Self-Killing : The Unseemly recurring decimal around town

Self-Killing : The Unseemly recurring decimal around town


By Eben Enasco Kingsley





Today in Nigeria communities, "Self-murder", "Self-killing", " Suicide", is becoming a modern unseemly trending concept around our neighborhood. 

And nobody is quite sure of who will be the next to be announced, as the pendulum swings.
The irony of it all is, the age range pathetically involved in the" Self-murder" parochialism, is a source of varying concern to all citizens.

Arguably, the modern etymology of reported "Self-killings" have been linked to economic hardship, poverty, inability to care for one's self, peer group influence, uncontrolled socio engagement, sexual violence and harassment, frustration and most likely depression.

Others are spiritual influences, family factors, incurable terminal diseases and lots more.

Medical experts have revealed in their research that some of the early signs that someone may be thinking or planning to commit suicide to include change in behaviour or the presence of entirely new behaviours, when a person is always talking or thinking about death or killing self, when a person loses interest in things he or she used to care about before and making comments about being worthless, helpless or hopeless.

Others include when the person has depression, takes risks that could lead to death, sudden switch from being very sad to being happy, visiting or calling people to say goodbye, looking for a way to kill themselves, such as searching online for materials or means, acting recklessly and withdrawing from activities to mention a few.

For easy access to death, many victims have thought out and engaged themselves in the consumption of corrosive and poisonous sniper, meant for the eradication of rodents, flying and crawling insects.
Lately, several report has emerged of incidences across the four walls of the country with no one having idea on when this prevailing circumstances will end.

From north down south it is a unifying factor either through suicide bomb detonation on self or attempts to gulp corrosive chemicals to end ones' live.

There is a surging trend of Nigerians committing suicide with about 80 killed in the last 13 months, according to reported incidents collated by Daily Trust.

More than Seventy-nine people had committed suicide between April 8, 2017, and May 12 this year, according to the data obtained by Daily Trust from content analysis of Nigerian newspapers.
Majority of the reasons given for the reported suicides range from financial difficulty, marital problems, academic challenges, among others.

Lagos State leads the pack with 14 reported cases within the period under review.
Close to 800 000 people die globally due to suicide every year, which is one person every 40 seconds, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.

According to WHO Suicide Ranking, with 15.1 suicides per 100,000 population in a year, Nigeria is now the 30th most suicide-prone (out of 183 nations) in the world.

Nigeria is also ranked 10th African country with higher rates of suicide, leading countries like Togo (ranked 26th), Sierra Leone (11th), Angola (19th), Equatorial Guinea (7th), Burkina Faso (22nd) and Cote d'Ivoire (5th).

The International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) said suicide occurs throughout the lifespan and is the second leading cause of death among 15-29-year olds globally.

According to valid reports, suicide is a global phenomenon; in fact, 78 percent of suicides occurred in low- and middle-income countries in 2015.

Suicide accounted for 1.4 percent of all deaths worldwide, making it the 17th leading cause of death in 2015.

There are indications that for each adult who died of suicide there may have been more than 20 others who have attempted suicide.

The indices of the trending "Self killing" has risen overtime with countless of such incidents anticipated to be mounting.

In Nigeria, self killing is a taboo and a crime in some parts of the world. However, while suicide has been decriminalized in the western countries, the act is still stigmatized and discouraged.

In other contexts, suicide could be utilized as an extreme expression of liberty, as is exemplified by its usage as an expression of devout dissent towards perceived tyranny or injustice which occurred occasionally in cultures like ancient Rome or medieval Japan.

While a person who has died by suicide is beyond the reach of the law, there can still be legal consequences in the case of treatment of the corpse or the fate of the person's property or family members.

The associated matters of assisting a suicide and attempting suicide have also been dealt with by the laws of some jurisdictions. Some countries criminalise suicide attempts.

Historically, laws against suicide and mercy killing have developed from religious doctrine, for example, the claim that only God has the right to determine when a person will die.
In ancient Nigerian Ethics, a person who had died by suicide (without the approval of the authority) was denied the honours of a normal burial.

The person would be buried alone, on the outskirts of the city, without a headstone or marker. A criminal ordinance issued by Louis XIV in 1670 was far more severe in its punishment:
The dead person's body was hanged face down, in a six feet prepared wooden carriage or thrown on a garbage heap.

Additionally, all of the person's property will be confiscated.
In English, the wording did not emerge before the 1650s and in the Romance languages not before the second half of the eighteenth century.

The invention of the latinized term mirrored less stringent criminal prosecution of self-killing, in the wake of harsher punishments and the creation of a statutory offense that had found their semantic expression in the nominalization of “self-murder” since the second half of the sixteenth century.
The concept of “suicide” as well as (“self-disembodiment”) reflects a historical process of pathologizing and decriminalizing the act of taking one's own life.

