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A very close family friend is passing through non acceptance by her father.

Her father and mother had sexual intimacy while the mum was in her late teens, and the father in his very early twenties some 28 years ago.This resulted in her pregnancy , the mum refused to tell her parents whom the father was and the father's identity faded with the years.But alas, the lady grew up and duly asked for her father after 19years( though she grew up with her maternal grand parents , whom she assumed at the initial stage were her parents). Different names came up , until one of father's(paternal) sister saw her with her mum and recognized the resemblance within her family.Also , because she was aware of the relationship between her brother and the woman at that time , she went to ask the lady about her dad , to which she replied she does not know.This prompted her to inquire from the mum , and after heated argument , she confirmed to the woman that the ladies father is actually the woman's brother and the woman left promising to resolve the whole issue.

But the stitch did not come in time, as the Man (ladies father)has already become a VERY VERY VERY influential barrister in Nigeria and married with children.The mother later said she told him some years back but he was not interested and this can also be buttressed by the statement made by the lady that when she called her father after she got the information , he was not surprised when she introduced herself which was around 2008 then , but till now he refused to see the lady, does not pick her calls and the supposed Aunty has changed from raggie to blues by not even showing interest in the matter because the brother virtually finance all her matters.

The lady is presently married with kids but she is still very embittered not knowing her father all this years and when she finally did , he turned his back for no fault of hers.

My request goes thus: How can she get the father to consent to a DNA test( all effort to get him to do this through his other relatives have hit zuma rock)?

The fear is always about his influence and power in this country (as a barrister not as a politician),it will be very difficult to win him through our judicial system unless she has a lawyer who has her 100% interest at heart.Do you know such lawyer?

Kindly help address the main issues ,she needs our wisdom to give her emotional stability and identity.

Thanks

Jighere Wellington a Cowboy-hat wearing Nigerian crushed his English opponent 4 - 0 at the World Scrabble Championship in Australia to become the first African to bag the word game’s global title.

Jighere was among more than 120 competitors who travelled to Perth for the World English-language Scrabble Players’ Association Championship, which culminated in Sunday’s best-of-seven final against England’s Lewis Mackay.

“He had to battle for four days to emerge on top but once he got there — maybe he was a little fresher, or got a bit of luck — everything fell into place for him and he won four-nil,” Adam Kretschmer, one of the organisers of the event, told AFP of Jighere’s effort.

The Nigerian used such high-scoring words as “fahlores”, “avouched” and “mentored” as he puzzled his way to victory.

“It is the first time that an African has won in these world championships,” Jighere told The Guardian after the win.

Words like dacoit, aah and yow helped Nigerian Wellington Jighere become Africa's first English-language Scrabble world champion.

He said he felt as though he had the "whole continent" behind him when he was playing.

In his congratulatory message ,President Muhammadu Buhari said he had "done the country proud".


(In case you were wondering dacoit is "a member of a class of robbers in India", aah is "an expression of surprise" and yow is slang in Australia "to keep a look-out" - all according to oed.com.)

But he conceded that: “Nigel is still the master. It just happens that today was my day.”


Culled BBC Sport and The Guardian

The African continent was divided into 4 different zones each consisting 4 countries and named West,East,South and North Africa zones,with the percentage support for the 3 aforementioned clubs stated based on survey sample.

Also, Nigeria has the highest number of professional footballers to have graced the EPL from the continent(32players).

What is your take on this? Thought Chelsea has more supporters in Nigeria!

source:BBC AFRICA SPORT

The cat is on flat horizontal ground ,the stair is only a design on the floor.

Place your phone at 180 degrees on your palm and you will see that neither of the cat's head nor tail is slanting, which proves that it is neither going up nor down

Lets share some embarrassing moments we have personally experienced or that which we can imagine possible:

•When your call your wife Linda instead of Tina. Hoops Linda happens to be your hot female secretary’s name.

• When your crush cooks a very salty food, you can’t eat it, your cant spit it neither can you tell her. Well Just swallow/munch it with water.

• When you are alone in your office (newly employed) and you fart only for your colleagues to enter a minute later.

• When Messi misses a penalty kick and Ronaldo scores on a counter attack from the missed penalty

• When you are doing a presentation with your zipper wide open, only to know after the presentation!

• When the wind is fiercely blowing up your shirt up at a fully packed national stadium.

• When you leave home feeling cool in your afro hair cut , only for you to sight yourself from a show glass that you forgot to comb the
LONGGGGG hair many hours later.

• When your Sunday school teacher ask you joking during a class the name of the man that killed Goliath and you shout Samson cos you
were busy chatting on your phone and didn’t hear the question.

• When you arrive at work with your trouser tucked into your socks.

• When you wake hope without praying(even when you have the time and it crossed your mind) , only for you to get to work late on the
same day and you see your boss car parked outside, how do you open the same mouth to start praying?

• When you try to enter an office with greeting the people seated by the entrance only to discover the door is locked , how do you ask
them about the occupant's whereabout

• When you PUT on your tv for live friendly match and you see Spain 1-Burundi 5 five minutes to go!

• When you are in an interview for a new job (hr / compliance officer)and your present boss calls you and the interviewers grant you
permission to pick up and the conversation below takes place;
Boss: where are you? , we are all waiting for you.
You: (reluctantly)Am in the bank submitting the documents you gave me to the branch manager,can I call you back sir.
Boss : No let me talk to the branch manger , I need to discuss something urgently with him.
Youyou cover the mouth piece and ask the interviewers can anybody volunteer to be the branch manager )
Interviewers: (chorus ) No!!!!!!
You: (you changed your voice ) This is the branch manager on the line how can i help you sir?
WILL YOUR STILL BE OFFERED THE NEW JOB?

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