Family Blessed with Triplets Appeal for Help to Settle Hospital Bill

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjiKVz-NjFlY_JfwLQzrRSchYbKpfbEJU_n_WiQYzvIALEHrx6z1Ra13YXpuJQ9GA8mgBk0jakr6Dgz_zO1PiJQs6NilQLQFfmk7o8_UvDio4yWfUPPpn_N-j0GRjo6E8LxpG1MO40Br4/s1600/Birth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjiKVz-NjFlY_JfwLQzrRSchYbKpfbEJU_n_WiQYzvIALEHrx6z1Ra13YXpuJQ9GA8mgBk0jakr6Dgz_zO1PiJQs6NilQLQFfmk7o8_UvDio4yWfUPPpn_N-j0GRjo6E8LxpG1MO40Br4/s1600/Birth.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I'm sure this story will touch you as it did me. My appeal is that you, the readers, should please help this family and the new born triplets. It's an appeal worth making. The story as reported by <b><i><a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/family-in-dilemma-after-triplets-birth/#prettyPhoto/0/">The Sun</a></i></b> newspaper is reproduced below:</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A couple with five children was recently blessed with a set of triplets. The couple, now with eight kids - five boys and three girls - never envisaged going that far in child bearing. But since circumstance had made it so, Mr. & Mrs. Ifeani Benjamin Amadu, from Ukpo in Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State, have no option but to accept their fate.Mrs. Amadu told our correspondent that three months into her pregnancy, she had gone for scan only to be told that she was carrying three babies in her womb, a revelation that threw her into fright. Soon after she was delivered of the babies at Ajeromi General Hospital, Ajegunle, Lagos, on Saturday, October 27, 2014, the woman and her husband found themselves in a tight corner. They had no money to offset their hospital bills, which stood at ₦150,000.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mrs. Amadu, while narrating her experiences during and after her pregnancy, pointed out that it was a serious battle. “The pregnancy was not business as usual," she began. "At a point, my whole body became too heavy that I could not do even very common things. I could neither sleep well nor walk freely. Also, bending and bathing were tough for me. In fact, it was as if I was carrying excess load.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> She told <i>Daily Sun</i>, however, that all the problems disappeared immediately after she was delivered of the babies. People kept trooping to the hospital to see the bundles of joy. It was discovered that the triplets were the first to be delivered in the hospital this year.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Though she had a safe delivery and her triplets were in sound health, paying her hospital bills and taking care of the triplets have become a daunting task. Following failure of the couple to foot their hospital bill more than two weeks after delivery, the triplets and their mother could not be discharged.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Unfortunately, Mrs. Amadu, a National Certificate of Education (NCE) holder and a teacher in a private school earns a very lean salary. Her income and that of her husband are nowhere enough for them to cater for the delivery. "I could not save enough for this delivery because my salary is poor," she said. "I tried to get a job in a public school as a teacher, but none came my way. So I decided to manage with the one that I have right now. My husband too planned as much as he could for the task ahead, but we never knew that things would work out this way.  Unfortunately, earlier before my delivery, robbers visited us and carted away some money that my husband had planned to invest in a little business. So, that is why we have found ourselves in this tensed situation."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mrs. Amadu wants financial support from men and women of goodwill who she believes would have a share in the special blessings being brought by the triplets. "At the moment, we cannot pay the hospital bill due to our severe financial constraints. We are therefore calling on men and women of goodwill like Governors Wille Obiano, Rochas Okorocha, Babatunde Raji Fashola, corporate bodies and other groups and individuals to come to our aid so that we can leave the hospital. I am tired of staying here; I want to go home with my babies," she said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Her husband, Mr. Ifeani Amadu, also expressed his feelings. "We have been married for 14 years, and since that time, my wife has been fruitful. In fact, we had closed child bearing after four children. But the pregnancies continued to come. After having five children, we never planned having another, yet the sixth came. As a child of God, I have been feeling so bad to encourage abortion or family planning. But now, we have been forced to do it."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He believed that the triplets would serve as a point of contact for others. He described the situation, as a serious one and called on Nigerians to come to the rescue of his family. "I have been thinking about how to get out of this situation. My wife and the triplets have spent close to three weeks in the hospital because I have no money to pay their bill. I am appealing to those who are touched by what my family is going through to assist us financially so that we could pay the hospital bill and cater for the babies too."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Any financial assistance should be made to Mr. Ifeani Benjamin Amadu, UBA Account number 2032569487. The family can be reached on 07033284662 and 09035639764.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Source: <i><a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/family-in-dilemma-after-triplets-birth/">The Sun</a></i></b></div>

