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The law is specifically sented to, Oluwo said the have the capacity to carry the premier’s return from a trated the embarrassing designed to generate at law would allow the state the incremental power.” trip to India, opposition par- invitation in order to make least 4, 000 megawatts of government to intervene in He added that the ties have begun to criticize Canada appear sympathetic electricity under an embed- major areas of the power third area of intervention the prime minister and his to Sikh extremism. ded power initiative. value chain to the overall “is that it empowers us to Liberal government over Trudeau has said he After signing the bills benefit of the people. be able to open up the gas the “fiasco” that dogged does not support Sikh ex- into laws earlier in the Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode He, thus, spoke on market in Lagos so that we Trudeau during his first offi- tremists, despite appearing month, Ambode noted that Lagos State Governor the benefits of the embed- can have gas on a consis- cial visit to India to drum up in several photographs with each of the legislation “is School of Nursing Bill, ded power initiative, not- tent basis and that is how trade and investment. Atwal published by Canadi- expected to contribute to Cooperative College Bill, ing that the law would help we can attain the 24-hour Canadian-Indian busi- an media – while New Delhi the growth and develop- Cancer Research Institute the government extend its power supply.” nessman Jaspal Atwal was has rejected the conspira- ment of the state. Electric- bill, Amended Customary guarantee “to private sec- The law would also sentenced in Canada to 20 cy theory put forward by ity reform law gives legal Court Bill, and the Yoruba tor participants who will enable the state govern- years in prison for a 1986 Trudeau’s top intelligence backing to the embedded Language Preservation and come and generate power ment “to collaborate with assassination attempt on an official. power initiative. It is de- Promotion Bill. for us. By this guarantee, the distribution companies Indian politician, as part of Canadian Sikhs ac- signed to generate 1,000 He hinted that the we are putting the balance to collect tariff from cus- a violent campaign to es- count for roughly 1.4 per- megawatts of electricity power reform law “crimi- sheet of our state on the tomers efficiently in a way tablish an independent Sikh cent of Canada’s popula- in 2018 and 3,000 mega- nalizes power infractions table and assuring inves- that the said guarantee state of Khalistan. tion, according to a 2016 watts by 2022.” and creates penalties for tors that as they generate would not crystallise, while Yet, he managed to census. The governor also offenders in the state. power, they will get paid.” in the area of enforcement, get himself invited to the Many who supported signed six other bills into “This law strengthens our He, also, noted that the law will prevent power Mumbai as well as one the Sikh nationalist move- laws namely: the Amend- resolve to commence the the law would help the theft. to a dinner with Trudeau, ment were accused in the ed Land Use Charge Bill, journey to provide unin- which was rescinded at the 1985 Air India bombings last minute when Canadian that killed 331 people, but media pointed out Atwal’s only one person was ever criminal past. convicted in the attack. Trudeau, however, ad- Many observers say the mitted that a senior member current scandal amounts to MYSTERY SNAKE SWALLOWS 36 of his caucus had mistaken- carelessness on the part of ly extended the invitation politicians who have asso- in a swift move to defend ciated themselves with the MILLION NAIRA IN JAMB OFFICE his national security advi- extremist group. A mystery snake is said to have sneaked into the accounts office of the Joint Admissions and Ma- triculation Board, JAMB, in WHISTLEBLOWER Makurdi, the Benue State capital and made away with N36 million cash in what CALGARY COP ON has become a wonder of the 21st century. TRIAL Before now, JAMB candidates purchased scratch cards from JAMB By Julius Oyekunle threatened and taken to state offices and other des- court. ignated centers, to gain ac- The alleged victim After their breakup cess to the Board’s website of police corruption in the Carter, a former Jenny Craig for either registration or to infamous Caglary cop trial franchise owner who is check their admission sta- has come out to testify said to be worth $80 mil- tus but the reforms intro- that she had become close lion, hired a PI firm run by duced by JAMB registrar, friends with one of the retired Calgary police of- Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, recom- three current and former ficer Steve Walton and his mended an end to the use of confessed that it was her ered to have been missing for it. So I started saving it Calgary police officers on wife Heather, which em- scratch cards. housemaid that connived from the account. An in- in a vault in the office. But trial, accused of following ployed Braile, Morton and A team of auditors with another JAMB staff, vestigation was launched. each time I open the vault, her and bribing her friends, McNish. Taylor testified was dispatched to different Joan Asen, to “spiritually” In the course of the inves- I will find nothing. I became Akele Taylor couldn't say that Carter wanted her to state offices of JAMB to take steal the money from the tigation, it was discovered worried and surprised how with 100 per cent certainty take a financial settlement inventory of the sold and vault in the accounts office. that Joan Asen, who is ac- the millions of Naira could she'd ever seen the other to move away and leave unsold scratch cards and She insisted, “I was count staff and a lady out- be disappearing from the two. their 13-month-old daugh- recover whatever money one of the four sales clerks side JAMB have connived vault. I began to interrogate "I'm not going to say ter with him. When she re- that might have either been attached to JAMB office in to steal the money.” everybody in the house and for sure it was him and get fused, he declared war. generated or mismanaged Makurdi. My responsibility Philomina had earlier office, and no one could them in trouble for some- Taylor described being during the period of the sale was to sell scratch cards to confessed that Joan Asen agree on what might have thing they didn't do," Tay- followed (a GPS unit was of scratch cards. candidates and not involved and her accomplices had happened to the money. lor told the lawyer for Brad later found on her car), she On their visit to in handling the revenues. been stealing the money I continued to press until McNish. had police called on her, Makurdi office of JAMB, It was the responsibility of “spiritually” through a my housemaid confessed. McNish, Anthony and several friends were a sales clerk, Philomina Joan Asen and my other se- mysterious snake that al- She said that the money Braile and Bryan Morton offered money — in one Chieshe, told JAMB registrar nior colleagues. I only remit ways sneak into the office disappeared “spiritually”. worked with the Calgary case a close friend testified and his team that she could money when am done sell- to swallow the money from She said that a “mysteri- police department when Heather Walton offered her not account for N36 mil- ing the cards. the vault. ous snake” sneaked into they worked for a private $10,000 for dirt on her, lion she made in previous “The state Coordina- In her statement, “It the house and swallowed investigation firm that was which would help Carter years before the abolition of tor, Obilo, was not around was a mystery to me too. the money in the vaults. hired by multi-millionaire gain full custody of their scratch cards. when the audit team came. I have been saving the Meanwhile, JAMB authori- Ken Carter. Carter is ac- daughter. In the course of in- But in the course of the au- money in the bank, but I ties have vowed to continue cused of using the com- All the while, the for- terrogation, Philomena dit, N36 million was discov- found it difficult to account with the investigation. pany and its employees to mer couple was in and out stalk and harass his ex. of family court as Carter Taylor and Carter had tried to take away her pa- friends and eventually be- together and their children also face charges of crimi- 2012 and 2015, during a 13-month-old daughter rental rights. came the whistleblower on became close. nal harassment, while Mor- which time all three were together when they broke Braile admitted to the case. Braile confessed The trio face charges ton and McNish each face Calgary Police Service of- up in 2012. For the next wrongful doing and began he and others had been fol- of bribery and unauthor- a charge of breach of trust. ficers, though Braile had two years, she described to feel guilty for following lowing her for two years. ized use of a CPS computer Their offences stem been suspended for unre- being terrorized; followed, Taylor as both later became They'd go on double dates system. Braile and Morton from activity between lated matters.

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If you find that your this test or treatment? “As a result, it becomes a tips from the Ontario Dental • Avoid frequent con- Representative from phar- prescribed medication isn't Tests are used as diagnos- bottom-up situation, requir- Hygienists' Association. sumption of acidic food maceutical companies often on the formulary, ask your tic tools to help you doctor ing the public, and women • Brush twice a day such as pop, juice and citrus give these to doctors, who doctor if a drug on the list determine the best course in particular to educate with a soft toothbrush us- fruit, which can eventually are usually happy to pass continued on p(39) of treatment, but in many themselves.” ing fluoridated toothpaste. weaken tooth enamel and cases they can use less in- 3. What are the Replace your toothbrush cause sensitivity, unsightly vasive criteria to make a risks and potential side or power brush head every appearance and tooth loss. recommendation. Similarly, effects? Understanding two to three months or after Rinse with water or chew certain treatments are elec- the risks of a specific test SUNLIGHT CAN TRIGGER a cold or flu, as it can har- sugarless gum after eat- tive, so it's good to know if or treatment can give you bour bacteria. ing to help stimulate saliva something is necessary or a clearer picture of possible • Keep your tongue and reduce acids that cause optional. advantages and drawbacks, LUPUS SYMPTOMS clean. The top of the tongue enamel erosion and tooth 2. Have physiologi- while knowing the side ef- continually forms a coat- decay. By Carla Neeley Freitag altogether, it is very impor- cal differences been tak- fects lets you know what's ing of dead cells, food de- • Schedule regular tant for individuals with lu- en into account? Diseases, normal, what's to be ex- bris and bacteria. Scrape or dental hygiene checkups Abnormal sensitivity pus to take precautions to treatments and chemicals pected and what requires brush it once a day to re- throughout your lifetime, to sunlight, known as pho- minimize the symptoms of affect men and women dif- reaching out to your doctor. move the coating and pre- even if you wear dentures. tosensitivity, affects over photosensitivity. ferently, with most drug 4. Are there alter- vent bad breath. For those who have one half of people with lu- trials and medical research natives? This gives you a • Sipping on mineral difficulty accessing or af- pus. Exposure to sunlight Effects of Exposure focusing only on the male chance to learn about new- water or sugar-free ice tea fording oral care services, can cause a skin rash or Sunlight exposure body while not consider- er test or treatment options will help keep your mouth check out one of the many trigger a flare-up of inter- can cause different types ing the differences that are that may offer comparable fresh and odour-free. independent dental hygiene nal lupus resulting in joint of rash, including the com- unique to women and their results, as well as find out if • Clean between teeth clinics or mobile practices pain and fatigue. Because mon (butterfly rash( on the health. This is why you continued on p(39) with floss or use a one- located across Ontario. sunlight cannot be avoided continued on p(39) handed flosser, end-tuft Find one in your area brush, sulcus brush, proxa- at www.odha.on.ca. 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VOLUME 13 • ISSUE 2 • FEBRUARY 2018 10 NIGERIAN CANADIAN NEWS • To Advertise Call : 416-318-3506 FG WRITE OFF KWARA ASSEMBLY PASSES BILL $200M IN STUDENT BANNING ALCOHOL

LOANS FEDS WILL By N.Ugoh a committee which was deputy house leader, moved forwarded the bill seeking saddled with the task of re- the motion for the adop- to review the existing law NEVER COLLECT Kwara Assembly Pass- viewing the law for relevant tion of the bill and was where payment of pension es Bill Stopping Payment of amendment. unanimously adopted by for former governors and Pensions to former gover- The house committee members. The plenary was deputy governors after their It is the third time in payments. nors and deputies on the establishment and presided over by Mathew tenures would be suspended. four years that the The limit is now set at A bill that seeks to put public service at the com- Okedare, deputy speaker In the wake of the paucity government has had to $25,000. a stop to the payment of mittee of the whole house and has since directed Mo- of funds and inability of the write off outstanding pension to former governors sitting in Ilorin made a rec- hammed Katsina, clerk of state government to pay sal- student loans Nine years to pay off and their deputies has been ommendation to the house the house, to prepare a clean aries, there was public outcry The federal govern- passed by the Kwara state while submitting its report copy of the bill to the gover- and criticisms over the huge ment is writing off more The most recent an- House of Assembly. Earlier, recently. nor for his assent. amount budgeted for former than $200 million in out- nual report on the Canada the house had constituted Segilola Abdulkadir, The executive arm had governors and their deputies. standing student loan pay- Student Loans Program ments that officials will said that in the 2014-2015 never be able to collect. fiscal year, the government Recently released provided 489,000 full-time spending documents show students with $2.7 billion NIGERIAN START UP DEVELOPS the government won't col- in loans and a further $20.9 lect $203.5 million in debts million in loans to 12,100 from 34,240 students part-time students. AI FOR ASPHYXIA It is the third time in Borrowers typically the last four years that the take between nine and 15 government has had to years to fully pay off their By Julius Oyekunle the startup then deployed write off outstanding stu- loan and the period usually its technology to a mobile dent loans even as officials overlaps with when Canadi- It will now require app for easier mobile diag- make concerted efforts to ans are most likely to start about 10 seconds to suc- nosis of birth asphyxia. It round up more money from a family. cessfully carry out an As- builds on techniques that borrowers. The Canadian Alliance phyxia test, thanks to a have been developed for The government an- of Student Associations Nigerian startup which has speech recognition. nually has to write off some called on the government recently developed a ma- Currently, the Ubenwa of the $19 billion owing in late last month to also give chine learning system to team is at the University student loans for a number new parents a break from detect child birth asphyxia of Port Harcourt Teaching of reasons: a debtor may file student loan payments earlier and hopes to save Hospital and in Canada for bankruptcy, the debt it- when they are on parental thousands of babies when at the McGill University self passes a six-year legal leave, even if they are re- the technology finally gets Health Center, where they limit on collection, or the ceiving employment insur- a nod. and impairment. doctors. are conducting clinical vali- debtor can't be found. ance benefits. The founders say the Early detection has Charles Onu, Uben- dation tests. The Liberals have Student groups have AI solution has achieved been a major issue in Ni- wa’s founder and principal Onu stated, “We want looked to make it easier for also asked the Liberals to over 95% prediction accu- geria and other parts of Af- innovator, explained that to do the tests in the hospi- graduates to pay off their make higher education racy in trials with nearly rica where the focus usually machine learning system tal, interact directly with the loans — and for the gov- more affordable, and have 1,400 pre-recorded baby shifts to preparation for reli- takes an infant’s cry as in- babies, and compare how ernment to collect the cash requested more financial cries. The startup is now gious and cultural rites right put, analyses the amplitude Ubenwa performs given — by increasing the mini- help for Indigenous stu- raising funds to acquire after a child is born. A lead- and frequency patterns of all the new environmental mum annual income they dents. more data to improve ac- ing medical practitioner ex- the cry and provides instant challenges that would come have to earn before they curacy and obtain clinical plained that medical exper- diagnosis of birth asphyxia. up. The reason we are able are required to make debt Source:www.cbc.ca approval from health insti- tise is needed to positively Onu observed that to pursue this real-time val- tutions. establish diagnosis using only few public hospitals in idation in the clinical setting Birth asphyxia is the blood gas analysis, admin- the country had the equip- is as a result of the success third highest cause death ister oxygen support and to ment due to its high cost, of our earlier work." for children below the age treat the underlying cause. poor electricity service and “We are still finalizing STUDENT FLOGGED five and is responsible for Currently deployed an unrealistic routine appli- a hybrid model. But in the almost one million neonatal as an embedded model on cation for every child. meantime, we are planning deaths annually, according an Android app, Ubenwa, Ubenwa’s co-found- to make it free for individu- TO DEATH IN to WHO. It has also been which means baby’s cry, er and engineering lead, als and paid for organiza- linked to 1.1 million in- helps parents and caregiv- Udeogu Innocent, said after tions such as hospitals, ZAMFARA trapartum stillbirths, long- ers detect asphyxia earlier, being able to achieve a level clinics, governments, and term neurological disability without having to wait on of success with the model, others),” Onu said.

By Shalewa Ayodele work on the part of teachers in this state.” A Government Day He urged the House Secondary School teacher to invite the Commissioner WHY ONTARIO NEW HOUSING in Sankalawa in Bungudu for Education, Science, and Local Government Area of Technology to explain steps Zamfara State has allegedly taken to address the issues. LAWS DELIGHT TENANTS flogged a student to death. The Speaker, Alhaji The incident was re- Sanusi Rikiji, described the By Daniel Forrester contract used for every legal terms. send a written request to vealed by Alhaji Muham- actions of the teachers as rental. At present, On- The standardized provide a standard lease. mad Abubakar-Gummi, unfortunate and vowed that Illegal terms on rent- tario doesn’t have any lease will clearly indi- If landlords still fail to use Deputy Speaker of the State the assembly would not al- House of Assembly. low the matter to pass. al agreements will soon standardized contracts in cate what landlords can the legal contract within The deputy speaker, “It is part of our re- stop. This is thanks to place. Instead, landlords and cannot include in the 21 days, tenants will be who spoke under matters sponsibilities to ensure ef- Ontario’s new standard- and tenants often create lease: total rent, dwelling allowed to withhold one of urgent public importance fective security and good ized lease agreement. make-shift agreements, rules, rights and respon- month’s rent. This will during the assembly’s sit- learning atmosphere for The agreement, sometimes using down- sibilities allotted to both give the landlord another ting in Gusau, said that the our children for their future which takes effect April loadable online forms — landlord and tenant, and 30 days to use the new house had received several development, therefore, 30, will see the same and sometimes using il- more. Additional clauses standardized lease agree- reports on the issue. we cannot allow teachers will have to be attached ment. According to him, an- to continue harassing our in a separate document. Tenants do not have other incident at Govern- children from schools,” he Any agreement to repay that rent if land- ment Female Day Second- said. made before 30th April lords don’t provide the ary School, Kwatarkwashi, The Speaker directed had led to the injury of a the House Committee on will remain valid and en- lease at that time. student in the school after Education, Science, and forceable, so long as they Most social and the Vice Principal allegedly Technology to invite the comply with the Resi- supportive housing, re- subjected her to heavy pun- commissioner to appear be- dential Tenancy Act. But tirement homes, nurs- ishment. fore it on the matter. once the new standard- ing homes, mobile home Gummi said: “These Meanwhile, the As- ized lease agreement is parks, land lease com- problems apart from dis- sembly has passed into law put in effect, it will apply munities, and commercial couraging our children from the bill for the establish- to all new tenancies. properties will be exempt acquiring education, also ment of Zamfara State Uni- Should landlords fail from using this new con- revealed poor attitude to versity, Talata-Mafara. to comply, tenants can tract.

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Tailored case introducing Wi-Fi service These improvements everyone under 25 through our corrections system in apply to all adults in cus- management plans will on all GO Transit vehicles, will make using public tran- the biggest expansion of a generation. The legisla- tody. This will ensure better address the unique needs Metrolinx will test the ser- sit easier and more conve- medicare in a generation. tion would apply a consis- outcomes and greater con- of each inmate and aid in vice on two GO trains and nient for commuters and tent and evidence-based sistency across Ontario's rehabilitation. Increased four GO buses to examine families. Increasing public QUICK FACTS approach to rehabilitation, correctional system. culturally specific program- service quality and collect transit ridership also plays Signage will be used ensuring both public safety • Increase transpar- ming and supports for In- feedback from transit users. an important role in reduc- to identify which vehicles and the protection of the ency and accountability by digenous individuals and Free Wi-Fi is already avail- ing greenhouse gas emis- offer the Wi-Fi service. human rights and dignity of establishing an Inspector other over-represented able at the majority of GO sions and managing con- Ontario is investing persons in custody. The pro- General to ensure compli- groups will be available to stations and bus terminals gestion on Ontario roads. $21.3 billion to transform posed legislation has been ance with the new legisla- achieve successful reinte- across the system. Making public tran- GO Transit from a com- informed by consultations tion and all policies. Inde- gration. This March, Metro- sit more convenient is part muter transit service to a with stakeholders, partners pendent review panels will As part of the gov- linx will also launch a new, of Ontario's plan to create regional rapid transit sys- including corrections staff, review segregation cases ernment's commitment to easy-to-use GO Transit fairness and opportunity tem. Weekly trips across and several comprehensive and ensure that inmates are transform corrections and website. The website will during this period of rapid the entire GO rail network expert reviews. These in- held in the least restrictive address key recommenda- provide a better customer economic change. The plan will grow from about 1,500 clude two reports from the conditions possible. To en- tions from reports by the experience through new includes a higher minimum when the program began Independent Advisor on sure the safety of inmates Independent Advisor on features including an im- wage and better working in 2015 to nearly 6,000 by Corrections Reform, a sub- and staff, disciplinary hear- Corrections Reform, the proved trip planner, updat- conditions, free tuition for 2024-25, with more all-day mission from the Ontario ings officers will make de- province is also: ed fare calculator, and en- hundreds of thousands of service across the system. Human Rights Commis- cisions about sanctions for • Investing in mod- sion, an investigation by serious acts of misconduct ern infrastructure, including the Ontario Ombudsman on by inmates. new facilities in Thunder each correctional facility ism, cultural competency, in corrections and support segregation, and the final • Clearly define in Bay and Ottawa • Modernizing tech- disabilities, mental health their reintegration into the Ottawa-Carleton Detention legislation the health care • Improving health nology by introducing ad- and human rights community. Centre Task Force Report. services that incarcerated outcomes for those in cus- vanced data collection and • Establishing an ad- individuals should have ac- tody that will be informed management to support visory committee with the These measures If passed, the process to, including treatment by a new expert advisory evidence-based decision Ministry of the Attorney will modernize correc- posed legislation will: of disease or injury, health committee, public consulta- making General, Anti-Racism Direc- tions and support a system • Set rules around, promotion, disease preven- tions, and a comprehensive • Investing in staff torate, and the Ministry of built around dignity, hu- and clearly define, segre- tion, dental care, vision review of the health care through enhanced training Children and Youth Services man rights, and account- gation by aligning with in- care, mental health and ad- needs of inmates and cur- programs including manda- to address the over-repre- ability that will effectively ternational standards and dictions care, and tradition- rent services provided in tory training on anti-rac- sentation of black inmates continued on p(47)

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not meet the CRA's criteria SAVING NO MATTER FEES: IS THE and that businesses need to keep the general ledger in YOUR SALARY CONVENIENCE CSV (comma-separated values) or PDF format on their own computers. WORTH THE PRICE? 2. Bank statements and credit card statement (NC) Cashing a Item fees and percent- amounts, with the excep- cheque at a payday loan ages differ slightly between tion of bank charges and centre may seem quick and services, but the averages overdraft interest, will not Dami Okunade B.Comm easy, but the fees you'll be used here are based on the satisfy the CRA. Original (McGill), CPA, CA, CFA charged for these services rates charged by five of source documents that sup- Good record keeping can add up. Canada's largest cheque- port e-transfer, cheque or today can prevent CRA pen- Let's say you are re- cashing/payday loans deposit information are re- alties tomorrow. ceiving a monthly cheque businesses. quired. We live in a digital for $500 for one year. If When you cash your 3. Payments of cred- world where everything is you cash your cheques at cheque with a teller at your it card balances are often captured electronically in your bank, you get the full bank, you have a right to lumped together with other real time. Paper financial $6,000 over the 12-month access the first $100 im- expenditures when pay- statements have become period. mediately, without paying ments are made to the credit relics from the past; unfor- (NC) If not earning hard to save or feel they However, a cheque- any fees. Any remaining card company. In the event tunately, the requirement enough money is among can't save, but it really just cashing service will charge funds will be released after of a review, not only will to produce evidence for the your top reasons for not boils down to shifting your you an item fee, as well a maximum of four busi- you be required to produce Canada Revenue Agency saving, think again. mindset and getting into the as a perc entage of the ness days. If you are able the statements, you will (CRA) for HST or income A recent survey from habit of saving regularly,” cheque's value. Continu- plan ahead for this, you have to produce the backup tax has not. CIBC revealed that the most says David Nicholson, vice ing with the monthly can avoid spending your (i.e., invoices) for amounts The CRA accepts re- Canadians admit they could president at CIBC. $500 cheque example, if money on cheque-cashing shown on the credit card. cords in: get by with less each month The trick is to make you have an item fee of services. Thus, original purchase in- • paper format — on average $360 less saving a priority, not an af- $2.40 per cheque and owe Learn more about voices will be required. • paper format later — before feeling the pinch. terthought, by automating a percentage rate of 3.6, your rights and responsi- 4. 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VOLUME 13 • ISSUE 2 • FEBRUARY 2018 NIGERIAN CANADIAN NEWS • To Advertise Call : 416-318-3506 13 the Connection | mag LEADERSHIP AFRICAN CENTER IN EDMONTON WHY YOU SHOULD CLOSE TO COMPLETION

