TGIF! Refreshing and classy alcohol-free cocktails to try this weekend

BANANA FREEZE

Ingredients
2 x Large Bananas
1 x tray of Ice
2 x Scoops Lime Sorbet
1 x 340ml Bundaberg Pink Grapefruit
Instructions
Place all ingredients into a blender and mix on high. Pour into 4 tall chilled glasses and serve

 

CRAN DANDY COOLER

 

Serves 8
Ingredients
470ml Cranberry Juice
235ml Pineapple Juice
235ml Orange Juice
1 x jar of maraschino cherries
2 tablespoons lemon juice
355mL Bundaberg Ginger Beer
1 orange, sliced ice
Instructions
In a jug, combine cranberry juice, pineapple juice, orange juice, cherry juice and lemon juice. Serve over ice, top with Ginger Beer and stir. Garnish with a cherry and slice of orange.

 

 

GINGER TWIST

 

Ingredients
1 x 375ml Bundaberg Ginger Beer
1 x whole Orange
1 x whole Lemon
1 x cup of chopped Pineapple
Instructions
Blend all the fruit together with ice. pour Ginger Beer over fruit and stir gently.

 

GINGER ORANGE

 

Simply mix orange juice, Bundaberg ginger beer and pineapple juice for this fruity flavour

 

GRAPEFRUIT GINGER

 

Just mix pink grapefruit juice and Bundaberg Ginger Beer in a tall glass

 

 

BLUSHING ROSIE

 

Ingredients
Diced topless strawberries
Rindless Diced Orange and lime
Mint Leaves
1 x 340ml Bundaberg Lemon, Lime and Bitters
1 x 340ml Bundaberg Blood Orange
Grenadine
Sugar Syrup
Sugar Cane and Strawberry Garnishes
Instructions
Blend fruit and mint. Pour drinks over mixture with ice and garnish with strawberries and a mint leaf.

 

 

 

 

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Man still in coma 5 months after alleged police assault

Saheed Waliu


Months after he was allegedly struck with an iron rod on his head by some policemen at the Iba area, Ojo, Lagos, Saheed Waliu, has remained in a coma at Bola Tinubu ward of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.

Waliu, a tyre repairer, was said to be on his way home on May 8, 2013, when the incident occurred; he was in company with a friend, Sherif Eleda.

His aged mother, Saidat, told PUNCH Metro on Wednesday that she was at home that fateful night when Eleda rushed into her house with news of the incident.

She said, “It was about 8.45pm when Eleda rushed into my home crying. He told me that Waliu had been attacked by some policemen. Eleda had escaped arrest by the same policemen to tell me the news.”

PUNCH Metro gathered that Waliu, as was his custom, had stopped by the Amonota filling station, along the LASU /Igando expressway to pick up Eleda, on his way home.

Both men had only gone a short distance on Waliu’s bike when they noticed some policemen, who were usually stationed by the NNPC fuel station along the expressway. They were said to be in a vehicle, tagged Highway patrol.

Suddenly, without any warning, the policemen allegedly threw an iron rod at Waliu, causing him to lose control of the bike. Both men fell with the motorcycle. While Eleda was able to pick himself up, almost immediately, Waliu unfortunately could not.

In addition to having suffered a split skull as a result of the assault, Waliu’s motorbike, which fell on him, had also broken one of his legs. The young man, soon to be married, remained motionless on the ground while his attackers went in pursuit of Eleda.

Saidat said, “We rushed to the scene immediately; I was accompanied by my brother and one of my daughters, Taiwo. When we got there, the policemen had moved away to the other side of the road, trying to pretend that nothing had happened. My brother went over and confronted them with what Eleda had told us. They denied it but when Eleda insisted, they had no choice than to accompany us to a nearby hospital for treatment.

“When we got to the hospital, we were asked to pay N10,000 before any treatment could be administered. Both policemen could only contribute N500 each, and then with the excuse that they wanted to get more money from their vehicle, they escaped.”

After Waliu had received first aid, he was immediately transferred to LASUTH that same night due to the severity of his injuries.

Yet, after two surgeries on his head, Waliu is unable to regain consciousness. He neither speaks nor recognizes his mother, who has since kept vigil at the hospital in the hope that her eldest child would get better.

