Omotola's youngest child, Michael Ekeinde is 13! Wow! The proud mum posted these photos on instagram and wrote "Happy 13th birthday kiddo! We love you! Welcome to the Teen world ...with no drama!*side eye*"
Omotola celebrates her youngest child as he turns 13 today
Omotola's youngest child, Michael Ekeinde is 13! Wow! The proud mum posted these photos on instagram and wrote "Happy 13th birthday kiddo! We love you! Welcome to the Teen world ...with no drama!*side eye*"
Snoop Dogg reposts his pic with Timi Dakolo on his instagram page
Now, how cool is that? Timi Dakolo posted his photo of himself with Snoop Dogg on his instagram page, the US rapper saw it and reposted on his own instagram page. That's cool!
700 migrants feared dead in deadliest Mediterranean ship capsize
700 migrants are feared dead after their packed 20-meter fishing boat capsized off Libya today April 19th. Reports say the migrants, whose boat was 70 miles (126 km) off the Libyan coast and 110 miles (177 km) south of the Italian island of Lampedusa, issued a distress call to Italy's coastguard who immediately instructed a nearby merchant ship to go to its aid and it was when the merchant ship arrived at the scene that the fishing boat capsized, most likely as the migrants tried to get its attention, stampeding to one side of the boat.
UNHCR spokeswoman Carlotta Sami said today's shipwreck appears to be the worst in the Mediterranean
"It seems we are looking at the worst massacre ever seen in the Mediterranean,".
Meanwhile 28 people survived the incident while 24 bodies have been recovered from the water. 17 Coastal boats are currently combing the Mediterranean to see if there are still possible survivors.
The Xenophobia Syndrome - by Charly Boy
Here's Charly Boy's take on the Xenophobic attacks happening in South Africa currently. Read below
I am not feeling good today. Perhaps I got up on the wrong side of the bed. But the bad news from my telephone conversation with my granddaughter who is an undergraduate in Mauritius last week could be a factor. She expressed her deep concerns regarding safety in her country of study, highlighting strings of attacks on foreigners.
I have been most worried about the too much bickering and guarding of territory stories making the rounds. It appears Xenophobia is becoming the mass ideology of the century.
The events of the past 2weeks in South Africa and indeed other parts of the world have got me really thinking.
Nigerians who live in Western/European countries complain about racism and being second-class citizens in their host countries.
Britain is making anti-immigration laws and tightening its borders everyday because they believe they are being overwhelmed by the increasing demand to create opportunities for its teeming immigrants, neglecting its own.
Japanese government, having become extremely worried by this hostile anti-foreigner development, is keen to attract millions of new tourists and business visitors to Japan over the next decade; but with "Don't come to Japan if you're a foreigner" clause.
This is the message from many Japanese hotels in a recent survey conducted by the Japanese Ministry for Tourism. Haba!
Even in our own Nigeria, we see pockets of tribal and religious Xenophobia here and there. Isn't that really insane? For instance, just before the recently concluded presidential elections, there was a mad exodus, people leaving the cities for their villages due to fear of the unknown. This fatal inhibition cannot be divorced from the spreading of unguarded comments and positions which evoked fear in the hearts of most Nigerians; pitching us against one another. Na wah!
Is it therefore any wonder at the extremity of our own African brothers in the South meting out the worst treatments on their fellow Africans? Hmmmnnn!
South Africa is experiencing one of its worse case of xenophobic syndrome simply because they believe that foreigners are taking away their luck and their jobs.
I do strongly believe this is a wake-up call to everyone that, if we believe, our land can still be green. To begin to look homeward and think of ways to make this our home (Nigeria) better and truly standout like the giant it’s meant to be. I think it is high time our leaders began to look inward, create a life for our teeming population and make Nigeria a proud home where citizens are not looking to run away (even when running away means being a 3rd class or no class citizen at destination).
What is it that we lack that we cannot begin to focus on our diversity which is the core strength that we have and use it to create a world where our children will be happy and proud to live in? Truth be told, so long as we continue to ignore our youths who I still believe are the life wire of this nation; so long as we continue to encourage brain drain and capital flight by running to and developing other countries instead of ours, the story will continue to be that of raising another man’s child. No matter how long you keep that child and nurture it, the DNA can never confirm the child as yours.
As we all anticipate a positively impacting CHANGE, I look forward to a Nigeria where her honourable youths, leaders and indeed every citizen will rise up and build the nation of our dream. A nation where we will sincerely fight corruption, tribal and religious sentiments as well as all other things that create the divide and focus on the one thing we have in common, NIGERIA/Poverty.
Let the ties that bind us be NATIONAL PATRIOTISM or nothing.
Collective fear stimulates herd instinct and tends to produce beef/hate towards those who are not regarded as members of the herd.
Let this not be a piece you read and do nothing about, let it inspire you to begin the change from your individual space. To think that your being poor or less privileged is because someone else (foreign to you) is rich and doing well is the actual meaning of Xenophobia.
Think, then let me know what you think....
Palace Chief explains the mystery behind Ondo strange disease, says love of money is the root of disease outbreak
A chief in Ode-Irele Community in Ondo state where a strange illness that kills its victims within 24 hours, has explained why the community was struck by such a deadly disease.
According to Chief Moses Enimade, the Oyewoga of Ode Irele in Ondo State and the second in Command to the Oba of Irele community, the disease is a punishment for the sacrilege committed against a local diety, Molokun, by some youths who wanted to use some stolen items from the dieties shrine for money ritual. What he said after the cut...(above are photos of people in the community)
"Molokun is a deity of the land. Only the Chief Priest and High Chief Gboguron are qualified to enter the shrine. They were not qualified to enter the (shrine). They had to face the death penalty. Even the Kabiesi himself is not permitted to enter the Molokun Shrine’s inner room except the Chief Priest and High Chief Gboguron. Sacrifice must be performed before they can enter. Because these youths want to be rich at all costs, they entered the sacred place and made away with traditional items and 20 of them have died as a result of their desperate acts. We have to appease the gods or else many will still die and we have to bury them according to tradition. Their corpses belong to the gods and will be exhumed if buried by their families.” he said
Prisoner tried to carve '666' into his forehead - but used a mirror so it came out backwards
Convicted killer Nikko Jenkins, 28, pictured above in 2014, recently tried to carve the sign of the beast '666' into his forehead but he used a mirror so the numbers came out backwards. Now he has a series of upside-down 9s across his face, this is according to what he told his lawyer.
It is believed that Jenkins, who is currently appealing his death penalty, may use the botched case of self-mutilation as evidence that he's mentally unstable & therefore ineligible to face the death penalty.
Jenkins was convicted of shooting dead four people in 10 days after he was released from prison in Omaha, Nebraska, in 2013.
During his murder trial in 2014, the killer was assessed by a doctor who concluded that he was 'a psychopath' and 'one of the most dangerous people' he had ever encountered.
Jenkins first pleaded not guilty for the murders, then pleaded guilty, then changed his mind and said he was ineligible for trial on the grounds of insanity. The court will decide whether to sentence him to death or not in July.
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