The men who often sponsored their wives to nursing schools for which tloo
women earn fat salaries after graduation cause ruckus between the couple which often end in divorce resulting into husbands giving up their life property and earnings according to the US law. Vanguard investigations revealed that the pain of losing their life earned money and property built over the years, sparked the men to kill their wives than watch them enjoy the luxury of alimony. One of the Nigerian men, Mr David Ochola who killed his 28 years old wife, Mrs Priscilla Ochola, in Hennepin, Minnesota pulled a call through to the U.S. Emergency Number, 911 after he shot his wife dead. He admitted it to the US Police, “Yes, I have killed the woman that messed up my life; the woman that has destroyed me. I am at Shalom West. My name is David and I am all yours.” The 50-years old Ochola husband was said to have gotten tired of being “disrespected” by his wife, a Registered Nurse (RN) whom he had brought from Nigeria and sponsored through nursing school only to have her make much more than him in salary, a situation which led to Mrs. Ochola “coming and going as she chose without regard for her husband.” The couple had two children – four years old boy and a three year old girl. In Texas, Mr Babajide Okeowo had been separated from his wife, Funke Okeowo, with whom he resided at their Dallas home. Upon the divorce, the husband lost the house to his wife, along with most of the contents therein, as is usually the tradition in the U.S. Divorces where the couple still has underage children. Okeowo, 48, divorced his wife because not long after she became an RN and made more money than him, she “took control” of the family finances and “controlled” her husband’s expenditure and movement. The husband could no longer make any meaningful contribution to his family back in Nigeria unless the wife “approved” it. He could not go out without her permission. Frustrated that his formerly malleable wife had suddenly become such a “terror” to him to the point of asking for in court and getting virtually everything for which he had worked since coming to the US thirty years prior, the husband got in his vehicle and drove a few hundred miles to Dallas to settle the scores. He found her in her SUV, adorned in full Nigerian attire on her way to the birthday bash organized in her honor. She had turned 46 on that day. Mr. Okeowo fired several rounds into his wife’s torso while she sat at the steering wheel, mercilessly killing her in broad daylight. Also in Dallas (they sure need anger management classes in Dallas), Moses Egharevba, 45, did not even bother to get a gun. The husband of Grace Egharevba, 35, bludgeoned her to death with a sledge hammer while their seven year old daughter watched and screamed for peace. Mrs. Egharevba’s “sin” was that she became an RN and started to make more money than her husband. This led to her “financial liberation” from a supposedly tight-fisted husband who had not only brought her from Nigeria, but had also funded her nursing school education. Like Moses Egharevba, Christopher Ndubuisi of Garland, Texas, (these Texas people!) also did not bother to get a gun. He crept into the bedroom where his wife, Christiana, was sleeping and, with several blows of the sledge hammer, crushed her head. Two years before Christiana was killed, her mother, who had been visiting from Nigeria, was found dead in the bathtub under circumstances believed to be suspicious. Of course, Christiana was a RN whose income dwarfed that of her husband as soon as she graduated from nursing school. The husband believed that his role as a husband and head of the household had been usurped by his wife. Mr. Ndubuisi’s several entreaties to his wife’s family to intercede and bring Christiana back under his control had all failed. If the circumstances surrounding the death of Christiana’s mother were suspicious, those surrounding the death of a Tennessee woman’s mother were not. Agnes Nwodo, an RN, lived in squalor before her husband, Godfrey Nwodo, rescued her and brought her to the US. He enrolled her in nursing school right away. Upon qualifying as a RN, Mrs. Nwodo assumed “full control” of the household. She brought her mother to live with them against her husband’s wishes. Mrs. Nwodo quickly familiarized herself with US Family Laws and took full advantage of them. Each time the couple argued, the police forced the husband to leave the house whether he had a place to sleep or not. On many occasions, Mr. Nwodo spent days in police cells. Upon divorcing his wife, Mr. Nwodo lost to his wife, the house he had owned for almost 20 years before he married her. He also lost custody of their three children to her, with the court awarding him only periodic visitation rights. Even seeing the children during visitation was always a hassle as the wife would “arrive late at the neutral meeting place and leave early with impunity.” Mr. Nwodo endured so many embarrassing moments from his wife and her mother until he could take it no more. One day, he bought himself a shotgun and killed both his wife and her mother. Caleb Onwudike’s wife, Chinyere Onwudike, 36, became a RN and no longer saw the need to be controlled by her husband. Mr. Onwudike, 41, worked two jobs to send his wife to her dream school upon bringing her to the US from Nigeria. After four years, she qualified as an RN. Once she started to make more money than her husband, she began to “call the shots” at home. She “overruled” her husband on the size and cost of the house they purchased in Burtonsville, Maryland. She began to build a house solely in her name in their native Umuahia town of Abia State, Nigeria, without her husband’s input whatsoever. Mrs. Onwudike came and went “as she liked,” within the US and outside the US. In fact, she once travelled to Nigeria for three weeks “without her husband’s permission” to lavishly bury her father, despite her husband’s protestations that they had better things to do with the money. Mrs. Onwudike let her husband know that this was mostly her money and she would spend it however she wanted. Through her hard work, she had risen to a managerial position at the medical center where she worked. Upon her return from burying her father, her husband got one of her kitchen knives and carved her up like a Thanksgiving turkey inside their home on New Year’s Day. Death is death, no matter how it comes. But the goriest of these maniacal killings is probably the one that happened here in Los Angeles, California. Joseph Mbu, 50, was tired of his RN wife’s “serial disrespect” of him. The disrespect began as soon as she became a RN. Gloria Mbu, 40, had once told her husband he must be “smoking crack cocaine” if he thought he could tell her what to do with her money now that she made more money than him. Before she became a RN, Mr. Mbu had been very strict with family finances and was borderline dictatorial in his dealings with Mrs. Mbu. However, Mrs. Mbu learned the American system and would no longer allow any man to “put her down.” When Joseph Mbu could not take it anymore, he subdued his wife one day, tied her to his vehicle and dragged her on paved roads all around Los Angeles until her head split in many pieces.
