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Irish Independent
26 minutes ago
- Irish Independent
Cork programme gives Nigerian woman who fled after kidnapping ‘new hope'
Today at 03:00 A Nigerian woman who escaped kidnapping in her native country before fleeing to Ireland says a new migrant upskilling programme has given her confidence back. Omolara Ayoka Osunkoya is one of 100 people in the International Protection programme, who were honoured for completing a SECAD-supported job skills programme, and the woman who described herself as a 'go-getter' in her youth, says she is finally feeling like a strong woman again, having felt oppressed for so long in her native country.
Scottish Sun
10 hours ago
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Rangers ‘willing to pay £5m transfer fee' to land top target – but there's a catch
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) RANGERS are willing to pay £5m for their top target, according to a new report. But 'one or two' developments reportedly still need to happen before Russell Martin gets his man. 3 Russell Martin's Rangers are reportedly willing to pay £5m to bring in a top target Credit: Willie Vass 3 Dor Turgeman has been linked with Gers for months and a deal could still happen Credit: Alamy 3 The Maccabi Tel Aviv striker has 'expressed a desire' to move to Ibrox Credit: Getty Dor Turgeman has long been linked with Rangers, first popping up on the transfer radar back in March. The Israeli striker hit 19 goals last season for Maccabi Tel Aviv, and recently scored for the first time on the international stage. And a new report from sport5 in Israel says Gers are 'not giving up' on signing the 21-year-old. Earlier this month it was reported that the Ibrox side's pursuit of Turgeman had hit a snag due to the conflict between Israel and Iran. But the Israeli outlet now says that Gers are willing to stump up £5m for the forward, who has 'expressed a desire' to come to Glasgow. That's if one of their two strikers leaves the club, with both Cyriel Dessers and Hamza Igamane linked with moves away. News out of France yesterday claimed that Igamane had been chosen as Jonathan David's successor at Ligue 1 side Lille. But sport5 says that, whilst Igamane is in 'advanced' talks with the club, no agreement has been struck between Lille and Rangers. And they also claim that Gers will only open negotiations over Turgeman's transfer if the Igamane deal goes through. Dessers had been expected to move to AEK Athens, with the Greek club pushing hard for his signature and personal terms understood to be finalised. Rangers transfer special including Coady latest, why Turgeman move could be off & why Shankland's a no-brainer But a more recent report says that the Nigerian's former club Feyenoord are also in for the 30-year-old. Greek outlets claimed that the Eredivisie outfit were trying to 'drive a wedge' between Dessers and AEK. Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
Boston Globe
12 hours ago
- General
- Boston Globe
MFA returns two Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
'As custodians of these exceptional objects for the past 12 years, it is deeply gratifying to see them returned to their rightful owner,' he said in a statement. Advertisement A ceremony at the Nigeria House in New York, pictured from left: Ambassador Abubakar Jidda, consul general of Nigeria; Victoria Reed, the MFA's senior curator for provenance; Pierre Terjanian, the MFA's chief of curatorial affairs and conservation; Ambassador Samson Itegboje, of the Nigerian embassy; MFA Director Matthew Teitelbaum; Prince Aghatise Erediauwa; Dr. Arese Carrington. Andy Henderson/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The restituted works, a 16th or 17th century Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up The plunder quickly made its way to the art market and scores of museums across Europe and (to a lesser extent) the US. The bronzes, viewed by many as an exemplar of colonial-era excess, have become a cause célèbre in recent years, with many museums returning or pledging to return them to Nigeria, where the palace has called for their return. (The Benin kingdom is distinct from the modern country of Benin, which borders Nigeria). Advertisement The collection has been That put the MFA in the difficult position: It only had clear title to five of the artworks, so it was trying to negotiate an agreement with the palace for a collection the vast majority of which it did not yet fully own. 'It's really not appropriate for us to bring them into the collection,' Victoria Reed, the museum's senior curator for provenance, told the Globe earlier this year. 'But that means that we do not own them, and therefore we don't have control over them.' The MFA returned this relief plaque Friday, which can be traced directly to the 1897 raid. Relief plaque showing two officials with raised swords, c. 1530‑1570. Royal Bronze‑casting Guild (Igun Eronmwon) Copper alloy. *Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Robert Owen Lehman Collection. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston But the museum's efforts abruptly ran aground this spring, when Lehman, an award-winning filmmaker, 'We're all sad in contemplating this outcome,' Teitelbaum said at the time. 'There's no moment of celebration or resolution that feels fully satisfying.' Reached by phone Friday, however, he said Lehman's retraction freed the museum's hand. Advertisement 'It opened up another set of conversations,' said Teitelbaum, who described the ceremony as a 'powerful day.' 'This is the result.' The two restituted works can be traced to the 1897 raid, said Reed. The commemorative head is recorded on the London art market in 1899, when it was sold with other looted artworks from the kingdom. The relief plaque passed through the Crown Agent of the Niger Coast Protectorate (the British protectorate state, whose forces led the raid), who sold it in 1898. This commemorative head was sold along with other looted works on the London art market in 1899. Commemorative Head, 16th–17th century. Terracotta, iron. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The artworks soon entered England's Pitt-Rivers Museum; Lehman acquired them years later when portions of the collection were sold. 'I'm am never going to say that we have 100 percent certainty about anything,' she said by phone from New York. 