Male prostitution causes rise in sale of pampers in Kenyan

 

Addis Ababa – The Police in Kenya said Tuesday said they were battling to contain a new trend of commercial sex tourism that targets young boys in the coastal towns of the country .

The reports monitored  from a local radio station, quoted  Police as saying the trend had caused the rise in the sale pampers in the region due to the rising health problems among boys indulging in the act.

Malindi sub county Deputy Police Commissioner, Joshua Nkanatha told Kenya local radio that boys from poor families were being lured into the trade by rich male tourists.

The Police official said the situation had lead to an increase in number of cases of HIV/AIDS spread in the area.

“A survey we conducted shows that boys engaging in sexual activities with male tourists are buying pampers because they can no longer hold their stool, “Nkanatha said.

Nkanatha, who spoke during a Public Baraza at HGM primary school, Malindi said “male prostitution had become high

in Malindi and contributing to increased cases of HIV and AIDS.

He urged educated and concerned members of the public to take up the responsibility of enlightening the youths

about the health risks of engaging in the vice.

Malindai is a resort town on the outskirt of Nairobi, the Kenyan Capital which attracts Tourists from within and outside Africa. (NAN)

Igbo governor of Lagos State

THE year was 1965.  I was an innocent starry-eyed 13 year-old and Nigeria was in turmoil.  It was the era of the “wetie,” when the houses of politicians and key public-figures were burnt down in the brouhaha that was then Western Nigeria.
We lived in Oke-Ado in Ibadan and our next-door neighbour was Chief Ogundiran, a minister in the government of Chief S.L. Akintola, the Premier of the Western Region.  (Ogundiran was famous for only wearing white.)  In the spirit of the times, a mob came early one morning and burnt down his house.  He jumped out of the window and managed to escape.
Fani-Power: I was having private lessons in Mathematics at the home of a colleague, Enitan Abiodun, when we heard the noise of a crowd outside.  We rushed to the veranda to see Chief Remi Fani-Kayode (alias Fani-Power), then Deputy Governor of the Western Region, standing on the seat of a moving convertible.  He was surrounded by a mob, which was shouting and hailing him.  On hearing the noise, Enitan’s mother rushed to the veranda shouting “Awo!” only to discover that the people outside were not supporters of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, but those of his arch-enemies.
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THE year was 1965.  I was an innocent starry-eyed 13 year-old and Nigeria was in turmoil.  It was the era of the “wetie,” when the houses of politicians and key public-figures were burnt down in the brouhaha that was then Western Nigeria.

We lived in Oke-Ado in Ibadan and our next-door neighbour was Chief Ogundiran, a minister in the government of Chief S.L. Akintola, the Premier of the Western Region.  (Ogundiran was famous for only wearing white.)  In the spirit of the times, a mob came early one morning and burnt down his house.  He jumped out of the window and managed to escape.

Fani-Power: I was having private lessons in Mathematics at the home of a colleague, Enitan Abiodun, when we heard the noise of a crowd outside.  We rushed to the veranda to see Chief Remi Fani-Kayode (alias Fani-Power), then Deputy Governor of the Western Region, standing on the seat of a moving convertible.  He was surrounded by a mob, which was shouting and hailing him.  On hearing the noise, Enitan’s mother rushed to the veranda shouting “Awo!” only to discover that the people outside were not supporters of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, but those of his arch-enemies.

The shout of “Awo!” by Mrs. Abiodun brought the procession to a screeching halt.  “Who said that?  Who said that?” demanded the mob, enraged.  “Fani-Power” turned and looked up at us.  His eyes were the usual blood-shot red.  At the time, many claimed it was because he regularly smoked Indian-hemp.  Fani-Kayode pointed to our building and identified to his thugs that the offending shout came from our direction.  We did not know that the floor of the convertible he was standing in was loaded with empty bottles.  His thugs reached for the bottles and rained them down on us as we all scrambled back inside the house for dear life.

Like father, like son: That was 48 years ago.  Today, Femi Fani-Kayode, the 53-year-old son of “Fani-Power,” continues in the mischievous tradition of his father: throwing dangerous missiles at the innocent.  He recently wrote an incendiary article entitled: “The Bitter Truth About the Igbo,” in which he maligned the Igbos and virtually told them to get out of Lagos and leave Lagos for the Yorubas.

