Families gathered to raise their dead loved ones from their tombs and clean and re-dress the corpses in a ritual honouring the spirits of their mummified ancestors in Indonesia.
Every August the Torja community in Panggala, Nort Toraja, South Sulawesi, re-dress their relatives' bodies, clean them, speak with them and even light them cigarettes.
The Toraja Death Rituals are considered the biggest celebration of life by people who believe the link between life and death is infinite. The tradition is entrenched in the Toraja people's culture even though they are actually a largely Protestant Christian community in a Muslim-majority country.
When loved ones die families keep their bodies for months, sometimes years, in their own homes or in a 'Tongkonan' which is a specific building designed to house the dead. While families mourn, prepare for burials and save for the funeral they often interact with the bodies as if they were alive by talking to them and including them in family meals.
The Torjan community consider death to be the most important aspect of life and often get into crippling debt from paying for funerals. The annual visit to their loved ones is considered a second funeral where they also clean or replace coffins to prevent the bodies from decomposing. After relatives have spent time with the dead and re-dressed their bodies and coffins they are usually reinterred with gifts in their ornate, colourful coffins.
Head of the Torajan branch of AMAN Eric Crystal Rante Allo last year told The Sydney Morning Herald while it might seem strange to outsiders, it is a key part of the culture. 'Toraja people believe the spirit of the dead lives among us, the living, looking out for us, blessing us,' he said. 'That's why, before the ritual of the burial is performed, they are called to'makula, or just sick, not yet dead. Toraja's people highly respect their dead.'
Friday, August 28, 2020
Remember The Tallest Girl In The World, She Is Happily Married
When it comes to the union between a man, nothing can come in the way of love, the love that exists among couples can never be compared to any other mere love. Do you remember the tallest girl in the world? Do you know that she is married?
She goes by the name Elisany da cruz silva, she was given birth to on the 27th of September, 1995 in Brazil. The young Brazilian is an aspiring model she is about 6ft tall recognized as the world's tallest girl as per Guinness book of rcords.
She dated Francinaldo a fellow Brazilian who proposed to her at a beach despite the height difference, both of them live in a small home in Brazil.
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Auto crash claims 14 lives in Zamfara, many injure
No fewer than fourteen politicians have died in a fatal road accident along Gusau – Zaria road while some politicians were allegedly rushing to meet up with the state Governor’s convoy.
The accident which occurred on Wednesday saw three vehicles colliding with a BUA cement trailer.
It was gathered that fourteen of the politicians died on the spot, while several politicians sustained various degrees of injuries in the accident.
When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Mohammed Shehu, confirmed the incident, saying that those who sustained injuries have been taken to the hospital and responding fine to treatment.
However, Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle has condoled the families of all the deceased persons who lost their lives in the accident.
The Governor ordered a three-day mourning in honour of the departed souls, saying that all flags should fly at half-mast.
This was contained in a press system signed and made available to newsmen in Gusau, the state capital by the Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Public enlightenment, Mr. Zailani Bappa
The deceased have since been accorded befitting burials attended by hundreds of people.
It could be recalled that some politicians in the state had gone to receive the Governor at the border between Zamfara and Katsina States where the three vehicles collided with BUA cement trailer along Gusau- Zaria road.
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Aubameyang Or Salah, Who Would You Rather Have In Your Team?
These two are arguably the best player in their team respectively
They’re the leader and a game decider, if they turn off in a match, there’s a probability the whole team will suffer it.
Salah has been in Liverpool since the past three seasons and Aubameyang joined Arsenal in two seasons away.
Salah
No one would overlook the impact the Egyptian forward has contributed to the team, his winning mentality and self-confidence are enough to rank him than any other player in Liverpool.
He’s one of the best players in the world and every football manager would gladly love to have him in their team.
Aubameyang
The fact you might not be aware of is that no player has scored more goals than Aubameyang in the premier league since his arrival in the 2017/2018 winter transfer.
