Tears droped as Buhari, IBB, Jonathan, Saraki, Atiku, Mourn Shehu Shagari

Second Republic President of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Shagari is dead. He died at the National Hospital, Abuja on Friday at the age of 93.
The Governor of his home state, Sokoto, Aminu Tambuwal confirmed the news of the former president’s demise on his twitter handle, @AWTambuwal, tweeting: “I regret to Announce the death of former President Shehu Shagari who just passed away at National Hospital Abuja. May his Soul Rest in Peace.”

Shagari was born February 25, 1925. He served as the first and only President of Nigeria’s Second Republic (1979–1983), after the handover of power by General Olusegun Obasanjo’s military government.
Shagari also served seven times in a ministerial or cabinet post as a federal minister and federal commissioner from 1958–1975.
Shagari entered politics in 1951, when he became the secretary of the Northern People’s Congress in Sokoto, Nigeria, a position he held until 1956.
In 1958, Shagari was appointed as parliamentary secretary (he left the post in 1959) to the Nigerian Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and that year he also served as the Federal Minister for commerce and Industries.
From 1959-1960, Shagari was redeployed to the ministry for economic development, as the Federal Minister for Economic Development.
After the Nigerian civil war, from 1970-1971, Shagari was appointed by the military head of state General Yakubu Gowon as the federal commissioner for economic development, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
From 1971-75 he served as the Federal commissioner (position now called minister) of finance. During his tenure as the commissioner of finance for Nigeria, Shagari was also a governor for the world bank and a member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) committee of twenty.
In 1978, Shehu Shagari was a founding member of the National People’s Party. In 1979 Shagari was chosen by the party as the presidential candidate for general election that year, which he won becoming the president and head of state of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Shagari ran for a second four-year term in 1983 and won the general election, however, on 31 December 1983, Shagari was overthrown by major general Muhammadu Buhari.
Shagari won the 1979 election with the help of his campaign manager, Umaru Dikko. The campaign had the support of many prominent politicians in the North and among southern minorities. The party’s motto was “One Nation, One Destiny” and was seen as the party best representing Nigeria’s diversity.
During the oil boom, Shagari made Housing, Industries, Transportation and Agriculture as the major goals of his administration. In transportation, he launched some road networks across the country.
He also initiated a program to foster the use of mechanical machinery in farming. It favored large scale farmers in order to produce mass products. Shagari created a low cost housing scheme.
In 1980, with the oil revenue, Shagari finished building the Kaduna refinery, which started operation that year. Also with the oil revenue, Shagari concluded the construction of an additional steel plant and three rolling mills at Ajaokuta, Nigeria.
Buhari mourns
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed great sadness at the news of the passing away of the First Executive President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari.
According to a statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) in Abuja on Friday, President Buhari said, “On behalf of my family, the government and the people of Nigeria, it is with immense sadness that I received the news of the passing away of the First Executive President of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Shagari which event happened Friday in Abuja.”
He was a leader like no other —Atiku
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar said on Friday Former President Shehu Aliyu Usman Shagari who died in Abuja was the specimen of a patriotic Nigerian whose life was a pattern of good works.
Atiku, in a statement he personally signed said that Shagari was a completely detribalised Nigerian, whom he said, served Nigeria from his youth to the evening of his life.
He said that the late leader first served as a teacher and moulder of minds and later as a leader and moulder of nation.
The statemenr read: “His election as the first executive President of Nigeria on October 1, 1979 brought relief to the nation and began the process of ending tribal politics, especially as he brought the Southeast into the political mainstream by naming Dr. Alex Ekwueme as his running mate.”
Nigeria has lost a quintessential public servant —Saraki
Senate President Bukola Saraki on Friday mourned the demise of Nigeria’s Second Republic President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, declaring that the late leader was a quintessential politician.
Saraki in a tweet on his verified twitter handle @bukolasaraki, said that the former President dedicated his active years to the service of the nation.
Ekweremadu mourns
Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has described the demise of the Second Republic President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari as a deep grief and the loss of a democrat.
Ekweremadu, in a statement on Friday by his Media adviser, Uche Anichukwu, said that he was joining Nigerians in the expression of deep grief over the passing on of the Second Republic President.
The statement quoted Ekweremadu as desctibing the death of Shagari as “a heavy loss to the nation”, noting that the late politician was a “sage, democrat, and statesman.”
He was an active political player, says Amosun
The governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, described the death of Shagari as the passing of an age in the history of Nigeria.
He described the former president as an active political player.
Amosun, in a statement on Friday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr Rotimi Durojaiye, said Shagari had left a significant stamp in the defence of the country.
