Alarming......409 Nigerians in South African jail- Hon. Abike Dabiri- Erewa!

The House of Representatives, recently condemned the ill-treatment and discrimination against Nigerians living in South Africa, stressing that at least more than 409 were currently serving jail terms in the country.

Abike Dabiri-Erewa

Chairman of the House Committee on Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this in a statement issued after the committee’s visit to two prisons in South Africa.

She described the increasing number of Nigerians in foreign prisons as “ridiculously embarrassing.”

Dabiri-Erewa, representing Ikorodu Federal Constituency in Lagos State, who visited the prisons alongside two members of the committee, Ajibola Famurewa and Umaru Shidanfi, consular officers of the Nigerian Embassy and executives of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, disclosed that over 400,000 Nigerians were currently living in South Africa.

During her interaction with some inmates, the lawmaker explained that some of them confessed that they had been denied their freedom, despite completing their jail terms.

“The inmates complained of extreme discrimination by the prison authorities in South Africa. The law enforcement officers always maltreat citizens of Nigeria for unjustifiable reasons.

“Sometimes, the authorities tore into pieces their Nigerian passports among several other allegations and refused to grant them bail, while others from other countries that committed similar bailable offence were granted bail,” Abike said 

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A Glimpse Of Hatona Masortit!

In Jewish law, marriage consists of two separate acts, called erusin or kiddushin, meaning sanctification, which is the bethrothal ceremony, and nissu'in or chupah, the actual ceremony for the marriage. Erusin changes the couple's interpersonal status, while nissu'in brings about the legal consequences of the change of status. 

In Talmudic times, these two ceremonies usually took place up to a year apart; the bride lived with her parents until the actual marriage ceremony which is the nissuin, would take place in a room or tent that the groom had set up for her. But since the Middle Ages the two ceremonies have taken place as a combined ceremony performed in public.

According to the Talmud, erusin involves the groom handing an object to the bride - either an object of value such as a ring, or a document stating that she is being betrothed to him. 

In order to be valid, this must be done in the presence of two unrelated male witnesses. 

After erusin, the laws of adultery apply, and the marriage cannot be dissolved without a religious divorce. The couple may live together after nisuin.

Mazal tov.

Family laments death of their son, prays that Justice be done!

JOODA AKANBI OF SWORDS DUBLIN BECAUSE U HAVE PERSONAL BEEF WITH Data 

Links……...TAIWO JAMANI…..

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An aggrieved family member openly lamented the untimely death of their beloved brother, Taiwo Jamani, praying that justice met meted to perpetrator. 

A YR AFTERWARDS YOU SET UR EYES ON HIM OCT. 10TH, GOT IN UR CAR……TOOK OUT A 

BASEBALL BAT N HIT HIM ON THE HEAD SEVERALLY………O TI E GBAMO NI APAA, ESEE ABI 

ARAA….U AIMED FOR HIS HEAD…..HIS SKULL…..

U WERE ARRESTED N CHARGED FOR I GUESS ATTEMPTED MURDER N HAD THE AUDACITY TO 

ASK 4 A BAIL HEARING…WHILE TAIWO WAS IN COMA FOR WEEKS……..WELL IT WAS GRANTED 

BUT U COULDNT AFFORD IT……

TAIWO DIED FROM UR "TEMPERAMENTAL WAYS"……U KILLED HIM….

GUESS WOT U R AS GOOD AS DEAD….COZ I BET UR NEXT COURT HEARING UR CHARGES WILL 

BE INCREASED TO "MURDER"…..NJE O TI KU SAIYEE BAYI? R U NOT A LIVING DEAD BAYI?

WITH UR STUPID IRRATIONAL BEHAVIOUR….…U KILLED A MAN….TOOK HIM FROM HIS FAMILY…

HIS TWIN BROTHER….HIS PARENTS….HIS KIDS…..WOMAN…PADDIES N FRIENDS…..OVER WOT?

U R MARRIED WITH 4 KIDS….U HAVE RUINED UR OWN FAMILY WITH UR OWN HANDS……..UR 

WIFE OR KIDS WILL PROBABLY PAY U VISITS IN JAIL……A KILLED….MURDERER…..APA YAN…..