Thursday, 13 October 2016
Friday, 22 July 2016
Good news and congratulations girl.
Rivers university student expelled for ‘speech and hearing challenges’ returns to school
-Premiumtimes
The student who was expelled by the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, in 2015, for having “speech and hearing challenges” has been allowed to return to school.
Jane Ottah, 28, who dragged the university before a Rivers State High Court for expelling her over claims that she had disabilities, agreed to an out-of-court settlement with the University on Tuesday.
Ms. Ottah had demanded the university to pay her N20 million as damages in addition to providing the necessary support services and facilities to aid her learning. She also asked the court for a perpetual injunction restraining the university or their agents from discriminating against her in any way.
“I won the case, I’m going back to school,” Ms. Ottah informed PREMIUM TIMES in a Whatsapp message minutes after the court’s decision.
Rotimi Oguneso, the lawyer who took up the case after it was reported by PREMIUM TIMES, confirmed that the matter had been settled.
“We filed terms of settlement in court and same was adopted, the court recognized it as a settlement and it’s binding on all parties,” Mr. Oguneso, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said over the phone on Wednesday.
“So the university will take her back, she’s resuming in the next academic session.”
Blessing Didia, the school’s Vice Chancellor, also confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES that they had agreed to settle out of court, but insisted that Ms. Ottah “was never dismissed ab initio”.
Benedict Ottah, the student’s father, said they agreed to the University’s plea to settle out of court because he wanted his daughter back in school
“We were in court on the 19th of February, the first sitting, their (university) lawyer pleaded for settling out of court,” Mr. Ottah told PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday.
“Then, on the 11th of April, Rotimi (Oguneso) and Femi Falana met them, they agreed on that settlement, not on monetary basis but on educational basis that my daughter shoul resume back to school this September.”
While expressing gratitude to PREMIUM TIMES, Mr. Ottah said the school agreed to assist his daughter settle back in school, as well as carry forward the school fees paid and registrations done in 2014 to September this year.
“She will not be victimized again,” he said.
“The issue is, I didn’t go for monetary compensation, I just forgot about that, let my daughter resume her school.”
PREMIUM TIMES had, in November last year, reported how the University handed a letter of expulsion to Ms. Ottah after it claimed it had observed that she was “medically challenged and have hearing and speech difficulties.”
“Since the University does not have special communication facilities, the Vice-Chancellor has directed that you be de-registered on health grounds,” the school registrar’s letter to Ms. Ottah read.
“I am in the circumstance, directed to inform you that you have been de-registered on health grounds with immediate effect. You are therefore advised to hand over all University property(ies) in your possession to your Head of Department and thereafter leave the campus.”
The letter was dated 30th January, 2015.
The University’s action was widely condemned by lawyers and human rights activists who described it as “a crude treatment” for a person with disability.
Ms. Ottah, who was in her first year in the Department of Educational Foundation, was writing the semester’s examination when she received the letter.
She was admitted into the university in September 2014.
Before securing admission, Ms. Ottah had passed her West African Examination Council (WAEC) examination with three distinctions and five credits; scored 205 in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exam; and passed the university’s post-UME test.
Ms. Ottah described the out-of-court settlement with the university as “not bad”.
“Half bread is better than none.
“My education is very important to me, and I thank Jehovah Ebenezer, the tear wiper has done it for me.”
Rivers university student expelled for ‘speech and hearing challenges’ returns to school
-Premiumtimes
The student who was expelled by the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, in 2015, for having “speech and hearing challenges” has been allowed to return to school.
Jane Ottah, 28, who dragged the university before a Rivers State High Court for expelling her over claims that she had disabilities, agreed to an out-of-court settlement with the University on Tuesday.
Ms. Ottah had demanded the university to pay her N20 million as damages in addition to providing the necessary support services and facilities to aid her learning. She also asked the court for a perpetual injunction restraining the university or their agents from discriminating against her in any way.
