Shimon Peres, one of Israel’s defining political figures who shared a Nobel Prize for forging a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians, has died at the age of 93, two weeks after suffering a stroke.
Described as a constant force for generations in Israeli politics, Peres had twice served as prime minister of Israel and later as the country’s ninth president.
It is believed that he is one of the last of a generation of Israeli politicians who were present at the forging of the new nation in 1948.
He suffered a massive stroke about two weeks ago and had been on a respirator in an Israeli hospital near Tel Aviv. Though his conditions improved , it became worse on Tuesday leading to his eventual departure in the early hours of today.
His son Chemi led tributes to “one of the founding fathers of the state of Israel” who “worked tirelessly” for it.
In more than six decades of political life his defining achievement was as one of the key architects of the Oslo peace accords, for which he was jointly awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1994 with the then Israeli prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin, and Yasser Arafat, the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation.
Those peace agreements – signed in Washington in 1993 and Taba, Egypt in 1995, – foresaw the creation of a Palestinian state, and were named after the Norwegian capital where the two sides launched eight months of secret negotiations in which Peres played a key role.
With Peres’s death the last of that trio is now gone.
This hapless teenager, didn’t get the best of parenting from her parents as her mom spent less time with her to give motherly advises and support but she rather forsook her child and went on fervently preaching the gospel.
While on one hand, it’s her religious obligation to spread the word of truth, but it is also on the other hand, a biblical instruction to cater for the affairs of your children and not leave them hanging to themselves.
The user who shared the news says the mother who “goes around spreading the gospel” is living in denial.
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Have you ever wondered what causes that popping sound when you crack your knuckles?
Ever wondered why do people even crack their knuckles in the first place? You’d find this article very educating.
If you’re a knuckle-cracker, you know how it goes:
Sometimes you just don’t feel right until you pull, bend, or push your fingers until they pop and you’re flooded with satisfaction.
On the other hand, if you’re not prone to cracking your knuckles, the urge might seem bizarre or even a little gross.
What causes that popping sound?
For decades, scientists have been trying to figure out what goes on physically to elicit that signature popping noise. A recent study in PLOS ONE has cracked, so to speak, the code behind this weird bodily function, revealing that the sound happens as a result of an air bubble that forms when a joint is pulled apart.
The process is technically called “tribonucleation,” or the quick separation of two surfaces followed by a cavity formation, say the researchers in the study.
A team of University of Alberta researchers had a study participant place his fingers into a tubular finger trap one at a time. A cable attached to the finger’s tip then slowly pulled until a knuckle cracked.
The cracks were caught on MRI video so researchers could investigate what was going on, and each happened in the space of one frame (a.k.a. in 310 milliseconds).
While research from 1971 suggested the popping sound was due to the collapse of pre-existing bubbles in joints’ synovial fluid, this finding confirms a 1947 study that found it’s actually the creation of bubbles in the synovial fluid that causes the noise.
Think of synovial fluid as the lubricant that exists between two joints. It’s necessary for proper joint and bone movement and comfort.
The joint separates, a dark bubble appears in the intervening fluid, and then everything settles back into place.
Although the joint looks like it’s back to normal, it has to undergo a refractory period before it can crack again.
“The fluid takes time to refill and create the same dynamics it had before,” says Michael Suk, M.D., chairman of the department of orthopedic surgery at Geisinger Health System. “It’s like pouring oil through a very small hole in an hourglass—it takes time for it to fill up again.”
Why do people even crack their knuckles in the first place?
“There’s both a mental and physical component,” says Suk. “From a mental standpoint, it’s almost a nervous habit for some people, much like drumming their fingers or biting their nails. I think to some degree, there’s a feeling associated with doing it as a mental stress reliever.”
Meanwhile, “from a physical standpoint, I think what this study shows is as you create space in the knuckle, you’re decompressing the joint,” says Suk. “In many cases, that can result in greater fluid movement in the joint itself, so your finger feels less constrained.”
