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The Federal Government has declared Monday Dec 12th as public holiday to mark the Eid-El-Maulud celebration.‎ This was contained in a statement released today by the Minister of Interior, Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau. He wished all Nigerians a happy and peaceful Eid-El-Maulud celebration.

Falz Bags Ambassadorial Deal With BlackBerry Messenger (BBM)

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Late corps member, Oladepo Ifedolapo's body to be exhumed for autopsy - FG

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 21:59:00 +0000

Body of Oladepo Ifedolapo Racheal, the 2016 Batch 'B' (Stream I) National Youth Service Corps member, who died at the Kano State Orientation Camp will be exhumed for autopsy.

The Minister of Youths and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung disclosed this on Thursday, while addressing State House correspondents Preliminary investigation by the National Youths Service Corps, said the First Class graduate of Transportation Management from Ladoke Akintola University Ogbomosho, died of a kidney infection.

According to Daily Trust, the sports minister explained that the independent investigation ordered by
Buhari would require an autopsy to balance the government's conclusion on the incident.

"The report given by NYSC is normal and it's natural that after investigation, they must present their own report on what has happened. But in view of the fact that there are many versions on what led to the death of the NYSC member, it would be fair to look at another version of what happened to be sure of what actually transpired. It doesn't have to do with (President Buhari) not trusting the process; but gauge the report alongside other opinion; then, we'll now be able to tell Nigerians that there were the circumstances on how she died. Don't forget that the report of the NYSC has no autopsy and an independent investigation will require an autopsy. And now, the autopsy, alongside the report, will balance and it will fortify the conclusion the government will make," Dalung said.

Source: Daily Trust

Woman allegedly trying to sell her three children arrested in Enugu State (PHOTO)

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 21:59:00 +0000

Odinaka Ali, a 25 year old woman from Ezilo, in Ishielu Local Goverment of Area of Ebonyi state has been arrested for trying to sell her three children.

According to Desk officer of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP) in Ebonyi State, Florence Onwa, the lady was arrested by the police after they received a tip-off from a waitress whom she had contacted to look for a trafficker who could buy her children because she could no longer take care of them after her husband abandoned them eight months ago.

The woman has however denied trying to sell her children stating that her arrest was a total frame up and that all she did was to ask the waitress for assistance in paying her house rent. Narrating what happened, she said, “My husband is from Amaekpo Ohafia, Abia State. I and my husband had issues before and we later reconciled. We did not have any problem when he abandoned us in April this year”. When I stayed few weeks I did not see him, I started doing menial jobs with my little children to enable me feed them. I kept doing this till it became so difficult for me to continue it and I decided to return to my village”. I didn’t want to sell my children at the initial time because I passed through caesarian operation before giving birth to all of them. I met a girl who sells food in a restaurant and narrated my problem to her and she promised to assist me. l met the girl before, so she asked me to come to her and wait for a woman who will enter into discussion with me. I waited for the woman and she did not come. I did this three times and I told the girl that I will not come again”. She persuaded me to continue coming and I changed my heart. Before I could notice it, Policemen stormed the place and started asking me what I was doing there and the whereabouts of the three kids I wanted to sell”. I told the policemen that I didn’t want to sell my babies because I gave birth to them through operations. The policemen asked me to follow them to their station and I refused. They immediately invited a policewoman who came and asked me to follow them to the station, that I should obey before complain and I followed them to the station. While in the station, the girl who asked me to come to her said I told her to start looking for who will buy my children.”

Godwin Igwe, head of Child Development Department, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development has called on well meaning individuals to assist the woman take care of the children.

"The three children and their mother just repatriated from the Enugu Ministry of Gender and Women Affairs to Ebonyi. The woman is from Ishielu local government area of Ebonyi State. When we interviewed her, she said she is finding it very difficult to survive let alone feed her children. She said her purported husband abandoned her and the children in April. She said it was very difficult for her to be carrying the third child of eight months old for menial jobs and she became a wanderer. So, the Enugu state government repatriated her. Her mother is late and the father is very old and has nothing doing. Her major problem is how to eke a living. She said if the government or public spirited individual can assist her, she is ready to take care of her children. If she is allowed to continue to wander in the streets, the children are at risk and if anybody approaches her for the children, she can easily release the children to the person and they will become victims of child trafficking. So, the Enugu government did not repatriate her out of malice or hatred but for safety of the children.” Mr Godwn said

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Passport robot rejects Asian man's passport for not opening his eyes

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 14:14:00 +0000

New Zealander Richard Lee was applying for a passport online when the system objected to the image he uploaded. According to the passport robot,

"The photo you want to upload does not meet our criteria because: subject eyes are closed."