“I won the case, I’m going back to school,” Ms. Ottah informed PREMIUM TIMES in a Whatsapp message minutes after the court’s decision.
Rotimi Oguneso, the lawyer who took up the case after it was reported by PREMIUM TIMES, confirmed that the matter had been settled.
“We filed terms of settlement in court and same was adopted, the court recognized it as a settlement and it’s binding on all parties,” Mr. Oguneso, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said over the phone on Wednesday.
“So the university will take her back, she’s resuming in the next academic session.”
Blessing Didia, the school’s Vice Chancellor, also confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES that they had agreed to settle out of court, but insisted that Ms. Ottah “was never dismissed ab initio”.
Benedict Ottah, the student’s father, said they agreed to the University’s plea to settle out of court because he wanted his daughter back in school
“We were in court on the 19th of February, the first sitting, their (university) lawyer pleaded for settling out of court,” Mr. Ottah told PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday.
“Then, on the 11th of April, Rotimi (Oguneso) and Femi Falana met them, they agreed on that settlement, not on monetary basis but on educational basis that my daughter shoul resume back to school this September.”
While expressing gratitude to PREMIUM TIMES, Mr. Ottah said the school agreed to assist his daughter settle back in school, as well as carry forward the school fees paid and registrations done in 2014 to September this year.
“She will not be victimized again,” he said.
“The issue is, I didn’t go for monetary compensation, I just forgot about that, let my daughter resume her school.”
PREMIUM TIMES had, in November last year, reported how the University handed a letter of expulsion to Ms. Ottah after it claimed it had observed that she was “medically challenged and have hearing and speech difficulties.”
“Since the University does not have special communication facilities, the Vice-Chancellor has directed that you be de-registered on health grounds,” the school registrar’s letter to Ms. Ottah read.
“I am in the circumstance, directed to inform you that you have been de-registered on health grounds with immediate effect. You are therefore advised to hand over all University property(ies) in your possession to your Head of Department and thereafter leave the campus.”
The letter was dated 30th January, 2015.
The University’s action was widely condemned by lawyers and human rights activists who described it as “a crude treatment” for a person with disability.
Ms. Ottah, who was in her first year in the Department of Educational Foundation, was writing the semester’s examination when she received the letter.
She was admitted into the university in September 2014.
Before securing admission, Ms. Ottah had passed her West African Examination Council (WAEC) examination with three distinctions and five credits; scored 205 in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exam; and passed the university’s post-UME test.
Ms. Ottah described the out-of-court settlement with the university as “not bad”.
“Half bread is better than none.
“My education is very important to me, and I thank Jehovah Ebenezer, the tear wiper has done it for me.”
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
The first ever University for the Deaf in Africa is to be constructed in Ghana to simplify education and communication in sign language on the continent.
The University, which is expected to be operational in about two years, will be situated on the Techiman campus of the Valley View University in the Brong Ahafo region.
The former president of the European Union for the Deaf, Jean-Francois Labes, made the disclosure during a courtesy call on the management of Excellence in Broadcasting Network (EIB) - operators of Starr 103.5 FM and a host of other media houses.
He said the University will bridge the gap between the hearing and the hearing impaired as far as “education is concerned.”
According to him, the facility will run as a mainstream university which will have faculties such as data processing, business, law and medicine as well as vocational departments among others. The University will be opened to all deaf students in Africa.
J. F. Labes, who communicates in the sign language, told Starrfmonline.com he bought into the idea after officials of Mieux Vivre Foundation mooted it to him since he had helped establish schools for the deaf in France – his home country – and in Morocco.
He was full of praise for the “exceptional” Vice Chancellor of Valley View University Prof. Robert Osei-Bonsu, who immediately offered a 50-acre space to construct the University for the Deaf. He stressed that the university is going to be autonomous, despite being on the campus of Valley View University.
“I’m so impressed that we have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU),” J. F. Labes, who is also the president of Unisda said. “We chose Ghana because it is a stable country and peaceful since it is the first in sub-Saharan Africa to attain independence.”
He announced that Ghana will become the second in the world to host such facility after America’s Gallaudet University in Washington.
A sponsors’ gathering is expected to be held in September in Ghana to appeal for funds for the ground-breaking initiative. Stakeholders including MPs, officials in the education sector and office of the president are scheduled to grace the occasion.
“We want to make sure that everyone including the deaf will have equal access to education. Persons with hearing impairments are more in Africa and in Ghana alone they make up 7% of the population. There is the need for education for those people hence our resolve to come up with the University,” he noted.
He noted that all stakeholders including the schools of the deaf in Ghana, national association of the deaf have all been involved in the project.
Accompanying J. F. Labes to EIB Network were officials of Evanmike Multi Company Limited – the firm helping with negotiations – Aaron N’Kiambi-Yavanga, Akouate Fianou, the secretary general and vice president respectively of Mieux Vivre Foundation and Sara Minneboo, the interpreter.
The University, which is expected to be operational in about two years, will be situated on the Techiman campus of the Valley View University in the Brong Ahafo region.