However, regardless of the new words, the social stigmatization of self-killing was not eliminated, but merely transformed.

Criminal sanctions began to be abolished, but the priori criticism of “self-murder” did not.
In the eighteenth century, the traditional condemnation of self-killing, which had been based on religious and cosmological ideas, was turned into a moral one, in the specific enlightenment sense of the term.

What “self-murder” and “suicide” have in common is their denunciation of the act of killing oneself, not only in characterizing it as a crime, but also in pathologizing it as an expression of melancholic madness.

In doing so, both of them have become key concepts for the emergent disciplines of moral statistics and suicidology in the nineteenth century and for the modern understanding of self-killing within the discourses of social science, psychology, and psychiatry.

Although, the right to die is a concept based on the opinion that a human being is entitled to end their life or undergo voluntary euthanasia.

If we had a right to live, then one must have the right to die, both on their terms.
Death is a natural process of life thus there should not be any laws to prevent it if the patient seeks to end it.

What we do at the end of our lives should not be of concern to others in a mere parochial order.
If self killing is strictly controlled, we can avoid entering a slippery slope and prevent people from seeking alternative methods which may not be legal.

Possession of this right is often understood that a person with a terminal illness, or without the will to continue living, should be allowed to end their own life, use assisted suicide, or to decline life-prolonging treatment.

The question of whom, if anyone, should be empowered to make this decision is often central to the debate.

Some academics and philosophers, such as David Benatar, consider humans to be overly optimistic in their view of the quality of their lives, and their view of the balance between the positive and the negative aspects of living.

This idea can be considered in terms of antinatalism and the lack of agency regarding one's birth and who should have authority over one's choice to live or die.

According to scholars, Pipel and Amsel, ''the Proponents typically associate the right to die with the idea that one's body and one's life are one's own, to dispose of as one sees fit. However, a legitimate state interest in preventing irrational suicides is often up for debate''.

Contemporary proponents of "rational suicide" or the "right to die" usually demand by "rationality" that the decision to kill oneself be both the autonomous choice of the agent (i.e., not due to the physician or the family pressuring them to "do the right thing" and commit suicide) and a "best option under the circumstances" choice desired by the stoics or utilitarians, as well as other natural conditions such as the choice being stable, not an impulsive decision, not due to mental illness, achieved after due deliberation.

Hinduism accepts the right to die for those who are tormented by terminal diseases or those who have no desire, no ambition or no responsibilities remaining.
Death, however, allowed by non-violent means such as fasting to the point of starvation (Prayopavesa).

Jainism has a similar practice named Santhara.
Other religious views on suicide vary in their tolerance and include denial of the right as well as condemnation of the act.
In the Catholic faith, suicide is considered a grave sin.
Most Arguments against it is that it can lead to a slippery slope; if we allow this right, it can expand and have dire consequences.
Apart from the dire consequences, it can also give rise in pressuring those to end their lives or the lives of others; ethically immoral in human and medical standards.
Controlling the Availability of Sniper and other poisonous chemicals by the authority through advocacies and sensitization, may reduce direct killing effects whilst an indication of complete ban but a measure to curbing proliferation and perhaps abusive use within intending self killing victims.

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Confraternity: The Misconception of its Ethics

Confraternity: The Misconception of its Ethics

By Eben Enasco Kingsley

The word confraternity according to popular believe means group of people united and devoted to a common course and some particular purpose,or doctrine with a realistic bid to develop.

The misconceptions pondered by members of the society has become erroneous with people living in fears and absolute disbelieve over their heinous and unwholesome activities.

Although the blames are not to the society who may have been obsessed by the unruly behavior, but to those who have suddenly turn murderer.

This has caused spinning panics across the length and breath of the sickening society. Living so much unrest amongst the minds of the youths and aged in fear of who may be the next to be killed.
In Nigeria, confraternity is a group that is nominally university-based, and for the reasonable elites.
The first confraternity, the Pyrates Confraternity was created as a social organization for promising students.

In 1952, Wole Soyinka and a group of six friends (Ralph Opara, Ikhehare Aig-Imokhuede, Sylvanus Egbuchie, Nathaniel Oyelola, Pius Oleghe, Olumuyiwa Awe) formed the Pyrate Confraternity at the elite University College, Ibadan, then part of the University of London.

According to the Pyrates, the "Magnificent Seven", as they called themselves, observed that the university was populated with wealthy students associated with the colonial powers and a few poorer students striving in manner and dress to be accepted by the more advantaged students, while social life was dictated by tribal affiliation.

However, as new confraternities were formed, they became increasingly violent through the 1970s and 1980s. By the 1990s, many confraternities largely operated as criminal gangs, called "campus cults" in Nigeria.

Soyinka would later note that the Pyrates wanted to differentiate themselves from "stodgy establishment and its pretentious products in a new educational institution different from a culture of hypocritical and affluent middleclass, different from alienated colonial aristocrats".