KEEP GOOD An African center in center of African heritage. Edmonton is close to com- Oboh further stated, “It’s COMPANY pletion if authorities are quite humbling … we’re able to close deals with the entrusted with something design team. The center is unique and special, it will By Richard Branson ciation for Mike Oldfield, to promote African culture, be a regenerative force that eventually led us to cre- history and showcase the will transform that area.” The company we keep ate Virgin Music – without African culture to the world City Director of facil- in our companies is often which we could have never and ensure its passage to ity planning and design, the key to our success. You started or propelled Virgin future generations. Pascale Ladouceur noted, don’t have to be the fastest Atlantic. Architect Samuel “The quality of the team runner in the relay team While the Virgin Oboh, whose firm in collab- we were able to attract to or the best speaker on the Group has always been my oration with Francis Kéré, Edmonton is really what debate panel, as long as vision, a number of people AECOM, and HCMA won we’re most excited about at you surround yourself with have significantly influ- the proposal for the design this point." 15 teams sub- great people and contribute enced the journey along said in a recent statement, mitted applications for the in your own way. the way. There are far “We really wanted to create design and Nigerian-born It’s no secret that I too many to name-check, a centre that is authentic Oboh, who is based in Ed- wasn’t the most academic however over the course … that is unapologetically monton, and Kéré, origi- student. Dyslexia held me of my career I have worked and unmistakably African." nally from Burkina Faso, Architect Samuel Oboh back from focusing on hand-in-hand with many The multimillion- were chosen because their was budgeted for the proj- al centre and a community school work and achiev- inspired minds to bring in- dollar center will provide proposal best captured the ect which will take up to centre, so that touches a ing good grades. However, novative ideas to life. And a melting pot for Africans city’s overall vision, she five years to build. broad group within the city I learned that if I flanked I’m not alone… Many of and researchers and further said. The Director also not- and has a neighbourhood myself with people that the world’s most power- put Edmonton at the epi- $22.3 million in total ed, “It is both a multicultur- feeling to it." complemented my weak- ful and successful people nesses and shared my do the same. Steve Jobs passions, I could work had Steve Wozniak. Micro- with them towards greater soft was the joint effort of achievements. Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Over the past 50 Larry Page had Sergey Brin UNKNOWN NIGERIAN years in business, I have and they worked together used this as my model for to develop Google. Every Jacob Odulate, The Man Who Invented Alabukun collaboration – simply put: leader has a team. I just choose great people Finding the spot- Powder Over 100 Years Ago and shine in their shad- light isn’t about standing ows. in it. There’s so much to vented the legend- Senior Advocate of Nigeria In the very early be gained from working ary Alabukun pow- (SAN). In 1966, she estab- days at Virgin Records, I with a collective of people der which is now lished the first law firm by entrusted my fresh-out-of- who support each other to a hit in the world’s a Nigerian female at Ibadan, university cousin, Simon achieve great things. We most populous na- Oyo State and named it Ala- Draper, to take the lead on all eventually become a tion and in other bukun Chambers in honour buying music for the com- product of the people we West African na- of her great father. pany. While I had always associate closely with. tions. 7. Apart from mak- appreciated music, Simon Their actions and be- 6. He sent his ing the drugs, the energetic lived for it. haviours resonate with us children to study at Blessed Jacob also produced He didn’t just casual- and subconsciously influ- some of the best uni- other brands like Alabukun ly enjoy an album, he un- ence our everyday choic- versities in Durham, mentholine, other prepara- derstood it. Simon’s taste es. It’s therefore incred- Newcastle, United tions and an annual jour- in music became the single ibly important to surround States of America nal called Alabukun Al- most critical element of the yourself with people who and London. e.g manac which was widely Virgin ethos. Our record complement you, aid your To so many Nigerians Odulate aka Blessed Jacob Mrs. Folake Odulate distributed in Abeokuta and shops were not just stores, self-development, and in the diaspora, Alabukun was born into a polyga- (later to become Chief. Mrs. eventually all over Nigeria but arbiters of taste. most importantly allow may not resonate any sig- mous family in 1884. Folake Solanke) who is the between the 1920s and Simon’s keen ear for you to shine – even if it’s nificance, especially for the 2. He was original- first female lawyer in Nige- 1950s. talent, shown by his appre- in their shadow. millennials. Alabukun, ly from Ikorodu in Lagos ria to wear the silk and she 8. He died in 1962 at one of the oldest drugs in State but later moved to the also became the first female age 78. Nigeria and even is still neighbouring very relevant and popular Ogun State. today. However, not many 3. 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VOLUME 13 • ISSUE 2 • FEBRUARY 2018 14 NIGERIAN CANADIAN NEWS • To Advertise Call : 416-318-3506 HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO FORGIVE PASSION INFIDELITY? With This Ring By Jide Animashaun and think like this and that they Chinwe Annie Amaechi as women can never be un- Continued from the told him with a smile. humour. She also liked the faithful to their partners. last issue. “Why not?” way he looked at her. It was All I have to say here “Er … well, one, I’m a as though he couldn’t keep It is not impossible to is that just pray you never By Taiwo Iredele Odubiyi Christian -” his eyes off her. forgive get into that kind of posi- “What makes you That was how she be- Having an affair is a tion or situation. And un- confirmation of preg- think I’m a pagan?” He gan to see him. She wasn’t life changing event for ev- less you are a saint, you Anancy would have asked. sure if she could say she eryone involved, but get- should never judge. For brought so much joy to “Are you a Christian?” loved him but she liked him ting to the root cause of the most men, it is a crime of some people who were ex- “Sure.” He answered a lot. problem will help in resolv- lust and passion simply put. pecting to have children. smoothly. He kept inviting her ing whether one will learn A man sees some- They might even throw a Her eyes searched his to his rented two bedroom to forgive the partner or thing he likes and without party and give testimony table and the frames that Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi apartment but she didn’t not. It impacts on the issues rational thoughts, goes and in church to thank God for adorned the wall. Nothing go until after a month. of commitment and basic gets it. For women, it is answered prayers. indicated his religious incli- with pursed lips. And what That day, he was a perfect trust partners have for each more thought out and ratio- But for those who nation. she did with it would be her gentleman. She brought her other. nalized before it becomes a should not get pregnant, Realising what she decision. She was no lon- Bible out and shared some The victim of the af- deed and that’s why most the news would have was doing, he said, “You ger a child and her mother scriptures with him be- fair most times is often men will rather not want to shocked them and made won’t find a Bible or such shouldn’t be dictating to fore they prayed for a few disturbed with the imagery forgive their partners apart them burst into tears. She things on my table if that’s her, telling her what to do. minutes. Afterward, they of the thoughts of the be- from the issue of their man- belonged to this group. She what you are looking for.” She could take care of her- watched a movie. trayal. Inconsequential for- hood being involved. Men was definitely shocked but “Why not?” self. Besides, she felt like The second time she mer quarrels will be seen in believe that for a woman to she didn’t feel like crying. He shook his head. seeing Albert again. She visited him, he told her new light. Basic character cheat on them, she would She loved children “I’m just not into all that.” was certain she could han- clearly to make her Bible- changes will now be seen have to compare them to and had been thinking of “Where do you wor- dle him. sharing brief as he had oth- as evidence of the betrayal. the person she’s commit- when she would get preg- ship?” Grace knew she er things in mind. And forgiving the act is a ting the act with, and they nant and have her own. “Calvary Tabernacle.” was beautiful and doing “What other things?” hard process that if thought would have come short of But not like this! If she had She smiled broadly. well in her career but that He told her his opinion carefully through, may be her expectations. been married, she would “Really? That’s fine. Are was more than she could about premarital sex: he achieved. Men believe right- have been elated but she you in any department?” say about her love life. didn’t think it was wrong Most times people fully or not, that a woman wasn’t. Worse still, she was “No.” Most of her friends were and he would expect it in talk about infidelity as if it’s shouldn’t even see other a Christian and she had no “Hmm. Too busy?” going steady while two their relationship. a sickness of the male ilk. men as objects of affection business going ‘there’ with “Yes. I sometimes were already married. Her “As Christians, we That men may be polyga- or desires once they have Albert whom she met just work on Sundays. You very close friends, Ayoade shouldn’t do it.” She point- mous in nature may not be gotten married, forgetting about three months ago. know how it is.” He told and Jennifer were also ated out. too much in doubt, espe- that women are humans She began to think her and changed the sub- tached and Jennifer would He shrugged. “Well, cially African men. too. Women too are mostly about her relationship with ject back to the lunch invi- be getting married in July. I’m not going to argue with But infidelity hasnot realistic enough to un- him … tation. “It’s not every day But here she was, without a you about it, after all your nothing to do with that. derstand that in this part … Twenty seven- I’m able to go out for lunch, man she could call her own. mother is a pastor. My own When the issue of infidel- of the world infidelity is a year-old Albert was the so I hope you’ll join me. If she wasn’t careful, she mother is not, and hey, this ity rears its ugly head, most ‘night market’. youngest child of Chief There’s a good restaurant might end up unmarried is me! This is what I want. often, accusing fingers are You mustn’t be caught Asika, a businessman, and just across the street.” like her mother. Whenever I’m a man.” pointed at the man as if doing it. Be that as it may, he worked for Reflections, She eventually agreed the possibility of being a “This is what you he has committed a crime especially since it’s a crime a national newspaper as a to a dinner in a restaurant spinster for life crossed her want? I wonder what your against mankind. Granted mostly committed without reporter. not too far from her office. mind, she felt concerned. pastor would say if he that infidelity is a crime reason, shouldn’t it be for- Grace met him two On her way back to her of- When she was in her heard that you wanted sex. against your vows, but can given? months after she began to fice that day, her heart told second year in University, Or your editor whom I was we really say that it cannot What I mean is that work at Lawal & Adesola her to be wary of him. He she liked one of the young told is a Christian.” be forgiven when and if it can one or should one for- Chambers, a law firm. She didn’t appear like a strong men in her fellowship but “My editor? Who does happen? Most people give a partner caught in it? had gone over to see Albert Christian. he liked another girl. In gives a flip? It’s no one’s who have ever been guilty The first thing that comes to to discuss some legal is- She was attracted to her final year, she met an- business.” He said and of it will always give rea- mind is to say no, but one sues. Someone had threat- him though. Suddenly, her other young man who was stopped. He added, “The sons. Some reasons are so has to look at other factors ened to sue the newspaper mind went to her mother a good Christian, the type choice is yours.” mundane while others may beyond the lust and pas- for a story that Albert did. and she could almost hear her mother would approve He had declared his sound reasonable or logical. sion before one can genu- As she sat in his office, her mother’s voice, warn- of but it didn’t work out. intention. But whatever the reasons inely say that. Most people asking him questions and ing her to control her emo- He kept complaining about When he kissed her, may be, they will always would rather quote the holy writing in her notebook, his tions rather than allow her her and they eventually sparks of desire ignited in have one. books to support not forgiv- eyes sent messages of inter- emotions to control her. Her stopped seeing each oth- her, and she eagerly re- I will not belabour you ing one’s partner who may est to her which she under- mother would not want her er. Toward the end of that sponded to her surprise. She with the excuses people use have been caught in the act. stood and liked. He was her to have a relationship with same year, she met another had never experienced the as reasons so as not to fur- They forget that these kind of man: intelligent and such a man. man who was a Christian feelings that ran through nish prospective offenders books also give a tough act handsome. He was also do- But why couldn’t with a good job. He wanted her body. That day, she was who want to do it excuses to follow by saying whoso- ing well in his career, hav- she have a relationship sex and when she refused, able to put him off but with they can use as ammuni- ever hasn’t committed this ing made a name for him- with such a man? Grace he ended the relationship. great difficulty. tion when they eventu- act even in thoughts and self. She hoped he was a thought. If every Christian And now, Albert had When she was leav- ally get caught. Infidelity or deeds should be the first to Christian. avoided a man like Albert, invited her to dinner. Well, ing, she invited him to her cheating as it is commonly cast the first stone. When she eventually who would help him grow she was willing to see how house. That would be bet- called is a state of your Personally, I believe stopped and sat back, he spiritually? She might be things would go. ter and keep them safe, she mind at a particular period what is forgivable is better asked, “Do you have any able to influence him to be She ignored the voice reasoned. towards your partner. left to the individual do- more questions for me?” a stronger Christian if she in her head and went out To be continued The funny thing about ing the forgiving and how She shook her head. got close to him. with him. As they chatted it is that most men who remorseful the person that “No. I’m through for now.” Grace considered over dinner, it was obvious This story is from the novel commit it most times will committed the act is, even “Good. I’m hungry. her mother too serious to Grace that Albert was not - With This Ring by Taiwo not be thinking about their if it is impossible to forget. Have lunch with me.” He about Christianity, almost a committed Christian and Iredele Odubiyi partners until the deed has said. judgmental. The way her didn’t know much about To read the novel, pls visit: been done and the image So tough to forgive Straight to the point. mother sometimes talked God but when he asked to www.amazon.com/Taiwo- of the devil is the last thing Every woman goes He seemed to be sure to her, it was as though she see her again the next day, Odubiyi/e/B00G6MU03I on their minds. It is funny into a marriage hoping that of himself and what he didn’t think Grace was seri- she agreed, telling herself Or: www.okadabooks.com/ then when they get caught her husband will remain wanted, Grace thought and ously committed to God. she could help him grow search?term=odubiyi that they will say it was the faithful to her for the rest laughed. “Lunch? Er – I’m This was her life spiritually. He was very Website: www.pastortai- devil. of their lives together. No not sure.” She reluctantly anyway, Grace thought nice with a good sense of woodubiyi.org People have different woman wants to share her things that they like in the man with any other wom- opposite sex and when it an. Nothing breaks a wom- her and fed it to wild dogs. was “caught in the act”. about a man’s remorse and reliable and undeniable in- gets flaunted in their faces an’s heart like infidelity on But what happens after a In other words, there willingness not to repeat his formation about the man’s and they think they can the part of her husband. woman discovers her hus- is a general consensus ‘escapade’ as against the adventures. have their way and get When a woman finds band’s act (or acts) of infi- that it is easier to forgive a sober apology that would But should true for- away with it, the chances out that her husband has delity? Most people would man’s unfaithfulness if he naturally come from a man giveness be conditional? are that they will do it. A lot been with another woman, base their answer to this told his wife about it him- when his woman catches Let us face facts: men in- of women reading this will it tears her apart; she feels question on whether the self. In such an instance, a him in the very act or con- dulge in sex with their say it’s only a man who will as if the man took a part of man confessed his woes or woman is more convinced fronts him after she receives continued on p(39)

VOLUME 13 • ISSUE 2 • FEBRUARY 2018 NIGERIAN CANADIAN NEWS • To Advertise Call : 416-318-3506 15 the Connection | mag CAN I SUE MY LAWYER CAN YOUR SOCIAL FOR NEGLIGENCE? MEDIA POSTS BE USED

Just like doctors, law- • To keep his client in- AGAINST YOU? yers can be sued for mal- formed to such an extent as practice. If you feel your may be reasonably neces- lawyer’s carelessness or sary according to the same negligence cost you a case criteria. or affected a claim, you can Lawyers aren’t ex- take them to court. pected to be perfect and Here’s what you need you can’t sue them just for to know. making a mistake or losing DEBT – COLLECTION AGENCY As in almost any type a case. of negligence case, you A lawyer is expected have to prove three things: to perform with the same QUESTION: • the defendant owed skill and care as a “reason- you a “duty of care”; ably competent and diligent A COLLECTION AGENCY • they violated that solicitor.” A truly negligent duty; lawyer would make errors CALLED ME. DO I HAVE • you suffered some or display ignorance that a financial loss as a result. reasonably competent law- TO TALK TO THEM? Lawyers in Canada yer wouldn’t. Did you know that if lost the case. are bound to a Professional A common example you are involved in a legal The use of social me- Code of Conduct that out- is a missed limitation date case, now or in the future, dia accounts against people ANSWER may be able to make a lines their ethical obliga- or deadline. Showing up to what you say on social me- is not limited to personal in- plan to pay off your debt tions, and they also have a court unprepared, not per- dia could be used against jury cases alone. They can If a collection agency in a way that you can af- duty of care to their clients. forming services paid for you? be used in many other legal contacts you, don’t ignore ford. The 1964 Supreme Court of or sleeping in court — yes, If the information is areas such as criminal law them. If you ignore them, If you call them Canada case Millican et al. that’s actually happened — posted somewhere on the and family law. serious things can hap- within a few days, they v. Tiffin Holdings Ltd., de- are other examples. Internet, it could be used pen. For example, your might be able to reduce fined that duty. In the June 2015 de- against you. A person may If I set my accounts to not realize that a post may private am I protected? credit rating could drop the effect that the debt In that decision, the cision Knapp v. O’Neill a be used against them at It may give you some and you might get sued has on your credit score. court said a lawyer’s obliga- Yukon woman success- the time they are putting protection from law en- in court. But for this to happen, tions are: fully sued her lawyer over • To be skilful and his handling of her injury it up but posts can be used forcement, lawyers or the You can contact the you need to pay the debt against a person at a later courts. collection agency at any off right away. careful. claim. Part of the lawyer’s • To advise his client negligence was advising time. Especially if the post While it may initially time. But, there are rules Once a collection can prove a person commit- make it difficult for them about when the collection agency contacts you, you on all matters relevant to the client to pursue an early his retainer, so far as may settlement for an “inordi- ted a crime or is being un- to get your information, it’s agency can contact you. have to deal with them. be reasonably necessary. nately low amount” given truthful in court. relatively easy for Canadian For example, they must But, there may be ways • To protect the inter- her injuries and not advis- law enforcement to obtain send you a written notice to handle your debt in the ests of his client. ing her on the potential Why are my social evidence from social media and wait at least 6 days future so you don’t have • To carry out his in- damages if the case had media posts can be used sites even where the set- before they call, email, or to deal with a collection structions by all proper gone to trial. In doing so, against me? tings were changed to pri- text you. agency. means. the lawyer violated his duty Most social media ac- vate. • To consult with his of care and that violation counts are public, meaning All they have to do is Talking to the Getting help client on all questions of led to a financial loss for the they can be viewed by any- get a court order or a sub- collection agency If you’re having doubt which do not fall client. one. Anyone includes law poena and they can get When a collection problems dealing with the within the express or im- enforcement, lawyers and access to your content, in- agency contacts you, collection agency, a non- plied discretion left to him. courts.findlaw.ca the court. formation and history from Many cases today use your social media accounts. try to speak with them profit credit counsellor Facebook evidence, espe- However, the court may not as soon as you can. You may be able to help you. cially when it comes to per- issue a court order in ev- QUESTION: sonal injury cases. ery case, as they also has The 2007 case Kour- to take into consideration WHAT RULES DO tesis v. Joris shows how privacy rights of people in- QUESTION: COLLECTION AGENCIES insurance companies may volved, as well as the rel- use a person’s Facebook ac- evance of the evidence to A COLLECTION AGENCY HAVE TO FOLLOW AND count against them. It’s also the case. WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS WHEN one of the first personal in- In Canada, law en- CALLED ABOUT A DEBT jury cases in Ontario to use forcement officials have DEALING WITH THEM? Facebook evidence against another way to get your in- I DON’T OWE. WHAT an insurance claimant. formation, as the Personal ANSWER When the collection In the case, a woman Information and Electronic CAN I DO? agency contacts you, there claimed that after her acci- Documents Act permits A collection agency col- are other rules they must fol- dent, her injuries were seri- Canadian companies to ous enough to ruin her life voluntarily provide some ANSWER lects debts for other people or low. For example, they must and she sued the insurance information on without the Disputing the debt businesses. contact you: So, if you owe money • only at certain times company for pain and suf- authorities having obtained If a collection agency If these things don’t and don’t pay it back on time, of the day fering. warrants first, although calls you about a debt that work, you can send a the person or company you • no more than 3 However, the insur- companies can refuse. you don’t think you owe, formal letter by regis- owe the money to may hire a times in a week ance lawyers got access to It’s best to consult don’t give them money or tered mail to the collection collection agency. If you don’t owe money her Facebook pictures. She with a lawyer if you are personal information. agency saying that you But, there are rules that If a collection agency had put her privacy settings involved in a court case Your creditor or the “dispute the debt” and that collection agencies must fol- contacts you about a debt to “friends of friends” and or lawsuit and are worried collection agency may you want a court to decide low and limits to what they that you don’t think you then got a court order to ac- about your social media ac- have made a mistake. A the problem. can do. owe, don’t give them money cess more of her Facebook counts being used against creditor is a person or busi- If you do this, the Collection agencies or any personal information. pictures. The pictures con- you as evidence. ness you owe money to. collection agency can only must be registered with the The collection agency, tradicted her claim and she courts.findlaw.ca Contact the collection contact you if they plan to government of Ontario. If or your creditor who hired agency and explain that: take you to court. they’re not registered, it’s the collection agency, may • you don’t owe the against the law for them to have made a mistake. So money, or Making sure it’s a real try to collect money from you. contact both of them and ex- • the information collection agency plain why you don’t owe the they have is wrong. Make sure that the Rules about contacting money. Then, the collection caller is from a real col- you When you do this, it’s agency can contact your lection agency before you Usually, collection called disputing the debt. agencies have to send you a creditor to find out why give them any personal in- written notice about a debt, Make sure it’s a collection they claim that you do owe formation. before they can contact you agency the money. A real collection by phone, text, or email, or in Sometimes, people pre- If the collection agen- agency will already have person. tend to be collection agencies cy is trying to collect a debt details about you and the And after sending the as a way to get money from that you already paid, you person or company who notice, they must wait at least you. These people are often may also want to contact hired them to collect the 6 days before they can con- called “scam artists”. the creditor. debt. tact you. Source: stepstojustice.ca

