Mobile admits, have push shared data plans for majority of the tech giants’ customers. On the other hand, Sprint (currently rated as the number 4 among the largest wireless networks is offering unlimited plans for solo featured subscribers, while the company shares data options for its family plans. The updated report by Re/code stated that Sprint will be on this race, but announcements will be made later. Like the other services which will be offered by three of the largest U.S. wireless providers (AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint), the unified numbering system will soon let their respective subscribers use one number to receive calls on their mobile phones, smartphones, wearable, tablets and other gadgets as initially announced by AT&T on Oct. 14. This option of sharing data within multiple

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CEASE-FIRE TABERNACLE CELEBRATED HER 14TH ANNIVERSARY By Ngozi Ugoh

Cease-Fire Tabernacle Brampton celebrated her 14th Anniversary on Sept. 27th, 2015 at 8 Melani Drive, Brampton, Ontario. Pastors and entire congregation express their profound gratitude to all the guests and friends. May His infinite mercies and grace abide with you all always. Amen. Nigerian Canadian Newspapers,

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By Dr. Ignatius Odianosen Okosun (PhD) Criticism is a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best known thought in the world”. Mathew Arnold (18221888) Essays in Criticism. Encapsulated in rhapsodic ebullience hallmarked by serendipity were Christopher Columbus on discovery of the Western Hemisphere, Luigi and Lucia Galvani on the theory of galvanism, Volta on the production of electric current by conduct of two dissimilar metals, thus the invention of the battery, Faraday on Magnetism, Archimedes on his mathematical principles, Cyrus W. Field on his projection of the first Atlantic cable, William Penn the British Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania, Leonardo da Vinci on Mona Lisa and others too numerous to mention. Also in his poem “The Volunteer Day”, C. Lewis took an emotional and retrospective glance at the travails, trauma and tribulations of the volunteers of war for ancient England, “It was not Fraud or Foolishness, glory, revenge or pay! We came because our eyes could see no other way. There was no other way to keep man’s flickering truth alight; these stars will witness that our course burned briefer, not less bright”. Moreo is the altruistic zeitgeist of these inventors. They stood between Scylla and Charybdis, Critics and Kill –sports, but with dogged pertinacity, the punctiliousness of a Spaniard and Trojan perseverance they were able to move mankind forward, critics were their best friends and their worst enemies in the journey. Man is Hegelianly imperfect, perfection is nowhere within the purview of man, hence imperfection is a uniovular twin with man. Giving this state of imperfection mistakes, defects, shortfalls, indispositions, and even death becomes a concomitant of man and his activities. Longfellow asserted that “No man is an Island unto himself”. In the light of this, social, political, cultural and educational engineering heightened a concatenation of events that gave rise to “The Society” and “The Social Contract.” In professions, men, women, students and critics contribute their quota towards ensuring a viable “social contract.” Ideally, the critic is the argo eyed spectator who sees a better part of the game. He mirrors in and mirrors-out activities through communication engineering, information technology and information management, seeing the world as a global village. However a tree on its own cannot make a forest is not my saying or ascribes to

me because the dictum is a general known adage even to a children. What a metaphor and a beautiful one for that matter. But there again, a superfluous trees in a place could result in an unproductive dense waste land. “We cannot continue to search the branches of a sick tree for the cause of its sickness.” – African Proverb. As history unfolds in Nigeria, it does appear that “the more things change the more they remain the same”. Nigeria and indeed Africa are richly endowed. The geographical expression called Nigeria is robustly blessed with natural resources. With the 2015 Nigeria’s Presidential election won and lost, and the attendant celebrations over, attention of the victors General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) should now shift to policy that would determine the success or failure of the new regime. Beyond the “change” mantra of the APC however, it should be clear to any discerning individual that governance in Nigeria should no longer be business as usual. An entirely new approach founded on leadership transparency, discipline, accountability and integrity is now a must if the Muhammadu Buhari regime can have any hope of pulling Nigeria out of the woods. It is instructive that Nigerians elected the retired but obviously not tired army general on those planks on March 28 2015. His victory at the polls, against all odds, clearly shows Nigerians are tired of business as usual. No doubt, expectations are high that General Buhari government will provide an antidote to the country’s most daunting problems of epileptic power supply, corruption, poverty and unemployment. Nigeria’s poverty cannot be blamed on shortage of natural resources, or the wherewithal to execute peopleoriented programs; rather it is squarly man-made, arising from insincerity in budget formulation and implementation over the years. With the change in federal government from the ruling party to opposition party, I opine that we should begin to seriously consider May 29 to May 28 as Nigeria’s fiscal year in order to align with our established election time table and also prevent politically induced budget truncation halfway into the year, on the advent of a new leadership after elections. But this is vital for the future. For now, every attention should be focused on improving power supply in the country, reducing corruption in governance, and reducing poverty and unemployment. General Buhari’s economic team including his newly appointed cabinet ministers must there-

fore hit the ground running. The abysmal performance of the power sector is no doubt a consequence of corruption which has over the years been the common denominator in governance in Nigeria. The power sector has gulped billions of dollars over the years. Constant electricity supply remains elusive even as Nigerians are compelled to pay huge electricity tariffs for services not enjoyed. Specifically General Buhari should consider taking a closer look at how Nigerians were indebted to the tune of N400bn after the privatization of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria distribution network. It is equally curious that more than two years after privatization, government continues to breastfeed the power distribution companies with selective interest waivers, which have regrettably not resulted in low tariffs or improved performance. In view of cost implications therefore, the Buhari’s administration should as a matter of urgency fast-track the adoption of gas for generating power. Besides, Nigeria’s gas reserves are a thousand times in excess of her crude oil reserves, therefore it may be necessary to fashion out an institutional legal framework in which power and energy sectors are converged so as to facilitate transportation of gas to the power section as this will bring about coordination and efficiency in the comatose sector. Most Nigerians are of the opinion that; with endemic corruption in Nigeria, with the massive looting of public funds, profligate spending by public office holders, over-invoicing and kindred other corrupt practices, the new cabinet of General Buhari government must as a necessity take bold and courageous steps in tackling corruption as against President Jonathan’s acquiescence disposition towards it. How does one explain a situation where about $20 billion was unremitted to the nation’s treasury by NNPC under Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke’s watch, yet the oil czar remained the petroleum minister while the whistle blower, former CBN governor and current emir of Kano Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, was shoved off the seat? What about the police pension fund fraud, $10 billion spree on charter flights by the same petroleum empress, Mrs Diezani Allison Madueke; $6.8 billion fuel subsidy scam also under Alison-Madueke’s watch; or a Nigerian Presidency that boasts of more than five Presidential aircrafts at a time the country cannot boast of a single national airline. These were glaring examples of corruption in government which Geneal Buhari and his new

ministerial team must have the political will to stamp out. Coincidentally, the retired army general himself has a pedigree of prudence, fiscal discipline and an aversion for corrupt practices. One sure way of tackling corruption in a democratic dispensation is to have strong institutions as opposed to strong personalities. Under President Goodluck Ebere Jonathan, Nigeria’s two foremost anti-corruption institutions, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) were intentionally incapacitated by starving them of funds. Both institutions became moribund even in the face of massive looting under President Jonathan’s government. The Buhari’s government must therefore show commitment to building, strengthening and sustaining the independence of these anti-graft agencies as well as the judiciary which is another tier of government that can solidify the fight against corruption. President Buhari and his new ministerial team can as well adopt a modified John Meynard Keynes model of macro- economic management as a way of tackling unemployment. This model advocates massive government intervention to help overcome the lack of aggregate demand in order to reduce unemployment and increase growth. In adopting this model however the Buhari administration should be creative in such a way as to increase government spending on infrastructural development while keeping it low on recurrent expenditure. Efforts to keep recurrent expenditure low must necessarily involve the cost of running government. The current federal bureaucracy is needlessly over-bloated. Clearly, the cost of running democratic governance in Nigeria has become too expensive and unsustainable. For an economy that produces virtually nothing and relies only on oil revenue, Nigeria’s political office holders are the most highly remunerated in the world. A senator, for instance, receives an average of N30 million per month. Nigeria has 109 senators and 360 Members of the House of Representatives. Each member of the House of Reps receives about N23 million per month. This is aside their severance when they leave office. General Buhari’s government must look into this in collaboration with the National Assembly since the minimum wage of an average Nigerian cannot guarantee food on the table. President Jonathan’s government was abysmally low in its allocation to capital expenditure in the 2015 federal budget. Out of the

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N4.357 trillion budgeted for the fiscal year 2015, only a paltry N627 billion (14.4%) was allocated to capital projects while a whopping N2.6 trillion (60%) was allocated to recurrent expenditure. This clearly shows a lack of seriousness in the so-called transformation agenda of the Jonathan government. A Buhari government will therefore do well to reverse this trend by budgeting a greater percentage to capital projects all through the duration of his administration. But it is not all about budgeting; it must also implement the budget to the letter. With infrastructural development at the fore-front of government expenditure, jobs would be created thus leading to increase in aggregate demand. An increase in the general level of demand for goods and services will invariably result in the increase in economic activities as new vistas open up for small and medium scale enterprises. This, in turn, will result in increased employment opportunities. Furthermore, the nation’s agricultural sector is a veritable avenue for poverty eradication, job and wealth creation. It is also the most important sector to be considered in eradicating hunger and meeting the basic human need for food. Although many people agree that President Jonathan’s government recorded some improvement in the agricultural sector, not much however has been achieved as the nation’s farming population continues to suffer from lack of access to modern farming technology, agricultural facilities, land and loan facilities, poor seeds, corruption, an aging farming population without the younger generation replacing them, illiteracy, and several other setbacks. In the words of the National President, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN,) Architect Kabiru Ibrahim, “the performance of the outgoing government is more rhetoric than action because the system only accentuated subsistence farming and was not well coordinated to target all farmers irrespective of political affiliation, religions and sex.” In light of above therefore, it is recommended that Buhari government should allocate at least 20% of the total budget to developing agriculture. President Buhari’s approach to agriculture however should not be the usual approach of throwing money to the sector, an approach which usually results in the hijack of the money by powerful elements who are not directly involved in the sector. Rather he should emphasize agric-based institutional frameworks that would see to the establishment of rural community-based agricul-

tural banks through which loans can be channelled to rural farmers – with conditions of a single digit interest rate. This framework should also include establishment of Agricultural Processing Zones (APZ) as processing harvested products guarantees good value on the farmers produce. Although several loan facilities exist through the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) and Bank of Industry (BOI) respectively, these are limited to urban areas and, most of the time, bogged down by excess bureaucracy such that these loans are disbursed to needy farmers late in the year. Even then, rural farmers are hardly aware of these facilities. The Buhari’s government will also have to revitalize the manufacturing sector. It is one sector that can generate the desired employment. Some countries such as Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa were at par with Nigeria in the 1970s but today have all left Nigeria behind because they paid serious attention to rapid industrialization while we paid lip service to it. Nigeria’s recent attempt to smuggle the country into the BRINCS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), the world’s next industrial power houses, through implementation of Vision 2020 has failed judging from current economic realities. President Buhari’s government must pay attention to this area and revisit Vision 2020 with a view to fashioning out a National Development Plan that will focus on 2035 or even 2040 as 2020 has become unrealistic. To ensure that this policy is pursued by governments after Buhari, it should be supported with an Act of the National Assembly, as well as involve inputs from states and local governments, organized private sector, and other stake holders. In fact a commission should be established to oversee its implementation, the policy should of course not exclude provision for the environment. During his presidential campaigns, General Buhari at different times promised to restore the past glory of education in Nigeria and instil discipline in all schools. As desirable as this is, it will be interesting to see how he intends to go about this. One thing for sure though is that our once highly-ranked educational system has now fallen to an all-time low such that it is now adjudged as one of the worst in Africa. Despite the huge resources committed to education over the years by successive governments, very little has been achieved. The licensing of more universities has continued on p(48)

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Made-In-Aba Shoes Attract Foreign Investments By Nicole Anozie Foreign investments would soon come pouring in the city of Umuahia as Aba leathers demonstrated potential in global marketing. Artisan production of belts, shoes, baggage and other leather products are now compared with the marketing qualities of international items which impressed several investors from Brazil. These international investors expressed their intention to spend on Madein-Aba shoes particularly and are looking for ways to deal with businesses in the city in their attempt to enhance the excellent quality of the leather products through the use of their latest production equipments. Investors believed that with their equipment, the Aba leathers are indeed capable of generating numerous high-quality products which can compete in the international market.