Family Blessed with Triplets Appeal for Help to Settle Hospital Bill

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President Jonathan to Pick Party Nomination Form Tomorrow

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-XAPE-sDf7N_8sJBQu7xd1Xj_xoxI5toqjDAsEzaCAyiL3rLOW-voiD_9uhl8Kw5o-5E3sjJ4y3q3_tYJsCnBEU37cVGsY0ged8jBjREXQ807IWSeqvfmTaBZsSavC0AsnMPjpYKx5M/s1600/Goodluck-Jonathan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-XAPE-sDf7N_8sJBQu7xd1Xj_xoxI5toqjDAsEzaCAyiL3rLOW-voiD_9uhl8Kw5o-5E3sjJ4y3q3_tYJsCnBEU37cVGsY0ged8jBjREXQ807IWSeqvfmTaBZsSavC0AsnMPjpYKx5M/s1600/Goodluck-Jonathan.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is scheduled to pick up a PDP nomination form tomorrow for the 2015 general elections according to a State House Press Release.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Dr Jonathan is seeking re-election in the elections coming up next February on the platform of the ruling party, the <i>Peoples Democratic Party</i> (PDP).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The President, in the Press Release signed by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) Dr Reuben Abati, also thanked Nigerians who have contributed funds for him to pick the nomination form.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Below is the full text of the release from the State House:</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><u>PRESIDENT JONATHAN TO COLLECT PDP NOMINATION FORM FOR 2015 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW, THANKS ALL NIGERIANS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED FUNDS TO PAY FOR FORM</u></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will tomorrow, Thursday, October 30 pick up the PDP nomination form for the 2015 Presidential elections.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> President Jonathan thanks all Nigerians, members of the PDP, friends, associates, and all groups who in sincere appreciation of the achievements of the administration in the last four years, have been urging him to seek a second term in office.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> President Jonathan is greatly encouraged by the overwhelming outpouring of goodwill and support, as well as the confidence of the generality of Nigerians in his ability to continue to transform the country for the good of all of its people.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The President is also grateful to all the persons, groups and communities who have sent donations, and made pledges to assist him to pay the required N22 million for the PDP Presidential Nomination Fee and Expression of Interest Form.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He acknowledges, and accepts with immense gratitude, the following donations and pledges that he has received from a broad section of Nigerians:</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 1. Mr. Kennedy Ikenna Odoeme – ₦5,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 2. Mr Ezemagu Sunday Nnamdi – ₦10,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 3. PDP Governors – ₦22 million</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 4. Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) – ₦22 million</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 5. Ogbia LGA Stakeholders, Bayelsa State – ₦5 million</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 6. Otuoke Community Stakeholders – ₦2 million</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 7. Brass LGA Stakeholders, Bayelsa State – ₦50,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 8. Bayelsa State PDP Stakeholders- ₦5 million</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 9. Northern Youth Forum – ₦2 million</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 10. Central Market Traders Union, Kaduna State – ₦1 million</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 11. PDP Stakeholders, Zaria LGA – ₦500,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 12.PDP Stakeholders, Yobe State – ₦500,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 13.PDP Stakeholders, Kaduna State- ₦2 million</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 14. Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore – ₦5 million</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 15. Goodluck Support Group, Gombe State – ₦1 million</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 16. Adamawa State PDP Stakeholders – ₦3 million</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 17. Ebonyi State PDP Stakeholders- ₦2 million</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 18.Kogi State PDP Stakeholders – ₦5 million</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 19. Rivers State PDP Stakeholders – ₦5 million</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 20. The 2015 Project – ₦1 million</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 21.Team Goodluck, Ondo North Senatorial District – ₦5 million</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 22. Middle Belt PDP Women Support Group for GEJ 2015 – ₦500,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 23. King David Generation Foundation, Jos – ₦200,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 24. Behwong Weneng Yere Duk, Jos – ₦200,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 25. Redemption 3 Youth Organization, Plateau State – ₦500,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 26. Plateau State Indigenes Association, Abuja – ₦300,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 27. Gombe Youth United for Goodluck Ebele Jonathan 2015 – ₦500,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 28. Gombe Youth Vanguard for PDP - ₦500,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 29. Yamahu/Deba Goodluck Support Group – ₦200,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 30. Coalition of Gombe Support Groups for Goodluck Ebele Jonathan – ₦2 million</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 31. Hinna Youth Coalition for Goodluck – ₦500,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 32. Nigerian Women Pray for Jonathan - ₦1 million</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 33. National Association of Widows - ₦100,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 34. National Council of Women Societies - ₦500,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 35. Female members of the PDP Board of Trustees - ₦500,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 36. Joint Association of Persons with Disabilities - ₦100,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 37. National Association of Market Women - ₦500,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 38. Community Awareness and Development Network – ₦1 million</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 39. Presidential View And Endorsement Platform - ₦200,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 40. Association of South East Town Unions - ₦300,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 41. Goodluck Jonathan 2015 Online Group - ₦250,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 42. The Light Network for Jonathan 2015, Lagos State – ₦300,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 43. Igbo Speaking Community, Lagos State - ₦200,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 44. Oghareki Graduate Association for Jonathan, Delta State – ₦500,000</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> President Jonathan assures the donors that he will continue to do his utmost best at all times to fully justify the great confidence they have placed in his leadership.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Reuben Abati</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i>Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity)</i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> October 29, 2014</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div>