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FAMILY HOW TO HOUSE TRAIN TIPS FOR YOUR RABBIT TRANSITIONING BACK TO WORK will catch on very quickly ever, they offer little in the while others will need a way of odor control and little more time. You'll need need to be emptied daily. AFTER A BABY to keep several litter boxes available whenever your MAINTENANCE rabbit is out of his cage. Let your rabbit out to exercise daily. He needs MATERIALS time out of the cage, and if If his cage isn't large you fail to do so, he'll often enough for a litter pan, forget his litter box train- then his cage is too small ing if caged too long. and should be replaced. You'll also need to Often starter cages are sold keep his cage and litter for baby rabbits, but these boxes clean. Daily clean- are not large enough for an ing is best for keeping Rabbits have a natu- corner or anywhere you adult rabbit. 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By Steve Ezeude construction condos?: Property?: Answer: Closing costs Answer: At that point, SELL YOUR HOME “Stupidity is when you vary and depend on devel- you become mortgage free. have a Land Rover + Land oper, size of unit and loca- No more debt and you Cruiser and still have a tion of the property. The know the feeling when you SUCCESSFULLY Land Lord….Wise Up”. charges you are likely to have no debt. – Anonymous pay for when buying a pre- construction condo are: Question: Will the In the last two months, a). Land Transfer Tax- right of first purchase we have received questions es: You will pay one land be granted to any of the from our esteemed and ardent transfer tax which is the parties?: readers on the articles pub- municipal tax in all Ontario Steve Ezeude Answer: Yes, when 2 lished in this forum. This edi- provinces except in Toronto or more people are in a JV, tion is dedicated to answering where you pay a municipal rebate. the parties all have rights of some of the questions. tax in addition to the pro- first purchase except if the vincial tax. Question: What is agreement states otherwise. Question: Why b). Development a Joint Venture and how should I invest in a Stu- Charges: These charges does it work?: Question: What dent housing? vary from project to project Answer: A Joint Ven- happens if there is dis- Answer: Student and builder to builder and ture (JV) is situation where pute in a JV arrange- housing offers a great return usually come in the form of two or more people come ment? on investment to investors. levies, educational levies, together to purchase a piece Answer: There is al- (NC) Here are some lived-in, but neutral. It is always a rule of thumb section 37 levies). It is ad- of property. It usually proj- ways provisions made for tips from the Ontario Real 5. Understand legal for every investor to invest vised that you ensure that ect specific and has tenure. dispute resolution in the Estate Association that will documents. When you where returns are best. At- your development charges Reasons for JV can be to Agreement. help your home stand out list and sell your home, tributes of best in this con- are capped. If not, please share risks, responsibilities, when you decide to sell. there are several real es- text would entail security of run. and capital. Other reasons Question: Condos 1. Focus on first im- tate documents you need property, minimal risks, lo- c). Legal Fees to your could be lack of time, skills do not appreciate as pressions. You only get to complete the transaction, cation, and potential viabil- lawyer. You will be paying and experience required for much as other types of one, so make sure every- like the Agreement of Pur- ity of the property. A grow- a fee for your lawyer to as- management of the prop- properties like single de- thing potential buyers see chase and Sale and the List- ing University, inadequate sist you in closing a trans- erty. Types of JV could be tached, semis and town first is in top shape. During ing Agreement. Work with campus housing, vacancy action. The lawyer’s fee is money partner and working houses, what’s your winter, keep your driveway your Realtor to make sure rate, financial aid opportu- in addition to miscellaneous partner or a combination take? shovelled and hats and you understand the impor- nities, turnkey opportuni- fees and charges that in- of both. A working partner Answer: This has been mittens neatly stored for a tant information in these ties are few example that clude but not limited to law has the time, skills and ex- a myth but we have seen clutter-free entryway. agreements and that they come to mind as reasons society fee, deposit cheque perience whereas the mon- a great shift in this regards 2. Empty your clos- contain the specific wording for investing in a Student administration fees, mort- ey partner has the money in the last 2 years which ets. A great trick is to create that suits your needs. housing. Universities like gage discharge fees, and but not the other attributes. is purely driven by afford- the illusion of extra storage 6. Make sure the Queen’s, Waterloo, McMas- status certificate fees. ability. Condos appreciated space with half-empty clos- price is right. You don't ter, Toronto, to name but a d). Utility Hook ups: Question: Who 14% above all other hous- ets, drawers and cabinets. want to leave money on the few, are ever growing but Utility hook up charges are manages a JV?: ing types in the last quarter 3. Upgrade strate- table but you also shouldn't lacking adequate campus normal when closing a pre- Answer: The work- of 2017 and has continued gically. Skip costly major set the price unreasonably housing to accommodate construction condo. How- ing partner usually man- to do so as evident in the overhauls — quick fixes high, or you may scare their student population. Ac- ever, some developers may ages the venture or both or first two months of 2018. are cheaper, easier and can away buyers and keep your cording to Andrew La Fleur, waive these fees or offer all the partners can elect to According to Better Dwelling often deliver a better return house on the market longer “95% of Queen’s University them as incentives with the hire a property manage- (2018), “Toronto real estate on your investment. Things than necessary. Your Real- Student population are from utility companies. ment company. prices has stopped declin- like a fresh coat of paint, tor can help you determine outside of Kingston and out e) Tarion Warranty: ing entirely due to condos”. cleaning the carpets, and what's right for your local of over 24,000 student pop- For every new home, there Question: Who goes Regardless of the housing replacing door and cabinet market. ulation of Queens, the hous- is a Tarion Warranty fee. on title in a JV arrange- type, when a tenant pays handles in the kitchen are 7. Light it up. A ing units on campus is only Please check with Tarion ment? down your mortgage, your big-impact projects that can home that looks bright, 4,618. There is need for off website for the enrolment Answer: Every partner equity in the house is going be accomplished in a week- airy and spacious is more campus student housing to process. in the JV goes on title ex- up monthly and with time, end. welcoming and feels larger. support this growing stu- cept if any of the partner(s) you will get recover your 4. Edit personal Get the look by opening dent population”. With re- Question: Is HST chooses not to. initial capital and reinvest it. touches. Buyers are more the curtains before view- spect to vacancy rate, most included in the purchase likely to make an offer if ings, choosing pared-down University towns have less price of a Condo?: Question: If there is We thank all those they can visualize them- window treatments in light than 1.0% vacancy rate. Answer: Condo pur- rental vacancy in a JV that sent in their questions selves living in your home, colours, and adding a few Financial aid opportu- chase prices include HST if investment, who pays and look forward to receiv- so put away family photos strategic lamps, which you nities that are prevalent in you are or someone in the the mortgage?: ing more in the future. and kitschy personal me- can borrow from a friend some University towns is family is going to live in Answer: The JV part- mentoes. Stick to simple until you sell. one reason to invest in these that unit but does not if you ners. It is usually advised artwork and accessories Find more informa- areas. Large endowment buy as investor and decide that a carrying cost or con- Steve Ezeude is a Realtor that make the space feel tion at www.orea.com. fund per student drives not to live in the unit. If you tingency fund be allocated with Royal LePage Sig- the University growth thus are not going to live in it but by the partners to cover nature Realty and a Real making investments viable plans to rent it, you do not any vacancy or unforeseen Estate Investment Syndi- ternational guests are great in University towns. qualify for HST rebate. You costs. cator. For questions and/or personal touches. will qualify if you or your feedback, please send email 4. Invest in a Question: What family members will live it Question: When to [email protected] smart home monitoring should I know about but you have to pay for it mortgage is paid up, or call 6478608304. www. system. Some systems what happens to the closing costs for pre- and thereafter apply for the mitorontohomes.com can tell you if a door has been left open or if the air conditioning has been left on. 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By Dr. Kristie gens in the body to a less and lutein. Getting more a good addition to the gro- By Shalewa Ayodele and blend; don’t add too powerful form that’s less carotenoids in your diet cery cart. It’s a caloric bar- much water so it can fry Green, leafy vegeta- likely to over-stimulate from sources like water- gain with only 4 calories Are you thinking of well. After blending, pour bles are a rich source of an- breast cells. cress helps to protect your in a single cup. Plus, it’s a preparing a special delicacy into another bowl and rinse tioxidants - and you need eyes against these common good source of vitamin K, a and move away from the the blender. Keep the water antioxidants to protect your IT’S A NATURAL diseases. The same carot- vitamin that’s important for normal everyday predictably from the blender separate. cells against the oxidative DETOXIFIER enoids that keep your normal blood clotting and menu? • Boil the meats to- damage they’re exposed Watercress eyes healthy also for healthy bones. It’s also Isapa soup is com- gether and keep the stock to every day. When cells contains a di- help t o a rich source of the antioxi- mon in Southwest Nigeria, from it. take a beating, it pays to etary com- dant vitamin, vitamin C. In especially in Ekiti state. It is • Put your fry pan on give them a little extra an- addition to its antioxidant eaten mostly during festive fire; add some red palm oil tioxidant reinforcement by activity, vitamin C is impor- periods. Making it can be a to the frying pan. After the adding more green, leafy tant for a healthy im- bit stressful but at the end oil is hot, put your blended veggies to your diet. When mune system and for of its preparation, it is very egusi bit by bit for it to fry most people make keeping skin wrinkle- delicious and will make your in balls. a salad, they free due to its role day. add a variety in synthesizing How to cook: of lettuces collagen. Ingredients for Isapa Put your cooking pot and some- soup on fire; add some quantity times spinach, HOW TO GET 1. Isapa of red palm oil. After the oil but they forget THE BENEFITS 2. Melon is hot, pour the blended pep- about another OF WATERCRESS 3. Tomatoes, rodo (red per, tomatoes, and onions leafy vegeta- You can enjoy water- pepper), onions and cook for about 15 min- ble that’s loaded cress either raw or steamed, 4. Stockfish, crayfish utes. After, add the water with health ben- but eating it raw maximizes 5. Locust beans (iru) from the blended egusi, add efits – watercress. its health benefits. Expos- 6. Seasoning, salt the stock, add locust beans, This green veggie with pro- ing watercress to heat in- 7. Red palm oil add crayfish and the meats, its unique, peppery flavor tect activates the enzyme that 8. Meat or beef as de- put salt and seasoning as adds extra punch to sum- your heart converts glucosinolates to sired. you desire and cover the pot mer salads while offering and blood vessels cancer-fighting isothiocya- until the oil begins to surface. extra protection against dis- pound called from plaque build-up that nates, so when you cook it Before cooking: Pour Isapa into the pot, ease. Here are five reasons naturtiin. Naturtiin can lead to heart disease and you reduce its anti-cancer • Blend the tomatoes, stir very well and add your to add watercress to your is converted to a modi- stroke. Chalk two up for the benefits. Enjoy it raw in a rodo, and onions together fried Egusi. allow to cook for next salad. fied form of isothiocyanate carotenoids in watercress. salad or as a replacement and you can also blend some minutes and your soup called PEITC. Once PEITC is for lettuce on a sandwich or some locust beans with it is ready. IT HAS ANTI-CANCER formed, it turns off enzymes WATERCRESS HELPS in a wrap. Use it as a pizza and crayfish. After blending You can enjoy the deli- BENEFITS produced by the liver that YOU RECOVER AFTER A topping or puree it and add pour into a bowl and keep cacy with pounded yam or Watercress is a cru- activate carcinogens and WORKOUT yogurt, milk and spices for aside. white rice as you desire. You ciferous vegetable just like other toxins, while turning Exercising places cells a cool and refreshing sum- • Wash your melon will surely ask for more. broccoli and cauliflower. on enzymes that help your under tremendous stress. mer soup. Enjoy the taste This family of veggies is a body eliminate toxins and This causes cell-damaging – and the many health powerful source of natural pollutants you’re exposed free radicals to form. Ac- benefits of this often over- compounds called gluco- to every day. Who needs a cording to a study published looked and underappreci- sinolates. Glucosinolates colon cleanse when you can in the British Journal of Nu- ated green, leafy vegetable. WHAT ARE SALMON are converted to anti-cancer enjoy a watercress salad in- trition, watercress because compounds called isothio- stead? of its natural antioxidant OIL BENEFITS? cyanates when you eat activity help to protect cells SHORT SUMMARY: them. Isothiocyanates offer IT’S GOOD FOR YOUR against exercise-induced Tired of eating the Salmon oil is in helping to prevent protection against a variety VISION AND HEART free radicals and muscle cell same old boring sal- highly recommended prostate, colorectal, of cancer types, especially HEALTHY TOO damage. Sounds like a good ads? Pump up the flavor ones that are fueled by Two of the most com- reason to top off your workin your salad - and the by many nutritionists and skin cancer. Risk of hormones like breast and mon visual problems in out with a watercress salad. health benefits – by add- as an excellent source these cancers is reduced prostate cancer. Watercress older adults are cataracts ing watercress. Water- of omega-3 fatty ac- by the high concentra- is an especially good choice and macular degeneration OTHER HEALTH cress is a powerhouse of ids. This substance has tions of omega-3 found for women concerned about of the eye. Watercress is a BENEFITS OF disease-fighting chemi- been proven to play a in the supplement. their risk for breast cancer. good source of three vision- WATERCRESS cals. Here are five reasons pivotal role in decreas- Other salmon oil Compounds in cruciferous protecting carotenoids – Watercress has other to add watercress to your ing triglycerides and benefits pertain to the vegetables convert estro- beta-carotene, zeaxanthin, health benefits that make it next garden salad. increasing the amount eyes. It has been sug- of beneficial HDL cho- gested that consuming lesterol in one’s blood- salmon oil on a regular stream. The American basis can alleviate some HOST A STRESS-FREE GAME Heart Association has of the risks of macular recommended that peo- degeneration. If true, NIGHT PARTY ple with certain cardiac this usage would be of problems ingest ome- great importance. Mac- (NC) Hosting any cel- snack. As a light and simple ga-3 supplements such ular degeneration is the ebration can cause a lot of base, popcorn provides the as salmon oil. leading cause of blind- stress and mess. For this perfect start to a variety of Salmon oil benefits ness in adults over the year's big game, save your unique creations. game-time stress for what's Make a popcorn mix may arrive in a variety age of 50. happening on the field, not with your favourite toppings of health-related areas. In terms of one’s the party planning. or follow the recipe below It is widely believed heart, salmon oil ben- Instead of preparing for a sweet and savoury de- that salmon oil can play efits may be for several everything yourself, make it light. a large role in cancer reasons. The supple- a potluck. There are plenty prevention. Some stud- ment is naturally rich in of online tools to organize Movie Theatre Popcorn ies have shown that it vitamin B-12, which is a potluck, including shared Candy Bowl is particularly effective known to be helpful in sign-up lists that make sure Prep time: 5 minutes food, drinks and snacks are Cook time: 10 minutes covered. Serves: 12 If you aren't watch- • 6 oz (175 g) candy- Add raisins, gummy ing on cable, make sure you Ingredients: coated chocolate pieces bears and chocolate pieces. have a reliable stream set up • 1 bag (82 g) Orville Toss together and serve im- for the game. There is noth- Redenbacher gourmet but- Directions: mediately. Store remainder ing like having the game cut tery microwave popcorn Prepare popcorn ac- in tightly sealed container out at a pivotal moment. on hand to keep them sat- tificial colours, flavours or • 7 oz (210 g) choco- cording to package direc- up to three days. If the guests linger af- isfied. Orville Redenbacher preservatives, is the perfect late-covered raisins tions. Remove all un-popped ter the game, don't panic, buttery microwaveable pop- ingredient to help you put • 6 oz (175 g) gummy kernels. Place popped corn in Photo credit: Shutter- just have a few extra snacks corn, made without any ar- together a quick post-game bears large bowl. Let cool slightly. stock.

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REFLECTIONS ON RELATIONSHIPS HOW CAN I FORGIVE A PERSON WHO HAS HURT ME AND WON’T EVEN ASK FOR FORGIVENESS?

By: He knew she had more to novel, The Forever Kind of Pastor Taiwo Iredele Odubiyi say. Love. Website: www. Putting down her cut- “I too had cause to be pastortaiwoodubiyi.org lery, she smiled in a sad way bitter but I didn't allow it.” and went on. “In fact, at the Ibie revealed and talked a As Mercy looked into time, I promised myself that little about how her heart Dayo’s eyes, she felt she I would never get married. was broken by her daugh- could share her issues with But with time, God healed ter's father. him. She spoke again and my heart and I changed my Ibie continued. “You revealed, “To be honest, I'd mind. It happened about see, at one point or the oth- say that my past has kept ten years ago. We finally er, we'd have our feelings me from forming any seri- managed to put everything Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi hurt by someone we love, ous relationship.” behind us only for him to someone close to us. We'd Her past? “What do surface last year in March, not deserve your forgive- feel disappointed, betrayed you mean?” He prompted claiming to be our father. He ness but God wants you to or let down by someone or gently, realising that her also wanted us to accept and forgive anyway so we can circumstance. It's not funny voice had dropped. relate with his wife and chil- enjoy His forgiveness. He and it's not okay because it For a moment she dren. Just like that?!” She forgave us when we did not would hurt but one has to didn't talk. Then she said, smiled and added, “What a deserve it, and we should forgive and move forward. “I don't want a man like my joke!” She waved her hand do the same if we carry His If we don't, we'd be in bit- dad.” She let her gaze fall to in dismissal. spirit in us. Jesus forgave terness and resentment, the floor. (Culled from the the people who were nail- and those are not good Her dad? What hap- novel: The Forever Kind of ing Him to the cross even feelings. They are danger- pened? He wondered as he Love) though they did not ask to ous and destructive to any- waited for her to continue. If you're trying to be forgiven. one who harbours them. When she did not, he understand how to forgive … We must not allow it to Pastor & Mrs. Joseph Osaosa asked, “I hope I'm not get- an offender, that is an in- What to do: grow and if it's been there, ting too personal but may I dication that your spirit is Focus on God and His we have to weed it out ask why?” His body tensed alive to God, and it's a good word, not on your feelings completely ... daily weed as he waited for her answer. thing. It also means that or the problems. out the roots of bitterness on this new relationship. boys, between wanting to She didn't answer im- there's war in the spiritual Then start by talking from our hearts, more so Your girls have understood protect you and maintain mediately as she wondered realm - satan wants to have to God, let Him know how as Christians. For example, that there’s room for more their “special relationship” how much to tell him. She his way, and God wants to you feel - you've been hurt. it was bitterness that made than one love story in a with you and dump you sipped a little water. win the battle. When you Tell Him that you you say you would never life and clearly want to see for a teenage siren, makes He spoke again. yield to your feelings, satan know He wants you to forget married but you moved you romantically provided for sympathetic and even “What did he do? Did he wins, but when you yield give, and that you forgive past it. It might be difficult for. Theirs is the rational amusing viewing, despite ... abuse you sexually or to the word of God and for- the person now. but it can be done and it and sensible response, but the element of heartbreak. something?” give, God wins. Mention the name of must be done.” we all know that when it Even when the biologi- She shook her head For some people, un- the offender and say that comes to love those words cal bond is stretched to its as she said, “No, no. It was forgiveness is normal but you forgive him or her in Bear with each other are rarely applicable. furthest point to ensure nothing like that.” it shouldn’t be because it is Jesus name. and forgive one another if Sons and mothers, that separation in adult- She smiled but Dayo dangerous and destructive. Ask God to help you any of you has a grievance I sometimes think, is the hood isn’t too painful for could tell it was forced. It The offender may be overcome the pain, hurt, against someone. Forgive greatest love story never either party, sons often pay was not as brightly as usu- your sibling, spouse, friend, shame, and whatever it is as the Lord forgave you. told. I just need to see a little further homage by settling al. neighbour, parent, etc, God that you feel inside. (Colossians3:13) boy’s eyes lighting up in the down with a woman just She took her fork and wants you to forgive them. Praying this prayer playground when his mum like their mother! As with continued eating. You need to know that for- will give you the strength He does not punish us arrives to collect him to get the melancholicPrince of “What was it?” He giveness is a command by to act right when you see as we deserve or repay us goose bumps. In childhood, Denmark, we mums re- leaned toward her as he God. It may seem difficult the person. And in the spiri- according to our sins and they are the perfect man main a centrifugal force for searched her eyes and he to do but it brings free- tual realm, Satan is put to wrongs. – (Psalm 103:10) – pint sized, sweet smell- far longer than most of us saw emotions played out dom when it’s done, and it shame while God is glori- ing, unconditionally loving deserve, despite losing our on her face. makes you a true child of fied because a test was set Get rid of all bit- and open to guidance and sons’ early ardour to sexual “There's really not God. before you, and you passed terness, rage and anger, influence – almost every opportunity and new alli- much to tell.” She said and We will find it difficult the test. brawling and slander, facet the opposite of the ances. sighed. “It was just that he to forgive when we con- Issues will come up along with every form of adult version. What woman Your situation is com- left us, abandoned us, and sider and focus on our hurt from time to time, people malice. Be kind and com- wouldn’t dote on such a plicated naturally by your shattered my belief in love feelings and it will seem will offend us, and we will passionate to one another, creature, entirely portable husband’s passing. If you and forever.” more difficult when the of- have cause to be bitter but forgiving each other, just and built for devotion? were simply getting di- He didn't talk as he fender does not ask for for- we must not allow it as a as in Christ God forgave When they get to vorced your boy might rage waited for her to continue. giveness. The person may woman told Mercy in that you. (Ephesians 4:31-32) their teens and their arm- and rant, but eventually ac- pits smell, they’re strang- cept the idea. But your hus- ers to their toothbrush and band’s death has offered their face resembles a relief him a heightened emotional map of the Sierra Nevada. landscape and scope for in- MY HUSBAND DIED AND MY SON IS ANGRY Often you’re the only per- dulgence. As with so many son still focused on those human foibles your son’s I’M IN A NEW RELATIONSHIP familiar beloved character- raging is doubtless born of istics lurking below the hor- fear. He’s lost one parent monal turmoil. The conflict and now, when he thought Mothers and sons is and special loves who have feel the same. explain, but to no avail. I endured by most teenage continued on p(47) the greatest love story nev- been wonderful and sup- The last years of my don’t want to end my rela- er told, says Mariella Frost- portive – and they are OK, marriage were lonely as my tionship, but I don’t want rup. Stay patient but don’t me too. husband preferred to drink to destabilise my son. stop seeing your new lover. I have become close than to engage lovingly to someone I have known with me. This new low-key Mariella replies Nor The dilemma My vaguely for 10 years. He is friendship/relationship has should you. It’s the sort of husband died suddenly lovely and we seem to have been a breath of fresh air. behaviour that the expres- early last year. It has been embarked on something My daughters are happy sion “boys will be boys” tough for me and for my special. In our 50s neither someone is there for me, was invented for and, while teen/20s children. We’ve of us want to fanny about but my son is furious. He I understand it’s upsetting, worked hard to support our and he seems willing to ac- has threatened it’s “him it’s also so predictable! I’m grief and have been close. cept the baggage I carry or me” and more hostile glad to hear your daugh- They have lovely friends (and he has some, too). I language. I have tried to ters have a different take

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By Julius Oyekunle able peace and democracy." by the Ethiopian Cabinet, and opposition figures was It was however unclear known as the Council of freed from jail. OPPOSITION FIGURE Minister Hailemariam how the transition would Ministers due to the vacu- Desalegn stated Desalegn's announcement pan out. um. that the country was at a By Julius Oyekunle that he was calling it quits His departure as The hard-line ap- "gravely concerning stage," came after years of grow- prime minister and chair of proach to the protests has adding that it was impor- Police in Egypt have ing instability and protests the ruling Ethiopian Peo- divided the government. tant to offer answers to the arrested Abdul Moneim in the Oromia and Amhara ple's Revolutionary Demo- Under intense pressure questions Ethiopians were Aboul Fotouh, a leading regions of the country, and cratic Front coalition comes from the Oromo and Am- raising and the need for opposition figure and for- heavy-handed response as Ethiopia faces a crisis on hara parties in the EPRDF fresh hands in taking the mer presidential candi- from security forces. how to deal with the mass coalition, Desalegn an- country through reforms date, over his alleged ties Reports suggests protests by members of the nounced reforms last and economic progress. with the outlawed Muslim that about 800 protesters nation's two largest eth- month, promising that all His departure throws Brotherhood group. were killed in 2015 and nic groups, the Oromo and political prisoners would open a succession strug- On the orders of the Abdul Moneim Aboul 2016, and thousands more Amhara. be freed and that a jail in gle that will determine country’s public prosecutor, Fotouh were jailed, many of them Government has been the capital, Addis Ababa, whether the nation whose six other senior members of In his complaint, law- without trial including top unable to regain control known for torture of dissi- political climate has been Fotouh’s Strong Egypt Par- yer Samir Sabry accused notch politicians and gov- or to respond adequately dents would be closed. unstable and has experi- ty (SEP) were also detained Aboul Fotouh of “spread- ernment critics. to protesters' demands for Meanwhile, jubila- enced successive droughts in a recent swoop against ing fake news” and de- Desalegn announced freedom of speech and the tions erupted in the streets will adopt a more reform- the outlawed members of meaning Egypt’s President his resignation on televi- entrenchment of democrat- after the announcement ist, democratic approach the Muslim Brotherhood. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. sion, saying it was "vital in ic ideals. of his resignation, which or pursue the authoritarian Fotouh’s son has also A former member of the bid to carry out reforms A state of emergency came on a day a promi- repressions of government confirmed his father’s ar- the Muslim Brotherhood that would lead to sustain- has since been declared nent group of journalists critics. rest from his home in Cai- and leader of the centrist ro on his Facebook page, Strong Egypt Party, Aboul stating that other party Fotouh ran as an indepen- members detained include dent candidate in the 2012 Ahmed Abdel Jawad, presidential elections, gain- Ahmed Salem, Mohamed ing nearly a fifth of the S’AFRICANS JUBILATE AS RAMAPHOSA Osman, Abdul Rahman vote in the first round. Haridi, Ahmed Imam, and The vote six years Tamer Gilani. ago marked Egypt’s first SUCCEEDS ZUMA The arrests come days competitive elections fol- after an Egyptian lawyer lowing the 2011 revolu- NCNC Staff in an example of “state cap- It is often said that South Africa to enhance submitted a complaint to tion, which overthrew for- ture.” Ramaphosa has had his eye cooperation of the Govern- the public prosecutor, call- mer leader Hosni Mubarak. Cyril Ramaphosa has An arrest warrant has on the position of president ments of Africa’s two leading for the arrest of Aboul The el-Sisi led government become South Africa’s pres- been issued for Ajay Gupta, since the ANC came to pow- ing economies.” Fotouh after the latter ap- have cracked down on po- ident a day after embattled one of the three most prom- er in 1994. In a related develop- peared on an Al Jazeera litical leaders including the leader Jacob Zuma resigned, inent Gupta brothers, offi- Meanwhile, President ment, the Ethiopian Prime television show from Lon- detention of former Presi- the BBC has reported. cials said on Thursday. Muhammadu Buhari on Minister, Hailemariam De- don in a recent interview. dent, Hosni Mubarak. Ramaphosa was the This follows a raid Thursday congratulated salegn, has resigned unex- only candidate nominated by the Hawks, an elite po- Ramaphosa on his election pectedly, saying he hoped by parliament, which is lice unit, on their home on as the President of the Re- to end years of unrest and dominated by his African Wednesday. The family has public of South Africa. political upheaval. National Congress. MPs denied corruption allegations. In a statement by his In a televised address, PRESIDENT OF SOUTH broke into a song at the an- President Ramaphosa Senior Special Assistant on he said his resignation was nouncement. told parliament that corrup- Media and Publicity, Garba “vital in the bid to carry out In his first presiden- tion and state capture were Shehu, the President also reforms that would lead to AFRICA, JACOB tial speech, Ramaphosa, “on our radar screen.” felicitated with the ANC and sustainable peace and de- 65, said he would tackle He is due to deliver a the government and peo- mocracy”. corruption which allegedly State of the Nation address ple of South Africa, on the Desalegn, who has ZUMA, RESIGNS became widespread under on Friday (today). This was peaceful transfer of power led the country since 2012, Zuma. delayed last week amid un- that resulted in Ramapho- also stepped down as the NCNC staff that he would not resign, The ANC had told certainty about who should sa’s election. chairman of the ruling co- claiming that the party’s ef- Zuma to step down or face deliver it and Zuma’s reluc- The statement read in alition. The president of South fort to pull him from office a vote of no-confidence. tance to step down. part, “The Nigerian leader “Unrest and a political of Africa, Jacob Zuma, has was “unfair,” and that he Zuma faces numerous One opposition par- salutes the leadership and crisis have led to the loss of resigned after days of chal- was being “victimized,” and corruption allegations but ty, the Economic Freedom statesmanship of former lives and displacement of lenging the orders from the insisted that he had done denies any wrongdoing. Fighters, walked out of the President Jacob Zuma, and many,” Desalegn said. ruling African National Con- nothing wrong. One allegation is that parliamentary debate. It wishes him the best in his “I see my resignation gress to leave office. The “I fear no motion of no he allowed the wealthy wants new elections, rath- future endeavours. as vital in the bid to carry former anti-apartheid activ- confidence or impeachment Gupta family, with whom er than the ANC deciding “President Buhari out reforms that would lead ist, and has been South Af- … I will continue to serve he has personal ties, to on the identity of the new looks forward to working to sustainable peace and de- rica’s president since 2009, the people of South Africa wield influence over policy, president. with the new President of mocracy.” was due to leave power and the ANC. I will dedi- next year. cate my life to continuing Initially, Zuma in- to work for the execution of Their statistics reveal that lot of criticism from the inspired hope in millions of the policies of our organiza- governments executed 43 ternational community. He South Africans, especially tion,” Zuma said. GAMBIA PREPARES people in 2015 compared to lost his latest re-election bid hope amongst the poor. But Around noon, ANC 22 people in 2016. and was forced to flee the his time in office was filled officials announced they In his statement, country a year ago. with numerous accusa- would vote for an opposi- TO ABOLISH DEATH President Barrow stated Jammeh's 23-year tions of misconduct. Soon tion party’s no-confidence that the suspension was rule left the nation with a he would come to symbol- motion in parliament on just the beginning of a long bruised reputation thanks ize the corruption in South Thursday. PENALTY process that will eventually to spats with foreign gov- Afric. Late in the afternoon, end with the abolishment ernments and human rights In a televised ad- the president expressed his of capital punishment. He abuses. Mr Barrow has tried dress to the nation late on gratitude to the ANC and By R.Njeru lows the removal of the made this announcement to repair the damage that Wednesday, Zuma said he South Africans for the privi- nation’s authoritarian ruler as the nation celebrated its was done by his predeces- was a disciplined member lege of serving them and Gambia recently be- in 2017. The suspension is 53rd Independence Day an- sor ever since he took office of the ANC to which he had resigned. came the latest African meant to improve the na- niversary; it was colonized a year ago. dedicated his life. Zuma’s resignation country to fight against tion’s image in the interna- by Great Britain. Mr. Yahya Jammeh hit Hours before his resig- gives Cyril Ramaphosa, capital punishment after it’s tional community. Gambia's former international news head- nation, Zuma sounded defi- who took over the leader- president, Adama Barrow According to Am- leader, Yahya Jammeh, di- lines after he was accused ant and aggrieved during a ship of the ANC in Decem- said that his government nesty International, many rected the firing squad to of shipping out luxury ve- live interview with the state ber, the ability to be elected had suspended it. African nations have been execute nine prisoners back hicles and stealing millions broadcaster SABC. by parliament to the highest This declaration fol- abolishing death penalties. in 2012. This move drew a continued on next page He indicated strongly office.