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In a report by South East Voice, the Brazilian investors were impressed with one of the shoemakers in Umuahia that produces 200 shoes daily by hand without the aid of any modern equipment. According to the investor, this kind of artisan can create considerably more products if he was provided with state-ofthe-art equipments Some of the individuals and organizations that

demonstrated interest to partner with leather-based artisans in Aba include the Leather-based Cluster of the Ariria Intercontinental Market, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, Officers of the Leather-based Workers Unions, Elder Emma Ezeala of Investment Facilitation, Lawrence Odoemelem of Investment Promotions and Chinedu Nwagu of Investment Preparing and Method.

Staples founder Tom Stemberg dies at 66

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Five ways to manage cash flow for your business (NC) Managing cash flow can be a challenging part of running any business. When you operate a seasonal business, maintaining cash flow can be particularly tricky. “Cash flow shortages can be the cause of business failure, even for companies that had great potential,” says Sarah Adams, vice-president of Small Business at RBC. “Planning for the ebb and flow of a seasonal business needs to be done early and often, before you find your business in a cash crunch.” To help maintain cash flow throughout the year, Adams provides five tips: 1. DETERMINE YOUR CASH FLOW NEEDS Calculate your startup costs, review your financial forecast for the busy season, and calculate your cash flow based on the entire year, including the off-season.

CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, ZION PARISH COMMEMORATES ANOTHER HARVEST CEREMONY By N.Ugoh

In August 21, 2015, the Celestial Church of Christ, Zion Parish celebrated this year’s harvest ceremony at Loafers Lake Recreation Centre, Brampton. Present at the annual harvest is the World Wide pastor, Rev. Emmanuel Mobiyina who came all the way from Nigeria. CCC Zion Parish is located at 12 Automatic Rd., Brampton, Ontario, L6S 5N3. You may contact them at these numbers: 905-291-0792 / 905-598-6224 - Pictures by Nigerian Canadian Newspaper, Canada

2. BUDGET CAREFULLY Creating and sticking to a solid budget is necessary to ensure you can pay for regular expenses such as maintenance, taxes and equipment financing when you have no funds coming in. 3. ESTABLISH GOOD CREDIT Having good credit is especially important for a seasonal business, so be sure your bills are paid on time and maintain your strong credit rating.

4. CONSIDER FINANCING OPTIONS Talk to a financial advisor about an operating line of credit, business credit card, term loan, leasing, and business loan insurance. 5. MAKE USE OF THE OFF-SEASON After a busy season, owners may look forward to some well-deserved downtime. This is the best time to review the past season, plan any changes, and prepare your marketing efforts for next year.

Canada’s Scotiabank to cut back office staff By N.Ugoh

By G.G. Bastalino At the age of 66, founder and former Staples CEO Tom Stemberg depart this life on the 23rd of October after being diagnosed of gastric cancer two years ago. Nevertheless, his long battle against cancer ended at the age of 66. However, despite his formidable health condition, the co-founder of Staples office supplies stores remained active in business. Recently, he directed a venture capital firm, Highland Consumer Fund which works with consumer companies. Stemberg also disclosed his interest to improve a new fund in a report released by Fortune. Pinkberry and Lululemon are some of the named investments for this venture. The venture capital office Highland Capital Partners issued this statement: “The partners and staff at Highland Capital are terribly saddened by the loss of our very close friend and longtime colleague, Tom Stemberg after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Tom joined Highland in 2005, and became a founding General Partner of the Highland Consumer fund in 2007. Since that time we have come to know and love him as a partner, as a committed philanthropic mem-

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ber of our community and as a business pioneer and leader across the globe. Words cannot convey how deeply we will miss his intellect, humor and friendship. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Stemberg family and to all who he touched.” Prior to his death, Stemberg continued to serve the boards of directors of CarlMax, Inc., Lululemon, DAVIDsTea, Indochino, Guitar Center, Pharmaca and J. McLaughlin. In 2012, he made headlines having served as speaker to support Mitt Romney at the Republic National Convention. Romney is serving the Bain Capital while investing on Staples after its launching. Romney told The Boston Globe in a statement that: “Tom is one of the great business leaders

of our state and our nation. He was not only the founder, but someone who grew the company to a multibillion dollar enterprise. He built an industry that employs thousands and thousands of people.” It was in 1986 when Stemberg established the first Staples outlets in Brighton, Massachusetts. Today, there are more than 1,600 outlets across North America and about $8 billion market cap north. Staple made a deal with Office Depot to merge their companies, an effort which is currently subject for close investigation by the federal regulators. It can be recalled that the same merger was not realized in 1997 during the time when Stemberg was still serving Staples as chairman, due to antitrust issues. As of the moment, no comment has

Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS.TO - 2.46%), Canada’s third-biggest moneylender by resources, will close some backoffice support operations in the following two years as it moves more to digital banking. The bank’s shared administration group, arbitration centers and mortgage operations will confront consolidation and terminations in “specific areas” as it looks to unite workers principally in two new technology-enhanced centers in the Toronto region, Scotiabank said recently in an email statement. The moneylender said it didn’t know what number of jobs will be influenced. “This is about increasing our ability to serve our customers

quickly and efficiently and increasing our use of technology to do that,” bank spokeswoman Diane Flanagan said in a telephone interview. “At the same time, we’re going to be working closely with our employees throughout this transition process to assist them as much as we can.” “It’s really the beginning of those conversations with our employees so I don’t have a number for you,” Representative Andrew

Chornenky told the press in an email. He additionally said that Scotiabank will figure out if there will be different opportunities for them inside of the bank. Scotiabank had more than 28,000 employees in its Canadian banking unit as of August 1. The firm said it’s attempting to expand the utilization of technology, decrease duplication and abbreviate turn-around times while minimizing risk to enhance user experience.

been obtained from the office supply retailer. At present, Ron Sargent is the chairman and CEO of Staples. In a statement, he said: “Tom was a great friend, mentor and colleague to many of us, and he will be greatly missed. Tom was a visionary who invented the office products superstore

and turned it into a global industry. He had great energy, determination, and an incredible passion for our business. His entrepreneurial spirit and legacy will live on through the many people he inspired and the company he created. On a personal note, I’ll remember Tom for his great sense of humor, and

most of all, his caring nature.” Stemberg has started Staples after he was terminated from his job in a grocery store business. Nevertheless, this failure catapulted him to develop the first specialized superstores in the country before it ventured into the retailing approach.

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The Second Annual Kazembe Foundation Cruise AUGUST 27, 2015 By N.Ugoh

The Kazembe Foundation once again gathered its partners, peers and colleagues on board to celebrate their Second Annual Hob Nob Cruise. Kazembe and Associates organized the cruise on Mariposa Cruises Northern Spirit where attendees socialized and had fun. This year, the event caused quite a stir having been attended by its special guest Nikki Clarke. Attendees of the annual cruise were entertained all night long with Chef Selwyn’s delicious cuisine. The famous chef is an international award winner and cookbook author. The Kazembe Foundation was outstandingly established with the goal to transform lives for the advantage of the youth in the community making the world a better place to live in. Pictures by Nigerian Canadian Newspaper, Canada

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Devil on the Cross By Ngugi wa Thiong’o One of the cornerstones of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s fame, Devil on the Cross was written in secret, on toilet paper, while Ngũgĩ was in prison. It tells the tragic story of Wariinga, a young woman who moves from a rural Kenyan town to the capital, Nairobi, only to be exploited by her boss and later by a corrupt businessman. As she struggles to survive, Wariinga begins to realize that her problems are only symptoms of a larger societal malaise and that much of the misfortune stems from the Western, capitalist influences on her country. An impassioned cry for a

Continued from last issue. The phone rang again. Kenny ran to grab it. He was very delighted, it was Funso from London. “How are you? What is the weather like in London?” Kenny decided to put the phone on speaker so that Paola could hear the conversation. He uses every opportunity to prove that he is not a fake Christian and more importantly that he does not have any illicit affair with anybody, particularly not

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ummertime has ended and school started again. The warm season was a total blast with my family, and yet it has skipped, hopped and leaped so fast that it’s time for us to brace another change in the weather and start to bundle up a bit. For this edition of the Youth Corner, I had a remarkable chance

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of interviewing Francis Osifo. He is a poet, a motivational speaker and a creator of books. The Nigerian native, whose current book is titled “50 Letters of Hope,” goes to Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada studying communication and film. Francis’ latest book features different poems written in selfexplanatory words or messages

that an average reader could understand and appreciate. I had the chance to check out few of the poems included in that book and found that the young author used free verses in expressing the message of each poem he wrote. To get to know more about the promising author, who inspires his readers to go on hoping for a better future,

read the interview below. Support Francis Ofiso by getting a copy of his book that sure has the power to motivate you in times you felt you have lost hope in everything or in one aspect of your life. Enjoy, LOVE, LAUGH and be GOOD. To reach me, email: dima_62@hotmail.com

INTERVIEW WITH FRANCIS OSIFO Kenya free of dictatorship and for African writers to work in their own local dialects, Devil on the Cross has had a profound influence on Africa and on post-colonial African literature.

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Funso. “The weather is there, I really did not bother myself with checking that tonight,” Funso said, “How are you tonight? I understand your weather is similar to that of England too, although on a milder form and that South Africa is well developed, far better than Nigeria.” “I am fine, it could be better. I miss my wife greatly and our last boy in particular. This job matter is something else. I really do not know whether to continue or not,” Ken-

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In Dangerously in Love, a stripper, a desperate housewife, and a sexually addicted husband take fatal attraction to a new level -- and reveal the extreme risks of falling in love. Chanell Lawson, aka Sensation, is a premiere exotic dancer who is sick and tired of sex industry. She finally is ready to exchange her pole-dancing routine for a more traditional life. When she meets her ideal catch, however, Chanelle begins to suspect he has a dark side and soon fears that the man of her dreams may be her worst nightmare.

After three years of marriage, Dayna Reynolds believes getting pregnant will revitalize her failing marriage. But an absent husband won’t help her chances. Feeling unattractive and unloved, a vulnerable Dayna easily succumbs to the advances of an enigmatic stranger. At eighteen years old, Brooklyn Andrews is nothing more than a naive college student. Being the youngest of five and the only girl, she is sheltered from a lot of things that most girls her age experience, including boys. That is until she meets Dominic……

In this romantic follow up to The Replacement Wife, Chloe Brooks tries to move on with her life after losing her multi-millionaire boyfriend, Quentin, to a singing nanny. Even though Quentin gave Chloe twenty million dollars to leave quietly, she longs for love and hopes that a move to Washington DC will expand her options to a new elite crowd. When Chloe meets exNFL star, Dustin McArthur, she thinks she’s finally met the man of her dreams. He’s sinfully handsome, lives in an exclusive neighborhood in Georgetown and knows how to …….

ny said. “My concern is how to raise money for my children’s university education. Avoiding Funso’s question and going straight to issues bothering him” “That is the problem of every man of your age. I don’t know what else to tell you over that matter. That is what it takes to be a Christian. You were highly placed. You were a senior engineer in a big corporation; they gave you an opportunity to make money. We all advised you at that time to make hay, when the sun shines, but what did you do? You made a sticker— ‘Say No to corruption’ and put it on your door. So just do not complain. All those who steal money when in ministry do you think they are stupid? It is to train their children, take care of their future. If you have money now, you will be with your family enjoying their company and all these daily complaints will not arise,” she counseled on phone. “Do you remember Tiper? Their parents live close to our grandfather’s place. You know he joined Custom’s immediately after high school. He made a lot of money taking

bribes engaging himself in all manner of fraudulent practices. He built houses all over Nigeria. Do you know where he is now?” asked Kenny, as he went down the memory lane of when they were growing up in the village. “I do not know,” answered Funso. “He is now in America. When I asked him why he was going there with all the money he has, you know what he said?” “I do not know,” answered Funso again, not sounding too interested. Even though she keeps encouraging Kenny as a cousin she feels that if Kenny made enough money when he was in government position even she herself would have benefited from it and possibly maybe she would have relocated to Nigeria. “There is no way he could use that money he stole to train his children. They are cursed money. I cannot allow my children to be cursed. I will go and work and make honest money and use it to train them”. Funso, I can never regret living an honest life. Life is hard in SA but like David said, ‘I will rather be a gateman in God’s palace than be a king in Satan’s abode’.”