He’s so reliable in front and a big threat to defenders. His goal sense and positioning are what Arsenal is enjoying at the moment.
Don’t panic, it’s not death sentence, WAEC tells candidates with COVID-19
Mr Patrick Areghan, Head, West African Examination Council (WAEC), has called on candidates infected with the COVID-19 writing the ongoing examinations not to panic saying “the virus is not a death sentence”.
Areghan, who made this known on Wednesday at the end of a monitoring visit to Federal Government Boys College, Apo, Abuja said that no student infected with COVID-19 would miss the examinations.
“I want to assure you and the Nigerians that anywhere we have COVID-19 candidate, we make sure that he or she writes the examinations. It is not a death sentence, there is no stigma.
“We don’t want anybody to miss the exams. It’s no fault of theirs. We can defeat this disease provided we take first-line responsibility,” he said.
The WAEC Head of National Office in Nigeria said that the council had been collaborating with various states ministry of education to look out for candidates infected with the virus.
According to him, when it happens, the ministry of education and the ministry of health in the state will have to come together and get a medical expert that will conduct the exam for the candidate.
Areghan said that such a candidate would write the examinations in the isolation centre.
He added that the council would thereafter go to the isolation centre and collect the script which would be put in a special bank designated for the purpose.
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“Yesterday we heard stories about some candidates contracting the disease in one state, we quickly got in touch with our officer and he said he was not aware.
“We ask him to get in touch with the commission and the commission said that there was nothing like that.
“Yes we are aware that in Gombe, there was one candidate who wrote the examinations for about two days or so and I learnt that the candidate had been discharged from the isolation center,” he said.
According to him, the council also heard about one in Kwara and then in Bayelsa, they also carried out massive testing before the commencement of the examination.
“The results have just come out and that the candidates infected have been isolated and we are conducting the examination for them.
“I want to assure you and the Nigerians that anywhere we have COVID-19 candidate, we make sure that he or she writes the examination. It is not a death sentence, there is no stigma,” he said.
On alleged leaked examinations papers, Areghan denied the rumours saying there was no element of truth in it.
“As I speak with you, no single examination paper was leaked. WAEC does not experience anything called leakage anymore since 1977.
“What has been happening is that some so called supervisors who the Ministry of Education repose confidence in selecting men and women of integrity and send them to us to be engaged as supervisor,’’ he said
He added that some mischievous supervisors opened the questions, snap it and post it into designated WhatsApp groups for the benefit of their collaborators.
According to him, these are the supervisors that are the bad eggs in the system and all hands must be on deck to fetch them out.
He, therefore, commended the students for taking into cognisance the COVID-19 protocols during the examination.
Also, Mr Hussain Adbullahi, Principal Federal Government Boys College Apo, said that the students are complying with the protocols through washing of hands, sanitising and checking their temperature.
He called on the Ministry of Education to ensure that those sent for examination supervisor are people of integrity.
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
NIDCOM Warns Parents Against Sending Their Children To Schools In Northern Cyprus
NIDCOM Warns Parents Against Sending Their Children To Schools In Northern Cyprus
The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has warned parents against sending their children to schools in Northern Cyprus.
This follows several incessant and mysterious killing of Nigerians in the country.
Dabiri-Erewa stated this on Monday when she received a delegation at her office, led by Justice Amina Bello, mother of a Nigerian student, Ibrahim Khaleel, who was allegedly killed in that country.
She called on parents to be weary of sending their wards to Northern Cyprus as the country is not recognized by the United Nations except the Republic of Turkey, adding that Nigeria has no diplomatic ties with that country.
The NIDCOM boss, however, insisted that the country should be blacklisted given the preponderance of Nigerian students who have died mysteriously in that country without any prosecution or compensation whatsoever.
“The time has come for us to blacklist all these Universities in Northern Cyprus and advise our students from seeking any form of admission there as it portends danger to their life and future”.
