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60-year old man returns to secondary school in Delta
60 year old Adalabu Seribor is a JSS II student of Izon College, Bomadi- Overside in Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta State. He told Vanguard News
"I decided to go to school at this age because I perpetually feel the pain of being an illiterate in this modern world where everything has to do with English and education. I also do not want a situation whereby someone else would interprete or write for me if eventually I am chosen to hold an office in my community,”
“I am sixty years now and the reason why I decided to go to school at this age is because I perpetually feel the pain of being an illiterate in this modern world where everything has to do with English and education. My mother died during childbirth when I was a little boy, while my father was a hunter. I was raised by a grandmother after the death of my mother and later taken to a step-mother when my father remarried.
“I went through discomfort and hardship from my tender age to adulthood. It would interest you to know that I was so tender at the time my mother died that I was crying for food while she laid dead. I went through struggles all through my life. I was opportune to go to school at my young age, when a relative, who was a magistrate at Ekeremor in Bayelsa State, took me to his house, but because of early morning beatings due to my failure to greet him when rising from bed, I fled back to my father.
I had no opportunity to go to school since then, and continued doing menial jobs to survive, which I am still doing.
” On his decision to return to school at his old age, he said
“I realized that without education one cannot do well in this present society. I also do not want a situation whereby someone else would interpret or write for me if eventually I am chosen to hold an office in my community.” Makes a living pushing wheelbarrow Seribor, who also explained how he managed to combine his studies and work,
“I am a truck-pusher. After school hours, I go back home to look for work to do, which I have been doing to earn a living. I pay my school fees from there. I am determined to complete my education because of the pains in my heart. Have come to realise that one cannot do well without education in this society. I do all type of menial jobs for a living: I pack dirt from gutters, I pack sand, clear grasses in people’s compounds and pack soak away faeces in the dead of the night. I am a JSS II student and by the grace of God I will finish from this school.”
Blogger Adedoyin Ashiru Writes an Open Letter To The Nigeria Government.
"IS THERE HOPE FOR NIGERIAN YOUTHS?"
Federal Republic of Nigeria, why exactly are your people suffering? But wait a moment, i thought part of the reasons why people vote is for a better life/future especially for the younger citizens of the country.
What exactly is happening to Nigeria? What about the PROMISES made by our LEADERS?? I grew up hearing only one slogan which i termed to be the NATIONAL ANTHEM “Nigeria will soon get better, very soon Nigeria will better” It is now 20 something years and i am still hearing this same anthem. Our leaders, is 20 something years ‘ “SOON”??? This clearly shows that Nigerians are not safe!
We have so many VIBRANT, INTELLIGENT and HARDWORKING YOUTHS in my dear country but because of Ignorance,Negligence and Selfishness so many BRIGHT FUTURES has been SABOTAGED! NO FUEL, NO ELECTRICITY, NO SECURITY to top it all NO JOBS! which leads to an increase in crime rate. Now do a critical analysis of such country, IS THERE HOPE FOR NIGERIAN YOUTHS and COMING GENERATION??? What is our future going to be like?? What about our DREAMS and STRUGGLES in SCHOOL to become SOMEONE in life?? What about our PARENTS who are praying to eat the fruits of their LABOR??
THE GIANT OF AFRICA WHEN IS YOUR “SOON” GOING TO BE “NOW”!
FBI director says unlocking method won't work on newer iPhones
"We have a tool that works on a narrow slice of phones," Comey said at a conference on encryption and surveillance at Kenyon College in Ohio late on Wednesday.
Apple's shares were down 1.3 percent at midday.
Comey added that the technique would not work on the iPhone 5s and the later models iPhone 6 and 6s. The iPhone 5c model was introduced in 2013 and has since been discontinued by Apple as newer models have become available.
The Justice Department said in March it had unlocked the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone with the help of an unidentified third party and dropped its case against Apple Inc , ending a high-stakes legal clash but leaving the broader fight over encryption unresolved.
As the technique cannot be used to break into newer models, law enforcement authorities will likely have to lean on Apple to help them access the devices involved in other cases.
The Justice Department has asked a New York court to force Apple to unlock an iPhone 5s related to a drug investigation. Prosecutors in that case said they would update the court by April 11 on whether it would "modify" its request for Apple's assistance.
If the government continues to pursue that case, the technology company could potentially use legal discovery to force the FBI to reveal what technique it used, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters.
Apple and the FBI were not immediately available for comment.