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By James Patterson Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius, forced to play the deadliest game of his career. Cross’s family--his loving wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his precious children--have been ripped away. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this mad man what he wants if he has any chance of saving the most important people in his life. The stakes have never been higher: What will Cross sacrifice to save the ones he loves?

How did you start your writing career and became an author?

In Nigeria, I started writing poetry in high school. I did this in times I had rough days at school. Rather than giving up on dreams, I used poetry to make myself happy. Writing poetry became a habit, so instead of complaining about my problems, I used the sweet flow of words to express my feelings and solve my problems. Apart from writing poetry for myself, I wrote poems that got published in my high school magazine in Nigeria. My dream was to become a published author someday.

Tell us something about yourself

My name is Francis Osifo. I am a poet, a motivational speaker and an author of the book “50 Letters of Hope.” I was born in Nigeria and attended Olashore International School in Osun

I moved to Canada to study and for a year, I did not write poetry because I was too busy doing other things. After a year, I decided that it was time for me to start a new life. The thought of writing a book came to my head once again and I started working towards it. The biggest challenge I had was that, I did not know what to write about. It took me about a year to write the

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book and the poems in the book were inspired by real life events that happened around me at that time. All the poems were centered on hope and I decided to tittle the book “50 Letters of Hope.” I believe words can heal people and my desire to help people going through hard times around the world, inspired me to focus more on writing a motivational poetry book.

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As a poet, motivational speaker and author, my dream is that one day, the world would be a better place and many lives would be transformed. Many people are suffering all around the world because they have failed to believe in their abilities. It does not matter how dark a person’s life was in the past, it is never too late to make everything bright again. There is hope for a better future and people that believe this tend to succeed someday in life.

By Janice Saunders This book is for all my urban girls who have Big Dreams to make a huge impact on the world. Young ladies, my intention for you is to use this book to build your confidence in the fact that you can create the life you desire by practicing good speaking skills and putting your best foot forward every time. Janice created success assignments, exercises, practical tools and vignettes to increase the confidence and self-esteem of urban girls. Building confidence, improving communica-

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state, Nigeria. I moved to Canada to further my studies. I obtained a high school diploma at The Great Lakes College of Toronto and currently, I am an undergraduate student at Carleton University Ottawa, Canada. My major is Communications studies and I am also studying film as a minor.

Many people these days, give up on their dreams just because of pain. The truth is that, pain doesn’t kill. Pain is temporary, it is only going to hurt you for a short period but if you stand firm, work hard, everything is going to be beautiful in your life.

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own your destiny, you own your future, ignore all problems and keep striving for greatness because someday, marvelous things are going to happen in your life

Tell us about your book “50 LETTERS OF HOPE.”

“50 Letters of Hope” is a motivational poetry book that is sustained by sweet flow of words. It does not matter if you love reading poetry or you have never read a poem before. The words in this book are made so easy so that the average reader could understand the message of the book and instantly get inspired. There are fifty short poems in this book and most of the poems are written in free verses. This book is recommended for all ages. It is going to very helpful to those that have gone through hard times in the past, those struggling with life now and also those that are finally successful but still want to fly higher.

From the poems you’ve written on the book, what is your most favorite quote? “Objections won’t confuse me, Confusion must be an enemy, Faith must be a friend and My eyes must see amazing things.” -Stanza 3, Letter 27, Page 27

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By Chasing Liberty Prime Minister Kenny Anthony declared that St. Lucia will start accepting applicants for St. Lucia citizenship by investment (CBI) program on 1 January 2016 in his opening speech to the Global Citizens Forum in Monaco. Applications will be submitted to Citizenship by Investment Unit, a newly-established entity in Monaco that aims

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to give applicants the promise of new beginnings at the start of the following year. The key event which took place last 7 October

2015, gathered the attendance of international businesspersons, immigration specialists, citizenship lawyers, investors, marketing agents, wealth managers and VIPs. According to Dr. Anthony, he envies applicants who can obtain St. Lucian citizenships though this program but emphasized its significance in addressing the challenges that confront small continued on p(52)

A major expansion is expected to occur in Caribbean and Latin America as Marriott International plans to open 60 new hotels by 2018. In a statement released by the company

this month, president Tim Sheldon of Marriott International’s Caribbean and Latin America Operations said that the company is anticipating a 75 percent increase between 2015 and 2018 as new hotels open in Caribbean and Latin America particularly in Brazil where 11

news hotels will be added in the market. “The northern part of our region is enjoying strong performance while the southern is faced with an economic slowdown, caused largely by the downfall of continued on p(52)

Victor Charter Service now offers direct flights from 19 U.S. cities to Cuba LIAT sells tickets from Antigua

to San Juan at US$199 By N.Ugoh

Air passengers can now fly from Antigua to San Juan at US$199 via the Caribbean Airline, LIAT. According to Corporate Communications Head Desmond Brown, the US$199 air fare from V.C. Bird International Airport in Antigua to the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan covers the cost of a re-

turn ticket and all applicable taxes. The promotional fare can booked for two flights from Antigua to San Juan between October 8 and November 30, 2015. Bookings are for flight schedules between October 8 and February 29, 2016 while return services operate from Antigua to San Juan or vice versa on Mondays through

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Sundays. Brown also added that starting October 27 this year, passengers can take a new non-stop flight from San Juan to Antigua every three days in a week which will leave at 22:55 and arrive at Antigua at 0:20. This means that those who travel from Antigua to shop in Puerto Rico or continued on p(52)

Travellers to Cuba can now take direct flights from 19 U.S. cities via Victor’s private jet charter service. Starting 5 October 2015, the global service which recently debuted in the U.S., will allow air passengers to experience direct flights with exclusive itineraries offering the best experience Cuban can offer. This exciting experience was made possible when Victor partnered with federally approved on-the-

ground operator Cuba Educational Travel (CET) that designs travel plans for US travellers with some of the country’s leading influencers and tastemakers. These experts provide travellers first-hand access to the best treats in store at the island which used to be a forbidden place. With Cuba and US reestablishing their diplomatic ties, CET ensured that the new en routes and itineraries comply with all the federal legal requirements to make Victor’s planning pro-

cess utterly flawless. Most of the experiences offered to guests include mega-exclusive dinners with famed cultural artists, historians and other experts, concerts with prominent entertainment personalities such as Gente de Zona and the Buena Vista Social Club, private cocktail gatherings, or cigar and rum tastings with the country’s renowned cigar specialists and distiller experts. Likewise, US travellers can have their itineraries tailored according continued on p(52)

Dennis Hastert to enter a guilty plea in a bank withdrawal lawsuit By G.G. Bastalino

A prosecutor said in an interview with NY Times that Republican speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert pleads guilty in a case filed against him for skirting banking laws and disclosing lies to federal investigators. The small town wrestling coach who obtained a seat in the House as the Republican speaker for several years was charged in May for making cash withdrawal that amount to $1.7 million. Mr. Hastert intended to evade the scrutiny of banking officials and made false statements about the withdrawal in an investigation made by the federal authorities. The pattern of his clandestine meetings and

banks withdrawal was detailed in full in a sevenpage indictment. According to the indictment, Mr. Hastert made bank withdrawals to “compensate for and conceal” allegations of sexual misconduct against his former student (Individual A) in Yorkville, Illinois where Mr. Hastert used to serve as a high school teacher and coach. A brief stated that no sexual crimes were ever charged against Mr. Hastert. Mr. Hastert, who served the House from 1999 to 2007, appeared at a Chicago courthouse in June and initially entered a not guilty plea to charges which are yet to be revealed. No clear information was disclosed about his charges and probable sentence.

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Indeed, the guilty plea would allow Mr. Hastert to shorten the trial and avoid revealing sensitive information kept secret for years including the person he is accused of paying. The indictment said at around 2010, the former speaker came face to face with the male student who opened up

about his “past misconduct” while he was working in Yorkville. Mr. Hastert taught high school students in 1965 t0 1981. To cover up his misconduct, the former high school teacher agreed to pay Individual A $3.5 million who later demanded more money in the amounts of $50,000 to

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$100,000. This prompted Mr. Hastert to withdraw large amounts of money from various accounts to pay him. Banking officials demanded explanation from Mr. Hastert about the withdrawals so he changed his course. To avoid being ordered to report his cash withdrawals, he took less than $10,000 cash in increments. When federal agents questioned him for holding onto the cash in December, he said he kept the cash because he doesn’t trust the banking system. Having done so, he can be sued for two charges: structuring or taking out $10,000 cash in increments to evade bank detection and lying to federal agents. For each charge, Mr. Hastert may be sentenced for impris-

onment for a maximum of five years and pay a fine of $250,000. Mr. Hastert was known as “the coach” on Capitol Hill. He was elected for his first post in Congress in 1986 and later became speaker of the House in 1999 following Newt Gingrich unexpected resignation. He has demonstrated proficiency in corralling his caucus members and advocating the Republican agenda; nevertheless, he ceased to run for the same post in the 2008 election and started a lobbying firm. He later worked at Dickstein Shapiro, a law firm in Washington. After being charged in May, Mr. Hastert resigned and went out of the public view. This month, pretrial motions are expected to be submit-

By N.Ugoh Three ladies have allegedly sexually assaulted a 31-year-old male hitchhiker from Hazyview, who they gave a lift in their BMW. Police in Phalaborwa, Limpopo area of South Africa, said that the man reported he was offered a lift by the ladies and afterward raped in the middle of Phalaborwa and Hoedspruit. Phalaborwa police representative, Elvis Mongwe, said the three ladies purportedly lifted the victim up in a BMW 320i, including that one of the ladies offered the hitchhiker a soda drink. Mongwe said: “Three

minutes after drinking it, he had a painful erection.” He said the man was then taken to a deserted region where the ladies took turns raping him at gunpoint without condoms. The police representative further portrayed that the ladies took his cellphone and R300 (about N4500) money and dropped him off at Eiland close Gravelotte. The victim reportedly managed to get to the main road, where a passing driver took him to the police headquarters. Mongwe prompted the general population to utilize public transportation and not hitchhike, taking note of that it puts them at danger of being robed, as-

saulted or even killed. A rape case was opened by the Phalaborwa police, be that as it may, no captures have been made yet. It appears these ladies are serial rapists in light of the fact that police records demonstrate that the most recent attack on the 31-year-old was the fifth of such occurrence to be accounted for in the last couple of years. This is not the first run through such a case is coming up in South Africa which allays the fear that some female serial rapists are at present on rampage in the country.

India Two-Parent not anymore required for adoption By NCNC staff New Delhi, India- The Times of India reported on the second week of October that the nation’s adoption policy would be having an update despite the fact that everybody is not happy with the changes. The new ruling was passed last summer amidst controversies surrounding its amendments. The amendment stated in part, “any prospective adoptive parent, irrespective of his marital status and whether or not he has his own biological son or daughter, can adopt a child”, as reported by The Times of India. In middle of October this year, a Roman Catholic order, the Missionaries of Charity (MoC), which was founded by the late benevolent Mother Teresa, had said that it abandoned the idea of all adoptions through this organization. The Times reported that the nuns running the charity group want to have derecognition on the 13 out of 16 orphanages they operate within the country. The Times had quoted Sister Amala, a nun working at the MoC in this Indian capital city, saying “We have already shut down our adoption services because

our children may not receive love”, pertaining to a single-parent adoption. The Catholic nuns advocate a two-parent system of adoption because they firmly believed in the value of traditional two-parent homes. They have reiterated that the new government policy on the legal adoption clearly defies their Christian beliefs and values. Sister Amala further stated, “We do not wish to let children given to singleparent or divorced people as this is not a religious rule but a human rule”. In Oct. 19, Sunita Kumar, spokesperson for the MoC had stated that the organization will no longer facilitate adoptions, but eventually will continue to care abandoned children , especially those who need special attention. However, the Indian government had accused the nuns of insubordination citing the organization’s treatment of the amendment as a moral dispute rather than as a state policy. This was contradicted by India’s women and development minister, Maneka Gandhi stating, “They have (the nuns) cited ideological issues with our adoption guidelines related to giving up a child for adoption to single and unwed mothers”, as reported by the

Times. Gandhi added that “They have their own agenda, and now when they have to come under a unified secular one, they are refusing it”. Last August, the country’s Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) reviewed the nation’s adoption policy to make it more transparent. The government decided to create the said guidelines to curb the increasing bureaucratic red tape, prolonged and unnecessary processes in the previous adoption system. The lengthy wait of processing took years to complete which is why some families are resorting to adopting babies from other countries, such as China. The absence of a national monitoring system makes child trafficking and illegal adoption possible where it is easy to smuggle children into India, the Times further reported. India’s Parliamentary Standing Committee issued a statement recently, saying “The inter-country adoption may be resorted to only in cases where there is a problem finding suitable prospective adoptive parents in India”. Although India has no official figure of orphaned children, some human rights group estimated the count to reach 30 million individuals.

ted. No pretrial paperwork was demanded by the court apart from the motions which indicates that the prosecutors and Mr. Hastert will soon agree with a plea deal. Thomas C. Green, Mr. Hastert’s lawyer blamed prosecutors for

divulging information about the sexual abuse case saying that doing this may jeopardize the ability of Mr. Hastert to get a fair trial. On the other hand, criminal defense lawyer Charles A. Stillman of New York said that if Mr.

