Up next in player previews is a name who might not start now but has a bright future as a Buckeye College basketball season is fast approaching and Land-Grant Holy Land is getting you ready with a series of player previews. Before the season starts this fall, check back regularly for more player previews, schedule news, features, and more heading into the 2024-25 Ohio State women’s basketball season Ohio State women’s basketball was active in the 2024 recruiting class Head coach Kevin McGuff brought five players into the program to grow in all different roles on the team a forward who split time between North Carolina and Cincinnati Name: Seini HenryPosition: Small ForwardClass: FreshmanHigh School: Purcell Marian (Cincinnati After committing to Ohio State after the 22-23 season Henry transferred to Purcell Marian from West Clermont Henry averaged a double-double in an undefeated regular season the forward earned a spot on the second-team All-Ohio squad Henry played nine games for Purcell Marian and averaged nine points before moving to North Carolina with her family who’s a 5-star commit who committed to Ohio State along with his big sister Purcell Marian went on to win the Division II State Championship for the third season in a row with Henry on hand to watch her team win the title Henry fits well into the small forward role Henry played more in the paint but had the versatility to play on the wing Henry plays a similar style to someone like Cotie McMahon who will push into the paint Henry brings intensity and sticks with plays the forward isn’t afraid to go up for a block and follow it up by diving for the loose ball her ability to rebound makes Henry more of an asset for an Ohio State team hoping to figure out its issues on the boards over the past three seasons When looking at the Ohio State roster in groups with the starters taking up the first group Henry slides into the second group of players and both Taylor Thierry and McMahon occupying the wing and forward spots there aren’t enough minutes for Henry to make a substantial in-game impact — for now Depending on how Henry learns the game and fits into the team the forward looks like a solid choice to slide into Thierry’s hybrid third guard/forward role next season That doesn’t mean Ohio State fans won’t see Henry on the court this season The Buckeyes non-conference schedule is light which gives McGuff the opportunity to see what he has on this young team featuring seven underclassmen Below is a short clip from Henry’s junior season with West Clermont It shows the forward’s work in the paint and rebounding ability Click the links below to learn more about the 2024-25 Buckeyes roster: As we celebrate International Women’s Day this week Fiji Airways A330-200 and Airbus A330-300 Captain Seini Koroitamana Cornish shares her story on what ignited her passion for aviation and how she broke through barriers to be where she is today Cornish says connecting Fiji to the outside world as the captain of Fiji Airways was the most rewarding job she could ever ask for She says she grew up in an aviation community and it became a natural choice for her to choose the job Cornish also says she gained inspiration from one of her cousins who was a pilot and her cousin always believed in her aspiration knowing that one day she could fly a plane She says having her cousin’s support was the turning point in her life Cornish stresses that this is the power of having positive-minded people around them and those who believe that they can accomplish things even when they doubt themselves She reiterates that aviation means connection and family to her and she loves her job Cornish has been with Fiji Airways for 16 years ever since starting as a Second Officer on the Boeing 747-400 aircraft in 2005 She has progressed to become a First Officer on the Boeing 737 Stay tuned for the latest news on our radio stations Copyright © 2025 Communications Fiji Limited FM96 Legend FM Viti FM Navtarang Radio Sargam PNG Haus Bung Yumi FM Nau FM Legend FM Facebook TikTok Instagram X YouTube Threads He was joined by a pool of talented players in the All-Tournament team PRETORIA (South Africa) - To record his sixth straight double-double in the title game was the culmination of a stellar FIBA U18 AfroBasket 2024 campaign for Mali's Youssouf Mamba Traore He was joined in the All-Tournament by some of Africa's promising stars Here's how the FIBA U18 AfroBasket 2024 All-Star Team came about Traore handed his country's third African title dating back to 2018 when hosted the competition Mali's 60-51 win over Cameroon saw them crowned the U18 AfroBasket 2024 champions In the tightly-contested title game against a resilient Cameroon team Traore recorded a 4-8 shooting to finish with 15 points while grabbing 14 rebounds and contribute 4 assists He averaged 12.8 points and 16.2 rebounds in six games The seven-footer center was one of the reasons why Cameroon had an admirable campaign 13 rebounds and 4 block shots in the Championship Game against Mali were a clear illustration of his consistent display over the six games Bar his performance against Côte d'Ivoire (9 points and 16 rebounds) Seini finished with 5 double-doubles in six games He averaged led Cameroon with averages of 12 points 16 rebounds while registering a tournament-high of 4 blocks per game The other Mali player to score in double digits (12 points) in the final versus Cameroon Bagayoko averaged 15 points per game while being Mali's primary playmaker The second leading scorer in the tournament with 18 points per game Solhi was Morocco's go-to throughout the tournament Solhi recorded a tournament-high 35.8 minutes per game alongside Rwanda's Dylan Kayijuka Angola's Neto said farewell to the Championship with a 72-69 loss to Egypt but Neto reminded everyone why he is a player worth watching The NBA Academy Africa top prospect averaged 16.7 points In addition to the All-Tournament team and MVP award Rwanda's Sean William won the awards for best scorer and three-point shooter Mali's Youssouf Traore was the tournament's best rebounders with 16.2 rebounds per contest « Prev Next » Comments (10) Listen to Article File photo Mar 21, 2025Bianca Censori's little sister Angelina is taking after the Yeezy architect, posing in a sheer pair of bodysuits very reminiscent of her big sis' formerly go-to tights-only style.  In new photos promoting the clothing brand Ex-Myszka Angelina—who looks nearly identical to Bianca—modeled the brand's Mother and Re-Birth bodysuits the latter of which appeared to be a full-length skin-toned body stocking that had the phrase "BIRTH" emblazoned in black letters across the butt and chest.  🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬  Angelina looked demurely over her shoulder in the first snapshot showing off the full-length ensemble from a side angle.  The next photo featured a front-view of the model in a leotard-style sheer bodysuit with "MOTHER" printed across her chest while the final picture in the carousel showed off a similar piece with a mock turtle neck and the word "MOTHER" layered over itself across the chest.  she wore a bandeau-style top and a low-cut pair of panties underneath for modesty.  "Thank you musee<3," Seini wrote when she posted one snapshot from the shoot to her Instagram Story, adding a red heart emoji too: "❤️."   Followers declared that they were "In love" with the snapshots and the 'fits she showed off in them.  "Such a pretty outfit 😍❤️," one declared while several others dropped red heart emojis It's not Angelina's first foray into the type of fashion that often makes her sister the talk of the town, recently posing in a revealing black bodysuit with strategically placed cutouts that she paired with black tights Next: Bianca Censori's Sister Takes a Page From Her Book in Dangerously Plunging Dress Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors Cincinnati West Clermont forward Seini Hicks announced Monday that she has committed to Ohio State becoming the first member of the Buckeyes’ 2024 recruiting class 110% Committed 🅾️🌰. pic.twitter.com/u70i1rgg1C The six-foot forward posted averages of 13.0 points and 10.0 rebounds last season for West Clermont helping lead the Wolves to a 24-1 record and a 16-0 record within the Eastern Cincinnati Conference She did so on 42.1 percent shooting while adding 2.4 steals Hicks visited Ohio State in September and was offered at that time She started playing at West Clermont last season after playing two years at Julius Chambers High School in Charlotte where she won a pair of state championships She is the brother of West Clermont wide receiver Chris Henry Jr. (6-5 a 2026 football prospect who was offered by Ohio State last summer Seini Afeaki boasts more than 30 years of dedicated service in the NSW human services sector in both government and non-government organisations Formerly Deputy Secretary to the Ministry of Finance in the Kingdom of Tonga she now applies her expertise in project management and policy development at the NSW Children’s Court Clinic Seini was formerly a Commissioner for the NSW Community Relations Commission where she earned the ‘Living for Others’ Award for outstanding community service she chaired the Liverpool Migrant Resource Centre and played a pivotal role in founding organisations like the Tongan Community Support Services as Senior Advisor to the Pacific Women’s Professional & Business Network Seini contributes to initiatives combating sexual abuse and family violence Seini spearheaded the CORE Group for the Pacific Mental Health Initiative securing fund for groundbreaking research on Pacific communities' mental health in Australia and 4 trained Pacific Mental Health Educators This collaboration with NSW Health in addressed the essential needs of the Pacific communities she initiated and managed the Pacific Women in Trades project displaying unwavering commitment to gender equity leadership and advocacy continues to make a lasting impact on the community We pay respect to the Traditional Custodians and First Peoples of NSW and acknowledge their continued connection to their country and culture West Clermont 2024 forward Seini Hicks announced her verbal commitment to Ohio State University on Twitter Monday afternoon The Buckeyes land one of the top players in Greater Cincinnati, who helped lead West Clermont to an Eastern Cincinnati Conference championship last season. In her first season at West Clermont in the winter Hicks averaged a double-double per night at 13 points and 10 rebounds to go with 2.4 assists and 1.4 blocks Hicks finished with 11 double-doubles on the year leading to first-team all-district and second-team All-Ohio honors Hicks helped lead West Clermont to an outright ECC crown. The Wolves were ranked among the top three in the state for the majority of the season and were unbeaten (24-0) until a loss to Kings in the district semifinals.  The Dean of the Faculty of Physical Sciences at the University for Devel­opment Studies (UDS) has underscored the critical role of mathematics in national progress Speaking at UDS’s 17th inau­gural lecture here on last Friday Professor Seini highlighted that mathematics extended beyond complex computations serving as a fundamental pillar of human civilisation He emphasised its applications in diverse fields He stressed that no nation can thrive without mathematics as it plays a crucial role in addressing global challenges such as climate change he noted that mathematics fostered critical thinking and problem-solving skills equipping students with essential tools for future oppor­tunities “Mathematics is a universal language that sharpens logical reasoning Professor Seini called for efforts to demystify mathemat­ics and make it more accessible ensuring gender and diversity inclusion in STEM disciplines He commended government initia­tives like the STEM Model Senior High Schools which aim to enhance science and technology education he cautioned against neglecting traditional schools advocating for balanced resource allocation across all edu­cational institutions Highlighting mathematics’ role in the modern world he pointed out that technological advancements such as artificial intelligence and the internet would not be possible without it He also noted that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) depend on mathematical applications to drive innovation and sustainable solutions mathematics optimises processes and enhances efficiency,” he remarked Professor Seini proposed key recommendations to improve mathematics education urging parents to nurture children’s problem-solving skills educators to adopt activity-based learning and professional development and policymakers to implement inclusive reforms with equitable resource distribution Vice-Chancellor of the University for Development Stud­ies commended Professor Seini for delivering an insightful lecture emphasising the significance of such academic engagements in shaping national discourse on development “This inaugural lecture is not just an academic exercise; it is a call to action,” Professor Al-hassan stated “Mathematics is a critical pillar of national development and we at UDS are proud to champion this conversation.” He then expressed hope that the lecture would inspire more young people to take an interest in mathematics and its applications The lecture concluded with widespread applause as Professor Seini expressed gratitude for his academic journey and encouraged students to consider mathematics as a viable career path UDS reaffirmed its commitment to mathematics as a tool for in­novation and progress calling on all stakeholders to collaborate in improving education in Ghana Communications blackout from undersea cable’s apparent damage prompts some to turn to Facebook livestreams from outside Tonga for updates “I would say I’ve had four hours [of sleep each night] at the most,” says Taumoepeau a Tongan-Australian artist and activist based in Sydney Many in the Tongan diaspora community feel the same. Some, like Taumoepeau, have been tuning in to Facebook livestreams from Tongan churches, media outlets and community groups based in Australia, New Zealand and the US. Read more“The first night I tried to force myself to sleep so I tuned in to an online broadcast … Basically it was just a vigil [from New Zealand] They said: ‘We’re going to pray and play music and wait,’ so everyone was waiting online together through the night.” the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai