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Tuesday 24 September 2013

Police Take Over UNILAG Gate To Prevent Students Protest Over ASUU Strike| Photos

Police Take Over UNILAG Gate To Prevent
Students Protest Over ASUU Strike| Photos

Police Take Over UNILAG Gate To Prevent Students Protest Over ASUU Strike| Photos




About ten police vans are stationed at the gate of
the University of Lagos today with a couple
others sighted on campus.
The students of UNILAG began mobilizing via
social media networks late last week, inviting
other students to join in a protest that would
likely commence at the varsity gate like the fuel
subsidy protest of January 2012, held at the Gani
FAwehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota.
The students want the Nigerian government to
quickly end the ongoing lecturers strike by
honoring its agreement of 2009 with university
teachers, but other issues topping their agenda
include requests for the reinstatement of Student
Union Government (SUG) at the University of
Lagos (UNILAG) and reversal on the hike in tuition
fees at the Lagos State University (LASU).

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REVEALED: How Lésbian Prostitutíon Booms In Lagos [PHOTOS]


REVEALED: How Lésbian Prostitutíon Booms In Lagos [PHOTOS]

REVEALED: How Lésbian Prostitutíon Booms In Lagos [PHOTOS]

Lagos with its cosmopolitan nature can best be described as ” The Saddom and Gomorah” of Nigeria, everything and anything is possible in Lagos. This article by PM News is an eye opener and a must read for our young girls, we must save our generation from total annihilation. Homoséxuality and lésbianism is a crime against humanity.
Beautiful girls, rich women, money, expensive cars, strip clubs, luxurious hotels —the secret séx trade, exclusive only to women, is now big business in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, P.M.NEWS has revealed, after intense undercover research.
Like in a secret cult, only the initiated understand its cryptic language, esoteric ways, séxual benefits and financial rewards.
For those involved in the bizarre trade, it was discovered during investigation in Lagos Mainland and Island, lésbianism is not new.
Most séx workers with secondary school education agreed that their involvement in the salacious act dates back to their boarding school days when they were initiated by older girls.Nigerian-students-were-displaying-lesbianism
Back then, it was just casual séx by girls in their puberty. Today, lésbianism has become a trade, a big but hidden business in the Lagos metropolis. Dozens of prostítutes informally interviewed during this investigation gave a rare insight into the usually hermetic world of lésbianism in Lagos and the trade now associated with it. The youngest lésbian prostítute P.M.NEWS met for this article was 16 years old. Most of them were in their early 20s.
Many get involved through seduction. Some are influenced or initiated by friends who are already in the séx trade and have contacts and connections in high places , where women are ready to exchange cash for pleasure. “I was introduced to lésbianism when I was in secondary school.
I was in a boarding school in Benin, EDO STATE” says one of the lésbian prostítutes who introduced P.M.NEWS team into the strange world of lésbian prostitutíon in Nigeria’s most populous city. Now a student at the University of Ado Ekiti, the Edo State indigene, shuttles between campus and clubs, hotel rooms or sleek houses in Lagos most weekends to have séx with rich women. “I have to be in Lagos on weekends because that’s where the business pays well.
Sometimes, I travel to Port Harcourt, but most times, I come Lagos. “I already know how it works here in Lagos. I have a lot of contacts in the strip clubs and I have a lot girls who are into the business and they refer women to me. But it is better to meet the woman yourself because if she is rich, the other girl will not refer you to her, she will take her herself,” she says.
During an outing in Lagos four weeks ago, she remembered with nostalgia, how a rich man once approached her for his shy wife and paid her big money. “She was shy, she told me. She wanted a girl that night but she could not come to the strip club and her husband picked me for her. “The husband left us in the room upstairs. He was having some drinks downstairs and watching TV.
He later came when we were almost done and gave her a peck. He asked her if I was good. She didn’t answer. She just gave him a peck and smiled,” she said. She admitted that sometimes, she services men, but added, “It’s better to do it with a girl. She knows how to make you come and she cannot transmit diseases to you.”
There are also risks, she admitted. She remembered how she was approached by “one rich woman with a British accent. “I agreed to follow her. However, when we got home, there were two other ladies waiting for me. She did not tell me I would be having séx with three women. But I had no choice. I was already there and I did it.
I just renegotiated the amount,” she said. This new trend of prostítution is fast spreading among teenagers, but is not restricted to them. The high and mighty in the society are involved. Other less fortunate in life are also involved in their level. Tribe or religion is no barrier. P.M.NEWS was introduced to some lésbian prostítutes who claimed to be Muslims and others said they are Christians.
There were also others, who perhaps, due to the effect of alcohol, did not know which religion they practice. Unlike the ordinary séx trade between men and women, those involved in the trade said they do not stand by the roadside to meet patrons. Patrons and séx workers usually meet in some of the strip clubs in Lagos, exchange contacts or leave straightaway for their escapades.
Rich women are involved mainly for pleasure while the workers are in it for money. “It’s about connection. One person introduces “one person to another and it goes round. They are able to identify themselves through compliments like;oh! I love your legs. You have sweet b00bs. You look beautiful,’” another lésbian prostítute told P.M.NEWS in a strip club during the investigation. She added: “They also wink and look seductively at you.
If they get a good response from you, then they know they are with the right person.” She says some possess a high level of courage. “They can walk up to any lady they find attractive as long as the environment is safe for them.” Other prostítutes argued that society women in Lagos who are involved in the trade are very caring. “Especially if they find you interesting, in the sense that if you are able to make them reach orgasm. They will give you a special treatment such as take you for shopping and keep you as partner even after séx. They can then buy you a car or rent you an apartment,” one of the séx workers said, echoing what was heard from others in their business.
The payment for services rendered is determined by quality service offered by the prostítute. “It could be sucking their private part or the ability to creatively use your hands to please them,” a séx worker said. The excellent use of vibrators and a good massage can put one worker at an advantage position. The fees start from N15000 a night and can reach N100,000 in some cases.
The amount dwarfs by far what is paid by men, which starts from N1000 or N2000 depending on the area. The ghettos are no exception to the trade but the price is relatively poor, it was discovered. It varies between N2000 and N5000. One séx worker explained that even though the trade is based on connections and recommendations, there are special places where it is easy to get hooked with lésbians. Beauty salon, luxurious hotels, swimming pools and expensive shopping malls were mentioned. Married women are also involved.
They woo girls in need of money, including their friends’ daughters. Married women in the trade claim that their husbands are either not good enough in bed or too busy to attend to their séxual needs. “They tell me their husbands do not satisfy them or are too busy and they can’t cheat with another man without being suspected,” a worker told P.M.NEWS.