The organization also known as the National Association of Seadogs (NAS) adopted the motto "Against all conventions", the skull and crossbones as their logo, while members adopted confraternity names such as "Cap'n Blood" and "Long John Silver".

When fellow students protested a proposal to build a railroad across the road leading to the university, fearing that easier transportation would make the university less exclusive, the Pyrates successfully ridiculed the argument as elitist.

Roughly analogous to the fraternities and sororities of North America, the Pyrates Confraternity proved popular among students, even after the original members moved on.
Membership was open to any promising male student, regardless of tribe or race, but selection was stringent and most applicants were denied. For almost 20 years, the Pyrates were the only confraternity on Nigerian campuses.

The Supreme Eiye Confraternity (also known as the National Association of Air Lords) was formed in the University of Ibadan in 1965, also affiliated to the Eiye Secret Society.
It was formed by the following students: Goke Adeniji, Dele Nwakpele, Bayo Adenubi, Bode Fadase, Tunde Aluko, Kayode Oke, and Bode Sowunmi among others.

It was named Eiye group and later metamorphosed into Supreme Eiye Confraternity (SEC).
This group was established to make positive impact on the social-political mind, social cultural, physical and mental development of its members, and where indifferent to other conventional cult group.

Buccaneers Association of Nigeria (BAN) in 1972, Bolaji Crew (Code-named “Late Ahoy Rica Ricardo”) and others were expelled from the Pyrates for failing to meet expected standards. Carew went on to found the Buccaneers Confraternity (also called the National Associations of Sea Lords), largely copying the Seadogs' structure, symbols and ceremonies.

The Supreme Vikings Confraternity (National Association of Adventurers or, alternately, De Norsemen Club of Nigeria) was formed by three young men 1982 who were former members of the Buccaneers at the University of Port Harcourt.

Black Axe Confraternity also called the Neo-Black Movement of Africa was formed at the University of Benin in Benin City in 1976 by some young men with the motive of building a body to fight against the oppression against Black men (Students) at the university.

Those who initiated this association are rumoured to be runaways from Neo black Movement of Africa, an organization in South Africa that fought the apartheid war and escaped into Nigeria for safety.

Investigation has shown that it was the borrowed notion that was imported to Nigeria
The Ladies are not left out when you talk about confraternities in Nigeria. So not neglecting them, below is a list of the top female confraternities:

Black-bra, Black Berets, Woman Brassier (brave), Daughters of Jezebel, Pink Lady, Amazons, White Angels, Lady of Rose, Sisterhood of Darkness, Golden Daughters, The Ten wonderful Girls, White Ladies, The Royal Queens, Daughters of the Knight, The Knights of the Aristos, etc.
The sorority groups were formed as female responses to their male counterparts’ activities, imitations, and most interestingly these females are girlfriends of the members of the male cult groups. They act as spies to their male counterpart

In 1990, 'street and creek' confraternities began and set in a new dimension to its aims and objectives.
Besides normal criminal activity, confraternities have been linked to political violence, as well as the conflict in the Niger Delta.

Different notorious cult groups had emerging without check from the concerned authority, unleashing terror on humanity and posterity.

A major impetus for the creation of new confraternities was the fact that members of the new groups simply did not meet the high academic and intellectual standards set by the Seadogs, and thus considered the original organization to be elitist.

The major reason for these group was never to kill and maim others but for special development through the established philosophy of the fore fathers.

Today a lot of people have died for a sin of another man. He wasn't there when another person committed offense against a believer of another group.

The man killed and the one who killed him have equal rights to fraternize with likes mind who shares a common philosophy for growth and development.

But detest those who believes that a brother must be killed for a selfish reason.

I urged those forebears, I mean the standout leaders to regroup and sell the real reasons why they believe in liberation, growth and development.

From Pyrates, Eiye, vikings, Black Axe, Buccaneers and others rise up and sow the right seed on your members.

Live out hate and encourage peace as that is is the only root to growth.

With absolute respect to the leaders of each group, you will account for any soul killed in the course of violence.

The movement is now hate it or like it. Channel your objectives, philosophy and energy to challenge bad government not to hurt your brother. You can't keep killing and expect to live.

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Edo 2020: I have no plan for Guber race, says Ex Deputy Gov

Edo 2020: I have no plan for Guber race, says Ex Deputy Gov

By Edosa Okunbo

Former Deputy Governor and All Progressive Congress (APC) chieftain, Edo State, Chief Lucky Imasuen has shrugged off suggestions that he has perfected plans to contest the governorship electoral position ahead of the 2020.

The message which was conveyed by one of his Aide and former Egor Local Government Chairman, Honourable Ehi Egharevba disclosed that his principal who is currently on vacation in the United Kingdom has no plans to run for gubernatorial elections in the state.