His death, a fatal blow —Fayose.
A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, described Alhaji Shagari’s death as a fatal blow to Nigeria.
Fayose, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, said he received the news with shock but described the former president as a gentleman par excellence and a democrat who contributed immensely to the political and economic development of the country since the First republic.
He was a nation builder with a good heart — Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan condoled with the family of Alhaji Shagari and the people of Sokoto State over the death of the Second Republic president, describing him as a nation builder who cemented a good relationship between the North and the South.
According to a statement issued by Ikechukwu Eze, the former president’s spokesman, Jonathan, in a tribute, noted that Shagari was a patriot who placed service to humanity and fatherland above personal interest.
Jonathan further described Shagari as a nice man with a clean heart who was sincere and selfless in service.
“He will be remembered as a teacher, parliamentarian and president whose model of service was anchored on diligence, broad-mindedness and humility,” he said.
Nigeria, Africa have lost a statesman —IBB
Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, expressed his condolences to the family of Alhaji Shagari.
He said in a statement personally signed by him that “Nigeria and, indeed, Africa, have lost a statesman and a democrat whose wisdom, counsel, presence and experience and sterling qualities of honesty and transparency are needed in these very trying moments of our national life.”
He described the late former president as a patriot and accomplished Nigerian leader.
The former military president said “he will be remembered for his tolerance and politics of peace without bitterness,” stressing that “President Shehu Shagari was a nationalist who never showed any discrimination due to ethnicity or religion and was a very dependable bridge builder.”
Babangida stated further that in order to keep the of the former Nigrian civilian Executive President’s memory alive , yhat Nigerian politicians and indeed all fellow Nigerians must put to practice all his ideals of peace and party politics without rancour, irrespective of any form of provocation.
Accordingly, the former Nigerian Leader and Elder Statesman , said, “I urge all persons vying for political office to emulate him and keep alive the political principles of the late Turakin Sokoto, Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, the quintessential public servant who was “Beckoned to Serve”.
“I pray for the repose of his soul in Jannatul Firdaus. I pray that the entire nation, his Family, Sokoto State and indeed the Sokoto Caliphate will accept his passing with equanimity”, he stated.
“My deep heart and sympathies go to his Family, the government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Sokoto Caliphate and Sokoto State.
“Nigeria and indeed Africa has lost a statesman and democrat whose wisdom, counsel, presence and experience and his sterling qualities of honesty and transparency are needed in these very trying moments of our national life. President Shehu Shagari was a great patriotic leader and an accomplished gentleman, at first a teacher, an administrator, a technocrat and an honest decent unassuming simple Nigerian Leader.
He will be remembered for his tolerance and politics of peace without bitterness. President Shehu Shagari was a nationalist who never showed any discrimination due to ethnicity or religion and was a very dependable bridge builder.
“ To keep his memory alive Nigerian politicians and indeed all fellow Nigerians must put to practice all his ideals of peace and party politics without rancour, irrespective of any form of provocation. I urge all persons vying for political office to emulate him and keep alive the political principles of the late Turakin Sokoto, Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, the quintessential public servant who was “Beckoned to Serve, ”IBB mantained
He then prayed for the repose of the deceased first Executive Nigerian civilian Exdcutive President’ s soul in Jannatul Firdaus.
“I pray that the entire nation, his Family, Sokoto State and indeed the Sokoto Caliphate will accept his passing with equanimity”, IBB, concluded.
Anuchukwu quoted Ekweremadu’s post on his social media handles @iamekweremadu, as saying: “I received with a heavy heart the news of the passing on the Second Republic President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Shagari.”
“He was a democrat by nature, orientation, and conviction. He was a patriot per excellence, a detribalised elder statesman, bridge-builder, servant-leader, and an epitome of humility, who served the nation and humanity most creditably. In and out of office, Alhaji Shagari clothed the Office of the President with decorum and social grace.”
He tweeted: “My family and I join the entire nation to mourn the passing of former President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who led our nation during the Second Republic.
“President Shagari, was a quintessential public servant; having served in seven cabinet positions and as a legislator.
He dedicated his best years in the service of our nation and is people. May Allah grant him a place among the righteous ones in Aljannah Fridaus.”
 Ekweremadu Mourns Shagari
Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has described the demise of the Second Republic President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari as a deep grief and the loss of a democrat.
Ekweremadu, in a statement on Friday by his Media adviser, Uche Anichukwu, said that he was joining Nigerians in the expression of deep grief over the passing on of the Second Republic President.
The statement quoted Ekweremadu as desctibing the death of Shagari as “a heavy loss to the nation”, noting that the late politician was a “sage, democrat, and statesman.”