Hastert agrees with a plea deal he may be sentenced of imprisonment from one to two years. “He’s not going to walk away from this. All of the sordid allegations that created the problem would have to come out in a trial,” said Stillman.

Dreams do come true for Amanda Fyfe By staff Reporter Amanda Fyfe the world’s smallest bride marries the love of her life Amanda Fyfe, the smallest bride in the world, who is just 2ft 8 inches, married Steven, the love of her life who is 6ft 1in, in July 2015. The bride from Hinckley described the wedding as “a dream come true.” She was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, a severe form of brittle bone disease, which stunted her growth. However, this didn’t deter her from getting happily married to Steven. The wedding was joyful and colorful. The couple has a son, Aidan who is 6 years old. He was the ring bearer and page boy in her parents’ wedding, joining them in this memorable moment. When Amanda Fyfe said “I do” on her wheelchair, in a church ceremony in Oak ham, Rutland, which was attended by the newly-weds delighted family and friends, she could finally say she had found her “Happily ever after” other half. This was a special moment for her especially when her new husband carried her on his hands, for their first dance on the dance floor, cheered by all those who were present. It was an amazing event, dream come true. Since doctors had even warned Amada’s parents Geoff and Diana Moore, that her mother would unlikely to survive the night after her birth. Prior to her marriage, she didn’t dream about getting married and having a family of her own, but when she met Steven, everything changed. They first met in 2007 at the taxi rank which was their workplace at that time. They didn’t start dating immediately after they were introduced to each other 2 years later. Amanda said “I warmed to him and we eventually agreed to go

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When they danced to their favorite song “Heaven” by DJ Sammy, the bride knew she was like any other happy bride, despite her condition and she went ahead and enjoyed her big day. This was a special moment for her. She said: “It sounds cheesy but I really have found Heaven with Steven.” The 31-year-old bride added, “When I was younger, I was so scared I wouldn’t be able to find a boyfriend because of my size…….But all my dreams have come true and I’ve met the perfect man. He’s never cared about my height and loves me the way I am.” Geoff her proud dad, walked alongside her down the aisle while she was in her wheelchair, to marry Steven. Geoff said: “I’m very proud of what she has achieved. When I saw her looking amazing in her wedding dress, I was overwhelmed. It was one of the proudest moments of my life.” Amanda said that, she had relationships earlier when she was younger just like any other young woman but she was worried that she wouldn’t find a long-term partner to marry her and start a family with because of her size

and condition. But fortunately, she said, “Steven and I are just like any other couple.” She gave birth to Aidan, who is 3ft 2in now and in fact a bit taller than his mom, despite being told that she wouldn’t have children of her own. When Amanda told Steven, who was 18 years old at that time that she was pregnant, the way he responded made Amanda know, “he was The One.” The wedding was therefore a special time for all of them and there was every reason to celebrate. Amanda’s sister who was her bridesmaid, Amy Rowan, 34, helped to choose her “gorgeous, strapless ivory gown” which she find lovely and pleasant for the occasion. Indeed, it was a special moment for Amanda’s dad who celebrated with the couple without his wife on side. Diana died in 2009 due to kidney failure. In a message, she told her mom: “She would have been so proud….She was my rock and best friend. Thanks to her, I had a happy childhood and was able to take my health problems in my stride. She always told me I was beautiful. I had a brooch made with her picture on it and my dad sat it next to him during the ceremony.”

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of the conference, Ausbeth Ajagu, Ph.D, MFR, NPOM, F.AES, President, AES Nigeria Paul Umukoro, M.AES – Registrar, AES Nigeria, Engr Godwin Omene, NPOM, F.AES, Former DMD – Shell Petroleum

mono economy, dependent on oil, thus making us one of the victims of the current global economic headwind ravaging crude oil-dependent countries. 4. Public-private partnership for entrepreneurship development and self-reliance amongst Nigerian youths should be promoted. 5. Other sectors such as agriculture, tourism, entertainment industry, maritime, solid minerals, health, manufacturing etc. need to grow steadily. 6. The Government as a catalyst in wealth creation should constantly create enabling environment for the unleashing of the entrepreneurial capacities of the citizenry in order to diversify the economy 7. The Academy along with her network of members across Nigeria is willing to partner with government at all levels to realize these goals

December, to move on a number of issues which he promised during his campaign trail, to act on “now.”

Finally, the conference underscores the need for the diversification of Nigeria’s economy, to leverage alternative national income earners is non-negotiable and it’s an episode in our lives whose time has come. Also, with the resilience of our people and all hands being on deck, coupled with sound macro-economic instruments, we can see the light at the end of the tunnel sooner than expected. This conference is quite optimistic that if the above resolutions and recommendations are adopted, Nigeria will be on her way to a strong, buoyant and stable economic growth.

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Development Company, Brigadier General Johnson Bamidele Olawunmi, Director General NYSC, represented by Lawrence Anaweokhai the youths/members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) which represent the future of our dear nation, members of the diplomatic corps, the Academia, professional bodies, town union associations, representatives of the private and public sectors of our economy, the media, etc. The event has also continued to receive favourable publicity and kudos from the print and electronic media and in line with AES Nigeria’s tradition, the communiqué of the conference will soon be presented to the Federal Government at the Aso-Rock Villa for further consideration thereon and possible adoption of the recommendations. THE CONFERENCE NOTED INTER-ALIA: • Entrepreneurs as intellectuals, dreamers, scientists, explorers and adventurers are the spring board of growth and development of every nation • That we must all support genuine efforts to rid this country of the monstrous and malignant corruption that has pervaded and stagnated our

national development drives. • Youth constitute a large proportion of Nigeria’s population but despite their critical role, the country has not invested in the youths, thereby making them involved in unprofitable activities. • Individual insecurity, which can be financial, job, marital, economic and psychological will translate into insecurity in the society when it is not adequately addressed at the individual level. • The youths are the engine room of the labour force and represent the future of any nation. Therefore, a vision of prosperous, peaceful and technologically advanced society cannot be realized in an environment where youths are not properly groomed and positioned. • Our Country, Nigeria, has stayed mainly on crude oil moving away from agriculture and mining which used to be the key drivers of our economy. THE CONFERENCE RESOLVED AMONGST OTHERS THAT: 1. Nigeria as an emerging economy, should key into the current pace of globalization through the process of diversifying her economic productive base. 2. The best alternative to solving unemployment problems, reducing poverty and achieving sustainable economic growth is to encourage people to embrace entrepreneurship. 3. Government at all levels must avoid running a

continued from p(3) Osun State namesa new Ooni of Ife of Osun, recognized the approval of Ogunwusi’s appointment as the new Ooni of Ife. “He is Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi of Giesi Ruling House of IleIfe, State of Osun. This choice follows the completion of the due process by the kingmakers and the communication of their decision to Government.” However, Sooko Adeleke Adewoyin of the Lafogido ruling house made a statement that Ogunwusi’s selection was “faulty and fraudulent.” In fact, his family is planning

to express its position on the appointment soon. In response to this allegation, the IFE kingmakers expressed their defense over the choice they made saying the selection complies with the due process. According to Adetoye Olatunde Odewole, Chief of the Laadin of Ife Traditional Council, no tinge of resentment was ever present during the selection process, debunking the claims of the mentioned ruling house. “We followed due process by using the 1980 Ife Chieftaincy Declaration

to pick a candidate from the Giesi Ruling House, which by that declaration is in line to produce the Ooni after the passing to glory of Oba Okunade Sijuwade. We also consulted Ifa oracle before all of us,” said Odewole. Ogunwusi was announced as the ancient town’s new traditional leader 89 days after Oba Okunade Sijuwade dies at a London clinic due to a brief illness. While his actual death is July 28, the Ile-Ife chiefs confirmed Sijuwade’s demise on the 10th of August.

CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE Trudeau, in his campaigns, boldly promised to act on climate change policy. Towards the end of November, there will be an important climate change conference in Paris which will seek to have a consensus on an overall agreement on climate change. According to Justin Trudeau “We’ll meet the provinces within 90 days of the UN Climate Change Conference this November to develop a carbon pricing policy.” This is a welcome move to hold a first minister’s meeting with premiers, to design a national plan that will work towards tackling climate change.

of the incoming prime minister’s legislative agenda. “Canada’s current system of marijuana prohibition does not work” the Liberals declared during their campaigns. Trudeau has announced that the legal age for being in possession of marijuana or smoking it, is at 24 years old. This will be the right age across Canada and in all the provinces. TAX POLICY AND SUBSIDIES The Liberals announced a proposal to cut the middle income-tax rate from 22 percent to 20.5 percent, for people earning a taxable income in the range between $44,701 and $89,401 in a year, which is a welcome move. They also pledged to have the small-business tax rate reduced to 9 percent from the current 11 percent. This will be a great relief for small businesses that are struggling in these economic times. The Liberals announced a proposal to hike taxes for the wealthiest 1 percent of the population, to boost child care benefit. They pledged to introduce

a new 33 percent income tax bracket for incomes exceeding $200,000 a year. The current top bracket of 29 percent for those earning between $138,586 and $200,000 in a year, will still be effective. The limit on TFSAs might be rolled back. Taxfree Savings Accounts are very popular investment instruments among many Canadian families. Trudeau promised to scrap the $2 billion parental income-splitting scheme and do away with the universal child care benefit replacing it with “Canada child benefit” which would be “simple, meaningful, monthly and tax-free. But most of all, it will be fair” he said. THE REFUGEE PROPOSAL The new Liberal government promised to take in 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year and they have confirmed they have all the intentions to keep that promise. The government would have to rely on the military, to meet its obligations.

continued from p(12) Mayor criticizes councilors for... in what we said. We wanted to get rid of the one-third tax-free because that’s what people wanted, and we certainly didn’t want to be the highest paid council around.” Committee pay has long been a bone of dispute in Brampton. In 2012, former mayor Susan Fennell had the questionable refinement of being the most generously paid mayor in the country. Jeffrey and the six councilors get an extra $60,000 for serving on Peel Region council. Gibson said council members needed to address worries over unreasonable pay and searched for a pay scale that place them in accordance with neighboring districts, in particular Mississauga. “You want to be open and transparent and have these people come back with recommendations.

Now those recommendations are not acceptable? (Jeffrey) is obviously playing some kind of political game. “The mayor wants to cut her salary because it’s the political thing to do. She ran telling people that she would make the same salary as a minister. That’s how she got elected.” Jeffrey’s residency as mayor has been harsh the most recent couple of months as board turns out to be progressively split on important issues like light rail transit and costly chamber office redesigns. Gibson said he doesn’t feel councilors are in a position to take after the mayor’s lead on paycheck reductions. “I think we have to abide by what the citizens committee is saying.”

