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 😳 The History Of Footbinding 😳 😳 Foot-binding is said to have been inspired by a tenth-century court dancer named Yao Niang. Yao Niang had bound her feet into the shape of a new moon. Yao Niang entranced the Emperor Li Yu, by dancing on her toes inside a six-foot golden lotus, festooned with ribbons and precious stones. 😳 Some early evidence for foot-binding comes from the tomb of Lady Huang Sheng, the wife of an imperial clansman. Lady Huang Sheng died in 1243. When archaeologists opened her tomb, they discovered tiny, misshapen feet that had been wrapped in gauze and placed inside specially shaped “lotus shoes.” 😳 From the start, foot-binding was imbued with erotic overtones.  Gradually, court ladies with money and time, took up foot-binding ~ making it a status symbol among the elite. In addition to altering the shape of the foot, the practice of foot-binding also produced a particular sort of posture, that relied on the thigh and buttock muscles for support. 😳 A sma...

 FROM MEXICO TO THE WORLD In Oaxaca there is a honey ant 🍯 existe known so because its tummy is filled with a delicious honey that you can extract and then let go to the little ant In the Oaxaque villages it is known as chindudis and is a variety of ant that produce honey only that instead of depositing it in a honeycomb, generate a bag next to its stomach that inflates outwards while being filled with the sweet flavor, which extracted overnight of floral nectars. They belong to desert areas and can be found in some communities, especially in the Mixteca area, when there is no rain. They are known by different names: Chindudis, Tiocondudi, Botijas, Tioko Ntudi (variant of Mixteco meaning honey ant), Vinitos, Binguinas, among others, as the name varies in different villages. You just have to dig a little during the day where you see an ant and you will find this sweet treat, although its taste is sweet it has a wide range of floral flavors. Don't hurt them, you can extract the hone...

 Zamfara Tribunal: Matawalle present 19 witnesses against gov Lawal-Dare The Zamfara Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has adjourned sitting to July 19 after the former governor, Bello Mohammed Petitioner said the March 18, 2023 election was flawed with irregularities and sought the tribunal to declare him the winner of the said election having scored the majority of lawful votes. He also prayed the tribunal to mandate the Independent National Electoral Commission to issue him a new certificate of return. At the resumed hearing on Friday, the petitioner’s lead counsel, Mr Usman Sule SAN, led the 19th witness, Dr Ahmad Kainuwa, who is the Returning Officer of Maradun Local Government Area during the governorship election. Kainuwa identified the result sheet he collated from the ward collation officers he supervised which was part of the exhibits in evidence and told the tribunal that INEC asked him not to present it but rather announce the result generated from the INEC server...

STOP TWISTING STORIES OF INSECURITY IN ANAMBRA STATE Paul Nwosu Anybody who lives in Anambra State will bear witness to the fact that the sophisticated security infrastructure put in place by Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo (CFR) has been at work putting the criminals in State on their heels. The paradoxical dimension unfortunately is that some social media blacklegs rather than acknowledge this, have continued to turn the many success stories on their head. Joint Task Force on Security (JTF) recently uncovered the idolatrous camp of the so-called "Unknown" Gunmen in Nkwelle-Ezunaka town, near Onitsha. The camp was raided and arrests were made. The shrines and idols from where they purport to derive the powers of their criminal invincibility were all burnt down.   In the heat of the success story, there was a tragic tanker accident at Umunya junction, Enugu-Onitsha expressway that made many motorists and commuters to avoid the expressway by trying to find alternative routes ...

 Pandemonium In Onitsha Market As Suspected Hausa Labourer Stabs Businessman To Death June 27, 2023 There was a pandemonium in Onitsha main market, Anambra State on Tuesday evening as a labourer suspected to be from the northern part of Nigeria stabbed a business man whose identity can’t be ascertained yet to death. Media correspondent gathered that the Hausa man was contracted by the businessman to help him offload his goods in his warehouse that’s at the section of the market where they sell baking materials. Trouble started when the man was suddenly seen in the pool of his own blood by his colleagues and the Hausa man was nowhere to be found. The development irked the young persons in the area and they quickly mobilized themselves in search of the perpetrator. This forced other northerners to seek refuge at the Army barrack and the Central Police Station (CPS) over fear of reprisal attack my the angry mob. It’s not clear if the man was robbed but unconfirmed report suggests that...

