MOTHER SEES SON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 21 YEARS.

   ...Tears of joy
    A mother has just been re-united with her son after he was taken from her 21 years ago. Maria Mancia lost her son in 1995 when his father abducted him as a kid, ever since then, she has been in a fruitless search for her beloved son- Steven. The boy was abducted when he was just one and half years by his father.
     Fast track, in February 2016, investigators traced the boy to his home in Mexico. Where they found him and brought him to his mother in California. Maria was actually having problems with her husband before he took their son away, but the manner in which he did it was horrifying. He left nothing of the little boy for the mom to remember him by, not even a single picture. He even took the ultra sound report! And when the search began, Maria now 42 years had to write to her sister to send her a picture which she showed the police.
    How they found him: Investigators, discovered that a Steven Hernandez was living in Puebla, Mexico. The went to his home, under the cover of investigating the disappearance of his father it was discovered his history was very much similar to the story his mother told. But they were not sure till it was confirmed with a DNA test.

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NORTH KOREAN LEADER DEFUALTS IN ANTI-SMOKING DRIVE

North korean leader: Kim
Image:telegraph

The Northern Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Hu this week proved
he's not just a big fan of what his government preaches.
A picture came on the internet showing the communist leader
dangling a cigarette with smoke puffing from its tip, while
supervising a construction in the country's capital-Pyongyang.
Its was reported that sometime in May, the national media
reported the commencement of an anti-smoking campaign. Saying that
government sanctioned cigarette makers have been told put the health
hazard warning on their product.

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ROGER FEDERER SUPPORTS SHARAPOVA BAN.

Roger Federer was not just interested in sympathising with
sharapova, when he commended the zero tolerance of doping by the
International Tennis Federatio(ITF). Which was emphasised again by
Sharapova's ban.
Russian female tennis star- Sharapova was banned from the game
for two years on wednesday after testing positive to a a banned
substance-meldonium in January.
Though sharapova in her defence, said she had been using the
substance for almost a decade now until ITF banned it in February this
year. But Federer is of the opinion that as a top athlete you take the
consequences of your actions, deliberately or not.
"I only saw the headlines, I didn't go so deep
Into the news, but for me its all about zero
Tolerance."
He said this after his victory at the stuttgart open on thursday.
Since Sharapova's ban, Nike and bottle water producer- Evian have
chosen not to cancel their contracts with her.

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REMEMBRANCE DAY: OGUN STATE GOVERNOR FREES PRISONERS.

As part of activities to mark this year's democracy day and June
12 remembrance, the Governor of Ogun state- Gov Ibikunle Amosun has
signed of the release of 17 inmates from various prisons in the state.
He also granted state parson to inmates four condemned to death, by
sentencing them to life imprisonment.
The media aide of the governor said that the gesture was in line
with the 1999 constitution, that the state governor has the power to
grant prerogative of mercy to convicts.

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HEAVY DOWNPOUR CAUSES SERIOUS FLOOD IN ACCRA.

After a heavy downpour, in the early hours of thursday, Accra the
capital of Ghana has been left submerged in flood. Areas that have
been badly affected include Kwame Nkrumah circle,Dzorwulu, Mallam
junction and other hubs.
The government has been using media houses advising people to stay
back in their homes, until everywhere is cleared up.
The military was deployed to help save lives in areas were the
flood level was so high.

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QUEEN ELIZABETH TO HONOUR NIGERIANS.

As part of the many engagements to mark her 90th official birthday
with the commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth of England will be honouring
four pre-selected Nigerians with the Queens young leaders award. These
Nigeria are very young and exceptional Nigerians who have been know to
excel in various areas of humanitarian work and serving their
communities. The award ceremony will be holding at the Buckingham
palace in London.
The four Nigerians,will be joining others from about 45
commonwealth nations in various exciting activities in line with their
career paths. Activities include-meeting the commonwealth secretary
general, taking part in various workshops at Cambridge, having
meetings with UK's business leaders and most important visiting
projects that are helping the lives of the vulnerable.
This year, participants will be working together to create
awareness about pressing issues- climate,environment,gender,health and
improving the lives of disabled.
Application for 2017 Queen's Young Leaders Award begins in June 2016.

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MUSLIMS REJECT NYSC DATE.

The Muslim Rights Concern has rejected the date the NYSC has set
for NYSC 2016/2017 batch A stream II orientation course, saying that

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