I BET UR ARE FULFILLED IN THE JAIL UR AT NOW….O TI TE IFE INU EEE…..AM SURE UR HAPPY 

WITH UR REWARD…..JAIL….EWON…..I WISH U GET A LIFE SENTENCE….N I KNOW U WILL 

WITH UR TEMPER….COZ O MA SHISHEY NINU JAIL N THEY WILL GIVE U LIFE…

U MUST BE A TOUT….."ORAISAA"….THUG….TO NKO BASE BALL BAT SI NU MOTO….NO NEED TO 

CURSE U COZ I BET CURSES RAINED ON U BY SOMEONE U HAVE HURT B4 GOT U WERE U 

R….O NI BO NINU EE…..NI AGBARA OLORUN….

TAIWO JAMANI……U FOUGHT FOR A MONTH N 2 DAY….RIP PADDY WA…..UR IN A BERRA PLACE 

FROM UR PAINS THOU ITS HARD FOR US TO ACCEPT UR DISMISS……BUT THEN…."KABI O SI 

OLORUN"

OPOLOPO DUN A JINAA SIRAAA…..AKU ARA FERA KU…..HMMMMM

Official Result of Anambra Governorship Election as announced by INEC!

This is the official result of the inconclusive Anambra governorship elections as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Aguata

APC – 5,275
APGA – 10,180
PDP – 4,275
LP –  1,129
Accredited voters – 24,883
Valid votes – 23,452

Ayamelum
APC – 1,827
APGA – 9,121
PDP – 5,681
LP – 624
Valid votes – 17,449

Anambra East
APC – 1,418
APGA – 15,300
PDP – 5,579
LP – 511
Valid votes – 23,315

Anambra West
APC – 2,478
APGA – 5,128
PDP – 3,966
LP – 321

Anaocha
APC – 3,174
APGA -14,563
PDP – 2,948
LP -733
A ballot box was snatched at Unit 016, Obiamaka Primary School, it was reported.

Awka North
APC – 1,712
APGA – 5,385
PDP – 3,943
LP – 474

Awka South
APC – 6,596
APGA – 9,206
PDP – 5,689
LP -1,648

Ekwusigo
APGA – 6,815
PDP – 4,426
APC – 2,958
LP – 1,692

Idemilli North
APC – 7,135
APGA – 2,795)
PDP – 1,462)
LP – 643

Idemili South
APC – 9,539
APGA – 2,899
PDP – 3,786
LP – 1,021

Ihiala
APC – 4,069
APGA – 10,067)
PDP – 5,517
LP – 1,854

Njikoka
APGA – 10,753
APC – 4,585
PDP – 5,630
LP – 754

Nnewi North
LP –  18,014
APGA – 4,846
APC – 3,076
PDP – 1,942

Nnewi South
APGA – 8,145
PDP – 3,031
APC – 2,676
LP – 2,214

Ogbaru
APGA – 11,716
APC – 7,687
PDP – 6,114
LP – 95

Onitsha North – 10,842
APC – 7,616
PDP – 4,947
LP -776

Onitsha South
APGA – 9,786
APC – 7,094
PDP – 3,520
LP – 716)

Orumba North

APGA – 9,161 votes
PDP – 4,567
APC – 3,343

Orumba South

APC – 3,147
APGA – 6,338
PDP – 4,003
LP – 1,265

Oyi
PDP – 9,123
APGA – 6,994
APC – 3,373
LP – 206

Africa Should Reject ‘Free Pass’ for Leaders- ICC!

 African governments should reject special exemptions for sitting officials before the International Criminal Court (ICC), African organizations and international organizations with a presence in Africa said in a document released on 18th November, 2013.

The ICC’s annual meeting, the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), will take place from November 20 to 28, 2013, in The Hague, Netherlands.

The ICC faces important challenges in Africa. In October the African Union said that the trials of Kenya’s president and vice president, Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto, should be suspended and that all sitting national leaders should receive immunity before international courts.

“Immunity for government leaders before the ICC is contrary to the basic principle that no one should be above the law,” said Georges Kapiamba, president of the Congolese Association for Access to Justice.“We should not deny justice to the victims and their families because their tormentors hold high political positions.”
The meeting’s general debate and scheduled session on the impact of indicting sitting heads of state will offer African and other governments important opportunities to affirm support for the ICC’s independent role in ensuring justice for the gravest crimes.