25th May, 2023 PRESS RELEASE TRENDING VIDEO CLIP OF ALLEGED CULT INITIATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOL IN DELTA STATE IS FALSE The Command is aware of a viral video clip on various social media handles that captions an activist in one of the secondary schools around 74 area, Asaba, Delta state. The command, having examined the video clip and carried investigation, wishes to debunk the narrative by the said activist as false and should be completely disregarded. The command wishes to state as follows; On receipt of the video clip, the commissioner of Police, CP Wale Abass, immediately directed the Area Commander Asaba, ACP Sunday Oladipo and the command public relations officer, DSP Edafe Bright to proceed to the school for an on the spot investigation. On arrival at the school premises, the school pupils, teacher, and one of the parents were interrogated. A mother to one of the affected children stated that her children said it was a game in the school tagged ‘snake bite’ and nothing more to ...

LASG RE-SEALS 12 STRUCTURES IN BANANA ISLAND, REMOVES TWO ILLEGAL FENCES The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), in collaboration with the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA) and the State Taskforce, today continued with its follow-up of the Governor's directives with the re-sealing of 12 buildings hitherto sealed and the removal of two illegal fences in Banana Island. The General Manager of LASBCA, Arc. Gbolahan Owodunni Oki, who led the exercise, said the affected structures were sealed for various contraventions ranging from building without Planning Permit Approval, failure to obtain Authorisation to Commence Construction from LASBCA and Break of Government Seal amongst others. He stated that the ongoing removal and sealing of the buildings in Banana Island and other parts of the State is geared towards compelling compliance on the part of the building public to ensure that sanity is restored to the built sector.

GOV. ORTOM LOSES SENATORIAL BID TO FORMER AIDE IN BENUE Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has lost the Benue North West senatorial election to his former aide, Titus Zam of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Zam was declared the winner for Benue North West senatorial district by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning officer, Prof. Rufus Shaato. Shaato said Zam scored a total of 143,151 votes to emerge winner of the election as against Ortom who polled a total of 106,882 votes to come second while the Labour Party candidate, Mark Gbillah, had 51,950 votes. The results from various polling units, wards and local government area collation centres across the senatorial district indicated that the governor lost in six out of the seven local government areas winning only his native Guma. The senator-elect was Ortom’s Special Adviser on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs during his first tenure.  

A passenger jet that took off from Dubai flew for 13 hours and landed at the same airport after it was forced to turn around in midair. Flight EK448 took off at 10.30am local time on Friday and was supposed to land in Auckland, New Zealand, 16 hours later. But the Emirates flight ended up landing back in Dubai just after midnight on Saturday due to severe flooding at Auckland airport. It had travelled around half of the 9,000-mile journey before it was forced to U-turn to its departure airport. A state of emergency was declared in the Kiwi city after an onslaught of torrential brought chaos to the transport hub. The airport said on Twitter: 'Auckland Airport has been assessing the damage to our international terminal and unfortunately determined that no international flights can operate today. 'We know this is extremely frustrating but the safety of passengers is our top priority.' More than 2,000 passengers were forced to stay overnight in the terminals overnight on Friday...

At least 10 people were injured following a shooting at a Miami Restaurant during Moroccan-American Rapper, French Montana's video shoot. The Thursday night incident happened outside the Licking Restaurant in Miami where French Montana and New Orleans Rapper, Rob 49 were recording a music video. “Our hearts are heavy and go out to the victims of this senseless act,” the restaurant, the Licking said. “We were not aware of a video being filmed and found out last min[ute] French Montana was shooting a scene in the back parking lot. We have no idea what actually took place. The Licking restaurant has nothing to do with the incident and has given police the necessary footage requested.”  Watch video below.

