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imran90:
One of the reasons why I always advice people to hold a lot of cash when traveling abroad. It's always one man for himself.

Highlandgee:
Amid the lingering fuel scarcity rocking the country, a young Nigerian lady has taken to Twitter to narrate how she was almost kidnapped while looking for a bus to transport her to her destination.

The lady identified as Kitan Jubril reported that due to fuel shortages, there were no buses, so she was compelled to get into a private vehicle that offered assistance after waiting for a long time at the bus stop.

Kitan said she was almost kidnapped afterwards.

Taking to Twitter to recount the incident and express gratitude for life, Kitan vowed to leave Nigeria.

Her words,

Cried like a baby this evening, I was so shaky.. I can’t wait to leave this Nigeria as a whole, a very useless country Nigeria almost happened to me yesterday because, fuel scarcity, no buses, everybody was stranded at the bus stop, I was forced to enter private car after staying so long at bus stop and I was almost kidnapped. Grateful for life. I’ll leave this country unharmed bi ithnillah.”

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Highlandgee:
Goodluck Nwauzor fled Boko Haram militants in Nigeria only to end up cleaning showers for $1 a day while housed at one of the United States’ largest immigrant detention facilities.

Goodluck Nwauzor and other detainees at the Northwest ICE Processing Center were paid a $1 per day regardless of how many hours they worked in various cooking, cleaning, laundry and maintenance roles, if they were paid at all; some detainees were paid with candy or other snacks, according to court records.

Now his testimony has helped convince a federal jury that GEO Group, which runs the Northwest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Center in Tacoma, Wash., violated the state’s minimum wage laws.

“I feel so great, and I thank almighty God, who made it possible,” Nwauzor told The Washington Post. “I really appreciate the jury’s decision.”

The decision on Friday means Nwauzor and other detainees will receive individual awards ranging from $7 for a single day worked, to more than $30,000 in the instance of a detainee who worked almost 700 days, according to Adam J. Berger of the Seattle-based Schroeter Goldmark & Benderorthat, the law firm representing Nwauzor and the other detainees.

“Before I came to America in 2016, I was a very good business guy,” Nwauzor said. “I left Nigeria because my life was at risk.”
He traveled to Central America and made his way to Mexico before presenting himself at a port of entry in California and was eventually moved to detention center in Tacoma.

There, he signed up for the work program in hopes of earning money to send home, or buy items from the commissary, where everyday necessities tend to be at least twice the cost as in a grocery store.

For part of his eight-month detention, he was tasked with cleaning a “stinking” five-stall shower facility used by 50 to 60 men each day, disinfecting the walls and clearing the drains.

“At the end of the day, I got one dollar,” he said. He was unsure of his options and described those in the program as feeling powerless and like they were treated like “animals” or worse.

He said most of the guards assumed the detainees in custody were criminals.

“My friends said, ‘Goodluck, don’t go, don’t go!’ But I have to do it,” he said of his decision to turn to the court system. “I have to speak up. I can’t stay silent.”

Nwauzor’s attorneys called the jury’s award “precedent-setting,”

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Highlandgee:
A Nigerian international student hoping to live in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada has complained she was discriminated against because she has children.

Obianuju Okwuogu had been looking for an apartment in Moncton during the pandemic for her family so she can attend Crandall University in person.

But when she was asked how many people would stay in the apartment, and said she has four daughters between two and nine, she was turned away.

"I kept searching and every day I kept getting disappointed," said the graduate student.

Okwuogu had started online classes at Crandall University. She moved to Canada from Nigeria with two of her four children and has been staying with her sister in Edmonton while she looked for a place in Moncton.

In her search for a Moncton home, she's focused on apartments with two or three bedrooms, and she had already dealt with about 20 different landlords.

Okwuogu said she sees listings online and contacts landlords by email and by phone. They respond and ask how many family members she has, whether she has children and their ages.

After telling them about her four children, she often doesn't hear back. And if she does, it's to hear that no apartments are available.
"They would just say, 'Sorry we don't have anything for you,'" she said from her sister's home in Edmonton.

She said one landlord told her it would be easier if she only had two children, and they needed to be older. "She thought she was being helpful, but it was pretty offensive," she said.

'I felt like I was being rejected'

Another landlord said her children would disrupt the neighbours and referred her to an apartment too small to fit the six family members.

"I started realizing at that point it wasn't about the space. It wasn't about the size. It was just because they were children, and they were young and they thought they would be an inconvenience to the neighbours."

Okwuogu has also looked at duplexes in Moncton. One landlord worried about her paying rent because she was a student and said Okwuogu would have to pay six months rent up front. "I was heartbroken," she said.

"I felt like I was being rejected because I had children. I felt like I was being told that my child was an inconvenience. I feel like I'm being told I should not have had my children, and that's really depressing."

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Highlandgee:
Margaret Obi
Margaret, wife of the Labour Party’s candidate was the First Lady of Anambra State when her husband, Peter Obi was governor of the state from 2006 to 2014. She is from Akwa-Ibom State and got married to Peter Obi in 1992.

mariovito:
Congrats werey

Highlandgee:
WWE Star, Omos – real name Toulope ‘Jordan’ Omogbehin, was born in Lagos migrated with his family to the US when he was young.

Omos recently shared with Afrotimes Newspaper the fascinating story of his life and of overcoming a tumor and other health conditions he has overcome.

He attended school/played basketball at Montrose Christian for the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 school years. He went on to attend and play for the University of South Florida before moving back to Maryland and attending/playing for Morgan State University. His college basketball career spanned from 2012 to 2015.

His WWE debut was in 2019 and his intimidating presence in the ring has brought him success. Omos was at the peak of his popularity when he was the efficacious bodyguard to the ‘Phenomenal’ AJ Styles.

Omos spoke about receiving an email related to a medical finding that he has a tumor in his head. Omos did not believe it until he took an MRI scan and the doctors confirmed it. But that was not the end. When one has a tumor, it changes the hormonal balance in them and Omos had to undergo further tests. “But in the process of doing the testing, they found that not only do they have the pituitary tumor, I had a gigantism and I have partial Cushing’s disease, which is very rare. Omos explained.

Moreover, his condition was a unique case in medical history as he had all three types of gigantism, unlike others, including WWE legend André the Giant. Fortunately, the quick intervention by the medical team saved his life. After all the physical struggles he underwent, Omos still managed to accomplish in the squared circle. Currently, he is healthy and doing well and appears on Monday Night RAW.

Omogbehin, at 7ft 3” is the third on the all-time list of tallest WWE superstars only after the late Giant Gonzalez – 8ft and Andre The Giant – 7ft 4″

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Newphiligeek123:
Salamatu Rabiu Musa
Salamatu was the former First Lady of Kano State and wife to the NNPP’s Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. She attended Government Girls College (GGC) Kabo and is rarely seen in the media.