“Human rights abuses by governments and armed groups remain one of the biggest challenges confronting people in Africa,” said George Kegoro, executive director at the International Commission of Jurists-Kenya. “Ideally, domestic courts will ensure justice for these crimes, but the ICC serves as a crucial court of last resort when they are unable or unwilling.”
Some African leaders have taken the position that the ICC is targeting Kenya. In Kenya, where the authorities failed to respond adequately to post-election violence, the ICC prosecutor’s office acted to open an investigation. In all other situations before the ICC, the situations were referred by the governments where the crimes took place or by the United Nations Security Council, as with Libya and Darfur, Sudan.

“The ICC is far from perfect, but it is not targeting Africa,” said Angela Mudukuti, international criminal justice project lawyer at the Southern Africa Litigation Centre. “The majority of ICC investigations came about because African governments requested the ICC’s involvement. These countries should work to dispelinaccurate information and to correct misperceptions about the court.”

At the same time, there are double standards in the delivery of international justice that need to be addressed, the organizations said.

“The ICC’s reach should be improved, but justice should not be denied in Africa because it is not yet possible everywhere,” said Chinonye Obiagwu, national coordinator at Nigeria’s Legal Defense and Assistance Project. “ICC members can demonstrate their commitment to victims by supporting prosecutions wherever the worst crimes are being committed.”
The document  intended to promote common advocacy aims in advance of the ASP session. Organizations involved include the following: Burundi Coalition for the ICC, Center for Democratic Development of Ghana, Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law – Sierra Leone, Coalition for the ICC, Congolese Association for Access to Justice, Human Rights Watch, International Commission of Jurists-Kenya, International Crime in Africa Programme of the Institute for Security Studies, Legal Defence and Assistance Project of Nigeria, Media Foundation for West Africa, NamRights in Namibia, Nigerian Coalition for the ICC, Southern Africa Litigation Centre, and Transformation Resource Centre of Lesotho.

Peter Okoye marries in grand style!

Peter Okoye of the Psquare duo finally got married to his beu and mother of his two kids, Lola Omotayo.

Theirs was a journey started years back, before the music artists made their debut.






The colorful marriage ceremony was witnessed by family, friends and dignitaries.











Despite the odds and challenges the story seems to have a happy ending. 






Roving Informant wishes them: A very happy and fruitful  married life.

6 people confirmed killed in Illinois by Tornadoes that hit US Midwest !

Six people were reportedly killed and it is feared that several hundred people may have been injured in the fast-moving storms. While a number of people are said to be trapped inside buildings.

Forecasters say up to 53 million people could be affected. Hailstones the size of tennis balls have been reported.

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The rapid-moving storm - with winds of up to 111km/h (68mph) - is continuing its way east.

November is ordinarily one of the quietest months in the tornado calendar, meaning these storms are unusually destructive for this time of year, the BBC's Nick Bryant in New York reports.

'War zone'

All the fatalities were reported in Illinois, which was the hardest hit state.

One person died in the town of Washington, Melanie Arnold of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency. She provided no further details.

Two further people died in southern Massac County, while an elderly man and his sister were killed when a tornado struck their farm house in the village of New Minden.

Eyewitnesses described how large parts of Washington had been levelled by the tornadoes.

Illinois officials are describing the situation as "dangerous and volatile".

Karen Harris, a food truck operator in Washington, told the BBC she saw a "car completely mangled, the houses gone".

"Telephone wires [are] down everywhere, live wires are still down. I'm pretty traumatised from what I saw.

"I actually saw a vehicle in the middle of the road, their left signal light turned on, like they were getting ready to turn, all the windows were out of it, blood was in the back seat.

"Pandemonium. It looks like a war zone," Ms Harris added.

Laura Nightengale, a reporter with the Journal Star newspaper in Peoria, Illinois, witnessed the approach of a tornado from inside a house in the town.

"From the window I saw this huge tornado, tonnes of debris flying through the air.

"I took shelter in the basement. The area that was hit, it's just absolutely devastated - entire blocks where homes stood this morning right now are just rubble," Ms Nightengale told the BBC.

The National Weather Service warned of a "particularly dangerous situation" for parts of the central US.

"Several rapidly moving, intense tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, large hail events and damaging winds are expected in these watch areas," the service said.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn warned residents to "pay attention to all weather alerts and stay home and inside if possible".

American football fans were evacuated from a stadium in the centre of Chicago as one tornado moved through the city suburbs.