Are some people just not capable of doing it?
Although it seems like some people can crack their knuckles without an issue and others can’t no matter what, that’s likely not the case. “If we understand joints to be what they are, everyone has the potential to crack their knuckles,” says Suk.
“The difference is that some people have a lower threshold of pressure for separating them, but others require much more force to create the separation.” Don’t take that as license to apply a ton of pressure just to hear the pop, though.
“There have been some reports that people can tear or stretch tendons based on how they crack their knuckles,”says Suk. “Some people pull, while others bend their fingers. Depending on how forcefully you do so, you can injure your hand.”
Makeup artist Mamza Beauty, has come out to defend First lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, following criticisms laid on her after the First Lady’s decision to fly her to the US for the just concluded UN General Assembly.
Sharing more photos from the session, the Abuja-based makeup artist said that Mrs Buhari’s efforts towards eradicating child malnutrition, hunger, and other social issues through her pet project, Future Assured, should be commended instead.
She wrote:
“Read…for those who CARE to be enlightened about her trip….Getting Her Excellency(Wife of the President of Nigeria) ready for the 71st United Nations General Assembly(I am deeply honored);
where she is advocating for support to push forward the Child nutrition project which would CREATE JOBS for our youths, SOLVE MALNOURISHMENT , HUNGER issues and help BOOST our nations’ GDP. Food for malnourished and hunger stricken children are deployed from donors to help alleviate poverty and solve the problem of malnourishment, but before the food reaches Nigeria some of the children die from starvation. So Mrs Buhari is pushing to solve this predicament for the Nigerian child amongst other programs by pushing for the set up of a food factory (Nutritional plant) in Nigeria, which would produce healthy and nutritious ready to use therapeutic food (RUTF)for babies and toddlers ‘AT NO COST’. Some neighboring countries in Africa (Niger) have a factory set up to produce their own food, empowered by the UN…so @aishambuhari asks “WHY NOT NIGERIA”? . It is easy to judge from the sidelines when u don’t really know what is going on…”
One doesn’t simply forget the estrangement of this couple few years back mehn! But it looks as if there’s no love lost between the both of them as the singer shared this photo with the caption:
“It’s always a pleasure seeing u my dear friend. Empee”.
Reality TV star, Khloe Kardashian believes in honesty in relationships except when the truth ‘could really hurt someone you’re dating.‘
She took to her website to give out advice on when one is allowed to lie in relationships…
‘Honesty is always the best policy when it comes to relationships,’ ‘But there are some scenarios when telling the truth could really hurt someone you’re dating.’These are my rules for whether or not you should tell a white lie to your man.’
In regards to questions on How Many People You’ve Slept With, Khloe said:
‘I don’t ask this question but I would expect him to tell me if I’m in a room with someone he used to hook up with…
‘I’m not going to lie about this one, I just don’t think it’s a necessary conversation.’
And If You’ve Hooked Up With One Of His Friends, she warned:
‘Say something! That’s definitely going to come out!!’
Khloe does admit that one can lie a little to spare someone’s feelings regarding something like his outfit.
‘I’m very honest but it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it,’ Khloe cautioned.
If You Can’t Stand His Mom:
‘Maybe at first grin and bear it, but if you guys are married you don’t need to lie about it… But at first, you gotta lie!’
A man claims that God told him to start digging a hole in the jungle 18 years ago, and he hasn’t stopped since then – Santiago Sanchez, 69, says he regards it as the Lord’s work and he devotes every waking hour to the project.
The pensioner heads to the tunnel in the city of Berlin, in the western El Salvador department of Usulutan, at around 3 AM. And every time he emerges he is carrying around 90 pounds of rock, stones and debris, following what God told him.
During an interview with Univision journalist Ernesto Rivas, Sanchez explained:
What I am doing is a spiritual revelation from God.” “Only I am allowed to go to the end, because I am God’s tunnel digger. Nobody else is allowed to go there.”