Hon Egharevba expressed disappointment over the rumor while describing those behind it as political mushrooms  who have nothing to offer in the political space.

"They are few cheap blackmailers from Uhen ward 4 in Ovia North East who relies on destroying others to climb the ladder of success. Come to think of it, Chief Imasuen has attained A veritable height having been Deputy governor in the state and Chief of staff.

Recall as well that Chief Lucky Imasuen Contested this position twenty years ago so why will anybody feel that it is now a priority to recontested similar position

Let me tell you that he is very satisfied and proud of what he has achieved", he explained.

Hon Egharevba, believes that his principal is a Democrat who is very ready to give back to the society by supporting the government and his party in achieving more in the area of infrastructural development in the years to come.

He however, warned against utterances capable of steering unnecessary bickering amongst party men while suing for focus on positive initiatives of  the state government rather than resorting to false speculations.

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Edo govt charges women on frontline role in politics

Edo govt charges women on frontline role in politics

 

To ensure women are empowered to contribute meaningfully to national development, the Edo State Government has said it has set up structures and programmes to ensure women are given the opportunity to take active roles in politics and governance.

 

Speaking at a four-day training workshop tagged ‘Peace and Confidence Building for Women Leaders’ in Auchi, Edo State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hon (Mrs.) Magdalene Ohenhen charged participants to overcome their doubts about taking active roles in governance as it was only through such opportunities that they can change policies and perceptions that hold women down.

 

The four-day training workshop organised by The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP-Nigeria) and supported by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD).

 

Ohenhen explained that the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration has instituted gender-friendly policies to complement the organisation’s objectives in enhancing capacity for women in rural areas.

 

She noted, “The training workshop is apt as it will build the confidence of women to contribute to the nation building and development. It will also prepare them for the World Bank-sponsored Nigeria for Women Project which will benefit 54,000 women in the state.

 

“Women must grow beyond the slogan, 'you neglect a woman, you lose an election' and take the bold step to occupy the front seat in politics,” she stressed.

 

According to her, “The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out and do it. Action is the key. It is on this note I want to shower encomium on WANEP and NORAD for a well-thought-out training workshop and also to urge all participants to make the most of the opportunity, so as to step it down to targeted stakeholders groups in the state.”

 

National Network Coordinator of WANEP-Nigeria, Chief (Mrs) Bridget Osakue, said the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) provides an organised platform for collaborative peacebuilding by indigenous (NGOs) in conflict transformation and development in Nigeria.

 

“Our thematic areas are conflict prevention, women in peacebuilding, active non- violence and peace education, democracy and good governance as well as research and documentation. Women must key into programmes that are essential to building relationships and peace because women have a lot to contribute to society,” she said.

 

Executive Director, Global Women for Quality and Sustainable Development Initiative, Amb. Chief Marian Kadiri-Ezolome, said her organisation is collaborating with the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development to step down the training workshop across the 18 local government areas in the state

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Easter: Obaseki tasks Christians on sacrifice, redemption, love

Easter: Obaseki tasks Christians on sacrifice, redemption, love

 

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has called on Christians to imbibe the virtue of selfless service and love in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which is the hallmark of the Easter season.

 

Obaseki made the call to mark Easter, a holiday in the Christian calendar which marks the end of the 40-day Lenten season. It is celebrated by several Christian denominations across the world.

 

The governor noted, “I join Christian faithful in Edo State and across the world in celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice to redeem mankind is an enduring example to all.

 

“As we mark Easter Sunday, it is important to reflect on the lessons of selflessness, the virtue of love and redemption. I encourage everyone not just to uphold the love shared this period but also to ensure that it becomes a part of our lives every day.”

 

Obaseki added, “With selfless service and passion for the downtrodden as key teachings on Easter, I enjoin everyone to be their brother’s keeper, work to foster peace and togetherness, and uphold the collective good of all in our dealings.”

 

The governor assured Edo residents that adequate security arrangements have been made to ensure a peaceful Easter celebration in the state.

 

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EDHA: The Implications of Obaseki's 24 New Disciples

EDHA: The Implications of Obaseki's 24 New Disciples

By Eben Enasco Kingsley

The election of March 9, 2019 may have Produced 24 legislative disciples that will from time to time decide the fate of the common man for the next four years in Edo State.

The victory in this symbolic feat sounds like the real deal in a new paradigm shift of Democratic permutations.

Because it is the first of its kind since the inception of the nascent Democratic dispensation to have all legislative seats to a party.

Although the driver in this monopolistic race presumably would have thought at least 20 to 4 elective members

No one would believe that in a state where the number of political parties that contested was over fifty yet no party got even a seat.

They could not even sold a virus to any of the opposition parties hence they bag all.

The results polled and declared by electoral umpire shows the ruling All Progressive Congress defeated all other parties

For Governor Godwin Obaseki, it is Healy healthy for his party to have the legislative arm in his pocket to help fortify his developmental parlance.

