Oby Ezekwesili reacts to GEJ's order to pull down offensive bring back Jonathan signs

We first saw the offensive hashtags on the twitter timeline of the Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to the President, Doyin Okupe, before the signs were spread all over Abuja.

The convener of the #bringbackourgirls campaign, Dr Oby Ezekwesili just shared her opinion on the issue on Twitter. See more tweets after the cut...

 

 

Dad kills his 5 young children and dumped them in bin bags at side of road

A 32 year old father of five, Timothy Ray Jones (pictured left) has admitted to killing all five of his children and dumping their bodies in rubbish bags at the side of a road. He led police to the scene (pictured right) where they found bodies of all five of the children stuffed into bin bags near a logging road, 50 miles away in Alabama, Reuters reports.

The children, aged between 8 and 2 were reported missing from their home in South Carolina on September 3rd by their mother.  Their bodies were found today. Notes referring to violence against the children were also found in his car. Continue...

Jones was divorced from his wife but had joint custody of the children with her. He was even their primary legal custodian. The last time anyone heard from the children and Jones before they were found murdered was on August 28th. The six of them were supposed to travel to Mississippi for a family gathering on Labor Day weekend but never arrived.

Nobody heard from Jones until September 6th when he was stopped at a checkpoint. When police opened the doors of the Escalade he was driving, they saw he had taken bleach and poured it all over the back of the Escalade but the noticed blood and maggot and immediately took him into custody.

He eventually confessed to killing his children and told police where they could find their remains. children.

Jones has so far not revealed why he killed his children but the prosecutor involved in the case said Jones mentioned something about the children plotting to kill him.

Lagos Govt to prosecute cases of stigmatization against treated Ebola patients

Lagos State Government has said it will prosecute any person, group or organization that stigmatizes a patient who has been treated of Ebola and certified free from the virus

Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, said at a press conference yesterday, that the state Ministry of Justice has been notified to pick up any case of stigmatization, adding that stigmatization can make some persons believed to have contracted the disease not to come forward for treatment.

"Stigmatization may further make contacts and suspects to go underground. This may bring about the reversal of the gains we have already made; because such contacts and suspects may not come out and if they don’t come out, they jeopardize the life of those they come in contact with, including their families. We want to emphasize that the Ministry of Justice will take up any case of stigmatization. Anybody, either a discharged patient or a contact being followed up, who feels any form of stigmatization, should petition the Ministry of Justice and the Attorney-General and we will take it up from there." he said.

Federal Government set to ban 'Ponmo'?

Looks like it. According to a Vanguard report, the Federal Government is looking at banning the sale and consumption of Ponmo. Find the report below...

This indication emerged Tuesday when the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina called for competent regulations that would check the consumption and sale of the product. If this is achieved, he noted that livestock farmers would stand good chances of making high dollar return if the hides and skins (Ponmo) are tanned into leather.

The minister who was represented at the occasion by the Director, Animal Production and Husbandry in the Ministry, Dr. Ademola Raji, said,

"I also commend NIAS for its advocacy and public enlightenment programs on Radio and Television that promote value addition in Livestock, as against sale and consumption of primary products alone, particularly with the issue of curtailing the widespread consumption of hides and skins as Kpomo which ought to be tanned into leather for a very high dollar return to the farmer and Tanneries. I expect that competent regulations acceptable by all stakeholders will be developed so as to give credibility that our set standards for food safety are being implemented which will boost value addition.”

Check out 2face and Wizkid's photoshoot for their first ever collabo

Check out 2face and Wizkid's photoshoot for their first ever collabo

2face and Wizkid are the headlining of this year's Hennessy Artistry 2014 and they just released pics from a shoot they did to promote their first ever collaboration, shot by famed photographer, Kelechi Amadi-Obi and styled by Lilian Unachukwu. See the photos after the cut...

 

 

 

 

Diana Ross forces son to get a prenup to protect her $500m fortune

Legendary singer Diana Ross is worth over $500m and she'll do anything to protect it. Her youngest son, Evan Ross, 26, married Ashley Simpson, 29, on Aug. 30th and according to reports, Evan had been planning to marry Ashley without a pre-nup...that's until his mother heard about his plans..

From Star Magazine

According to insiders, the legendary singer had her lawyers draw up a prenuptial agreement that was more than 300 pages long in order to protect her estimated $500 million net worth. “If Ashlee didn’t sign that document, the wedding was never going to happen,” says a source. “She’s far from poor, but her money pales in comparison to what Evan will inherit one day.” 

While the actor didn’t want a prenup, Diana, 70, who’s been married twice before, refused to take a chance.

House of Reps want Sept 22 schools' resumption date changed

The House of Representatives want the September 22nd school resumption date for private and public primary/secondary changed.

According to Punch, the Reps explained yesterday that it had directed its Committee on Education to take “another look” at the date in view of the fact that the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country had yet to be fully contained.

The Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Victor Ogene, who conveyed the position of the House in Abuja, said there was still apprehension among parents and guardians over the Federal Government’s decision to change the earlier resumption date of October 13 to September 22. Continue...
Ogene said the leadership of the House was concerned over the fresh protests by the public, especially parents and guardians.

He noted that considering the fact that some persons were still under surveillance, the House felt it had the responsibility to ensure the safety of children.

The lawmaker said the committee would come up with recommendations on the appropriate and safe date to re-open the schools.

He added that on September 8, a group, Africa Health, Human and Social Development Information Service, had advised against the re-opening of the schools.

The group had warned that re-opening schools now could put the lives of over 80 million school children and teachers at risk.

Source: Punch