A PRIEST IN ANAMBRA STATE WEDDED A COUPLE YESTERDAY, DESPITE DISPUTES WITH THE BRIDE’S FATHER. (PHOTOS).

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 A priest in Anambra State wedded a couple yesterday, despite disputes with the bride’s father In a video circulating online, the Reverend Father narrated that The father of the bride who is from Nteje had insisted that the wedding should not take place unless his daughter swøre never to associate with his mother whom he has a quarrel with. The conflict arose from past marriage issues between the father and her mother. Before the wedding, the father repeatedly met with the priest, warning that he had already taken the bride's mother to a deity and that the girl must follow him to the shrine to appease that deity before the marriage can go on. For peace to prevail, the priest advised the couple to comply with all the father’s requests so the wedding could proceed, the priest even donated some of the items that the brides father told her to bring to use in appeasing the deity. However, when they reached the shr|ne, the father suddenly changed his demand, insisting the daughter take a...

US ENLISTS 'AMERIKANERS' GROUP IN REFUGEE SCHEME FOR WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS. (PHOTO).


 US enlists 'Amerikaners' group in refugee scheme for white South Africans


A group called Amerikaners, set up by white South Africans hoping to take up U.S. President Donald Trump's offer of resettlement, has been enlisted by his administration to help identify suitable applicants for the controversial programme, Reuters reported.


Trump established the refugee programme in February for "Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination", referring to an ethnic group descended mostly from Dutch settlers.


According to a statement posted on the website of the U.S. embassy in South Africa on Monday, the Amerikaners group is now a "designated Department of State referral partner" for the programme.


The group will gather information from potential applicants to assess whether their case is eligible for referral, and refer cases to the State Department for access to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, the statement said.


South Africa's government strongly opposes the programme, saying allegations of discrimination are unfounded and that members of the white minority it targets - the most economically privileged group in South Africa - do not meet the definition of refugees.


The U.S. administration has discussed bringing some 30,000 white South Africans to the country in the coming year, which would require it to greatly ramp up the programme. As of early August, less than 100 had arrived.


Amerikaners is led by Sam Busa, a 60-year-old South African woman of British descent, who established the group in response to Trump's executive order.


One of the group's first moves was to gather signatures for a memorandum addressed to Trump, formally accepting his offer and making a case for their resettlement. The document, posted on Amerikaners' website, lists their community's values as being "Christian, conservative, and English-speaking", and says they are not seeking charity, but a chance to "serve America".


A State Department spokesperson said they did not comment on specific implementing partners, adding in a written response that "we are grateful for the many South African citizens who have expressed their support for this refugee program".

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