The FBI began briefing select U.S. senators this week about the method used to unlock the San Bernardino iPhone.
Up to Wednesday's close of $110.96, Apple's shares had risen more than 5 percent this year.
(Reporting by Narottam Medhora in Bengaluru and Dustin Volz in Washington; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)
I had my tubes tied for Ne-Yo, then he got another woman pregnant
Singer Ne-Yo married model Crystal Renay in February of this year. The couple welcomed a son in March.Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage
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Monyetta Shaw and her ex-fiancé, Ne-Yo, decided she should have her tubes tied.Photo: Prince Williams/WireImage
In 2011, Monyetta Shaw underwent a sterilization procedure, having decided with her then-fiancé — Grammy-winning artist Ne-Yo — that their two children were enough. But two months before their wedding, he called it off and later started a new family with a new love — an option that Shaw now may never have. Here, the 35-year-old Shreveport, La., native and author of “Bigger Than Me” (Evan Grace Publishing, out now) tells The Post’s Tashara Jones about the biggest regret of her life and how she’s moving on.
On Oct. 9, 2011, I delivered a healthy baby boy, my second child, Mason, and I finally felt my family was complete. So before the doctors finished up in the delivery room, I told them: “I want you to burn my fallopian tubes.”
My fiancé, Shaffer Chimere Smith (better known as R&B artist Ne-Yo), was right by my side, holding my hand the entire time. The doctor must have asked us eight times if this was what we wanted. Each time, we both replied yes.
Sterilization was something Ne-Yo and I discussed thoroughly in the months leading up to the baby’s delivery. We had a daughter, Madilyn, in 2010, and two children seemed like more than enough for the both of us. Ne-Yo also agreed to undergo a vasectomy to show our mutual commitment to the relationship.
We first met in 2009 at a Jamie Foxx concert in Louisiana. He asked me out several times before I said yes — and then I fell for him fast. He had such a good heart, and that’s what attracted me to him.
The next year, I found out I was pregnant. It wasn’t a complete surprise, as we weren’t using protection, and we knew instantly that this child was a gift from God.
After starting a family, I fell more in love than ever. In 2010, during a weekend in the Dominican Republic for [rapper] Fabolous’ birthday, Ne-Yo asked me to marry him. We were in a suite, and he told everybody to be quiet. He pulled my hand, dropped down to one knee, and I immediately started crying. He incorporated the lyrics from his song “Make Me Better” and pulled out a 10-carat diamond ring.
In 2011, I found out I was pregnant with Mason.
This time, Ne-Yo wasn’t there a lot. Our home base was in Atlanta, but he spent most of his time working in Los Angeles. I told him, “Our family should be in LA with you,” but he was adamant that his family grow up in Atlanta.
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I would travel to see him sometimes, but as the pregnancy progressed I could no longer fly. But he was there for Mason’s birth, and gave me a high-five in the delivery room. Immediately after, the doctor performed the sterilization procedure. I had no regrets.
I was so busy caring for two young children, I just assumed Ne-Yo had followed through and had gotten the vasectomy. I trusted him so much that it never even crossed my mind that he hadn’t gone through with it.
But then, in June 2013 — just two months before our August wedding — Ne-Yo called.
“I don’t want to be monogamous anymore,” he told me — in other words, he wanted to break up. A week later, we had a deep conversation face to face. I was so hurt and distraught; my parents have been together for 44 years, and I always assumed our relationship would last for the rest of our lives. The thought of him and my kids not living under the same roof was devastating.
A week after our split, Ne-Yo posted the news on Instagram. It wasn’t long until VH1 producers called and asked me to join the reality show “Atlanta Exes,” which followed me along with other ex-wives of Hollywood stars, such as Tameka [Foster], Usher’s ex.
Then, in 2014, when Ne-Yo released his music video for “Money Can’t Buy,” I found out that he was dating the video’s vixen, Crystal Renay, known for posting racy photos on Instagram.
The pair are accused of beating Gabriel to death after dousing him with pepper spray, forcing him to eat his own vomit and locking him in a cabinet with a sock stuffed in his mouth to muffle his screams, according to court records. Detectives who searched the family's apartment found a wooden club covered in Gabriel's blood.
In the months before the boy was killed, several agencies had investigated allegations of abuse without removing Gabriel from the home. Shortly before Gabriel's death, officials decided to close his case.