Recall that in his electioneering campaign, Obaseki solicited support from the electorates to vote all candidates representing his party to have a robust government.

He wasn't though disappointed as he had all seats to himself.

In the 2015 election, the APC won three out of the five Assembly seats in Edo Central.

But this has since changed with the stronghold of the main opposition party, PDP succumbed to intense pressure of the ruling party APC.

Flowing from the impressive outing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates in the Edo State House of Assembly election, some have ascribed the landslide victory during the election to Governor Godwin Obaseki's style of governance resonating well with the people.

Opinions had also revealed that with the demise of Chief Tony Anenih who until death was a pillar to the PDP in Edo Central pave way for such defeat.

In some quarters, some argued that the defeat was a sell out by leaders in the land perhaps to seek relevance in the tripeptide political framework in the state.

With Edo state established on three senatorial carriage, Edo central seems to have been relegated since the last part of Adams Oshiomhole's Administration till date with his successor holding grip of the linage.

This may have reminded them of the need to collapse the bridge to allow APC infiltrate the established political landmark with a view to retaining the speakership position for fair share.

However, the whole idea to have all may sound nice but unarguably, it is endemic to Democratic permutations.

The implication is that in Edo State, we now have a one party system which may tell had on the people in times to come.

The legislative arm is a major attribute of Democratic governance and if effective could ensure good governance and provide a forum for grassroots representation.

It is a unique institution in Democratic setting composed of elected representative of the people who occupies a prominent position in modern democracies.

In all standard this gives citizen feelings of inclusiveness. Thus, with their exclusive powers to oversee the activities of the executive in safeguarding public finances as well as provides avenue for readdressing public grievances.

However, providing oversight function through resolutions, checks and balances to improve the performance of the other arms of government with empathy of same party with some decisions rejected, then the people will have no voice.

The state may probably head for a parliamentarians manipulation by the executive with it's hallmarks as the disperser of governmental Powers.

This may encourage symbolic endorsement of decisions wrong or right of the leaders . This is common in Democratic settings where for number of reasons the executive arm succeeds in influencing the legislature because there are no stiff oppositions.

It certainly encourages autocratic governance resonating around the people looking at it from another dimension.

Going by the believe of the Obaseki's administration to have the house in its locker, and the willingness to perform as well, the permutations may prove a bargain if internal party interference is completely avoided.

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Institutionalized Racism: The Plights of the Confidently Scammed Nigerians Abroad.

Institutionalized Racism: The Plights of the Confidently Scammed  Nigerians Abroad.

By Eben Enasco Kingsley

The concept of institutionalized racism re-emerged in political discourse in the late and mid 1990s after a long hiatus, but has remained a contested concept that has been critiqued by multiple constituencies. 

The fandom has been on hiatus for decades already. The sherlockians have been making strange gifs ever since they swings and redesigned new confidence in tricking Nigerians.

Institutional racism is the differential access to the goods, services, and opportunities of society particularly in United Kingdom.

In recent times, the plights of the black race (Nigerians) in institutional racism is heightened and becoming very unbecoming.

When the differential access becomes integral to institutions, it becomes common practice, making it difficult to rectify. 

Eventually, this racism dominates public bodies, private corporations, public and private universities, and is reinforced by the actions of conformists and newcomers.

Nigerians in the United Kingdom have become the worst hit  of the latest scam affecting foreigners in European Countries.

The reason is that Companies with history of Institutional Racism are now setting up Dormant Companies and getting unsuspecting foreigners to sign up to these companies unchecked.

The issue with most of the dormant companies is that they have no assets whatsoever.

For instance, the Berkeley Homes PLC (North East London) Limited and Berkeley Homes (Urban Renaissance) Ltd

which has set up, at least two dormant companies to sign up unsuspecting foreigners.

This has become very worrisome on the plights of the foreign staffers who have been deprived of statutory entitlement

With more people winning discrimination cases in the Employment Tribunal, these big companies have now set up  dormant companies so that successful foreigners can't recover any Tribunal award money

You can make a claim to an employment tribunal if you think someone has treated you unlawfully, such as your employer, a potential employer or a trade union.

Unlawful treatment can include,unfair dismissal discrimination unfair deductions from your pay

You usually have to make a claim to the tribunal within 3 months of your employment ending or the problem happening.

The tribunal is independent of government and will listen to you (the ‘claimant’) and the person you’re making a claim against (the ‘respondent’) before making a decision.

See if there’s another way to solve the problem before you make a claim to a tribunal, such as using a grievance procedure.

Before you make a claim you must tell the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) that you intend to make a claim to the tribunal.

You’ll be offered the chance to try and settle the dispute without going to court by using Acas’s free ‘Early Conciliation’ service .