The journalist who went into the tunnel to have a look confessed that by the time he got halfway, was struggling to breathe and had to leave quickly.
Despite his conviction that he is following God’s orders, he has many critics and many more who laugh at what he is doing.
His wife, named Isabel Ventura, said that “there are people who say that he is crazy” but he answers that “no one knows what God is going to demand from you.”
Because nobody else other than Santiago has ever been to the end, he is the only one who knows how far it actually goes but after 18 years, it is believed to be some way.
Rwanda event organisers and music promoters left Nigerian legend 2face Idibia disgraced after they made him perform to an empty hall filled with empty seats at a poorly organised, flopped concert in Kigali.
Less than 50 people showed up for Nigerian 2face Idibia’s concert at Kigali Serena Hotel.
The ‘African Queen’ star, came on stage at about 11:30p.m, which was after several hours of dialogue between his management and the organisers of the show. He immediately apologized to the few who made it to the show, promising to deliver “unique” performances.
“Hello Kigali. I know you’re very few bu t we don’t want to talk about whatever happened. I am going to do a unique show for you who managed to come”, he said.
The RnB and afrobeat superstar had been brought in by Belinda Umurerwa, under her events company, Kigali Entertainment Promoters, but what happened on the day left behind many lessons for show organisers.
According to Rwandans, the show which would have been a success failed due to the organizers inability to adequately promote the show.
So a viral Whatsapp broadcast message stating a GTBank recruitment and interview has landed some unfortunate Nigerian graduates in an embarrassing situation with a total shocker.
In a series of tweets, a social media user has narrated how earlier today, several hundreds of Nigerian graduates from all over the country stormed Resource Intermediaries Ltd, a recruitment firm in Victoria Island, Lagos for the said GTbank interview, only to be stopped at the the gate of the firm.
They were addressed by a staff of the firm who hit them with very painful shocker, stating that the BC message was a faux.
Miss Faizal Abu bakar Sani, 17, a former student of Olumawu School, Abuja, didn’t know when she was writing her West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, few months ago, that the examination would earn her a scholarship to study any course of her choice in any university in the world of her choosing.
Faizal, who was celebrated by her Alma-mater, Olumawu School, Abuja; had nine A1 in the May/June 2016 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
The result was adjudged by her school and Kano State government as the best ever in the state.
The 17 year old, who was celebrated by her alma-mater, Olumawu School, Abuja; had nine A1 in the May/June 2016 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
She had A1 in English Language, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Computer Studies, Civic Education and Marketing. The result was adjudged by her school and Kano State government as the best ever in the state.
Faizal who spoke with Vanguard said:
‘’I will like to study Medicine in any of the famous universities abroad. Meanwhile, I have been offered admission by at least seven universities in the United Kingdom and one university in Egypt, to study medicine.’’
On her reading habit, Faizal who scored 226 in the last JAMB said:
‘’I have no specific study hour because most times I study until I get tired and often fall asleep.”
She, however disclosed that when preparing for examination, she reads and takes a break every 30 minutes. The governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje on his part said:
‘’The scholarship is meant to cover her undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate degrees at any university of her choice across the world. This gesture is to acknowledge merit and to especially encourage girl-child education in our state.
He’s certainly the rave of the moment now and I can assure you, he has our mumu buttons as we can’t help but follow his every move, even as pathetic as it is.
Few days after claiming he is not gay and even supporting the anti-gay law, Bobrisky, has newly come out to state that his “Bae” who is his everything because with his “bae”, he’s nothing, has stated in a new interview that his bae is a indeed a man!
In this interview with Pulseng, he revealed his ‘bae’ is a man and it has me wondering how he says he’s not gay… ??? And your bae is a man ??? You’re not even a transgender… So what do you call that ?? gay-ish???
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The little lass named Zianna, a 9-year-old from Charlotte City, speaks to the city council in the most courageous and heartbreaking way.
Really bereaved from the loss of elderly ones in the city and having to bury them at such tender ages, the bold young girl says things shouldn’t be this way.