But Lee, who is of Asian descent, had his eyes open.

"I fell off my chair laughing," he told CNN. "Like, I know I have small eyes and I have no problem with it. But the fact that a computer can notice as well, that's just hilarious."

After trying three more images, he phoned the passport office to ask for help.

"They said it was the shadow in my eyes and the uneven lighting on the face makes it
hard for the software to process," he said.

Lee -- currently attending university in Melbourne, Australia -- eventually gave up and went to a local post office to get some passport photos taken.

"Fortunately one of those worked," he said.

Meet the pretty lady that remixed Psquare's Bank Alert song (PHOTOS)

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 14:14:00 +0000

Gee Jay made a video of herself singing a gospel remix to Psquare's Bank Alert song and the video went viral. Paul Okoye heard it, fell in love with it and said before Christmas, her version should be out. That he needed her contact immediately.

Well, meet the young woman God just made a star in the most unexpected way. Gee Jay is a proud mum of one, singer, song writer based in Abuja. See More photos of her and the video below:

PHOTOS: Portharcourt lady lands in gutter after she tripped on her high heels

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 14:14:00 +0000

Story was shared on Facebook by Nicholas who says the lady involved is his ex-girlfriend. His post below:

SOME MATTER PASS PESSIN MOUTH
She that is down needs fear no fall, she that is low no pride.
I don't know whether to laugh or to be sad. But ladies no be by force to wear high heel oooooo. Some struggle and struggle yet they never give up on the nemesis.

The worst part for this Ikwerre girl is that everybody waka pass. The only person wey
stop, stop to take picture and then e continue the waka.........
Sorry oooooo, just pick yourself up and waka your journey. Dazzol

#Still on Jesus is Lord

Anthony Joshua shows off his huge fighter body ahead of Saturday fight

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:54:00 +0000

Anthony Joshua will step into the ring on Saturday at the Manchester Arena to defend his IBF title against American, Eric Molina. The British boxer is clearly in shape to do maximum damage and he shared this photo of his muscle-bound frame with the caption: 'T-minus 3 days'.

Economist Tunji Andrews loses his cool over popularity of MMM Ponzi Scheme (VIDEO)

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:54:00 +0000

The Ponzi scheme MMM is making people lose their minds.

Even a respected Economist such as Tunji Andrews couldn't keep his cool when talking about MMM.

Andrews blamed the harsh and anti-policy CBN policies that have forced Nigerians to take in a clear Ponzi scheme such as MMM.

Had a meltdown on Set over MMM

Director thought to put it together

Hope you're entertained http://pic.twitter.com/zMumfXyKF8
— Tunji Andrews (@TunjiAndrews) December 6, 2016

He also said that Nigeria as a country hasn't learnt any lesson about the failed Ponzi schemes that rocked the country in 2007 and 2008. Tunji Andrews actually has a point or two in his brief video.

In a live poll by Pulse Nigeria on Thursday, December 1, 2016, Nigerians said that popular Ponzi scheme MMM has better interest for them than the Central Bank of Nigeria.

A total of 917 Nigerians voted for MMM while 147 Nigerians voted for the CBN.

Senate postpones screening of EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu, to Dec 15th

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:54:00 +0000

The Senate was scheduled to screen and probably confirm Ibrahim Magu, the acting EFCC chairman today. The screening has now been postponed to December 15th. Magu has been serving in acting capacity since November 2015.

Abdulmumin Jibrin reacts to House of Reps invitation to appear before its Ethics committee over two fresh petitions

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:14:00 +0000

Suspended lawmaker, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has reacted to the invitation by the House of Representatives, to appear before its Committee on Ethics and Privileges, over two fresh petitions received from members of his constituency and the National Youth Council.

Members of his constituency in Kiru/Bebeji in Kano State had petitioned the house over his absenteeism and poor representation while the National Youth Council of Nigeria petitioned the house for allegedly operating foreign accounts which was in violation of the 1999 Constitution as
amended. The house moved a motion yesterday to invite him over for hearing of these petitions.

In a swift reaction, Jibrin who was suspended from the House for one year in September, says the latest petition against him is sponsored by the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara. Read his statement below...