Read Full Statement Below:
*DEATH OF IBRAHIM KHALEEL BELLO: NIDCOM DEMANDS JUSTICE, URGES STUDENTS TO AVOID NORTHERN CYPRUS UNIVERSITIES
Abuja, Aug. 24, 2020 .
Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has demanded that justice must be served accordingly on the sudden death of a 25-year old Nigerian student in Northern Cyprus, Mr Ibrahim Khaleel Bello and others killed in such mysterious circumstances in the country.She made this passionate plea following a petition by Hon. Justice Amina Ahmad Bello, a Judge in Kaduna state High Court on the mysterious and , inexplicable death of her son, a third-year civil Engineering Degree student of Girne American University in Girne (Kyrenia), Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ( TRNC) via Mersin 10, Turkey in Abuja on Monday.
Dabiri-Erewa called on parents to be weary of sending their wards to Northern Cyprus as the country is not recognized by the United Nations except the Republic of Turkey, adding that Nigeria has no diplomatic ties with that country.
She insisted that the Country should be blacklisted given the preponderance of Nigerian Students who have died mysteriously in that country without any prosecution or compensation whatsoever.
She assured the delegation led by Justice Bello, that NIDCOM will work with the Ministry of Justice, Nigerian Mission in Turkey and other relevant agencies to ensure justice is done , saying “ the death of Ibrahim khaleel Bello should be a tipping point to end the continuous killings of Nigerian students in that Country.”
Dabiri-Erewa reiterated her appeals to Nigerian parents to desist in sending their children to Northern Cyprus for any studies as most of the courses are not accredited and they end up killing the children., many of them unreported .
” The time has come for us to blacklist all these Universities in Northern Cyprus and advise our students from seeking any form of admission there as it portends danger to their life and future”, she said.
She added that the office of the Attorney General of the Federation has already reported the matter to Interpol for further investigation.
Earlier in an emotion-laden voice, Justice Amina Ahmad Bello, mother of the deceased, said her insistence on justice was not only for her son but also other Nigerian Students who have died mysteriously in the Girne American University Girne (Kyrenia), and other Universities in Northern Cyprus.
She narrated how her son was allegedly murdered and covered up by the authorities in Northern Cyprus as welll as the University authorities claiming it was a suicide mission having fallen from a seven-storey building.
She insisted that the report be investigated and all those found culpable be prosecuted as there was nothing to show that her son committed suicide.
Justice Bello said hours before her son was killed, she spoke with him, and he was expressing fears on his safety in the University environment.
” I don’t believe it was an accident or a suicide as I went to Cyprus barely 24 hours it happened and got to the mortuary where there was no scratch or wound on his body.
” I suspected foul play that my son was killed as the school was non- challant in breaking the news to me on my arrival there”
Justice Bello said hours before the boy died, he sent her a WhatsApp message that ” Mama, Please I want to come back home. Wallahi if i stay here, I will just die here without anybody batting an eyelash. I just need to come back home. Mama please try to understand that this isn’t a place for me”.
She alleged that it is possible some of the killed Nigerian students’ vital organs were harvested as her son’s stomach was opened and sutured when the corpse was finally released.
The late Ibrahim Khaleel Bello was among about 100 Nigerians killed and murdered in mysterious circumstances from 2016 to 2020 without prosecuting any of the assailants.
Other victims include, Kennedy Taomwabwa Dede, 28, student of Eastern Mediterranean University and was killed on Feb. 1, 2018, Walshak Augustine Ngok, a student of Marine Engineering at Near East University, murdered on April 19, 2019.
Others were Gabriel Soriwei, a first-year student of Electrical Electronics of Cyprus International University, Nicosia, Osabanjo Adeola Owoyale, 33, went missing and found dead on July 1, 2019.
The list includes Augustine Wallies killed on April 19, 2019, Stanley Eteimo, 28 years, Hassan Babatunde, 28, murdered, Temitayo Adigun, killed, Kubiat Abasi Abraham Okon, 24, killed, Oziegbe Gospower Airekugose and Olasubomi Ope among others not reported.