Multi-talented artiste Olamide, whom become well known for his hit back to back from 2009 till date, Baddosneh turns up for all the dancers out there with the brand new compelling music video for his August-released single “Owo Blow.”
“My music is different and it’s real. I don’t try to copy anyone, and I’m only going to spread a positive message while having fun doing it,” shares Olamide.
Check out the hitmaker’s new video below, Clarence Peters Shot It!
A woman nabbed two burglars who had just broke into her house and were having sex on her sofa. The victim, Jamie Barnes was entering her home in South Memphis when she realised the door was open after being away for a few days.
Upon entering her home, she was sickened by what she saw.
She said:
“It’s horrible in there. It’s absolutely horrible in there. It’s like they just had a big old nasty party. “Walk in and they’re having sex on my couch. I pick up my broom, I wanted to hit that man so bad.”
The man began repeatedly yelling: “I don’t know nothing” while the women covered up – even trying to wear one of Barnes’ dresses before being stopped.
The man then began to run, but eventually stopped. The woman was arrested for aggravated burglary.
Barnes added:
“They ransacked my house and stole all my stuff: jewelry, appliances, clothes.
“I don’t feel comfortable at this house, so in my eyes, I’m homeless.
A man facing livestock theft charges in South Africa has made a startling confession that the cow he stole & slaughtered has been haunting him!
The suspect, one of five men arrested, told Daily Sun South Africa he has been struggling to sleep because at night he hears a cow mooing at the Tarlton Police Station in Mogale City.
“I regret helping my friends steal the cow on Thursday. I was the one who killed it with an axe. All the noises the cow was making on the day we killed it haunt me in my sleep,” said the man.
He said the cow’s head also visits him in his dreams.
“I will go and ask forgiveness from the owner of the cow. I have been punished for my sins.”
Constable Lucky Matome confirmed that five men, aged between 22 and 31, were arrested for stock theft. They were allegedly found in possession of a slaughtered cow loaded in a double-cab bakkie.
“The suspects were spotted at Waterval plots in Tarlton by our sector vehicle. Officers called for backup and the vehicle was followed to the Randfontein CBD and pulled over.
“The officers discovered pieces of a chopped up cow. None of the suspects wanted to associate themselves with it,” said Matome.
He said after investigation, one of the suspects provided information that led them to an open field near Hillside, where they found more parts.
Owner Anton Lombaard said he was happy with the Tarlton SAPS’ good work and that the cow was worth about R7 000 (N164k). All five suspects were taken into custody and will appear in court soon.
A fraudster who stole more than £130,000 from Premier League footballers, a top manager, and two millionaire businessmen has been jailed for three years and eight months.
Claire Liddle, 41, conned wealthy clients including Stoke City striker Peter Odemwingie, Liverpool defender Andre Wisdom, and former Celtic boss Tony Mowbray by offering to organise their luxury holidays.
Liddle was originally spared jail after admitting the £82,000 scam in 2014, but went on to steal another £22,000 from the chairman of telecommunications giant Lebara.
She then stole £33,000 from the boss of sales solutions firm Flixmedia. Liddle “frittered away” the money on alcohol and a Rolex watch.
In 2012, Liddle had set up a concierge service for wealthy individuals and gave presentations at football clubs by pretending to be working for Solutions Lifestyle.
Prosecutor Michael Morris told the Old Baileys court:
“Although she wasn’t employed by them she used their name and passed herself off as being from Solutions Lifestyle to offer luxury holidays at discounts.
“She arranged to attend Premiership football clubs to provide presentations.”
Liddle swindled Odemwingie out of £15,000 after the striker handed over his bank details to organise his Miami honeymoon in 2012.
She also stole at least £7,500 from Liverpool defender Andre Wisdom, who is currently out on loan to Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg.
Former West Brom and Celtic boss Tony Mowbray was stung for £30,000 after asking Liddle to arrange a holiday to Dubai for him and his family.