"I have read from several media platforms that Speaker Yakubu Dogara using the House of Representatives has invited me to appear yet again before the ethics committee over two fresh petitions on absenteeism and poor Representation of my constituency and operating a foreign account. These petitions came from a nonentity sponsored by Speaker Dogara that calls itself a youth organization under the guide of the fraudulent Ikenga Ugo Chinyere It is curious that the ethics committee refused to admit and rejected 18 petitions against the Speaker and some principal officers of the House bothering on monumental budget fraud, unprecedented abuse of office and massive corruption but shameless have reduced the entire activities of the ethics committee to witch hunt Hon Jibrin. This latest assault is coming because the security and anti graft agencies have made advance progress on investigation which has lead to the freezing of the accounts of some Principal Officers including the Minority Leader Leo Ogor where large sums of illicit funds were found. This development has created a huge tension in the House of Representatives and the man to blame and who must be dealt with decisively through any means is Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin. This is in addition to the international dimension the issue has taken through my effort and that of other well meaning Nigerians. While thousands of Nigerians in diaspora are at the moment signing a global petition calling for the arrest and prosecution of Speaker Dogara and others, a team of competent lawyers in the United Kingdom have concluded plans to file a petition at the Interpol and FBI over 500 billion naira stolen through the running cost scheme designed by Speaker Dogara as Chairman House services in the 6th Assembly. The lawyers have identified various instances and laws under which people who created such scams can be prosecuted at the international level. I have reacted to the lies and misinformation regarding the issues of the accounts in a statement I released two days ago to lay the matter to rest and also, the issue of poor representation and absenteeism is simply laughable. I will make a formal statement on the invitation and petitions when I receive an official communication from the Speaker or his agents. But in the mean time, I wish to state categorically clear that this disgraceful action is an extension of the witch hunt launched against me by Speaker Dogara and his corrupt cabal in the House to paint me in a negative light and divert attention away from the allegations of massive budget fraud and corruption hanging on their necks.

Driver burnt to death in accident along Benin-Auchi Okene express way (PHOTOS)

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:14:00 +0000

The driver of this petrol tanker was reportedly burnt to death in this fatal accident along Benin-Auchi Okene expressway yesterday December 7th. The tanker went up in flames, burning the driver to death. No other casaulty was recorded.

Photo credit: Engr SF Hopeful Hope..

Photos: Unemployed graduates selected for FG's N-Power programme undergo verification in Jos

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:14:00 +0000

According to the media aide to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Laolu Akande, unemployed graduates pictured above who were selected for the Federal government N-Power programme, had their verification exercise conducted in Jos, Plateau state yesterday December 7th. Their credentials were verified by Corpers and National Orientation Agency worker. Some of the graduates will be employed as teachers and will be on a N30,000 a month salary. More photos below...

Super Falcons player, Onome Ebi undergoes successful surgery at National Hospital Abuja (PHOTOS)

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:14:00 +0000

Nigerian football defender, Onome Ebi has undergone a successful surgery at the National Hospital Abuja. The 33-year-old footballer, who currently plays for FC Minsk in the Belarusian Premier League took to her Instagram page yesterday, to share a photo after the surgery:

"Thank you Lord God for safe surgery, receive all thy glory in Jesus name Amen" Here is wishing her a speedy recovery.

Nigeria Police confirm the redeployment of Governor Wike's Chief Security Officer

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:14:00 +0000

The Nigeria Police Force said that DSP Promise Nwosu, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, was redeployed as a result of his involvement in gross professional misconduct and apparent partisanship.

The Rivers State Government had earlier raised the alarm of plot to assassinate Governor Wike following the removal of the CSO.

A press release issued on Wednesday, December 7th and signed by Force Public Relations Officer, spokesperson, DCP Don Awunah, said the redeployment must not be misinterpreted" as the Police
Force must not be drawn to direct partisan politics and acts that are inimical to peace and public order."

The Nigeria Police Force have observed the innuendos, distortion of facts and wild allegations peddled in the mass media following the redeployment of the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the Governor of Rivers State, DSP Promise Nwosu, as a result of gross professional misconduct.
It will be recalled that on 17th November, 2016 during peaceful demonstrations of an opposition party in the state, All Progressive Congress (APC), the Chief Security Officer to the governor, DSP Promise Nwosu was found among the protesting party faithfuls in a manner prejudicial to discipline and displaying conduct unexpected of an officer of his calibre and office.

In the course of monitoring the public protest, an Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations in Rivers State observed the presence of the CSO among the protesting partisan crowd as illegal, unlawful and outside prescribed schedule of the duties of a CSO.