In any case, the mayor, headed into 2016 budget discussions, told the press recently that while she still supports changes to the pay structure, the yearly financial effect is too huge a hit for the city’s books. Council raise in compensation represents a financial climb of $182,000 every year. During most recent meeting, she requested that government officials acknowledge a motion that would keep up the status quo to the end of the present council term. “It has been common practice in Brampton that compensation changes directly benefiting elected officials be put forward to take effect in the following term of office,” Jeffrey said. That motion to concede lost barely by a vote of 6-5.

goat meat. Red meat was classified in group 2A as “probably carcinogen to humans” although they were categorized under this group due to “limited evidence.” WHO supports current public health recommendations to limit intake of red and processed meat preventing the risks of heart disease, obesity and cancer. People who grill, barbecue and pan-fry red meat for consumption are at a higher risk of having cancer. There was information in the WHO report that

linked consumption of red meat with pancreatic and prostate cancer.

need to do is to cut down your daily consumption of red meat.

WHAT YOU CAN DO? WHO viewed the findings as important because of the way processed meat is so widely consumed. Red meat still has “nutritional value” and so, for people who like meat, it’s important to know that, it may not be necessary to cut red meat from the diet completely, as it is a rich source of protein, iron, vitamin B12 and zinc among other nutrients. What you

You can: • Eat smaller portions of meat. • Substitute red meat with chicken or fish. • Replace meat with beans or pulses i.e. chickpeas, kidney beans, quinoa and lentils. • Take chicken or vegetarian products instead of beef, pork and lamb sausages, bacon, ham etc. • Get used to a few red meat-free days in a week.

continued from p(18) Processed meat causes cancer colorectal cancer in humans. It listed processed meat in Group 1 list together with tobacco, asbestos and alcohol (which there is sufficient evidence that they cause cancer). This means that, sausages, bacon, ham, canned meat and hot dogs are among the risk factors that could contribute towards the development of colorectal cancer. Processed meat has been ranked as a major cause of cancer and as a group one carcinogen. It is categorized in the same

ranking as cigarettes, alcohol and asbestos, but the report stressed that, this doesn’t mean all the substances in this group are equally dangerous. The WHO report went further to explain that processed meat are those meat which has been salted, cured, fermented or smoked, in other words, those which has been transformed to enhance its flavor or improve its preservation. For a long time, scientists have suspected that the processing of meat could create potential carcinogenic chemicals

in those products. Research findings have now confirmed these suspicions. Although beef, pork and lamb are usually known to be included in processed meat, other types of meat such as poultry may also be included. WHAT ABOUT RED MEAT? International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) released a report that categorized red meat as an unprocessed meat including beef, veal, pork, lamb, mutton, horse and

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SPORTS By Staff Reporter

Mike Weaver to retire from NHL Toronto, Canada- The National Hockey League Players Association (NHLPA) here had announced on Oct. 5, through their website (#ThePlayers), the retirement of Mike Weaver from the said league. The defenceman had played a total of 633 career games in 11 seasons. Weaver, standing 5’10” and weighing 180 lbs. had helped the Montreal Canadiens in reaching the Eastern Conference Finals in 2014. Before transferring to the Canadiens, Weaver previously played professionally for 5 teams during his 11-year stint with the league. According to the site, Mike Weaver played with the Atlanta Thrashers, Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks, St. Louie Blues and the Florida Panthers before signing with the Canadiens. #ThePlayers also reported that Weaver had scored 8 goals, 89 assists for 97 points in his entire NHL career. Last Oct. 4, Weaver expressed his thanks to the 6 teams he played with during the 11 seasons, saying “What enjoyable experiences to do something you love for 11 years in the NHL and 15 years in professional hockey. I could have never imagined this. Hockey is more than just a game to me”. Weaver was a free agent when he signed up with the Thrashers on June 15, 2000. “I would like also to thank the fans who brought energy and excitement ev-

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ery night to the arenas. When the game starts, your teammates are the ones you trust, rely on and respect the most. Thank you to all my teammates for all the memories that would last a lifetime,” added Weaver. Weaver, a native of Bramalea, ON, also gave thanks to his parents, Ron and Pat and to his siblings (sisters Kristen and Jennifer) for the “love and support through the years and letting me strap goalie pads on you to help me work on my shot”. Mike gave his acknowledgement and also thanks his team of coaches namely Pete Seesle, Steve Mercer and Lindsay Hofford for “your teachings and support”. Weaver gave credits to his home team, saying “for all your love and support, which is the most important to me”. Lastly, he gave thanks to his wife, Rhianna and his two children, Owen and Ella. His college career spanned 4 years with the Michigan State where he garnered a score of 48 points in 163 games. He was awarded CCHA Best

Defensive Defenseman Award and the NCAA West Second All-American Team (1999, 2000) and was named to the CCHA First All-Star Team. Weaver made his NHL debut in Nov. 27, 2001 when Atlanta came to Montreal where he recorded his first professional point 4 days later at Florida. He signed a two-year contract with the Panthers on Aug. 3, 2010 where, in his first 2 seasons, he played all the 82 regular season games. Mike Weaver played all the season games for the Panthers in 2013-14 before he was traded with the Montreal Canadiens on March 4, 2014 after playing 55 games with the former. During his final season with the NHL, Weaver played 31 games (201415). Upon his retirement, #ThePlayers reiterated that Weaver will still be involved in hockey, albeit behind the scene, through his website MyDrillbook.com which is primarily concerned in teaching young hockey enthusiasts in “defensive hockey plays”.

José Mourinho: I Cannot Guarantee Top-four Finish Mikel Obi’s Chelsea Football Club Coach, José Mourinho has made it clear for the first time that he cannot guarantee his club’s Champions League qualification this term due to Chelsea’s worst ever start in the Premier League history. Chelsea FC currently occupies 15th position on the Premier League table and Mourinho remarked that the only way his team will get out of their current situation will be through

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the FIFA presidential seat. He said, “I feel humbled and honoured with the widespread call for me to vie for the position of FIFA president. I sincerely appreciate the show of love and support demonstrated by African countries of endorsements despite my decision not to submit a bid. I particularly remain grateful to FIFA President, Sep Blatter and his team for per-

“working, working.” Mourinho made this statement when asked about his club’s Champions league qualification chances. He said, “I cannot

Kelechi Iheanacho Praises ‘’big brother’’ Wilfried Bony For Helping His Career Kelechi Iheanacho has praised “big brother” Wilfried Bony and revealed how he made him belong to the Manchester City family. Kelechi has been in scintillating form for City this season and was instrumental in City’s 5-1 Capital One Cup demolition of Crystal Palace by scoring one goal and creating two others. He likewise disclosed that Bony has helped him a lot. Kelechi made his first start of the season by playing alongside Bony against Palace and reveals his African brother has taken him under his wing. He said, “Wilfried is a very good striker who is strong and intelligent. He

talks to me all the time and advises me. “We sit together in the dressing room and he’s like a big brother to me. Yaya too, I’m happy being with them. “I just have to keep working hard in training every day. I think I can go all the way so that’s what

I’ll keep doing and hopefully I can do great things for City in the coming years. “I know I have the quality to prove myself when I’m given a chance. It’s difficult with players like Bony and Aguero ahead of you. I’m just starting out, but I think I can break in.”

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Orji Kalu Drops FIFA Presidency Bid As the final list of FIFA Presidential candidates is set to be unveiled after Monday midnight, Abia State’s former Governor, Orji Kalu, has dropped his ambition to vie for the FIFA presidency. Kalu made this known through a press release wherein he revealed his decision to focus on his business instead. Nevertheless, he was happy with the wide support he enjoyed from his earlier plot to contest. In his statement, Kalu thanked President Muhammadu Buhari and other African presidents for supporting his initial intention to participate in the race for

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promise. Chelsea is a big club. It’s the club I chose to come to. A club I live in a very specific way, with respect. Liverpool is a big club. Man United is a super big club. Last season Liverpool won nothing and didn’t qualify for the Champions League, and they are still a big club. Two years ago, United didn’t qualify for the Champions League, not even the Europa League, and won nothing, and they are still a monster club. That is football.”

sonally acknowledging my capability to take the world football body to enviable heights”. “However, considering the economic challenges facing Nigeria, I have decided to focus my attention and resources on my business and humanitarian activities. I strongly believe the FIFA presidency is all about service, but I would rather continue my contributions to the economy of the continent by creating employment opportunities and wealth for Africans. “As a football enthusiast, I remain committed and passionate to the advancement of sports especially Africa.”

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What the Holy Spirit Taught Me By Pastor Amos Dada What are you anointed for? I am anointed to lift up the name of Jesus. I am anointed for the ministry of reconciliation, reconciling men to God. I am anointed to break barriers in my generation. I am anointed to raise a generation of eagle believers. I am anointed to raise champions. I am anointed to preach the gospel to the meek I am anointed to set the captives free I am anointed to open the prison gates to them that are bond I am anointed to bring healing to the hurting. I am anointed to be a blessing to my generation. I am anointed, set and sent over nations and kingdoms. I am anointed to root out and uproot powers

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and principalities I am anointed to pull down stronghold, I am anointed to destroy yokes I am anointed to throw down satanic altars wherever they are found I am anointed to plant good seed of the gospel. I am anointed to build a generation of people and leaders of integrity I am anointed to build a people that will build the nations. I am anointed to lift up the

name of Jesus. I am anointed to proclaim liberty to the captives. I am anointed to preach the gospel to my generation. I am anointed to be a voice for my generation. I am anointed to preach the gospel around the world. I am anointed to be an ambassador for Jesus. I am anointed to raise disciples of and for Jesus Christ in this generation and beyond. I am anointed to intercede for this generation. I am anointed to be a witness that there is no other name whereby we can be saved than the name of Jesus. I am anointed to........ You must know your purpose, what you are wired and anointed to do in your generation !!!!!!

By N.Ugoh An Oakland, California, church choir has been issued with a cease-anddesist letter from the city or face hefty fines if they don’t practice more quietly after being accused by the neighbourhood of being a “public nuisance”. The Pleasant Grove Baptist church choir has been threatened by the city of being imposed upon a $3500 fine and an additional fee of $500 per day if they don’t comply with the demands for a quieter practice. However the members of the Pleasant Grove

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threats before seeking dialogue between the church and the concerned people in the neighbourhood. The Oakland Creative Neighbourhoods Coalition also sought to address the issue by holding meetings to protect local churches. Also pastors from other local black churches called the action by the city a threat to churches. They are also planning on fighting the city’s threats and hold outdoor meetings to allow everyone enjoy gospel music. Additionally Pleasant Grove Baptist Church still plan to continue with their choir practice.

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By N.Ugoh In an interview with reporters, Pope Francis said that government workers have a “human right” to refuse discharging duties such as issuing gay marriage licenses if they believed it was against their conscience. The Pope said to reporters that, “conscientious objection must enter into every judicial structure because it is a right”, as he returned home from a 10 day trip to the United States and Cuba. Despite delving into thorny political debates in the United States, the pope didn’t mention a particular case and added that he

couldn’t have all cases in mind but maintained that a person that denies others to be conscientious objectors is denying them their human rights. The remarks were in response to a question from a reporter in an hour long freewheeling talk, a trademark of his papacy. However it was unclear if the Pope had in mind, Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to a same-sex couple. Davis was sentenced to five days jail for refusing to issue the marriage license and the issue took a political turn after a Republican presidential contender, Mike Hucka-

bee held rallies in support of Davis. Davis an Apostolic Christian had argued that granting marriage license to a gay couple would violate her religious beliefs. The Argentine born pontiff also added that conscientious objection had to be respected in a legal structure. Also in response to whether he referred to government workers, the Pope answered that a human right applied to all humans including government officials if they are also human beings. He also condemned priests who had sexually abused children and referred to the victims as being “crushed by evil”.

continued from p(20) voice on the ground. “We shall engage them actively, using of course our newly opened high commission in Ottawa as a springboard. That high commission… is a major step forward for us. Plans were already in train when we took office, but we decided that we would proceed with it… and we feel now with High Commissioner Shirley Skerritt there, that that