The former president of the European Union for the Deaf, Jean-Francois Labes, made the disclosure during a courtesy call on the management of Excellence in Broadcasting Network (EIB) - operators of Starr 103.5 FM and a host of other media houses.
He said the University will bridge the gap between the hearing and the hearing impaired as far as “education is concerned.”
According to him, the facility will run as a mainstream university which will have faculties such as data processing, business, law and medicine as well as vocational departments among others. The University will be opened to all deaf students in Africa.
J. F. Labes, who communicates in the sign language, told Starrfmonline.com he bought into the idea after officials of Mieux Vivre Foundation mooted it to him since he had helped establish schools for the deaf in France – his home country – and in Morocco.
He was full of praise for the “exceptional” Vice Chancellor of Valley View University Prof. Robert Osei-Bonsu, who immediately offered a 50-acre space to construct the University for the Deaf. He stressed that the university is going to be autonomous, despite being on the campus of Valley View University.
“I’m so impressed that we have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU),” J. F. Labes, who is also the president of Unisda said. “We chose Ghana because it is a stable country and peaceful since it is the first in sub-Saharan Africa to attain independence.”
He announced that Ghana will become the second in the world to host such facility after America’s Gallaudet University in Washington.
A sponsors’ gathering is expected to be held in September in Ghana to appeal for funds for the ground-breaking initiative. Stakeholders including MPs, officials in the education sector and office of the president are scheduled to grace the occasion.
“We want to make sure that everyone including the deaf will have equal access to education. Persons with hearing impairments are more in Africa and in Ghana alone they make up 7% of the population. There is the need for education for those people hence our resolve to come up with the University,” he noted.
He noted that all stakeholders including the schools of the deaf in Ghana, national association of the deaf have all been involved in the project.
Accompanying J. F. Labes to EIB Network were officials of Evanmike Multi Company Limited – the firm helping with negotiations – Aaron N’Kiambi-Yavanga, Akouate Fianou, the secretary general and vice president respectively of Mieux Vivre Foundation and Sara Minneboo, the interpreter.
Monday, 4 April 2016
I laugh really hard at Wizkid trying to defame Lindaikeji with old boring name (ashawo). Which lady in Nigeria who has never been called ashawo?
wiskid can never win this battle!
Linda slept with your director? So?
Please say something else.
That's an old cold moldy joke. I feel dizzy already.
Lindaikejiblog is such a strong brand that cannot be taken down easily.
wiskid can't win this battle for three reasons.
1. Linda is a Millionaire Blogger celebrity
2. She's a woman. You know the power of a woman?
3. She's a writer. She can get the whole world talking about her in a second.
Wiskid will always be a kid in a man's clothing!
Go Linda! Kill them all!
wiskid can never win this battle!
Linda slept with your director? So?
Please say something else.
That's an old cold moldy joke. I feel dizzy already.
Lindaikejiblog is such a strong brand that cannot be taken down easily.
wiskid can't win this battle for three reasons.
1. Linda is a Millionaire Blogger celebrity
2. She's a woman. You know the power of a woman?
3. She's a writer. She can get the whole world talking about her in a second.
Wiskid will always be a kid in a man's clothing!
Go Linda! Kill them all!
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
Something to chew on:
SHOULD DEAF PEOPLE BE ALLOWED TO HAVE CHILDREN?
OLIVIA GINN
Contributing Writer
omginn@goshen.edu
Olivia Ginn, senior, believes that Deaf parents have everything to be succesful. Photo by Maria Bischoff
Olivia Ginn, senior, believes that Deaf parents have everything to be succesful.Photo by Maria Bischoff
During my sophomore year at Goshen, I took Race, Class, and Ethnic Relations, a class that invites students to think about the social world we live in and its inequalities. During one of our sessions, the topic of Deaf couples having children came up and a student said, “I don’t think that Deaf people should be able to have kids because they’re imposing deafness on them.”
Before I continue, I want to differentiate the terms deaf and Deaf as they have different meanings. With a lowercase “d”, deaf means to be without hearing. With an uppercase “d”, Deaf means to be without hearing as well as being a part of the Deaf Culture. Being Deaf is something that they are rightfully proud of as they have fought oppression and they have fought for their language and culture to be recognized as a legitimate one.
After declaring ASL-Interpreting as my second major and having just completed Deaf Culture, I was shocked by this statement. I was taught that Deaf people have the same right as anyone else to have children; having hearing children is a blessing, but having Deaf children is a special blessing.
Stories about this have made the news and many people are quick to provide their two cents. Hearing people, who know nothing about Deaf Culture, say that it’s ethically wrong to choose a fate for their children and that they is only predisposing them to a long life of disability and hardships. Many believe it to be a selfish act of the Deaf parents and call it a crime, disgusting, and child cruelty.
