Udom                                            Umana

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja yesterday,8 Dec. 2015, heard a total of 5 appeals in the April 11, 2015 Akwa Ibom State Governorship Elections.  Umana Umana and APC were represented by Wole Olanipekun (SAN)  while  Damian Dodo (SAN) was Counsel for   Udom Emmanuel and PDP.

 

In the First Appeal, counsel to Udom Emmanuel, Dodo (SAN),while adopting his brief of argument, urged the court to set aside part of the judgement of the tribunal which nullified election in 18 out of the 31 Local Government Areas in Akwa Ibom State.

He urged the court to allow the appeal as being meritorious and affirm Udom Emmanuel as the duly elected Governor of the state. While Wole Olanipekun (SAN), Counsel for Umana Umana also adopting his brief of argument prayed the court to dismiss the appellant’s appeal for being unmeritorious.

 

In the second Appeal, INEC asked the court to set aside the decision of the tribunal which nullified the election in 18 out of 31 LGA. Counsel for INEC, Ipaezu(SAN) prayed  the court to grant INEC reliefs sought against Umana and APC

 

The court went further to hear three more appeals brought by the parties. Judgments in all 5 appeals have been reserved for a date that will be communicated to all parties.

 

Now, we wait to know whether there will be re-run of elections in 18 LGA of AKS or  Udom will be asked to Soldier-on as Governor.

Can you imagine how the Umana Umana's camp will take it?  We hope that whichever camp did not win will keep the peace.

South African TV Host and Entertainment diva co-hosted the Future Awards Africa 2015 ceremonies in Lagos, Nigeria in style as she looked elegant in top Afican/Nigerian Designers.

                                           Look 1.  dress by Gert-Johan Coetze

                                       Look 2.  dress by  Lanre da silver Ajayi

                                             Look 3.  dress by April by Kunbi

Which Look Is Your Favorite?




styled by Moashy styling
makeup by Muzi
photo credit: Bonang_m

Yes! That's right. Toronto men literally walked "a mile in her shoes" to help end violence towards women .  'Walk a mile in her shoes' is the international men's march to stop rape, sexual assault & gender violence. As it is said, u can't really understand another person's experience until you walk in their shoes.
Quite a great course. Totally worth the walk.

Be inspired!
-Aitee

I  agree. mostly because more often than not,Waiting is not a walk-in-the-park. I should know. it takes a lot to wait. that include patience, faith and grace. Yes! the patience to wait out the storms of life, to keep hoping that you'll get what you pray for or need in life. The grace to  LIVE your life even though the storm is raging, to make the best of how things have turned out(dance in the rain) while working and keeping faith that the best will come. 

Remember, Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those cards you hold well. 

 

all the best!!!!

-Aitee

 

                                             Oscar (Reeva n Oscar inset)

A south African Appeals court has found the double-amputee Olympic star, Oscar Pistorius guilty of  murder by overturning an earlier lesser conviction of manslaughter.

Oscar was convicted last year of manslaughter for killing his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp on 2013 valentine day, at a high-profile court case dubbed "the trial of the century" as it was the first ever court case to be  broadcast live on South Africa Television and a popular topic in the News and social media globally.

The sport star claimed he mistook his girlfriend for a buglar and fired four shots into a looked toilet cubicle in self defence.

                                                29-year old  Reeva n Oscar

Pistorius who is out on bail( and on house arrest) having served a year of his five-year sentence for manslaughter, now faces a 15-year jail sentence, which is the mandatory minimum in South Africa for a murder conviction. Lucky him that he is not in Nigeria, because here as long as you are convicted of murder, there is but one sentence, death by hanging. No minimum sentence, only maximum sentence for murder.

The Olympic Icon who won numerous gold medals as a paralympian 400 sprinter, made history when he won the right to compete and competed at the 2012 London Olympic games. He became an international celebrity of some sort.

He was born without bones in his lower legs which were amputated when he was a child. He is kown as the "blade runner" because of the blade-like appendages that disabled athletes use for sprinting.

 

This is quite a tragedy. 'A human tragedy of Shakespearean proportion', as the South African court of appeals decribed it.

 

 

 

 

photo credit: getty images

 

                                              

The Kenyan Star Beauty stuns on the cover of the January 2016 issue of ESSENCE magazine with her dark glowing skin and beautiful face. This is her first ESSENCE cover which  will hit the Newsstands December 4. 