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without any thoughts of how to manage all the many tomorrows that come after the wedding ceremony. Sex will always be an issue in a relationship but it should not take the place of all the other important aspects of the relationship. Being your second time, you ought to have known better and taken precautions against failure in your second journey. Your lack of preparedness is the reason you are having this huge hiccups in your new marriage. However, the first seven years are usually the most turbulent in any marriage because that is the period so many changes happen in a marriage. These years can make or mar a marriage. Many of the marriages that eventually break up develop their challenges during these crucial years. In fairness to you also, every marriage has different set of players. Based on this fact, you have to be extremely patient with this man to make him appreciate where you are coming from. Too much pressure on him could make him recoil into his shell forever. Being a divorcee yourself, you know the effects of a bad marriage on the general attitude of a person. Be careful you do not remind him of the things that took place in his previous marriage. This is why you have to be his friend first. It is only with the heart of a friend that you can breed

be nursing a terminal disease became a major campaign issue. President Yar’Adua’s death threw up other sub-lessons about the supremacy of the Constitution and the right of other Nigerians to aspire to the highest office in the land, but the people would have preferred to have him healthily alive and not to have a Presidency dominated by morbidity and remembered, and excused, largely on that score. It is therefore not surprising that in the last elections, physical fitness and mortality became key issues of campaign. Fourth lesson: that any Nigerian child regardless of the manner of extraction can aspire to the highest office in the land. With his emergence as Nigerian President in 2010, Goodluck Jonathan laid to rest the myth that to occupy that office, the candidate must be a person of privilege. His parents were ordinary folk. He was himself like the guy next door; his life a replica of the life of any struggling Nigerian of his age who had attended university, gone through national service, hustled for employment and was like the rest of us. Hitherto, Nigerian leaders had elite connections or bearings and they wielded authority as if it was their birthright to do so. This claim to leadership birthright is now a subject of inquiry. It explains why in the last general elections, it became clear to all and sundry that there are now certain minimum standards being set nationwide in terms of personal attributes, experience and exposure with regard to public office. That is precisely the way our democracy has turned out: it has built confidence at all levels, and every Nigerian imagines himself to be a potential President. This is good, for as many people as imagine themselves to be national problemsolvers, the better for our community. However, President Jonathan was the first to prove the point that any citizen whoever

he or she may be, can aspire to the highest office in the land and receive popular support. Fifth lesson: When President Goodluck Jonathan conceded victory to President Buhari after the 2015 elections, he raised the moral bar of our democratic process. Nigerians have taken to heart the fact that the people have the power to change a sitting government at all levels and that the power of incumbency even at the centre is at the mercy of the electorate. These days, it is not unusual to find an average Nigerian of voting age holding an elected person accountable and swearing that any form of misconduct will be questioned. Good news! What prevails in Nigeria today therefore is not merely voter confidence; it is best described as voter arrogance or voter dictatorship. In Ekiti, they voted out a well educated, cerebral Governor and replaced him with someone with a popular touch, and they have stubbornly defended their choice. In Abuja, they replaced a young Ph.D holder with a retired old man, called back to serve and “restore.” With the way the Nigerian voter has seized power in the public sphere, only his or her wishes can prevail. And so in the future, with the Jonathan example and experience, no incumbent can hold on to power once the people have spoken. The Nigerian voter is further empowered by digital revolution. He votes on election day with his card, but he votes everyday with his phone, with his access to internet platforms, and he speaks loud and clear, honestly or mischievously depending on his or her constitution. The Nigerian people can no longer be ignored. Positive development? Certainly. But all of what we describe has been made possible by the strengthening of the electoral institutions and processes. It is hoped that successive administrations will see the need to protect

and preserve the integrity of electoral bodies, and thereby deepen emergent confidence in their capacity to deliver free, fair and credible elections. Sixth lesson, and this is probably the most important. Nigerians have learnt after 16 years of democratic rule not to place implicit trust in politicians without asking for accountability. They know that professional politicians are capable of lies, they deceive, they overpromise in order to secure their mandate, and also, that there are no true saints in power-ville. They are also learning that election campaign is different from governance, that governance is complex, politics is treacherous, and that politicians will say anything to win the votes and get into power. A corollary lesson: to resolve the cleavages that trouble Nigeria and render institutions ineffectual, government must be effective and our democracy must become more liberal and less of a mechanism for class formation and ethnic competition. Five months of reverse ratiocination by the Buhari administration should make that clear even to the most naive. The people should also know that politicians have no differences on matters of self-interest; and they choose to exploit our many fault lines to achieve their objectives. They can be in this party today and move to the other party tomorrow – which we may see again in 2019. Nigerian politics is therefore not about ideology or principles; it is about power and who gets into the arena. But the people have also learnt one more thing: that change is possible, no matter the shape. And the power to effect change lies in their hands, for we have in 16 years managed to create a citizenry that is both deliberative and participative, whose notion of the state is that it must be affirmative, competent and constructive. This is a major victory for Nigeria and for democracy.

and reducing poverty and unemployment will remain unsolved until that day when that man from Sokoto or Kano identifies that the severe man-made environmental degradation in the Niger-Delta caused by oil spillage are not just South-South area problems but the problems of all Nigerians. We will collectively be troubled until the day when that Nigerian from Enugu, Port-Harcourt or Lagos identifies that the severe security crises going on in Borno and some other neigh-

bouring States are not just problems of the NorthEast but problems of all Nigerians, we will remain divided until the day when some people would stop seeing themselves as having a divine right to rule Nigeria forever and accept that all Nigerians no matter where they come from have equal rights to the “Throne of Nigeria”. It is desirable for us to quickly and sincerely unite in genuine brotherhood so that these irresponsible political opportunists will not continue to use religious

or ethnic card to dominate and enslave us. We must remove the wool from our eyes and put to shame all political manipulators who thrive on the basis of bitter politics, capitalising on the weakness of sectional sentiments to divide and rule us.

sufficient understanding in your person to tolerate the things you complain about in this marriage. Frankly if you pursue this situation as a wife, you would fail because you will dwell more on the pains you think he is causing you as well as the things he is denying your body. There are points we get to in marriage when we must make the ultimate sacrifice to safeguard our territory. I do feel your worries but trust me, bury all those negative emotions now as they would only complicate an already tensed situation. Since you know he is not cheating on you, then you have nothing to worry about; it means what you are seeing is the real person he is. To help yourself cope better, accept the real him, and forget what he tried to be for you during those days of courtship and early marriage. The issue now, is how to help yourself fit into his new person. Truthfully, you just have to move away from quantity to quality. Make good use of whatever time you have together. In fact, make a festival of it so that the memories will linger till next time. Use everything that makes you a woman to charm him into total submission. This way you would be giving him an experience to remember and one he would want to come back for as many times as he can. There are times anger and war of words does not

triumph in the matters of the heart, especially when it comes to sex. Most times, it is the amount of time, imagination and attention to details the woman put into the overall performance that wins the battle. Use stomach infrastructure and feminine infrastructure to win your husband over. Remember God did not make a mistake in creating us with our abilities. When next he is going out, indicate your interest to be with him. There is no way he would deny you the opportunity of accompanying him to all the functions he attends. Also there is no place it is written that the man must make the first move. Initiate a kiss when he is going out, when he comes in and before he sleeps. The fact that you have written to me does not mean you are without faults. We all do. There are things too about you he also does not like. Complaints are part of human endeavors. When he appears to be irritated by something, just walk away and try to avoid those you can. It is part of the compromises that come with the marriage package. Importantly, do not forget to pray because there are people in your lives that do not want this marriage to work. Only prayers can help you cement the foundation of this marriage. But you have to learn how to be patient and tolerant too. Good luck.

continued from p(37) not helped much in improving the standard of education, nor has it helped in reducing the army of those seeking tertiary education. There is in fact no cogent basis for the post secondary school and pre university examination to remain as its purpose in the first place were to subject intending students to stringent screening in order to curb cultism, which has not been achieved. Even when these intending students are lucky to gain admission, all sorts of obstacles are thrown on their way in the course of their academic pursuit. Little wonder they cut corners to facilitate their admission and graduation, sometimes tacitly supported by their parents or guardians, hence the quality of graduates produced by our tertiary institutions has become abysmally low. Many of the graduates are not employable because they lack the basic skills their vocations demand. In addition to all these, there is hardly enough grant for academic research. It is expected therefore that Buhari government would undertake a surgical operation of the education sector in or-

der to cure her of the debilitating malaise that has troubled it over the years, more so as education remains the bedrock of a nation’s economy. One sure way to start is to examine the existing education policy, align it with the industrial policy proposed above and a proper review of the entire curriculum is also desirable. The current secondary education system, while desirable, should be re-examined, rejigged and refocused as it has lost one of its principal purpose of providing for those who could not secure admission into higher institutions. Presently there is a wide skill gap arising from a total absence of career path for this category of Nigerians. In the absence of a workable policy framework to take care of this category of Nigerians, crime, prostitution and other social vices becomes the easy way out.. Unfortunately the above will not achieve the desired national goal if Nigeria continues to face security challenges. No significant foreign investment would take place in the country in the face of visible security challenges.

Luckily, the issue of security falls directly under the President Buhari’s purview as a retired army general. The on-going Boko Haram insurgency must be brought to an end within the shortest possible timeframe including kidnapping, armed robbery, militancy and other kindred undesirable activities which constitute threats to our national economy. Politicization of our security agencies is something of great worry. As a matter of urgency, the Buhari government must introduce serious reforms to restore the prestige of our security agencies. In light of this, President Buhari should not waste time articulating some nebulous 1001-point agenda but to focus more on tackling corruption vis-a-viz the issues raised above. If President Muhammadu Buhari and his new ministerial can succeed in reducing corruption in public governance to the barest minimum, they would have recorded a landmark achievement, while also laying a solid foundation for whoever will succeed him. Finally the problems of improving power supply in the country, corruption

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Dr. Ignatius Okosun is a researcher, prolific writer on various national/global issues and social commentator. From Toronto-Canada. Email: odyseries@gmail. com

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OPRAH purchased shares in weight watchers By NCNC staff Weight Watchers shares are going bonkers. The stock jumped 105% after news that Oprah Winfrey made a major wager on the company. Be that as it may, given the size of the rally, there may be more than simply the “Oprah impact.” There are rumors that the stock is encountering a short squeeze. This happens when short-sellers — who benefit from a falling price — are compelled to cover their shorts, a procedure that includes the short-sellers to desperately purchase the stock. In a recent press release, the weight reduction assistance company said Winfrey joined its board and acquired recently issued stock representing a 10% stake of shares remarkable. She likewise purchased options to obtain an

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extra 5% of completely diluted shares. As indicated in the release, Winfrey became a counsel and a regular member of the program who might “candidly share her experiences and perspective along the way.” “Weight Watchers has given me the tools to begin to make the lasting shift that I and so many of us who are struggling with weight have longed for,” she said in the statement. “I believe in the program so much I decided to invest in the company and partner in

its evolution.” The company has attempted to lift sales and build its membership. A Duke University study discovered not long ago that the company confronted strong rivalry from competition. Also, Credit Suisse investigators said free weight reduction applications were a better arrangement for some buyers than a Weight Watchers membership. “Weight Watchers and Oprah Winfrey make a powerful combination. Oprah is a force of nature in connecting with people on a very personal level to live inspired lives. This partnership will accelerate our transformation and will meaningfully expand our ability to impact many millions of people worldwide,” Weight Watchers Chairman Ray Debbane said.

Toyin Aimakhu: I Have Loved, I Have been Hurt By NCNC staff Nigeria’s famous actress, Toyin Aimakhu has opened up about her failed marriage with her husband, Adeniyi Johnson. She spoke about the failed marriage while hitting back at her fans who bluntly told her to go back to her husband. While reacting to the fans advice, she said, “Y’all are mad, did you people advise me to marry him”. Also, Toyin recently responded to a fan on her Instagram page. The fan asked her if she was willing and ready to work things out? Toyin responded by saying, “I have loved, I have trusted. I have been hurt, severally, still, I have been faithful, to love. There comes a time however when one needs to be faithful to SELF. My peeps it will be totally insensitive of me not clear the

air on some issues concerning my relationship. I know you all love me and want the best for me but I need you to trust me on this. Trust me I want the best for myself too. If you truly love me and wish me well, please help me focus on my professional career. I want to be the best I can be and bring joy to as many as I can. I have taken a decision I know is best for my well being for now and

all I need from all and sundry, are your prayers and unwavering support. Please do not let me dwell on the past. It’s hurting. I want to heal. Please help me in my healing process. I need to heal first. The simple thing I need you all to do for me is stop the pressure on me over my personal issues. Help me grow professionally. Criticized my work. I have many of them. I love you all.”