President Jonathan to Pick Party Nomination Form Tomorrow

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is scheduled to pick up a PDP nomination form tomorrow for the 2015 general elections according to a State House Press Release. Dr Jonathan is seeking re-election…

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Boko Haram Militants Sack Army Hq in Mubi, Adamawa State

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1PqtGPGaf62pTYS8p5Ozh5nLlllDe2FhOz6Yo6tnwWpQl0ebUiv-ehYBr8OJ-B2LbnEwJAKoz8RvMPVo6Zm2lEpXj_K_G7J-EfEoqb4l8N9fXz5h-nKQGCNklq2n2Oi1P18yFQEa-ps/s1600/BokoHaram.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1PqtGPGaf62pTYS8p5Ozh5nLlllDe2FhOz6Yo6tnwWpQl0ebUiv-ehYBr8OJ-B2LbnEwJAKoz8RvMPVo6Zm2lEpXj_K_G7J-EfEoqb4l8N9fXz5h-nKQGCNklq2n2Oi1P18yFQEa-ps/s1600/BokoHaram.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A report monitored on <i style="font-weight: bold;">Sahara Reporters </i>says suspected members of the dreaded <i>Boko Haram</i> terrorist sect entered Mubi town in Adamawa State today and took control of the Army Headquarters of the 234 Battalion in the town.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The troops guarding the barracks reportedly initially exchanged fire with the terrorists but fled after they realized they were outnumbered by the militants and their heavy firepower.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In a related development, the sect members are reported to have attacked Uba and Hildi towns and other locations in Borno and Adamawa states this morning. According to residents of the villages, the sect men arrived in the early hours, shooting at them, burning buildings and forcefully took away their food stuffs.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Photo Credit: <i>VOA News</i></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Source: <i><a href="http://saharareporters.com/news">Sahara Reporters</a></i></b></div>

Boko Haram Militants Sack Army Hq in Mubi, Adamawa State

A report monitored on Sahara Reporters says suspected members of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist sect entered Mubi town in Adamawa State today and took control of the Army Headquarters of the 234 Ba…

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Zambia's Guy Scott Becomes Africa's First White Leader Since End of Apartheid