However they have one perspective that is blind to everything that Deaf Culture is and stands for. Deaf people are fully capable of accomplishing anything and adapting to anything. For example, a Deaf man just won America’s Next Top Model and will be competing in Dancing with the Stars! Many Deaf love being Deaf and, if given the choice of being born Deaf or hearing, would choose to be Deaf. They believe that if they were hearing, they would be a different person which is not synonymous with being a better person.
They argue that life is full of challenges and that being Deaf is one that has built character. They believe that this world is meant to be inhabited by diverse people, whether by sexuality, skin color, religion, culture, or gender. Discrimination against such groups is ethically wrong, so why is audism, or discrimination against the Deaf, acceptable?
Like any other couples, they want to raise their children in the best way possible, and in their experience, the best way is a Deaf one.
The Deaf community is a minority group that is surrounded by a hearing world. For example, Deaf people cannot watch most YouTube videos because they lack captions. Historically, because they cannot hear, the government, institutions, and family and friends have been trying to integrate them into the hearing world by way of oralism which is speech therapy and lip reading. However, Deaf people don’t want it. They love their culture, community, and language and they wouldn’t have it any other way.
Deaf babies are human beings and their differences should not be considered a loss, but a gain. The Deaf see themselves a part of a strong and powerful cultural group. Their history and language is one to be proud of and they wish to pass that, and all of the previously mentioned benefits, to their children.
In closing, I offer a bit of advice on the topic. If in the future you have the chance to weigh in on this topic, remember that Deaf parents have everything they need to be successful. Naturally, not all Deaf people have an education and a mansion, but not all hearing people do either. Empower them to make their own decisions instead of imposing your hearing opinions onto them.
As Audre Lorde said, “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” Moving forward, I encourage everyone to celebrate the differences we are surrounded by.
SHOULD DEAF PEOPLE BE ALLOWED TO HAVE CHILDREN?
OLIVIA GINN
Contributing Writer
omginn@goshen.edu
Olivia Ginn, senior, believes that Deaf parents have everything to be succesful. Photo by Maria Bischoff
Olivia Ginn, senior, believes that Deaf parents have everything to be succesful.Photo by Maria Bischoff
During my sophomore year at Goshen, I took Race, Class, and Ethnic Relations, a class that invites students to think about the social world we live in and its inequalities. During one of our sessions, the topic of Deaf couples having children came up and a student said, “I don’t think that Deaf people should be able to have kids because they’re imposing deafness on them.”
Before I continue, I want to differentiate the terms deaf and Deaf as they have different meanings. With a lowercase “d”, deaf means to be without hearing. With an uppercase “d”, Deaf means to be without hearing as well as being a part of the Deaf Culture. Being Deaf is something that they are rightfully proud of as they have fought oppression and they have fought for their language and culture to be recognized as a legitimate one.
After declaring ASL-Interpreting as my second major and having just completed Deaf Culture, I was shocked by this statement. I was taught that Deaf people have the same right as anyone else to have children; having hearing children is a blessing, but having Deaf children is a special blessing.
Stories about this have made the news and many people are quick to provide their two cents. Hearing people, who know nothing about Deaf Culture, say that it’s ethically wrong to choose a fate for their children and that they is only predisposing them to a long life of disability and hardships. Many believe it to be a selfish act of the Deaf parents and call it a crime, disgusting, and child cruelty.
However they have one perspective that is blind to everything that Deaf Culture is and stands for. Deaf people are fully capable of accomplishing anything and adapting to anything. For example, a Deaf man just won America’s Next Top Model and will be competing in Dancing with the Stars! Many Deaf love being Deaf and, if given the choice of being born Deaf or hearing, would choose to be Deaf. They believe that if they were hearing, they would be a different person which is not synonymous with being a better person.
They argue that life is full of challenges and that being Deaf is one that has built character. They believe that this world is meant to be inhabited by diverse people, whether by sexuality, skin color, religion, culture, or gender. Discrimination against such groups is ethically wrong, so why is audism, or discrimination against the Deaf, acceptable?
Like any other couples, they want to raise their children in the best way possible, and in their experience, the best way is a Deaf one.
The Deaf community is a minority group that is surrounded by a hearing world. For example, Deaf people cannot watch most YouTube videos because they lack captions. Historically, because they cannot hear, the government, institutions, and family and friends have been trying to integrate them into the hearing world by way of oralism which is speech therapy and lip reading. However, Deaf people don’t want it. They love their culture, community, and language and they wouldn’t have it any other way.
Deaf babies are human beings and their differences should not be considered a loss, but a gain. The Deaf see themselves a part of a strong and powerful cultural group. Their history and language is one to be proud of and they wish to pass that, and all of the previously mentioned benefits, to their children.
In closing, I offer a bit of advice on the topic. If in the future you have the chance to weigh in on this topic, remember that Deaf parents have everything they need to be successful. Naturally, not all Deaf people have an education and a mansion, but not all hearing people do either. Empower them to make their own decisions instead of imposing your hearing opinions onto them.
As Audre Lorde said, “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” Moving forward, I encourage everyone to celebrate the differences we are surrounded by.
