Julius Malema was found guilty of racial hatred



Julius Malema

ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema was found guilty of provoking divisions within the ruling party and of bringing the organisation into disrepute on Thursday, and was suspended for five years. He will vacate his position. This was after Malema said earlier this year the ANCYL would send a team to Botswana to consolidate local opposition parties and help bring about regime change there. Malema later apologised for the remarks, but they were widely believed to have caused serious diplomatic embarrassment for the ANC.

Malema was found not guilty on a third charge of inciting racial hatred and inflaming divisions in the country.

Doctor ‘Conrad Murray’ Found Guilty of death of Michael Jackson

Dr Conrad Murray

After 6 weeks of trial, a guilty verdict was returned by the jury yesterday in the Michael Jackson and Conrad Murray’s manslaughter case; meaning Jackson’s doctor (Conrad Murray) was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star’s death for supplying an insomnia-plagued Jackson with a powerful operating-room anesthetic to help him sleep as he rehearsed for his big comeback. Conrad faces 4 years in jail and was remanded in custody until sentencing on 29th November, 2011. Meanwhile Defense attorney Ed Chernoff said later in the day the verdict was a disappointment and would be appealed.

Lagos conspiracy...

LAGOS-A 70-year- old man and three others have been arraigned before a Surulere Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for alleged cutting off the hand and leg of one Tajudeen Ogunbadejo with a machete. Oladun Mannaseh, 70; Dick Ike, 61; Edike Emeka, 49 and Rafiu Olorunmbe, 35, were charged on a two-count charge of conspiracy and causing grievous body harm.

Miss World 2011...

A 21-year-old from Venezuela ‘Ivian Sarcos’ was crowned Miss World 2011 few minutes ago at London’s Earls Court.Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares, a human resources graduate currently works for a broadcasting company. The 2nd place was taken by Philippines while the 3rd spot went to Puerto Rico.

The countries which made it to the top 7 are England, Korea, Venezuela, Philippines, Puerto Rico, South Africa and Scotland. 122 contestants from across the world took part in this year’s pageant… The pageant is 60 years old today!

Boys who made sex video may be expelled

Cape Town - Western Cape education authorities are considering expelling three Oudtshoorn High School pupils for allegedly making a sex video. "A disciplinary hearing was held and the school governing body has made the recommendation... that the three learners be expelled," provincial education spokesperson Bronagh Casey said on Monday. "The head of department’s office has received the documents from the school governing body and is now processing the recommendation."Casey said the head of department would make the final decision on whether the pupils should be expelled.

Corruption thieves –Nigeria

Nigeria, the white elephant of Africa, Nigeria is the 5th largest oil producer in the world, but these billions of dollars must first pass through the pockets of a handful of ex-general, politicians and the so call chiefs. The number one cause of corruption in this country is lawlessness.

There are laws but they are never enforced. This is a country where you can do whatever you like, particularly if you are wealthy, “If a poor man steals, they say he is a poor man; then they jail him or they can stone him to death in the street. But when a rich man steals, they look for grammar to color it.

However, some of our royal fathers are deep in corruption. They take money from government to do projects but will not do it. Another cause of corruption in the country is that Nigerians prefer the short cut to success. Nigeria educational institutions are riddled with corruption. The academicians too cut corners.

What a shame, impoverished status of Nigerians despite wealth of the country. The people in power allow their citizens to live in squalor while they enriched themselves and their families.

Highest-Paid man in entertainment

Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry earned $130 million between May 2010 and May 2011, which ranks him as the highest-earning man in entertainment for that time period. Perry makes big money from his TV shows as well as his movies. He'll take on the role of detective Alex Cross in a big screen adaptation of the James Patterson books.He often appears dressed in drag as Madea, the wide-hipped, argumentative, no-nonsense character who has starred in six of Perry’s movies. Madea has also shown up in one of Perry’s TV shows, House of Payne.

Secret Gay spread AIDS- Said, Game America Rapper!

Game America Rapper

American rapper, The Game, believes closeted gay (secretly gay) men are spreading AIDS by “fooling” women into having sex with them.  According to Game just gave an interview to VLADTV — saying he doesn’t have a problem with most gay people — just the ones who are “pretending” not to be gay and sleeping with women    Game says, “The #1 issue with that is you could be fooling somebody and you could give them AIDS and they can die … and that s**t spreads because that girl you might be fooling might leave you and go find another dude who is not gay and give him the disease.”

Facebook’s profited $1.6B in the First Half Of 2011

Facebook’s revenue soared to $1.6 billion in the first half of 2011, according to a report by Reuters, as the world’s largest social network continues to expand ahead of its widely anticipated IPO. The social networking giant posted net income of $500 million in the first half of 2011, according to “a source with knowledge of its financials.” Facebook has taken its user base to a whopping 750 million and has established itself as one of the biggest players in the display advertising world, TAKING one-third of all impressions served in the U.S. (more than Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, and AOL together).