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Sweet merry Christmas - justPeaky

A day set side for the celebration of Jesus Christ as a month of {Ember month} as they say A dangerious month full of precautions, suden claim of lives and properties. Birthday which is marked 25th of December. A day for all Christians around the world who believes in the saviour. Moreover, christians all over the world comes out to eateries, make awareness of intentional celebration with friends and families. A moment full of celebrations. Some persons calls this month as a dangerous Month, Some persons intiates a postive believe and some negative believes which may true according to their wishes. A day to share love and feelings to our families,neighbours and people around. I will end by saying. " Always live and celebrate by satisfying yourself and not by living to satisfy others, at the End of the day de result is Discomfort and depression".

Thatsits a positive thoughts.  Sweet Christmas 

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A woman sustained fire injury just to save her kids- she Explained

According to a report by NewTelegraph, Mrs. Ruth Joseph, 38, and her three children were among lucky people that narrowly escaped being roasted alive following the Abule-Egba pipeline explosion on Wednesday.

Ruth and her seven-year-old son, Samuel, are presently in severe pains after they were caught in the fire, But they are alive to tell the story. On Wednesday, an early morning pipeline explosion rocked the Abule- Egba, Ojokoro area of Lagos State, leaving people injured and many homeless.

The explosion was alleged to have been triggered by activities of vandals, assisted by policemen from Oko-Oba Police Station. Although nobody died in the incident, but a few people sustained injuries, and were rushed to hospital. Ruth and her son were among those that got injured. Ruth, a food hawker, said that she sustained burns as she was trying to save her seven-year-old son, Samuel in their apartment.

Ruth, who moaned and groaned in pains as she moved in bed, recounted: “I was in a deep sleep when my younger sister, living with me, raised the alarm that fire had entered our apartment. I jumped up and saw the room was filled with heavy smoke.”

She further said: “I was able to carry my two kids outside, but the compound was filled with smoke and it was choking. I took my children to the next street where the smoke was less. I rushed back to pick my second son, Samuel, who was still in a deep sleep. Everywhere had become hot. I couldn’t leave him. I had no choice. I dashed into the room and grabbed Samuel. I carried him out of the room. “It was in the process that I sustained the burns. My son too got burnt.

"I never knew that our house was close to pipeline. If I had known, I wouldn’t have rented the house. I came to this community after I could no longer afford the rent where we used to live when my husband was alive. I’m grateful to God that nobody in my house died. If not for God, I don’t know what would have happened to me and my children.”

Ruth appealed to members of the public to come to help her, stressing that she needed financial assistance to relocate from the community and fend for her children.

Ruth commended the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, who had earlier visited her. She disclosed that Imohimi paid her medical bills at the Ikeja University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).

Supporting his mother, young Samuel appealed to Nigerians to assist his mother, so that they could move to a safer community. Ruth and her son are not the only ones thanking God for sparing their lives. Evangelist Adojo Osagie, who lives in one of the buildings affected by the explosion, said that God had been too kind to him.

Osagie was living in a building that had eight flats and all the flats were destroyed. He described himself as lucky among other tenants because he was able to retrieve some of his property before the fire latched onto his flat.

Osagie said: “I live with my four kids, wife and aged mother. My mother cannot walk without help. On that fateful day, after our night prayer, I slept off. At about 2pm, one of my daughters started shouting, father fire! Father fire! I jerked up and saw fire. I opened my door to see if I could find out where the fire was coming from. I ran to the kitchen and the fire was not coming from there. I quickly removed the gas cylinder and moved it outside. I saw that the fire was heavy in other flats. I woke my wife and other children.

"We ran away, forgetting my aged mother. I was confused. It was my wife that asked of my mother. I shouted and ran back into the apartment. I carried my mother. Every day, I pray in that flat and some of my neighbours used to complain that I was disturbing them. I never listened to them because I cannot listen to human beings other than God. It was God and my prayers that saved me.”

