As Nigeria seeks diplomatic resolution on the attack of its nationals in South Africa, indigenous carrier – Air Peace on Wednesday offered to repatriate those stranded.
The offer, the airline, said was a sign of its solidarity with President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
The Chairman of the airline, Allen Onyema, made the announcement while sympathizing with the victims who lost their lives and properties in the attacks.
According to him, the airline decided to bring back Nigerians in support of the action already taken by the federal government.
The withdrawal letter of a Nigerian Chief, Dr Alex Ajipe from an honorary doctorate degree to be bestowed upon him in South Africa has made it to the net. In the letter, the Chief clearly stated he will be withdrawing his earlier acceptance due to Xenophobic attacks in the country. He noted that the safety of Nigerians and their properties is no longer guaranteed by the South African government.
Human rights activist, Femi Falana, SAN, on Wednesday asked Nigeria’s Federal Government to sue the South African government and demand compensation for Nigerian victims of the xenophobic attacks in the country.
Falana, in a statement, titled: “Beyond the condemnation of xenophobic attacks by the federal government,” said like its counterpart in Nigeria, the political class in South Africa had failed to address the challenge of poverty and inequality confronting the majority of the black people.
“Even though apartheid was defeated by the people of South Africa over two decades ago, the unjust socio-economic system erected by capitalism had not been dismantled. The crisis has been compounded by wanton corruption and the neo-liberal policies of the government.
“Hence, the South African masses have been denied the dividends of democracy by the African National Congress-led government. In particular, the masses have no access to health, housing, education and employment. Out of sheer frustration, millions of young people in South Africa have decided to subject African immigrants to xenophobic attacks,” he said.
According to Falana, the African National Congress, ANC, must accept responsibility for the misdirected antagonism against poor African imigrants.
He said apart from the official condemnation of the shameful and cowardly attacks, the South African Government should fish out the culprits and prosecute them.
“In addition to the payment of adequate compensation to all the victims of the mindless attacks the Government must teach South Africans about the immense contributions of the people of Cuba and a number of African countries to the struggle waged against apartheid and colonialism in the Southern African region.
“However, since the Cyril Ramaphosa administration is not likely to accede to the demand for compensation the federal government should brief a team of lawyers to seek legal redress for the victims of the attacks in South African courts.
“The Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria should be directed to coordinate the legal defence. In view of the regular harassment of Nigerians in South Africa and a few other African countries, the federal government should make the Declaration to enable individual victims of human rights abuse to access the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights sitting in Arusha, Tanzania,” he said.
The activist said since there was no assurance that Nigerians and other Africans would no longer be subjected to xenophobic attacks, the federal government should boycott the World Economic Forum scheduled to commence in South Africa on September 4.
TeeBillz has sang the praises of his ex-wife saying he is proud of her as she is about to drop her new album, 49-99.
Teebillz took to instagram to sing her praise writing;
''There’s no fulfillment greater than to watch your dream and vision come to live!!! Proud of you Mama J..... I’ve not heard it. I’m not expecting nothing but 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥#4999 I knew what you were made off when they dint believe in you 💛💛💛💛💛 #RespectGreatness''
Oyo state Governor, Seyi Makinde has reduced the state’s ‘unrealistic’ 2019 budget by N103bn.
The governor said the initial N285 billion 2019 budget presented to the house of assembly by the past administration was unrealistic.
In a series of tweets, he disclosed that he has now signed a revised budget of N182 billion.
“This afternoon, I signed the Oyo State Appropriation Review and Finance Bill, 2019, a revised budget for the state, into law.
“In view of the current financial state of our state, the budget of N285B approved by the previous administration was unrealistic
“We've revised the budget downward to N182B; this includes an upward review of the budget for education to 10%.
''Our admin will work towards improving the economy of the state so that subsequent budgets match our financial capabilities and budget implementation is above 70%”, he said.