undersea volcano 65km north of Tonga’s capital of Nuku’alofa erupted in what is thought to be the largest volcanic event in 30 years Satellite photographs showed a huge grey mushroom cloud billowing over the Pacific Ocean and the reverberations of the eruption could be heard in Vanuatu and Fiji Some people reported mistaking the noise for thunder or an eruption of their own – much nearer – volcano The blast could be felt as far away as New Zealand Seini Taumoepeau has spent hours contacting family members around the world trying to get information on her relatives in Tonga Photograph: Carly Earl/The GuardianThen came the tsunami Waves of up to 1.2m washed ashore in Tonga with videos showing water swirling around buildings crashing into a church full of worshippers Pictures emerged of the sky turned black in the middle of the day; ash and pebbles rained down on cars while long lines of traffic snaked through Nuku’alofa as people fled the city for higher ground The all-important subsea communications cable which is key to Tonga’s communications network was apparently damaged and almost all contact cut off 1:29Tongans in Australia fear the worst amid a void in communications after tsunami – videoFor Australia’s 15,000-strong Tongan-Australian community and the more than 80,000 people who identify as Tongan in New Zealand “We’ve heard nothing at all,” Taumoepeau says in Sydney who is paralysed and in a wheelchair and lives in Nukunuku village on the main island of Tongatapu referring to Tonga’s strongly hierarchical social system so there are people strongly obliged to help him So that’s very lucky – that’s a cultural obligation.” “We weren’t able to contact him.” Normally “I’m in contact with him every day via Messenger not only because he’s a disabled person but also because my parents have already passed Steve Takaetali Finau and his wife Mele Finau has been unable to reach him since the volcano eruption Photograph: /Seini TaumoepeauInitial reports coming out of Tonga are hopeful On Sunday Jacinda Ardern said no reports of casualties had been communicated to her as New Zealand stood by ready to assist its Pacific neighbour said she had been able to speak to a Methodist minister on the Tongan island grouping of Ha’apai on Sunday who reported there had been no casualties on Ha’apai’s main island it was greeted with emotional replies from people with family in Ha’apai there were reports of thick ash covering the ground and concerns that drinking water would be contaminated Tsunami flooding strikes Tonga after the eruption Photograph: /Dr Faka’iloatonga TaumoefolauTaumoepeau said that without news from people on the ground in Tonga diasporic Tongans have become the mouthpiece of the crisis and have had the responsibility of keeping the disaster front of mind for international media and keeping people anxious for news informed “I found out and got to work and basically I haven’t stopped since then,” she said “Given that there’s no communication from the country the onus is on Tongans in countries where we have access to communication … Some individuals in communities have become news outlets But Taumoepeau knows that the real work – of rebuilding recovery and supporting family members – is still to come but really I’m spinning my wheels in my house in Sydney None of my plans with any of the Tongans I’m talking to has any effect on anything on the ground That’s where the frustration is: the futile nature of all this energy being expended.” Volleyball Opens Doors For Ole Miss Freshman Seini Moimoi7/19/2012 | Volleyball By Alexa BodeAthletics Media Relations InternOXFORD - Never in a million years did Seini Moimoi think she'd be playing volleyball at Ole Miss will be playing for the Ole Miss volleyball team.The journey to Ole Miss didn't begin the way it does for many students Moimoi spent the first seven years of her life growing up in Tonga an archipelago in the South Pacific that consists of 176 islands about a third of the way from New Zealand to Hawaii.At the age of seven her family was able to move to the United States and jumped at the opportunity for their daughter The goal was to increase her chances and opportunities when it came to colleges and an education.Little did Moimoi know that she would fall in love with volleyball shortly after arriving in America and that the sport would help provide the pathway to higher education her family sought when emigrating from Tonga.She wasn't sure what those opportunities would be but time and persistence opened doors to bigger and better options."At first I didn't have a ton of offers from big time programs," Moimoi said I posted a YouTube video of my skills and a lot of coaches took note Coach Getzin flew to California to watch me play I committed in March and by April I had signed but fun time for me."Moimoi started playing volleyball when she was nine years old she made the varsity team at Menlo Atherton High School and also led her team to the state semifinals Though she played middle blocker four years she switched to outside hitter during the club season of her senior year much to the chagrin of interested college programs."I had always played middle blocker they wanted to see how I'd perform as outside hitter," Moimoi said and most coaches felt I was better suited on the outside." After moving to outside hitter for the club season the 5-foot-9 Moimoi received several offers to play at the collegiate level she instantly fell in love with the Ole Miss campus Moimoi also said she could immediately sense a strong school spirit among the students.She brings a competitive where she strives every day to improve as a player Moimoi finds her motivation in the fact that she is not the tallest player on the court She is relentless in her quest to become the best player she can be and always finds something new to improve upon."I set goals for myself and won't be satisfied until I've achieved them," Moimoi said "Obviously I'm not the tallest or strongest girl on the team so I use that to motivate me to become better If I see a teammate who is taller or stronger than me is pushing me competitively I feel that I have to push myself past her I've always been taught to motivate myself."Though much of Moimoi's success can be attributed to her determination and constant drive to improve especially in the final minutes before she takes the court "Things can be kind of crazy right before games so I just like to be on my own and really focus on what I have to do I tune out all that's going on around me and just pray."Faith and family are what led Moimoi to Ole Miss and she is eager to show everyone what she has to offer She and the Ole Miss women's volleyball team have high aspirations for this season with a trip to the NCAA tournament as their ultimate goal.Seini Moimoi and the Rebels open the 2012 season on August 24 at the University of Miami Rebel fans can catch the first live action at the home opener September 7 against Alabama A&M The Greater Cincinnati high school sports landscape is littered with siblings who excel at their chosen sport but one household may have a stronger roster than most as well as former NFL player Adam "Pacman" Jones' other children there are 10 outstanding