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1oU9EvmMCtzMUscALK2OZJGb322UkN3A7cT9hWE4o-7Z5BvjP8_ICLyXv-Oze-qZ0aGm_8t1hzrBzc7E8w3N5pQluZvYx6YvsHlApca0QH-eXlzkaKH8yQLZjhdq-r_iZb-UQ9WlZ_s/s1600/GuyScott.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1oU9EvmMCtzMUscALK2OZJGb322UkN3A7cT9hWE4o-7Z5BvjP8_ICLyXv-Oze-qZ0aGm_8t1hzrBzc7E8w3N5pQluZvYx6YvsHlApca0QH-eXlzkaKH8yQLZjhdq-r_iZb-UQ9WlZ_s/s1600/GuyScott.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Africa has its first white Head of State since apartheid after the death of the charismatic Zambian president Michael Sata nicknamed <i>King Cobra</i>.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Vice president Guy Scott was named the country's acting leader today ahead of a presidential election in three months to formally replace Michael Sata, who died last night aged 77.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The <i>CNN</i> reports that Scott became vice president three years ago. It's unclear, however, whether he can run for president in the elections. The nation's constitution says a candidate's parents must have been born in Zambia; his were not.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Scott was born in 1944 in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, which later became Zambia after independence from Britain.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Shortly after his graduation from Cambridge University and University of Sussex with a degree in economics and a doctorate in cognitive science, he returned home and worked for the finance ministry.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He later took a break from the ministry and ventured into wheat and strawberry farming. But politics wooed him back in in 1990, when he was elected to chair the nation's agriculture committee.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> His father was a member of parliament for the capital of Lusaka before independence.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Before joining Sata's opposition party, which became the ruling party three years ago, he briefly left politics to focus on his agricultural business.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The last white leader on the African continent was South Africa's last apartheid president, FW de Klerk, before Nelson Mandela famously won the country's first true democratic elections in 1994.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Zambia is mourning the death of Sata, a charismatic, chain-smoking father of eight who rose from being a British railway porter through decades of hard politics to become the country's president.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He had been in office for just three years and died at a private London hospital last night more than a month after he was last seen in public.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The late president gained his nickname King Cobra for his 'scorched-earth' politics and venomous barbs against opponents, one of whom was charged with defamation for calling him a potato.</div> <br /> <br /> <b>Source: <i><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/29/world/africa/zambia-white-president/index.html">CNN</a></i></b>

Zambia's Guy Scott Becomes Africa's First White Leader Since End of Apartheid

Africa has its first white Head of State since apartheid after the death of the charismatic Zambian president Michael Sata nicknamed King Cobra. Vice president Guy Scott was named the country's actin…

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Oops: Translation Error Makes Tesco ATM Offer 'Free ERECTIONS'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-CrVHyTbjeLtq3z2l-wjOSWw6rLghMzmb_VjG7kNZ9JuDTOoDIr43TwsO8yuVbV9g7gRtuEbq5uoaNxwSDaWKViNj4b_4QwpOMi6_ebs5wf2P3QsEZZFfcGscv_vrygB-UfDupv3cmY/s1600/Tesco.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-CrVHyTbjeLtq3z2l-wjOSWw6rLghMzmb_VjG7kNZ9JuDTOoDIr43TwsO8yuVbV9g7gRtuEbq5uoaNxwSDaWKViNj4b_4QwpOMi6_ebs5wf2P3QsEZZFfcGscv_vrygB-UfDupv3cmY/s1600/Tesco.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This is somehow funny that you can't help but laugh. Ok! Have you imagined the ripples a translation error can cause? I mean, imagine a cash machine with a sign in your local language that translates to FREE ERECTIONS when it actually should translate to FREE CASH. This is exactly the situation in the town of Aberystwyth, Wales in the UK.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The gist is that a Tesco outlet in the town considered having a sign on the ATM written in Welsh language. However, because of translation mistake, a wrong word was used in the Welsh sign. Instead of FREE CASH, the Welsh words used translate to FREE ERECTIONS.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to <b><i>Daily Express</i></b>, the sign should have read '<b>ARIAN AM DDIM</b>' which means free money but instead featured '<b>CODIAD AM DDIM</b>' which means free erections.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The town's Welsh speaking councillor Ceredig Davies reportedly spotted the error. He said: "There were a few titters in the town so I went down to have a look myself.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Ten out of ten to Tesco for considering the Welsh language. But perhaps they should have had it checked by an actual Welsh speaker before putting the signs on the machines.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "People get their Welsh translations wrong from time to time but this one is hilarious," Davies said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The sign above the cash machine was taken down yesterday by managers at the Tesco Express store and they are investigating the mistake.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Shoppers suggested the supermarket had used Google Translate to find out what free money meant in Welsh.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Tesco said the correct translation would be put above the cash machine as soon as possible.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A spokesperson added: "Thanks to everyone who pointed out the mistake."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <br /> <b>Source: <i><a href="http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/528698/Tesco-cash-machine-erection-Wales">Daily Express</a></i></b>

