Fitness model Chontel Duncan shares her post-baby belly from 5 days to 7 weeks after giving birth

Fitness model Chontel Duncan, who documented her baby bump in mirror selfies all through her pregnancy has been sharing her post-baby body since welcoming her baby boy, named Jeremiah.

Duncan, who delivered her son Jeremiah by C-section 7 weeks ago, wrote on Instagram, five days after birth:  

"Bump update 40 weeks... 5 days post delivery. Little D now known as Jeremiah 'MIAH' came 39weeks 2days (as you all would have noticed). My body is tender, it feels like someone did 12 rounds in the boxing ring using my core as the target. So much swelling is yet to go down & so much healing is yet to happen. I haven't seen my GP yet to see how my first week of healing has gone but when i do, it'll be then that I will be able to see a goal ahead with my healing process. The midwife & nurses follow up went well so fingers crossed i have a speedy recovery & continue on the straight road ahead. It's super crazy how different my body feels, I can't believe my bump is gone & I no longer have my baby hiding inside of me. To a degree I miss it but reality of actually having Miah in my arms is so much better. I wonder because I can't get back into training for a longer period of time how my body will change through purely just recovery/rest and nutrition... I'm excited because it gives me more time with Miah lol I'm an obsessive new mummy!!! Miah has settled in like a champ, feeds really well & sleeps heaps. I am so grateful to have had such a healthy happy baby. Looking forward to learning more about parenthood and to see the changes in my body as time persists"

The fitness model has been updating her Instagram with her progress.

 

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This has been trending on social media. It's a Nigerian female graduate letting everyone know her bride price just went up after her graduation. Love it! Lol...

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Owner of Kenyan collapsed building arrested

The owner of a building which collapsed in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Friday, killing at least 21 people, has been arrested, police told the BBC.

Samuel Karanja Kamau would appear in court on Tuesday, police added.

Earlier, officials said he did not have permission to rent out 119 rooms in the six-storey building.

Mr. Kamau has not yet commented on the allegation.

More than 90 people are still feared trapped beneath the rubble, BBC reports.

About 135 people, according to local media, have been freed so far from the collapsed building.

The governor of Nairobi, Evans Kidero, said that officials who approved the construction of the building in the poor neighbourhood of Huruma would be sacked.

Three days of rainfall caused landslides and flooded roads in Nairobi.

More than 800 homes were affected by the flooding, Kenya’s Red Cross said.

It criticized “chaotic scenes” as rescuers arrived after the Friday night collapse.

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Trump accuses China of trade ‘rape’

Republican presidential front-runner, Donald Trump, has accused China of “raping” the United States, in renewed criticism of China’s trade policy.

He told a rally in Indiana that China was responsible for “the greatest theft in the history of the world.”

Mr. Trump, a billionaire businessman, has long accused China of manipulating its currency to make its exports more competitive globally, the BBC reports.

This, he says, has badly damaged U.S businesses and workers.

“We can’t continue to allow China to rape our country, and that’s what we’re doing,” he told the campaign rally on Sunday.

“We’re going to turn it around, and we have the cards, don’t forget it,” he added. “We have a lot of power with China.”

Mr. Trump, in his campaign manifesto, pledges to “cut a better deal with China that helps American businesses and workers compete.”

He sets out four goals that include immediately declaring China “a currency manipulator” and putting “an end to China’s illegal export subsidies and lax labour and environmental standards.”

Figures from the U.S government show the annual trade deficit with China was at an all-time high of $365.7bn (£250.1bn) last year.

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Comedienne Lepacious Bose looks amazing in these new photos

Bose shared these amazing new photos of herself on her Instagram page. See more after the cut...

 

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Recruitment: PSC receives over 800, 000 applications

The Police Service Commission (PSC) said it received 843,008 applications as at 1:00pm on May 2 from applicants seeking enlistment into the Nigeria Police Force.

A statement issued by Head, Press and Public Relations of the PSC, Mr. Ikechukwu Ani, in Abuja on Monday, said 243,327 applications were received for Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) cadre.

He added that 197,990 and 401,691 applicants applied for the Inspector and Police Constable (PC) cadres respectively.

The commission had said it would recruit 500 Cadet ASP, 500 Cadet Inspectors, 1,500 Specialist Officers and 7, 500 Constables in the recruitment of 10,000 police personnel.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the exercise closes on May 13.

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Abia: Police recovers more vehicles stolen by fake soldier

 

 

The Abia state Commissioner of Police (CP), Joshak Habila said that his command has recovered two more vehicles which were stolen by a fake army officer, Ahanna Chinagorom Ogwezi from car shops, who wears army uniform to dupe people.

Speaking in Umuahia while parading some armed robbery suspects, Habila said that his command has been doing a follow up on the case of the fake army officer, who was paraded by him in January this year.

Habila said that his men have recovered a black Toyota Avalon (Sport) 2004 model, which was stolen from a custom officer in Onitsha, Anambra state in December last year and sold to one Japhet at Owerri.