Liddle claimed to have booked them into a top hotel but when they arrived they were told it had not been paid for and were forced to put the £13,000 bill on his credit card.
She then got Mowbray to hand over another £17,000 by claiming that the refund would be rolled into the family’s £30,000 summer holiday.
Two other wealthy clients were also targeted during the scam totalling £82,561. In April 2014 Liddle was sentenced to two years imprisonment suspended for two years with 150 hours unpaid work after admitting fraud.
Liddle then got a job working as a PA for Yoganathan Ratheessan, the chief executive and chairman of Lebara. But after being dismissed three months later on 20 February 2015 she continued to use his card details to steal a total of £22,897.
Liddle was arrested in June 2015 and was on bail for that allegation when she fraudulently used a company credit card while working as a PA for Flixmedia between August 2015 and February 2016.
Mr Morris told a judge bosses became concerned when Liddle failed to show up at work on February 11 this year. On the day in question she was appearing in court.
Mr Morris said:
“The company called her next of kin who were told she was at court and would not be returning to work.
“The company then did an internet search and found out about this case.
“When they looked at their accounts they found she had defrauded that company by transferring cash from company credit cards into her personal bank account.
“She withdrew thousands of pounds from an ATM and bought a number of Amazon gifts.”
The company claimed she stole a total of £49,000 but her plea to a lesser total of £33,000 was accepted. Liddle pleaded guilty to two counts of theft in relation to the Lebara and the Flixmedia cases.
She also admitted being in breach of the earlier suspended sentence for fraud. Liddle wept in court as she was sentenced to 12 months for Odemwingie, Wisdom, and Mowbray.
She was handed 16 month consecutive jail terms on each of the other two scams, making a total of 44 months.
Her defence barrister Bernard Eaton said Liddle had been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder as an adult after being the victim of a crime as a teenager.
He added: “She feels as though she has got something she can get a handle on. She has conceded there will inevitably be a sentence of imprisonment. This offending was doomed to failure.”
A lady has narrated how she successfully completed her postgraduate program despite encountering some challenges including almost being raped by two young guys.
The lady who lost important school materials in the incident -revealed how she miraculously escaped her attackers and also completed her school work .
I didn’t feel like pursuing a postgraduate program because my dad died 2 months prior to the admission exams. 16 of us were admitted out of about 200 that wrote the exams and we began lectures. Then I started my dissertation. I spent five months writing, submitting, correcting and re-submitting Chapter One.
2 weeks to submission and defence, the unexpected happened. Due to fuel scarcity, getting transport out of campus was hard so I had to walk home. On my way, I saw 2 guys. My first thought was to dash past but then I figured they could easily push me into the lake nearby. As I turned to go back, another guy cornered me and before I could blink he ripped off my bag and said, “I just want to have sex with you, that’s all.
Nothing more. Just cooperate. Don’t worry, I have condoms. Just allow me. I will give you your bag back.” “Oh God”, I prayed. But this guy was not ready to let me go. He kept tugging at my trousers. We were in the sand, rolling and pulling. I struggled and tried appealing to his senses, at least so he could lose some grip and I could run. Noticing I wasn’t going to give in, he decided to strangle me.
He shouted, “Shebi, you are stubborn? I will kill you. You will die today.” As he strangled me, I just heard myself shout, “I will not die but live.” He lost his grip and I took off. I ran into a group of students who helped me. Unfortunately, my attacker had disappeared with my bag containing a friend’s laptop, the hardcopy of my dissertation and several valuables. Because I finished printing late, I did not back up my work.
I informed my department and was given 2 months to rewrite my dissertation and then defend. The near rape and death experience took a great toll on me. My mind became a battle field but a few friends and my family encouraged me. I started the dissertation all over and submitted. A new date was scheduled for the defence. My defence was successful and I even snapped selfies with my examiners. Ain’t God too good?
Richest man in China, Wang Jianlin, who is worth over £23 billion, opened his second theme park on September 24 in the country in a bid to compete with mega brand, Disney.