Saturday, 19 March 2016
VERY INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SIGN LANGUAGE
1. One sign in sign language can have multiple meanings.
2. Sign languages have their own grammar and syntax.
3. People acquire sign language in the same way they acquire spoken languages.
4. Sign Language is the third most widely used language in the world, after English and Spanish.
5. There are hundreds of sign language dialects in use around the world. Each culture has developed its own form of sign language to be compatible with the language spoken in that country.
6. Different countries have different sign languages. Nigerian Sign Language also has regional and dialectal differences depending on age, gender, culture, and more. There are thousands of different sign languages, approximately 6,000.
7. Many deaf or hard of hearing people communicate by using Sign Language, it can be American Sign Language (ASL), Nigerian Sign Language (NSL) or British Sign Language (BSL). Sign language combines hand signs, gestures, and facial expressions to create words and sentences. Not all Sign Language users are deaf or hard of hearing. Some are family members, friends, or teachers of people with hearing impairments.
8. Deaf or hard of hearing people have been using signed languages for a very long time. In the 18th century in France, some people did not think children with hearing impairments should go to school. They thought that since they could not speak or hear, they would be unable to learn. A deaf man named Pierre Desloges believed these people were wrong. He wrote a book that described the signed language used by people with hearing impairments in Paris. This book helped to change the minds of many people. Soon there were schools in France for children with hearing impairments before schools for Deaf people spread across the world.
Let us know if you are interested to learn sign language, we would refer you to sign language tutors, so that when you learn sign language, you would be able to communicate with your loved ones around the world.
Friday, 11 March 2016
Friday, 5 February 2016
“My boss drove a luxury car everyday and it was my duty to greet him and to open the gates for him, as I worked as a watchman in his villa. But he never responded back to my greetings.
One day he saw me opening the garbage bags outside the villa in search for any leftover food. But, as usual he never even looked at me, it was like as if he never saw anything!
The very next day I saw a paper bag at the same place, but it was clean and the food inside was covered well. It was fresh and good food like someone had just brought it from the supermarket. I didn't bother as to where it came from, I just took the paper bag and I was so happy about it.
Every day I found this paper bag at the same place with fresh vegetables and all that we needed for home. This became my daily routine. I was eating and sharing this food with my wife and kids. I was wondering who this fool could be?! To forget his paper bag full of fresh food everyday.
One day there was a big problem in the villa and I was told that my boss has died. There were too many guests coming to the villa that day and I didn't get any food that day, so I thought that one of the guests must have taken it. But the same thing happened the 2nd day, the 3rd day and the 4th day.
It went on like this for a few weeks and I found it difficult to provide food for my family, so I decided to ask the wife of my boss for a raise in my salary or else I would quit my job as a watchman.
After I told her, she was shocked, and asked me, how come you never complained about your salary for the last 2 years? And why is this salary not enough for you now? I gave her so many excuses but she was never convinced!
Finally in the end, I decided to tell her the truth, I told her the entire story of the bag of groceries, and as to how it was my daily provision. She then asked me as to when this stopped? I told her after the death of her husband. And then I realized that I stopped seeing the paper bag immediately after the death of my boss. Why didn't I ever think of this before? That it was my boss who was providing this for me? I guess it was because I never thought that a person who never replied to my greetings could ever be this generous!
His wife started to cry and I told her to please stop crying and that I'm really sorry that I asked for a raise, I didn't know that it was your husband who was providing me with the meals, I’ll remain as a watchman and be happy to provide my service.
His wife told me, I'm crying because I've finally found the 7th person my husband was giving this bag full of food. I knew my husband was giving 7 people everyday, I had already found the 6 people, and all these days I was searching for the 7th person. And today I found out.
From that day onwards, I started to receive the bag full of food again, but this time his son was bringing it to my house and giving it to my hand. But whenever I thanked him, he never replied! Just like his dad!
One day, I told him THANK YOU in a very loud voice! He replied back to me to please not be offended when he doesn't reply, because he has a hearing problem, just like his dad!”
Oh! We have been wrong so many times judging others without knowing the true story behind their actions. Be kind and courteous in dealing with others, for everyone is fighting a hard battle. Be careful, not everything is about you. Before you assume, there is this thing called ASKING.
Don’t just jump to conclusion, because that is truly not an exercise, it may cause you more harm at the end of the day. Many of our problems are caused by how we process what happens around us. Don’t judge a situation you have never been in. Be humble enough to learn. You do not know it all. Lets change the way we feel about ourselves and others.
There are two sides to a story. Don’t believe everything you hear.
Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
First Class Does Not Necessarily Mean Success Class!
Prof. Abioye isaac from University of Olabisi onabanjo university
"Academic excellence is overrated! Did I just say that? Oh, yes, I said it.Being top of your class does not necessarily guarantee that you will be at the top of life. You could graduate as the best student in Finance but it doesn't mean you will make more money than everybody else. The best graduating Law student does not necessarily become the best lawyer. The fact is life requires more than the ability to understand a concept, memorise it and reproduce it in an exam. School rewards people for their memory. Life rewards people for their imagination. School rewards caution, life rewards daring. School hails those who live by the rules. Life exalts those who break the rules and set new ones. So do I mean people shouldn't study hard in school? Oh, no, you should. But don't sacrifice every other thing on the altar of First Class. Don't limit yourself to the classroom. Do something practical.
