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BIRTHDAY : SADE ADU @ 56....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
Sade Adu is 56-year old today. Helen Folasade Adu, OBE, aka Sade Adu, is a British Nigerian singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer. She was born in Ibadan, present day Oyo state, Nigeria. She first achieved success in the 1980s as the front woman and lead vocalist of the Brit and Grammy Award-winning group Sade - wikipage
CRIME: NIGERIAN MAN AMONG 5 TO BE EXECUTED FOR DRUGS CRIME IN INDONESIA !!!
Indonesia’s Attorney General HM Prasetyo confirmed on Thursday that five
people, four men and a woman would face firing squad this Sunday. According to
Jakarta Post.
“We have prepared everything; the firing squad, clergymen and doctors.
The executions will be done simultaneously, not one by one,” he said.
Prasetyo added that those scheduled for execution had been notified on
Jan. 14.
“They were told at least three days beforehand so they could mentally
prepare and give their final requests,” he said, adding that families and
respective embassies had also been informed.
All six convicts requested clemency, but those requests were rejected by
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Dec. 30 last year.
The President has vowed to show no mercy for drug convicts, as Indonesia
has become a major market for global drug trafficking.
Prasetyo said the executions would demonstrate the government’s
determination to crack down on drugs, adding that as many as 40 to 50 people
died each day from drug use.
“The executions of the convicts will send a message to all drug rings
that Indonesia is serious about fighting them. I hope that people understand we
are trying to save Indonesia from the dangers of drugs,” Prasetyo said.
The five foreigners due to be executed are from Nigeria, Malawi,
Vietnam, the Netherlands and Brazil.
MUST READ: GLOBAL TRIP-OF-A-LIFETIME...3 WEEKS + 8 COUNTRIES
It was a trip-of-a-lifetime that sparked global attention after Jordan
Axani, 28, offered to take any Canadian girl called Elizabeth Gallagher on his
Christmas vacation! He booked the trip initially
with his ex-girlfriend - Elizabeth Gallagher - and was determined not to waste
her non-transferable ticket when they broke up. After posting his plea on
Reddit, he received a picture of Elizabeth 'Quinn' Gallagher's passport on
Twitter, and accepted her offer.
All is now history, after 3 weeks and 8 countries, he and Quinn, 23, has returned. The pair set off on December 21 from Toronto and returned on January 8, visiting New York, Bangkok, Paris, Milan, Venice, Vienna, Prague, New Delhi, Khao Lak, and Hong Kong. Despite looking cozy, the pair say there was no romance. Elizabeth has a boyfriend. See photos from their trip after the cut..
It sort of brought out this brother-sister dynamic between us,' Mr Axani told CTV News.
Source: UK Daily Mail
All is now history, after 3 weeks and 8 countries, he and Quinn, 23, has returned. The pair set off on December 21 from Toronto and returned on January 8, visiting New York, Bangkok, Paris, Milan, Venice, Vienna, Prague, New Delhi, Khao Lak, and Hong Kong. Despite looking cozy, the pair say there was no romance. Elizabeth has a boyfriend. See photos from their trip after the cut..
It sort of brought out this brother-sister dynamic between us,' Mr Axani told CTV News.
Ms Gallagher, a part-time office administrator and
student who already has a long-term boyfriend, told local media: 'We probably
got along better because we were strangers. We didn't have a relationship to
break.'
Elizabeth and her own boyfriend |
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The original Elizabeth Gallagher: Axani (left) originally
planned to spend this Christmas holiday travelling around the world with former
girlfriend Elizabeth Gallagher (left). She broke up with him after they bought
all of the plane tickets
YENI KUTI SPEAKS ABOUT WOMEN IN POWER
Yeni Kuti, daughter of late Afro-beat King, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, said she
can tolerate a man who cheats, but a lazy man can never be tolerated. Continue
below...
How has life been as a single mom?
You know it’s a different feeling altogether. I was travelling in a
plane, and the plane began malfunctioning. My first thought as a woman was ‘who
will take care of my daughter if
anything should happen to me?’ I was praying to my Creator to preserve my life
because of her.
I used to smoke, but when my daughter gained admission into the university, I told myself, ‘you might die before this girl
graduates, who will pay her tuition?’ That
was the only motivation I needed to stop because I knew that I must see her
through university. And when she graduated, I did not see the need to continue
smoking.
So what could cause misunderstanding between yourself and your man?
I hate lazy men a lot. But the African society has put women
at the receiving end one too many times. For instance, if a woman doesn’t give
birth, all eyes will be on her, while no one will even point a finger at the
man, and it might be the man who is sterile, while the woman is very fertile. I
think we women need to fight for our rights more.
There are lots of women leaders who are in the Senate, House of
Representatives, but they are just jollofing and not fighting for women’s
rights. I still remember when I was refused the opportunity of buying a gun, I
wasn’t happy when they said women couldn’t buy guns. I began to ask myself;
what are women in government doing? If I was at the House of Representatives,
women’s rights would be my main focus.
When a man is corrupt, I can understand it, but when a woman is corrupt,
I cannot tolerate it because we are the mothers, we are the ones to set the
pace. I believe women are the higher being. The man brings home themoney, but we are the one to bring up the children. But when the man doesn’t
bring home the “backery” he is a useless and lazy man. He should be made to go
and work.
I’m not saying women shouldn’t work, but it should be a matter of
choice, that is if she can cope with asking her husband for everything she
wants to buy. Then it is her choice.
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