Wang Jianlin, chairman of real estate conglomerate Dalian Wanda group, has raged war on Disney telling reporters that he wants Disney to be ‘unable to make a profit in this sector in China for between 10 and 20 years‘.
The new park cost 34 billion yuan (£3.9 billion) to create. The first phase of the theme park opened on Saturday and includes a hotel complex, movie centre and a shopping mall.
The 160 hectare (1.6 square km) park includes a six-star hotel, a five-star hotel and five other hotels providing some 3,500 rooms. It’s hoped that the theme park will attract some 100,000 tourists each day on average, reports China Daily.
The new park is 500 kilometres (310 miles) from the Shanghai Disney Resort well within range to compete for visitors with the park. A ticket to the theme park is 218 yuan (£25.18) for single admission and 308 yuan (£35.57) for a family.
A Newly married Nigerian guy, Kelechi stupefied his bride, Dr. Omalicha Nwanyi with a new brand new SUV at their traditional wedding – The bride’s friend shared the lovely news.
How lovely…
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This woman from Guangzhou, China, was devastated to find out her son was born with an eye condition which means he has little or no eye tissue.
The condition, Anophthalmia is said to affect one in every 100,000 children, and it means that the boy will never be able to see.
The child’s mother, named Liu Peihua, gave birth on September 20 and is now talking with specialists at a larger hospital in Guangzhou to get a thorough examination of the baby.
Liu Peihua’s family say Liu attended every antenatal check and was not informed with any unusual results.
Rather than submitting a written complaint to the local council, this lady became so fed up with potholes on her local road that she decided to take a bath in one of them.
The 25-year-old model from Tak province, Thailand, posed for pictures as she washed herself in a giant pothole.
She works in Bangkok and comes home frequently. She says that the potholes in the roads slows down the vehicle and is a big problem.
Hundreds of villages are along the road and its thought that the road has been in a bad state for some time.
After the photos were widely shared on Thai social media, authorities promised that they would allocate funds to repair the roads. Other’s have since tried to replicate the woman’s stunt in a bid to get roads near their houses repaired.
Lol… see the road she’s protesting for?! Hehe… She’ll just die if she sees Ogijo Shagamu’s road..
An 11-year-old boy has become Britain’s youngest male-on-male rapist after he admitted attacking a nine-year-old boy 15 times when he was arraigned in court.
The child from Blackpool, Lancashire, was only caught when the victim’s mother heard suspicious whispering on the baby monitor in her son’s bedroom, Daily Mail reports.
On May 29 this year, the defendant was playing with the nine-year-old boy in his bedroom when his mother heard whispering over the baby monitor.
She walked into the bedroom to find the defendant raping her son on the bedroom floor. The defendant told her: ‘I am sorry, I don’t know why I did it.’
The victim was interviewed by specialist police officers and told them that the defendant raped him almost every day they played together. The defendant also told him to keep what was happening a secret.
The defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to one charge of raping the same boy 15 times and three charges of sexual touching.
Inquiries then revealed the defendant had sexually touched another boy aged seven over his clothing. The defendant was on bail when he twice sexually touched an 11-year-old disabled boy over his trousers.
Kerry Grieve, prosecuting, said the offences took place between April last year and last month in the seaside town. Brett Chappell, defending, described the case as tragic for everyone and said the defendant had been the victim of sex abuse himself some years ago.
Mr Chappell said the boy had pleaded guilty immediately and shown a sense of shame and remorse. He added that the defendant recognised he needed help for his problems and would work towards addressing them.
Olajumoke Orisaguna, the former Agege bread-seller-turned supermodel is back, debunking all claims that she was used by big corporations for gain and abandoned.
Yesterday, TY Bello took to her Instagram to reveal the model’s latest project which has recorded a massive progress. According to her, she is working with the beautiful Olajumoke on an art project. She heaped praises Olajumoke who sacrificed her long hair to fit into the current project.
“We decided to try a close crop with her hair and she carries it so well. The photos are magnificent” Bello said.
