Wednesday, 9 October 2013

October 8, 2013 at 12:15 PM

It's obvious sensational artiste, Is Wizkid is showing a kind of disrespect to womanhood with this piece of artwork he recently posed with.

Though, this act may be viewed as 'just having fun' with a work of art, however, it's not showing any act of responsibility with this display.

The controversial young artiste is holding an essential part of a lady represented in art.

Indeed Some art fans would go hard against him for this though and see different opinions concerning it.

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Whaaaaaaaat!

Wizkid

Friday, 4 October 2013

DOES IT NOT ?

It seems there's a growing trend of "shacking up" and living together rather than committing oneself to marriage these days. Reminds me of when people in ages past settled for concubines instead of wives. Doesn't opting for a concubine instead of a wife essentially say to the woman that you're not worth marrying? And you're only here to meet my sexual needs/desires?

CRASHED ASSOCIATE PLANE

Friday , October 4 2013 8:09

By Ngozi Obiwulu

Rescue workers inspect the wreckage of the charter passenger jet which crashed soon after take off from Lagos airport Thursday October 3, 2013. Photo: Ngozi Obiwulu

In the early hours of Thursday, September 3, 2013, a plane belonging to Associated Airline crashed along the Sahara premises, NACO junction of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja in Lagos.

The plane confirmed to have belonged to Associated Airlines, which was scheduled to travel from Lagos to Akure crashed shortly after takeoff, an engineer working around the crash site tells NET.

‘The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff. It had 20 passengers on board and suspected cases of survivals’, an eyewitness, Director of Engineering at African Independent television (AIT), Emmanuel Idiala told NET when our reporter visited the crash site.

A discharge bay refueling station, housing tankers of PMS is said to have increased the fire shortly after the accident occurred causing the black flames rising up for hours. Fire fighters arrived shortly at the crash site to out the fire.

Officers of the Nigerian Police Force were also on site to assist airport authorities with preventing hundreds of people from getting close to the crashed plane.

There has been no statement from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) but several reports and sources have said the 27-seater cargo plane carried the body of late Ondo State governor, Olusegun Agagu and 20 other passengers including his family members were on board. Contrary to earlier reports, some passengers did survive the crash.

Segun Demuren, son of former General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority confirmed Agagu was on board. ‘A small plane was carrying corpse of late #Agagu to Akure’, Demuren announced through his Twitter.

Speaking to the General Manager, Corporate Communications of MMIA, Yakubu Dati, he confirmed the cases of death, destruction of property, and most importantly survival.

‘We have been able to recover two black boxes that will help in our investigation. Rescue operations commenced immediately and some survivals are receiving treatment in the hospital. We will like to call on the public to shun unconfirmed reports and speculations that could mar the ongoing investigation’, Gowon said.

The General manager/Chief executive officer of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Oluwafemi Damilola spoke on the rescue team and their level of work so far; ‘We used sophisticated equipment to rescue people and the rate of mortality associated with the crash was greatly reduced. We have taken them to the Airforce Base, General Hospital for treatment’.

Today marks exactly 16months since over 150 lives were recorded dead at Iju-Ishaga neighbourhood of Lagos State after an engine failure of the Dana aircraft occurred on Sunday, June 3, 2012.

Check out for some pictures from the crash site below….

The wreckage of the charter passenger jet which crashed soon after take off from Lagos airport

The front of the aircraft was completely destroyed, indicating it was the first part to hit the ground. The wrecked remains, surrounded by security officers and rescue workers, lay about 30 yards from massive tanks storing aviation fuel.

The Plane crash at NACO Junction of the Muritala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja

The officials of Nigerian Red Cross Society and Port Health Quarantine Service trying to gain access to the scene of the accident

The vehicle of the Port Health Quarantine Service

The Nigerian Red Cross Society vehicle

The dilapidated fence of the joint users fuel hydrant, which supplies aviation fuel to airline operators.

Onlookers at the scene of the crash

The seat and wreckage of the Associated Airline plane

According to the airfleets.net website, which keeps a record of passenger aircraft worldwide, the aircraft was more than 23 years old.

Air crashes are relatively common in Nigeria, which despite having Africa’s second-biggest economy, has a poor safety record.

The discharge bay of joint users fuel hydrant, which supplies aviation fuel to airline operators

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The Truth About Women and Self-Esteem

Women's identities have gotten a bad rap. We are told that women think badly of themselves, and they have no self-confidence. If you google "women and self-esteem" you'll get over 7 million hits, most of them websites on the problems of women's self-esteem or how to boost women's self-esteem. Women's identities, we are told, are fragile and conflicted: at work they feel like frauds and at home they feel worthless. Women are ambivalent over whether they want to be feminine or masculine, and ping-pong back and forth between the two gender roles. One day they are all gentleness, caring, and frills and the next day they are all assertiveness, self-promotion, and pantsuits.