What is peculiar about the article is that Femi Fani-Kayode himself is no more Lagosian than the Ibos he berates.  The Fani-Kayodes are not from Lagos.  They are from Ile-Ife in OsunState.  Femi Fani-Kayode’s only legitimate claim to Lagos is that he was born there.

But then so were many Igbos who are, therefore, Lagosians.  Moreover, Igbo-Lagosians have one up on Femi Fani-Kayode.  They live in Lagos.  Femi Fani-Kayode does not.  Igbo-Lagosians work in Lagos and pay taxes to the LagosState government.  Femi Fani-Kayode does not.  Therefore, what right does he have to write his diatribe against them?  What right does he have to maintain Lagos does not belong to Igbo-Lagosians?

Train-wreck: Having thrown these bottles maliciously, Femi Fani-Kayode decided to throw a few more.  He wrote another invective entitled: “A Word For Those Who Say I Am A Tribalist.”  In order to demonstrate that he was not anti-Igbo, he presented the cliché that some of his best friends are Igbos.  As proof, he detailed three Ibo women (some now happily-married) he claims to have had affairs with in the past.  Only God knows how this shows he is not biased against the Igbos.  Slave-traders slept with their slaves. Is that proof they were not racist?

The jury is out already.  Femi Fani-Kayode is a bigoted tribalist.  Only a tribalist can say he is not anti-Ibo and then say this about the Igbos: “(They are) collectively unlettered, uncouth, uncultured, unrestrained and crude in all their ways.”  “They have no restraining factors because money and the acquisition of wealth is their sole objective and purpose in life.”  Clearly, Femi Fani-Kayode is out of control.  He has become something of a train-wreck.  He was President Obasanjo’s agent-provocateur for so long, where he maligned elder-statesmen like Yakubu Gowon; he no longer knows how to speak with decorum.

The American model: I am Yoruba.  Nevertheless, I repeat; the Igbos of Lagos are Lagosians.  They are Lagosians whether ethnic jingoists like Femi Fani-Kayode like it or not.  The Lagos branch of the old Action Congress of Nigeria acknowledged that no less than 45% of the population of Lagos is Igbo.

That is a fact that cannot be ignored or simply wished-away.  It is not improbable that, in a few years time, the majority of people living in Lagos will be Igbos.  Short of changing the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, that tells me an Igbo man can rightfully become the future Governor of Lagos State.  That should give some food-for-thought to the Fani-Kayodes.

The system of government in Nigeria is modeled after that of the United States.  In the U.S., Hilary Clinton is a native of Illinois. Nevertheless, in 2000 she contested for election as Senator in New York and won.  She was eligible to run for the seat simply because she and her husband moved to New York and lived there for only one year.  Similarly, some Ibos have been in Lagos for 50 years.

That should make them eligible to run for office.  If they vote the ethnic card, as Yorubas often do, Femi Fani-Kayode might have a heart-attack.  An Igbo man might conceivably become the Governor of Lagos State.  That is what democracy is all about.

The growing political muscle of Igbo-Lagosians has been obscured by electoral malpractices.  That cannot last forever.  Sooner than later, Igbo-Lagosians will start to pull their political weight in Lagos.  True indigenes of Lagos, as opposed to carpet-baggers like the Fani-Kayodes, have traditionally been open-minded about Igbos and non-indigenes.  Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, a Nigerian nationalist who happened to be Igbo, once won an election in Lagos, before Awolowo appealed to tribal politics to truncate it.

Grudging acknowledgement of the growing political clout of the Igbos led to the appointment of a token Ibo man, Pastor Ben Akabueze, as Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget in Lagos by Governor Babatunde Fashola; a post he has held for six years.

Femi Fani-Kayode should have gone to court to challenge that appointment.  Soon, such tokenism will just not cut it.  Igbo-Lagosians will demand a more proportionate share of the local political power.  If they play their cards right, they will get it.  Igbo-Lagosians vote in Lagos.  Therefore, they can be voted for in Lagos.  No constitutional amendment is required to bring this about.