Signed
Gabriel Odu,
Media, Public Relations and Protocol Unit,
NIDCOM ok
Monday, August 24, 2020
Drama as UNILAG Senate meets to nominate acting VC
A mild drama ensued on Monday as some Senate members of the University of Lagos , who were to meet to nominate an acting Vice - Chancellor at the main auditorium were initially barred by a memo posted on the door of the auditorium .
The memo , signed by the Registrar, Oladejo Azeez , stated in part , “ This is to inform all Senate members that no meeting of the Senate has been summoned , members should await proper notice of meeting after the Federal Government of Nigeria has clarified some issues germane to the meeting .”
However, after a while, some workers opened the door to the main auditorium for the Senate members .
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The members are currently at the meeting while members of staff are seen lingering around the environment , awaiting the outcome of the meeting .
The PUNCH earlier reported that the Federal Government last week directed the varsity’ s Pro- Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Wale Babalakin, and Vice -Chancellor , Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe , to recuse themselves from official duties , pending the outcome of the Special Visitation Panel set up by the President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd .) .
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Nigerian Footballer Emerges UEFA Europa League Best Young Player
The 18-year-old player who is top on the list of players the Nigeria Football Federation are trying to convince to play for Nigeria was a top performer for Arsenal Football Club in the second rated European Club competition for the 2019/2020 season.
The Hale End academy graduate has enjoyed a stunning breakthrough season and has underlined his versatility by playing in a variety of different positions, from left back to central midfield
Saka was voted ahead of Roma’s Nicolo Zaniolo and Kai Havertz who has been tipped to join Chelsea.
As quoted by Whoscored.com in the end of the season performance publication, Saka scored more in the competition than the Premier League and was also the best creator in his team with 11 assists.
“His finest came way back in September against strong opposition in Eintracht Frankfurt, stealing the show with a goal and two assists to earn his first of three man of the match ratings from just six appearances.”
What is pelvic inflammatory disease?
Pelvic inflammatory disease is an inflammation of the female reproductive organs. It can lead to scar formations with fibrous bands that form between tissues and organs.
It can affect the uterus, or womb, the fallopian tubes, the ovaries, or a combination.
Complications include chronic, persistent, pelvic pain, ectopic pregnancy, and infertility. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 in 8 women who have had pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) have difficulty becoming pregnant.
Most cases result from an untreated infection in the vagina or cervix that spreads.
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a common cause, but it can develop from infections due to other causes.
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2013 to 2014 found that, out of 1,171 sexually experienced women of reproductive age in the United States (U.S.), 4.4 percent reported having ever had PID.
Around 800,000 women receive a diagnosis of PID each year in the U.S.
Fast facts about pelvic inflammatory disease
- Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) often stems from an untreated sexually transmitted infection or other gynecological infection.
- Symptoms may not be noticeable, but they can include pain and fever.
- Untreated PID can lead to scarring, fertility problems, or an abscess.
- Treatment is usually with antibiotics, but surgery may be necessary.
- Prevention strategies include practicing safe sex and not having multiple sexual partners.
Many women with PID have no symptoms. If symptoms appear, they can vary from mild to severe. However, untreated PID can have serious consequences.
Possible symptoms include:
- pain, possibly severe, especially in the pelvic area
- fever
- fatigue
- bleeding or spotting between periods
- irregular menstruation
- pain in the lower back and the rectum
- pain during sexual intercourse
- unusual vaginal discharge
- frequent urination
- vomiting
Sometimes the symptoms resemble those of an ovarian cyst, appendicitis, endometriosis, or a urinary tract infection (UTI).
PID can be acute, lasting up to 30 days, or chronic if it lasts more than 30 days.
One difficulty with treating PID is that the symptoms are varied and that some women may have no symptoms.
Anyone who experiences symptoms or who thinks they may have been exposed to an STI or other cause of infection should see a doctor.
