HON. ADIJAT DUMPS APC FOR PDP IN OGUN

A lawmaker with Ogun State House of Assembly and staunch member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) Hon AdijatAdeleye-Oladapo on Monday dumped the party to join Peoples Democratic Party, PDP ahead of the 2015 general elections.

The two-time female lawmaker representing Ifo II, state constituency, said her decision to quit APC was linked to alleged bad governance by the state governor, Senator IbikunleAmosun, and polarization of the party. She also used the occasion to publicly announce her intention to the electorate to contest for Federal House of Representatives from ofIfo/Ewekoro Federal constituency under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Adeleye further noted that, the troubled APC failed to learn from the loss of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) during the 2011 crisis, stressing that the party has been turned to personal affairs.

Her words, "What we were taught is party politics and party supremacy, but a situation where party politics now becomes personal politics."

She added, "The party is factionalised, we had two congresses, there is no respect for the party. It is just like what happened to the PDP in 2011 in the state, but it is highly unfortunate that the leadership of APC did not learn from the PDP crisis."

BRITISH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER TO NIG SLUMPED, DIED AT LAGOS AIRPORT

The Deputy British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Parker, on Tuesday, slumped and died at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
Parker, who flew into the county aboard an American Airline, Delta Air Lines, sources said took ill while on board.
The plane had arrived the country from Atlanta Georgia, around 4:00 p.m., on Tuesday.
A source close to the airport confirmed that the medical personn...el attached to the terminal tried to revive him, but without success.
When it was confirmed that he had passed on, an ambulance was ordered to take him to the morgue.
As of the time of filing this report, the morgue where he was taken to could not be confirmed.
But another information gathered indicated that the diplomat before dying was seen holding to his chest and screaming "my heart" and slumped before the health officials could reach him.
Born on 19 November 1956, he was Her Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia 2007–2012.

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Scottish Teen Dies in ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ Tragedy

Scottish Teen Dies in ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ Tragedy

The death of an 18-year-old Scottish man in a flooded quarry is being linked to the “ice bucket challenge.”

Cameron Lancaster, of Burntisland, Fife, died Sunday. Emergency services — Police Scotland, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, and the Scottish Ambulance Service — were called to Preston Hill Quarry near Inverkeithing after he disappeared at around 5 p.m. His body was recovered at around 9 p.m. after four hours underwater.

In a statement, Lancaster’s family said: “Cameron died in a tragic accident. His death is such a great loss. During his short life, he touched so many people with his friendliness, kindness and thoughtful generosity of spirit. He will be hugely missed by his family and friends. The family are finding it hard to come to terms with this sudden loss and would ask for privacy.”

Although the exact circumstances of Lancaster’s death are yet to be established, locals say youths have been “tomb-stoning” into the quarry in a new take on the “ice bucket challenge,” which has gone viral recently. Usually participants are drenched in freezing buckets of water for charity.

Local councillor Alice McGarry said: “There are rumors and speculation that this tragedy is linked to the ice bucket challenge. Some children have been jumping off the cliffs at the quarry. They have always done that, but it seems there has been a recent increase because of this challenge. There is no confirmation at this stage, but that is what we think has happened. I saw a video of another boy jumping from one of the edges last week so this could be related.”

Wilma Sutherland, 41, told The Independent: “I asked my son who’s 15 if he had heard anything, and he told me that a young guy had taken part in the ice bucket challenge and then jumped in the quarry and didn’t come up. It’s a popular spot for swimming, and I’ve seen lots of teenagers jumping in.”

A police spokesman said: “Inquiries are under way to establish the full circumstances of what happened, and Police Scotland’s thoughts are with the family.”

The ice bucket challenge started as a way to raise money for motor neuron disease. Thousands of people including celebrities such as Victoria Beckham, President George W. Bush, and many others, though critics have claimed most participants simply want to take part without donating money.

Ironically the co-founder of the ALS ice bucket challenge, Corey Griffin, drowned following a diving accident on Aug. 16.

TEEN DIES IN "ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE" TRAGEDY

The death of an 18-year-old Scottish man in a flooded quarry is being linked to the “ice bucket challenge.”

Cameron Lancaster, of Burntisland, Fife, died Sunday. Emergency services — Police Scotland, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, and the Scottish Ambulance Service — were called to Preston Hill Quarry near Inverkeithing after he disappeared at around 5 p.m. His body was recovered at around 9 p.m. after four hours underwater.

In a statement, Lancaster’s family said: “Cameron died in a tragic accident. His death is such a great loss. During his short life, he touched so many people with his friendliness, kindness and thoughtful generosity of spirit. He will be hugely missed by his family and friends. The family are finding it hard to come to terms with this sudden loss and would ask for privacy.”