Time you spend in early conciliation does not affect the total time left to make a claim. If early conciliation does not work,

Acas will send you an early conciliation certificate - use this when you make a claim to the tribunal .

Once you receive your certificate, you’ll have the same amount of time to make your claim as you did before you started conciliation.

This has silently trended in the UK with foreigners facing racism as well as made to get nothing having gone through screes and scrags in Tribunal of some sort.

They now found a measure to promotes institutional racism through established dormant companies.

The Taylor Review referred to "widespread concerns about the number of employment tribunal awards that go unpaid" and reported that government-commissioned research undertaken in 2013 had shown that, following enforcement action taken by an individual, 34% of employment tribunal awards in England and Wales and 46% in Scotland remained unpaid.

In December 2018 the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy introduced a " naming scheme" to exert reputational pressure on employers who fail to pay awards.

The vast majority of companies actively trade, but there are also over 300,000 dormant companies registered with Companies House.

Although, dormant companies benefit from reduced administrative requirements: in particular, they don’t have to provide the same level of detail in their accounts.

While that’s hardly a reason in itself, there are a number of good reasons why a dormant company may be formed or maintained.

It is of note that the practice of Evasion is not yet illegal in the UK, though there have been calls to make it illegal 

Another difficulty in reducing institutionalized racism is that there is no sole, true identifiable perpetrator. When racism is built into the institution, it emerges as the collective action of the population.

Professor James M. Jones postulates three major types of racism: personally mediated, internalized , and institutionalized.

Personally mediated racism includes the specific social attitudes inherent to racially prejudiced action ( bigoted differential assumptions about abilities, motives, and the intentions of others according to), discrimination (the differential actions and behaviours towards others according to their race), stereotyping, commission, and omission (disrespect, suspicion, devaluation, and dehumanization).

Internalized racism is the acceptance, by members of the racially stigmatized people, of negative perceptions about their own abilities and intrinsic worth, characterized by low

self-esteem , and low esteem of others like them. This racism can be manifested through embracing "whiteness" (eg stratification by skin colour in non-white communities), self-devaluation (e.g., racial slurs, nicknames, rejection of ancestral culture, etc.), and resignation, helplessness, and hopelessness (e.g., dropping out of school, failing to vote , engaging in health-risk practices, etc.).

Persistent negative stereotypes fuel institutional racism, and influence interpersonal relations .

Racial stereotyping contributes to patterns of racial residential segregation and redlining, and shape views about crime, crime policy, and welfare policy, especially if the contextual information is stereotype-consistent.

Institutional racism is distinguished from racial bigotry by the existence of institutional systemic policies, practices and economic and political structures which place minority racial and ethnic groups at a disadvantage in relation to an institution's racial or ethnic majority.

One example of the difference is public school budgets in the U.S. (including local levies and bonds) and the quality of teachers, which are often correlated with property values: rich neighborhoods are more likely to be more 'white' and to have better teachers and more money for education, even in public schools.

Restrictive housing contracts and bank lending policies have also been listed as forms of institutional racism.

Other examples sometimes described as institutional racism are racial profiling by security guards and police, use of stereotyped racial caricatures, the under- and misrepresentation of certain racial groups in the mass media , and race-based barriers to gainful employment and professional advancement.

Additionally, differential access to goods, services, and opportunities of society can be included within the term

institutional racism , such as unpaved streets and roads, inherited socio-economic disadvantage, and "standardized" tests (each ethnic group prepared for it differently; many are poorly prepared). 

Some sociological investigators distinguish between institutional racism and "structural racism" (sometimes called structured racialization ).

The former focuses upon the norms and practices within an institution, the latter upon the interactions among institutions, interactions that produce racialized outcomes against non-white people.

An important feature of structural racism is that it cannot be reduced to individual prejudice or to the single function of an institution.

Attached is evidence of the dormancy status of the two examples given above 

A dormant company is a company that carries out no business activities in the given period of time.

In the United Kingdom, a dormant company is a company whose transactions have been limited to payment for shares taken by subscribers to the memorandum of association , fees paid to the Registrar of Companies for a change of company name, the re-registration of a company and filing annual returns and payment made in respect of civil penalties imposed by the Registrar of Companies for delivering accounts to the Registrar after the statutory time allowed for filing. 

Under the new Companies Act there are exceptions for certain companies.

For example, some financial and insurance companies are under obligation to file their full accounts, regardless of their status.

In Singapore, a dormant company is defined by two authorities: ACRA and IRAS . For ACRA the determining factor for dormancy is the lack of transactions. For IRAS, a company that does not generate income is considered dormant.

The companies deemed dormant by the authorities can be exempted from filing annual financials and submitting tax return. For the latter, a waiver has to be issued by IRAS.

Dormant company is one that has been registered with Companies House but is not carrying on any kind of business activity or receiving any form of income.

