Michael Ojuroye Initiative (Ngo)

BY: FUNMI OJUROYE  October 6th 2013 Another boat mishap has occurred in Kokoli village in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger state with 18 people feared dead. This tragedy came barely six days after the boat mishap in Malale village along River Niger in the LGA  in which 26 lives were lost. Our correspondent gathered that 10 corpses from the latest tragedy had being recovered. It was also gathered that, out of the 18 feared dead, 16 were women. It was gathered that the boat capsized while conveying traders from the weekly Thursday market from Kokoli village to Ulakami at about 4pm. The boat was said to be carrying no fewer than 80 passengers when it suddenly broke into two half way into their journey. One of the survivors, called Umar Ibrahim, told newsmen that they were only half way into their journey when the boat suddenly split into two with the passengers drowning. According to him, “we had just gone to the middle of the journey which is about 10 kilometers when ...

BY: FUNMI OJUROYE  October 6th 2013 Deji Falae *Identification of corpses begins, ends in 4 weeks *Tambuwal, Tinubu, Adeboye, Fayemi, others pay condolence visits A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, and a chieftain of Afenifere, Chief Olu Falae, whose son, Deji, a commissioner in Ondo State, died alongside 12 others in last Thursday’s plane crash in Lagos, says he lost a political successor. Falae spoke when the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, paid him a condolence visit in his Akure, Ondo State home, just as Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), yesterday, commenced the identification of the victims of the crash burnt beyond recognition. Those who visited Governor Olusegun Mimiko to condole with him over the disaster, yesterday, include Pastor E.A. Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, a former governor of Ondo State, Evangelist Bamidele Olumilua and the first lady of Ekiti State, Erelu Bisi Faye...

BY: FUNMI OJUROYE  October 6th 2013 Campaigners for President Jonathan Goodluck ahead of 2015 elections, yesterday, escaped being lynched when hoodlums among the estimated 30,000 youths attending the Northern Youth Summit in Kaduna suddenly turned violent and went for the organizers of the event, while policemen on ground looked the other way. The Murtala Square venue of the summit, which was thronged by the youthful men and women, said to come from mainly far northern states, was alive when the occasion kicked off around 11am. But it turned out that most of them had little idea why they were there. The coordinator of the summit, also the Chairman, Northern Youth Forum (NYF), Jibrin Tafida, mounted the rostrum, surrounded by other states coordinators, soon launched into oration on what the real North should be like and how their forebears were exploited by past northern leaders. The initial applause he got reduced to murmuring. Coordinators from Kano, Jigawa and Kebbi, who spo...

BY: FUNMI OJUROYE  October 6th 2013 Mary Samuel, Olufunbi Falayi and Christian Ubani Our sky must be safe I want to use this opportunity to send my condolences to the families that lost loved ones in the Lagos plane crash. I ask the question: Why must we transport our dead with plane? In this particular case, there was no need to make such a journey by air expect if it was in the late governor’s will that he wanted to be air lifted when he is dead. Lagos State is not London where air travel is a must, I personally think if our politicians spend money and repair the roads, there will be no need to air lift them when their own time arrives. I want to adopt a friend’s quote that “the monsters men breed turn around to devour them.” Death from the sky is the worse calamity that could hit anyone. Our skies must be safe. — Mary Samuel Don’t blame govt alone To be honest, this is not the time to trade blames. It’s not about the government alone but individuals. Plane crashe...

BY: FUNMI OJUROYE  October 6th 2013 Eat a healthy, well balanced diet. Take plenty of fruits, vegetables, grains and nuts. Drink at least eight glasses a water a day to help flush out any toxins that could be causing dark eye bags. Reduce the amount of sodium in your diet to reduce water retention. Avoid food high in sodium such as pickles, snack foods, cheese, Asian foods, canned or packaged soups and baked goods. Reduce allergens in your home. Use only natural, hypoallergenic cleaners and beauty products to reduce allergies. Stay away from chemicals and fragrances.