Monday, 30 April 2018

Buhari and Trump agree on the importation of US military training, food and military helicopters into Nigeria

Main points:
President Trump: The US sends $1bn to Nigeria every year...I am sure that they would want some more...

President Trump of the US and President Buhari of Nigeria

WORLD NEWS - President Donald Trump has welcomed President Buhari of Nigeria to the Oval Office. Trump stressed the problem of terrorism in Nigeria saying,"It's a hotbed and we're going to be stopping that." He also decried Christians murdered in Nigeria, adding that, "we will work on that problem hardnbecause we can't allow that to happen."

You can watch the joint press conference which is scheduled to hold at 6.30pm GMT in the Rose Garden in the White House.

UK's first ethnic minority HOME SECRETARY - Meet Sajid Javid!

LONDON, UK - Wonders shall never end! With the resignation of Amber Rudd, Sajid Javid, 48, becomes the first Home Secretary from an ethnic minority.
He was elected MP for Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, in 2010 and was quickly identified a a rising star.

Javid was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, one of five sons of parents of Pakistani heritage. His father was a bus driver.
He has compared himself to London Mayor Sadiq Khan , who also hails from Pakistani ancestry and whose father also drove buses.
Javid went to a comprehensive school in Bristol before studying economics and politics at Exeter University.

The climax of a meteoric rise in Britain's booming financial services industry saw him become a managing director at Deutsche Bank in 2004.
He has four children with wife Laura.
Tipped as a future Tory leader, Javid infamously had a portrait of Margaret Thatcher on the wall of his ministerial office.

The former City banker sat on the work and Pensions Select Committee, then the powerful Public Accounts Committee.
Javid, who comes from a Muslim background but does not practise any religion, was particularly close to Chancellor George Osborne and was appointed a Treasury Minister in September 2012.
He was elevated to the Cabinet as Culture Secretary in April of that year and became Business Secretary in May 2015 after the Tories' shock election outright victory.

In July 2016, Theresa May made him Communities and Local Government secretary as she formed her first Cabinet following David Cameron's resignation in the wake of the Brexit referendum.

Javid was seen as a reluctant Remainer and was an outspoken opponent of “ever closer union”.
He has been blasted for failing to get a hold of the housing crisis gripping the country, but won plaudits for standing up to Labour over anti-Semitism and to Donald Trump over his inflammatory tweets.

Talented and gifted children and young people aged 8 to 30 wanted for an enpowerment programme

In this photo, Wanter Tor-Uja, daughter of Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Dr.Uja Tor- Uja shared a beautiful photograph of her family on Facebook. Here are her five daughters all barristers!

BREAKING NEWS: Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary resigns over the Windrush saga

The Prime Minister, Theresa May has accepted the resignation of the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd over her handling of the Windrush scandal.
After a two week stand-off and calls to resign from the black community including MPs David Lammy and Diane Abott, Amber Rudd had to hand in her resignation.
A long standing friend and alley of Mrs Theresa May, this will come as a shock to the Prime Minister.
It was Theresa May who created the 'hostile policy' which Amber Rudd implimented in 2012.

Friday, 27 April 2018

The largest gathering of children born through IVF takes place in Boston

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — They flooded into Gillette Stadium, thousands of moms, dads and children eating hamburgers and hot dogs, tossing balls, making goofy faces and otherwise having fun. No one would have guessed the huge obstacles they had overcome to be here.

The families were all patients of Boston IVF, one of the nation’s largest fertility practices. They were celebrating the clinic’s 30th anniversary and the estimated 90,000 babies it had helped usher into this world.
The event last October is believed to be the largest gathering of IVF children and their parents in history. The Post photographed some of the children and spoke with their mothers, particularly about the role God and spirituality played in the journey. Some said faith kept them going through years, even decades, of fertility treatments. Several nearly died because of complications but nonetheless pursued their desire for a family. And virtually all viewed successful pregnancy — by whatever means — as evidence that their children were meant to be.

The Royal baby is named - Prince Louis Arthur Charles!

Kate and William name their new royal baby.

At last! William and Kate have revealed their new baby's name. The Royal baby is named - Prince Louis Arthur Charles!

The name has family ties as Louis Mountbatten was the uncle of Prince Philip and last viceroy of India. Louis is also one of William's middle names and the name of 17 kings of France.

Congratulations!

The Windrush generation: Everything you need to know

What do I think?

I stared intently into the photograph showing the faces of 18 of the children of the Windrush generation, all I could see was sadness and pain . How could they live and work all their life in a country for over 50 years and still be classed a foreigner or illegal immigrants? After weighing up this not only unfortunate but unforgettable incident, I have concluded that these people have just been used and discarded. Now that they are old and retired, the country no longer sees their usefulness. The way the Windrush victims have been treated in the last five years shows great injustice. They have been treated like criminals despite the fact that they were all invited to come here by Britain. What makes this scarier is that, similar policies can be enacted against people who are not indigenous to the UK anytime by any government in power. The results of which would only be seen years after afterwards.