athletes under one roof but their relationships are defined by competitiveness and responsibility to each other share an especially prominent bond that has led them both to Ohio State University We're like the three musketeers," Hicks said of herself They call him "Uncle Pac." Throughout the years his guidance has meant so much to the three that Henry doesn't have words to describe it He helped them become the athletes they are today while reminding them to remain humble and keep their priorities in order when stardom came their way "It's a phenomenal experience to watch a kid like that take everything in and still remain humble and hungry," Withrow football coach Kali Jones said Hicks' recruitment began with offers from Appalachian State and UNC-Greensboro while she was in North Carolina Her recruitment really started to take off when she moved to Cincinnati and joined the Midwest AAU circuit She held a total of 12 Division I offers before committing to Ohio State in April 2023 it was just like a family environment that had everything that I wanted," Hicks said She has had quite the high school career to date winning a North Carolina state championship at Julius Chambers High School as a sophomore before going 24-1 at West Clermont last season Jayda Mosley and Ky'Aira and Cy'Aira Miller as part of the two-time defending state champion Cavaliers Hicks' goals are to complete the three-peat as well as score her 1,000th high school point Henry's recruitment followed a similar hockey-stick trajectory His first three offers arrived on April 22 opening the floodgates to a total of 24 offers that included Michigan reflecting his personality off the football field "I just wanted to go ahead and put it out there," Henry said of his commitment especially since they have a deep history of talented wide receivers that includes current position coach Brian Hartline because of their similar style of play and elite athleticism He has also garnered comparison to Randy Moss but Jones thinks he also resembles DeAndre Hopkins his ability to move his body and as big as he's gotten and as young as he is that type of coordination you don't see until you're a second- or third-year college player," Jones said A bond that supersedes sportsEven though Hicks is a senior and Henry is just a sophomore both are excited to be reunited at Ohio State in a few years Before spending the 2022-2023 year together at West Clermont the last time they went to the same school was in 2020 in North Carolina The two give opposing answers when asked if Hicks' commitment to the Buckeyes influenced her younger brother Hicks believes their sibling bond was certainly a factor but I feel like it did because we're always like this," Hicks said as she intertwined the first two fingers on her right hand Hicks not only wants to play in the WNBA; she aspires to be an entrepreneur and start her own business His dream team is the Bengals and his favorite players are Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase Jones believes there are multiple players on Withrow's roster this season who can play in the NFL but what separates Henry is his potential as a top-10 draft pick I've had Big 10 coordinators tell me that Chris could start for them right now," Jones said Purcell Marian athletic director and girls basketball coach Jamar Mosley spoke similarly of Hicks: "Seini's ceiling is as high as they come she dominates a game with her athleticism." Hicks and Henry are also tasked with being leaders in a household that features 10 high-level athletes in various sports ranging all the way from Hicks as a high school senior to Pacman Jones Jr Hicks takes on the extra responsibility of being a role model "I always have to set a good example for them always make sure that I'm doing the right thing because they're always looking up to me," Hicks said Henry adds that everyone in the house loves to have fun and compete against each other which in turn makes them work harder and become better athletes That competitiveness is another notch in Hicks and Henry's relationship Hicks says they take a similar approach to their craft She describes herself and her brother as being "dogs" "We'll do whatever it takes to win or better ourselves and we always push each other," Hicks said Both know that they have improvements to make before they take their game to the next level who started playing basketball in the eighth grade wants to work on her offensive skill set in the post as well as being a vocal leader who is 6-foot-5 and has been described by both Pacman Jones and Kali Jones as the spitting image of his dad would like to get faster and stronger to become even more of an offensive threat No matter what Hicks and Henry accomplish in their athletic careers Mosley is confident that they will be successful because of their humility and leadership in everyday life "Ohio State's just getting two wonderful kids," Mosley said After a noteworthy junior high campaign at Withrow, the sons of late former Bengal Chris Henry have now moved in with their adoptive father and Henry's former West Virginia Mountaineer teammate Jones lives in the West Clermont School District will be with the Wolves high school program this coming season Younger brother DeMarcus is currently a seventh-grader but played on Withrow's high-powered junior high team this past fall.  Henry's widow Loleini Tonga also has a daughter who is a skilled basketball player and will play for the West Clermont girls team.  Seini was 3, Chris Jr. 2 and DeMarcus 10 months when Henry died tragically Dec. 17, 2009. Chris Henry would be approaching his 39th birthday if he were alive today. Instead, as Jones told Pro Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe on a Fox Sports podcast in September he has taken Henry's kids in with his own family Tonga is still in town as is Henry's mother Glaspy has been in the area for more than a decade and is the proud grandmother of the children who often attends their events they always make a touchdown," Glaspy said last fall Henry, a third-round Bengals draft pick in 2005 and had 67 receptions and 15 touchdowns the next two seasons playing for Marvin Lewis.  Jones, new West Clermont football coach Nate Mahon and Withrow football coach Kali Jones all confirmed the move of the Henry children Wednesday "Pacman Jones lives in West Clermont," Withrow coach Jones said "His best friend was our junior high coach He is now the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at West Clermont Desious  "Dee" Alston played receiver at West Virginia alongside Henry and defensive back Jones.  Chris Henry and Pacman were really tight friends," Kali Jones said The Withrow coach is sad to lose the Henry's but is still optimistic over his Tigers who went 9-2 overall with a tight loss to Piqua in the Division II playoffs. Before that they had won their first playoff game in the 102-year history of the school.  West Clermont was 2-9 last season and hasn't had a winning record since 2017's 7-4 mark under then-coach Nick Ayers New coach Mahon's Hamilton squad was 2-7 playing in the difficult Greater Miami Conference after a playoff appearance and a 6-4 record in 2020.  