Mr Suru Oguntoyinbo, a mechanic, who had 10 cars in his workshop destroyed, said that some of the cars had been repaired, only waiting for the owners to pick them.

Oguntoyinbo stated: “Some of my customers have been informed. Some of them didn’t say anything; I believe it’s because they are confused right now. I don’t even know what to say.”

He blamed the state government for not securing the pipeline properly from vandals. A community leader, Honourable Fatima Aduke Mohammed, who brought food and clothes to people that lost their homes and property, described as tragic, the fact that state government officials had not deemed it fit to visit the scene of the inferno and the victims.

According to her, such action showed that the government was less concerned about the plight of the people.

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I refused to be Confused Osinbanjo video where wear ware were.

During the debate Osinbanjo had finished all the wear where ware. 😢🤕😢
How many wears did u think he  mention,???

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Disguised blind Eastern Nigerian woman Earns upto #5,000 daily_with video

 
Stop giving beggers money mostly those women from the eastern part of Nigeria that goes about as blind people, none of them are blind. They comes to Warri from the east mostly from IMO state to hussle in Warri as blind. I have severally warn this particular woman and some others at Jakpa junction but they refused to desist from this ugly trade. I had to formally report them to the Police at Ebrumede, on the 12th of December 2018 at about quarter to 11am I storm Jakpa junction with police officers to arrest her. Although some were very smart to have escape but luck ran against this woman, at first herself and her daughter were crying and the Police officers were just contemplating whether to continue the arrest or leave her because they were convince the woman is blind but I insist. On getting to the station ,one other Police man threatening to put tear gas in her eyes, it was then she owe up that she is not blind. Her name according to her is Ada Nwachukwu ,she came to Warri to hussle from Orlu in IMO state. Let's not encourage these women by giving them money, none of them are blind. I mean none of them are blind. They make a minimum of five thousand naira daily, as at when she was arrested she had made N3,270.

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Girls wanna buy benz at all means through sex. See how

Beware!!! Somewhere around a Nigeria where girls tend to trade men to benz, and other valuable things through sex. See video below;

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Untold truth how india prevent Aids epidemic

I n 2002, a major report predicted an Aids catastrophe in India. The country would have 20-25m Aids cases by 2010. People were being infected at the rate of about 1,000 a day. Aids orphans numbered 2 million. This scourge would ravage families, society, and the economy. India was going to be the Aids capital of the world.
But 2010 came and went. India averted an Aids epidemic. That victory – India’s biggest public health achievement – has remained uncelebrated. But a new book by one of the major HIV campaigners of that time finally honours the people he says were crucial in guiding India away from its seemingly inescapable destiny: the country’s sex workers .
Ashok Alexander spent a decade at the helm of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s campaign against HIV. In his book, A Stranger Truth: Lessons in Love, Leadership and Courage from India’s Sex Workers , he says the miracle would never have happened without the cooperation of sex workers.

Alexander, 64, was born into India’s elite. His father, PC Alexander, was principal secretary to Indira Gandhi. In leaving his career as senior director in the India office of McKinsey & Company to join the campaign to stop the spread of HIV, Alexander swapped a life of plush boardrooms and fine dining with CEOs for sitting on mud floors with sex workers, gay and transgender people and intravenous drug users. In short, a world of which he had little knowledge.
His account begins with his first day in the field, walking through a park in Vizag, in south India, in pitch darkness. As they navigated around couples having sex on the grass or behind the bushes, a local NGO worker urged: “Please don’t step on the people having sex.”
This was where sex work took place in India – in parks, at bus stops, on street corners. The fact that brothels accounted for only 7% of sex work presented a fundamental difficulty for the success of Avahan, as the foundation’s programme was called. How do you contain an epidemic in a setting where women are not clustered in one place, but dispersed and on the move? Where sex workers on the highways would get picked up by truckers then, when finished, cross the road to return on another truck?
Inevitably, a lot of data crunching and analysis had to happen – about which sex workers worked where, for how long, at what risk, and with how many customers – and this was entrusted to impoverished sex workers. They could have refused, but took on the task.
Tackling fatalism, an aspect of the national psyche, was harder. This quality can be seen every day on India’s roads, where drivers burst on to highways in the path of oncoming traffic without looking right or left. As one trucker told Alexander: “HIV might kill us in 10 years but this truck might kill us the next minute.”
Add the poverty, helplessness and lack of choice facing sex workers to this inherent fatalism, and the risk of catching the virus from unprotected sex seems remote and hypothetical compared with the brutal reality of survival. “You are telling me that if I get HIV I will die in 10 years’ time. But sir, 10 years is a lifetime for me. I have other, more serious things to worry about now,” said Theny, 25, a street-based sex worker.
Simple things often worked beautifully. At the outset, Alexander had no idea that a safe place to sit for a few hours, away from the violence of boyfriends, pimps, and police, could be so important. Avahan opened drop-in centres where, from 1-4 pm, they could unwind, have a hot shower and rest on a mattress on the floor. There was also the chance to be checked for sexually transmitted infection by a doctor without fear of being identified and stigmatised. For Avahan, the centres were a way of collecting the women in one place to be able to give them the information, support and condoms they needed.