Take a leadership position.
Start a business and fail. That's a better Entrepreneurship 101.
Join or start a club.
Contest an election and lose. It will teach something Political Science 101 will not teach you.
Attend a seminar.
Read books outside the scope of your course.
Go on missions and win a soul for eternal rewards...
Do something you believe in!
Think less of becoming an excellent student but think more of becoming an excellent person. Make the world ur classroom!"
Prof. Abioye isaac from University of Olabisi onabanjo university
"Academic excellence is overrated! Did I just say that? Oh, yes, I said it.Being top of your class does not necessarily guarantee that you will be at the top of life. You could graduate as the best student in Finance but it doesn't mean you will make more money than everybody else. The best graduating Law student does not necessarily become the best lawyer. The fact is life requires more than the ability to understand a concept, memorise it and reproduce it in an exam. School rewards people for their memory. Life rewards people for their imagination. School rewards caution, life rewards daring. School hails those who live by the rules. Life exalts those who break the rules and set new ones. So do I mean people shouldn't study hard in school? Oh, no, you should. But don't sacrifice every other thing on the altar of First Class. Don't limit yourself to the classroom. Do something practical.
Take a leadership position.
Start a business and fail. That's a better Entrepreneurship 101.
Join or start a club.
Contest an election and lose. It will teach something Political Science 101 will not teach you.
Attend a seminar.
Read books outside the scope of your course.
Go on missions and win a soul for eternal rewards...
Do something you believe in!
Think less of becoming an excellent student but think more of becoming an excellent person. Make the world ur classroom!"
Let the fire burn them very well...this will teach every university not to try this rubbish.
www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/194437-rivers-university-under-fire-for-expelling-student-with-speech-and-hearing-challenges.html
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
I will go through this present life only once,
And I shall have but one chance to live at present;
Not all people will like me; others may even despise me,
As I may not be easily understood;
Yet I will take this chance to live,
And I will reach out in ways I know;
Not all human companions deserve my trust,
Making me guard what i say to the one who lies in my embrace,
Because a man’s enemies are the men of his household,
But i will strive to understand them more;
Not all days will bring me sunshine,
So I will rejoice also for the rain;
Not every endeavor will be a success,
But I will savor the victories I achieve;
Not all dreams I dream will be mine,
But in time new dreams will fill my heart,
And as from a star those hopes will propel me forward doing everything the best way I know I can;
No fear shall trample me whatsoever,
Though some tasks seem to outweigh my strength;
I have come a long way,
But I also have a long way to go.
I will only do what I have to do,
And God will take care of the rest.
And I shall have but one chance to live at present;
Not all people will like me; others may even despise me,
As I may not be easily understood;
Yet I will take this chance to live,
And I will reach out in ways I know;
Not all human companions deserve my trust,
Making me guard what i say to the one who lies in my embrace,
Because a man’s enemies are the men of his household,
But i will strive to understand them more;
Not all days will bring me sunshine,
So I will rejoice also for the rain;
Not every endeavor will be a success,
But I will savor the victories I achieve;
Not all dreams I dream will be mine,
But in time new dreams will fill my heart,
And as from a star those hopes will propel me forward doing everything the best way I know I can;
No fear shall trample me whatsoever,
Though some tasks seem to outweigh my strength;
I have come a long way,
But I also have a long way to go.
I will only do what I have to do,
And God will take care of the rest.
Ogechi,
Let me tell you a little about myself. I am hard-of-hearing (a variant of deafness, in that mine is mild wearing hearing aids. Nevertheless, in general parlance, it is still categorised as deafness). I drive a Golf 4 plying major roads inter-and intra-states. I drive from Lagos to Abuja safely by God's grace without any rancour or problem. I even picked up passengers who flagged me down traveling the same route I was. I made them understand my hearing status, they all showed understanding and confidence when they saw the skillful and smooth way I drove. Getting to our destination safely and in time, most of them praised and thanked me.
I have been driving since 2006 and I have undergone driving tests and all other tests there are to obtaining driver's license and I met no opposition because I demonstrated convincingly my ability to drive. The only issue they had was my eye-sight clarity which was considered as important prerequisite to safe driving. I wear eyeglasses and was asked to remove it during eye test. Didn't see clearly, then was asked to wear it, and I saw and read out all the minutest letters in the microscope-like instrument. After all said and done, I was given my license and have been driving ever since without constituting dangers to fellow road users.
Now, in your scathing remarks above, you made an allegation that deaf drivers constitute dangers to other road users, I want to ask you to please state , unbiasely, and clearly, with evidence, what dangers deaf drivers constitute to others. Have you seen any such case of your allegation before all of the years of life you've lived in this world? Awaiting your response.