While many Nigerians have condemned the destruction of MTN properties and offices across the Nation in retaliating South Africa’s Xenophobic attacks, saying MTN is a Nigerian business, former minister, Fani Kayode has decided to educate them about who really has most share in MTN and listed out names of share holders and the percentage they hold. He started his message like this;
For those who say MTN is a Nigerian business KNOW THIS:
MTN International holds approximately 70% of the shares.
The largest shareholders of MTN Nigeria and their stakes:
Just days after twitter suspended her account and apologized for it, the platform has once again suspended her account again. A look at her account only shows, ''Caution: this account is temporarily restricted.''
Lagos State Government is set to re-introduced the monthly Environmental Sanitation as an enabling law to back up the implementation is on the way.
Commissioner for The Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello during a stakeholders’ meeting with Association of Commodity Market Women and Men led by the Iyaloja General of Nigeria, Chief Mrs Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, said the invalidation of the exercise by a court sometimes ago was a temporary setback which would be reversed very soon.
He said the meeting which also had the Permanent Secretary, Mrs Ronke Odeneye and Managing Director of LAWMA, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegeshin in attendance was convened to seek the buy-in of market leaders, women and men on the government’s zero tolerance for indiscriminate dumping of waste.
A 43-year-old U.S. woman was arrested in the boarding area of an airport in the Philippines on Wednesday after hiding a baby boy inside her carry-on bag, Immigration officials said.
The suspect was to board her flight to the U.S. when she failed to present the infant’s travel documents, a spokesman for the Bureau of Immigration, Melvin Mabulac, said.
The airline turned her over to airport authorities, who discovered that she had put the baby inside a bag strapped to her waist and only brought him out after passing through immigration.
“The infant was hidden in the oversized belt bag and she did not declare nor present him to the immigration inspector,’’ Mabulac said.
The baby is believed to be Filipino and about one week old, he added.
The Grammy-winning singer/songwriter and producer LaShawn Daniels has reportedly died at the age of 41.
While a cause of death has yet to be confirmed, Daniels’s reported passing has led to an outpouring of grief from fans and collaborators, who have taken to social media to express condolences.
Daniels was best known for his collaborations with the music producer Darkchild, with songwriting credits on a litany of pop and R&B classics including Brandy and Monica’s “The Boy Is Mine”, “Lose My Breath” by Destiny’s Child, “Telephone” by Lady Gaga and Beyoncé, “If You Had My Love” by Jennifer Lopez and “It’s Not Right But It’s Okay” by Whitney Houston.
He won a Grammy in 2000 for his songwriting work on Destiny’s Child’s “Say My Name”. His most recent Grammy nod came in 2013, for his work on Tamar Braxton’s single “Love and War”.
A KwaZulu-Natal man accused of hanging his three biological children and his stepdaughter has been arrested by police.
Three of the children, Siphesihle, Khwezi and Kuhlekonke Mpungose, were found hanging, by their mother, at their Wyebank home on Tuesday afternoon. Grade 11 Pinetown Girls' High school pupil Ayakha Jiyane was found hanging in bushes in New Germany on Tuesday night.
KZN MEC for social development Nonhlanhla Koza - along with police - confirmed a short while ago that the man, believed to be in his 40s, was arrested in Claremont, west of Durban.
He is understood to have been hiding in bushes.
Police spokesman Col Thembeka Mbele said a 44-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday.
"He was arrested in Kwadabeka Sub 5. He will face four counts of murder."
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Enoch Adejare Adeboye has called for peace asking South Africans , Nigerians and Africans as a whole to embrace peace.
“Please shun Violence, its dividends last a lifetime. Let us all embrace peace and remember that regardless of our race, colour or language, we are all of God. #saynotoxenophobia ” Adeboye said.
Some members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Lagos State on Wednesday marched on the premises of the Lagos State House of Assembly in Alausa, Ikeja.
They protested the emergence of Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo as the chairman of the caretaker committee of the union.
The protesters carried placards with inscriptions such as: ‘We say yes to union constitution, we want the government to save our soul in Lagos’, ‘We say no to Lagos NURTW, we say no to imposition’, ‘We say no to self-imposition as NURTW Lagos State chairman’, ‘We say no to thuggery in Lagos NURTW’, and others.