As a former management consultant who has guided corporate executives on leadership qualities, Alexander couldn’t help but notice that the women – who gradually became his friends and colleagues – had these skills in abundance. In fact, he places sex workers a notch above business leaders on account of the sheer range of their skills. They are excellent judges of character and tough negotiators. Every day, they courageously battle emotional, financial and health crises while simultaneously keeping violence at bay.
Avahan scaled up with striking speed. It had a presence in 550 towns in just two years; within three, it had become the world’s largest privately sponsored HIV prevention programme.
But before scaling up, Alexander had to figure out the solutions. That required understanding sex workers’ lives and why they took the risks they did. Helpful here was the willingness of sex workers to mobilise as a community. The women knew what was best for them. All Alexander had to do, as he says, was tap into “the strength inherent in even the most marginalised of people if they are enabled to come together in a common cause”.
At the height of Avahan’s activities, Alexander and his teams were providing HIV prevention services to more than 270,000 sex workers, working in 672 towns, and distributing over 13m condoms a month. The programme, which cost $375m (£297m), is credited with an important role in the subsequent decline in India’s HIV status. Today, 2.1 million Indians are living with HIV. The prevalence of HIV is 0.22%, lower than that of the US.
The reason India’s sex workers never been praised for their contribution to this achievement, says Alexander, is that this was a success story no one wanted to author: “Their selfless contribution will never be recognised because of the stigma that still surrounds this disease.”

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An indian Buddhist served himself as meal to a leopard while meditating

A monk meditating in a forest in the Indian state of Maharashtra has died in a leopard attack, officials say.
Rahul Walke had been "meditating under a tree" in the Tadoba forest, which is a protected tiger reserve, officials told PTI news agency.
Walke had been attached to a Buddhist temple which is inside the forest, but he had walked to a spot quite far away from it to meditate.
Forest officials said they had warned the monks against going too far inside.
"I would like to tell everyone not to go inside the forest," GP Narawane, a forest official, told BBC Marathi.
However, there are now plans to capture the leopard. "We have set up two cages and a camera trap, and we will try to tranquilise the animal," Mr Narawane said.
State government officials have said they will give Mr Walke's family 1.2m rupees ($16,762; £13,280).
A monk belonging to the same temple told BBC Marathi that he had seen the animal attacking Mr Walke when he visited his meditation spot to give him food on Wednesday morning.
He said he went away to seek help but by the time he returned with others, Mr Walke was dead.
The Tadoba reserve is home to an estimated 88 tigers. It is also home to a large variety of other animals, including leopards, sloth bears, hyenas and honey badgers.

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Enugu State Governor, Ugwuanyi took a picture With American Gospel Singer, Don Moen (Photos)

Don Moen and Enugu Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, yesterday met with American singer, songwriter, pastor and producer of Christian worship music, Don Moen, at the Gospel Concert of the House on the Rock, Enugu, tagged: “Good Morning Enugu”.

The meeting took place at the popular Michael Okpara Square, Enugu. 

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2019: Buhari spells out ‘ABC’ of fighting corruption

President Muhammadu Buhari has spelt out what he considered the ABC of fighting corruption.

The President also recommended this to young people in Africa to tackle the menace in their countries.

Buhari spoke at the launch of the African Youth Congress Against Corruption (AYCAC 2018) at the conference centre of the presidential villa, Abuja on Sunday.

According to him, “‘A’ stands for Action. Let us all move from talk to action. I urge you to develop tangible projects in your community to instil transparency and accountability of the highest standard.

“I look forward to receiving your Creed of Transparency from this Congress with a view to forwarding the recommendations to the next Summit of the African Union in February next year.

