Unknown to the world there are other Nigerians who are refugees in their own country but who are not victims of the dreaded Boko Haram. Whereas BH victims grab the headlines of international media reports daily virtually nothing is heard of the Atakad people of Southern Kaduna who alleged been sacked from their ancestral home and lands which have been taken over Fulani herdsmen and their cattle. The Atakad Community Development Association, ACDA, alleges said that “gunmen have captured 16 Atakad villages, and killed at least 180 people with 10,000 forced to become refugees” since the violence against them started…
Author: Pride Team
Two members of South Africa’s ruling National African Congress were shot and wounded and third run by a car at a caucus meeting that turned bloody last month. ANC members in KwaXima, west of Durban had met to pick a candidate to represent them at an elective conference that month. Party rules require that 70 percent of branches meet to finalize their nominations for purposes of quorum at the conferece. Reports have had it that many of the ANC branches were finding it difficult to meet and nominate candidates to beat the deadline. The meeting reportedly descended into shambles when…
That is the anguished cry of a 70-year-old man whose 52-year-old wife of 16 years, has abandoned him for a blind man because he can no longer “fulfill his conjugal duties.” Rose Atuko, a mother of 7, who has been married to Augustine Osupa of Kees village, Ngora subcounty in Ngora district of Uganda since 1999 is now cohabiting with John Opio, 52, a blind man. And the duo are not joking, as their union has further been cemented by the birth of a son who is now three years and old Rose’s seventh child. The matter, however, only came…
#AskRemi was a hashtag on twitter that caught my eyes. Who is Remi and what is there to ask her? I got curious. Remi turns out to be 60 year old female presidential candidate of KOWA party. Remi Sonaiya is A retired professor of French Language and Applied Linguistics whose abode was in Ile-ife, Osun state and for the Professor, she isn’t contesting because she is a woman, she is contesting because she believes the nation deserves better leadership which mainstream parties are not offering. “I came into the race fully aware that the weight of public awareness was more…
Ahead of the elections in February, advocacy group, EiE Nigeria is organizing a Presidential and Governorship election debate series called “The Peoples’ Debate” The Peoples’ Debate”, hosted by EiE Nigeria in partnership with GenVoices, GEMSTONE and the Nigerian Global Shapers Hubs (Lagos, Abuja, Calabar, Ibadan & Kano) will hold in Lagos, Plateau, Kaduna, Imo, Rivers, Taraba as well as a Presidential debate in Abuja. The debates are also supported by organizations like Google, Facebook, Channels TV and many others. CEO of Channels Television, John Momoh and popular TV personality, Ebuka Obi Uchendu have been confirmed to moderate some of the…
HOLY HUMOUR GOD IS BUSY ELSEWHERE The students were lined up in the cafeteria for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray: “Take only ONE. God is watching.” Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies. A child had written a note, “Take all you want. God is watching the apples.” THINK ABOUT IT “If everything is important, then nothing is.” – Anonymous IF If your boyfriend remembers your eye…
The dreams of Kenyan youth for much-sought- after careers in the Police Service have been thwarted by the sins of omission and commission by corrupt senior recruitment officers. This follows the cancellation of by the National Police Service Commission of the appointments of 1,215 recruits carried out in 36 centres across Kenya recently. To make assurance double sure the Independent Police Oversight Authority has moved to court to seek cancellation of the recruitment. This is sequel to growing disquiet at the General Service Unit (GSU) of the National Police with serving and former officers alleging rampant victimisation, corruption and harassment…
Inmates of Ebola quarantine centres in Mafori Chiefdom in Port Loko District of Sierra Leone are now thanking their stars for saving them from hunger. This follows the donation of food items and cooking essentials to them by a non-governmental organization, Development Initiative Programme. The Chief Executive Officer of the organization, Mrs Hawa Saffa, said the donation was to keep those in the quarantined homes happy until the end of their three-week isolation and that about 100 quarantined inmates in Port Loko would benefit from the largesse. Among the items distributed were coal pots, bags of charcoal and provisions that…
A young girl, Kimeera Rajbunsi, is now with her maker because her jealous boyfriend read an entry in her carelessly-kept private dairy which made him momentarily mad, losing all control. Knocking her down with a frying pan, the demented boyfriend, Sholin Bissoon, 21, stabbed her several times in the chest with a sharp kitchen instrument at her home in Forestwood Gardens, Phoenix. He then dumped her lifeless body in a pond in a secluded area near Mount Edgecombe in Durban, South Africa. Bissoon had fallen deeply in love with Kimeera, 17, during their school days at Woodview Secondary in 2010,…
TAKEN 3 St. Liam Neeson Second sequel to Taken is set to rule 2015! With a $48 million USD budget, this Liam Neeson action packed movie is set to lead 2015’s box office figures at an estimated $30 million USD weekend figure, though TAKEN 2 kicked off at $49 million USD, this has not taken anything away from 3. Who was taken this time? Don’t just wait to hear/read how it’ll all act out, because it’s an action movie you would not want to miss. And if you think TAKEN 1 and 2 were both the best that could happen,…