Saturday, April 30, 2016
Jermaine Jackson confirms participation at Lagos Int'L Jazz concert
Friday, April 29, 2016
First Bank set to sack 1000 of its workers
14 year old girl commits suicide after classmates release fake nude photos online and kept bullying her
It escalated to online bullying where they would grab nude photos of random girls and spread it amongst their friends and claim the nudes were of Destiny's. They bullied her so bad that she couldn't take it anymore and she hung herself in her room where her father found her.
Read what her friend Natasha Fisher wrote about her:
On Wednesday morning was just like any other morning I went on about my day until my phone rang. I can't explain the excitement that I felt seeing my friend's name pop up on the screen. What was she doing today I wondered.... What were we going to do that night? No kids sounds exciting to me. Little did I know when I answer that phone call my best friends life had already been changed forever. Stephanie (my best friend) and Kurtis Clark are the parents to the most beautiful little girl, Destiny Gelsson, that had just turned 14 in February 2nd.
She was beautiful and talented let me tell you that girl was sassy in the best possible way. The Clarks had moved 2 Warrenton from Wentzville just this school year. They had just bought their first dream house. Destiny has always been a lovable child but with time unfortunately her beauty and compassion was her curse. With good comes evil found in ever situation.
There of course were a group of girls at the new school, Black Hawk Middle School, that were jealous of her.
So instead of being accepting of how blessed they were to know someone like her... their hatred and jealously caused them to shun her and do everything they could to make her life unbearable. From name calling to downloading some random persons private parts, printing them off and writing Destiny's name above the picture.
I know first hand how ruthless they were I witnessed her tears due to her bullies. As well as my friends struggle to try and better the situation. The months went by and away went her smile and her carefree self. I remember the day I first found out about Destiny being bullied some little girls with nothing else better to do had been sending notes around school that day calling her names and making up stories. It had carried over to social media that night.
And until April Destiny was not allowed to have a Facebook account. She however had a Instagram account that her parents had the password and login to, which was monitored daily by her parents. I don't know how many times that she cried I don't know how many times that she wish things were different.
All she wanted was to be liked. I do know whenever I answered that phone and got that call I couldn't believe the words that I was hearing. I couldn't get to the hospital fast enough.
I wanted to wrap my arms around Stephanie and Kurtis and grab that little girl up and tell her everything was going to be ok. Destiny attempted suicide Wednesday morning by hanging herself she was found my her father who had to yell for her mother because he was unable to get her down alone.
Destiny was without oxygen for 20-30 minutes before she was brought back to life upon arriving at St. Joseph West Hospital in Lake St. Louis. She was then air vaced to Cardinal Glennon in St. Louis. Destiny's first day at Cardinal Glennon she was breathing 60% on her own and had good brain activity ...the family was so excited. We thought she was going to pull through. Destiny's situation looked so promising. We were sure that it would be a long road home, but she would pull through and everything was going to be fine.
Then later that night Destiny's temperature spiked and she took a turn for the worst. She started having seizures back-to-back and her brain started to swell. Her legal cause of death was from swelling of her brain. It was not ruled a suicide due to the fact that they resuscitated her.
Destiny took the last breathe on her own Friday 4/22/16 around 4:30pm but was not officially pronounced deceased in the eyes of the law until 1:11 Saturday 4/23/2016. We are donating her organs as Destiny would have wanted. She was such a kind, caring, compassionate, loving person who would do anything to help others.
Destiny was a victim of one of the worst crimes that I know. Growing up everyone said sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me well, I most definitely beg to differ words do hurt sometimes so much more than physical harm.
This is the worst moment in anyone's life but just know that she is going to live on in others. Her tragic death is going to give life to so many. She is going to make the most beautiful angel! Destiny's Memorial Service will be held Saturday April 30th, 2016.