New multi-culture: Given his educational background, one would have expected Fani-Kayode to be more enlightened.  A Nigerian cannot be an alien in Nigeria.  An Igbo man cannot be an alien in Lagos.  Igbos are not illegal aliens in Lagos.  They are at home.  In Nigeria, a Nigerian is entitled to live wherever he wants.  If the resources of the Niger-Delta can be Nigerianised to the benefit of Yoruba-Lagosians, then Lagos cannot be the exclusive preserve of Yoruba-Lagosians.

Since Nigeria belongs to all Nigerians, then Lagos belongs to all Nigerians.  During the census enumeration, some of us insisted that Igbos must stay and be counted in Lagos for that very reason.  Since Igbo-Lagosians are a significant part of the local population who contribute immensely to key sectors of the economy, the national census must reflect the fact that they live and work in Lagos.

I recently visited London after a ten-year absence.  What I saw was a highly cosmopolitan city with people of different nationalities, including Nigerians.  London is no longer a town of the English.  It is now a megalopolis in the true sense of the word. On several occasions, I overheard people speaking Yoruba in the streets of London.  On one occasion, I could not resist the urge to interject, even though uninvited.

Nigerians are everywhere.  On a visit in May 2013 to WashingtonD.C., United States for the Nigerian Development and Finance Forum, under the auspices of Financial Nigeria Limited, I was informed by the Deputy Ambassador of Nigeria to the United States that there are currently five million Nigerians in the U.S.  There are even more Nigerians in Sudan; over eight million.

Nigerians constitute a significant percentage of the population of Cote d’Ivoire.  There are more Nigerians in Equatorial Guinea than Equatorial-Guineans.  There is no country on planet earth where you will not find a sizeable population of Nigerians.  U.N. projections predict that Nigeria will soon be the fourth largest country in the world, surpassed by only China, India and the United States.  Under such circumstances, a Nigerian like Femi Fani-Kayode should not be hankering after a small real-estate called Lagos.  Nigerians must become citizens of the world.

Signs of the times

Joseph was a Jewish slave in Egypt.  Nevertheless, he rose to become the Egyptian Prime-Minister.  That happened in biblical days, and not twenty-first century Egypt.  More recently in 2008, Barack Obama, the son of a Kenyan, became president of the United States.  In 2010, John Abraham Godson, a Nigerian-born Polish citizen became a Member of Parliament in Poland.  In April, 2013, Cecile Kyenge, born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, became the Minister of Integration of the Republic of Italy.  Surely, Femi Fani-Kayode cannot discern these signs of the times.

New Nigeria: Back home, M.K.O. Abiola, a Yoruba man, won his famous presidential election in 1993 by relying on Hausa, Fulani, Ibo and other votes.  He was not just elected by Yorubas.  Yorubas did not even vote for Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999.  He became President by relying on northern, eastern and south-south votes.  Goodluck Jonathan became president in 2011 by forging a coalition that stretched across the Niger and the Benue to all parts of Nigeria.

When Odumegwu Ojukwu died, the entire nation of Nigeria consoled the Igbos.  Collectively, we declared with one voice that the civil war is truly over.  We must not allow the Femi Fani-Kayodes to turn back the clock.  Next time Femi Fani-Kayode wants to tell us “the bitter truth,” he should tell us about N19.5 billion Aviation Fund mismanaged under his watch as Minister of Aviation under the Obasanjo administration.  That is the bitter truth we need to hear from him right now.

Two Russian athletes on gay kiss

 
(CNN) -- Two Russian athletes issued angry denials Tuesday that their exchange of a kiss on the victory podium at the world championships was a protest against their country's strict new anti gay propaganda law.

Kseniya Ryzhova and Yulia Gushchina were part of the Russian quartet who won the women's 4x400m relay Saturday in the Luzhniki Stadium, beating the favored United States team.

All four embraced as they received their gold medals, but Ryzhova and Gushchina were pictured kissing each other on the lips, prompting reports that it was a symbol of defiance in face of the controversial new laws.

Ryzhova told a media conference in Moscow that she and the three other members of the team had merely been overcome with emotion after finally topping the podium after a series of near misses.

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"For eight years we have not won a gold medal. You can't even imagine what it was like, when we understood that we'd won," she said, addressing reporters in Russian.

A gunman opened fire at a Georgia elementary school

Photos: Shots fired at Georgia school

Suspected school shooter in custody

 Atlanta (CNN) -- A gunman who opened fire at a Georgia elementary school on Tuesday was armed with an AK-47 "and a number of other weapons," police said.