Halloween, contraction of All Hallows’ Eve, a holiday observed on October 31, the evening before All Saints’ (or All Hallows’) Day. The celebration marks the day before the Western Christian feast of All Saints and initiates the season of Allhallowtide, which lasts three days and concludes with All Souls’ Day. In much of Europe and most of North America, observance of Halloween is largely nonreligious. Halloween is celebrated on Monday, October 31, 2022. Halloween had its origins in the festival of Samhain among the Celts of ancient Britain and Ireland. On the day corresponding to November 1 on contemporary calendars, the new year was believed to begin. That date was considered the beginning of the winter period, the date on which the herds were returned from pasture and land tenures were renewed. During the Samhain festival the souls of those who had died were believed to return to visit their homes, and those who had died during the year were believed to journey to the otherworld. Pe...

Just In: Soludo Appoints Mark Okoye MD of ANSIPPA The Executive Governor of Anambra State has appointed the former Anambra State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Mr. Mark Okoye as the Managing Director of Anambra State Investment Promotion and Protection Agency (ANSIPPA). Congratulations to him  

"Happy 88th Birthday to the Queen MJ!  I love you so much grandma and so so so lucky to have you to up to look up to". More photos below. 

5000 LAGOSIANS GET FREE HEALTH INSURANCE ON SANWO-OLU’S BIRTHDAY No fewer than 5000 Lagosians are to be enrolled in the Ilera Eko Social Health Plan - courtesy of the Lagos State Executive Council.  The gesture is to celebrate Governor Sanwo-Olu’s 57th birthday on June 25 and in the spirit of his compassion for the indigent and vulnerable.  Beneficiaries will have access to quality health care services and drugs under the ILERA EKO Standard Plan at no cost to them. Nominees will be selected from the Lagos State Social Protection Register. An equal number of the 5000 eligible beneficiaries are to be selected from the five IBILE divisions of the State and will enjoy Universal Health Coverage. These beneficiaries have been identified using a multi-dimensional poverty index tool, which includes the poverty means-testing to ensure accuracy, reliability and validity of the data generated. ILERA EKO is the State Social Health Insurance Plan managed by Lagos State Health Management Ag...

ALLEGED KIDNAPPING OF AMEERA: SCENARIO RAISES SUSPICIONS As Police Interrogate "Victim"  Amira Safiyanu who claimed to have been kidnapped along with 17 others by some policemen at gun point on 14th June, 2022, has been found.  We have some suspicions about her claims as much as we debunk the kidnap of 17 others. We have some findings to make in order to get a clearer picture of the whole scenario and take proper decision as and at when due. We will keep the general public abreast of our findings as soon as possible. Thank you. MUYIWA ADEJOBI  Force PRO Force Headquarters Abuja  17th June, 2022. One more photo below.   

Thank you, Your Majesty, for 70 years of unwavering and dedicated service 🙏 The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, along with other members of The @RoyalFamily, attended a Service of Thanksgiving at @StPaulsLondon in The Queen’s #PlatinumJubilee year. Over 400 people were invited to attend in recognition of their contribution to public life at both a community and national level. Drawn from all four nations of the United Kingdom, this included NHS and key workers, teaching staff and representatives from the Armed Forces, charities, social enterprises and voluntary groups. More photos below.   

 It’s another Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards,AMVCAs, the event took place at the prestigious Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island. Nollywood actress, Osas Ighodaro, has received recognition as the Best Dressed Female in the ongoing 2022 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards. Her fellow Nollywood star and model, Denola Grey, won the male category of the Best Dressed award. Ighodaro stormed the red carpet in a silver and gold lace dress while Denola Grey thrilled the attendees with his three-piece beaded suit. Being the 8th edition of the award show, and not to bore you with long gist because my blog like to focus on the fashion. Though I was at a Charity ball but I was watching live on my phone. Please always check for updates. More photos below.