VOLUME 13 • ISSUE 2 • FEBRUARY 2018 NIGERIAN CANADIAN NEWS • To Advertise Call : 416-318-3506 23 NIGERIANS PANIC AS UK ENACTS NEW FEMALE GENITAL PROPERTY LAW MUTILATION ON THE

A new law in the UK of Finance’s Voluntary As- before transferring funds Declared income has caused panic among sets and Income Declara- abroad. The source explained RISE IN EBONYI Nigerians who own proper- tion Scheme (VAIDS) with “Concerted efforts are that most of them sought ties in the country. calls, causing the hotlines ongoing to restore the hot- assurance that the Nigerian The UK last week to crash. lines following the crash. government and the VAIDs - UNICEF introduced a law that re- programme would protect quires foreigners who own Extension of time Company executives them from potential asset By Julius Oyekunle properties in the country to Investigation shows “Most of the calls re- forfeiture. explain the source of their that the lines in Abuja ceived are from high net Others requested to About 47 percent of funds or risk forfeiting them crashed on Friday because worth individuals, includ- know if their names had girls in Ebonyi state still un- to the government. of the heavy traffic from the ing company executives, appeared on the lists the dergo female genital mutila- According to the UK. bankers, and even a gov- VAIDS office had obtained tion, FGM, practice accord- new law, the Unexplained VAIDs office in Abuja ernor. from overseas. ing to The United Nations Wealth Orders (UWO) was receiving frantic re- “All seem to be in a VAIDS allows Nigerian Children Fund, Enugu Chief could be obtained on any quests from taxpayers panic over the prospect of taxpayers to restate their Field Officer, Mr. Ibrahim property or combination of based in the UK, asking for losing their investments,” income and assets without Conteh disclosed this while properties valued at 50,000 extension of time to enable said a source within the limit and thus could poten- marking this year Interna- pounds ( N25 million) or them to complete their dec- VAIDS office. tially allow those who own tional day of zero tolerance Mr. Ibrahim Conteh more, for which the owner laration forms. The official said that properties that cannot be for female genital mutila- political power, collabora- was unable to explain a le- The data already in some of the apprehensive explained by their previ- tion in Abakaliki in a recent tive efforts of states and pri- gal source of its funding. the possession of the VAIDS Nigerian investors had even ously declared income to assessment tour. vate sectors as well as edu- Consequently, Nige- office in the Federal Minis- visited the Federal Ministry regularise by declaring and At present, five states cating communities. More rian owners of properties try of Finance revealed that of Finance requesting to see paying the correct taxes. in Nigeria have rates of importantly, making the act in the UK have been inun- many UK property owners the minister or the head of FGM/C that are more than a criminal offense and pun- dating their home Ministry had underpaid their taxes the VAIDS office. www.africareview.com 60 percent, with Osun and ishing offenders will go a Ebonyi highest at 77 and long way in eradicating the 74 percent respectively, ac- tradition. cording to the 2013 Nation- Earlier, the state gov- al Demographic and Health ernor, David Umahi noted 7,000MW POWER PRODUCED IN NIGERIA Survey. The other states are that laws against female Ekiti, 72 percent; Imo, 68 genital mutilation would The Nigeria’s power just as it is expanding its market must be open to all percent; and Oyo, 66 per- soon be signed. Although sector is ready to receive capacity daily, adding that willing buyers, adding that cent. he added that some grey ar- a major boost according the distribution companies access to power for manu- Mr. Conteh noted that eas might be amended. to the minister for Power, have also increased their facturing and production data recorded available to Female genital mutila- Works and Housing, load taking capacity to is a big bridge towards the UNICEF in 2017 indicating tion is a pet project of the Mr Babatunde Fasho- 5,000MW. diversification of the econ- a sharp drop of about 20 wife of the Ebonyi state la, hinted that Nigeria’s “What we gather to omy. percent in 2011. governor, Mrs. Rachael power generating compa- do today is to open the The president of the Mr. Conteh, however, Umahi under her family nies (GenCos) are now able window for sales to the Eli- Association, Frank Jacobs, noted that eradicating fe- succour up-liftment foun- to produce 7,000MW. gible Customers. There can stated that its members male genital mutilation dation programme and has He also made this Mr Babatunde Fashola be no better time to explore were ready and willing needs a holistic approach been at the forefront in the known on recently at the ers Association of Nigeria this option than when there to take up the 2000 MW which he said include the campaign against FGM. 1st Stakeholders Work- (MAN). is the inventory of unsold stranded generated power shop on Taking 2000MW He added that the power with the clear prom- to carry out their manu- Unutilized Power to Eligi- Transmission Company of ise of more to come,” the facturing businesses which 40 years. They're at the tail of the facility isn't without ble Customers, which was Nigeria (TCN), is able to Minister stated. will in turn, to boost the end of the era and were ad- its problems. held with the Manufactur- transport all of this power He explained that the nation’s economy. mitted before psychotropic "Violence is a huge drugs were invented," says issue in mental health and Shynkaruk, who knows how do you manage that?" most of the patients by Shynkaruk said. "We've name. undertaken a lot of initia- "Hi Mike," she said tives in this last year and FIRST MENTAL HOSPITAL IN SASKATCHEWAN to a senior leaning against a half." the wall. "I'll come back Shynkaruk says find- CLOSES IT’S DOORS and visit you. I stopped ing staff who have experi- by yesterday but you were ence with mental-health sleeping." issues is also a challenge the institution 34 years ago The old buildings are Merilee, a woman in because it requires extra as a psychiatric nurse. steeped in history. her 30s, says she appreci- training. They're the most not "We have three ates her relationships with "It's kind of the 80-20 heard — the most un- graveyards," Shynkaruk staff. rule — 20 per cent of your voiced people in the prov- said. "There's hundreds "We're starting this problem children take up ince. They can't advocate and hundreds of patients buddy-buddy action where 80 per cent of your time," for themselves. They can't buried back there. We have nurses and patients, they she said. "I would say that make the determination a chapel here. We've had sit down and actually talk we have excellent staff about what treatment they weddings there." to one another," she said. here but it's our responsi- need." There's an old au- "And the doctors are see- bility to make sure they're This year, the old fa- topsy room and morgue, ing us more, so it's pretty well trained. cility will close its doors. complete with four wooden good." "We are trying to do a It's being replaced with a body drawers, with "Close Day-to-day running better job." new $400-million hospital This Door" written on it. right next door. "I have had calls from Saskatchewan Hos- For more than a cen- Psychiatric care has people who are producing pital opened its doors in tury, it has provided care changed immensely over movies ... There are a lot continued from p(22) on the right direction since 1914, will be replaced with for thousands of mentally the last 100 years. Im- of ghost stories out here," of pounds during his last it was only six years ago new $400 million facility. ill patients who were un- proved psychotropic drugs Shynkaruk said. "I just weeks as Gambia’s presi- that abolition seemed like a At its peak, the mas- treatable, abandoned and mean patients can be bet- gracefully decline for the dent. Some close sources pipe dream. She added that sive red-brick complex alone. ter integrated into the com- patients' sake. revealed that he escaped they hoped that the nation with £9.2m in only two will go on to become the with a scenic view of he "We get the worst of munity. In the 1950s, there "This is their home weeks. first Anglophone country in North Saskatchewan River the worst individuals in were 2,040 patients. Now and it is the One Flew Over Gambia rejoined the West Africa to abolish capi- was a community unto it- the province and when I there are 156. the Cuckoo's Nest stigma Commonwealth earlier this tal punishment. self. say that, I mean the most Today we want to and we really need to work month. Mr Jammeh had Gambia has demon- Saskatchewan Hos- ill. The most ill, the most keep people connected hard at reducing public per- withdrawn from it in 2013, strated its commitment to pital, which first opened treatment resistive, the to the community, so we ception of that." calling it a "neo-colonial in- turn over a new leaf by un- to patients in 1914, had most underdog population take people out to those Patients range in age stitution". dertaking a constitutional its own barns, cattle, grain of the province," said Linda community places like the between 18 and 86. The According to Sabrina review process, suspending field, school and chapel — Shynkaruk, director of Sas- curling rink, the swimming average stay is 18 months. Mahtani, an Amnesty In- the death penalty as well even a curling club and le- katchewan Health North pool and things like that," "We've had patients ternational researcher for as establishing a Truth and gion. Battleford, who started at Shynkaruk said. who've been here 20, 30, West Africa, the nation is Reconciliation Commission.

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OPINION FROM THE DOCTOR’S DESK PATERNITY TESTING: THE NIGERIAN OPPROBRIUM 50% NIGERIAN FIRST BORN CHILDREN By Dr. Ignatius Odianosen his manifesto to Nigerians presidency is indeed chal- nation is a 'taboo' and gu- Okosun (PhD) harping on re-establishing lenged on many fronts bernatorial impeachment From: Toronto-Canada security, providing em- security-wise. an unusual article. BELONG TO OTHER MEN Email: odyseries@gmail. com ployment for the teem- Furthermore, it is not The solution to the ing jobless youths and bogus a claim that the ren- Dapchi kidnapping, as By Bukola Adebayo ing, some bodies could not t has been more than revamping the economy egade Abubakar Shekau embarrassing as it might that has gone comatose. and his misguided crimi- be, does not lie in releas- be released, due to cases of three years since Ni- eneticists claim rising mismatch and until proven I Nigerians are con- nal elements had seen ing the already tried and geria's government af- cases of deceptions, in- otherwise, the bodies would tinuously expressing fears their command and con- condemned Boko Haram G firmed victory over, the fidelity and adultery among be kept by the hospital. about the deterioration in trol mechanism degraded criminals in exchange for Islamist militant group couples have made the The source said, “An- their living conditions, or damaged yet they have the missing girls' freedom. Boko Haram, but that dec- need to popularize Deoxyri- other family was almost laration has been put to the ubiquitous security refused doggedly to capit- Neither paying huge ran- bonucleic Acid testing oth- torn apart when the DNA test several times in the challenges, the mounting ulate. Technically beaten som amounting in millions erwise known as DNA test testing of all the three sib- past few months. In No- unemployment and the or strategically castrated of Dollars as ‘bribe’ in ex- inevitable, BUKOLA ADE- lings did not match that vember 2017, Boko Ha- economic acrobatic dance. militarily Boko Haram has change for the kidnap BAYO writes of the deceased and their ram militants carried out While one recognises proven to be a formidable girls. Such precedence will Deoxyribonucleic grandparents were dead. It bombings in Nigeria that that President Buhari has fighting force with the fis- persuade Shekau and his Acid, also known as DNA was also an emotional ex- killed dozens of people. given the top job his best cal, military and organ- rag-tag group to continue testing is still not a very ercise for the families as pa- In December 2017, the shot so far given the na- isational wherewithal to prospering in his murder- popular procedure in Nige- ternity disputes continued group attacked a Nigerian tional institutional and in- withstand the federal as- ous mission. The military ria. However, experts say to arise.” army convoy accompa- frastructural challenges he sault spearheaded by Gen- establishment and other there is a need to increase Experts have said nying World Food Pro- inherited, the truth is self- eral Tukur Yusuf Buratai security agencies must get awareness on the dynamics there is need to increase gram trucks, killing four evident that the federal and his Operation Lafiya cracking by doing the job of the test. awareness and facilities for people. Recently, Boko leadership machine is not Dole cohorts. for which they are remu- The importance of DNA testing in the country, Haram staged an attack functioning at full steam After the Chibok nerated. DNA testing came to the as statistics have revealed fore after a Dana plane on a boarding school for and it needs instant total school girls' abduction It is a national trag- that more children are liv- crashed in Lagos on June 3 girls, one that echoed the overhauling. imbroglio a few years edy that another Chibok ing with parents that are killing all 153 passengers not biologically theirs. 2014 kidnapping of 276 Moreover, Transpar- ago here comes another was allowed to occur even including crew members According to a fo- schoolgirls in the town of ency International (TI) spectacular mass kidnap- when some of the abduct- on board and others on rensic geneticist, Dr. Abio- Chibok. had recently released its ping in yet another female ed Chibok girls had not ground. dun Salami, 30 per cent of More than 100 girls global 2017 Corruption academic institution in been accounted for by the Perception Index in which Dapchi, Yobe state. The government. Allowing the Most of the bodies fathers are unknowingly have been confirmed as were burnt beyond recog- nurturing and investing in missing following a sus- Nigeria was ranked poorly Dapchi Government Girls’ Dapchi damsels to visit BH at 148th position out of Science Technical Col- 'hell' and back amounts nition. To ensure that the children who are not bio- pected Boko Haram attack right bodies were given to 180 countries considered lege was not known to to the cruelty of the worst logically theirs. on a school in north-east- the right family, the right meaning despite the anti- many Nigerians until now. kind and the Nigerian Salami, who is also the ern Nigeria. Armed insur- compensation given to the graft propaganda of the While the Chibok incident government should fully Chief Medical Director, DNA gents stormed the college deserving spouse, child, Centre, Lagos, revealed that ruling party and the heroic drew global news head- be held answerable for the in the town of Dapchi, in sibling or relative, the La- 50 per cent of the all pater- efforts of the Economic lines the present frighten- shimmering lapses. what is believed to be the gos State Government di- nity tests carried out in his and Financial Crimes Com- ing episode in Dapchi has The Dapchi kidnap- largest abduction since rected the Forensic and Pa- laboratory came out nega- mission (EFCC) the fight brought Nigeria another ping has placed President jihadists kidnapped 276 thology team of the Lagos tive and mostly affected girls from their school in against corruption has round of opprobrium. Buhari 2019 re-election State University Teaching were first born children. Chibok in 2014. Follow- remained a mirage. The Days after the Dapchi dream in jeopardy, the Hospital, Ikeja headed by He said, “Several ing days of contradictory TI shocking rating poured evil 'rapture' of the young Dapchi abduction may Prof. .John Obafunwa to surveys have shown that reports from federal agen- cold water on the vaunted 'Eves' Ibrahim Gaidam well define or re-define his carry out DNA testing on approximately three men cies, Nigeria’s Information campaign at fighting cor- -the Governor of Yobe presidency much like that the deceased and their fam- in 10 are living under the Ministry confirmed that ruption at the state and na- State, was quoted as say- of his predecessor, Good- ilies to erase all doubts. deception that they are the 110 students remained tional levels by the Buhari ing that some of the girls luck Ebele Azikiwe Jona- This decision, ac- fathers of another man’s missing. led government. President had been found. It later than. Whether he succeeds cording to a source at the children and with advances The Boko Haram in- Buhari’s much-advertised proved to be a conscious or fails to consolidate Forensic unit unravelled in genetic testing, they are surgency began in 2009 fight against corruption lie told to mislead the res- power in 2019, history many mysteries. No one more likely than ever to find when the jihadist rebel has degenerated into a tive populace. The state and posterity would never was more surprised than out the shocking truth. Half group Boko Haram start- demolition derby. As hap- government had issued forget to remember his ac- the two children of Mr. of the paternity disputes ed an armed rebellion pened with many previous a damage-control press tions or inactions toward Taiwo Akinsanya (not real and tests we carried out in against the government efforts to fight corruption statement explaining itself the Boko Haram terrorism, names) when they were two years showed that the told that their DNA profile of Nigeria. In 2012, ten- in Nigeria, different out- and apologising for the kidnapping and maraud- fathers were not biological- did not match that of their sions within Boko Haram posts of power and influ- faux pas. According to the ing Fulani herdsmen and ly related to their children father, who had died in the especially when the dispute resulted in a gradual split ence in the president’s statement, the Governor their numerous security plane crash. arose on paternity of first of the group between the coterie appear determined told the lie he told based challenges nationwide un- One of the distraught born children. Salafist conservative fac- to use anti-corruption as a on”unreliable" information der his command and the children, who spoke with “We have seen cases tion led by Abu Usmatul cover to settle intra-palace at his disposal then. This security agencies. Fur- scores. brings to question the cali- thermore, two civil society our correspondent at the of paternity disputes where al-Ansari, and the more unit when the hospital re- even the two men claim- dominant, violent faction Even for a retired ber of leaders managing organisations, Centre for General whose integrity the most populous black Anti-Corruption and Open fused to release the bodies ing paternity to a child are led by Abubakar Shekau. to them, challenged the is widely-acknowledged, community in the world. Leadership, CACOL, and excluded as the biological By 2015, part of the group credibility of the whole ex- alas corruption has proven The questions persist Campaign for Democracy, fathers from test results split into al-Qaeda affili- ercise and accused the offi- to be a 'Nigerian', a hard as parents of the miss- CD, has already kicked leaving the mother to look ated Ansaru, and Shekau's cials of conniving with their elsewhere for the child’s nut to crack. The Daura ing girls lament the sud- against President Muham- faction became ISIL's West extended relatives to cause biological father. I have straightforward man of den disappearance to the madu Buhari’s reported Africa branch. chaos in the family. witnessed shocking cases the Jackboot never en- unknown of their loved re-election bid. Finally, However, after three “I demand that the where men discover that visaged it this way as he ones. Pray, how could a the resultant failure of the failed consecutive at- tests be repeated. They three or four children out of tempts, when President sought to change the way state Chief Executive have political leadership to har- have been compromised five they had were not fa- Buhari was campaign- we see Nigeria and do committed such fraud? ness Nigeria’s huge po- by some relatives. They thered by them.” ing in 2015 to be elected things. The Boko Haram, Must he have believed the tential has created several do not want to release the Salami attributed the President of the Federal armed and dangerous in- source easily? If it were to security, economic and body to us and our mother increase in paternity dis- Republic of Nigeria he surgency up north has be in other saner climes political challenges that who could have claimed the putes and deceptions to was convinced as many refused to 'die' despite the Governor Gaidam would have prevented the coun- body died two years ago. infidelity, adultery and in- Nigerians did of his tested federal sledgehammer be- have since resigned his try from becoming strong, They are raising unneces- crease in sexual reckless- capacity to bring about ing used to try to crush the executive position or been stable and prosperous. sary suspicion within the ness among Nigerian cou- change to a system that terrorist group. And when impeached by the state family.” ples. was totally rotten and bro- you add the menacing ma- legislators in the event of Dr. Ignatius Okosun As the drama unfold- “This percentage is in- ken. Through the All Pro- rauding Fulani herdsmen any exhibition of intransi- is a researcher, prolific ed, a reliable source at the creasing because of sexual gressives Congress (APC) to the mix then you can gence. But Nigeria remains writer and a social com- unit told our correspondent recklessness. Recent trends coalition he had presented conclude that the Buhari a metaphor where resig- mentator. that following the DNA test- continued on p(47) Disclaimer: The opinions, beliefs, and views expressed by writers on the opinion page of Nigerian Canadian Newspapers and its website or on its social media page do not reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of the publisher of the Nigerian Canadian Newspapers and its online publications. It is solely the author’s contribution.