Therefore, considers it dormant (or inactive) for corporation tax purposes. It can be dormant from the date of its incorporation, or it can become dormant after a period of activity.

There are many reasons why a company may be dormant – to reserve a company name whilst preparing to launch the business; restructuring a previously active business; or an owner requires an extended period of time off due to illness, maternity leave, travel, a sabbatical, or any other reason.

It can remain dormant for any length of time, but you must inform your local corporation tax office as soon as possible and maintain a number of statutory obligations for Companies House, including filing annual returns and dormant accounts, reporting changes to registered company details, and keeping records up-to-date and available for public inspection.

Their mylostaccount.org.uk website lets you search across all banks and building societies, including those that have merged.

Again, the more information you have the better your chances of retrieving your money. If an account is found you will need to provide ID before you can withdraw your money.

If you can't find the bank or building society you are looking for on the mylostaccount site, you should call the BBA's dormant accounts unit on 020 7216 8909.

Searches can take up to three months to complete, so be patient.

Foreign applicants must verify the accuracy of the information displayed by some of the organisations offering job support.

Nigerians in the UK are strongly advised to check the Companies House website for the status of any company they are working for.

To avoid unsuccessful litigations, contact details of genuine organization should be topmost priority when signing engagement offer.

This way, foreigners should be able to enforce civil court judgments through the Enforcement of Judgments Office and to manage funds held in court for minors and patients.

It is very painful after suffering racism and going through the Courts that you are unable to recover your money.

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Sexually Violated Gift Alonge :Tales of a Child Bride, Broken by Biological Father.

Sexually Violated Gift Alonge :Tales of a Child Bride, Broken by Biological Father.

By Eben Enasco Kingsley

There can be no secrets anymore in the entire Ososo Community, Akoko Edo Local Government area, Edo State on One of the most memorable but appalling case of a seventeen years old girl sexually violated by her own biological father.

The Victim, Gift Alonge was admittedly hacked through seduction and perhaps bullied to bed by his father, Jacob Alonge an over 57-year-old man, who was alleged to have crudely in 2017 aborted the unborn child having impregnated her own daughter earlier in series.

Like "abiku" calling for the first and repeated time, the love evil sickening merchant for the second time impregnated the underaged daughter to climax his sexual unruly contents.

The victim had languished in ignorance, hoping to get help and move off the aprons of his gory father who barely have idea on the distinction between father and child.

Thankfully, she got one through Braveheart Initiative, (BHI), a non state actor who intervened on December 18, 2018 a time when Gift was already again 21-week pregnant for his love bird father.

Concerned by the unruly bully that led to the pregnancy stigma, and a unique mandate of the group to follow the rule of law, the issue was presented to the traditional ruler of the community who in his wisdom foresaw atrocity committed and summoned the perpetrator, Jacob Alonge who admitted to luring the daughter for sexual exploitation

Not once, not twice, not thrice but many a time he had bullied his own daughter for sexual fusion with nature the only witness on this submission.

Peeved by his admittance, the traditional ruler instructed that he(Jacob) be made to face law enforcement agencies for onward justice prevalence.

According to the Chairperson, BHI Board of trustees, Lady Grace OSAKUE, "a team was assigned to follow up the case who interfaced with both Ososo divisional police station and at the State Criminal Investigation Department, CID,Benin City.

"We also interacted with the Victim's maternal Uncle who volunteered to offer her shelter to enable them conduct counseling and register the expectant mother for Ante Natal care".

The unremorseful Jacob Alonge who made some confessions at Ososo Police Division was later transferred to the family Unit of the State Police Headquarters.

Lady OSAKUE in her expression noted that the perpetrator was later arraigned before a family court in Evbouriaria Benin City having pleaded to be guilty of the count charges against him.

Days away for judgment sledged hammer to fall on suspect, Lady OSAKUE says," On January 16, 2019,when court had fixed for judgment, a terrible accident occurred, wherein the pregnant Ms. Gift Alonge (Victim), her Uncle, Mr Ukere Adagbogu, two members of the BHI intervention team, Comrade Rhoda Briamoh and Promise Ezekiel on their way to court from Igarra to Benin for court judgment lost their lives in a ghastly Motor Accident.

On awareness of the incident, the court magnanimously adjourned the case till February 14, 2019

Days after the tragic, a resentful candlelight procession was organized in honor of the fallen heroes who pertinently gave their all to ensure victory

 Speaking during the procession, Lady OSAKUE expressed saddened pain for what she described as excruciating to have lost them; adding that, "their call this time is for justice to prevail for the heroes".

She however seeks that more advocacy be carried out to condemn violence against the plight of  women in the society.

Child sexual abuse in Nigeria is an offence under several sections of chapter 21 of the country's criminal code.  The age of consent is 18

UNICEF reported in 2015 that one in four girls and one in ten boys in Nigeria had experienced sexual violence before the age of 18.