Oops: Translation Error Makes Tesco ATM Offer 'Free ERECTIONS'

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Tambuwal's Defection: PDP Reacts, Asks Speaker to Resign

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20S_gXY6sgARjP4vtNgQ3c3uGG5DByRKoBhHM98zQn7rvrypMhN1DjJBEM43hsAeFzihjuP4utT8D8c9cAC6qmGsXfb6lWlrn7D835w17DzcgwjHL3kDl94kQVf4aVdTc35xqy3XsGTI/s1600/Tambuwal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20S_gXY6sgARjP4vtNgQ3c3uGG5DByRKoBhHM98zQn7rvrypMhN1DjJBEM43hsAeFzihjuP4utT8D8c9cAC6qmGsXfb6lWlrn7D835w17DzcgwjHL3kDl94kQVf4aVdTc35xqy3XsGTI/s1600/Tambuwal.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="text-align: justify;">The </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Peoples Democratic Party </i><span style="text-align: justify;">(</span><span style="text-align: justify;">PDP) has urged the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, to leave office after Mr. Tambuwal officially announced his defection from the party to </span><i style="text-align: justify;">All Progressives Congress</i><span style="text-align: justify;"> (APC) Tuesday.</span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Aminu Tambuwal became Speaker of the House of Reps on the platform of the PDP. In a statement, the party asked Tambuwal to do the needful and honourable since his new party is in the minority.</div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "After a thorough consideration of the matter, the NWC (National Working Committee) came to a conclusion that the Hon. Speaker, as a responsible elected officer, knows full well what is needful and honourable of him since his new party is in the minority.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "We are not unmindful of the fact that Hon. Tambuwal became Speaker on the platform of the PDP as the political party with the majority of seats in the House of Representatives and that this incontrovertible fact has not changed." the PDP said</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The PDP said its National Working Committee has met with its leaders in the House of Representatives concerning the defection of the speaker, and after due considerations.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Source: <a href="https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/170264-resign-now-pdp-tells-tambuwal.html"><i>Premium Times</i></a></b></div>

Tambuwal's Defection: PDP Reacts, Asks Speaker to Resign

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N E W S F L A S H: Zambian President, Michael Sata Dies in London

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4fSYGpcniuY8lVhDmwNgRSzJWBLFLJ3hCVa9jIIbrRaZG7PBQoeoQFvnWT4sryPXYb41sJYYs7erjJUYnJ7N_yu5SeU2Vq5WLqr9VZlu-5SwXDjC83juY7B7h9O6NW7N5W5nITPaDksc/s1600/Sata.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4fSYGpcniuY8lVhDmwNgRSzJWBLFLJ3hCVa9jIIbrRaZG7PBQoeoQFvnWT4sryPXYb41sJYYs7erjJUYnJ7N_yu5SeU2Vq5WLqr9VZlu-5SwXDjC83juY7B7h9O6NW7N5W5nITPaDksc/s1600/Sata.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The breaking news about 2 hours ago was that Zambian President Michael Sata has died in the UK at the age of 77 after receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> President Sata died in London's King Edward VII hospital on Tuesday night reports the <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29813612"><b>BBC</b></a>.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Earlier the Zambian government through Roland Msiska had announced the President's death on state TV saying: "It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing on of our beloved president."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Michael Sata is the second Zambian leader to die in office after Levy Mwanawasa in 2008.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The BBC says it is not immediately clear who will succeed the president. The issue may be decided by the Zambian cabinet which meets on Wednesday morning. Vice-President Guy Scott has regularly stood in for the president at official events. But he is of Scottish descent and his parents were not born in Zambia, so he may fall foul of a constitutional clause on parentage which would nullify his candidacy. However, Defence Minister Edgar Lungu was named as acting president after Sata left the country.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Earlier this month reports in Zambia said that President Sata had gone abroad for a medical check-up amid persistent speculation that he was seriously ill.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Known as "King Cobra" for his venomous tongue, Mr Sata was elected Zambia's president in 2011, defeating the then incumbent Rupiah Banda whose party had been in power for 20 years, the report says.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He has rarely been seen in public since returning from the UN General Assembly last month, where he failed to make a scheduled speech.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Source: <i>BBC</i></b></div>