The shooter barricaded himself in the school's front office with employees before eventually surrendering to police, DeKalb County Police Chief Cedric Alexander told reporters.

No one was injured, authorities said.

Suspected shooter Michael Brandon Hill, 20, faces charges including aggravated assault on a police officer, terroristic threats and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said.

 

The shooter fired approximately six shots from inside the school toward officers as they approached outside, Alexander said, and police returned fire.

Police said it is unclear whether the suspect had any connection with the school, the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy, which is about seven miles east of downtown Atlanta. Investigators believe the gunman entered the school behind someone, Alexander said.

As the standoff unfolded, a caller told CNN affiliate WSB's assignment desk that she was in the school office with a gunman.

The man had a message he wanted the woman to share with the local television station, assignment editor Lacey LeCroy said, describing the conversation during WSB's newscast Tuesday evening.

"She said he told her to tell me he was not afraid to die," LeCroy said.

The gunman also threatened to harm police, the woman said, according to LeCroy.

Later, LeCroy heard gunshots crack over the television station's phone line. The woman in the school office wasn't sure who had fired, LeCroy said.

Investigators initially suspected there could be explosives in a vehicle the shooter parked outside the school, but police found no explosives inside, Parish said.

Teachers and administrators had guided the students out to a lawn outside the school's gym, where they remained while investigators combed the school to make sure no other threat remained. Concerns about explosives forced SWAT teams to cut a hole in a fence by the school and evacuate students through the yard of a neighboring home, Alexander said. On a nearby street, school buses waited to take them to safety.

"This was a very unusual situation where we had to get the kids away from any possible explosives," Alexander said.

Students were reunited with their parents at a nearby shopping center Tuesday afternoon. The children smiled and waved and parents cheered as each school bus arrived with students aboard.

"Everybody's safe," DeKalb County Schools Superintendent Michael Thurmond said.

"This thing came out for the best," said Dale Holmes, DeKalb County's assistant police chief. "Thank God no one was hurt -- not even the suspect."

COSON signs landmark agreement with London’s PRS

 
 It was another milestone celebration at the Corporate Headquarters of Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) recently as the nation’s sole government approved collective management organization for music and sound recordings celebrated the landmark reciprocal representation agreement just signed between them and the United Kingdom based PRS for Music, probably the most respected CMO in the world.

 The agreement formalizes the mandate to COSON to manage in Nigeria the extensive repertoire of world music controlled by PRS for Music while PRS for Music will ensure the collection of royalties on behalf of COSON, its members and affiliates for the use of Nigerian music in the UK and other territories where PRS operates directly or true its affiliates.

 The details of the agreement negotiated over a period of two years were concluded during a recent visit to London by COSON Chairman, Chief Tony Okoroji who is elated by this watershed development and popped a few bottles of Champagne with COSON General Manager, Mr Chinedu Chukwuji to mark the occasion.

Reacting to the development, Chief Okoroji said ‘’the signing of the agreement between COSON and PRS for Music is proof that the world has taken notice of the significant progress COSON has made with respect to the collective management of copyright in Nigeria. Nigerian artistes can now feel confident to churn out world hits knowing that wherever in the world their music is utilized, there is a worldwide network heavily protecting their interests’’

Also highly elated Mr. Efe Omorogbe, CEO Nowmusik and manager of several top Nigerian artistes such as 2Face Idibia, Timi Dakolo, J. Martins, Seyi Shay, Sunny Neji, Dammy Krane, Tunde & WunmiObe, etc said, ‘’This is wonderful! Many boasted that it could not be done. Now, it is done. Anyone who may have been trying a divide and rule tactics to thwart COSON must now come to the conclusion that the game is up. Let the music pay!’’

 An ecstatic COSON General Manager, Mr. Chukwuji, who could not hide his joy said, ‘’My-o-my! This is an incredible development and an indication that it can only get better with collective management of copyright in Nigeria. Nobody can ask me again, ‘who controls the PRS repertoire in Nigeria?’ COSON does, FULLSTOP!’’