The fortune of the Wolves could be changing with the Henry family as Chris Jr is already 6-foot-3 inches and 170 pounds and a carbon copy of his father who wore No He's already been offered by Marshall and Grambling State (coached by his father's former receiver coach Hue Jackson) and is not yet in ninth grade recently participated in a Cam Newton 7-on-7 event in Myrtle Beach He's also taken part in Under Armour Next camps DeMarcus is 6-foot and 140 pounds and growing and has also been offered by Grambling as he heads to the eighth grade Both are also amazing basketball players as indicated by their teamwork this winter with Withrow's team Not many junior high programs have dunking ability.  is coming from North Carolina to join West Clermont's girls team She just played for the North Carolina 4-A state champions and was named the game's MVP The 5-foot-11 inch small forward/guard scored 10 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in the final Before joining West Clermont's Wolves she'll play in AAU for Sports City Pacman Jones was a Bengal from 2010 through 2017 after Henry's death He has stayed in Cincinnati and has kept in touch with Tonga through the years Jones has his own wife and children but in conversations with Tonga thought it would be best to have the children of "Slim 15" in town.  "I think they have the ability sports-wise and grade-wise to be special and play on the next level," Jones said last fall They're here in Cincinnati because Uncle Pac's got the recipe to make them be unbelievable as far as sports and education." West Clermont's Alston and Mahon will try to build the West Clermont program around the new additions. Seini Hicks will be a junior a freshman and DeMarcus Henry will be standing by to represent the Class of 2027.  Ohio State signed all four members of the team’s 2024 recruiting class over the last couple of days a versatile wing and two future post players for the Buckeyes The first member of Ohio State’s class was Cincinnati Purcell Marian forward Seini Hicks (6-0) “Super excited to add Seini Hicks to the program,” head coach Kevin McGuff said “She’s a great young woman and going to add so much to our team and culture but an exceptional athlete who I think is just starting to scratch the surface of her game.” Hicks averaged 13.0 points and 10.0 rebounds on 42.1 percent shooting last season for West Clermont though she will play her senior season at Purcell Marian She is the brother of Cincinnati Withrow five-star wide receiver Chris Henry Jr who is committed to the football team’s 2026 recruiting class Joining the class in June were Concord (N.C.) J.M Flowery Branch (Ga.) Buford guard Ava Watson (5-8) and Helsinki 6.1 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game last season “Ella’s going to bring a tremendous amount to our program,” McGuff said strong physical presence around the basket but she’s also got the perimeter skills to be really effective in our system.” 5.2 assists and 4.3 steals last season for Buford “Ava Watson’s going to be a terrific player at Ohio State on both ends of the floor,” McGuff said “She’s a great defender who will be exceptional in our press going to add some outside shooting we really need.” Lemmilä — who also holds dual Finnish and United States citizenship and pledged to the Buckeyes on June 27 — averaged 15.8 points 3.4 assists and 2.4 blocks last season while shooting 54.7 percent from the field for Tapiolan Honka She appeared in 27 games with 16 double-doubles and had a double-double in 10 of her final 11 games of the season She also played with Finland in the U18 European Championship last year 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks across six games and has also played for the Finnish national team “Elsa’s going to be a tremendous player at Ohio State,” McGuff said but she’s also got great perimeter skills that’s going to be a great fit in our system.” Lemmilä is expected to be the tallest player on Ohio State’s roster since center Lisa Blair The old man lived in a house with a wife he no longer knew was his wife that she had been born in the island nation of Tonga who once served as a physician on a battleship in the South Pacific an American nurse there named Rita—“like the movie star”—and when he told Seini this his wife would stop and listen from a place he couldn’t see he told Seini about Rita—it was one of the many stories he told her he wondered what would happen if they met again and she’d laugh and answer that he must have been a flirt The first time the old man had spoken about Rita his wife had pulled Seini aside and explained that this story must be another confabulation though he’d been stationed in Japan at the end of the Vietnam War Seini listened with the same patience with which she listened to the old man During the frequent moments when she was asked to take a side between truth and fantasy She had been working with the old man and woman for only a year but she had been a home health aide for patients with dementia since the week she had arrived from Tonga in what the man had once called “Old Walnut Creek,” to differentiate it from the subdivisions It sat on a winding road lined with tall walnut trees and had a small orchard of apricots and apples and a view of Mount Diablo a path led down into a cool valley of oak and laurel and from there to the boundary of a state park “I have the largest backyard in the world,” the man liked to say The last time he had climbed to the peak was twelve years prior but his physical vigor had long outlasted the functioning of memory and he could still walk in the valley with his wife just as he told her that the Miwoks of the area had once thought the peak was the center of creation and that because of the flatness of the surrounding landscape you could watch over everything could see all the way to the Sierra Nevada a view farther than from any other mountain in the world the old man’s wife must have felt it necessary to confirm this Or at least to confirm that the old man wasn’t the only person to say this about the view and that the old woman was embarrassed she had noticed Where they could see clear across the Central Valley The arrangements of the household had come together quickly in the second week of the order to shelter in place Seini had never met the old man’s son or grandson prior to their arrival that Tuesday in late March They lived in San Francisco and visited only rarely and before the old man’s memory of his family closed over completely he’d told Seini that his son was just too busy “like his pops.” The son had been a great athlete in his youth a baseball player—Seini should have seen him pitch The old woman had laughed at this and told Seini that the son had been rather mediocre but that he loved his father more than anything and the reason he came so infrequently was that it was too painful to see the old man in his dementia and Seini understood that she was also speaking for herself Seini had been surprised to hear from the old woman that he would be coming to live with them had been in the process of getting a divorce when the epidemic struck the couple had found the prospect of further close confinement unbearable So the son had returned to live with his parents who had difficulties with attention and impulsivity couldn’t last