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Brooklyn & Victoria Beckham Join Forces To Help Fight AIDS In Kenya

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Victoria and Brooklyn Beckham jetted off to Kenya for three days to raise awareness of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and promote the global effort to end AIDS with UNAIDS and Born Free. While there, the mother-son duo met with people whose lives have been impacted by HIV as well as government officials and other members from the organizations.

Fortunately, both Brooklyn and Victoria shared touching photos from their trip on Instagram.

In one of the pictures posted by Brooklyn, the 17-year-old is shown holding a newborn baby, which he captioned, “Humbled by the most inspiring family running @newlifehomeke Honoured to meet newborn baby Brooklyn!” Likewise, Victoria uploaded a snap of her and Brooklyn hanging out with a group of teenagers, writing, “Hanging out with teenagers in Kenya. Get tested, know your status, get treatment. NO STIGMA!”

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Syrian Forces ‘Drop Chlorine’ On #Aleppo

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Syrian government forces have been accused of dropping barrel bombs containing chlorine from helicopters on a suburb of Aleppo, injuring 80 people.

Volunteer emergency workers say people suffered breathing difficulties after an attack on the Sukkari area.

The reports could not be independently verified. A UN-led inquiry concluded last month the that government had used chlorine on at least two occasions.

The Syrian government has always denied using chemical weapons.

It comes as Syrian opposition leaders prepare to meet in London on Wednesday to launch a new plan for a political transition to try to end the five-year civil war.

The umbrella group representing opposition factions, the High Negotiations Committee, will be hosted by UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

Foreign ministers from the Friends of Syria group of countries, which have supported the rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad, will also attend.

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Six Month Blackout Forces Estate Residents To Fetch Stream Water

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Residents of Yotomi Golden Estate along the Ofada-Owode Road, Mowe, Ogun State, say life has been made difficult by a six-month power outage in the area.

It learnt that since October, 2015, when the estate’s only transformer was vandalized by hoodlums, power had been cut off from the area, which also affected water supply and forced some residents to fetch water from a stream near the estate.

It was learnt that as a result of the ongoing fuel scarcity, residents who had generators had joined others to fetch water from the stream, while almost all the houses were presently in total darkness.

It was reported that the then IBEDC Owode Service Unit Manager, Kola Olanipekun, received a delegation from the estate which demanded improved power supply in the area.

It was gathered that a week after the meeting, the transformer supplying power to the estate was vandalized by unidentified persons, and the estate had been in total blackout since then.

It was learnt that the transformer was punctured, while its oil was drained.

It gathered that the estate executive thereafter wrote to the IBEDC to request a new transformer, after which they got a reply that the company would supply it soon.

In the reply letter dated, February 24, the IBEDC Regional Technical Manager, Akin Abiodun, said the estate’s request would be given adequate attention.

The letter read in part, “This is to acknowledge your letter, dated February 5, on the replacement of the vandalized transformer, and this is to inform you that your request is receiving adequate attention and the outcome would be communicated to you soonest.”

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Power Failure Forces Reps To Adjourn Sitting

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Proceedings of the House of Representatives were disrupted on Thursday due to frequent power outage. The development forced presiding Deputy Speaker, Mr. Emeka Ihedioha, to adjourn the plenary of the House till Tuesday next week.

The outage affected the air conditioning system of the chambers, leaving lawmakers sweating profusely each time it occurred.

Members who had motions, bills and other issues to present also found it difficult to work as the discomfort in the hot chamber became unbearable.

Our correspondent observed that the problem started before Thursday’s session began around 12pm.

Power was restored briefly as soon as Ihedioha and other principal officers settled down to work, but went off again almost immediately.

He tried to continue with the business of the day amid the power interruptions.

At a point, the deputy speaker calmed members by explaining that the electrical system had some faults, which were being traced.

Lawmakers reacted to his explanation by shouting, “the beauty of transformation.”

Several others, apparently from the camp of the All Progressives Congress, mouthed “change will take care of all this.”

The public gallery was full at the time of opening the House on Thursday, but with the heat growing stronger in the enclosed chamber, the visitors left one after the other.

Children who came from the American International School, Abuja, to observe the proceedings of the day also hurriedly left the place due to the unbearable heat.

Ironically, some of the visiting children were children of some lawmakers seated inside the hot chamber.

Some of them stood up to identify themselves as parents when their children were announced to be among the visitors of the day.

The National Assembly has of late been grappling with keeping infrastructure such as water, power and elevators running efficiently.

Findings indicated that alleged “funding challenges” and huge expenditure to run heavy generators in the absence of dependable public power supply, had drained resources in the last six months.

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