 Besides the recent agreement signed on behalf of  PRS for Music by Ms. Kareen Buse, Managing Director, PRS for Music International and Chief Tony Okoroji, COSON has also signed reciprocal representation agreements with several other CMOs in different parts of the world and today possesses the fastest growing global collective management network in Africa.

Genevieve Nnaji rocks Pricey Chanel “Lego” Clutch Valued at £5,370

Genevieve Nnaji is living the African Dream.

Don’t you think so? She’s one of the top earning Nollywood actresses, a happy mother of one and clearly living life to the fullest.

May I go back to the part where I said she is one of the top earning actresses. The 34 year old movie star was spotted rocking a pricey Chanel “Lego” clutch.

The bag is valued at £5,370. Yes you heard me that’s N 1,357,673.50 (1 Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Seven Thousand, Six Hundred and Seventy Three Naira, 50 Kobo).

The Chanel Lego bag was unveiled during the French label’s Spring/Summer 2013 collection in October 2012. And ever since then, it has been the must have item by celebrities.

Rita Ora, Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian and Rihanna have been spotted in different colours of the bag.

Kim Kardashian, Rita Ora, Kris Jenner & Rihanna

Got extra cash to splurge on the bag? I am sorry to disappoint you but the bag is SOLD OUT!

Shem Obafaiye Finally Speaks Out:MY OGA AT THE TOP

NSCDC's Shem Obafaiye who became very popular after his 'Oga at the top saga' on Channels TV in a recent interview finally revealed how his life has changed.

What is your opinion about the Channels Television interview that brought you instant fame?

I have nothing much to say other than to bless God for everything. I thank God for all that happened; I thank God for my boss, his support and love. He is a good boss and I appreciate him.

 

As far as I am concerned all things work well for those who love God and in all things, the Bible says we should praise God.  The people that thought they were going to ruin me did not know that they would end up in announcing my destiny.

In the history of humanity, there had never been any human being that had instant fame like I did especially in a case that was meant to end negatively.

My brother-in-law in London is even so excited about the incident that he promised to assist me make big money out of this supposed mess. He had already handed the matter to an agency over there to trade mark “Oga at the Top.” But I just asked him to forget it. There is no need for that.

Many of my classmates are in top positions in Nigeria currently, yet, they said I did not go to school. I can mention a lot of them here, including the Attorney General in Lagos State, Ipaye.

But why should I do all that. All the same, I give all the praise to God.

It was not the first interview I would be having with them (Channels TV). After that interview we shook hands and I even gave them my complimentary card. I could see that they were not really cheerful. If there was any effect, it was on them and not me. It was the same day I met with Governor Fashola of Lagos State.

Theirs took place in the morning and I met Governor Fashola later in the day. Some people believed they were up to something, but I did not know. I was only being careful with words as a security officer. We apply caution in all that we say and do. It was a live programme, the whole world was watching us, so, I did not want to be too free.

But like I said, I thank God for everything. I blame nobody for anything; I see everything as an act of God. They believe they would use it to destroy my destiny but God turned everything around for me, for the better.

 How did your family take the development?

The day of the interview, 16th of March, 2013, was the day my father was buried. It was as if it was designed to destablise me on the day of the burial of my father, but it was not so. It was three or four days after that they apologised and said it was not meant to embarrass me.

Channels felt bad because it backfired. Anybody that wants to go for an interview in Channels will be very skeptical now and henceforth. I just felt it was my time for divine announcement, so I did not take it the way they thought I would take it.

In fact, when I saw the T-shirt, I wanted to buy one. Some had thought that my transfer to Ibadan was a demotion, but they are wrong. It is not. They also claimed that my wife went to Channels over the issue. The question I asked was, to do what? She did not. The whole thing has only turned around to be God’s glory in my life.

What is your philosophy of life and how did it apply in the case of “My Oga At The Top” case?

My philosophy of life is to impact positively on this generation. I want to leave a legacy, a good and worthwhile legacy behind that will not make my family live or walk in fear when I am gone. I want to sustain my good name; and that is what I preach to my staff every day.

I tell them to be open-minded; be determined; do what you will do with your best ability whether people are there or not. Note that there are people watching you and your work will speak for you when you are not there. This is what I always tell them.

What is the lesson to be learnt in your “Oga At The Top” issue?

Everyone should identify a lesson out of the whole saga.
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