These weak, split identities supposedly begin in adolescence. A 1991 study by the American Association of University women announced that girls "lose their self-esteem on the way to adolescence." In 2002, the Girl Scout Council launched a program to "address the critical nationwide problem of low self-esteem among adolescent and pre-adolescent girls." Popular books claimed that before adolescence, girls have a range of interests and strong opinions about the world. As they enter dating age, however, girls lose their "voice" as they confront demands to become subservient and silent in order to be attractive to males. They stifle their opinions, personalities and interests and instead pretend to be what they think boys want them to be.

The problem is that none of this is true for the majority of women, and hardly at all for girls of the 21st century. The study by the American Association of University Women was refuted by subsequent studies using large samples and better measures of self-esteem. One study of over 100,000 individuals found that girls' self-esteem does not fall precipitously at adolescence. And although girls are more anxious about their appearance than boys, there are no differences between girls' and boys' self-esteem in academic matters, and girls have higher self-esteem than boys in moral-ethical matters, or how they feel about their behavior.
Claims that girls lose their voice in adolescence were based on case studies of girls seeking psychotherapy for mental health problems, and interviews with girls but not with boys. Although the results of these investigations surely apply to some girls, they cannot be generalized to most girls. Psychologist Susan Harter of the University of Denver has done rigorous empirical work on "voice" in adolescent girls and boys. She and her colleagues asked several hundred girls and boys, ages 12 to 17, to complete a questionnaire measuring voice. This questionnaire tapped the extent to which teenagers were able to "express their opinions," "share what they are really thinking," "let others know what is important to them," and "say what is on their mind" with peers, parents, and teachers. There were no significant differences in girls' and boys' scores on this measure of voice, and increases instead of declines in girls' (and boys') levels of voice with age. For both girls and boys, those who felt supported by parents, teachers, and friends in expressing their points of view felt they had a stronger voice.
Well, you might say, things have changed, and although 21st century girls now have a strong and positive identity, adult women still struggle with low self-esteem, little sense of mastery or agency in the world, and ambivalence over whether they should be feminine or masculine. But no, the evidence is not there for these claims either. The majority of adult women these days define themselves not primarily as feminine or masculine, but as a comfortable mix of the two. Even reviews of studies done before 1970, as well as reviews of more recent studies, failed to find substantive differences between women and men in self-esteem or a sense of control or mastery. Yes, you can find individual studies that show that men have higher self-esteem and mastery than women, but when you average across dozens and dozens of studies, at most you find a miniscule difference between men and women that depends on which measure of self-esteem or mastery you use. The phrase "much ado about nothing" comes to mind.
The mischaracterization of women's and girls' identities as weak and conflicted has many potential negative consequences. As psychologist Jean Twenge concludes, the widespread belief that girls and women have low self-esteem and flawed self-concepts can set up negative expectations and self-fulfilling prophecies. When things go wrong - they aren't doing well at school or work, their relationships are going sour, or they are distressed and don't know why -- they may conclude that it's because there is something wrong with their self-concept and personality rather than that there is something wrong in their environment. In addition, the perception that women have weak identities and low self-esteem also can discourage the public from believing that women are fit for positions of leadership and power.
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My Precious Mother

A support of strength even till the finish

Struggling all life's clashes, knowing successfully you would win

Pushing me to be the best that you know I can be

Reminding me to keep the faith and allow God to lead me.

Knowing it's through prayers, patience and hard work that I can do all things

And as He never makes a mistake I will come through Inshaa Allah.

I miss you more than these words could ever say

The pain in my heart is from one unthinkable day

After I cried all that I could; my eyes still shed countless more tears

And when I try to sleep, I have nightmares of ten-thousand fears

I walk in footsteps on an unsure path

My load feels so heavy I am not sure I will last.

Silly though I may be; I am afraid of life now that you're gone

because I've always had a mother.

And Mommy, what about my sister and baby brother.

I wish you could have stayed just a little while longer, there's so much left to do

I wonder if I prayed hard enough and if so, did they get through.

Finding relief in knowing I will see you again someday

Remembering all you taught me as my soul I continue to groom

I will walk in footsteps you have walked before me

Seeing the path you walked lead you, straight into success.

I LOVE YOU MOM.

Tuesday, 1 October 2013

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