in the San Francisco apartment without his friends that there was even more that was not being shared about the son and the boy and the mother who would assent to giving up her child She’d long ago discovered that she could learn much more about her patients and their families by quietly waiting and watching the outlines fill in So there were five of them in the house at the end of the valley of oak and laurel Seini drove home weekly to stay with her husband and their youngest daughter in their home in Redwood City too—one who was a nurse and one who worked at a supermarket—and a boy who now was twenty-eight and stood six foot five and was a security guard at San Francisco General the old woman took Seini aside and asked about her home situation whether it was possible to control whom she came in contact with Seini thought of her youngest daughter’s friends and so she came to live with the old man and woman and in the evenings FaceTimed with her family and when this wasn’t enough to fill the growing emptiness inside her she got in her car and drove the wooded streets bay-skimming bridge—an hour for a trip that usually took two—and she would park first outside her sister’s apartment packs of teenage girls roamed in defiance of the isolation orders and her sister jokingly asked her how it was “out in the woods.” But Seini was hardly the only one among their friends who had come to live apart from their family because the people they cared for were frail and they didn’t want to bring the disease into those homes Seini had slept upstairs in the room next to the old man who because of his nighttime wandering and confusion no longer shared a bed with his wife with a view of a great backyard fig tree planted when the old man and woman first moved there and for a moment Seini worried the son would take it back But he chose a smaller guest room near the kitchen where he spent his days in front of a laptop It was clear from the start that whatever animosities had fueled his divorce were far from cooling It was better that he kept his distance from his father For while the old man no longer recognized these new arrivals he understood intuitively that there was unhappiness about them or looking off when the old man got food on his face or when he talked endlessly about cardiology and told them the same stories about how much the field had changed since he was a medical student and so the old man repeated his difficult-to-follow stories Seini’s realization that the boy did not see his grandfather as she did came surprisingly slowly for someone who prided herself on her implicit understanding of families She would have thought that anyone would eventually tire of hearing was the size of a small car and required the patient to sit with three limbs in buckets of water or how the old man had been an intern at Stanford when Shumway performed the first heart transplant in the United States he could estimate the ejection fraction of the left ventricle just by placing his palm on a patient’s chest But the boy—who in most contexts couldn’t sit still for three seconds without reaching out and grabbing something or rocking back and forth in his chair until it almost tipped over who interrupted or abruptly left the table—the boy was captivated by the stories just like her own son had asked his father to repeat the same tales from his childhood in Tonga usually a recounting of the plot of a science fiction series he was reading on his Kindle full of obscure characters and magic portals a litany of names and technologies not unlike—Seini decided—the history of cardiology And so it was that their meals had quickly become a dialogue between two people and the three in the house who could safely operate a stove or a blender who had grown increasingly aware of the fragility of life when the old man was asleep and the old woman deep in a novel and before descending the stairs one last time to clean up Seini would tell her sister about the conversations between the child and the old man she didn’t talk so much about the families she cared for they were saying that school would be closed for the remainder of the spring and she wondered how a child could grow up alone the boy’s father took him out to play catch and as he scrambled to fetch them in the hedges and when he was called upon to share something about his life he spoke enthusiastically and chaotically about the history of cardiology sat on a couch and listened with puzzled amusement the boy just played with the controls of the computer making Zoom backgrounds with graphics of spaceships he downloaded from the Internet his grandmother sat with him and tried to read to him or talk to him he climbed onto the top of the couch and tumbled off or suddenly decided he wanted ice from the ice maker filling a glass so violently that the cubes went skidding across the floor It was Seini’s idea to take the boy on her walks with the old man because her middle daughter had begun to call her crying each afternoon couldn’t take the families threatening her when they weren’t allowed into the hospital couldn’t take the feeling that her clothes were covered with a poison that would infect her husband and her children and Seini listened as she watched the boy and man ahead of her knew that if she wanted an answer she would have called her father they sometimes passed dog walkers in masks but there were few cars and the shoulder was wide Seini felt guilty for hanging back and letting the two of them walk on together though she didn’t know if she was entrusting the child to the old man or the old man to the child What was clear was that both were happiest in one another’s presence away from the scolding son and the fretting old woman and wore pressed dress shirts Seini chose for him each morning an old trick she’d learned to make her patients feel like they were preparing for an occasion just as she daily shaved their faces and trimmed their hair all of which bore the image of either Harry Potter or a character from Star Wars she couldn’t say whether the old man knew that the leaping endlessly inquisitive child was his grandson or whether the boy knew that the old man had no memory of what they’d discussed the day before despite his difficulties bathing or dressing who skipped and ran circles around him as they walked would leap onto his grandfather or knock him over was that the boy dashed into the street to examine the body of a flattened squirrel they took the little path out of the backyard that led down into the valley She felt less comfortable there: she saw the scat of wild animals and turkey vultures wobbling in the sky above and she reminded herself that he’d known the mountain longer than she’d been alive she thought of another story he’d told her about a great black wolf that dragged a boy out of his schoolhouse in Circassia while the other children watched his wife had come and found her in the kitchen to tell her that he’d invented this one New York; she’d always guessed the story came from his father who’d passed through Central Asia after his internment in a gulag during the Second World War “And did the boy survive?” Seini had asked her She paused for a moment and looked at Seini in a way that she hadn’t before and green figs