The active presence of the CSO to the governor in a partisan crowd of an opposition party to the governor in a clandestine and suspicious manner was considered mischievous and detrimental to the security of the state and public order and also contrary to his oath of office which constitute an offence against discipline.

The CSO to the governor, when challenged by a superior officer demonstrated brazen indiscipline and showed disrespect to the senior officer, exhibiting conduct that violates all known norms of the force.
Accordingly, the CSO was officially queried for discreditable conduct, insubordination, engaging in partisan political activities, illegal duty and act unbecoming of a public officer.
As a result of such gross misconduct and apparent partisanship, the IGP ordered the redeployment of the CSO pending further disciplinary action. To this end, the IGP has also constituted an investigative inquiry into the officer’s open engagement in political activities, disrespect to senior officers and unethical practices.

It is absolutely imperative the Police and police officers are insulated from partisan politics. The IGP therefore warn all police officers in any capacity to desist from acts that portray the force in a bad light and question the integrity of the personnel.

In addition, any police officer, especially CSOs, Aides-de-Camp (ADCs), and orderlies attached to political officer holders or senior government officials who engages in activities outside the official schedule will be removed and made to face severe disciplinary action.

It instructive to maintain that the redeployment of the CSO to Governor Wike must not be misconstrued or misinterpreted as it is widely reported in the media. The Police Force must not be drawn to direct partisan politics and acts that are inimical to peace and public order.
The Governor as Chief Security Officer of the state is at liberty to select any officer of his choice from the strength of the command to serve as his CSO but under no circumstance should any officer abandon the security of his principal and legitimate duties to engage in direct partisan politics or conversely should any political office holder use police officers attached to them for political machinations.

Photos: Ayo Fayose in spiderman costume as he prepares for the state's children's christmas party

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:14:00 +0000

The Ekiti state governor pictured in spiderman costume as he prepares for the state's children's Christmas party. More photos below...

"I didn't know that children could die" - Mother who left her two children to starve to death and went away with lover says

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:14:00 +0000

20-year-old mother Vladislava Podchapko left her daughter, 3-year-old Anna, and son, 23-months-old Daniil, at home without food while she stayed with her lover for nine days. When the mother returned, Daniil was dead and Anna was unconscious. The seriously ill girl was rushed to the hospital where she is expected to survive.

The children, both from the woman’s previous marriage, were said to have been heard screaming by neighbours, but they thought nothing of it. Evidence from the apartment where the children were locked up shows the children might have resorted to eating paper torn off the walls.

Podchapko, who is pregnant again, said when questioned by the police; "I didn't know that children could die." She has since been detained and faces up to eight years in prison for child neglect. The future of Anna will be decided by social care workers.

'I told my ex-wife long before we got married I was a gay but she trusted God to convert me to a heterosexual' - Kenny Badmus

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:14:00 +0000

Kenny, who came out as a gay man early last year, was recently in Nigeria. On his Facebook page, Kenny wrote about his losses since he came out. He shared on how his ex-wife of six years believed God would heal him and convert him to a heterosexual man even when she knew his orientation before they got married. He also shared on how he lost a yearly Federal government contract after his ex-wife told people he was gay. Read below...

May 2014.
In the case of Bademosi vs. Bademosi at the magistrate court, Ikeja, Lagos, my wife's lawyer opened his statement with how a person who directly or indirectly makes a public show of same-sex amorous relationship in Nigeria commits an offense and is liable on conviction to a term of 10 years. And how anyone convicted of entering into a same-sex marriage contract or civil union should face up to 14 years imprisonment.

"How did you know your husband is a homosexual"? The Judge said to my wife as she walked into the witness stand

"Kanny," she said with her thick Igbo accent.
"Kanny is a homosexual my Lord, I caught him with his male lover" She looked straight into my eyes daring me to deny her allegation. My lawyer gestured me to remain silent.

"Kai, this man na homosexual. May God punish you!" the noise in the courtroom began to rise as strangers held their noses up.

I raised a fist to shield my smashed ego and tucked my face under my arm. My armpit oozed a mix of sweat and shame as my pressed white shirt collected the stench of fear dripping from my body. When I touched my face, I felt nothing. The Magistrate struck the gavel against a piece of wood, but the chant of 'punish all homos' had already gained a wild momentum.