“The good thing about it is that men cannot suspect them. Any woman can hang out with them and men are not bothered,” a séx worker said. Some women, the prostítute explained, invite two girls to satisfy them. The root of this new dimension of prostítution can be traced to “only-girls” boarding schools.
Young innocent girls in such schools are lured into the act by older girls, most time through bullying. During this investigation, our correspondents interviewed dozens of séx workers mainly at strip clubs and attended a get together by lésbians and bisexuals.

LATEST ON ASUU Strike: ASUU dragged to industrial court


THE strike action embarked upon by university lecturers has assumed another dimension as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been dragged before the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) over the lingering strike action.
The suit, with the number NICW/Abj/242/2013 which also has ministers of labour and productivity, education, finance and justice, as well as secretary to the government of the federation as defendants, was instituted by the registered trustees of Golden Women of Integrity and Vision Association and Mrs. Florence Uche Ojieh.
In the suit, the claimants are asking the court to determine whether the strike action embarked upon by ASUU is not illegal and contrary to law and whether members of the union are not bound by the policy of ‘no work no pay’ and therefore not entitled to their salary during the period of the strike.
They also asked the court to determine whether members of ASUU are entitled to continue to retain their employment, having abandoned or deemed to have abandoned their work in the universities; whether or not the union complied with the mandatory provisions of Section 4 and 5 of the Trade Dispute Act CAP T8 LFN 2004 before embarking on the strike; whether the union has complied with the provision of Section 8 of the Trade Disputes Act CAP T8 LFN 2004; whether or not the minister of education is not entitled to determine the employment of the union, same having abandoned or deemed to have abandoned their work in their universities and whether or not the doctrine of collective bargain or the purported 2009 agreement can be the basis for the strike action by ASUU same not having been incorporated in their contract of employment between it and the federal government.
The reliefs sought by the claimants include a declaration that the strike action embarked upon by ASUU since July 2, 2013 is illegal, unconstitutional, null and void.
The claimants also sought a declaration of court that the strike action is unlawful and unwarranted in the face of the payment to the union by federal government of over N50 billion to meet ASUU’s demands from the government.
Other reliefs are an order of mandatory injunction directing the union to go back to work immediately and unconditionally; an order directing the union to return or refund all monies paid to it by the federal government in error or otherwise; an order directing ASUU to return to the negotiation table and a declaration that the strike action is illegal, unconstitutional, null and void.
Others are an order directing ASUU to refund all monies paid to its members as salaries, wages and allowances during the strike action; an order enforcing the no work no pay rule on the union; a declaration that the condition precedent to protest and or strike as provided by the Trade Dispute Act Cap T8 LFN 2004 has not been fulfilled; an order declaring the agreement on which the strike action is based as an extra-legal document which have no force of law; an order declaring any step taken or any further step to be taken in relation to the industrial action by ASUU, agents, privies, assignors, sympathizers, successors or any person whatsoever by whatever name so-called as illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional and an interim order restraining any other trade union and association from joining, participating and aligning with the ASUU strike.
 

Stella Damasus and Senator Yerima on Al-Jazeera Network THE STREAM


Family turns canceled wedding into dinner for homeless

Family turns canceled wedding into dinner for homeless