NURTW National President Alhaji Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa appointed MC Oluomo as the caretaker chairman, Lagos State chapter of the union.
It was gathered that Baruwa issued a statement on Tuesday dissolving the executive committee of the state chapter hitherto headed by Comrade Tajudeen Agbede, who is now Baruwa’s deputy, and replaced it with an 18- member caretaker committee led by MC Oluomo.
MC Oluomo, the chairman of Oshodi branch, Lagos chapter of the union, is one of those contesting for the Lagos State NURTW chairmanship.
Speaking during the protest, one of the leaders, the Chairman of Ojuwoye NURTW branch, Ademola Olanrewaju, alleged that MC Oluomo’s emergence would cause chaos.
Cara Delevingne has earned the title of the UK's highest paid supermodel by raking in a staggering £21.5million in the last year.
The catwalk queen, 27, has earned over double the salary of her closest competitors, including Kate Moss, 45, who made £9m, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, 32, who took home £8m.
Multi-talented Cara, has nearly doubled her income in the past 12 months with her range of endeavours which has seen her making £59,164 per day via her company, Cara & Co.
In her company's latest accounts by Companies House obtained by The Sun, Cara's work commitments have made her profit of £21,594,838, with £20,694,684 being ‘cash in the bank’.
As well as earning nearly double than a slew of other high profile modelling names, Cara has also doubled her earnings from 2017, when she made £12.46million.
As well as her modelling and acting ventures, Cara is also making money through her father's business Harvey White Properties Ltd, where she serves as director.
They are in thousands of products we slip into our grocery baskets each week — everything from ‘diet’ colas, soft drinks and yoghurts to chewing gum and toothpaste to slimming ready meals, cakes, ice creams and desserts.
You’ll find them in sachets to sweeten your tea and coffee. If you pick up any product labelled ‘sugar-free’, ‘reduced sugar’, or ‘low calorie’, it’s almost certain to contain them.
Yet this week the World Health Organisation delivered a bitter verdict on artificial sweeteners, with a study showing that just two glasses of diet drink a day increases the risk of early death.
The research, involving more than 450,000 adults in ten countries, revealed that the daily consumption of all soft drinks was linked to a higher risk of dying young.
But an early death was significantly more likely with diet drinks — the ones that qualify for a green ‘traffic light’ label from the Government, meaning they are supposedly healthy because of their low sugar content.
Sofia Richie and Kourtney Kardashian are Instagram official.
Of the 523 people that the model follows on the social media platform, as of Wednesday, one of them is now the ex-girlfriend and baby momma of her boyfriend Scott Disick.
The 21-year-old's newest Instagram follow seems to be another step toward solidifying her growing relationship with the Kardashian-Jenner family.
A Chief Magistrates' Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Tuesday remanded a woman, who allegedly tortured her daughter to death, in prison custody.
The woman, Elizabeth Akinola, had in August maltreated her four-year-old child named Testimony, leading to the death of the girl.
Recalled that Testimony was rushed to the Ondo State Specialist Hospital lifeless and with bruises all over her body on the day the incident took place.
While doctors at the hospital tried to revive the child, Akinola grabbed her lifeless body and disappeared from the facility.
The woman was later arrested by the police in Ikare-Akoko after she was declared wanted.
Akinola was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on murder and physical assault of her daughter.
Police prosecutor, Abdul-Lateef Sulaiman, told the court that he was filing a seven paragraph motion of notice on the murder case.
He said the offence committed by the woman was punishable under section 357 of the criminal code cap 37 vol.1, Laws of the Ondo State of Nigeria 2006.
He, however, prayed the court to remand the defendant in prison custody.
But counsel to the defendant, Israel Balogun, argued against the application of the prosecutor asking for the remand of the woman in prison custody.
However, in her ruling, Chief Magistrate Victoria Bob-Manuel ordered the remand of Akinola in prison custody pending the outcome of advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution.