'But based on the available evidence, How likely is it that these were not looted? I think very, very small.' Prince Aghatise Erediauwa called the ceremony a great event, adding that the Benin royal court expected other museums 'to do the right thing.' The 'MFA has joined in showing the world that the restitution of looted heritage works is not at the pleasure of whoever is holding them,' he said via WhatsApp. 'It is the ethical and legal thing to do.' Dr. Arese Carrington, a member of the MFA's board of advisors, orchestrated the transfer. Following the ceremony, Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments plans to take possession of the bronzes and deliver them to Omo N'Oba Ewuare II, Oba, or king, of Benin. Reed is still researching the provenance of the three bronzes that remain in the museum's collection. She said that while they can be traced to the American and European art markets in the second half of the 20th century, it remains unclear when and how they left Africa. Advertisement 'There are large gaps in their provenance,' she said. 'We're going to try to fill' them. Malcolm Gay can be reached at
Time of India
13 hours ago
- Time of India
Nigerian woman 25th to be held in cocaine bust
Chennai: A 41-year-old Nigerian, Sarah Kumama,was arrested in Bengaluru in connection with a transnational cocaine supply ring that has led to the arrest of 25 people in Tamil Nadu since Jan. Police said Sarah, who also went by the aliases "Happiness" and "Blessings", was taken into custody by a special team. She was a key link in the distribution chain which has networks across multiple cities, including Chennai, Bengaluru, and Mumbai. The crackdown began on Jan 25 with the arrest of Fayaz Ahmed, 31, of Royapettah, and S Chandrasekar, 35, of Koyambedu. Both were caught with cocaine by a joint team from the Anti-Narcotics Intelligence Unit and Choolaimedu police. Fayaz has a murder case pending against him. You Can Also Check: Chennai AQI | Weather in Chennai | Bank Holidays in Chennai | Public Holidays in Chennai Other related arrests include Nigerian nationals Eko Nathanial Chibuzor from Mumbai and Ebere Moses Obogodo from Bengaluru in March. Police said Nathanial was one of the key suppliers to Chennai-based peddlers. Pub DJ Julian Dishan, 33, and bar manager M Arunraj, 29, were arrested for allegedly distributing cocaine at a Nungambakkam establishment. Four individuals under the age of 21 were also on the accused list. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch CFD với công nghệ và tốc độ tốt hơn IC Markets Đăng ký Undo "With Sarah's arrest, we have apprehended 25 people involved in this network. Efforts are on to trace more links in the supply chain," said an investigation officer. During the course of investigation, police recovered 65 grams of cocaine, 1.7 kg of ganja, two grams of ganja oil, four grams of OG ganja, 20 mobile phones, three two-wheelers, three cars, and two weighing machines.
Time of India
13 hours ago
- Time of India
Indian English has nothing to be ashamed of
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Spending a few summer holidays in Nigeria as a teenager gave me a great opportunity to see (and hear) for myself how Britain's gift to its colonies-the English language- has been utilised in a place other than India. I had already heard some Nigerian English thanks to the Adekuoye family, whose daughters and son were my friends in Romania. But hearing it around Lagos showed me how English could take on the flavour and idiom of other was sort of like how Assamese, Odia, Bengali and Maithili sound to speakers of any one of those languages. Many Nigerian English phrases were understandable, many were not; and the usage was quite unique, with a lilt and verve all its own. Many of the phrases have remained in our family lexicon though we left Nigeria in 1986 because they were simply so evocative. Especially the local phrase for the traffic jams so common in Lagos-'go-slow'.The lively social media posts by one of the Adekuoye girls I stayed in touch with shows that the Nigerian tadka in her English remains strong even though she has been living in the US for decades now. And the same goes for her larger circle of family and friends there, who respond to her posts in a similar vein. In the melting pot that is the US, their specifically Nigerian English is as much of an umbilical cord with their homeland as any of their native tribal same can surely be said for people from other parts of the former British Empire (and indeed the Anglosphere) from Singapore to the Caribbean via Africa, who have given English their own distinct flavour, adapting it to their culture and requirements, synthesising it with their own idiom and accents. If there is ever a conclave of speakers of indigenised English today, very few of them would be able to understand each other, beyond perhaps a few begs the question whether English is a "foreign" language anymore in those places, including India, and therefore continues to deserve a 'second-class' status because of the colonial nature of its advent. The pithy English phrases that emerged from colonisation are not Creole-a new hybrid language that becomes the lingua franca, supplanting native tongues as well as the coloniser's-but nor should they be burdened with that unflattering word pidgin pointed out in these columns earlier, English in India has taken on an avatar that's hardly recognisable to those weaned on Shakespeare, Dickens, Hemingway or even Ludlum, Archer and Rowling. And Indian users of this indigenised English-Indlish-are more closely linked culturally to their mother tongues than those a generation or two ago as their use of idioms (or lack thereof) testify. Indlish is now as Indian as, well, Rahul Gandhi, rather than crucial difference between English in India 75 years ago and now is that its equation with all the other languages in this country has become more is also seen as a practical advantage Indians have over our greatest rival, China, in job prospects and communication. If Indians ever abjure English, it would please China more than anyone Singlish, Indlish and many more are evidence of how English has become indigenised, with diverse cultures no longer being deferential to the colonial language but adapting it to suit its own needs. Given how this adaptive usage of English fosters bonds in the Anglosphere (like me with my Nigerian friends) I believe India's rising international profile is helped by this kind of soft power . Far from being ashamed of it, Indlish must be fostered.