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Children attend a party that was converted for a celebration for the homeless by a family who donated their cancelled wedding reception.
Courtesy of Alvin Evans
Children attend a party that was converted for a celebration for the homeless by a family who donated their cancelled wedding reception.
Carol and Willie Fowler had planned an elaborate, sophisticated wedding reception for their daughter, only to have it canceled six weeks before the ceremony. So the Atlanta couple turned their heartbreak into an occasion for celebration — throwing a party for more than 200 homeless people instead.
“My husband actually prayed about it,” Carol Fowler said. “The next morning he woke, I was in the process of canceling the venue, letting them know that we had no use for it, and he said, ‘No, we’re going to call "Hosea Feed the Hungry" and have them round up people from the shelters.'”
Fowler said she loved the idea, especially since “we were going to spend this money anyway" with only 40 days left before the Sept. 15 ceremony.
Neither of the Fowlers had worked with "Hosea Feed the Hungry" before but knew about the organization because both of their children — their daughter, Tamara, and their son — had volunteered for the Atlanta-based nonprofit group.
The couple wanted to do something positive with the money they'd spent on the event, so they turned the party into entertainment for local homeless families, bringing in entertainment like a clown for the kids.
Courtesy of Alvin Evans
The couple wanted to do something positive with the money they'd spent on the event, so they turned the party into entertainment for local homeless families, bringing in entertainment like a clown for the kids.
“At first I thought it was a prank call. I thought somebody was joking with us,” recalled Elizabeth Omilami, the charity’s chief executive office.
But she quickly realized that the Fowlers were for real — and started working to meet their wishes of gathering 200 people, preferably women with children, for a full sit-down meal at a swanky local restaurant.
“We didn’t get any cash out of it, but people found out that somebody cares about them and that’s worth more than any cash we could have given them,” she said.
Omilami arranged to have buses transport residents from three area shelters to the restaurant for the afternoon celebration. Guests were greeted with glass tumblers of punch and lemonade and plated hors d’oeuvres of beef tenderloin kabob, coconut shrimp and, for the kids, mac ’n cheese shooters.
Children were greeted by a clown, juggler and face painter. They later were served their own special meals of chicken fingers, French fries and fresh fruit in a room separate from the adults, who sat down to a meal of salmon and chicken.
Guests attending a party that originally was supposed to be a wedding reception, but converted into a party for the homeless.
Alvin Evans / Courtesy of Alvin Evans
Guests attending a party that originally was supposed to be a wedding reception, but converted into a party for the homeless.
“The feeling was one you cannot explain, to see the faces and hear their thank you’s,” Fowler said of the guests. Her entire family attended the celebration, including her husband, children and her grandchildren.
Fowler, who declined to comment on why the wedding was canceled, said her daughter found the experience “surreal but incredibly rewarding.” What made it all the more special was the fact that the party fell on the day before the 70th birthday of Fowler’s husband.
“In lieu of having all of our friends, and we could have packed the place with just our friends, he opted to have people from shelters be our guests,” he said.
Julie Bilecky, sales and marketing director of the party’s venue, Villa Christina, called the event “awesome.”
“What a way to make lemonade out of lemons,” she said. “Carol and Bill did a phenomenal job of giving back to the community. It could have been difficult situation but everyone worked together to make it a different kind of party. It was fabulous.”
The event turned out so great that the Fowlers hope to hold a similar opportunity annually and already have started thinking about sponsors for next year.
“We feel that this is something that God would like us to do because obviously, we did not set out to do this,” she said.....yahoo news