Although the exact circumstances of Lancaster’s death are yet to be established, locals say youths have been “tomb-stoning” into the quarry in a new take on the “ice bucket challenge,” which has gone viral recently. Usually participants are drenched in freezing buckets of water for charity.

Local councillor Alice McGarry said: “There are rumors and speculation that this tragedy is linked to the ice bucket challenge. Some children have been jumping off the cliffs at the quarry. They have always done that, but it seems there has been a recent increase because of this challenge. There is no confirmation at this stage, but that is what we think has happened. I saw a video of another boy jumping from one of the edges last week so this could be related.”

Wilma Sutherland, 41, told The Independent: “I asked my son who’s 15 if he had heard anything, and he told me that a young guy had taken part in the ice bucket challenge and then jumped in the quarry and didn’t come up. It’s a popular spot for swimming, and I’ve seen lots of teenagers jumping in.”

A police spokesman said: “Inquiries are under way to establish the full circumstances of what happened, and Police Scotland’s thoughts are with the family.”

The ice bucket challenge started as a way to raise money for motor neuron disease. Thousands of people including celebrities such as Victoria Beckham, President George W. Bush, and many others, though critics have claimed most participants simply want to take part without donating money.

Ironically the co-founder of the ALS ice bucket challenge, Corey Griffin, drowned following a diving accident on Aug. 16.

AKINTAYO ABOUNDUNRIN WINS AMAA MEDIA RECOGNITION AWARDS

AKINTAYO ABOUNDUNRIN WINS AMAA MEDIA RECOGNITION AWARDS

Arts and Entertainment Editor of CITY VOICE, Akintayo Abodunrin, at the weekend emerged winner of the maiden Africa Movie Academy Awards Media Recognition Awards.

Abodunrin, who is also a columnist for Sunday Tribune, was announced winner of the award with a cash prize of $3,000 at the Africa Film Academy Charity and Praise Night held at Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.

His winning entry was titled ‘Catalyst to greatness: How AMAA aided their rise to the top’.

It was described by Dr. Ifeoma Amobi of the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, one of the three judges that screened the entries as the work that ”captures and embodies the very reason for the existence of AMAA as an enabler of professionalism and success for motion picture practitioners. AMAA celebrates creative and artistic excellence and winning an AMAA awards catapults winners to a new height in their careers. Akintayo’s entry interrogates and reviews the progression in the careers of past winners of AMAA in the last 10 years and the impact the award had on each and every one of them using their own testimonies. It was delivered in a very lucid and elegant language devoid of any ambiguity.”

From left; Collins Ukaonu, Isabella Akinseye, Akintayo Abodunrin, Funke Osae-Brown and Biodun Kupoluyi

Chair, AMAA 2014 jury, Steve Ayorinde and Thisday newspaper columnist, Mrs. Onoshe Nwabuikwu, were the other judges.

Funke Osae-Brown of Businessday whose entry was titled ‘Peace Anyiam-Osigwe on a show beyond the continent’ came second and was given $2,000 for her effort while Biodun Kupoluyi of E247 Magazine and Isabella Akinseye of Nolly Silverscreen, joint third, were given $1,500 each.

Collins Ukaonu of Galaxy Television and Njenga Micugu of Nairobi Digest won the two consolation prizes of $1,000 each.

The AMAA Media Recognition Awards was designed to celebrate journalists in Africa who have helped to project the awards and the motion picture industry to the rest of the world.

FEYIKEMI ANNOUNCED YORUBA SUMMER PROGRAMME FOR KIDS

FEYIKEMI ANNOUNCED YORUBA SUMMER PROGRAMME FOR KIDS

Actress and broadcaster, Feyikemi Niyi-Olayinka, has announced a Yoruba Summer program for children aged 3 to 11.

The week-long programme, which will commence on Monday, August 25 and end on Friday, August 29 will hold at Agidingbi Primary School, Agidingbi, Ikeja from 10am to 1pm daily.

“There are lots of ‘edutainment’ activities awaiting your children. Parents,please encourage your children to speak in their mother tongue,” the actress posted on her Facebook page.

Speaking later on the telephone with our correspondent, the actress disclosed that the Yoruba language summer class is one of the activities of her not for profit organisation, Mothers Support Mother Tongue (Awa Egbe Akomolede) inaugurated earlier this year.

“I thank God for my father and mother. You don’t know what motherhood entails until you become a mother. I remember how my mother used to speak to me in idioms and proverbs. That is how we learnt much of the wisdom and native intelligence that keep us going now. But nowadays, many mothers no more speak Yoruba to their children, let alone use proverbs to help sharpen their intelligence. However, we shall be focusing on this during the program,” she said.

The First Lady of Lagos State, Mrs. Abimbola Fashola, was among guests present at the inauguration of Mothers Support Mother Tongue back in May.