DR BAYO KADRI AT 70

At the Public Presentation of LEGENDARY QUOTES WITH BRIEF AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF THE TWINS @ 70 by Dr. Bayo kadri on 1st of July, 2018 by 10:00am @ Epe Club, Epe. 
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SUGAR DADDIES BLAMED AFTER 27 PUPILS IN ONE SOUTH AFRICAN SECONDARY SCHOOL ARE CONFIRMED PREGNANT

Some pupils at a Limpopo school have blamed "blessers" (sugar daddies) for being responsible for about 30 pregnant girls at their school so far this year.

This was after it was revealed there are 27 pregnant girls in Grades 10, 11 and 12 at Molautsi Secondary School in Blood River just outside Seshego, South Africa.

According to The Sowetan, which saw at least six pregnant girls during a visit to the school on Thursday. The girls refused to be interviewed.

However, according to a Grade 11 pupil, older men were responsible for impregnating some of her friends.

"They say they don't want to be broke; these men give them money. Some of these men have multiple girlfriends around the area," she said.

Another pupil, who is in Grade 12, said: "When we are at the taverns there will always be older guys coming and entertaining us."But, at the end is how you respond to them. I have seen friends getting free alcohol from guys who are employed and older. We call them blessers," the girl said.

Limpopo education department spokesman Sam Makondo, who confirmed that 27 pupils at the school are pregnant, said that the situation was becoming a big concern.

"We think it should worry all of us as a society that our children fall pregnant at this rate," said Makondo."It says to us we should, as various stakeholders in education, take a collective responsibility to raise more awareness inside and outside our schools to prevent more learners from [being in] this situation. Together we can make the necessary impact and our learners will be able to stay in school and focus on their studies. Education is a constitutional right we must all protect. This should be everybody's concern."

Out of the 27 pregnant pupils, 14 are in matric.

Makondo said the figure of pupils who fell pregnant last year at the school was not immediately available but he believed it was lower compared to this year.

"If it was more than 20 pupils who fell pregnant it would have raised alarm and came to our attention. Our district offices would have picked it up immediately [because] they meet regularly with school principals." Makondo said.

A resident said although the clinic not too far from the school was efficient, she believed pupils were afraid to go to this health facility to get contraceptives.

"A solution to this mess is for the government to bring mobile clinics to schools. Some pupils hear stories about nurses insulting young girls, hence they choose not to go and save themselves from humiliation," she said.Provincial health department spokesman Neil Shikwambana said:"A Blessers Must Fall programme is still under way and we appeal to young girls to refuse to be showered with free gifts. Blessers are not only contributing to [unwanted] pregnancies of young girls but a study has shown that they are likely to spread HIV/Aids," Shikwambana said.

Daisy Makgobatlou, who has been selling fat cakes and snacks to pupils for the past 20 years, said she had never witnessed such a high number of pregnant girls in a year.

"I work here every day of the week. I have never seen such a large number of children getting pregnant," she said.

Makgobatlou blamed the parents for outsourcing their parental responsibility to teachers.

"It shows that when the children leave the school, no one looks after them at home. I think parents should monitor their children because teachers can't do their job."

TEARS OF JOY AS CHINESE WOMAN TRICKED BY NIGERIAN BOYFRIEND INTO CARRYING DRUGS IS FOUND NOT GUILTY AFTER THREE YEARS IN JAIL

A Chinese woman Li Dandan, was on Thursday, July 26, found not guilty of drug trafficking by Hong Kong Court after three years of uncertainty.

Hong Kong prosecutors said the single mother, now 33, had trafficked 1,934 grams of methamphetamine, a drug more commonly known as Ice, worth HK$580,000 (US$73,900).

On November 7, 2015, Li was intercepted at Hong Kong International Airport while en route to Malaysia to help deliver clothing samples for her Nigerian boyfriend identified as IK, who said he would set up business in her home province of Guangdong.

The drugs were found stored in a hidden compartment sewn into the linings of her backpack.

However, the Guangzhou native claimed she had been conned to make deliveries for her Nigerian boyfriend, whom she had trusted.

“I dated this Nigerian man because he did not smoke or drink. He struck me as a hardworking person. I could not believe he was a drug trafficker.”

Meanwhile, Li’s counsel, Leung Chun-keung, argued it was possible his client did not know about the hidden compartment as she was not professionally trained like customs officers to detect abnormalities in bag linings.

In these photos taken yesterday, Li Dandan pulled her mother in a tight embrace as soon as she emerged from a Hong Kong court’s cell holding unit, free at last from a drug trafficking case hanging over her head for three years.

Beside them stood prison chaplain Father John Wotherspoon, who had waited anxiously for Li’s release, having spent the past two years helping the Guangzhou native prove her innocence.

“I’m very happy,” he said tearfully after learning of Li’s acquittal. “I’m hoping her case can help the other drug mules appeal.”

Wotherspoon since 2013 has been working on a “name and shame” project, identifying and exposing drug lords operating through and in the city. His efforts came as he travelled the world to help drug mules facing trial.

Wotherspoon said Li was highly vulnerable in light of her divorce.

“So when he offered her a relationship, she trusted him,” he said. “She thought he was a real boyfriend.”

To help prove her innocence, Wotherspoon travelled to Malaysia, Bangkok, Thailand, and Guangzhou to track down IK, with the Nigerian’s picture in hand.

He visited the restaurant and hotel where they stayed together, found his address in Malaysia, and passed on the information to Hong Kong police. At trial, he testified for the defence as a character witness.

The Roman Catholic priest claimed about 20 mainland women had fallen victim to African drug lords over the past decade – and Li was one of them.