Officials later alleged the social workers were aware that the boy had written a suicide note and had a BB pellet embedded in his chest. Yet he was not sent for medical treatment or mental health assessment, the lawyers said.
A complaint for an arrest warrant was filed against the workers on March 28, and all were scheduled for arraignment on Thursday.
Gregory Merritt was the first to arrive in court in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday morning.
Asked for his reaction to the charges against him, Merritt told a reporter, “no response.”
Boy's alleged abuse described in graphic grand jury testimony
Boy's alleged abuse described in graphic grand jury testimony
In a statement issued late Thursday morning by Los Angeles County's Department of Children and Family Services, department director Philip Browning said the accused workers did not represent the organization.
"In our rigorous reconstruction of the events surrounding Gabriel’s death, we found that four of our social workers had failed to perform their jobs. I directed that all of them be discharged. Only one appealed his termination, and he was reinstated last year by the Civil Service Commission over our strong objections," Browning said in a prepared release.
"Although I will have no specific comment on the case as it moves through the courts, I want to make it unambiguously clear that the defendants do not represent the daily work, standards or commitment of our dedicated social workers, who, like me, will not tolerate conduct that jeopardizes the well-being of children. For the vast majority of those who choose this demanding career, it is nothing short of a calling," Browning said.
In the months after the Fernandez case was first reported by The Times in 2013, social workers removed children from their families at a higher rate.
In an interview with The Times on Thursday, Browning said he had referred the social workers’ case notes to the district attorney in 2013 “to make sure we didn’t miss anything,” but he was not aware that a criminal investigation was gathering steam, and he said he was surprised when he learned that charges were filed.
"This case happened several years ago. We took quick action. put them on desk duty in about three days,” Browning said. "After a rigorous investigation, we decided they had totally failed their job. We processed them for discharge. Then the department moved on.”
Three left without a formal protest, but Merritt appealed to regain his job paying $116,000 annualy.
The five-member civil service commission — which is appointed by the county Board of Supervisors — voted unanimously to reinstate him, imposing a 30-day suspension in lieu of termination.
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According to the commission’s hearing officer, “In the final analysis [Merritt] bears some culpability for lax supervision but not to the extent to justify his discharge after nearly 24 years of unblemished service.”
Merritt’s union representative had argued that his client was used as a scapegoat and had labored under difficult circumstances in the Palmdale office, where social workers carry some of the highest caseloads in the county.
County lawyers for Browning went to Los Angeles Superior Court in hopes of overturning the civil service commission’s decision. That case is ongoing, but the judge ordered Merritt’s reinstatement until a decision is reached.
Browning said the performance of the four workers in the Fernandez was the worst he had seen in any case he reviewed since his arrival at the department in 2011.
“We made so much progress in the past few years,” Browning said. “I don’t want the morale of the department to suffer in a way that would impact services to clients.
“Safety is our priority," Browning said. "But I hope that there won’t be additional detentions because of this. I hope that they will continue to make decisions based on the facts in front of them.”
At a press conference in Sylmar on Thursday, family and friends of Gabriel praised the arrests and decried a system they said is fraught with laziness and corruption.
“You brought this upon yourself,” Emily Carranza, the boy’s cousin, said of the social workers.
Carranza is part of an informal group of family and friends that rallied after the boy’s death, determined to hold those who killed Gabriel and those who failed to protect him accountable.
The shirt she wore showed three photos of Gabriel's smiling face.
“Your conviction will be our greatest victory,” she said.
At their arraignment on Thursday afternoon, the defendants did not enter pleas pending another hearing later this month. Superior Court Judge Sergio Tapia set bail for each of the defendants at $100,000.
Child welfare officials and prosecutors say that this is the first case in memory in which child protective case workers have been criminally charged in California over the alleged mishandling of a case.
Such prosecutions are also rare nationally, although New York prosecutors pursued criminal charges in recent years against two social workers who handled the fatal case of 4-year-old Marchella Pierce. In that case, the workers were initially charged with negligent homicide, but the case collapsed in a plea deal for lesser charges.
Both workers eventually pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child, and that misdemeanor was subsequently knocked down to a violation when they completed hours of community service.
Los Angeles Times researcher Scott. J. Wilson contributed to this story.
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Wednesday, 6 April 2016
BTS Pictures from King Saheed Osupa New Video Shoot.
Living legend King Saheed Osupa shared behind the scene pictures from one of his the video shoot of his new album.
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Mr Solek shared pictures of himself & Family on Holiday in Dubai.
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