budded on the backyard tree then white flowers that reminded Seini of the morning glories she would pick in Tonga blue-violet blossom whose name she didn’t know and she found herself needing to stop and rest on a long behind a bench that had been wrapped with yellow warning tape and she could listen to her daughter while the old man and the little boy continued along the trail fifteen minutes to the gate at the end of the valley and back bristling caterpillars stalked among the waving grass little black-caped birds warily inspected her and a pair of mushrooms broke the hard clay earth but there was no one nearby to admonish him If she didn’t worry about the old man or his wife she’d find them talking about exactly the same things as when they’d left or in parallel worlds that didn’t involve one another that they didn’t even seem to notice her waiting the old man would nap and the boy would disappear into his Kindle until the June evening when Seini lay down beneath the laurel thoughts slowing in the dry and golden heat She was awakened by the scuttling of a squirrel and a cool breeze rising through the valley and took a moment to register the laurel and the dimming sky It wasn’t the first time she’d fallen asleep there but it was the deepest she’d slept in a long while deep enough to dream that she was back in Tonga only now with the old man and the little boy There was nothing unusual in this; almost all her dreams were about caring for others a voice that couldn’t cry for help—to save them there was something beautiful about the way they floated in the swells but the moment that she tried to reach them was the moment she awoke Her eyes followed the trail to the final turn before it disappeared behind the oaks and with this thought she felt suddenly faint she rummaged through her purse for her inhaler until she recalled that with the pandemic her pharmacy had been unable to refill her prescription but with her shortening breath she had to stop twice and the old man’s hiking poles weren’t resting against the stairs talking to one of two different book clubs that gathered over the computer on certain evenings she heard the old woman talking only about her husband and yet she knew that would mean admitting more than just a momentary lapse it would mean renouncing a central premise that had sustained her that the world was something that could be tended empty of the masked dog walkers; even the neighbors’ homes seemed abandoned as if the person calling might have an answer for her predicament and the lock-screen photo of her middle daughter sticking out her tongue a prank she’d played long ago when Seini was still learning to use the iPhone Wolves pawed the fresh snow; bodies broke through the wave curl; between earth and sky The world turned slowly around the axis of the mountain “The Wolves of Circassia” first appeared in Zoetrope Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature Masthead About Sign Up For Our Newsletters How to Pitch Lit Hub Privacy Policy Support Lit Hub - Become A Member Lit Hub has always brought you the best of the book world for free—no paywall you'll keep independent book coverage alive and thriving Former West Clermont forward and Ohio State University women's basketball commit Seini Hicks is transferring to Purcell Marian for her senior year 10 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game for a Wolves team that went undefeated in the regular season before falling to Kings in the district final More: Purcell Marian names LeTisha and Jamar Mosley as co-athletic directors Purcell Marian is coming off its second straight state championship the Cavaliers went 27-1 in their final season in Division III defeating Worthington Christian in the state championship the Cavaliers went 27-2 and beat Canal Fulton Northwest in the championship game Hicks joins an uber-talented roster led by Dee Alexander one of the top juniors in the country and the reigning Ms Sisters Cy'Aira and Ky'Aira Miller and senior Jayda Mosley round out a lineup that is sure to contend for a third-straight state championship who played football at West Clermont in 2022 before transferring to Withrow THE Fiji Performing Rights Association (FPRA) has presented a cheque for $3600 to Seini Gaunavou-Uluiviti the daughter of composer Yaminiasi Gaunavou FPRA chairman Eremasi Tamanisau said the association was contacted by the Foreign Affairs Ministry regarding a request from the government of Antigua and Barbuda which had sought permission for the youth orchestra to perform the song at the International SIDS (Small Island Developing States) conference. “FPRA then advised that whilst Kabani an Australia-based band of Fijian musicians the composer was the late Yaminiasi Gaunavou who was a member of FPRA which administers the copyright of the song “Mr Gaunavou had assigned the rights to all his songs to FPRA to administer and licence all uses of members’ works The song was to be played for the conference delegates and streamed live on UN TV Mr Tamanisau said the fee for the use of the song’s synchronisation rights which apply to audiovisual works like the one shown at the conference was set at $1000 for every 30 seconds or part thereof The song was used in a medley of songs for 31 seconds and the fee paid by the government of Antigua and Barbuda was $US2000 FPRA retained 10 per cent of the fee for administrative purposes with the remaining amount being passed directly to Gaunavou’s daughter Ms Gaunavou-Uluiviti thanked FPRA for its role in preserving her father’s legacy and ensuring his music continues to be recognised on the global stage “It’s an honour to receive this cheque on behalf of my father “And this is motivation to the young composers out there.” Powered by PageSuite We have no need for him to whitesplain Tongan people for entertainment Tongan teenager – I was mortified and struck dumb by the fact that in 2007 brownface was allowed on Australian TV This week it was revealed that Netflix had quietly pulled four of Chris Lilley’s television shows, specifically those that featured Lilley in black- or brownface portraying Tongan schoolboy Jonah Takalua and African American rapper S.mouse. Chris Lilley’s “Jonah” is not from Tonga, I am. I’m the same age as Chris Lilley, mid-forties, woman of colour, born in Sydney on the ancestral lands of the Cadigal people. I’m a Tongan woman, indigenous to the Kingdom of Tonga, the last remaining indigenous monarchy of the Pacific. I’m also Australian. Read moreBoth my mother and I have had lifetime careers in Australian media and arts sectors Two whole lifetimes of working towards sharing our Tongan voices and yet Chris Lilley’s “Jonah from Tonga” is what most people know Watching Summer Heights High more than a decade ago I felt sick with disgust that a white man was commissioned to depict a specific diasporic Tongan identity of a young disadvantaged boy of low economic status and challenging circumstance I couldn’t believe that any funding body thought that this was a good idea I wondered - who were the human beings behind making these decisions I was particularly mortified that the other Pacific diasporic actors who played alongside the Jonah character were co-opted into the brownface act and became