“I have been at the hospital ever since; I sleep here, outside the ward. The doctors say that his brain was severely hurt in the attack; that is all I know. We have spent over N800,000 for the last two surgeries on his head. I am now trying to raise another N250,000. Everything of value, owned by Waliu and I, has been sold to foot his medical bills.

“The policemen, who did this, have gone scot free; they must come and take responsibility for their actions,” Saidat said.

Although, the family made no formal report to the police station in their neighbourhood, PUNCH Metro gathered that a non-governmental organisation, Know Your Rights Initiative, had done so on their behalf.

KYRI Legal Adviser, Mr. Omo Egbekuse, told PUNCH Metro that the matter came to the group’s attention last week.

He said, “We immediately wrote a petition to the Inspector General of Police, the Lagos State Police Commissioner and the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2. We haven’t heard from them yet but expect that action would be taken in respect of this matter.”

The Force Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Frank Mba did not respond to calls and text messages to his phone.


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Customs Agent killed by a stray bullet from a policeman’s rifle while having a meal of eko and peppersoup at a canteen.

 



A licensed clearing agent, Ganiyu Adedoyin, has been killed in Oshodi, Lagos, by policemen attached to the Makinde Division.

Adedoyin was said to have died on Sunday after he was hit by a stray bullet from a policeman’s rifle while the businessman was having a meal of eko and peppersoup at a canteen.

At the time, the policemen were said to be attempting to disperse protesters, who had stormed the station to protest the death of one Rafiu Adeniji at the Mangoro end of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.

PUNCH Metro had on Tuesday, reported that Adeniji was killed by a policeman in the presence of his six-year-old daughter. Some youths allegedly stormed the Makinde Police Division to protest against Adeniji’s death after his corpse was taken to his mother’s home at Samura Street, Oshodi.

In a bid to disperse the protesters, some policemen were said to have fired into the crowd after ordering them to take their protest elsewhere as Adeniji’s killing did not happen in their jurisdiction.

Adedoyin, who was having his meal at a nearby canteen, was hit in the chest by a stray bullet. When our correspondent visited the scene of the incident on Baderin Street, Adedoyin’s friends were seen discussing the incident.

One of them, who identified himself simply as Adebayo, claimed to have witnessed the incident. Adebayo insisted that Adedoyin did not participate in the protest.

He said, “On Sunday, around 6pm, we had just finished watching the football match between Arsenal FC and West Brom when Adedoyin said he wanted to eat so we sat outside and were all talking together when we saw two white police patrol vehicles drive by and park at Mukadas junction.

“We started hearing sporadic gunshots and we all stood up to run inside when a bullet hit Adedoyin in the chest. He fell to the ground and started begging us to rush him to a hospital.”

Adebayo said because the shooting continued, they were all afraid to leave the place but they were able to get a car and carried him into it. He said Adedoyin was taken to three hospitals but was not given any treatment

He said, “We went to Mandela Hospital, Bolade, but the security guard told us no one was available so we took him to Grand Progress Medical Centre on Church Street, but we were told that there was no blood.

“Next, we took him to Ayoradex Hospital also known as Pure Heart on Alimi Oke Street, but we were told that they did not have oxygen. They advised us to take him to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja. On getting to LASUTH, he was confirmed dead and we were told to get a police report before they could accept the corpse at the mortuary.”

PUNCH Metro learnt that all attempts by Adedoyin’s friends to get a police report from the Makinde Police Division, proved futile as the police denied killing Adedoyin. The deceased’s friends allegedly met a brickwall when they attempted to obtain a police report from the Akinpelu Police Division.

They were allegedly mocked by the policemen on duty who threatened to shoot them.

Adebayo said, “On getting to Akinpelu Police Station, we met two policemen at the entrance. We told them the reason why we came but they mocked us. One of the policemen said, ‘We heard what you youths did at Makinde Police Station, causing havoc. Now you want police report. If you don’t get out of here, we will shoot you.”

It took the intervention of PUNCH Metro for the youths to get a police report after a telephone call to the Area F Commander, ACP Tunde Adagunduro, who instructed that the policemen convey the corpse to LASUTH.

“Even at LASUTH, the station officer of Makinde refused to give us a copy of the police report because the police did not want to own up to the killing,” Adebayo said.

Elder brother to the deceased, Kehinde, described Adedoyin’s death as a great loss to the family and demanded justice for his murder.