One-legged robber arrested in Delta State

A 21-year-old disabled armed robbery suspect, John Okue, has been arrested by the Delta state police command in a hair saloon in Okwashi-Uku, following a tip off.
The disabled robber, who lost one leg to a virus, led the gang of other brutal robbers whose ages ranged from about 17 to 25 years.
Together, they were said to have robbed, killed and raped their female victims with impunity.
The gang was said to be highly connected to top police officers in the state. Consequently, when any member of the gang was arrested and detained, his freedom was often obtained.
Okue and other gang members
Okue and other gang members

It was reliably gathered that at a point when the police wanted to apprehend him in his home in Kwale, he escaped while he disguised as a begger. The police officers detailed to track him down saw him but never knew he was the suspect they were looking for.
This cat and mouse game between the police and the armed robbery suspect continued for several weeks as he became elusive until recently when the gang leader was apprehended in a barbing saloon at Ogwashi-Uku following a tip-off.
Police sources said confessional statement by the gang leader led to the arrest of other members at different locations.
They are being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Asaba.
Among dangerous weapons recovered from the gang were battle axe, pump action, rifles, shot guns and AK 47 rifles.

Thursday 5 September 2013

Indian doctors separate Nigeria’s conjoined twins

Badaru Mannir (L) holds his daughter Hassana Badaru (2L) while Hussaina Badaru (R) is held by her mother, after a surgery to separate the conjoined twins at BLK Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi on September 4, 2013. The twins were joined at the back. AFP photo service
 
Indian doctors declared Wednesday that a pair of formerly conjoined twins, born in Nigeria, were healthy and happy after they were successfully separated in a marathon “nerve-wracking” operation in India by a team of 40 specialists.
The one-year-old girls, sporting matching bright pink dresses, sat patiently on their parents’ laps as doctors explained the separation last month during an 18-hour operation at a New Delhi hospital.
“They were fused at their back when they came to us which is very rare,” paediatric surgeon Prashant Jain told AFP.
“Usually the twins are joined in the head or the upper body. It posed a huge challenge to our team of doctors,” Jain said.Doctors held the media conference in New Delhi as the twins, Hussaina and Hassana, sat happily, grabbing at a mobile phone, clutching a rattle and trying to pull off their mother’s earrings.

Malama Badariyya Badaru, the mother of the twins, said she was overjoyed at finally being able to hold the girls in her arms “individually”.
The girls, sporting hair bands of different colours to make recognition easier, looked curiously at the cameras during the conference at the BLK Super Speciality hospital.
“It was all nerve-wracking work. But it feels great to see them happy, healthy and independent,” Jain said.
The single surgery was carried out in three stages, preparation, separation and then reconstruction of their shared organs which include the lower spine, lower intestinal and urinary tracts as well as genitals.
“We carried out rehearsals using dummies. All tubes, wires, injections and drugs were colour-coded in pink or blue (for each girl) to avoid any mistake,” he said.
Jain said only 15 percent of all conjoined twins are born with this type of condition, known medically as pygopagus. Medical literature lists just 32 such cases, he said.
The family, from Kano state in northwestern Nigeria, were told by doctors in their country that one of the girls may not survive if they went ahead with the surgery there.
An unnamed philanthropist then stepped in to help, and suggested they travel to India which offered good facilities at relatively low medical costs, Jain said.
The family can head home to Nigeria after a series of month-long check ups, he said