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sure in bright scenes while By Shalewa Ayodele Twitter failed time and the bright aperture lets in again to keep its Mac app 28 percent more light than Twitter’s erratic sup- up to date with the service’s the S8’s f/1.7 lens. It is port for its dedicated desktop latest features — it took the worth noting that the aper- Mac application is coming to company more than seven ture cannot be set to values an end, with the company months to bring Moments, in between f/1.5 and f/2.4. announcing that it’s pulled which launched in October You can manually control the application from the of 2015, to its Mac client. the apertures using the pro web and from Apple’s App In December of 2015, It was mode in the app or alter- Store. Support for Twitter for reported that Twitter didn’t natively, the camera app is Mac will end in the coming even make the app itself; the able to switch between the weeks, the company adds. company outsourced devel- apertures appropriately. This The app, before Twit- opment to a third-party digi- is the best deal you can get ter pulled it, had an aver- tal studio in Seattle called from any phone since Sam- age user rating on the App Black Pixel. sung is the only one that Store of 1.7 out of 5. That’s So it’s safe to say the offers two aperture options. an accurate approximation software won’t be dearly The S9’s 12-mega- of most people’s attitude missed by very many users. pixel camera sensor also toward the software, which It’s clear Twitter wants to put includes: upgraded multi- has never quite been as ro- more of its engineering and frame noise reduction, sec- bust as third-party clients product resources toward ond-generation dual-pixel like Tweetbot or even in- web and mobile, where a autofocus tech and the abil- house services like Tweet- vast majority of users likely ity to record a slow-motion deck. access the product today. By R.Njeru The S9 has an efficient new features like the luxuri- video at up to 960 frames and attractive design that ous headphone jack and an per second (at 720p resolu- Samsung recently will remind you of the S8; it improved biometric security tion). launched the Galaxy S9 in has curved sides, extra tall setting that combines facial The S9 is similar to a familiar body but with an 18.5:9 screens as well as recognition with the slower, last year’s S8 but it comes improved camera. The Gal- glass front and backs. The more secure iris scanner. with enough features that WORLD’S FIRST axy S9 phone was launched S9 screen is 5.8 inches; it What stands out about show an obvious improve- together with the S9 Plus. has Super AMOLED pan- the S9 is its upgraded cam- ment. In the United States, The Galaxy S9 is very els with 2960 x 1440 pixel era which is offered as a it will be launched in differ- PASSENGER DRONE similar to the hugely suc- resolutions. single lens. It has a me- ent colors like blue, purple cessful Galaxy S8 that was Just like other Galaxy chanically adjustable ap- and black. Internationally, a big deal in 2017. In fact, phones, the S9 has fea- erture that can switch be- it will also come in a grey LANDS IN CHINA the S8 was so good that it tures like microSD memory tween a very bright f/1.5 to color. We expect more color can easily be ranked as one expansion, fast wireless a smaller f/2.4 depending options by the end of the of the best electronics that charging as well as IP68 on the environment it is ex- year. This phone is likely to the company has ever pro- water and dust protection. posed to. The f/2.4 aperture be well received in the mar- duced. However, the S9 has some is meant to avoid overexpo- ket. 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HAPPY NEW YEAR It is always a pleasure doing this page every month. I just want to thank you all for the support. Please, enjoy reading, solving the scramble and learning new words. Have a good month. Name: ______

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b) What is the full g) Which colour is Find the following wordsTELEPHONE in the puzzle. SCRAMBLE name of a HIPPO? not on the Canadian Words are hidden Byand Divine Chimsom. Ugoh Hippopotamus flag? a) Hippotamis White Hippopotomous Blue OBJECT OCTOBER OSTRICH Red ______OBSERVATION4 6 5 3 9 4 5 5 2 5OFFEND 2 9 7 2 3 8 4 3 7 3OUTDOOR OBSESSIVE OFFENSIVE OVERCAST c) How many play- h) Which planet is OBVIOUS OFFICE OXYGEN b) ers are there in a sometimes further OCCUPATION OPTICIAN OZONE soccer team? from the Sun than OCCUPY ORANGE 10 Pluto? ______12 (a) Neptune OCEAN3 6 6 0 8 4 2 8 3 ORGANIC6 3 2 3 2 2 8 7 3 11 (b) Mars

______4 9 2 6 8 8 6 7 8 2 6 3 6 8 8 d) How many pairs i) Which part of the of legs do most crabs body is affected by answers on page (37) have? Otitis? 4 (a) The Ear 5 (b) Mars 6 WRITE THE MISSING VOWELS TO COMPLETE EACH WORD Created using Word Search Generator on A place that has little rain de_er_ Super Teacher Worksheets (www.superteacherworksheets.com) e) A Euro is made up k) Gerontologist is a A reptile that lives in a swam cro _ _ dil_ of a hundred what? specialist in which Cents area? A place where the sick are treated _os__it_l Pence (a) Children The opposite of male fe_a_e Kobo (b) Elderly answers on page (37) answers on page (37)

VOLUME 13 • ISSUE 2 • FEBRUARY 2018 NIGERIAN CANADIAN NEWS • To Advertise Call : 416-318-3506 31 CIRCLE THE CORRECTLY SPELLED WORD CONGRATULATION 1. wonderful wounderful worlderful OLUCHI WON 2 MEDALS AT TRACK & FIELD GAME 2. weht weigh wiegh 3. wont won’t wonte RECENTLY HELD AT YORK UNIVERSITY 4. across acrosse across 5. finaliy finally fineally 6. disappear disapear dissappear 7. enviroment environment envanronment 8. complitely completly completely 9. bizarre bizarre bizard 10.Caribean Caribbian Caribbean

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SUDOKU by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan solution on page (38) SUDOKU Eachby SudokuMyles puzzleMellor consists and Susan of a 9X9 Flanagan grid that has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3X3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column and box must contain each BOOKS OF THE MONTH Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9X9 grid that has Across beenof the subdivided numbers into 1 tonine 9. smallerPuzzles grids come of 3X3in three squares. grades: To easy, medium and difficult. EACH KINDNESS THE HUNDRED DRESSES solve the puzzle each row, column and box must contain Jacqueline Woodson By Eleanor Estes eachLevel: of the Medium numbers 1 to 9. Puzzles come in three grades: 2. Dog or top? easy, medium and difficult.

4. Makes two of a kind 153 4 6. Look out points 2 43 9 65 8. 2002 Rascal Flatts album 37 6 6 751 8 9. Trussed 9 78 10. Innermost 81 4 46 2 12. Garb 9 561 13An. actFishing of kindness isn'tequipment that hard and when solutions on page (38) there's someone in dire need, the right source Whenever you’re sure of what you have, it of motivation is our ability to change the world. doesn’t seem likely that others will believe until There's a new girl in town, Chloe and her they see. WORDS OF THE MONTH friends detest her. It will take the teachings of The life of Wanda Petronski is unique in ev- Chloe'sDown teacher to make amends with Maya. ery respect. She’s simple and moderate, yet boast Daalu – Thank you (Igbo) It's not yet late to act kindly, but possessing the of her imaginary hundred dresses at home. Ex- strength1. toWagered adjust from bullying is essential. An cept her friends learn the secrets, the faded blue Baba mi – my father (Yoruba) audio book that speaks to the conscience. dress she wears to school is all they see. 2. Camp lighting VOLUME 13 • ISSUE 2 • FEBRUARY 2018 3. Objection 4. Placed on top of each other 5. Kind of cheese 6. Form a partnership, say 7. Harden in place, as of a bone 11. Orange cover 32 NIGERIAN CANADIAN NEWS • To Advertise Call : 416-318-3506 BUSINESS UBER TO SET UP 24-HOUR HOTLINE CIBC MAKES BUYING FOR UK CUSTOMERS CANADIAN REAL

go even further in setting a operators in the private hire ESTATE DIFFICULT higher standard for private market. We welcome any hire and other transport op- move that has the potential By R.Njeru ing income and Information tions. to improve the safety of pri- Return Relating to Non- “After listening to vate hire drivers and their The Canadian Imperial Controlled and Controlled feedback from drivers, rid- passengers.” Bank of Commerce (CIBC) Foreign Affiliates. ers, local regulators and the Uber had promised has made it difficult to pur- Discussions about this police we’re introducing to mend its ways under its chase Canadian Real Estate new system are still ongo- a number of new features new chief executive, Dara after it got rid of the Foreign ing in two of the other Big and changes to enhance Khosrowshahi, who held Income Program. Six banks and according to driver and passenger safe- talks with senior TfL offi- CIBC is one of Cana- reports, it is only a matter ty.” cials in London soon after da’s biggest banks and this of time before they follow Uber said it would taking charge. The firm’s change is expected to have in the footsteps of CIBC. also change its approach to global image had taken a harsh impact on people Real estate prices will be reporting serious incidents a battering under former who use foreign income to affected negatively in two to the police. Concern had boss Travis Kalanick, who be eligible for a mortgage. ways. First, it will be hard been raised by the Met po- departed following a series A new program has been for foreigners to borrow a lot Uber has announced the capital, after TfL refused lice that Uber was failing of controversies including introduced and it requires of money since the amount it is to set up a 24-hour it a new licence, concluding to properly investigate al- claims of sexual harass- interested parties to comply will be stress tested against hotline for UK customers it was not a fit and proper legations of sexual assault ment at its corporate head- with B-20 guidelines from the declared income. Sec- and will proactively report company. Uber’s licence against passengers – one quarters and data breaches OSFI. ond, non-residents dodg- incidents to the police, a appeal is due to be heard in major issue when TfL de- affecting its customers. International students ing local taxes will have to day after London’s trans- the spring. nied the firm a new licence. Elvidge said, “We’re and foreign buyers enjoyed spend more to buy a house. port authorities announced The firm’s UK gen- Uber said it would now pass determined to change the an easy time when getting a Those income taxes plans for tighter controls on eral manager, Tom Elvidge, police information directly way we do business, so mortgage in the old system. are likely to lower sales and private hire firms. said: “With millions of over any serious incident we’ll carry on listening In many cases, you could they will certainly kill prof- The move also comes trips across the UK booked reported by passengers – and plan to make other im- get an uninsured mortgage its on property. In fact, the ahead of a court of appeal through our app each week and likewise if a driver was provements over the com- with a deposit above 35%, Chinese Media has been re- hearing where Transport for the safety of riders and the victim of a crime. ing months.” all this without the verifi- porting that Canada’s hous- London will seek to demand drivers using Uber is a top Customers will also be Uber is not expected cation of your income. The ing crash will be even worse that private hire operators priority. given more access to driver to now oppose TfL’s appeal buyer would have to stop than that of the United should have a phone line “Over the last few information, including the to reinstate the requirement paying their bills for the States. – a regulation quashed by years we’ve led the way licensing authority and pri- for a phone line for custom- bank to be at risk of a loss, CIBC has emerged as judges after Uber forced a with pioneering technology vate hire number of their ers to speak to an operat- the prices would also have the first bank to roll out new judicial review of taxi regu- which enhances safety, like driver. ing firm if necessary while to decline by 35%. foreign income limitations. lations in 2016. GPS tracking of every trip Responding to the travelling. Its lawyers will The B-20 guidelines Foreign money will have to The Guardian reports and our two-way rating move, a TfL spokesperson instead give evidence of its in the new income verifica- deal with this new challenge that the ride-hailing app system. said, “Safety is our top own actions in installing tion system are harder to in the process of buying a service is still battling to “But we recognise we priority and we expect the a 24-hour support line for comply with. The new sys- home with one of Canada's retain its right to operate in can use our technology to highest standards from all both riders and drivers. tem requires one to obtain: largest lenders. 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VOLUME 13 • ISSUE 2 • FEBRUARY 2018 NIGERIAN CANADIAN NEWS • To Advertise Call : 416-318-3506 33 LETTER TO THE EDITOR THIS IS WHY WE DON’T HAVE NICE THINGS - A COUNSEL FOR MY YOUNG AFRICAN BROTHER, DESMOND COLE

I too was at the inau- considerable personal sacri- landmine with his profes- tions. The pontification guration of the Federation of fice in your undertaking to sional regulatory body for by you and others on the Black Canadians (FBC) cov- stand up, speak up and lead compliance before embark- probity of his involvement ering the eventon behalf of the resistance – I too coming on such a communal with the FBC to me is a red my television station, FEVA mend you my Sierra Leo- endeavor. He is a learned herring. TV, Canada’s first 24-hour nean lion, may the ances- Black man in a precarious Black television network. tors protect you from harm. position of authority, aware My dear young man I sat directly across from of the pitfalls of navigat- Desmond, so he has access you on the final day of the My cautionary tale to ing in a white-dominated to the Prime Minister, his 3-day event and witnessed you in penning this article society. I was pleasantly immigration minister and a your incessant petulance as is to register my disagree- surprised to see a Black few higher ups? So, freak- Judge Donald McLeod you heckled speaker after ment with your criticism man in his exalted position Desmond Cole ing what? Someone in our speaker that you disagreed of Judge Donald McLeod participate so publicly in the Opal, Palbinder K. Shergill community should have ac- with especially John Tory of the Ontario Court of Jus- formation of an association and the late Justice Harry cess to that silver-spooned Kidding aside, dear (you really do not like him, tice. It was wrong both in dedicated towards the em- Batshaw, who was a Vice socialist Justin Trudeau (I Desmond, our battle will be do you?). fact and in logic. This was powerment of Black Cana- President of the Zionist Or- am a conservative party fought on many fronts – we in my opinion, the cause dians. Most of his ilk would ganization of Canada. These member by the way). If it are not a monolith. Your It took all the patience and effect of youthful exu- normally shrivel away in ir- individuals don’t wear the takes him and former Gov- assertion that “…. There acquired over my fifty- five berance, inexperience and relevance showing up occa- robe 24-hours. They have a ernor General Michelle Jean are many ways for Black years of living on this earth unchecked ego unleashed sionally for the community life and political affiliations and others, to get an official people to advocate – I dis- for me not to turn around to inexplicably damage dinner awards. Would you with the ruling party of the recognition of the Interna- agree” begs credulity. The and ask you to cut it off. and sully a man, who like rather have a Justice Clar- day. tional Decade of the People illogicality of that statement Other attendees deserve you, sought to contribute ence Thomas? God forbid! of African Descent from the can be attributable to what I to listen to the speakers to the wellbeing of Blacks A Judge Donald Prime Minister, and get him referred to earlier – inexpe- in peace whether you like in Canada. For the record, I Fact is Judge Donald McLeod is witness daily, to commit, even if superfi- rience and ego. Our strug- their views or not. Every- don’t know Judge McLeod – McLeod is not the first sit- to the endless parade of cially, to some form of repa- gle must be approached the one around you surprising- I only met him briefly that ting judge to actively par- Blacks, especially Black ration; who’s ox is gored? same way a military con- ly tolerated your disruption day to shoot a promo that ticipate and lead an ethnic youth through the judiciary Don’t we deserve nice ducts its operation: With – I guess as a recognition he gave FEVA TV on behalf organization in this multi- – casualties in some cases, things? Who do you think tacticians, foot soldiers, ne- and may I say, respect of of the FBC. I have not seen cultural Canada. Organiza- of the consequences of the the delicate Justin Trudeau gotiators, logisticians, etc. the fact that you have “put or communicated with him tions such as the Canadian systemic racism prevalent is most likely to listen to? All working in tandem, all in work” when it comes to since then. Jewish Congress and the in Canada. He must be af- Your sometimes-bombastic deserving of our apprecia- advocating for Black people World Sikh Organization fected by it and wanted to self or the suit-fitting Judge tion and commendation. on the issues of police bru- Fact is, as he pointed have enjoyed the member- do something. This should Donald McLeod? Haven’t You’ve earned the re- tality, carding, immigra- out in his rebuttal, Judge ship and leadership of their be applauded, and his in- you noticed how sharp and spect and admiration from tion deportations, etc. I am McLeod must have cleared brethren on the bench. tentions not muddled by handsome Judge McLeod the community, myself in- sure that you have suffered every potential conflictGoogle names like Wally your intemperate declara- looks in a suit? cluded, but that does not continued on p(39)

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BOOKS - EDITOR’S PICK FICTION & NON FICTION BOOKS We hope the month of February was a super-exciting month. It was a valentine month and black history month, you can’t afford to get carried away in the month of March. From inspirational bedtime stories for children, amazing fiction for adults and spiritual books for those who yearn for it, there’s enough to choose from our book collection this issue. Let’s march through knowledge and have fun together

BUSINESS Rework If You ’re Vivid Origin Towards THE POWER OF By Jason Fried and David By Beverly Jenkins By Dan Brown Heinemeier Hansson With Me Freedom: BROKE: by Kim Cash Tate The African- HOW EMPTY Canadian POCKETS, A Experience TIGHT BUDGET, By Alexander, K., & Glaze, A. AND A HUNGER FOR SUCCESS CAN BECOME YOUR GREATEST

COMPETITIVE Inequality has had Dan Brown's at it its toll on the plight again. Unraveling mys- ADVANTAGE Learn how indeci- teries through symbol- By Daymond John and Getting smart is and destinies of blacks about the acquisition of sion can ruin a precious through history. The ogy and arts to either Daniel Paisner the knowledge that guar- journey of love in this in- road to liberation is not verify or falsify scien- triguing classic. tific and religious facts. antees extraordinary re- far if there's a strong will A book for not only Faith Langston's Find out what he's in- sults. Find out you can and determination to es- the blacks but all custodi- choice as to whom she vestigating this time in get the best with little ef- cape. ans of history. The epochal fort. loves seemed to be true Set in 1876, a frus- another suspense filled events that have shaped Thinking of doing it when the love of her life trated Dr. Viveca is not classic. Canada today is worth tak- on your own and taking goes home just before happy as a result of the Kirsch, a student ing a look at from a holistic bold steps while ignor- Christmas and runs into limitations placed upon of Langdon at Harvard perspective. That is exactly ing competitors? This is his first love—he’s faced female physicians of is about to reveal an as- what you will find in the the book that does not with choices of his own. color. She is offered the tonishing breakthrough book. emphasize on business The past beckons and chance to set up a prac- at an event in Spain. It Towards Freedom is a plan or studying compet- rages against a promising tice in the small all Black will answer two of the classic tale that highlights itors. You need less than future. Would she com- community of Grayson fundamental questions the four-hundred-year what you think to suc- promise? Grove, Michigan. At the of human existence. struggle for freedom, jus- ceed. Things you never Woman's Medical Col- Navigating the tice, peace, and equality in planned for are not listed lege of Pennsylvania, dark corridors of hid- Canada. Blending historic events and people with The experiences of in initial paperworks and impetus needed to sur- she would learn how den history and extreme contemporary issues, it rec- two outstanding business ultimately, it will require vive in business. Starting to fight for her rights. religion, Langdon and ognizes the efforts of black owners who started with instincts to survive in Nate Grayson is pre- Vidal, a close associate a business from meagre nation-builders contribut- limited budget can help any business. fund forces you to think pared to fight for that must fight and over- ing enormously to Canada's you discover that its not more creatively and out and of course, his hand- come all enemies even evolving democracy. It also all about your financial of the box as individuals someness is also tempt- the Royal Palace to un- painstakingly examines base. Tank show reveals that and help you be at your ing enough for a dark- ravel mysteries, decode Canada today in a global The founder of FUBU being broke can actually optimum best in decision skinned talented medical password and reveal world and what lies ahead and star of ABC’s Shark give enterpreneurs the making. practitioner. breathtaking truth. for the black race.

Whoever wins this and previously executed the winner fails, I will per- pathetic analysis of this na- project must deliver as projects in Africa. Only one TO THE RESCUE sonally ensure they spend tion and I agree with you, scheduled. The Federal of you can win the contract. the rest of their lives in I am yet to see any of the Government will not hesi- It will be solely on merit and SAY NO TO CORRUPTION jail.’” Mr. Harrah laughed, people jailed. I guess if they tate to cancel the contract competence. Let me stress By Pastor Dele Dada “Unfortunately you don’t have jailed them they will if the winner defaults or de- again that it will be very im- know your nation. I wish not be doing it and you and lays in executing this proj- portant that the winner ex- Continued from the last issue we secure the contract but I will not be here. Sorry.” ect. If the persons or com- ecutes this project and may Hands Construction Com- I have spent 15 years in “You are not part of it pany that wins this contract I add without variation”. All pany Ltd. to make the first this your country and close yet” responded Mr. Harrah. fails to perform I will per- the people roared in laugh- presentation.” to people in high places of “You are only there poten- sonally ensure the person- ter. “I will now handover One after the other the authority. I am yet to see tially. Until you have the nel of such a company are to Mr. Douglas the Director three companies made their one major contract of this money in your account sued and spend the rest of who will lead us through presentation. Mr. Douglas magnitude that is awarded don’t conclude you have their lives in jail. This coun- the presentation process. stood up and gave a brief once. Usually they will won the contract. I mean try has been known for cor- Once again thank you La- speech of appreciation and award the contract twice or it is not time to celebrate ruption locally and interna- dies Gentlemen for coming said “the winner will be thrice and hope they are ex- yet. For all I know another tionally and we have got to and especially our contrac- contacted shortly, mean- ecuted at the end of the day. presentation may be going start to redeem our images. tors who will be making the while light refreshments In all my years here all I on in that board room now ‘Charity begins at home’ presentations.” have been provided in the witness is that they will tell over the same contract or goes the adage. I may not Mr. Douglas stood up. Mega Food Court on the you they are setting up a project. That minister you be present throughout this Thank you Mr. Minister. I second floor of this build- probe panel. Then they will heard sounding tough, all presentation but three of must say we all share your ing. Please take time to join reading lamp and declared inaugurate the panel with he is doing is to get the the ministries Directors are passion and enthusiasm us. Once again thank you “What a day!” fanfare and then they will highest bidder’s attention. here and four Assistant Di- over this project. There is Ladies and Gentlemen.” That Minister re- tell you they will have pub- I hope Michael will get rectors. I need you to know not too much to say about Paola and Mr. Harrah ally had my heart pound- lic hearing. They will feed this through” Harrah said that eighty-one companies procedure except to say be did not wait for the refreshing. “Why?” Retorted Mr. the society with all unnec- with confidence. Paola just bidded and submitted their precise and make sure you ment. They took taxi and Harrah. essary details but at the end opened his mouth wide, quotations for this contract have seven copies of your went straight to Harrah’s “Are you asking me”? of the day I have not seen amazed about how this and only the three of you bid. Without further delay I hotel. As soon as they en- “Did you not hear him. one person jailed because of stranger seems to know the have been carefully chosen will like to call on Mr. Pe- tered, Paola threw his brief ‘This contract must be ex- one probe in Nigeria.” Paola system more than himself. based on your experience ter Cola, the CEO of Capable case on the table with the ecuted as scheduled and if shaking his head “that is a TO BE CONTINUED

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CAREER ONTARIO’S ERIC 3 RESUME-BUILDING TIPS FOR HOSKINS RESIGNS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AS HEALTH

(NC) University and about different places and available with non-profit first interview. MINISTER college students are in their cultures. Not only is trav- organizations such as Am- final stretch; finishing final elling fun, informative and nesty In- Work experience. By R.Njeru exams, essays and projects. personally enriching, it terna- Working while studying is While getting good grades also demonstrates to not always easy during the Ontario, Canada-- has been shown to increase a future employer busy school term, but sum- Ontario's Eric Hoskins has the chances of landing a that someone is mers offer a great opportu- announced that he has offi- good job, employers are in- curious, adapt- nity to gain work experi- cially resigned as the Health creasingly looking for even able and globally ence. Not only can students Minister. He will be heading more from applicants. minded. save for tuition, but many a national pharmacare pro- Here are three tips workplace skills are trans- gram and therefore, he will that can help post-second- Volun- ferrable, even if their sum- not vie in the June provin- ary students add something teer. This is one mer job is not necessarily in cial election. that will stand-out to their of the best things the field they want to work He said that he is resumes while still enjoying a student can do to in l still committed to improv- Eric Hoskins a well-earned summer. increase their employ- ing the nation’s health- ability and get their re- tional. Find more informa- care although he is leaving Wynne has praised Hoskins Travel. University sume noticed. Whether they Volunteer- tion about volunteering Queen's Park. He also re- for being a great leader, summer breaks are the per- are interested in business, ing is a great way to show with a human rights orga- signed as St. Paul’s Member she said that he has been a fect time to make lifelong policy or human rights is- motivation and experience nization at www.amnesty. of Provincial Parliament. strong campaigner of their memories while learning sues, placements are often to a potential employer in a ca. Hoskins stated that he universal health-care sys- was grateful that Premier tem. He has also increased Kathleen Wynne had of- the availability of services fered him an opportunity to for people with mental ill- serve Canadians. nesses, lowered surgical 3 ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS Hoskins is an officer wait times, built new hospi- of the Order of Canada and tals in Ontario as well as in- a family doctor. He became creasing access to primary- TO LEARN IN 2018 an MPP in 2009. In 2013, care providers. he vied for the leadership She also credited (NC) The first few postpone the onset of de- a passion for learning will made in social change, with of the Ontario Liberal Party. Hoskins for making pre- months in a new year are mentia. It's also never too help you make the most of it becoming popular and He was appointed in Wyn- scription drugs free for ev- all about self-reflection and late to start, with classes what our digital world has even fashionable to cham- ne’s first cabinet as Eco- eryone under the age of 25 self-improvement. So why offered online or in local to offer. Not only will you pion causes that are im- nomic Development min- thanks to historic initiatives not pick up some great community centres. Since be able to program your portant to you, like gender ister before becoming the like OHIP+. These kinds of skills and learn new things we're in Canada, consider Google Home or Alexa, you equality, for example. One Health minister. programs have made the that will help you in your learning or brushing up on can add valuable skills like way you can share your His departure will be province a leader when it home, at work and in your your French so you can be coding and photo editing input and help shape how a blow to Wynne's cabinet comes to matters of health everyday life? understood in both official to your resume. You can our country is governed is since he is the fourth senior care. languages whether you're even stay connected with by participating in public minister to announce that The Premier took the 1. Learn a second asking for a beverage or government and make life consultations. And, be- he will not run in the forth- opportunity to announce language. There are plenty working with a client. easier using their online cause our official languages coming election. He follows MPP Helena Jaczek as the of benefits that come with services in both official lan- belong to everyone, the Of- in the footsteps of other key new minister of Health and knowing another language 2. Stay up-to-date guages, like direct deposit fice of the Commissioner of ministers like Brad Duguid Long Term Care. She is a — and research proves on tech. Even as technol- for your benefits cheques Official Languages is invit- and Deb Matthews who medical doctor with a lot of it. Different studies show ogy changes quickly and and tax returns. ing everyone to share their have also announced that experience in the field. In that being bilingual can new apps and programs ideas. they will not participate in addition to this, Wynne an- make you a better decision- revolutionize our world, a 3. Make your voice Find more informa- the June election. nounced that the ministry maker, be more perceptive, keen interest in keeping on heard. The year 2017 saw tion online at officiallan- Hoskins is a philan- of Community and Social think differently and even top of what's trending and some great strides being guages.gc.ca. thropist and this is what led Services will be led Michael him to establish War Child Coteau. Canada together with his Premier Kathleen wife, Dr. Samantha. This Wynne has certainly lost project is meant to give aid a great leader and many DISTRACTED DRIVING to children in war-torn re- residents of Ontario will be gions in different parts of hoping that Helena Jaczek the globe. will continue improving the Know what counts as 2000. (e.g. phone, GPS) as long or up to 14 years for causing Premier Kathleen healthcare sector. distracted driving – and the Ontario data on colli- as it is secure – not moving death. penalties you could face for sions from 2013 show: around while driving it – before you get behind the • one person is injured If convicted, the penalty Tips to avoid distracted • silence notifications can use your phone to call wheel. in a distracted-driving colli- you face depends on the kind driving that tempt you to check your 911, but be sure to pull off the sion every half hour of license you hold and how Use any of these tips to phone road to a safe area to make What counts as distracted • a driver using a phone long you’ve been driving. avoid distracted driving and the call. driving is four times more likely to its penalties: Calling 911 When you aren’t fo- crash than a driver focusing Careless driving • turn off your phone or In an emergency, you www.ontario.ca cused on the road, things can on the road You could face more switch it to silent mode before happen fast. charges – for careless driv- you get in the car Using your phone to Penalties for distracted ing – if you endanger other • put it in the glove talk, text, check maps or driving people because of any kind of compartment (lock it, if you continued from p(28) choose a playlist while you’re The easiest way to distraction. 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If convicted of careless ing message that tells callers vote on the proposal in a expand the emoji catalogue ing, reading or typing a des- It’s against the law to driving, you may receive: you’re driving and you’ll get process that can take up to have resulted in water pis- tination into a GPS are also use hand-held communica- • six demerit points back to them when you’re off two years before it's rolled tols replacing guns, adding dangerous when you’re be- tion (e.g. your phone) and • fines up to $2,000 the road out on different platforms. same sex couples to the hind the wheel. electronic entertainment and/or • some apps can block In a statement Tinder emoji keyboard as well as It doesn’t matter if devices (e.g. DVD player, e- • a jail term of six incoming calls and texts, or said: "As the largest and more recently a redhead you’re on a highway or reader) while driving. months send automatic replies to peo- most diverse platform for emoji. stopped at a red light – dis- In fact, simply holding • a licence suspension ple trying to call or text you meeting new people, we As it stands, the emoji tracted driving could cost you. a phone or other device while of up to two years • ask a passenger to are uniquely positioned and keyboard already shows a driving is against the law. 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VOLUME 13 • ISSUE 2 • FEBRUARY 2018 36 NIGERIAN CANADIAN NEWS • To Advertise Call : 416-318-3506 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SOUTH KOREA EXPERIENCES REDUCED STUDENTS BIRTH RATE AS WOMEN GO ON RESTRICTED FROM “BIRTH STRIKE” WEARING SHOES