MOVIES / TV SHOWS NIGERIA Love & Oil Government Babes Fool’s Paradise All of Me Message to Mary Save My Soul My Angel

Sugar Cane 1 & 2 BEASTS OF NO NATION A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.

SCANDAL A former White House Communications Director starts her own crisis management firm only to realize her clients are not the only ones with secrets.

Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez announce their divorce By S.Ratko Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez are divorcing after two years of marriage. The ex couple have one child together, Maceo, aged two. Halle is thought to have filed for divorce, with Olivier presenting his own appeal recently. In their joint statement the two said: ‘It is with a heavy heart that we have come to the decision to divorce. We move forward with love and respect for one another and the shared focus for what is best for our son. We wish each other nothing but happiness in life, and we hope that you respect our, and most importantly our children’s privacy, as we go through this difficult period.’ Halle and Martinez, both 49, were most recently seen together on October 17 while at a Halloween occasion in Sherman Oaks with her daughter Nahla, aged seven, from her former relationship with model Gabriel Aubry. Both had their wedding rings on. The two appeared to be in great spirits as they walked around a parking lot one next to the other. Recently on the X-Men: The Last Stand actress looked gloomy as she took off on a shopping trip alone. As indicated by the press, the marriage hit a “breaking point” recently. They had clearly been fighting about a January occurrence at Los Angeles International Airport, where Martinez hit airplane employee Ronaldo Owens with an car seat, pushing him to the ground. Halle and their child were likewise there. A $5 million claim was filed in mid-October against both Halle and Martinez for the assault.

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‘They have a personality difference. They’re just very, very different people. He’s a very macho guy, and things just didn’t jive.’ As for the divorce, Halle made the first filing under a pseudonym utilizing the name Hal Maria her birth name was Halle Maria Berry, despite the fact that she goes by Halle. The records likewise demonstrate that Halle utilized a fake name for her child Maceo - calling him Mac Martin, and her spouse, who she alluded to as Oliver Martin. As per Celebrity Net Worth, Halle has a fortune of some $80 million. Be that as it may she and Martinez both consented to a prenuptial arrangement before their marriage. ‘The expectation on Halle’s part is for a quick, non-contentious divorce,’ said a source. It later came up that Martinez had additionally filed for divorce, having hired well-known divorce lawyer Laura Wasser. He requested joint authority of Maceo in his filing. Sources additionally told the press that Halle is not requesting joint or primary custody, yet rather what is to the best interest of the kid. Halle and Martinez marriage came six years after Halle told InStyle: ‘I will never, never get married

again’. The two endured a set back at a very early stage in their marriage when their arrangements to move to France were stopped by a court deciding that Halle couldn’t bring her daughter with her. Before Frenchman Martinez began a relationship with Halle, he spent the vast majority of his time in the country. The ruling implied that the family rather made a home in Los Angeles. In August came the first rumors that Halle and Martinez were over - as she was not seen wearing her diamond and emerald wedding ring. When asked about it, Halle said the ring either fell off her hand or she left it on a table and somebody took it. Another sign that Halle and Martinez were on the outs came in September. The former Bond girl didn’t appear to recollect that her wedding anniversary with Martinez when she talked to E! News. This will be Berry’s third divorce and Martinez’s first. Halle has unquestionably not had it easy in her love life, now having three failed marriages and a progression of high profile romances turned to ashes and sprinkled across the magazine headlines.

Stephanie Okereke Gives Birth By N.Ugoh Nollywood actress Stephanie Okereke has given birth to her first child with spouse, Linus Idahosa. Stephanie Okereke, 33, reported she has put to bed a baby boy recently in an Instagram post she captioned “All Glory belongs to God”. Stephanie gave birth -KERRY WASHINGTON www.imdb.com THE BOY IN THE

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to her child in Nigeria, un-

like many other Nigerian celebrities. Okereke wedded Linus Idahosa in Paris, France, at a private wedding ceremony. Members from her family as well as scores of Nollywood actresses and actors attended the ceremony. Congratulations to the couple. We wish them best of luck.

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Debate on renaming Calgary airport heats up By Chasing Liberty Calgary International Airport is facing three petitions this month along with a heated debate over renaming the airport to outgoing prime minster Stephen Harper. Transplated Canadian R. Curtis Mullen created the original petition on the last week of October which set off the debate. According to a report by The Now Newspaper, Mullen who is now living in the United States, wrote: “As Prime Minister Harper was the longest serving prime minister from Western Canada, let us honour his accomplishments by renaming the Calgary airport in his honour.” Mullen aims to gather 15,000 signatures in support of his petition. Notably, two days after the petition was filed, he had collected 3,148 signatures. Matthew Rattray of Ontario signed the petition and made a comment saying: “Best prime minister Canada or the world has

ever seen. If Montreal and Toronto can name their airport after a Liberal, then Calgary should be able to choose Harper.” However, not all of those who took part in signing the petition took it seriously. TNN reported that an individual who identified himself as Pierre Poutine of Saskatchewan wrote: “I fully support renaming the Calgary landfill and\or sewage treatment plant after the greatest leader since Monica Lewinsky was president.” On the other hand, political analyst Ezra Levant of the Conservative Party is the second petitioner who adopted the Harper airport naming. In his petition, he pleaded to change the name of the Calgary airport to Canada’s former prime minister’s name. In a statement posted on his website, Levant said: “Let’s rename the Calgary International Airport the Stephen Harper International Airport. It wouldn’t be Harper’s style — he’s

not a show-off, he’s not about selfies, and an airport named after you is the ultimate selfie.” As of October 24th, he has garnered more than 10,000 supporters. Indeed, the first two petitions set off a counterpetition titled as “Prevent Renaming the Calgary International Airport,” through its creator, Alison Cowan reported TNN. “There is a park in Edmonton named for the only city mayor to be found guilty of gross misconduct while in office. The excuse for naming the park after him was that he was Edmonton’s longestserving mayor,” Cowan said. “The excuse for renaming the airport is that Harper is the longest-serving prime minister from Western Canada. Please, let’s not make rewarding political criminals an Alberta tradition, OK?” The anti-Harper airport petition has gathered about 5,755 names as of October 24th.

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ROYAL MOUNTED POLICE CAREER POSSIBILITIES Hired for their specialized scientific, technical or analytical skills, Civilian Members of the RCMP provide support to front-line policing operations. They are employed within RCMP establishments in most geographical areas of Canada and are governed by the RCMP Act. CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS AIR SERVICES RCMP Air Services has a fleet of 41 operational aircraft, maintains 18 Air Sections and employs about 130 people across Canada. Air Services Branch is the policy centre for Air Services and provides leadership, policy, and operational standards for the RCMP’s flight operations. The first priority of Air Services is to provide a safe, effective and cost efficient air service to the RCMP. It supports the RCMP in maintaining peace and security for the nation by applying the highest principles of Aviation Safety. Air Services hires pilots, aircraft maintenance engineers, avionics technicians, flight coordinators, purchasers, quality as-

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surance, technical records management and support staff. MARINE SERVICES The RCMP’s role in Canadian marine security is to prevent, detect and interdict organized criminal activity, contraband and people who may pose a threat to the safety and security of Canada and other countries. The Marine Services programs involve the protection of Canadian waters and ports by joint enforcement teams consisting of RCMP, other government departments and agencies and police services. The branch also contributes to global marine security by working closely with domestic, American and other international law enforcement partners to protect the integrity of our shared waters. CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE The Criminal Intelligence Program supports operations at all four levels of policing (international, national, provincial and local) by producing intelligence products designed to influence informed decision-making. They are the RCMP’s intelligence arm. Civilian Members

within this unit: Deliver criminal intelligence information to all of the RCMP in order to detect and prevent crime in Canada, or internationally; Provide critical criminal information to other federal departments in pursuit of safe homes and safe communities; and Lead in the development, coordination and distribution of criminal intelligence of national and/ or international importance. ENGINEERING Engineers provide a wide range of services and perform various tasks to ensure the protection of our members. They provide technical advice to federal government clients regarding the selection and use of physical security hardware for the protection of government personnel, information, and property. Engineering employees within the Armour Systems unit: research, develop and test armour systems, ancillary equipment and automotive technologies in response to threats and operational requirements; improve the designs of armour systems, ancillary equipment and auto-

BVN: CBN Extends Enrollment For Diaspora Bank Customers The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the timeline for Nigerian bank customers in the Diaspora to enroll for their Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) to January 31, 2016. This is contained in statement by the Bank’s Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Ibrahim Mu’azu, on Monday in Abuja. It explained that the extension was to enable the customers in Diaspora to complete the enrollment as well as link the BVN to their respective accounts. It stated that the extension was only for customers in the Diaspora and advised Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to ensure that the exemption was utilised by the targeted group only. “The CBN has also expressed satisfaction with the progress made in the implementation of the BVN project, especially for accounts operated by residents of Nigeria. “However, with the expiration of the Oct. 31 enrollment deadline, the CBN has directed that

bank accounts of Nigeria residents without the BVN would henceforth be operated as `no customers initiated debit’. “That is until the account holders obtain and attach BVNs to the accounts. This means that a customer may not be allowed to withdraw money from his or her account until the BVN has been acquired and linked to the account,” it stated. The statement clarified that accounts of Nigeria residents without BVN would continue to receive cash and electronic credit inflows and would neither be deactivated nor confis-

cated. It therefore advised the deposit money banks to educate their customers accordingly. It also advised the banks to remind their customers of the need to link their BVN with their accounts if they had done the enrollment at another bank. CBN had issued a statement that any customer without the BVN by Oct. 31, would be deemed to have inadequate Know Your Customer requirements. Source:

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Air Canada Expansion By Daniel Forrester Canada’s largest domestic and international airline, which serves more than 200 airports in six continents, has implemented a plan to expand its international services in new territories. The premier airline has added non-stop flights between Toronto and Seoul, South Korea. New routes were created for its 787 Dreamliner jets and Rouge leisure aircrafts. These newly established direct routes are part of a vision to extend AC reaches into the Asia, Europe and South America markets. Air Canada is promoting this new daily service route (YYZ-ICN) until November 8, 2015 for travel June 17-23 and September 1-30, 2016, by offering a special introductory fare starting as low as CAD$1,399, round trip allmotive technologies; specify and procure armoured vehicles and architecture armour; inspect and maintain armoured vehicles on a routine basis; provide operational support for critical incidents and major events including with the Emergency Response Team (ERT); and offer training and as-

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in. Tickets are now available for purchase. To improve its international fleet Air Canada has added 21 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircrafts out of the 37 in total that were ordered. They are offering a choice of one of the 20 International Business Class lie-flat suites, relaxing in one of the 21 Premium Economy or 210 Economy seats with upgraded inflight entertainment. In order to attract more big business pax and frequent flyers the airline is striving to add routes to more European cities like Glasgow, Warsaw, Prague and Budapest by the next summer. Toronto-Delhi and Dubai routes will begin in November 2015. Toronto– Copenhagen, Zurich, Tel Aviv, Tokyo-Narita (summer) and select Toronto and Vancouver flights to

London-Heathrow. As well as international flights from select Toronto and Vancouver flights to LondonHeathrow and Vancouver– Tokyo-Narita, Seoul and Brisbane using Boeing 787 aircrafts beginning in 2016. Air Canada will also transform its 25 Boeing 777 aircrafts to offer consistent international flights to: Toronto–London-Heathrow, Frankfurt, Paris, TokyoHaneda, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Vancouver– Beijing, Shanghai, Sydney and Australia, by 2016. Giving pax the choice of Business class, Premium Economy and Economy cabins.

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Crime scene forensic identification; and Fingerprint identification and criminal record repositories, and the National DNA Data Bank.

FORENSICS Forensic science and identification services provide investigative support to front line police officers. Forensic services play a part in virtually every criminal investigation. Civilian Members within this unit provide:

For more information on expansion, go to www. aircanada.com, or follow @AirCanada on Twitter or Air Canada on Facebook.