“‘B’ stands for Building Bridges. The youth have a unique opportunity to spearhead the building of inter-generational and cross-sectoral bridges in our various communities.

“Often, fighting corruption requires partnerships with unlikely allies. Be open to exploring constructive partnerships with a wide base of actors. Again, I look forward to all of you joining the Transparency Champions Network that was created following the Regional Youth Consultations.

“‘C’ stands for Culture. So, let us cultivate and equip ourselves with African culture, the right attitude and mindset change that will enable us to stand firmly against corruption. By so doing, accountability and change will begin with you.”

Speaking further, Buhari told the young people to own the fight against corruption.
He continued, “To the young people of Africa, this fight against corruption is yours to lead and to win in order to reverse the negative trends of corruption and it’s implications for Africa.

“The Youth of Africa must pool their energies to effectively ensure that our natural and mineral resources remain on the continent for value addition, job and wealth creation as well as to create affordable health-care and quality education for our people. Winning the fight against corruption is very much in your hands!

“Of particular interest to the youth, as reflected in the Nouakchott Declaration, is the emphasis on the imperative of investing in the demographic dividends through anti-corruption, education and sensitisation campaigns, targeting young people as a means of bringing about behavioural change.”

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Syrian girl born without legs walks on new prosthetics

Eight-year-old Maya Merhi had to struggle around a Syrian displaced persons camp on artificial limbs made of plastic tubing and tin cans.

Maya Merhi
But now the girl, who was born with no legs due to a congenital condition, is walking on new prosthetics after undergoing treatment in Turkey.
Pictures of her plight, including those taken by AFP in Syria, were seen around the world in June, and she was taken to Istanbul for the life-changing procedure.
Dressed in a pink sweater and matching shoes, Maya on Saturday was able for the first time to walk along the rutted roads of the Serjilla camp after arriving back.
Finally she joined in the games and dancing with the other children.
“I was so happy when I saw her walking,” says her father Mohammed, sitting in their makeshift tent.
“The whole family and all our loved ones were so happy.”
Mohammed suffers the same condition as his daughter, known as congenital amputation which means the person is born without lower limbs.
He cobbled together the homemade prosthetics on which she used to shuffle around the camp.
Originally from Aleppo region, the father and daughter had to move to rebel-held Idlib province as fighting from Syria’s civil war began to rage around their home.
After the pictures of Maya’s difficulties sparked attention across the globe, the Turkish Red Crescent intervened.
The father and daughter were evacuated from Syria by the Turkish authorities and brought to Istanbul for treatment at a specialised clinic.
Mohammed received prosthetic limbs as well, but admits that he isn’t yet as steady on them as his daughter.
Sitting on a foam mattress, his daughter unwraps the artificial legs and attaches them.
“To begin with there were difficulties getting used to them,” says her uncle Hussein, who accompanied his brother and niece to Turkey.
“All of a sudden she found herself up high on the new prosthetics.”

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I Don’t Have An Anointed Candidate – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has, contrary to the impression that he is supporting Atiku Abubakar presidential bid, claimed that he has no anointed candidate as the 2019 general election approaches.
Obasanjo, while interacting with his kinsmen of Owu ancestry, on Saturday at the 27th annual Owu National Convention held in Iwo, Osun State, admonished Nigerian to vote for credible candidate who will serve their interest.
The former president did not mention his former vice president as his favourite candidate as he did on October 11, when he said he had forgiven his former deputy and now whitewashed him as the successor to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Obasanjo, who, asserted that only credible leadership would promote good governance, urged Nigerians to vote wisely.
The Chairman of the Supreme Council of Owu Obas, Oba Hammed Oyelude, said Owu being the largest Yoruba speaking ethnic group in the South West Zone had been contributing to policy development in the country.
Oyelude, who is the Olowu of Owu Kuta, called on Owu people to participate in politics in order to contribute to national development.
Oyelude also called on indigenes of Owu to support and vote for any indigene contesting for any political office.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that dignitaries present at the occasion included Owu monarchs as well as indigenes of the Yoruba sub-ethnic group.

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Sponge Bob Square Pants Creator: A Revealed cause of his death

Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of the  Nickelodeon show- Sponge Bob Square Pants, died on the 26th of November 2018.

According to the death certificate obtained by TMZ, Stephen immediate cause of death was a cardiopulmonary failure due to his Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

The animator of Sponge Bob Square Pants,Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis diagnosis was made public in 2017.