Complications that can arise if PID is not treated include:
- scarring that can lead to fertility problems
- recurring PID
- severe pelvic pain
- a tubo-ovarian abscess
Many women do not realize they have had a PID until they seek medical advice for infertility problems.
A woman who has had PID has a 20 percent chance of infertility due to scarring of the fallopian tubes and a 9 percent risk of a future ectopic pregnancy. The odds of developing chronic pelvic pain are 18 percent.
PID usually starts with an infection that begins in the vagina and spreads to the cervix. It can then move to the fallopian tubes and the ovaries.
The cause of infection can be bacterial, fungal, or parasitic, but it is more likely to involve one or more types of bacteria.
Sexually transmitted bacteria are the most common cause of PID. Chlamydia is the most common, followed by gonorrhea.
The American Family Physician (AFP) estimates that between 80 and 90 percent of women with chlamydia and 10 percent of those with gonorrhea have no symptoms.
Some 10 to 15 percent of women with chlamydia or gonorrhea go on to develop PID as a secondary infection.
Risk factors
Apart from an STI, some risk factors increase the risk of developing PID.
Childbirth, abortion or miscarriage, if bacteria enter the vagina. The infection can spread more easily if the cervix is not fully closed.
An intrauterine device (IUD), a form of birth control that is placed into the uterus. This can increase the risk of infection, which may become PID.
An endometrial biopsy, during which a sample of tissue is taken for analysis, increases the risk of infection and subsequent PID.
Appendicitis very slightly increases the risk, if the infection spreads from the appendix to the pelvis.
Who is most likely to be affected?
Women are more likely to develop PID if they:
- are sexually active and under 25 years of age
- have several sexual partners
- do not use barrier contraceptives
- use a douche
It is most common among women aged 15 to 29 years.
A physician will ask about symptoms and carry out a pelvic exam to check for tenderness.
They will also test for chlamydia and gonorrhea.
A swab may be taken from the cervix, and maybe from the urethra, the tube from the bladder through which urine flows. There may be blood and urine tests.
An ultrasound scan may be used to check for inflammation in the fallopian tubes.
Sometimes, a laparoscope is used to view the area. If necessary, tissue samples can be taken through it.
2023: No cultist will succeed me in Akwa Ibom ― Gov Emmanuel
…says he has no third term agenda through surrogate
Akwa Ibom Governor, Udom Emmanuel
By Harris Emanuel – Uyo
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has stated succinctly that no cultist would succeed him in office come 2023, noting that he has no agenda to foist a surrogate on the people of the state.
Speaking on Sunday in Uyo during an open interactive session with Akwa Ibom people monitored by Vanguard correspondent, the Governor vows never to allow any cultist take over the reins of governance from him in 2023.
He said, “for peace to reign and for Christ to have control, I am not interested in third term through a surrogate, the only thing you can help to do is to ensure that no cultist is allowed to emerge Governor of the state.
“Some council areas are highly volatile so if they nominate a cultist we would not permit such. Any cultist arrested would not be released.
“The only way to ensure peace is to make a way to eradicate cultism if you want to ensure peace, we look up to God, then we embrace peace.
“Some cult groups are clashing in some parts of the state and we have tried to make sure we crush them. we will stop at nothing in ensuring we crush them. it is not out intention to deploy soldiers to volatile areas and you are forcing us to do so.
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“Please let parents talk to their children, they gain nothing from cultism. it can’t be because of one man the whole village would run away. it is time to go their right way. most armed robbers and kidnappers are cultists and we will crush them.”
The Governor also explained why he is opening up more internal roads in the State saying that it is to allow for ease of transport and movement of goods and services.
He admitted that the lockdown caused by COVID-19 has affected the completion time of projects but pledged that the roads will be completed in good time as government and governance is a continuum.
The Governor disclosed that all issues of pensions and gratuities will surely be given the rapid attention they are presently receiving.
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