The Abia CP said that the suspect had sold the car to Japhet at the cost of eight hundred and fifty thousand naira (N850, 000), adding that the fake soldiers used fake custom documents to sell the car.

He said that the police have also recovered a Lincoln MKX SUV black colour belonging to Bright Oranta, which was stolen at Asaba, Delta state and sold to Pastor Olatunde in Calabar, Cross River state at the cost of N4.3 million, adding that the car was stolen from Ikechukwu who is car dealer.

Habila said that a Toyota Highlander SUV which was stolen in Enugu in 2013 from the owner, Tony Mba and sold to one Kingsley in Warri Delta state, stressing that Kingsley later sold the car to one Pastor Yomi in Port Harcourt at the cost of N2.8 million, “From whose possession the vehicle was recovered”.

It could be recalled that the fake soldier who specializes in stealing of exotic cars from car shops while wearing military uniform is currently facing charges at the court.

While parading the armed robbery suspects, Habila said that a sister security agency in the state transferred to the command three suspected armed robbers, Chimnonso Ikpegbu aka Ojingwa, Emeka Acha aka Osuofia and Chijioke Kingsley Ifeanyi.

The CP said that three were arrested on the allegation of being car snatching syndicate, “The suspects are ex-convicts have been involved in series of car snatching incidents on gun point and Ikpegbu and Acha have confessed to the crimes”.

Habila said that during interrogation that Ikpegbu led the team to Ndoro in Ikwuano local government area of the state, “Where a locally made pistol was recovered in a kiosk, while efforts are being made to recover the stolen vehicles”.

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PDP crisis deepens over congresses in Anambra

 

 

The crisis tearing the People’s Democratic Party (PDP apart in Anambra state is yet to abate, as different groups sing discordant tones over the botched ward congresses at the weekend.

While the chairman of the party in the state, Ejike Oguebego who addressed reporters on Sunday, said the congress did not hold anywhere in the state, some of the opposition members said it held.

The chairman of the eleven man congress committee, Hon. Ladi Edun was said to have absconded leaving behind the other members of the committee in Awka, Anambra state.

The Nation gathered Monday that the two senators representing the state, Stella Oduah and Andy Uba are in the same camp, while Senator Annie Okonkwo and Chief Chris Uba are in the other camp.

It was also gathered that the national publicity secretary of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh is also fighting in favour of the two senators while former Governor, Peter Obi is sitting on the fence.

Furthermore, it was gathered that Edun made away with the electoral materials to please his sponsors, while the members of his committee and PDP members who had come out for the exercise were left stranded in the state.

As at the time of filling this report yesterday, the congress committee chairman’s line was not going to ascertain the reason behind his action.

But a senior member of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who spoke with The Nation in Awka Monday, said the commission did not monitor any congress in the state.

The INEC officer, who spoke in confidence, said they were tired of the antics of PDP in Anambra state, adding that the commission was ready to monitor their congress anytime it was fixed.

However, PDP state chairman, Oguebego called the national leadership of the party led by Alhaji Bunu Sheriff to send another person to conduct the congress in the state.

He said the members of the party were ready for the exercise, as they equally came out in their numbers last weekend without success.

Oguebego, however appealed to the members to be law abiding, adding that they should not do anything that could ridicule the party.

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Minimum wage: Edo wage increase is Greek gift – PDP

Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the increment of the minimum wage in the state as a Greek gift and something that was coming late.

It said Governor Adams Oshiomhole took politics too far when it announced a minimum wage increase for government workers from N18, 000 to N25, 000.

The party noted that Governor Oshiomhole’s action was hasty and a betrayal of trust as it was done at a time the national leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) was negotiating a N56, 000 minimum wage for civil servants.

State chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, who stated this in a press statement issued in Benin City said the real challenge in the state civil service was about recruiting people into the service and not about deceiving the people with unrealistic wage increase.

Orbih stated that political appointees of the governor were on the increase while civil servants have continually dwindled owing to death of workers and retirement of existing workers without replacing them.

According to him, “This is a Greek gift to Edo workers considering the fact that the governor has continually neglected workers’ welfare and treated them with disdain before now. Who does not know the motive behind this fake gesture that is coming at a time every state in the federation is facing economic recession?

“As at the time of the windfall, he (Oshiomhole) didn’t pay workers for many months. Right now, local government workers are being owed over six months’ salary. Retirees’ pensions and entitlements are also not being paid under Oshiomhole’s watch.”

“We are beginning to see Oshiomhole as a slave driver going by his policy on workers’ welfare. Here is a governor who has never recruited workers into the civil service since he became governor, but is now talking about salary increase in the twilight of his administration.”

“We challenge the governor to pay outstanding salary arrears, pensions and other entitlements of workers rather than talk about a N25, 000 minimum wage. We challenge him to free the local governments from the bondage he has put them.”

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VP Osinbajo pitcured relaxing in a presidential jet

Nigeria's vice president traveling in one of the country's presidential jets...

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