By R.Njeru tries, South Korea is the third-lowest in the women still complain that IN INDIA ranked as last in terms of world and the lowest in the government’s efforts South Korea is ex- time men spend caring for the OECD. Israel is the first are not enough and the periencing a reduction in their children, first for the among OECD countries statistics show few signs By Omoshalewa Ayodele ing to the centres wearing newborns as its women highest gender wage gap with a birth rate of 3.1. In of success in the govern- shoes and socks will have go on a “birth strike”. The and third-highest for the contrast, the U.S. has 1.8 ment’s program. A state in eastern In- to remove them outside the government’s efforts to fix number of hours worked. and Canada has 1.6. According to Eunha dia called Bihar has banned hall,” head of Bihar School this issue have been futile Sun-hwa Shim says that Yun-shick Chae, a Kim, 24, the government’s 1.8 million students appear- Examination Board Anand since most women find it the nation’s women are traditionalist, says that he efforts have been unsuc- ing for this year’s Class “X” Kishor told the media. very expensive to raise a simply tired of working is against the idea of wom- cessful because the thresh- board examinations from “The board has taken child in the nation. “inside and outside” of the en refusing to have chil- old for aid is too high. She wearing shoes and socks, this decision to prevent The South Korean home without the help of dren. He marries around also says that it is unfortu- to curb cheating. Cheating cheating,” he added. women have therefore their spouses or relatives. 700 couples a year and nate that the government is a punishable offense and Bihar hogged lime- decided to go on a “birth According to the di- he has noticed that very only helps out financially punishment could range light for mass cheating in strike” until the govern- rector of Gangneung's Of- few of them are planning after the third child. How- from two to ten years 2015 when photos of par- ment fixes their social and fice of Statistics, Mr. Dae- to have children. The busi- ever, she says that it is a “The board has de- ents and friends of students economic environment. seong Jeong, the reducing nessman believes they're good thing that the gov- cided that candidates wear- climbing school building According to Sun-hwa birthrate could have a shirking their civic duty ernment has decided to ing only slippers will be walls to pass on answers Shim, 38, the term "birth negative impact on South and being selfish. He feels offer support for men on allowed to enter the exami- were published by local strike" has become a com- Korea's productivity. Dae- that young women should paternity leave. nation halls, those com- media. mon word that is used by seong Jeong says that their make sacrifices for the The latest census re- many people including her research has revealed that sake of the nation’s future. vealed that the birth rate female friends who have the nation’s birth rate has Over the last 10 of the nation is still go- decided to stop having reduced by almost 7.3 per years, the nation’s gov- ing down and most citi- children. She says that it cent since 2017. ernment has spent $70 zens will be hoping that SURPLUS BUDGET - has become the current South Korea also has billion on campaigns the government will find a “social phenomenon." a very low fertility rate of aimed at improving the permanent solution to this Among OECD coun- 1.2 children per woman, birth rate. However, most problem. SINGAPORE TO PAY BONUS TO CITIZENS OXFAM’S DEPUTY CHIEF N. DAKOTA With the new ar- WOMAN rangement, those with an RESIGNS OVER SEXUAL SCANDAL income of S$28,000 or SENTENCED below will be eligible to re- By Julius Oyekunle of disgrace and shame,” said she said. ceive S$300, those whose British Development Secre- Mordaunt said the TO LIFE incomes ranging from Oxfam’s deputy chief tary Penny Mordaunt. charity had agreed to pro- S$28,001 to S$100,000 executive resigned while ac- Oxfam says it inves- vide full details about the will receive S$200, and knowledging her fault. She tigated the allegations in perpetrators to their home By Julius Oyekunle those with incomes in ex- has taken “full responsibil- 2011 and then fired four countries so they can face cess of S$100,000 will re- ity” for failing to act imme- people and let three oth- possible prosecution. A woman from North ceive S$100. diately in the sexual mis- ers resign after uncovering “I told Oxfam they Dakota has been sentenced There was a surplus Heng Swee Keat conduct scandal involving sexual misconduct, bullying, must now demonstrate the to life in prison without the of S$9.61 billion in the re- Singapore Finance Minister the charity’s workers in Haiti intimidation, and failure to moral leadership necessary possibility of parole for her vised budget for the 2017 following the 2010 earth- part in the gruesome death fiscal year due to contribu- protect staff. to address this scandal, re- By Julius Oyekunle quake. The allegations of build the trust of the British of her pregnant neighbor tions from statutory boards Penny Lawrence, Ox- who was killed after her and higher-than-expected sexual misconduct were first public, their staff and the Individuals from 21 fam program director at the baby was removed from stamp duty. raised about some Oxfam people they aim to help,” and above who are citi- time, said she was “ashamed her womb. Savanna LaFon- According to Heng, staff in an earlier mission in she said, describing the sex- zens of Singapore will get that this happened on my the surplus will also be used Chad. “It is now clear that ual abuses as “utterly despi- a one-off “SG Bonus” of up watch.” in other ways. For instance, these allegations, involving cable.” to S$300 each as the 2017 At an emergency meet- S$5 billion will be set aside the use of prostitutes and Mordaunt said she had budget came in with a sur- ing held recently with British for the Rail Infrastructure which related to the behav- written to all U.K. charities plus of almost S$10 billion government officials, Ox- Fund to save up for new ior of both the country di- that work overseas to de- (US $7.6 billion). Singa- fam’s leaders “also made a railway lines that Singa- rector and members of his mand they do more to pro- pore Finance minister Heng full and unqualified apology” pore is building. Another team in Chad — were raised tect vulnerable people from Swee Keat disclosed this and spoke of a “deep sense before he moved to Haiti,” abuse. S$2 billion will be set aside during his budget speech in for premium subsidies and Parliament, describing the other forms of support for bonus as a special gift. Eldershield, an insurance Savanna LaFontaine- “it reflects the gov- scheme that helps senior Greywind 13 FEARED DEAD IN MEXICO ernment’s long-standing citizens with severe disabil- taine-Greywind, a 22-year- commitment to share of ities to cope with the finan- old who had hoped of be- the fruits of Singapore’s de- cial demands of their daily HELICOPTER CRASH coming a registered nurse velopment with Singapor- care in an attempt to reduce and who was eight-months eans”, Heng stated. the effect of high prices. By N.Ugoh 350km (217 miles) away. pregnant was killed in Au- No casualties were record- gust. The Helicopter carry- ed in the quake itself. The baby miraculously 19, not long after Crews prosecutor Leah Jo Viste, ing officials in Mexico as- Reports indicate that survived and is now in the lured the younger woman to Martinez then said in court sessing the damage caused the helicopter had crashed custody of her father, who her third-floor apartment in that Crews told police, “I by a recent earthquake on top of two vans in a was LaFontaine-Greywind’s the building where they both grabbed either a utility crashed and killed about 13 field while trying to land boyfriend. lived, according to prosecu- knife or a blade” — and, as persons. Mexico's interior not far from the epicentre, Prosecutors had alleged tors. LaFontaine-Greywind was minister and the governor near the town of Pinotepa that Crews, 38, admitted she An altercation had oc- drifting in and out of con- of the south-west Oaxaca de Don Luis. cut LaFontaine-Greywind’s curred, which led to the de- sciousness, Crews removed state were on board, but Twelve people - five infant daughter out of her ceased being pushed and hit- her child from the womb, neither was hurt. women, four men and body by literarily ripping off ting her head in the process prosecutors said. The 7.2-magnitude The aircraft's pilot three children - were killed her neighbor's skin in a kind according to a statement re- “I did cut [LaFontaine- quake's epicentre was lost control as it was com- at the scene and another of crude caesarean section, leased by Cass County pros- Greywind] and then I took in Oaxaca but it shook ing into land, Interior Min- died in hospital later af- the state’s attorney’s office in ecutor Tanya Martinez and her baby out of her,” Mar- buildings and causing af- ister Alfonso Navarrete ter suffering from severe Cass County, North Dakota. presented in court. tinez said that Crews told tershocks in Mexico City, said. wounds. The attack occurred on Aug. According to fellow police.

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PROPOSED TRUMP IMMIGRATION CHINA’S XI JINPING BILL STALLED AGAIN SET TO RULE

By Julius Oyekunle to make law.” Instead, he WITHOUT A said, Democrats should US Senate has reject- back Trump’s “extremely ed a move to help young generous” proposal. TERM LIMIT “Dreamer” immigrants and For a deal to be bro- get the necessary funding kered, the Trump admin- By R.Njeru strongest. Most of the party for the border wall with istration would offer 1.8 members are chosen and Mexico, as Republican lead- million Dreamers a 10- to China's president Xi rewarded because of their ers joined with the White 12-year process for gain- Jinping is set to continue party loyalty. House and scuttled what ing citizenship, provide $25 ruling without a term limit Mr Xi is the son of seemed the likeliest chance billion to build his coveted after his Communist Party one of the Communist Par- for sweeping immigration U.S.-Mexico border wall suggested that they should ty's founding fathers. He legislation this election liberal Democratic presi- Dreamers are young and restrict legal immigra- amend the constitution to became president in 2013 year. dential hopefuls — neither immigrants who were tion. allow him to continue serv- after climbing through the The vote came after of whom want to alienate brought to the U.S. ille- Instead, Democratic ing beyond the current two ranks from 1974. the White House threatened their parties’ base voters as gally as children, they also leaders rallied behind a bi- five-year terms. His tenure as president to veto the measure and the mid-term elections draw lack protection from be- partisan plan that would This means that he has brought a resurgence in underscored that the issue, closer. ing deported and often do also give 1.8 million can continue ruling beyond nationalism, a strong fight a hot button for both par- The vote was 54-45 not have the access to go Dreamers a chance for citi- 2023 (the year he was sup- against corruption and an ties, remained as intractable in favor, but that was short to school or access health zenship. But while it would posed to resign.) Currently, onslaught on human rights. as it’s been for years. Even of the 60 that were needed care. provide the $25 billion Mr. Xi is China’s strongest The law that limits the focus on Dreamers, who for approval. Eight Repub- Senate Majority Lead- Trump wants for his wall, politician since Mao Ze- presidents to two terms be- polls show win wide public licans voted in favor of the er Mitch McConnell, touted it would dole it out over 10 dong. In 2017, he emerged gan in the 1990s when vet- support, was not enough bill, while three Democrats Democrats for failing to of- years and lacks most of the as the biggest winner in his eran leader Deng Xiaoping to overcome opposition by abandoned their own lead- fer “a single proposal that limits Trump is seeking on party’s congress after he decided to stop a repeat of hard-line conservatives and ers and opposed it. gives us a realistic chance legal immigration. was re-elected to another the chaos that had marked five-year term as General the Mao era and its immedi- Secretary. ate aftermath. According to the na- Mr Xi's two prede- tion’s constitution, the cessors have respected the JAPANESE MAN WINS CUSTODY OF 13 BABIES 64-year-old is expected to term limit. But since Xi resign after two five-year became president, he has By Julius Oyekunle terms. He is expected to shown signs that he wants be elected to a second term to do things his own way. In Japan, the Central at the annual meeting of According to Willy Juvenile and Family Court the Asian nation’s rubber- Lam, a politics professor at has allowed a 28-year- stamp parliament. the Chinese University of old Japanese man (baby According to Joshua Hong Kong, Mr. Xi is pre- factory dad as popularly Wong; a democracy cam- paring to become a modern- called) to take custody of paigner, Xi is just another day dictator. 13 children born to surro- emperor who is forcing him- One Communist Party gate women in Thailand, a self on the people of China. member stated that this was ruling that will grant him Wong allegedly planned good for China since the na- exclusive parental cus- student protests against the tion needed a "strong, stable tody. The court ruled that Chinese current leadership. and consistent leader." Mitsutoki Shigeta was the Xi Jinping’s com- According to an edi- biological father of the munist ideology has al- torial in China's state-run children, was able to raise ready been enshrined in Global Times stated, al- them and was not connect- effective. DNA examina- the children at the facilities, Mr Shigeta's lawyer, his party’s constitution though there is likely to be ed with human trafficking. tion confirmed Mr Shigeta it said, and had made plans said the process of remov- and the Central Commit- a change in the constitution In 2013, Nine Thai was the biological father, for the children’s education ing the children, now four tee has suggested that it it doesn’t mean that Mr.Xi women were contracted and the court found that and future well-being, in- years old, from the state fa- should also be introduced in will rule until he dies. by Mr Shigeta to be sur- he had taken good care of cluding nannies and nurses cilities would be undertak- China’s constitution. These There is no concrete rogate mothers for his the infants before officials and had also opened a trust en gradually, since the chil- constitutional changes are information as to whether children. The women gave from the Ministry of Social account for each of the dren had already become unlikely to receive any re- Mr. Xi will be a lifelong birth in 2014 - before the Development and Human children in Singapore. The familiar with staff there. sistance since they will go president but time will cer- new law restricting the Security swooped in. new law requires surrogate It is unclear whether the through parliament where tainly reveal how things use of assistive technol- The man had his rep- mothers to be relatives of children will be relocated to the Communist Party is the unfold in China. ogy in childbirth became resentatives regularly visit the prospective parents. Cambodia or Singapore.

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Melissa Harville-Lebron never imagined that A RACE TO HISTORY her entrepreneurial pursuits and ambitions would lead her to make history as the first African Ameri- can woman to own a race team licensed by NASCAR. Harville-Lebron, a 47-year-old single mother raising her three biological children as well as her siblings’ four kids, started her career in the entertainment industry as an intern at Sony Music. In 2005, she launched her own music label while workin g for New York City’s Department of Correction office. Nearly a decade later, she suffered from a severe asthma attack that forced her into early retirement and inspired her to take the risk of launching a mul- tifaceted entertainment company, W.M. Stone Enter-

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Harville-Lebron says I brought my boys along explored the sport’s history, in the camping world truck turn to the NCWTS following In addition to granting her journey into auto racing thinking that it would dis- she noticed its notorious series and two in NASCAR’s a three-year hiatus. He came opportunities to people of began unexpectedly when courage them from driving,” lack of diversity. There were Whelen All-American Series. in 15th place at Daytona In- color, Harville-Lebron wishes she took her sons to a NAS- she told Black Enterprise. But little to no drivers of color, let Two of the drivers are broth- ternational Speedway. to see more become sports CAR experience event at “it did not work that way.” alone an owner. That moti- ers and Harville-Lebron’s In a statement released owners, particularly of NAS- Charlotte Super Speedway in They drove 149 mph and vated her all the more to fill sons, Eric and Enico. earlier this month, Harville- CAR teams. “It’s important hopes of deterring them from 150 mph during their first the gap. Besides making his- Lebron called it an “honor” for our culture to push gen- taking up such a dangerous session and loved every min- She created E2 North- tory, Harville-Lebron cel- to partner with Stenzel and erational wealth to our chil- hobby. Instead, the experi- ute of it while she watched in east Motorsports under the ebrated another victory on the NCWTS team, Copp Mo- dren. It’s important to lead ence only piqued her sons’ awe. umbrella of W.M. Stone En- Feb. 16, when her team ran torsports. “This team truly by example. All too often our interests and eventually led Nonetheless, seeing terprises, Inc. The E2 North- its first official race in the exemplifies diversity, that children see negative images to her investing hundreds of the passion and joy that her east Motorsports team be- Camping World Truck Series is sure to attract a younger of our culture and I think it’s thousands of dollars to de- sons had for racing com- came the first multicultural (NCWTS) at Daytona. Scott multicultural fan base. It’s very important for people of velop her own team. pelled Harville-Lebron to team to race competitively Stenzel started the race in an honor to announce that our culture actually succeed- “I got invited to a want to help them follow in NASCAR, with four black an E2 Northeast Motorsports Stenzel is now a part of this ing in business,” she said. NASCAR experience and their heart. However, as she and Latino drivers — two Chevrolet, marking his re- racing family.” Source: www.blackenterprise.com

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that we ought to engage spective of their differences: even take it over. continued from p(33) collectively with varying Just last week, the Conser- modus operandi. I am not vative Party foreign affairs In conclusion, prag- LETTER TO THE EDITOR minimizing Abdul’s plight. critic, Erin O’Toole, was set matism in the course of confer you with the title of of other socio-economic is- loans at competitive rates He deserves every support to introduce a motion in par- your activist career is a the Activist-In-Chief, with sues facing us as a people and we don’t, if at all; how he can get, and I commend liament that would have la- virtue not a hindrance to the power to dictate how that require our concerted did we go from the larg- you and others for taking belled the Sikh community the cause. Sometimes you activists should agitate attention and effort to com- est visible minority to fall- up his fight. as terrorists. Of course, the need to exercise discretion – I must have missed that bat. You know, things like: ing behind the Chinese and influential Council of Sikh when what you disagree proclamation. Why is it that the blonde, South Asians in the span of I see that you have Organizations (funded by with does not necessarily blue-eyed kid you trained three decades? I’m sure you corroboration from Sandy the Alberta Gaming and Ca- detract from the struggle As heart-wrenching at work three years ago is get my drift – we can walk Hudson, co-founder of sino License Board- imag- but compliment it as is the and symbolic Abdoul Abdi’s now your regional man- and chew gum at the same Black Lives Matter Toronto ine that!) took him to task case here. You never know case is, you must be mind- ager and you remain in the time. One or two cases of (is it me or is everyone as- and after he emerged from when you will need help ful that there are probably same position; how come your choosing is not rep- sociated with the Black the woodshed, promptly and who will be there to a thousand Abdoul Abdi’s every other group seem to resentative of the myriad Lives Matter a “co-founder” withdrew the motion. That provide it. If I sound famil- in Canada and a plethora be able to secure business of problems confronting us just asking) which makes my dear Desmond is power! iar, that’s because I once me wonder if Black activ- I am curious to know if any hosted a meeting with you ism in Canada is being hi- of our community associa- and your soon-to-be-a- continued from p(12) jacked to become a cottage tions as presently constitut- lawyer friend in my office industry, narrow-issue, weed would have been able to four years ago. We also met FOR THE RECORD know-best, with territorial affect that type of influence. after the same FBC event if a business spends similar losses in tax advan- review your accounting control of who, what, where The FBC is new and mem- where we exchanged num- $1,000 and does not have tage and ITC refund, de- and record-keeping system and how to participate. It bership is open to all. If you bers. Take care of yourself, I the supporting receipt, pending on the business’s to determine whether im- cannot be that way. Let me believe that it enjoys prefer- wish you well. not only has the business province or territory. provements could be made give you a quick example of ential government backing lost the income tax deduc- to ensure your business is how a community working that grants it an unfair ad- ROBERT “UNCLE BOB” tion, it has also lost the ITC Check Your Record ready and able to provide disparately but collectively vantage simply join them to ONIANWAH charged on the purchase. 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The rashes may caused by lupus. customed to making lifestyle HOW DIFFICULT IS... take weeks or months to changes or adjustments to minds while women have honest belief. The marriage and would differ from one heal and may cause scar- Practical Applica- curtail the debilitating effects sexual relations with their commitment is supposed to couple to another. But a ring. Sunlight can also trig- tions of the disease. In the case of whole heart. Men can do be strong to accommodate married woman ought to ger non-skin symptoms of • Some practical steps photosensitivity, you may the act without deep emo- a spouse who has erred. know what she can do on lupus, such as joint inflam- that may reduce the effects choose to live and vacation tions while women’s emo- This, however, does not a continuous basis to en- mation and fatigue. More- of sunlight exposure are: in non-tropical areas, to go tions are deeply involved in mean the errors should be sure that her man remains over, some medications, • Avoid tropical or to the beach or pool either sex. condoned and accepted. faithful. Of course, I don’t such as tetracycline antibi- mid-day sun. early in the morning or late This is why a man can Not at all! I believe subscribe to stalking, nag- otics, amplify the photosen- • When exposed to in the afternoon, or to wear quickly move on to his next that when a man shows ging and constant probing. sitivity so that the person sunlight, wear protective protective clothing rather ‘prey’ after a sexual esca- true remorse, his wife These actually backfire and with lupus is even more clothing such as hats, long- than tank tops or shorts pade while women remain should forgive him and cause havoc. susceptible to sunburn. sleeved shirts, and long when participating in out- tied to their sex partners. both of them should renew One preventive mea- pants. door activities. While these We therefore understand their marital vows and take sure is for the woman to Causes of Photosen- • Avoid sunlight expo- measures may be somewhat the level of sacredness a necessary steps to build an be creatively satisfying her sitivity sure from highly reflective limiting, you may find that woman places on sex and unbreakable bond. husband’s sexual needs. After studying the surfaces, like sand, water, taking the recommended how devastated she would What if the man is a This means you cannot relationship between lu- and snow. precautions is preferable to be if she discovers that her recalcitrant and unrepen- embark on sex strikes and pus and sunlight for many • Use sunscreens lib- experiencing the rashes or man’s sexual relations are tant adulterer? Well, there you must consciously go years, scientists believe that erally. Reapply frequently, internal flare-ups that sun- not exclusive to her. For- are two options. A woman the extra mile to please him the sun(s ultraviolet rays especially when coming out light exposure can cause. giving husband who has can stick to the man hoping in bed. Another measure play a major role. Not only of the water. You can also enjoy the ad- been with another woman and praying that he would, is to ensure that you don’t the burning ultraviolet B • Tint your car win- ditional benefits of avoiding is definitely difficult. like the prodigal son, “come nag; make sure you choose rays but also the ultraviolet dows with film that blocks skin cancer and wrinkles. However, marriage is to himself ” one day. the best times to raise is- A rays are responsible for both UVB and UVA rays. supposed to be a lifetime The other option is to sues for discussion and that the skin problems. The sun- • Avoid exposure Conclusion commitment; “till death do walk away. I do not support you don’t overstress issues light causes certain genes to unshielded fluorescent Researchers are mak- us part”, remember? Also the second option because I already discussed. to accelerate the normal lights. Florescent lights cov- ing progress in identifying recall that the wedding strongly believe a woman Every man desires a process of skin cells dying. ered with acrylic diffusers the processes that cause vows speak about “for bet- has the power to make her peaceful and clean home As the skin cells die, certain are not harmful. people with lupus to be pho- ter, for worse”. The hard husband abandon adultery and once he has these, he proteins come to the skin's • Do not use a copy tosensitive. Until there is a truth is that adultery is part and stick with her for life. is not likely to stray. As the surface and cause an im- machine with the top cover way to prevent photosen- of the “worse” contained in I would rather that women popular saying goes: “to err mune reaction. The body's up. sitivity, it is essential that wedding vows. take the preventive mea- is human; to forgive is di- immune system then reacts • Consider purchasing lupus sufferers take protec- Yes, you may be quick sures than prepare them- vine”. to the proteins in a way that sun-protective clothing that tive action to minimize the to say that adultery cannot selves to tackle adultery The ability to forgive causes further inflamma- actually blocks the ultravio- effects of sunlight exposure. possibly be part of the bad “when it comes” (A lot of infidelity is a tough call and stuff which one should par- women actually feel adul- requires divine enablement. don in marriage, particu- tery is inevitable; I don’t!). The level of commitment continued from p(9) larly because even the Bible For those whose required in marriage is very seems to allow divorce on husbands have already high. However, no man SAVING MONEY ON…… account of adultery. ‘strayed’, I implore you to should take his wife’s com- might be just as effective. mately the same cost as a ads in the newspaper. Often draw them back by show- mitment for granted. It also pays to use one-month supply obtained they will give you a $10 or In my opinion, if there ing them love and assuring Men should accord generic drugs if at all pos- from a local pharmacy. even $25 gift certificate to are unpardonable sins in them of your willingness to their wives the same level sible. If you're paying out If you do choose to their store if you bring your marriage, infidelity is not forgive the past mistakes. of exclusivity they expect of pocket, the savings can get your prescription from new or transferred prescrip- one of them. I know that Afterwards you should take from their wives. So is sometimes be significant. a local pharmacy, it may tion to their pharmacy. some of my readers will the preventive measures. adultery pardonable? It is Many prescription drug not always pay to use your Transferring a prescription look for my head because of The preventive mea- tough, but it should be par- plans also have a lower insurance. If, for example, usually only requires a this statement, but it is my sures are not cast in stone donable. co-pay if you use a generic your insurance charges phone call to the new phar- drug. Once again, your doc- $15 for any generic drug macy in order to give them tor can tell if you a generic and the drug normally the pertinent information. continued from p(9) medicine might be just as costs only $10, ask your If affording your effective for your condition. pharmacist to process the medication is still a burden, 5 QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR …… Many prescription prescription without your ask your doctor about pro- lifestyle changes or alterna- by your provincial health- may apply; for example, if a drug plans offer a mail- insurance. grams that pharmaceutical tive therapies can help. care plan, and if not, what test requires taking a whole order program. This can be Another way to companies offer indigent 5. What are the percentage you can expect day off work. a convenient, cost-effective save at a pharmacy is to patients. The doctor's office costs? It's important to your insurance to reimburse. 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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS ‘BLACK PANTHER’ GOODBYES BLOCKBUSTER IS TAKING TOP GHANAIAN ARTIST POPULAR PLAYWRIGHT, AFRICA BY STORM DIES IN CAR CRASH AKINWUMI ISHOLA IS DEAD