Lupita became a household name after winning an Oscar for her role as Patsy in her first film '12 Years A Slave'. Since then She has been on the cover of many renowned and international Magazines including VOGUE and has worked with many fashion and beauty brands. 2014 was particularly her year in the spotlight.  There aren't many people in this generation who could boast of a lightening-speed rise to fame such as Lupita's.

In this ESSENCE cover, she talks about her humble beginnings, winning in Hollywood and finding  balance.  

Watch her  in Starwars: The Force Awakes, which premiers this month.

So I walked into a store about two weeks ago, and what did I see? Display of Christmas trees, decorations, gift-items, cards and toys. The sales girl was even moving her head to the rhythm of a soft music (Christmas carol, surprisingly) and I was quickly reminded that Christmas was crawling in on us, whether we were prepared or not. I also remembered my long things-to-buy-list or should I say my Christmas budget, and I immediately started catching the season’s fever.

 December or Christmas, as it were, is considered the spending season. That time when individuals and families come under a lot of emotional, psychological and physical pressure. More so for those who have no earlier plans or budget. Yeah, it is that time when some City folks spend their year-long earning/savings just to impress their contemporaries and family in the village or back home.

Christmas can be an incredibly stressful time for families with children because they would want their kids to have what they desire. It can be quite difficult for people to accept that they need to cut back on their expenses at Christmas. For the husband, the head of the family, It’s important that you sit down and talk about it as a family rather than allow yourself  to be psychologically pushed into debt or carry a burden that will last months into 2016.

For me, I have come to understand that enjoying Christmas is not determine by spending more money or buying more stuff. So, unlike me, if you’re feeling the pressure to spend more in order to make yourself, family and friends happy, well, let’s look at other ways for you to take the pressure off and enjoy this Christmas.

       SHOP EARLY AND DON’T GO OVER YOUR BUDGET.

After deciding and you do have to decide first, on what kind of Christmas you want and how you will celebrate it, it is important that you start shopping early. This will save you from being sucked into ‘rush hour’ expenditure. Don’t wait until 24^th December before going to the market or stores. Shop while prices of goods and gift-items are still reasonable and the stores are not flooded with people.

 

 Create a Christmas list and include the amount for the items, total the amount to know if your ‘purse’ can conveniently foot the bill, and do not hesitate to drop from the list items that are not necessary. Go to the market or stores with cash (exact amount) in hand, not with your credit or debit cards, to avoid overspending. This works for me majority of the time, as someone who greatly enjoys and considers list-writing and shopping to be therapeutic, I don’t dare go shopping without a list or with more cash than is needed.

       this is just a sample, so create the columns according to your shopping needs

Christmas is also a season of advertising; on radio, television, bill boards, hand bills/ flyers, etc., but don’t let these adverts make you feel inadequate or entice you to spend more. Choose to ignore the TV commercials, instead, watch your favorite Christmas flicks and listen to Christmas music, read interesting books(read ‘Skipping Christmas’ by John Grisham, I enjoyed it.) and stop collecting the sales flyers.

                  FAMILY-TIME EXPERIENCE

It is often said that “family is everything”, and many have experience this to be true, especially those who have one such as mine. There isn’t a better time to enjoy family than Christmas season. It is a time when joyful, loving and lasting memories are made. Spend a portion of the Christmas money for a holiday experience. Take your kids and love ones out to parks, museums, live shows or concerts, a visit to your village or choice tourist site and you would be surprise to know that they appreciate the outing even more than material gifts. I am yet to receive a material gift that can replace the joy I get from the time spent with love ones.

 

 

Mothers, cook a less expensive but delicious delicacy and have your family or love ones sit on a round table to eat, chat, laugh and enjoy the meal. Play Christmas music and have them sing along and dance.  You simply can’t replace family-time spent with your kids with piles of plastic toys made in China or even Aba.

 

 

 Let go of the pressure to spend all that money or the anxiety of not having enough and allow yourself the pleasure of enjoying what really matters; moments with family and love ones. This way, you will have a resulting low level of stress and a zero debt balance after Christmas.   

People, don’t make this Christmas, a season to spend money you don’t really have in order to buy things you don’t really need to impress people you don’t truly like.

Don’t make this Christmas about money and material things but a memorable celebration of life and family, and not forgetting the real reason for the season; JESUS CHRIST.

              Be inspired!

       -Aitee