This comes just days after an uproar started on social media by folks who claimed that the model had been used and dumped.
Among the voices that asked for the mum-of-two’s whereabouts was filmmaker, Charles Novia and Tori News correspondent, Osayimwen Osahon George in an article that went viral online.
Nigerians seem glad to see the former Agege bread-seller who has advanced in looks showing life has been good with the mother of two.
See reactions to Olajumoke’s latest appearance from fans below:
The stunning actress and businesswoman is of a surety, one of the movie industry’s most bootylicious actresses and she doesn’t fail to flaunt her endowment.
The actress showed off her G-Wagon, one of her fleet of cars and also her booty in these new photos. More below:
Deputy Director linked to the plagiarism of Obama’s speech in President Muhammadu Buhari’s speech when he launched the “Change Begins With Me” campaign has been redeployed from the State House.
Speaking on condition of anonimity, a source close to the presidency reveals that the said director who was discovered to have copied part of a speech by President Barack Obama of United States has been sacked.
“At 8 o’clock on the Monday morning following the allegations, he reported at the office of the Head of Service, and he was immediately asked to vacate his position and office at the State House pending further measures which will be guided by civil service rules and regulations,” a source disclosed.
The Presidency has also taken steps to avoid a repeat of such an embarrassing occurrence which sources said goes against everything that President Muhammadu Buhari represents and stands for.
A new digital process has been put in place in the State House to aid the process of drafting speeches. This includes the provision of tools that detect plagiarism, similar to those used by editors and academics around the world.
Meanwhile the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity equally confirmed that the officer is no longer in the State House. The government of President Buhari had since expressed regret over what it said was an unfortunate incident, expressing hopes that Nigeria can look beyond it to embrace the message of change.
A Kenyan mother, identified as Jackline Jepngetich, took to Facebook to state that she’d kill her little daughter because according to her, nobody wants to marry her as a single mother.
She later shared that her daughter’s father has taken custody of her baby… Continue below:
LOL… She looks like she’s going to be the “man” of the relationship… Hehe… But for real though, this kinda girl has benefits and a whole lot of non benefits!!!
You must be able to keep up with her sexual pace, work-out pace, and you better not mess up! Else she gon whoop your black ass fam!!! What if you want to now break up sef?! Hehe…
Call her the queen of soap operas and you won’t be wrong. The fact remains that Caroline King is a veteran in the acting business.
She has conquered the soap operas, movies and even the cinemas. There is absolutely no doubt that the soft-spoken actress is our Nollywood sweetheart.
Caroline spoke to Sunday Sun on her relationship with her mum and how it has impacted her life positively.
When last did you see your mum?
That would be during the holidays as she stays in the US with my sister. Recently, when the children were on holidays, they came to Nigeria for three weeks. That was like three months ago, I think.
What food does she cook that you like most?
That is banga soup. Her banga soup is quite tasty.
What’s her favourite meal?
She loves yam and garden egg sauce a lot.
Are you very close to her or not?
Now, I can say yes. Maybe, because I am a mother now and I understand how much she loves me and stuffs like that.
But growing up, we were like opposite sides of the pole, because I was more of a daddy’s girl. I had a better relationship with my father than with my mum. I remember there was a time my dad was like she should just give him some space.
He said the way she behaved, you could have thought he was married to two women. He told her to talk to me and stop waiting for him to come into the issues.
You mean there was a kind of rivalry between you and your mum?
Yea, kind of, because she felt my dad was too lenient with me. She was just strict and still is very strict. As old as I am, I am over fifty but when she comes in, I still tremble (laughs).You know there are things I can say easily when she is not around but when she is around me, I have to think twice and try to edit it well in my head before I let it out of my mouth.
As a teenager, what did she tell you about boys?
Ha! (Laughs) My mum said if I even allow a boy to smile at me for too long I will get pregnant. It was so bad that she planted that thing in me. I remembered the first time a boy wrote me a love letter in secondary school. I took it home and showed my father because in my mind I felt this boy wants to get me pregnant from the letter (laughs). That was the amount of fear my mum put into me.