By Julius Oyekunle movie. This is huge," said Brian. The African continent Set in the fictional Af- is buzzling with the preview rican country of Wakanda, of 'Black Panther', a movie the film's focus on black with an almost entirely protagonists, stories and black cast and a young culture sets it clearly apart African-American direc- from other superhero mov- By Shalewa Ayodele she was returning to Accra tor, Ryan Coogler. A movie ies. to make preparations for a which not only depicts be- But hero T'Challa, the Reports coming out trip to the US. ing black as strength, but king of Wakanda played by of Ghana indicates Reigns Born Priscilla Opoku- also busts several myths re- Chadwick Boseman, is not and two military officers Kwarteng, the deceased garding Africa was viewed the first black superhero to were on board a Jeep with was born on February 16, by select audiences in some hit the big screen. registration AS 497—16 1997. She would have By Shalewa Ayodele mankind.” African countries. Many So far "Black Panther" from Sunyani heading to- turned 21 on Friday, Feb- A friend of the de- believe the film will ignite has generated an enthusi- wards Kumasi when it col- ruary 16. One of Nigeria's shin- ceased and chairman of Ka- the pop culture among Af- astic response from commu- lided with a VIP bus head- Reigns is a Ghanaian ing light in the entertain- kanfo Inn and Conference ricans. nities in Kenya and Nigeria ing towards Sunyani from dance hall/Afrobeat artist ment industry and popular Centre, Dr Lekan Are, who For lovers of comic that are often stereotypi- Kumasi. widely known for her hit playwright, dramatist and also confirmed the demise books, such as Brian Bara- cally represented on screen. The deceased who songs Poison and Kupe, actor, Prof Akinwumi Ishola of the professor of Yoruba sa, a 29-year old Kenyan, Superhero fans also was returning from Sun- she was discovered by Bul- has died, aged 79. and writer of several Yoruba it is a reminder to his Afri- appear to appreciate the yani after a visit was in- let, a member of Ruff n Alagba Ishola, who plays, praised Akinwunmi can heritage lost to western film's visual qualities, the volved in the car accident Smooth fame and has been wrote the popular play, for his passion for Yoruba adoration. "As I was watch- reproduction of costumes and died at the Bechem touted to be one of the fu- Efunsetan Aniwura, when culture, language and tra- ing the movie with friends, from the original comic and Government Hospital. The ture shining lights in the he was a student of the dition, adding the deceased I remember we all felt part the characters' accents, in- incident occurred Thurs- Ghanaian entertainment University of Ibadan in wife called him early to in- of history. This is beyond a cluding local dialects. day, 8th of February where industry. 1961, died in Ibadan after form him of the actor’s de- age-related ailment accord- mise. ing to family sources. “He delivered lectures “Baba has gone,” said in Yoruba language. He SYLVESTER STALLONE BECOMES THE LATEST the source, who preferred wanted the language of Yo- anonymity because he was ruba to feature prominently VICTIM OF A DEATH HOAX not authorised to speak on in our education system behalf of the family. but unfortunately, this did “He had been sick for not happen in his life time. some time and was getting May his soul rest in peace.” better. But this morning, Akinwunmi is survived by he died peacefully. He left a wife and children. His a good legacy and his life legacies will continue to was a good example for outlive him.

American actor must Which other people have been very shocked have been victims? when he woke up to find Actor Jackie Chan his loyal fans mourning has also suffered the same him. fate as Stallone. Jackie, The internet works 63, has been “killed” by in mysterious ways, as all the internet several times. this unfolded; a 2012 vid- In 2011, there was a hoax eo about the death of his claiming that he had suc- son also came back to the cumbed to cardiac arrest. limelight. Stallone’s name This rumor forced his rep- was the most searched resentatives to release a and his son’s video was statement that confirmed BBC’s most watched. that he was alive and in In 2016, Stallone fact, he was preparing for was the victim of another his next movie. By R.Njeru The 72-year-old be banished from the civi- someone is dead. They death hoax but he did not Despite being alive, Rocky legend said that lized society. He said that are mostly about promi- react. Instead, he chose to the Rush Hour star had Sylvester Stallone re- he was “Alive, healthy, the hoax was not “cool”. nent people and they continue with his day to more than 50 RIP Face- cently had to make a post happy and still punch- Frank also said that his normally originate from a day activities until people book pages established to through his Instagram ing!” Frank Stallone; his 96-year-old mother was person or website that de- learnt that he was still mourn his death. account to stop a rumor younger brother, also re- also angry after she heard cides to spread the rumor. alive. He has obviously Death hoaxes aren’t that he was dead. An ear- acted to the false death about the story. In this case, the had enough of this cruel new and they even hap- lier post had claimed that allegations. Through his pranksters even posted joke this time and that’s pened before the internet he had died after a long Twitter account, Frank Where does a death pictures that showed a why he has decided to became a big deal. How- struggle with prostate bashed the creators of this hoax come from? very weak Stallone. The put the pranksters in their ever, the internet has am- cancer. Stallone posted rumor by calling them Death hoaxes be- rumor started overnight place. The legendary ac- plified the impact of these a photo of the post and “demented, sick and cru- come a “thing” after and before morning, it tion actor recently ap- rumors. We certainly hope urged his fans to ignore el”, he even went ahead to web users are duped into had gone viral all over peared in This Is Us; an that no other person will the “stupidity.” suggest that they should believing a rumor that the internet. In fact, the NBC television series. be “killed” by the internet.

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By R. Njeru part of her cousin’s pro- DECLARES WAR ON duction, Mark Angel. Emmanuella Samuel, Mark Angel has more than Nigeria's youngest child 1.7-million subscribers on SEXUAL ABUSE comedian, recently an- YouTube. The YouTube nounced that she will be channel regularly features By Shalewa Ayodele darity with victims just as part of a Hollywood mov- Emmanuella, they upload was the case at the Golden ie. The 7-year-od made the videos weekly. The 2017 Ace Hollywood ac- Globes in January. announcement through YouTube Awards saw tresses have declared that "As we approach the her Instagram page. Mark Angel Comedy win an end must come to sex- Baftas, our industry's time She did not announce the award for Best Sub- ual harassment. In a com- for celebration and ac- the nature the film but she Saharan Channel. munique jointly signed by knowledgment, we hope revealed that the project Emmanuella won the notable names such as, we can celebrate this tre- was under Disney Studios. Princess of Comedy award Emma Thompson, Kris- mendous moment of soli- In her post, she thanked and the Best New Comedi- tin Scott, Keira Knightle, darity and unity across everyone who had con- an in the Afro-Australian and Saoirse Ronan, Emma borders by coming togeth- tributed to her success. Music and Movie Award Watson and Kate Winslet, er and making this move- The caption came together (AAMMA), making her they expressed solidarity ment international," the with a picture that showed the youngest recipient. with the Time's Up move- letter further says. her recording one of the Her stardom has seen ment in the United States They are of the view scenes on set. She even her featured in several ad and called for donations to that sexual harassment in joked about her costume. campaigns in Nigeria. Her a new "justice and equality Hollywood has reached a It was back in 2016 net worth is believed to be fund" for victims of sexual frightening dimension and when the popular Emman- in the millions. Her bril- abuse. it is such an embarrass- uella rose to international liance doesn’t end there, "In the very near ment to western civiliza- fame after she appeared in she also happens to be one past, we lived in a world tion. a comedy skit called "This of Nigeria’s most influen- where sexual harass- It highlights prob- Is Not My Real Face Oh". tial child entertainers. ment was an uncomfort- lems in Britain such as This video went viral on After she made her all her doubters eat their with her life that it is al- able joke; an unavoidable, the gender pay gap and the internet and it was announcement, many fans words. In her Instagram most unbelievable that awkward part of being a the changes to work that not long before millions of congratulated her for being post, she said that she did she is still 7! We are cer- girl or a woman. It was cer- make it more insecure in people from all parts of the a trend setter. Nigerians in not think that Hollywood tain that she will contin- tainly not to be discussed, what they termed; Imbal- world fell in love with her particular expressed their would come knocking so ue putting smiles on the let alone addressed." They ance of Power. because of her true-to-life pride in her achievements; soon. faces of millions of people stated in the letter to the "This movement is character. they argued that her role Emmanuella Samuel from different parts of the Observer. intersectional, with con- The viral video was in Hollywood would make has done so many things world. "In 2018, we seem to versations across race, have woken up in a world class, community, ability ripe for change. If we truly and work environment, to embrace this moment, a talk about the imbalance line in the sand will turn of power," the letter states. 5 FUN FACTS ABOUT HOW TO BE A to stone." Around 160 activ- The letter was pub- ists and academics have lished ahead of the Brit- signed a sister letter pledg- BEAUTIFUL WORLD GLOBAL CITIZEN ish Academy Film Awards ing support for the new held recently, where they fund, which aims to make (NC) This February, international politics and his- staged a protest by wear- workplaces safe and sup- Canada celebrates its 28th tory. ing black in a show of soli- port victims of abuse. annual International Devel- Pick a charity. After opment Week. The week you have completed your marks a time to reflect on research, choose an organi- how Canadians can be bet- zation that suits your inter- ter global citizens by help- ests and concerns. If you are BIG BROTHER NAIJA - ing people and countries in passionate about women's need. If you are interested in issues, consider a group like becoming more globally en- Beautiful World Canada, an FANS DISAPPOINTED gaged, the easiest and most organization that provides effective thing you can do scholarships to women in WITH “BIGGIE” is support an international sub-Saharan Africa.Tell your charity. Follow these steps friends. After you have do- By Shalewa Ayodele The punishment was (NC) Imagine a world going directly to helping to become a more charitable nated, make sure to tell your received with a lot of back- where everyone has equal women and girls build bet- global citizen during this loved ones about the orga- The bonding week lash from viewers who be- access to education. That is ter lives for themselves. week: nization you chose. They task didn't go as planned lieve Tobi and Anto who the vision behind Beautiful 3. Local partners. Research. The world is might also be interesting in as Cee-C and Lolu got in- are Cee-C and Lolu’s re- World Canada, a non-profit Beautiful World works in a large, complicated place. giving or volunteering. And volved in a disagreement spective strategic partners fighting for women's edu- equal partnership with Before you decide how you even if they don't have mon- during the process, thus in the should receive the cation in Uganda, Rwanda teams on the ground in want to spend your money, ey to spare right now, they leading to a stern reac- same punishment because and Sierra Leone. each country. Local lead- do some research on current can help spread the word tion from “Biggie”. Lolu of the rule that goes with Beautiful World pro- ers serve as a more direct global issues. In the process, about the important work became the scapegoat, the unique theme - DOU- vides scholarships to contact for students, which you might learn things you that so many Canadian non- leaving many fans fuming BLE WAHALA. women and girls purs uing helps ensure that their didn't already know about profits are doing overseas. over what they call par- It wasn't all about the higher education, but they needs are being met. tiality. two, as Khloe also suffered also do so much more. In 4. High pass rate. Lolu and Cee C were a strike earlier in the game honour of International At Beautiful World, student paired and it was glaring because of her strategic Development Week, check success is of the upmost they never really jelled. partner’s action. K-Brule out this list of five fun facts importance. That is why 97 Both Housemates were jumped and hurt him- about Beautiful World: per cent of their students unimpressed about having self under the influence, 1. Comprehensive complete their higher edu- each other as partners for therefore, breaking “Big- scholarships. Beautiful cation programs. Finishing the task and they couldn’t gies” rule which restricts World recognizes that there school not only helps girls hide their feelings about it. housemates from any form are more school expenses get higher paying jobs, but Cee-C hit Lolu on his of violence including self- than just tuition. That's also boosts their morale and inner thigh after disobey- harm. why their scholarships also confidence. ing Biggie by removing Fans of the show cover the costs of trans- 5. In-country edu- the harness. Her anger ac- have expressed their dis- portation, housing, school cation. All Beautiful World cording to many watchers content with “Biggies” materials and personal sup- students study within their should have been checked latest punishment. Some plies. home country. Remaining regardless of how annoy- fans believe Tobi is being 2. Direct giving. 100 close to home places less ing Lolu's action was. favoured at the expense of per cent of online donations stress on students. It allows The two housemates Lolu because of his con- go directly towards funding young women to invest in were faulted and punished nections with Heritage student scholarships. This their communities so that by Biggie with two strikes Bank, one of the major means that if you donate, the benefits of their educa- each. sponsors of the show. you know your money is tion are far-reaching.

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PSL: AFRIDI, USMAN BOLT TO PLAY AT NO PLANS TO KHAN POWER KARACHI OLD TRAFFORD RELOCATE OTTAWA KINGS TO THIRD SENATORS – MELYNK STRAIGHT VICTORY

By Daniel Forrester bounce. Despite Sunil Narine's Karachi Kings 159/7 second-ball exit, Qalan- in 20 overs (Ravi Bopara dars were flying in chase 50; Sunil Narine 2-18) through a blazing stand By Daniel Forrester Old Trafford in June, and beat Lahore Qalandars between McCullum and play against some of foot- 132 in 18.3 overs (Bren- Fakhar Zaman that fetched Usain Bolt has re- ball’s biggest legends is go- don McCullum 44; Shahid them 69 runs in the 38 vealed which football team ing to be remarkable," Bolt By Daniel Forrester A new downtown Afridi 3-19, Usman Khan balls following the fall of he has signed for after an- said. arena will be crucial to 3-26) by 27 runs the first wicket. However, nouncing he will play at "I enjoy the thrill of Ottawa Senators the Senators’ success go- Shahid Afridi & Us- once Afridi broke the stand Soccer Aid 2018 at Old competition in front of a owner Eugene Melnyk has ing forward. Ottawa’s cur- man Khan put on fine by dismissing Zaman, Trafford. crowd, so Robbie and his made it clear he has no rent home, the Canadian bowling performances as there was a brief proces- The fanatical Man- England team better watch plans to relocate the NHL Tire Centre, is located 30 Karachi Kings overcame sion. Qalandars went from chester United fan, and out as I won’t be going easy club and remains commit- minutes outside the down- Lahore Qalandars to record 70/1 to 91/5 in the space fastest man on the planet, on them! ted to bringing a Stanley town core and inaccessible their third successive victo- of 22 balls. Later Usman will captain the 'Rest of the "I’ve got a pretty spe- Cup to the city. by public transportation. ry in PSL 2018. The troika khan blew away the tail World' XI against Robbie cial celebration planned for Last month, Melnyk Hockey fans have com- of Tymal Mills, Mohammad and ensured a win with 9 Williams' 'England' side on when I score, by the way. raised the idea of a move plained for years about the Irfan Jnr and Imad Wasim balls to spare. Sunday, June 10. "My team is going to during the city’s festivities inconvenience of the rink. chipped in with wickets too Earlier Ravi Bopara Soccer Aid has previ- be unbeatable – and Soccer to mark the NHL’s 100th "It’s critical," Melnyk as Qalandars failed to make played a vital knock. Kara- ously featured such foot- Aid for Unicef is counting anniversary, saying "if it said. "I think (Ottawa can use of the start that Bren- chi Kings were tottering at balling luminaries as Diego on your support to make a doesn’t look good here, it survive in the NHL), with- don McCullum gave them 117/7 before the England Maradona, Zinedine Zi- difference to thousands of could look very, very nice out doubt, but it has to go in chase. The 27-run loss batsman's late surge game dane and Peter Schmeichel, children around the world. somewhere else." A state- forward with the arena was Qalandars' third on the them a defendable total. along with celebs such as Come and join in the fun!” ment which enraged most project." Will Ferrell, Woody Harrel- Bolt had signalled his in- of the fans. Melnyk’s RendezVous son and James McAvoy. tention to play for the Red "That hit a nerve in LeBreton Group and the “It is my dream to Devils and has now joined Ottawa that really kind National Capital Commis- CAROLINE BUCHANAN: make it as a professional Mamelodi Sundowns of of exploded and it wasn’t sion reached an agreement footballer, so to be able to South Africa after an illus- meant to hit the nerve of in principle to redevelop Le- step out onto the pitch at trious athletic career. the city," Melnyk stated in Breton Flats, a 21-hectare OLYMPIC CYCLIST a recent interview. "There’s patch of land beside Otta- no thought in my mind (of wa’s core. The bid’s crown relocation). jewel is a state-of-the-art INJURED IN CAR CRASH "There’s no reason NHL arena but also includes AMIR KHAN THROWS it can’t work in Ottawa. a community centre, 4,000 You’ve got to just find the housing units, a school and WATER AT OPPONENT right solution and we can public space. do that." The development has All he aims to do is a reported $4-billion price getting things right and tag that includes tens of chat a new course for the millions allocated to the team, which would make it cleaning up of contaminat- compete for trophies in the ed soil. Melnyk estimates future. the arena is still 3 1/2 years Despite some specula- away from completion but tion around Ottawa, Mel- the team might have to nyk also said he has no weather the storm in the intention of selling the club. meantime.

NIGERIA UNVEIL 2018 WORLD CUP KITS By Julius Oyekunle were not yet clear. A post shared by By Daniel Forrester Lo Greco, who has By Daniel Forrester worn by the first Nigerian Two-time Olympian Caroline Buchanan Ac- won 28 of his 31 fights, team to qualify for the and world cycling cham- tion Sport (@cbuchan- Amir Khan reacted to mocked Khan’s career tra- Nigeria's new kits World Cup - with eagle pion Caroline Buchanan an68) on Jan 2, 2018 at taunts about his personal jectory, insisting he had for the 2018 World Cup in wing-inspired black-and- has suffered serious in- 1:42am PST End of Ins- life by throwing water over been on a “losing streak” Russia have been revealed white sleeve and green juries in a car accident in tagram post by cbuchan- his future opponent Phil Lo in and out of the ring since as the Super Eagles gear up torso while the away kits her native Australia. an68 Buchanan has three Greco as the pair clashed losing his last fight against for this summer's tourna- boast of the full green strip Buchanan, 27, post- BMX and five mountain at the press conference Saul “Canelo” Álvarez in ment in Russia. in a classic fashion. ed an image on Instagram bike world titles, and promoting their April 21 May 2016. The Nigerian Football Gernot Rohr's men of herself in hospital with competed in the 2012 match. Khan responded by Federation launched the will wear the shirts for a bloodied face and wear- and 2016 Olympics. Khan is returning to splashing water towards Lo country's kits for the cham- the first time on March 23 ing a neck brace. Most recently she the ring for the first time in Greco at the Liverpool press pionship in London earlier when they face Poland in Local media reported took out the mountain almost two years after a pe- conference, prompting se- in February. a friendly in Warsaw be- the accident involved a bike 4-cross world title in riod of well-publicised mari- curity to intervene before The jerseys designed fore the commencement of single vehicle and hap- August and was named tal difficulties as well as a Khan insisted he would by Nike, feature the home their World Cup campaign pened in New South Canberra's female athlete spell in the “I’m a Celebrity” take the bout as seriously kits that pay tribute to Ni- against Croatia at the Kalin- geria '94 shirt which was Wales, but further details of the year in November. jungle on TV. as ever. ingrad Stadium on June 16.