N E W S F L A S H: Zambian President, Michael Sata Dies in London

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Ebola Fear: Nigerian Dad Sues US School for Banning Kid

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6U4h3z2C0nCmHfNi9sPmMZrf1oHE30p8gkNIHvheLD9VwXkhuA_oRCxyFk65EZ0_ZQxYYMgdhBa9gPlIsHdPWPfGNEC0YnudbHrq904Q6UjEiaHS8clAb_adj8uNOAeRPoBvlxVsp84Y/s1600/Opeyemi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6U4h3z2C0nCmHfNi9sPmMZrf1oHE30p8gkNIHvheLD9VwXkhuA_oRCxyFk65EZ0_ZQxYYMgdhBa9gPlIsHdPWPfGNEC0YnudbHrq904Q6UjEiaHS8clAb_adj8uNOAeRPoBvlxVsp84Y/s1600/Opeyemi.jpg" width="271" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A report monitored on <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/28/health-ebola-usa-education-idUSL1N0SN2FG20141028"><b>Reuters</b></a> says Stephen Opayemi, a Nigerian, has sued a Connecticut elementary school on Tuesday for discriminating against and banning his 7-year-old daughter from school for 21 days based on irrational fears of Ebola because she attended a wedding in Nigeria.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In the case referenced Ikeoluwa Opayemi v. Milford Public Schools and City of Milford, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, No. 3:14-cv-01597 filed with the Federal Court in New Haven, Opayemi asked the judge to order the schools in Milford, Connecticut, to immediately permit his daughter to return to her third-grade class. Opayemi's suit was filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The law prohibits discrimination based on someone having a physical or mental impairment, or on the belief that someone has such an impairment.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i>Reuters</i> reports that Opayemi's daughter has not experienced any symptoms associated with Ebola and her health is fine, but parents and teachers were concerned she could transmit Ebola to other children, the lawsuit says.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Connecticut third-grader, Ikeoluwa Opayemi, traveled to and from Lagos, Nigeria, between Oct. 2 and Oct. 13, according to the lawsuit. Her father, a native of Nigeria, also went.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Nigeria had 20 Ebola cases and eight deaths this year before the World Health Organization declared the country Ebola-free on Oct. 19. The epidemic is centered in three other West African countries, where about 5,000 people have died: Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. New York and New Jersey have insisted on mandatory quarantines for travelers arriving from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone who had contact with Ebola patients.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Although the mother declined to discuss details of the lawsuit, citing the advice of the family's attorney, she said they had lived in Milford for more than six years. Asked if she was surprised by the school system's actions, she nodded in agreement, reports <i>Reuters</i>.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "We're hoping this will get her back into school as soon as possible," the girl's mother, Ikeolapo Opayemi, said in a brief interview at their home.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to <i>Reuters</i>, City and school officials told Ikeoluwa not to return to school until Nov. 3, the suit says.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> You can read the rest of the story on <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/28/health-ebola-usa-education-idUSL1N0SN2FG20141028">Reuters</a>.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Source:</b> <i><b>Reuters</b></i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div>

Ebola Fear: Nigerian Dad Sues US School for Banning Kid

A report monitored on Reuters says Stephen Opayemi, a Nigerian, has sued a Connecticut elementary school on Tuesday for discriminating against and banning his 7-year-old daughter from school for 21 d…

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