To understand this Windrush saga, here are some questions that are worth exploring:

So, who are the Windrush generation?

Many of the Windrush generation and their children arrived in the UK between the 1950s and 1970s. About 50,000 people came from Caribbean countries after the second world war, at the invitation of the UK government to help rebuild postwar Britain. Many of the workers were skilled engineers, techicians, builders, administrators, nurses and so many of whom have passed away or are now in their nineties. They worked settled and had children. Many of these children are the ones in this problem today. They are aged between 50 and 65 and face eviction, NHS bills and deportation if they have not formalised their residency status or no longer have the documentation to prove it.

What happened?

In 2010, there was a coalition government in the UK. This means that two political parties were in power – the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. These two parties decided to change the immigration rules in the country so that illegal immigrants could be forcibly deported quickly. It is called the “hostile environment policy” and it was implemented by Home Secretary, Amber Rudd. The law was passed to that effect and it was business as usual. Secondly, all documents evidencing the status of the children of the Windrush generation were destroyed. In 2015, as the Brexit campaign was mounting, the government in power, the Conservatives decided to promise more harshness towards the so called illegal immigrants. It was during this time that buses were paraded around north London showing how immigration negatively affects the UK. To prove that they were tough on immigration, business fines for employing an illegal immigrant was increased.

What else?

The government’s “hostile environment policy”, which requires employers, NHS staff, landlords and other bodies to demand evidence of people’s citizenship or immigration status created this problems. Some of the Windrush-generation children, often travelling on their parents’ passports, were not formally naturalised and, as adults, never applied for passports. With the Home Office destroying their landing cards, it made it impossible for many people, to prove they had the right to be in the UK.

How have the children of the Windrush generation been affected by these policies?

We have heard from different sources that some people have died, they have lost their jobs, and people working in the National Health Service all their lives are suddenly not even entitled to go to the National Health Service.

What did the Prime Minister say about this?

The prime minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May has apologised and pledged to pay compensation in an attempt to end the row over the injustices meted out to children of Windrush-era migrants who had been unable to produce the documents demanded by the Home Office to establish their right to remain.

What is the Labour Party is calling for?
The shadow chancellor, John McDonnell said, “If we are going to restore any sense of integrity to politics, the prime minister and the home secretary Amber Rudd have to resign,” he said.

Who has apologised?
The government has struggled to contain mounting pressure on both Rudd and Theresa May over the impact of the prime minister’s “hostile environment” policy. Both have apologised for the distress caused to Caribbean immigrants and their families who settled in the UK between 1948 and 1973. Some have been threatened with deportation, lost their jobs or been denied medical treatment after the changes to immigration rules in 2014.

What compensation has Amber Rudd offered?

The Home Office will now waive citizenship fees for the Windrush generation and their families and any charges for returning to the UK for those who had retired to their countries of origin after making their lives here.

It will also scrap language and British knowledge tests and bring in speedy financial compensation for those that had suffered loss, although there has been little detail so far.

The free citizenship offer will apply not just to the families of Caribbean migrants who came to the UK between 1948 and 1973 but anyone from other Commonwealth nations who settled in the UK over the same period.

What about Lammy?

David Lammy, the Tottenham MP who has campaigned relentlessly for the Windrush victims, asked Rudd to extend the concessions to other immigrants from the Commonwealth countries Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.“I and others are in this country because my parents were born under the British empire. When she says that people can apply for British citizenship if they want it, does she understand that that citizenship was theirs all along,” he said.

Sunday, 22 April 2018

IN PHOTOS: The red carpet movie premier of the BROADWAY took place on Friday

Dolly Unachukwu, the producer of the Broadway

LONDON, UK - The red carpet movie premier of the BROADWAY took place on Friday at the Odeon Greenich, Bugsy Way. Nollywood stars came out in the lovely summer weather to attend the event. The cast which includes Stanley Ezenduka, Cordelia Emeh, Chi Chi Ndibe, Dolly's daughter, Hazel Okoro, Rute Amata, Bimbo Akintola, dolly Unachukwu, Patrick Doyle, Cleopatra Starrets and Iffy Chuckwu stylishly walked the red carpet. Also present were Nollywood Queen Theodora Oyebade-Ibekwe with her husband Ayo. The movie produced by Dolly Unachuckwu's Odybill Production company took two years to record. Broadway is the story of the numerous things that go on in a pentecostal church. The pastor's wife was having an affair with a wife beating assistant pastor. The head of the choir was secretly gay and another church member had a son who was in a gang. The pastor was so overwhelmed by all these events that he had to have a break from the church and go on a 'retreat.' Words and photos by Morin Okenla