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I really was and I’m happy He chose to come to me I found that out. through my ancestors and if that is the case, I am not I guess the herbs ashamed to identify with giving to you include my root. My knowledge or the cure for HIV AIDS experiences into the super- and Cancer? natural has, in fact, made There is already a me a better Catholic. cure for such diseases and I am certainly sure that Would you describe pharmaceutical companies IFA as fetish and evil as making money from re- many Christians would search are the ones frus- think? trating efforts to make My initiation was a drugs accessible. You see, pleasant one. I have heard when it comes to issues a lot of negative words such as this, I can become against African tradition- radical. The spread of the al religious forms, how- HIV virus is, in fact’ an- ever, for me, it was about other means by some folks prayers. I was given the to exploit Africa. opportunity to ask ‘olo- dumare’ all I wanted and Do you mean you it was a really s soothing already have a cure for experience. AIDS? I wouldn’t say that How would you de- but the ancestors can re- scribe your visit to Af- veal so many things to us rica? which can be frustrated by I felt a spiritual con- those who wish to make nection and a deep sense money through it. of belonging. I knew I belonged here and like I said, How did you get I’m proud of myself in to know that you are a this skin. Swaziland was Princess from Yorubal- another country that re- and? ally gave me that spiritual Through the ances- connection. The way the tors and of course, my government is formed – in- Yvonne ‘Ifatoki’ Drake (Grenadian) Yvonne 'lfatoki' Drake and High Chief lfakolade Antinumo Grandmother and aunt had volving the King, Queen’s all must ask ourselves es- in Lagos, March 2017. Yvonne ‘Ifatoki’ passed on the tradition to mother and the queen re- pecially as Africans is Who still the need for a lot of What about your Drake was born in Gre- me. That was why I de- ally made me feel at home. Am I? If we understand people to fully understand family? nada, grew up in Trinidad cided to visit Ibadan, South Nigeria is another world on who we are, we can show- and see the need to pass I am married and by and migrated to Canada. west Nigeria last year to its own, but I enjoyed the case our heritage to the the tradition especially in a the grace of God, I have 5 The seventy one-year-old trace my ancestral roots. hospitality of the Ibadan outside world. way that gives our culture children, three of which shares the story of her people. much relevance than it is I adopted. (“part of feed- encounters into the super- Did the Ancestors Why are you going today. ing the nation too,” in- natural, her quest to trace speak to you? Why are Africans back to your root? terviewer interrupts. Yes, her root to Yoruba land The ancestors had al- losing it when it comes Well, growing up You said your man- feeding the nation. I’m (Ibadan) and how she in- ways paid me a visit and to identifying with their has been challenging, yet date through your en- really glad for the family tends to take IFA tradition have spoken to me on sev- culture? I was fully aware of my counter was that you I have. I am 71 years of to the global stage. Speak- eral occasions. I receive I think what many in background and who I was are to feed the nations, age and people still can’t ing with NCNC correspon- instructions from them just the black community lack at an early stage. At the how have you been able believe it. God has been dent, Julius Oyekunle, she as we hear each other on is cultural identity. There age of thirteen, I had an to do that? narrated her experience phone. They have chosen are quite a number of my strength. encounter on my sick bed I am devoted to char- and challenges and the me as the next in line to things that are good about and it was right there I had ity and of course, I’m an need for a strong and un- take up the spiritual man- us and we must never al- What message do a vision of a man wear- active community person. wavering cultural identity tle and pass it on. low ourselves to be traded you have for those who ing a brown gown with a I have used the challenges among blacks. again. Slavery was bad seem ashamed by their brown belt. He held a glass of my life to encourage and As a Catholic, don’t enough, we should not al- root and are not willing of water and herbs in his inspire others. No matter Who is Yvonne you think there’s a con- low ourselves to be sold to associate with it? hands and gave me. After the challenges we face, Drake? flict between the tradi- again. Promoting our heri- Well, I am comfort- taking it, I rose from the there’s always a way out Despite being born tional forms of religion tage shouldn’t be about able with my skin color sick bed totally healed. I if we know how to pray. in the Caribbean Island as practiced in Africa selling it. We must instead and they should too. told my mother what had I have a room within my of Grenada, I grew up in and Catholicism? protect it. If you are not We’ve been robbed at happened and we were de- house to reinforce that in- an environment where Studying Theology proud of who you are and some point in history, we lighted. This was a land- ner strength and that’s the African heritage was has helped me understand understand your purpose can’t afford to get robbed mark event into the expe- where things happen. still very much in display. the various aspects of reli- for being part of a society, again and again. rience of the supernatural. Even when I migrated to gion and that has allowed your existence may just An incident that will later Canada, I still very much me to understand that God have been defeated. turn out as a starting point loved myself in my skin. appears in different forms. I believe the question we to search from within who You are planning to organize IFA Festi- val come July this year, what should we be ex- pecting? IFA festival will be held in Grenada in July and the aim is to showcase the essence of IFA and the beauty of the ‘Orisa’ to the world. It is going to be a period of cultural re-awak- ening in the Caribbean country. IFA was the tool which God used in speak- ing to our ancestors and He still speaks to us today.

How are Grenadi- ans taking the message? Of course, they are quite aware but there’s L-R: Alaceion Sylvester and Yvonne ‘Ifatoki’ Drake L-R: Alaceion Sylvester and Yvonne ‘Ifatoki’ Drake (Grenadians) and friends (Grenadians) and friends

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By Julius Oyekunle hood. His simple vision of the Christian gospel and GOSPEL TOO FAR Eldest of four children his absolute conviction of of Morrow (nee Coffey) the truth of Christianity re- and William Franklin Gra- mained among the positive -BENNY HINN ham Snr., he was born on religious memories of many a dairy farm outside Char- millions. By Shalewa Ayodele Bible more, he now real- lotte, North Carolina, then He conducted more izes that some of the things a poor, hard-pressed rural than 400 crusades around Now that the re- he learned from preach- area. His family was strict the world, preaching to mil- nowned evangelist Billy ers when he was growing Presbyterians, rigorous and lions of people. He was one Graham has passed on, a up aren't biblical and the righteous. They lost their of the first western Christian controversial faith-healing popular interpretation of savings in a bank collapse leaders to speak in Hun- televangelist Benny Hinn, the prosperity gospel and during the Depression. Youth for Christ campaign. revealed his bitter-sweet re- gary, then in Poland and who has often been criti- that they can obtain these Childhood treats for Billy The Billy Graham Evan- lationship with Nixon, who Russia. In 1973, more than cized for his endorsement of blessings through positive were being given a calf to gelistic Association, from told a trusting Graham that a million people attended the prosperity gospel, said confessions of faith and the raise and take to market, which he drew a modest “he believed the Bible from the closing ceremony of his in a stunning confession "sowing of seeds" through having a home-made crys- salary, was set up in 1950 end to end”. crusade in Seoul, South Ko- recently, that sometimes the faithful payments of tal radio receiver and driv- (and is now headed by his To Graham, “Water- rea. He gained access, with he has taken the erroneous tithes and offerings is one ing a goat cart. son, Franklin). gate was a brief paren- great difficulty, to China gospel too far. of those things. His religious upbring- As a child, he had thesis” and he seemed in 1988 and North Korea "We get attacked for The more you know ing was strict. At 16 he mixed with black workers more worried by Nixon’s four years later. It was his preaching prosperity, well the Bible the more you be- went forward to commit on his father’s farm and on language than by his dis- famous Graham's rule that it's in the Bible, but I think come biblically based and himself at a Southern Bap- a crusade at Chattanooga in honesty. But when Ronald has helped many young some have gone to the ex- more balanced in your tist mission and later spoke 1953, he removed the cus- Reagan asked him for an pastors overcome sexual treme with it sadly, and opinions and your thoughts in a jail about his experi- tomary ropes that separated endorsement in 1980, Gra- immoralities and avoid it's not God's word what is because we are influenced. ence of conversion. Part- white people from black peo- ham said: “Ron, I can’t do scandal. Vice President, taught and I think I'm as When I was younger I was time work as a brush sales- ple – the white head usher that. I think it would hurt us Mike Pence also subscribes guilty as others. Sometimes influenced by the preachers man led him to try to give at the crusade resigned. He both.” Winston Churchill in to this rule, where a married you go a little farther than who taught whatever they “a hard sell about Christ, also refused to visit South 1954 had confessed to Gra- man is not supposed to en- you really need to go and taught. But as I've lived as much as about Fuller’s Africa until apartheid regu- ham stating; "I am a man gage with another woman then God brings you back longer I'm thinking to wait brushes”. He studied at a lations were lifted from his without hope," while talk- privately without the wife's to normality and reality," a minute, you know this series of evangelical colleg- meetings, and said: “Chris- ing about life after death. presence. Hinn, 65, said as he reflect- doesn't fit totally with the es, including Wheaton Col- tianity is not a white man’s In 2001, he was in- His wife, Ruth, died ed on Graham's death with Bible and it doesn't fit with lege, Illinois, where he met religion … Christ belongs to vited to the British em- in 2007; he is survived by a ministry colleague. the reality. So what is pros- Ruth McCue Bell, whom he all people.” bassy in Washington for their three daughters, Vir- He admitted that as perity? No lack. I've said married in 1943. In 1944, He advised US presi- the ambassador, on behalf ginia, Anne and Ruth, and he has grown older and this before," Hinn hinted. he became a full-time evan- dents from Truman to of the Queen, to award two sons, Franklin and come to understand the continued on p(47) gelist for the American Obama. Watergate memoirs him an honorary knight- Ned. CATHOLIC PRIEST CATHOLIC CHURCH WHO DUMPED RECONCILES WITH CAN CATHOLIC CHURCH SET TO MARRY By Shalewa Ayodele olic Bishops’ Conference we cannot afford to be at of Nigeria and his team. war with one another." After about five I give kudos to all By Shalewa Ayodele in my spirit, in my soul, years absence due to al- the principal officers, the CAN' Director of Le- (and) in my body. leged misunderstanding directors and some Chris- gal issues, Kwankur Sam- The Nigerian priest, In my mind, every that was later described tian leaders in the country uel, said the organisation Patrick Edet who a year law that bound me bound as political, the Catholic for their support and un- was working on the new ago announced on a live me because I submit- Church has announced its derstanding while the dia- constitution to ensure program that he was re- ted myself to the Catholic return to the Christian As- logue lasted. that CAN has an effective signing from the Catholic Church as an institution. sociation of Nigeria. My joy knows no internal mechanism to ad- Church, is set to marry. Having submitted my The return was re- bound with the presence dress any misunderstand- Since July 2017, Mr. resignation letter to my portedly perfected in a of the CSN at the constitu- ing among its members. Edet has been running authorities in the Catholic meeting held at Abuja Rev. Fr. (Prof.) Cornelius tion amendment meeting We are all happy his own church, the Grace Church, in my spirit, soul when a delegation of the Omonokhua of CAN also recently held. with the return of the Family, since he left the and body, I am free from Catholic Bishops in Nige- by his Special Assistant It is our prayers that CSN. Our strength lies in Catholic fold. every law that guided me. ria led by Rev. Fr. (Prof.) (Media & Communica- the Body of Christ in the our unity. He had been a Catho- I submit myself to one au- Cornelius Omonokhua, tions), Adebayo Oladeji, country will remain one We are all happy lic priest for more than 11 thority God. appeared at the expand- expressed delights about forever in Jesus name. with this new develop- years. The reason I am do- ed National Executive the new development. Rev. Ayokunle fur- ment. Now, the Body of A source close to Edet ing this is that I want to be Committee and quarterly He said, "Their return ther stated, "at a time like Christ in Nigeria is one, during his priesthood years right with God first. I want posted on social media, "I to go to heaven when I meeting of CAN for the is one of the best things this when Christians are virile and strong. We have been fuming about die." he had said in 2017. amendment of its Consti- that have been happen- almost becoming endan- can now speak with one people trying to make news He also stated that tution. gered species in Nigeria, voice. ing since I was given the out of no news. Let the guy being a Catholic priest The withdrawal of mandate to become the when churches are be- With their return, live his life for God’s sake, didn’t give him enough Catholic Church from CAN President of CAN. ing denied the Certificate CAN is even now stron- another Catholic priest. space to serve God, "A box occurred in September One of my visions of Occupancy especially ger and greater. We have Some are of the opinion is already made for you 2012, when the bish- for CAN is to bring our in the core North, when learnt one lesson or two that Edet's presumptuous and you cannot go outside ops conference formally Catholic brothers and Christians are being de- from the challenges that attitude is all a publicity that box. You cannot know announced its divorce sisters back to the fold; nied key public offices led to their withdrawal. stunt. God beyond that box. You through a written letter. and I must acknowledge and when the Church is Never again will any When Mr. Edet an- cannot express God be- The President the support and under- expected to speak for the of the blocks withdraw its nounced his resignation yond that box. And any at- of CAN, Dr. Samson standing of my brother in voiceless, especially over membership, he stated." from Catholic Church," he tempt for you to go beyond Ayokunle, according to a Christ, Most Rev Ignatius the economic and social The CAN President con- said "I ceased to be a Cath- that box brings you label." statement issued recently Kaigama, President, Cath- hardship in our country, cluded. olic priest in my thinking, he said.

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RELIGIOUS BOOKS EDITOR’S PICK FICTION & NON FICTION BOOKS

Get the necessary spiritual guide for the year through inspirational stories from our collection of religious books. Be inspired, receive insight and revelation into the supernatural through carefully crafted writings that resonate hope and builds courage. For this month’s book collection, it’s more than reading, you are about to go on a voyage of discovery. A Time to Stand Battlefield of the Mind: Finding the Hero by Robert Whitlow Winning the Battle in in Your Husband: Your Mind Surrendering the Way by Joyce Meyer God Intended By Julianna Slattery

Whenever lives are at stake, and injustice prevails, cowardice is no longer a virtue. A Time to Stand is a reminder of the stuggles of blacks to alter and change the status quo. Adisa Johnson may not have seen it all as a lawyer until she would have to defend a teen shot by a Police officer in the US. As the court case unfolds, everyone in the small Joyce Meyer has once again delivered a message of Marriage still works and that's possible if we do it community must confront their own prejudices. Caught in hope and courage to the feeble minded. Learn how to win God's own way. Wives and husbands can get it right if they the middle, Adisa also tries to chart her way along a path the battle of the mind through faith in God. see marriage from God's stand point. complicated by her budding relationship with a charismatic Depression, fears, doubts, worries, reproach and The book offers practical help to women and educates young preacher who leads the local movement demanding shame can become a thing of the past when we trust God them on how God wants them to relate with their hus- the police officer answer for his crime. When two people through His Word that strengthens the inner man. We can bands. It moves far away from civilization and its "evil" with common interest gel, Justice can prevail. do greater things if we let go of worries. doctrines to what ought to be.

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FR. CHARLES’S BOOK LAUNCH WHY DO THE RIGHTEOUS SUFFER? JAN. 20, 2018

L-R: Mabel, June, Ngozi, Jean, Cora, Seline and Hanlan David Sax Father’s friends from Rose of Lima C.C. Scarborough and St. Peter & Paul C.C., Miss.

Father Charles Ogugbuaja - Author Celestina, Ngozi (MC) and Margaret Ugo, Tasie and Ify Okorie Fr. Charles Ogugbuaja and Ngozi Ugoh In Memoriam INAUGURATION

Catherine Houeto, Nee Ebu February 25th, 1963 to February 22nd, 2011 In loving memory of a dear friend, mother, grandmother, aunt who has been sadly missed for seven years. Forever in our hearts and with love always. Friend - Ngozi Ugoh

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province’s bold vision for islative changes are part rectional system in Ontario. continued from p(11) the future of correctional of the government’s com- ONTARIO TRANSFORMING ... services in Ontario. mitment to the long-term Source: • The proposed leg- transformation of the cor- [email protected] rehabilitate and reintegrate of adults in custody across jurisdiction over adults who individuals in custody. The the province in 2017 was are serving terms of proba- implementation of this fun- 7,584. tion of up to three years, continued from p(44) damental transformation of • In Ontario, provin- conditional sentences of adult correctional services cially run adult correctional up to two years less a day, I REGRET TAKING PROSPERITY … will be phased in as soon as facilities house inmates 18 those under parole super- He then elaborated on and friends. Hinn's World men are now dead, the re- possible based on system years of age or older who vision, adults on remand how he believes "no lack" Healing Center Church and vival has now been set in readiness and the appropri- are sentenced to terms of awaiting trial or sentenc- should be interpreted. Joyce Meyer Ministries motion. ate supports being in place. imprisonment of two years ing, and adults held for im- "Did Elijah the prophet were the only two minis- "What we are gon- less a day. migration hearing or depor- have a car? No. Did not tries that fully cooperated na see is a revival. Three QUICK FACTS • In carrying out its tation. even have a bicycle. He with the investigation and things are going to happen, • There are currently correctional services man- • The proposed legis- had no lack ... Did Jesus even implemented financial there's no doubt in my heart 25 provincially run adult date, the Ministry of Com- lation will replace the Min- drive a car or live in a man- reforms. and mind because it's in the correctional facilities in On- munity Safety and Cor- istry of Correctional Ser- sion? No. He had no lack. Hinn, who was born Bible. If you look at the Old tario. The average number rectional Services also has vices Act and outlines the How about the apostles? into a Christian family in and New Testament you'll None lacked among them," Israel, has repeatedly been see three things happening Hinn said. "Today, the idea accused of being a fraud always at the same time. continued from p(25) is abundance and palatial and criticized for living ex- Number one, evangelism. homes and cars and bank travagantly while leading a What was the first thing PATERNITY TESTING... accounts. The focus is ministry that rakes in more that happened in the book in sexual health especially to visit, only for the father have caused untold hard- wrong ... It's so wrong." than $100 million annu- of Acts? People saved," in Nigeria suggest that un- who was present at the de- ships to families,” he ex- He said even though ally. he responded. "The sec- protected sex and multiple livery of the baby to come plained. he has been accused of liv- "I think if I was fooling ond thing, miracles, people partners’ relationships are back to the hospital in the Shedding more light ing lavishly and flying pri- the people, over 35 years of healed. But the third thing a common occurrence. An- evening to say, to the sur- on the importance of the vate jets in the past,that is it now, I would have been was what? Prosperity. ... other issue is poor family prise of everyone present test as a means of identifica- not how he currently lives. caught already fooling Here we are in this season. planning among women. that the baby the hospital tion, a haematologist with "I mean forgive me. them," he told the network. We're gonna see amaz- Most first born pregnancies presented was not his baby the Lagos University Teach- People have accused me of "As has been widely ing things happen in those are still unplanned. because his baby was born ing Hospital, Idi-Araba, things that aren't even real. reported, Benny Hinn Min- areas of our lives and get “I have seen and dis- with dreadlocks just like who pleaded an anonymity One guy wrote a comment istries is cooperating fully ready for your children to cussed with women who him. because he is not the hos- 'Oh he's worth 40 million.' with the governmental be saved in a big way, your for one reason or other de- “He had to escort the pital’s official spokesperson, Oh, how I wish. I would entities that are reviewing families to be saved in a big cide in their own wisdom to doctors to identify his baby called on government to give it all to the Kingdom certain operations of the way, loved ones respond to give another man’s child to inside one of the cribs. This provide DNA testing and before God Almighty," he Church. The ministry has the Lord in a big way." their husbands without the happened right inside one banking (storing) facilities. said. undergone intense scrutiny He also pointed out husband’s knowledge. of the biggest and well He said with these fa- "'Well he flies private over the years, and we re- that Christians across the “As a geneticist, I known hospitals in Ikeja, cilities, families could still jets,'" he continued mimick- main confident that there world are being persecuted deal on a daily basis with Lagos. make DNA verification after ing criticism. "No, I don't. I will again be a positive and and that American Chris- the fall-out of adultery and “In the light of some parties involved are dead. have not flown private in speedy outcome in the days tians have been spared "up other manifestations of self- of these shortcomings, we Olowoshelu said a dear God years. I fly com- ahead," his ministry said. to now" but he wasn't sure ish behaviour of spouses to encourage maternal DNA sample of the deceased tis- mercial just like anyone As a pastor, Hinn also if "we will be spared for a their partners. Reproductive testing because if we ex- sues that had been stored else.... said he wants his life to end whole lot longer." deception is morally similar clude her, we have estab- could be used and if no We all sadly make the right with God according to "I am really praying. to rape,” he said. lished a case of infidelity biological samples from the mistake of thinking that this a source close to Benny for I want persecution to come Naturally, when a case against her, whereas her alleged father are available, is what God wants and God over 30 years. for my sake 'cause I want of paternity dispute arises baby was switched at the grand parentage testing says 'No, that's not what I "We all want to fin- to get purer before the Lord in a family, relatives, hus- hospital.” could be a viable option. want.' It's time to live bibli- ish right," he said of pas- ... I think persecution ... bands are quick to accuse He also urged moth- “If one or both pater- cally. You know it all comes tors. "We all start right. like fire purifies," he said. the woman. It is assumed ers who doubt or suspect nal grandparents are un- down to one thing. Do we Sometimes we, you know, "The early church that a mother should be that their babies have been available for testing, other love Jesus, yes or no? If we stumble here and stumble was persecuted. There is able to accurately disclose switched to voice their con- family relationship tests– love Jesus then it's all about there, but when you come no respecter of persons who the biological father of cerns as such cases could be such as genetic reconstruc- Jesus. If we don't love Je- right down to it, we all and persecution is a part of her child is. investigated and document- tions and siblings’ tests, sus then it's about other want to finish right. I'm our life. All who live godly However, Salami ed for future references. using the deceased brothers things," he said. 65 years old, I surely don't will suffer persecution and noted that only a DNA test “Many people get or sisters may be performed Hinn was one of six want to blow it at this point we've been spared in Amer- could be used to confirm home and look at a child to indirectly determine a televangelists who were in my life and I thank you ica but things already are who fathered a child. and wonder if they brought child’s paternity,” he said. part of US Senate inquiry for praying for me. I really turning against us. No, you According to him, home the right baby. In Earlier, Salami stated questioning the personal mean that." know what? For us, that's more babies are increasing- some reported cases, moth- that poor DNA profiling and use of church-owned air- Hinn, who began the really a better way to say ly being switched without ers have voiced their con- documentation due to lack planes, luxury homes and conversation by reminding it. They're against us in the their mothers’ knowledge cerns while at the hospital, of facilities and personnel credit cards by pastors his audience of a prophesy natural but who cares the by nurses, birth attendants but did not get the chance to had made this procedure a and their families, and ex- he made in 1989 that the natural? Think what God and health workers in hos- find out the truth until years luxury to many Nigerians. pressed concern about the deaths of his mentor, Oral will do with it for our lives. pitals. later through DNA tests. He noted that such stored lack of oversight of finances Roberts, and Billy Graham What glory it will bring, the He noted that baby “To an ordinary per- samples could help solve by boards often packed with would bring about a great power it will bring," Hinn switches were happening at son, this may look rare or legal and financial disputes. the televangelists' relatives revival, said since both said. a disturbing rate in Nigerian even sound strange as most “Nigerians must take hospitals and the geneticist cases of babies switched DNA testing and profil- continued from p(21) attributed these mix-ups to at birth are either undocu- ing and banking seriously. avoidable errors or malfea- mented or unknown,” Sa- There are different reasons MY HUSBAND DIED … sance. lami added. to establish paternity in- Salami condemned However, as beneficial cluding the need to lay he had you back entirely to dation. Kids smell our fear sible sisters to stage an in- the use of corresponding ID as paternity DNA testing is, claims to a financial sup- himself, he’s being asked to and foibles better than we tervention on your behalf. bracelets between mothers the importance of the DNA port. share and (in his eyes) lose imagine and I suspect your The teamwork that’s held and their babies, the most testing is still unpopular “Government must another parent. You say boy has sniffed out a spot of you together will see you prevalent method in Nigeri- and often times regarded as provide DNA testing facili- you’ve pulled together as a guilt and therefore vulner- through. an hospitals ,which he said, irrelevant in Nigeria. ties such that we can have team these past 12 months ability. His opposition will You are currently the often lead to mix-ups since Salami said that most reference DNA for individu- and that may well be con- one day be a source of hu- most pivotal person in this such bracelets could fall off Nigerians often use physical als should their remains tributing to his opposition mour, but for now consider boy’s universe, a position babies’ ankles or wrists and resemblance to fathers as a need to be identified espe- to your relationship. He’s the actor Ben Whishaw’s consolidated by the prema- lead to nurses misreading test of paternity. cially for those in high-risk got used to being the man ground-breaking portrayal ture loss of his father. He’s infants to mothers’ bracelet “Unfortunately, Nige- employment such as the in your life at a time when of Hamlet some years ago, a young man trying to ex- information. rians still use physical attri- military, police, pilots, air you’ve all been emotionally a snivelling myopic adoles- ert control over a life that’s Apart from the ID butes to determine the pa- hostesses and even those weakened, so I’ve no doubt cent deranged and derailed already delivered one of its mix-ups, he said bed mix- ternity of a child. We have that fly the Nigerian air- it’s a terrifying prospect to by his father’s death and most brutal blows. Like all ups by health workers often seen numerous cases where space on regular basis. cede that position. In his his perceived abandonment our boys, yours will aban- happen especially in gen- a child resembles a father, “We can bank their eyes I’m sure it leaves him by his mother. At the mo- don you when it suits him. eral wards especially after but accurate DNA test re- DNA as a reference in cas- alone and unprotected. ment your son is a person But while he’s still so des- babies have been removed sults show that such child es of future paternity tests You must enjoy this to pity and protect, but not perately trying to pull your for bathing or treatment. and father are not related. should some parties contest new partnership pros- to pivot your life around. I strings there’s no harm in Salami, sharing an ex- “Determination of pa- or make claims on inheri- pect with impunity, but I suggest you remain patient letting him feel like the pup- perience said, “I witnessed ternity using physical attri- tances that are not theirs,” wouldn’t be surprised if your while continuing to enjoy pet-master a little longer. a case where a friend gave butes has led to a situation he said. son’s angst wasn’t partly your newfound romance Source: www.theguardian. birth to a child and I went where illegitimate children Source: Punch fuelled by your own trepi- and perhaps invite his sen- com

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