For more Information: Forbes

Police minister robbed by officer on duty

                   

A South African police officer has been arrested for stealing from his boss, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa, who is tasked with bringing down high crime levels, his spokesman said Tuesday.A laptop and cellphone were taken from the minister’s home in Cape Town. “There was no break-in,” said Mthethwa’s spokesman Zweli Mnisi. “The person who took them was a police officer on duty guarding the house.” The items were found and the policeman was arrested with two other people who bought the goods. The three were set to appear in court on Wednesday.

Egyptians gain a lot on “the idea of an internet revolution”

A revolution that is happened at Egypt as I type. My interests in it lie in the fact that it’s an online revolution. Social networking led to change in Tunisia, and caused demonstrations in Yemeni. It’s amazing to behold.

I connect in with a lot of political debates on and offline and everyone agrees that Nigeria is in dire need for a change. However those same people laughed at the idea of an internet revolution...yet here it is! Been up all day and night following all updates, because I am so happy about the possible outcomes of Egyptians.

Over Weigh Woman so far

World highest Paid Footballer Player



Samuel Etoo

Cameroun's Samuel Etoo is now the most paid human being to kick a football around, in a new deal, Samuel Etoo Will be earning 340,000 Euros (76 Million Naira) per week (10.8 Million Naira/day or 452K Naira Per Hour) which is about 20 million euros per year.  That places Etoo ahead of Christiano Ronaldo who earns 12M euros per year and Barcenlona's Lionel Messi who earns 10 million euros per year





Kanu Nwankwo’s Testimonial Match in Lagos

Nwankwo Kanu is Nigeria Super eagle team football player who is Africa’s most decorated football player, with a large collection of accolades from Premier Leagues across Europe and FIFA competition and is giving back to the African continent, through the Foundation.

Kanu Nwankwo will be marking the end of his international football career with a Testimonial Match scheduled for tomorrow Saturday 11th of June 2011, at Testimonial in Balogun Stadium in Lagos.

The following players are expected to honour him tomorrow as he says goodbye to international football are: Samuel Eto’o and Rigobert Song of Cameroon, Alex Song of Arsenal, Ghana’s Samuel Essien, Asamoah Gyan and Sulley Muntari. Emmanuel Adebayor from Togo, Senegal’s El Hadj Diouf, Cote d’ Ivoire’s Didier Drogba, Yaya and Kolo Toure. Kanu’s Portsmouth team mate Aaron Mokoena, together with South African compatriot Siphiwe Tshabalala, are also expected to play.

To illustrate how big his heart was, Kanu Nwankwo in July 31st 2000, set up a heart foundation for the treatment of less privileged children diagnosed with heart related disease. So far the foundation has successfully treated more than 3,000 children. He is presently the Nigeria Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations Children's Fund.

Grace Mugabe’s -Secret affair ...

The wife of Robert Mugabe has been having a secret affair with one of her husband’s best friends; it was claimed two days ago.Grace Mugabe – who is 41 years younger than Zimbabwe’s 86-year-old president – has spent the past five years cuckolding him with Gideon Gono, head of the country’s central bank.   The couple would meet as often as three times a month either at her dairy farm or in expensive hotels in neighbouring South Africa.

International friendly match 2011 Nigeria condensed Argentina -Abuja National Stadium.

Nigeria trounced Argentina 4-1 here on Wednesday in a friendly for their first-ever win over the two-time world champions. The hosts dominated this game from start to finish and Argentina on  01 June 2011

Emenike, 24, made up for an earlier miss after coming on as a second-half substitute with a cool finish inside the box when he reached the end of a long ball and lobbed over the goalkeeper.

Obinna Nsofor was also on target from the penalty spot in the 27th minute after Everton striker Victor Anichebe was fouled inside the box.  Argentina clutches a comfort goal from the penalty spot courtesy of Mauro Boselli after Efe Ambrose was adjudged to have handled the ball deep into stoppage time.

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Sex or NO! mark

Four Walter Sisulu University lecturers have been suspended in a sex-for-marks scandal that has rocked the institution. The scandal erupted when a BTech student in the South African University complained that she might not graduate in May. "I went to my supervisor to find out why he is not giving me marks for my project, (and) he said we will have to have sex first," the 23-year-old student said.

During exams in November last year. On her return to campus last month, she again approached him, but she claimed the lecturer again demanded that they have sex.

Attempts to resolve the matter through the student representative council three weeks ago failed, and she has since reported the matter to the office of the public protector.

The student alleges that the lecturer repeated his shocking demands in front of SRC members and an academic affairs representative. She said she was humiliated when, in the presence of fellow students, the lecturer told her again: "I want to have sex with you. It's that or no marks." She said: "I realised that this is normal practice for him to be so bold. For him to say that in the presence of the student leadership showed that he is used to victimising students and thinks it's the norm to exchange sex for marks."