But as I became older, I began to understand where she was coming from; I’m the first child and a girl. As I started having children, we now started talking more. I opened up to her and told her the things she did back then. She said she did all that because, if I turned out well, my younger ones would too.
She also asked me, “if you had failed and I failed with you, what could have happened to your siblings? So, whatever it was that I was doing was for your good.” But really, I believe she did a fantastic job although I would have preferred some kind of moderation. (Laughs).
What parenting skills did you learn from her that you have inculcated in your kids now?
You know as a young person, you always said you will not be like your mum. But, when you grow older you realize that you are exactly like her. That’s the story of my life really. I will just say that I have imbibed almost everything from her but with moderation and you know the way our children are these days. Growing up, I couldn’t express myself but with my children, I let them express themselves no matter what it is but I don’t fail to emphasize, that they must always say “please”, “thank you” and respect everyone and that they are not better than anybody. You might be better off, because your parents are rich but that doesn’t make other people lesser than you. All these things, I learnt from my mum.
What were the things your mother did that made you realize she loves you?
While growing up, I didn’t think she loved me. It was like she was always on my case and she had traits that I see in myself now. My mum was almost like a perfectionist. So, each time, I had it in mind that I was going to do this already and then she will tell me. But in my mind, I was like, I was going to do it anyway and you know while growing up, especially as a teenager, all those things annoyed me.
However, after I had my first child and she came to help me care for my baby, I think something switched in my brain. That was when I realized, how much she really loves me.
Even then, I couldn’t shake out that distant relationship we had, communication problems and stuffs like that.
However, by the time I had my daughter who is my last born , I now could sit down with her and talk about stuffs that I didn’t like then and then she explains herself. You know, all she did was for me; it wasn’t because she hated me or because she didn’t want me to enjoy life. You see as far as I was concerned then, when friends invited me for parties and I went to my dad, he told me to tell my mum. Then she would scream and ask me questions like “you want to go and do what”? Back then I would say to myself this woman hated me. I wished I could have a better mother and stuffs like that (laughs). Now, I know she loves me so much, when I think about how much I love my children. Even now, my children will say “mummy I don’t even know. I will go and meet my daddy because my daddy loves me more than you do.” But I never let that get to me, because I know when they are older they will understand.
What was her occupation then?
She was a trader, she traded in everything possible. We lived in Lagos for while and then we moved to the North. It was in Zaria that she really did her business well. When we were in Lagos, she traded in provisions and when we got to Zaria, she traded in clothes. She would come to Lagos and buy George wrappers and ankara and sold. Also, there was a bakery near our residence which supplied bread to her and people bought from her. She was quite an astute businesswoman.
What makes her happy?
Her children make her happy and she would give her life to her children. I mean metaphorically she will. The number two thing that makes her happy is her grandchildren and then she loves to watch sports. She loves boxing , wrestling and other sports. During the Olympics, I am sure she was glued to the television throughout. She is all excited when she watches sports.
What makes her sad?
The saddest I have ever seen my mum was when we lost our dad and we were all afraid and thought she would die too. Another sad moment was when we lost our last born, a boy, two years ago. But she was in the US. I couldn’t even talk to her on phone, because she was crying so much. Her blood pressure shot up and I can imagine if I had seen her. It could have been worse than when our dad died. She is a prayer warrior, my mum can pray for six hours straight without repeating a prayer point. I think what will hurt more is if anything should happen to her children and grandchildren, because we’re all she is living for now.
Does she have a pet name for you?
None that I can remember, she calls me my name. I am the one that has a pet name for her. I call her Mamalolo.
What’s the best advice your mum has ever given to you that you cherish now?
What she always told me was that family is everything. All my younger ones will tell you the same thing and you know when push comes to shove, it’s only the family that stands around you. So, that is one lesson I learnt from my mum and I can’t forget.