Let me tell you a little about myself. I am hard-of-hearing (a variant of deafness, in that mine is mild wearing hearing aids. Nevertheless, in general parlance, it is still categorised as deafness). I drive a Golf 4 plying major roads inter-and intra-states. I drive from Lagos to Abuja safely by God's grace without any rancour or problem. I even picked up passengers who flagged me down traveling the same route I was. I made them understand my hearing status, they all showed understanding and confidence when they saw the skillful and smooth way I drove. Getting to our destination safely and in time, most of them praised and thanked me.
I have been driving since 2006 and I have undergone driving tests and all other tests there are to obtaining driver's license and I met no opposition because I demonstrated convincingly my ability to drive. The only issue they had was my eye-sight clarity which was considered as important prerequisite to safe driving. I wear eyeglasses and was asked to remove it during eye test. Didn't see clearly, then was asked to wear it, and I saw and read out all the minutest letters in the microscope-like instrument. After all said and done, I was given my license and have been driving ever since without constituting dangers to fellow road users.
Now, in your scathing remarks above, you made an allegation that deaf drivers constitute dangers to other road users, I want to ask you to please state , unbiasely, and clearly, with evidence, what dangers deaf drivers constitute to others. Have you seen any such case of your allegation before all of the years of life you've lived in this world? Awaiting your response.
'WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE DEAF?'
People have asked me.
Deaf? Oh hmm, how do i explain that? Simple: I can't hear.
No, wait, it is much more than that. It is similar to a goldfish in a bowl. Always observing things going on. People talking at all times. It is like a man on his own island, Among foreigners.
Isolation is no stranger to me.
Relative say Hi and Bye
But I sit for 5 hours among them
Taking great pleasure at amusing babies, or being amused by TV.
Reading books, resting, helping out with food.
Natural curiosity perks up upon seeing great laughter carring anger. Inquring only to meet with a 'Never mind' or 'Oh, its not important'. Getting a summarized statement of the whole day.
I'm supposed to smile to show my happiness. Little do they know how truly miserable i am.
People are in control of language usage, i am at loss and really uncomfortable! Always feeling like an outsider among the hearing people, even though it was not their intention. Always assuming that i am part of them by my presence, not understanding the importance of communication. Facing the choice between Deaf event weekend or family reunion. Facing the choice between the family commiment and Deaf friends.
I must have the choices constantly. Wonder why I choose Deaf friends? I get such great pleasure at the Deaf association, whereas i anxiously look at the clock every few minutes at the family reunion. With Deaf people, i feel so normal, our communication flows back and forth.
Catch up with little trivals, our daily life, our frustration in the bigger world, seeking the mutual understanding.
Contented smiles and laughter are musical - so musical to me.
So attuned to each other's feelings. True happiness is so important. I feel more at home with Deaf of various color, religion, short or tall than i do among my own hearing relatives. And you wonder why?
Our language is common.
We understand each other.
Being at loss of control of the environment that communication is important. People panic and retreat to avoid Deaf people like the plague.
But Deaf people are still human beings, with dreams, desires and needs to belong, just like everyone else.
BY DIANNE KINNEE (SWITRAS)
kind reguards!
Mastansl Educational
People have asked me.
Deaf? Oh hmm, how do i explain that? Simple: I can't hear.
No, wait, it is much more than that. It is similar to a goldfish in a bowl. Always observing things going on. People talking at all times. It is like a man on his own island, Among foreigners.
Isolation is no stranger to me.
Relative say Hi and Bye
But I sit for 5 hours among them
Taking great pleasure at amusing babies, or being amused by TV.
Reading books, resting, helping out with food.
Natural curiosity perks up upon seeing great laughter carring anger. Inquring only to meet with a 'Never mind' or 'Oh, its not important'. Getting a summarized statement of the whole day.
I'm supposed to smile to show my happiness. Little do they know how truly miserable i am.
People are in control of language usage, i am at loss and really uncomfortable! Always feeling like an outsider among the hearing people, even though it was not their intention. Always assuming that i am part of them by my presence, not understanding the importance of communication. Facing the choice between Deaf event weekend or family reunion. Facing the choice between the family commiment and Deaf friends.
I must have the choices constantly. Wonder why I choose Deaf friends? I get such great pleasure at the Deaf association, whereas i anxiously look at the clock every few minutes at the family reunion. With Deaf people, i feel so normal, our communication flows back and forth.
Catch up with little trivals, our daily life, our frustration in the bigger world, seeking the mutual understanding.
Contented smiles and laughter are musical - so musical to me.
So attuned to each other's feelings. True happiness is so important. I feel more at home with Deaf of various color, religion, short or tall than i do among my own hearing relatives. And you wonder why?
Our language is common.
We understand each other.
Being at loss of control of the environment that communication is important. People panic and retreat to avoid Deaf people like the plague.
But Deaf people are still human beings, with dreams, desires and needs to belong, just like everyone else.
BY DIANNE KINNEE (SWITRAS)
kind reguards!
Mastansl Educational
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