Human Resources Areas of expertise for Human Resource professionals include: staffing, classification, continued on p(52)

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EDC OPENS REPRESENTATION IN JOHANNESBURG TO HELP CANADIAN COMPANIES SELL AND INVEST IN AFRICA OTTAWA, Oct. 28, 2015 / CNW/ - Export Development Canada (EDC), today formalized its representation in Africa with the opening of its permanent office in Johannesburg in order to help Canadian companies take advantage of the growing opportunities in the sub-Saharan region. “We are deepening our roots in Africa now so that we can help Canadian companies of all sizes link into the supply chains of upcoming infrastructure, oil and gas, and mining project opportunities,” said Mairead Lavery, Senior Vice-President, Business Development, EDC. “We will do this by focusing on developing relationships with the major South African companies who control supply chains that expand throughout the sub-Saharan

region. Specifically, we’ll focus on rapidly growing markets like Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya, and secondarily on markets with near-term potential like Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Gabon and Tanzania.” Key sectors where the needs of African companies and Canadian expertise match up well include the extractive sectors (mining, oil and gas, resources), infrastructure (for example, road and ports engineering), telecommunications, clean technology, transportation and agriculture. Light manufacturing and healthcare/life sciences are emerging sectors for EDC in the midterm. “We will also continue to support Canadian companies already established in Africa to expand the number of other Canadian firms in their sup-

continued from p(42) PM Kenny Anthony to accept St. states. Without doubt, citizenship through investment is a practical option, Anthony said. Nevertheless, applicants will not only obtain a citizenship through this offer, they are also capable of acquiring an identity, a personality and Saint Lucia’s territory. In return, new citizens must be responsible enough to maintain the global standing of the state and promote the country’s proud heritage. The prime minister dignified his nation and explained the significance of St. Lucian citizenship in his address. He noted that the CBI program will be offered exclusively, operated

with utmost transparency and managed by an independent supervising Board. Dr. Anthony also highlighted the nature and principles of the program as well as discussed the legal framework that fortifies it. Notably, both the present administration and opposition parties of the country expressed their support on the program to be implemented. Present in the launching event is Haitian celebrity rapper Wyclef Jean who came at the request of the prime minister. He wowed the crowd with a song about the unity and success of the Caribbean nation.

continued from p(42) LIAT sells tickets from Antigua transact some business can enjoy a full day since they can take a return flight back to Antigua after midnight. LIAT is presently attempting to gain back its financial stability brought about by persistent financial problems and big losses due to high competition on their routes, constant gaps in the regional and international market and increasing fuel prices. All these factors prompted the airline to restructure its marketing, services promotion in several markets, flight schedules, and workforce.

So far, LIAT is serving 22 destinations in the Caribbean region. Passengers can use several platforms to book their tickets such as the airline’s official website – liat.com, the Airport Ticketing Offices, the local Travel Agents or Call Centres. However, seats are subject to availability and promotional terms and conditions apply. The airline was established way back in 1956 and continues to hold its office in Saint John, the capital town of Antigua and Barbuda.

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MURDER Annalise Keating (Oscarnominated,Tony-winning actress Viola Davis) is a brilliant, charismatic and seductive professor of defense law, who teaches a class called How to Get Away With Murder. Annalise, also a criminal defense attorney, selects a group of students -- the best and the brightest -- to assist with cases at her firm alongside her employees, the trustworthy and discreet Frank Delfino (Charlie Weber) and Bonnie Winterbottom (“Gilmore Girls” alum Liza Weil), an associate attorney. Mysteries arise that test everyone’s limits and reveal dark truths. -google.com

EDC helped facilitate more than USD 7.4 billion in business between African and Canadian companies – many of them small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – in the last five years and is looking to grow that number to USD 10 billion over the next 5 years. EDC is the leader in helping Canadian companies to grow their business by selling outside of Canada. In addition to market knowledge and business connections, EDC provides commercial financing, insurance and bonding products to Canadian companies and their foreign customers to make it easier for both parties to do business with each other and to help grow Canadian trade overall. In addition to Johannes-

burg, EDC now has permanent representations in Bogota, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Lima, Mexico City, Monterrey, Santiago, Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore, Mumbai, New Delhi, Moscow, Abu Dhabi, Istanbul, and Düsseldorf. About EDC EDC is Canada’s export credit agency, providing financing and insurance solutions locally and around the world to help Canadian companies of any size respond to international business opportunities. As a profitable Crown corporation that operates on commercial principles, EDC works together with private- and public- sector financial institutions to create greater capacity for Canadian companies to engage in trade and investment.

continued from p(42) New Marriott Hotels Soon to Open in Caribbean and.. commodity prices and consequent devaluation,” declared Chief Development Officer Laurent de Kousemaeker of the Caribbean and Latin America for Marriott. “Notwithstanding, there remains a strong opportunity for quality brand experiences in the sector, and savvy investors with a long-term perspective are taking advantage of the reduced price of assets, land and construction to acquire, develop and brand hotels,” he added in a report released by Caribbean Journal. At present, the company has opened 93 hotels in the Caribbean and Latin America with 60 more hotels under development. It also planned to the invest about $100 million on its modern essential brands in Brazil

such as AC by Marriott, Courtyard by Marriott, Fairfield Inn by Marriott, and Residence Inn by Marriott. Eleven of these hotels are planned to be built, so far, seven are already under construction and will soon become properties of Marriott or Brazilian partners. Marriott hotel assets are eventually sold over time but the company continues to maintain long term management deals. “Brazil’s economy, while it confronts structural and policy challenges, is still in the top 8 largest economies in the world and has excellent long term prospects,” Sheldon said. “The lack of reliable domestic hotel product and services represents a large opportunity for our moderate-tier brands, which we have adapted to the tastes of the Brazilian trav-

elers - providing them both value and options.” This November, Marriott will launch the opening of its 100th hotel in the Caribbean and Latin American region, the JW Marriott Puerto Los Cabos in Mexico. “In 2015 our company’s theme in the region has been ‘crossing new borders’ as we open hotels in exiting developing markets like Haiti and Guyana,” Sheldon further added. “The large middle class throughout the region is eager to travel to new places and do business on the road. This, when combined with the strong performance and preference of our brands in the gateway markets, provides tremendous opportunity for Marriott’s world class brands and service.”

continued from p(42) Victor Charter Service now offers.. to their preferences including choice in accommodations, transportation, restaurants, events and activities. “During the past several months, strengthened relations between the U.S. and Cuba have piqued travel interest for private jet travelers in the U.S.,” said CEO and Founder Clive Jackson of Victor. “We continue to push the boundaries of private aviation by becoming the first private jet charter service to offer unique, exclusive access to Cuban culture and unrivaled programming through our partnership with Cuba Educational Travel,” he further added.

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continued from p(49) father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance. But, Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than what meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.

ply chains,” said Lavery. “The capital-intensive demands of large infrastructure projects in particular present a number of opportunities for us to bring our significant financing capacity to the region, to the benefit of Canadian companies operating there.” For Canadian companies, South Africa can represent a valuable foothold on the continent. According to the World Economic Forum’s Africa Competitiveness Report, South Africa ranked as the most innovative and sophisticated business environment in Africa, and 36th worldwide – right behind Spain. According to EDC’s Chief Economist, Peter Hall, South Africa is still a land of promise (read his Weekly Commentary on South Africa).

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compensation, staff and labour relations, learning and development, research and intelligence, policy centers and planning or programs (e.g. Employment Equity, Official Languages, Rewards and Recognition). Key activities include: Provide client training and design training materials; Analyze requirements, develop strategies and options to meet clients’ objectives; Prepare comprehensive analyses, briefs and reports; and Research best practices, analyze and develop recommendations. Information Technology Information technology division provides technical support, security, criminal behavior

Travel plans of Victor and CET can be customized for individually-travelling passengers or larger groups like families. At $40, 000, a group of eight travellers can take a charter flight exclusively to Havana with a fourday itinerary. From its UK roots, Victor was able to increase its scope toward the US market in less than a year. After the company launched its first transparent app in April, travellers can now find, compare, schedule and fly on more than 7,000 aircrafts in 40,000 airports across the world. The app uses real-time pricing and can be accessed using smartphones.

The good thing about Victor is that, travellers are aware of the identity of their suppliers since the charter service provides the necessary travel information such as aircraft specifics and charter quote details. This way, flyers can make sound and fair travel options to Cuba from 19 major US cities which include Atlanta, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Fort Myers and Puerto Rico, to name a few. Today, Victor is ranked fifteen in the list of the fastestgrowing private technology company in the U.K., as reported by 2015 Tech Track 100 list of The Sunday Times.

investigative analysis, research and development of explosives and technical investigation tools. Civilian Members within this unit provide: Crime scene aforensic identification; Programming and software analysts; Fingerprint identification and criminal record repositions, and the National DNA Data Bank; and Maintain telecommunication systems, applications and technologies.

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Special for this month: Fresh Yams, Smoked Fish, Exeter Corned Beef and Many Beauty Supply Specials

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Large Selection of Beauty & Hair Products

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Theme: “Unlimited EncounterGenesis with Destiny” 26:12-14

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NIGERIAN FIRST MALE MODEL, VICTOR NDIGWE, TAKING PARIS AND H MILAN RUNWAYS BY STORM is name is Victor Ndigwe, a 19 yearold male model who is currently gaining much attention from a lot of runways in Paris and Milan. Not too long ago he was just like any other aspiring model in Nigeria, hustling for jobs and trying to get into a good agency, until his story changed. Victor, who isn’t the only model in his family, had heard about the Aquafina Elite Model Look competition in Nigeria in 2012, and had decided to sign up with his sister. He didn’t get his chance until 2014 when he registered along with thousands of other hopefuls, except his sister who missed out because of school exams. As luck, or maybe his excellent performance would have it, Victor was selected to be one of the 13 finalists who got a chance to impress the Elite Model Look international judges. Victor was victorious (talk about a good name), along with a female winner, Mayowa Nicholas. Together, they got their big break into the international modelling industry, but here’s why Victor is special. After winning the competition, he started out in Milan, walking the ramp for Ermenegildo Zegna and Missoni: the first ever Nigerian male model to do so. He then went on to Paris, where he made runway appearances for brands including Hermès, Balmain, Kenzo and Haider Ackermann! Victor’s success has gained him tons of international attention and loads of female admirers including an interview with Vogue Italy…Yaay! Now Victor Nidgwe will serve as an inspiration to all upcoming models,

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Venue: 58 Eddystone Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M3N 2H4 DATE:

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s u s e J is !! ! d r Lo especially the finalists of Aquafina Elite Model Look 2015 this weekend in Lagos. In an interview, Victor told Vogue Magazine: “I want to inspire other models that have dreams the same way I had them. I just want to be a good example.” Indeed, he’s already doing that as a teenag-

er!? Because, in addition to being an international model, through the Aquafina Elite Model Look Nigeria competition, Victor is still in school, studying Applied Mathematics. Super stardom seriously doesn’t get any better than this. Source: Nigeriafilms.com

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And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. Hosea 12:13 (KJV)

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Testimonies for Dominion Grace 1. Minister Ijeoma - After successive fervent prayers, God overturned evil report of Doctor for her daughter and kept the Devourer away from her finances. Also, God granted her brother granted his visa and blessed him in his journey to America. 2. Sister Angela - After several prayers, God granted her dream to establish a Law Firm in Baltimore, Maryland. 3. Brother Ukachukwu - God gave him victory in his Court case after praying heartily and regularly. As a result, the Council of Ahitophel turned into foolishness with the other party and the lawyer arguing among themselves during the trial which prompted the Judge to send them away.

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4. Sister Liz- Her daughter, who’s studying at a school in Nigeria, recovered from an ear condition after successive and wholehearted prayers. 5. Sister Linda – She recovered from the diabetes mellitus and Hypercholesteremia after praying for Divine intervention. She even earned a favor in her housing and some answered prayers. Meanwhile, her son received a better car in 11 days after the prophecy . 6. Sister Uche – After several fervent prayers, her Mom finally got her US visa approved which has been denied many times. She also took a difficult exam which she passed after praying. 7. Sister Christine - After prayers, God gave her victory in court and made a mockery of the kingdom of darkness. 8. Min. Elizabeth - God gave her daughter durable and affordable car after constantly praying to God. 9. Sister Kanku - After persistent prayers, God finally blessed her with the privilege of possessing a US Citizenship. . 10. Sister Margaret –Both the daughter and the daughter-in-law delivered, similar to Hebrew women.

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