SRC president Ayanda Gantsho confirmed that he was at the meeting. He told the South African Sunday Times he was shocked when the lecturer went even further and agreed to put his demands in writing. He allegedly wrote a letter which reads: "Akapasi kuba ndifuna ukulala naye," meaning "She won't pass because I want to have sex with her."  In another case, a student passed only after the lecturer was suspended.
The university's council chair man, Dr Somadoda Fikeni, admitted that there were gaps in policies which created problems when dealing with some disciplinary cases. Three institutions - the University of Transkei (Unitra), Border Technikon and Eastern Cape Technikon - merged to form the university, but their codes of conduct have yet to be merged into one.
"We have instructed the vice chancellor to deal with the policy issue as soon as possible," said Fikeni.
Among the suspended staff is a senior public management lecturer on the university's Zamukulungisa campus in Mthatha and three law faculty lecturers on the former Unitra campus.
Vice-chancellor Professor Marcus Balintulo confirmed the suspensions this week, adding that charges against another staff member had been dropped owing to a lack of evidence. He said the suspensions were handed down between November last year and this week.
Balintulo said: "There is a standoff at the university, with students asserting their rights to be protected from victimisation, while staff feel that they are being portrayed as predators.
"There's a lot of anger around this, but we have to act and follow due process."
Students boycotted classes on Tuesday after they spotted a suspended lecturer on campus.
Balintulo then called a meeting with student representatives and the unions on Wednesday.
The next day, staff members pledged support for their colleague, which led to students boycotting classes.


Source:   elombah.com   

World literary celebrity

Chinua Achebe, one of the world's most influential authors, has been chosen to receive the 2010 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize. With approximately $300,000 from silent film stars Dorothy and Lillian Gish, the Gish Prize is one of the largest and most prestigious awards in the arts.

Gish Prize recipients are nominated by the worldwide arts community and selected for their unprecedented impact in their chosen fields.



Nigerian author Chinua Achebe

Achebe will receive the prize and a silver medallion on October 27, 2010, at the Hudson Theatre, Millennium Broadway, New York City. Leaders of the arts including curator Lowery Sims, former NEA chair Jane Alexander, PEN president Kwame Anthony Appiah, author Ekwueme Michael Thelwell, poet Sonia Sanchez, and musician Baba Ola Jagun will be among the presenters and guests celebrating Achebe's work and his impact on the international diasporas of African fiction and voices.

"When I was a boy, growing up in Nigeria, becoming a novelist was a far-away dream," says Achebe. "Now it is a reality for many African writers, not just myself. The Gish Prize recognizes the long journey my fellow colleagues and I have taken, and I am proud and grateful for that."

Now in its 17th year, the annual Gish Prize continues to reflect the spirit of the pioneering Gish sisters, paying tribute to artistic trailblazers who have redefined their craft. Gish Prize recipients have shaped the cultural landscape in drama, music, dance, art, architecture, lighting design, film, and literature.Achebe joins an impressive list of past Gish Prize winners including Robert Redford, Ornette Coleman, Merce Cunningham and Frank Gehry.

Source: Saharareporters

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Try a cliché

In business communication we came across so many clichés, the clichés are basically on unoriginal ideas or it can be good ideas that have been floating around for a while.In business communication is all about duplicate the same weary business expression or using old ideas that have been compressed into the ground in order to drum up business which is followed :

• Expression that have become overused
• Make reading monotonous and can make the writer or speaker seem like a copier.
• A damaged expression can convey such messages as "you are not special"; I won’t bother to think; the phrases I used in talking with others are surely good enough for you.
• Using overly strong adjectives and adverbs may damage people’s credibility.

In business environment, No one can be unique on a daily basis but keeping away from office clichés can at least give managers a fighting chance of staying relevant in the workplace and keeping the respect of employees.

 

The day of my graduation!!!

The thousands of students rocked the Multi-purpose hall when the guest of honors entered. Everyone was so excited about who the guest was. When they had reached his seat, we rose and sang the South Africa National anthem. Although the first speech was quite dry, the second was pretty interesting. Another round of applause thundered in the hall after the speeches while students from formative and design faculty lined up along the sit numbers. Many waited excitedly for their turn to go onto the stage to receive their certificate from their form Vice Chancellor. When it was my turn, I was so excited that I can’t wait to see my brother and friends who are watching me on the stage.

Kingsley at Multi-purpose hall

Kingsley, Pumeza ,Adile and Bethadwa

 

Odinaka kingsley okoli



My big Brother Ossy and his wife, Kingsley, Chike and Bethadwa



kingsley and Bathadwa at E-learning

My families are extremely proud of me. I can't imagine the sense of relief they are experiencing. I know my late father will be enjoying anywhere he is, and talk of my mother who is dancing the first time she heard that I received a letter for graduation. I sincerely believe that after graduation my dreams will come true and I will succeed in anything that is my desires; and is bold and full of dreams since that keep me going! I am waiting to make a significant contribution to the development of my country Nigeria. After live here!