My accuser - my wife- rode on the waves of support coming from the crowd as she recounted the names of men she suspected I had slept with to the court. My shoemaker, my barber, my art directors, my writers, my uncles, my nephews, and my strategic partner, Mr. Trasher from South Africa, whose heterosexual passion cannot be rivaled by Hugh Hefner. According to her, this man was also fucking me. Via Facebook and Skype meetings, Mr. Trasher bunked me, she submitted. She swore by it. If it were possible, in her account, I had also slept with our Audi car - a male German breed with pure muscles and monstrous phallus. This was the moment she had been waiting for since we separated in 2010. Buoyed by a firm support from the evangelical church, she made a final case why I should be punished by law for daring to acknowledge my sexual preference for men over her. "How dare you," she quipped, "how dare you leave the natural nurture of almighty pudenda for such oddity called prick!"

Don't rush to blame her, Diary. If I were her, and I didn't know better, I could be doing the same thing. Yes, it's true that I had told her I was gay long before we married, but she honestly counted on Jehovah God to use her cooter to convert me into a full-fledged heterosexual. How could you blame her for trusting God's word? Now that six years of intense fuck didn't change anything, she had come to use the instrument of law. Hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord. It's also God's word. The infallible word of God.

Punish the faggot! The courtroom echoed.

My lawyer touched me gently. "Don't panic. It is not in the place of a civil court to prosecute a crime of Nigeria's Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act. This is a family court, she said. I retreated into a funk. My head deflated. My feet wobbled like that of a rope walker who just skipped a beat while trying to impress Simon Cowell.

"Do you have any means to leave the country?" my lawyer said.
"No, I don't. I haven't been paid at my job for over six months, but I have a pending scholarship to study in the States," I whispered as we crawled out of the court.
"I'd pursue that as quickly as possible," the barrister said.

I recalled how I had always wanted to do my masters in the USA, and how someone living with HIV could never travel to the States until Obama lifted the ban in 2009.

(The old lady sitting next to me on the plane just got up. Let me quickly use the bathroom before she returns. Hold that thought about HIV.) I'll be back.

Diary, are you still there? I had to drop some load while in the restroom. Note to self: never eat Chipotle before departing for a long flight.

Meanwhile, a question that has been bothering me.
Where does the shit we shit on the plane go? Ok, wait, let me google this.

Dear Google, where does our shit go when we flush at 35,000 feet up?

Ha, here is an explanation from Gizmodo:

Between 1979 and 2003, at least 27 wads of shit fell from the sky in the United States alone, impacting with enough force to tear through roofs and smash cars. Shit!

Nowadays, according to my Google source, modern planes carry shit in a special compartment under their belly. On the surface, on board, everything smells good because the airplane uses a particular suction device to push all that mess far away from people's eyes and noses. Once the plane arrives its destination, it then empties all that shit before it flies again. That's exactly how I feel living with HIV and being a gay man. I can live with HIV. I can at least hide it with some suction device, pose for the camera and say that famous line: HIV is never written on the face. Yea, right? Magic Johnson could announce in 1991 that he had contracted HIV, and still return to play in the 1992 All-Star Game but Justin Fashanu, the first black footballer to command a $1.23million transfer fee could not announce he was gay. Being black and gay stinks. Or why do you think so many great black men and women who are gay never come out to say it? Let's not mention names. You know who I'm referring to.

You travel such a long distance in this life, achieve so much, fly high. Unlike others around you, once you are out, you have no suction device to hide your shit as a gay person. No support system. Just you. So your shit keeps falling from the sky, tearing through roofs. Then people continue to talk. How come you are like this? How come your wife is leaving you? How come you are still single? Didn't the Bible condemn that shit? How come, how come?

For me when my shit started to fall, many family members stayed away. (I'll talk about those who stayed through the shit later) Friends refused to pick my calls. Wifey had told them I was gay. Church stayed away. Jesus had told them 'touch not the unclean thing.' The advertising industry in Nigeria, where I had spent a good part of my life raising talents and developing the industry stayed far away. Cricket. Even those I had assisted finding their first jobs in the marketing communication industry. Those who are now brand managers, creative directors, account planners, strategy directors, managing directors and all those sizzling titles. Wifey had told them "Kanny is a homo." In Nigeria, it doesn't matter what you have done to assist people. If you don't post updates such as 'Come and see what the Lord has done,' 'If not for Jesus,' 'Father Lord no ni' on your social media, you are an infidel. So you see all these people, after stealing company's money, after inflating media and production quotes, after giving so many kickbacks and receiving so many bribes running crony businesses. You see them on social media telling the world how God had brought them from nothing. How they are being elevated by the Almighty. They have a suction device to hide their shit.