Colombia legalizes same-sex marriage
This new law places Colombia as the fourth country in Latin America to legalize same sex marriages. Argentina was the first Latin American country to take the step in July 2010 before Brazil and Uruguay followed suit.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Photos: Jermaine Jackson visits Bola Tinubu
Monday, April 25, 2016
Pres. Buhari congratulates British/Nigerian boxer, Anthony Joshu
The statement from President Buhari came through his Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora and Foreign Relations, Honourable Abike Dabiri-Erewa. Joshua is ranked the world’s sixth best heavyweight boxer and will be defending his title by June 25th, 2016.
Photos: Police arrest man disguised as woman to hook up with men in Lilongwe, Malawi
Female Ted Cruz lookalike agrees to 6-minute porn deal for $10,000
21-year-old Ted Cruz lookalike, Searcy Hayes from Natchez,
Mississippi who shot to fame when she appeared on the Maury Povich show
is cashing in on her newfound fame.
XHamster.com, a popular porn website, has offered to pay Hayes and her
fiance, Freddie Green $10,000 for a 6-minute sex tape.That's a rate of
about $1666.66 per minute.
According to Xhamster spokesman, Mike Kulich, “We wanted Searcy because
overnight she became a viral meme. I think a lot of XHamster viewers
really wanted to see her in action."
Hayes and Green have agreed to the deal.
She has made sex tapes privately, but this will be the first time that millions of people potentially will be watching.
“I’m fine with it because everything is going to support my family,” she said. “I want to get my son whatever he wants.”
Hayes works as a cleaner while Green is on Social Security
because of a disability, he said the amount of money on offer is not
something to sniff at.
“We want to buy a truck, pay off our house and we might get
married,” he says. “I never had anyone say, ‘Here’s $10,000! Go make a
sex tape.’”
Green admits he’s excited by Hayes’ newfound fame.
“It’s kind of exciting and shocking to know she’s famous — she’s more famous than Madonna!” he said. “I’m with a star.”
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Photos: Nigerian-American actor and singer, Alex Boye, welcomes son
Nigerian-American actor and singer, Alex Boye and his
wife, Julie, have welcomed their fifth child. Julie gave birth to their
son on Monday April 18th in America. Congrats to them.
Photos: These beautiful pageant contestants were all once men
The beauty pageant which started in 1998 is open to Thailand transgenders that are between 18 and 25 years. See more photos after the cut...
The pageant is very competitive and comes with a cash prize of £2,300 which is more than the average salary in Thailand and a car. Organisers of the pageant say they hope to use the contest to break the stigma associated with many transgenders. Continue to see more photos...
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Photos: This Chevrolet Volt car was reportedly designed by a man from Sokoto
"Chevrolet Volt: Made in Sokoto, developed in the US. This Magnificent Machine you're watching is designed by no other person than Mallam Jelani Aliyu Haidara, an Almajiri from Dogon Daji in Sokoto State - Nigeria"However, Aminu Shargari debunked the claim that Jelani Aliyu Haidara was a former almajiri. In the comment section, he wrote:
"Lies,lies, and lies again and again jelani Aliyu has never at anytime been an almajiri he was a son of a former chairman of a state scholarship in sokoto we attended sokoto state poly together he was in school of enviromental studies (CES)1986-1988 l was in school of management studies same year jelani that time had his hig brother studying in US and at the same time his father was the chairman scholarship board ever b4 he had special interest in drawing fancy cars all over his room at home so it was a combbination of interest and oppotunity that took jelly where he is today there were so many children like him l know that time people like Ahmad danhamidu of gawon nama area who was a genius on both cars and aircrafts there was also MuazuSuka they where equally well talented but never had similar chance like Jelly my man but the remains he was never an Almajiri at all"
Ashanti puts amazing body on display at a show
'I was born without a womb, cervix and vagina' - Woman writes
When we first saw the doctor, my father put on a brave face. My mother, on the other hand, didn't take it so well. She blamed herself for the past 10 years. It was really heartbreaking to see her like that. We didn't talk about it much for the first five years. I wasn't able to talk about it. I felt destroyed and incredibly weak.My mother believes she may have done something wrong in her pregnancy. I've explained to her that she didn't do anything wrong, it was just genes. It's a condition that is stigmatised. The most hurtful thing was when I was abandoned after my former partner found out. I was engaged when I was 21, living in Athens. When I told my fiance about the condition, he broke off the engagement.