He said, “My brother was a responsible man. He had no time for protests. He was killed by a police stray bullet. We want justice for him and a speedy release of his corpse for burial.”

Although the Lagos State Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Damasus Ozoani, confirmed the protest at Makinde Police Division, he however said the police were not aware of the killing of Adedoyin.

Ozoani said, “After Adeniji’s killing in Agege area, youths in Oshodi, wielding petrol and other weapons, attempted to burn down Makinde Police Division but we were able to disperse them.”

So sad! May his soul rest in peace!



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Boko Haram: Shekau’s ‘I'm Alive’ Video is Fake according to Security Analysis

The last may not have been heard concerning the survival or otherwise of the leader of the outlawed Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Abubkar Shekau, as a security analysis conducted by the Department of the State Security (DSS), yesterday revealed that the recent video appearance of the sect’s leader was fake.

 

 The expert analysis of the video of the sect’s leader in previous appearances showed that Shekau usually starts with the recitation of a full verse of the Quran, which sometimes could last up to five minutes, a sequence the stand-in Shekau did not observe.

 

According to a senior official of the agency, who spoke on conditions of anonymity, the amateur cloned replica of Shekau was wrong on several grounds including the fact that his former appearances in videos was patterned after a certain modus operandi.

It was also observed in the analysis, that unlike on previous occasions when Shekau spoke, he was never interrupted by any background praising quite unlike what happened in the latest video.

 

The video, which was sent in for analysis by experts showed that the movement of “Shekau’s lips” did not synchronize with the words as pronounced, apparently betraying a recorded message inefficiently manipulated to sustain a non-existent continuum in leadership, now in disarray.

The experts had stated that the cloned attempt to mimick Shekau voice during the opening stanza soon gave in, as the impostor reverted to his real voice, while the intonation was different as Shekau was not known to drawl while talking.

Other inconsistencies discovered by the experts were that: “This ‘Shekau’ even said a dead woman -Margaret Thatcher, and Oladipo Diya, rejoiced over his (Shekau's) death. 

 A DSS source who spoke to THISDAY said, "How does these add up to strengthen his case? One is dead and the other had left government long before the advent of Boko Haram. The video was just to create unnecessary panic in the public.

 

“The fact is that Abubakar Shekau, was truly shot, critically injured and evacuated by his lieutenants to a conventional hospital outside Nigeria. It is only time that will tell if he survived but we know now that the video is as fake as it gets.”

 

 

The Kardashians: Kris and Bruce Jenner announce their separation

 

After 22 years of marriage, Kris and Bruce Jenner has announced their separation:

 "We are living separately and we are much happier this way. But we will always have much love and respect for each other. Even though we are separated we will always remain best friends and, as always, our family will remain our number one priority.

"We ended a marriage, but that's not the end of our friendship."

 With the brood (FilmMagic) 


Some critics are claiming that the couple secretly split more than a year ago, but kept it quiet in order to protect the Kardashian brand.

Scenes for the famous family's reality show Keeping Up With The Kardashians did not show any sign of marital problems except with footage of Bruce moving into his "man cave", but the former athlete portrayed this move as just wanting "some space".

According to Us Weekly, Kris insists that all of the scenes on the show were "genuine" - but TMZ report the couple may have kept quiet so as to save the separation for a story line on season 9 of the show.

TMZ reports: "We're told the upcoming season will show Bruce and Kris living separately but coming together at various points for family events ... and there will be a lot of them. What's more ... we're told the family is very conscious of the fact that they can make more in syndication."

Manager mum Kris, 57, and former Olympian Bruce, 63, got married in 1991 and celebrated their 22 year wedding anniversary back in April.   

Writing on Instagram about their anniversary Kris said:

"Happy anniversary Bruce!!!! Best 22 years I could ever have imagined...hope the next 22 is even more fabulous...I love you!"

But since then there's been lots of speculation about the couple's marriage and it was well known that Bruce had been living in a rented Malibu property, while Kris had stayed at their Calabasas home. Despite that, Khloe, who's currently facing marriage troubles of her own said people shouldn't read into it.

"They're not having problems but they still like to live apart, which is definitely different," Khloe explained in June.

Together the couple has two daughters - Kylie and Kendall - while Bruce has four kids from a previous marriage and Kris has four kids from her marriage with OJ Simpson lawyer Robert Kardashian.

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