As my shit started to fall through the roof, major clients left because they heard from someone who heard from someone, who heard from my ex-wife that I was gay. The ad industry in Nigeria quickly avoided me like a leper. The Lord had told them to stop talking to me. My shit had no hiding place. Remember I have no suction device. It's falling through the roof. It stinks too. But the Lord is graceful enough to help these people hide their own shit. They dwell in the shadows of the Almighty.

My yearly contract with the federal government (which trained thousands of graduates annually) ended. Speaking with the director of the program earlier, he claimed my wife had been to Abuja to tell them I was a pervert and had no moral standard to teach the youth how to develop their talents. In theory, when I spoke, my saliva emitted millions of gay matter that could infect unsuspecting young adults. In theory, also, I would be bringing the wrath of Jehovah upon a delicate nation already struggling with bad governance. This Jehovah, they claimed, was happy to live with the looters, the child-bride proponents, and the terrorists. The roads to the farms might be bad; the nation might not have electricity, and the cost of food might have skyrocketed, but nay! The sin of Kehinde and other such gay persons in the Republic was the abomination that had robbed Nigeria of its greatness.

I read the papers and online blogs, the chant I heard in the courtroom kept rising: kill the gays. Punish these homosexuals!

In August that year, instead of going back to the court to continue my trial, I flew to the US to begin my graduate degree. I left the only nation I had called home. Behind me was a kaleidoscope of a country with colors of corruption and injustices. Stella Oduah. Lawani. Oil subsidy. Bring back our girls, and all that military ammunition imbroglio. But nay! The sin of Kehinde and other such gay persons in the Republic was the abomination that had robbed Nigeria of its greatness.

I said goodbye to Aduke, my 80-year old mother. She looked me in my brown eyes and said, "home, my son, is wherever you find peace and happiness. Don't worry about me. Go!"

Now, it's November 2016. I'm on my way back to Lagos. I heard Aduke has now become a flower sprouting from the earth.

I'm looking through the window. We are about to land at Murtala Muhammed International Airport. I have just broken a sweat.

"Lagos is about ninety-five degrees," the captain says.

This shit is about to get real, and I have no suction device to hide it.

Check out this beautiful wedding dress made entirely out of tissue paper (Photos)

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:14:00 +0000

British teenager, Rachel Fleur, 16, made this beautiful bridal dress out of toilet paper for an art project

The project which she said took four months and hundreds of hours to complete cost her just £30 in toilet paper, glue, beads and glitter. Her efforts were duly rewarded when she bagged an A* for the project. She said:

'I'd never made a dress before but I was inspired by watching images of American toilet paper clothing contests on YouTube and thought I'd give it ago. It became a real labour of love and I couldn't even guess how many hours I spent on it. But I'm so pleased with the finished result.'

Rachel initially planned to use newspaper but switched to toilet roll and her teacher wasn't sure it was possible. She said:

'I'd never made a dress before but most of my artwork had been drawing-based and I fancied doing something related to clothing. When I thought of using toilet roll I realised it could be a white wedding dress instead.

'I told my teacher what I planned to do, she looked doubtful and said it couldn't be done well. But I knew I could create something beautiful and was determined to prove her wrong.'

The dress is now displayed in the school's reception and Rachel hopes that it can one day be made into a 'real dress'. She said:

'It was cheap to make in terms of cost of materials, but it took a long time. I'd love to see it made into a wearable outfit as a nod to all the hard work I put into it.'

More photos below...

Photo: Beautiful student of Federal University of Agriculture passes away

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:14:00 +0000

Alamuta Oyindamola Mutiyat, a 300 level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, died yesterday, December 7th. According to the campus news page, Mutiyat passed away at the Federal Medical Centre after at FMC after a long illness. She will be buried today according to Islamic rites. May her soul rest in peace...amen...

Photo of the day!

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 12:55:00 +0000

Queue of pots awaiting distribution of cooked food at Dikwa IDP camp, Borno State. Photo credit: UNHCR Nigeria

Emmanuel Adebayor shows off his customized Rolls Royce

noreply@blogger.com (healthandwealth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 12:55:00 +0000

The footballer showed off his Rolls Royce with a customized plate number. The plate number which reads '0004-SEA' stands for the number on his Togo football jersey and his full name, Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor. He shared the photo on Instagram and captioned it Silence is very accurate.

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Nigeria Police confirm the redeployment of Governor Wike's Chief Security Officer

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Emmanuel Adebayor shows off his customized Rolls Royce