That all belongs in the past and I am OK now. For the past five years, fortunately, I have had a stable and loving relationship. He knew from the beginning that I have this condition and he chose to stay with me. He knows that maybe the future will be without children. He's OK with it. I'm also OK with that. I am one of the luckiest.
My mother took me to our family doctor when I was 14 because I still wasn't menstruating. He didn't examine me because he wouldn't touch my private parts and when I became 16 he sent me to a hospital to be checked out. They realised that I didn't have a vaginal tunnel and I had Rokitansky syndrome. Because I was born without a functional vagina, the doctors had to make one in order for me to have sex.
It went well, really well. I stayed in a hospital for about two weeks, in order to recover. Then I had to be about three months laying on a bed - I couldn't get up. I did vaginal exercises in order to expand my new vaginal tunnel. The first sign of it is you have primal amenorrhea - you don't have any menstruation at all. Apart from that, you cannot have sexual intercourse. That's why I had major surgery aged 17. The doctors made me a new one. It was a revolutionary procedure in Athens.
The new vagina the doctors made was narrow and small, and it caused me a lot of pain while having sex, and I had to expand the perineum by doing vaginal exercises. It's a small area underneath the vagina. It's skin, it's tissue, and they had to cut it more in order to expand the entrance, as I call it.
After that I was OK physically, but I was not OK emotionally. It's a burden, like something that you cannot get rid of it. I had partners who emotionally abused me about this condition.
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| Scans taken in 2013 of Joanna's lower abdomen |
Apart from that, it was hard afterwards. It was just taking a toll on me emotionally, psychologically - it was really, really hard.
Well, it's been almost 10 years. I'm still feeling bad about it but I'm not ashamed any more, it's been way too long. And I've realised that I cannot change it, it's just the way it is, I have to embrace it and live with it.
For the first few years, and still sometimes, I thought I was worthless. Damaged goods. Not worthy of being loved. I was a lost soul for many years. It can destroy your life. It puts you in a really hard position. I battled depression, anxiety, panic attacks, you name it.
It taught me a lesson. Although I don't believe in God, I do believe that this was a huge wake-up call - never take anything for granted.
I was reborn. It gave me a new life, a new identity. It changed the course of my life. Before, I was a typical teenager with ups and downs. Afterwards, I became really, really mature. I grew up rapidly. I am thankful for that.
This defined me as a person. I am living each day as it is. I am not making any future plans because I don't know if I'm going to be alive.
Not many people know this about me. I wanted to keep it a secret and my mum told family members. It wasn't the best experience because people pity you. I don't want people to feel sorry for me. I'm not dying, I'm not in danger. People had this pitiful look. It made me feel sadder about myself.
I couldn't talk about it because in Athens - in Greece generally - people are really close-minded. Sometimes it felt like I was living in the Middle Ages.
I couldn't find a support group in Greece, I couldn't find anyone else to talk about it. And I needed someone to talk about it! It was huge, and most women with the condition are ashamed, really. I've found a couple of women that were willing to talk about it, and after a while they disappeared because they were ashamed of it.
I would love to be a mother in some way, be it a biological, a surrogate mother or a foster mum. A mother is not the one who gives birth but is the woman who cares for a child.
At this stage of my life, I'm not thinking about it but maybe in the future I will have children. I love kids, we will see.
It is liberating to talk about it. I want to support every woman that has this condition because I have been through hell and I know what problems this can cause. Many women have committed suicide because of this. It can be really depressing.
I found the strength and courage because I want to help other women in the same position because if we don't help each other then who will? It gives me strength when I talk about it.
Joanna was speaking to Harry Low