The death certificate revealed that Stephen was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea.

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Atiku fears arrest in US, returns to Nigeria

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has returned to Abuja after failing to secure assurances from the US Department of Justice that he will not be arrested in the United States.
Atiku who was reported to have been granted a US visa to travel to the United States was in London on Thursday prior to his departure to the United States.
A group, Initiative To Save Democracy said that it has credible information that the PDP presidential candidate returned to Nigeria after failing to secure assurances from the US Department of Justice that he will not be arrested if he sets his foot on the soil of the United States.
TheCable had reported exclusively that the Waziri Adamawa secured a US visa and had travelled to the United Kingdom from where he will fly into the United states where he had not been able to step foot for more than 13 years.
But the group in a statement signed by its president, Akinloye James said Atiku had on Thursday travelled to the United Kingdom after securing a United States Visa from where he hopes to travel to the United States.
“His mission in the United Kingdom is to get the British Government to help him secure the assurances of the United States Department of Justice that he will not be arrested upon setting foot in US soil. But the British government is reported to have informed Abubakar that the US Department of Justice has made it clear that it cannot guarantee he will not be arrested.”
Atiku has refused to travel to the United States since the case of money laundering allegation involving him and a US congressman, Williams Jefferson came to limelight.
His counterpart in the United States, Williams Jefferson has already served jail term and made to refund part of the money traced to him for money laundering, but Atiku has since been walking free even though he has been unable to set foot in the US.
Having failed to secure the assurances of the British government and fearing that he may be arrested by the International Police (InterPol), Atiku quickly returned to Nigeria to forestall any possible arrest.
Paul Ibe, Head of the Atiku Media Office who has been speaking on behalf of the PDP presidential candidate prior to appointing a spokesman for his campaign tweeted a while ago that Atiku has since returned to Abuja.
”HE@atiku embarked on a private visit to the United Kingdom on Thursday shortly after the inauguration of his Presidential Campaign Council. He has since returned back to Abuja. #LetsGetNigeriaWorkingAgain” Ibe tweeted
His tweet counters report by TheCable that Atiku will spend sometime in the United Kingdom before traveling to the United States.
“Report that Atiku obtained US Visa and travelled to the UK may be true, but the part that he would be traveling to the US is completely false,” Mr James said.

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Why i can't take responsibility on abduction of chibok girls - Goodluck Jonathan.

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan , has stated that he can not take responsibility for the abduction of Chibok school girls in 2014 by

Boko Haram .

The terrorist group abducted over 276 students from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State in 2014.

The Jonathan administration, following the abduction, was accused of not doing enough to secure the release of the students.

The former president, while speaking with BBC on Friday stated that Boko Haram should be blamed for the abduction which sparked global outrage and not him.

He said, “ I cannot take responsibility for the abduction; I don’t control Boko Haram. They are criminals.

“But as a president, of course you know it is not the president that goes to the field. You have security and intelligence officers that do the work.

“Let me admit that yes, maybe they did their best but their best was not good enough for us to recover the girls. That I cannot say I am right or I am wrong. That does not mean I am trying to remove myself from any blame.

“If I as a politician could tell the whole world that my political ambition for any office is not worth the blood of a single Nigerian, how would I be happy that girls have been kidnapped? I am not that kind of character.”

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Why Tiwa Savage, Davido, Wizkid, others don’t suffer vocal cord damage like Tekno – Manager

The manager of Nigerian music star, Tekno Miles, John, has revealed why other pop stars such as Davido, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage don’t suffer vocal cord damage.

The news broke on social media during the week that Tekno, a.k.a Slim Daddy would be briefly away from the music scene as a result of the temporary damage to his vocal cord.
The damage was said to have come as a result of excessive strain he has put on it overtime.
However, music pundits and critics wondered why Tiwa, Wizkid, Davido, others have never suffered such.
John told Vanguard, “It can happen; Wizkid, Davido and others are always on the move for shows around the world too but they have never recorded such because they don’t do live band like Tekno.
“Tekno performs with a live band in all his international shows and even some in Nigeria.
“Davido doesn’t even have good vocal box and that’s why his voice sounds that way. Wizkid too can’t do high tempo music; it’s always mid tempo songs.
“Tiwa started professionally with good vocal coaches and all that, I’m sure that helps her a lot.
“The same thing that happened to Tekno happens to international musicians too; they just have to treat it and rest the voice for some time to heal up.”

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