According to a survey by Positive Action for Treatment Access, over 31.4 percent of girls there said that their first sexual encounter had been rape or forced sex of some kind.

The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development reported that 1,200 girls had been raped in 2012 in Rivers, a coastal state in southeastern Nigeria.

According to UNICEF, six out of ten children in Nigeria experience emotional, physical or sexual abuse before the age of 18, with half experiencing physical violence.

In our modern time, it is in our nature to be appalled by such things as incest, however the scriptures do not condemn or applaud the fact that Lot’s daughters sleep with him.

Instead the text remains neutral, merely offering an explanation as to why it happened, and attempting to absolve all of guilt. But then, it's a taboo in this context to think of such.

Conditions that increases the risk of girl-child sexual assaults in Nigeria can be found in schools, baby factories and the practice of child labour.

Sexual harassment and bullying are very similar. They both involve unwelcome or unwanted sexual comments, attention, or physical contact.

However, Child sexual abuse has substantial consequences not only for the affected persons, but also for society as a whole, and these can no longer be ignored.

Unlike Nigeria, Urgent situation has now been recognized in Morocco which is responding with a diverse range of prevention and intervention programs.

A curious case of Gift Alonge and others who departed and several outcry that has become very disturbing for the course of Justice, must be unmasked 

However, identifying the serious shortcomings in data tend to impede the effectiveness of such measures.

Thus, improved studies are required in order to provide data on the accurate magnitude of the CSA, on its distribution and factors that point to vulnerability.

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Murder of Police Sergeant: Edo Police Clears Air over Controversies of “Cultist” Allegation Statement, As 54 Suspects in Police Net

In recent weeks, there have been heightened cult clashes in Edo State.

This has left several Lives and a police Sergeant Dead

Residence have become increasingly concerned about their security plights

With controversies surrounding the death of the police officer attached to the chairman, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Council.

And now, the Commissioner clearly states his view having perhaps had a rethink on his earlier position

The action of the commissioner may have been connected to public hews and the acclaimed father's 72-hour ultimatum to retract his earlier position

The Nigeria Police is now willing to participate in all arrangements regarding the funeral rights of the Gallant Sergeant Monday Ehigie who as well according to report killed two of the fleeing cultists....

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CULT WAR: Acclaimed Father of Slained Police Sergeant Gives Edo CP 72 hours To Retract "Cultist" Comments.

CULT WAR: Acclaimed Father of Slained Police Sergeant Gives Edo CP 72 hours To Retract "Cultist" Comments.

.......Denies Meeting with CP

A new twist has emerged over the controversies surrounding the murder of a police Sergeant, Monday Osia Ehigie by suspected cultists following  a statement issued by the acclaimed father of the deceased, Chief Imafidon Osia Ehigie urging the Commissioner of Police, Mr Hakeem Odumosu to retract the statement or face the consequences.

He also denied having any meeting with the Commissioner confirming his Son as a cultist since his death

Chief Ehigie who claimed to be the father of the deceased  expressed shock over what he described as scathing and inglorious tag on his son as a Cultist seek justice over the garb.

Recall that younger Ehigie who was a police Sergeant and two other Civilians were allegedly murdered at the weekend during a clash by two rival cult groups in the State.

It was gathered that the officer was allegedly killed near Nomayo junction, Upper Sakpoba, Ikpoba Okha-Local Government area of Edo State while returning from his duty post from the local council boss.

In a publication of January 28, 1019 of the punch newspaper and  a news flash of the Independent Television Broadcast of Saturday January 26, 2019 credited to the State Commissioner, of Police, Hakeem Olusegun Odumosun,  confirmed the incident, but claimed it was a cult killing and that the deceased police officer was a cultist.

He said: "It was alleged that the officer belong to a cult group, he was fighting on the side of his cult group with rival cult group. That was what led to his death. Three people lost their life in the fight, the police officer and two other ,".

"I have gone to see his family. It is a cult killing and the officer is cultist," he stated.

However, in a counter statement issued by Ehigie Senior on Wednesday, noted that the assertion of the police commissioner not only obviously lost in between naked lies but a dislocation of an official Chanel of dissemination of verified information from an organized system that uphold professional modalities.

He denied ever meeting with the Commissioner on such ground; stressing, "I received the sad news of my Son's death and never met with commissioner of police nor did he commiserate with me anywhere let alone confirming from me.

The Father of the deceased however condemned what he viewed as misinformation and unconfirmed hasty comment by the police boss which he believes has a separate end to serve in apparently seeking to orchestrate the denial of the payment of due entitlement to a worthy and committed officer who in the course of duty paid the supreme prize.

He added the his late Son had served three presidents of the Ikpoba Okha  Customary Courts, and subsequently to the Ikpoba Okha Council Chairman on recommendation of the divisional Police Officer Ugbekun as an officer attached and served diligently.

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