publicly complicit in aiding overt racism that ultimately damages their own personal identities I worried that they might believe that the only way you can get actor work is if you betray your own identity or that working comes with relinquishing any dignity They wouldn’t be the first performers to do this It’s difficult to describe the emotions when one is confronted with such disrespectful imagery of one’s collective identity but when the Jonah From Tonga series came out because I grew up in an Australia where people constantly asked me where I’m from and had no idea where Tonga is At primary school I had a T-shirt that said “Where on Earth is Tonga?” to help abate schoolyard racism only to have a brown-faced Chris Lilley answer that question on TV Tongan community members did respond when the Summer Heights High spin-off Some groups unleashed a social media movement #iamnotjonah in an attempt to reclaim Tongan dignity in the face of brownface After that first encounter with Summer Heights High I purposefully did not watch it or study it I have no need for Chris Lilley to whitesplain my own people to me as entertainment and I choose to steer well clear of racist works Netflix’s decision to remove Chris Lilley’s shows from its platform is welcome and I for one Lilley’s Jonah character is a racist construct « Prev Next » Comments (0) Listen to Article Columnist: Asamoah-Baidoo, Arnold « Prev Next » Comments (0) Listen to Article « Prev Next » Comments (0) Listen to Article « Prev Next » Comments (0) Listen to Article A 38-year-old woman from Ra won a $90,000 Ford Ranger vehicle on Saturday with just three texts Seini Morovia plans to start a transportation service business with her new ride made possible by a Shop N Save promotion in collaboration with Vodafone Ms Morovia and her husband had been unsuccessful in obtaining a bank loan to start their business over the past few years To read more, click on this link to access the full article and details: https://eedition.fijisun.com.fj/subscriptionplans By entering your email address you're giving us permission to send you news and offers Seini Koroitamana Cornish piloted the first all-female long-haul flight to Singapore yesterday marking a historic achievement on the occasion of International Women’s Day Maria Vani who took care of guests in the cabin also led an all-female cabin crew to Singapore Fiji Airways is now awaiting their return journey home tonight Post Courier Seini Fisi’ihoi has been appointed as the general manager human resource for Steamships Trading Company Ms Fisi’ihoi joins a growing number of Papua New Guinean executives and senior managers to help Steamships navigate an exciting future She joined Steamships in 2017 as learning and development manager Having helped localise the Swire Team Leader Development Program Steamships is a strong supporter of PNG talent and a strong proponent of workplace equality Steamships managing director Rupert Bray said: “Seini has proven herself despite the challenges faced by women in leadership roles and the complexity thrown at the business by managing through COVID-19 “She thoroughly deserves the promotion and Steamships is proud of its strong Ms Fisi’ihoi said the firm has been very supportive in her growth as a manager “The Steamships board and management team have been nothing short of supportive in seeing to my growth I’m so pleased to be part of an organisation that cares so much for all its employees I look forward to helping guide the human resources function as we chart our next one hundred years of growth,” she said Ms Fisi’ihoi did biology at the University of Papua New Guinea administration and spent time in a FIFO role up in the Southern Highlands province before specialising in HR with SP Brewery She is part of the Steamships executive management team Steamships’ vision is to build businesses that build PNG and Ms Fisi’ihoi will contribute to that sense of purpose through the development of Steamships staff and management teams Get the latest news delivered straight to your inbox Tongan language week is a time to embrace the language and culture and be unapologetically Tongan explains University of Auckland’s Te Ūnga Kairuruku Ko hoku hingoa ko Seini Lātū pea ‘oku ou lele mai mei he Langi Tu’ulilo pea pehe ki he Funga Tufi Tele moe Hufangalupe ‘Oku ou fiefia aupito keu vahevahe atu ‘ae mahu’inga ‘oe Uike Katoanga’i lea fakatonga kiate au My name is Seini Fatafehi Nofo I lelenga Lātū I am the youngest child of Tevita Kaliopasi Ahokava Lātu from Kotu – Ha’apai & Folaha and Seini Talanoa from Vaini & Mataika Vava’u I am a proud Aunty Nini to my 'kids' - 6 nieces Beloved partner to Takai Tonga from Te’ekiu and Kolomotu’a and the reluctant owner of 1 cat – Pluto from the streets Seini Lātū is the Te Ūnga Kairuruku – Schools and Community Recruitment Adviser for the Schools and Community Engagement Team and is embedded in the Faculty of Science Archives & Museums) sector for a number of years and is passionate about cultural heritage and knowing where we’ve come from in order to navigate where we’re going She now works in a space of community engagement where she can encourage and empower our younger generation to utilize their culture and their heritage through higher education “I see Tongan language week as a chance to merge the 2 worlds we often straddle as Pasifika people growing up in Aotearoa I really appreciate how the celebration of our languages has grown from strength to strength each year in work spaces but in particular in our schools I especially love any excuse to wear Tongan attire to work and literally paint the town red” explains Seini She was lucky enough to have staunch parents who ensured their language stayed strong within their home My father banned English in our household which at the time I resented But as an adult now I am so thankful he did so because I can now speak and write in Tongan fluently” she says To me this year's theme means I need to stop reverting to English when I’m too lazy to speak Tongan to my parents to speak Tongan one word at a time until they are confident The theme for Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e lea faka-Tonga this year is; Ke Tu'uloa 'a e lea faka-Tonga 'i Aotearoa which means Sustaining the Tonga Language in Aotearoa this means using the Tongan language every chance she gets “To me this year's theme means I need to stop reverting to English when I’m too lazy to speak Tongan to my parents To sustain the language we need to use it and be proud to do so And so I challenge myself and the Tongan community to make every week Tongan language week Even if you aren’t fluent - listen to Tongan music utilize the free Tongan language courses available Seini describes what she loves most about being Tongan mafana means a number of things – passionate a Tongan relief effort for the recent Volcanic Eruption Tongan anything we put our all in and support with mafana What people don’t realize is this is the norm for us in every aspect of our life We apply Mate Ma’a Tonga mentality to everything we do Seeing the personification of Mafana every time something in our community happens is what I love No matter which part of the world we are living in at the time you will always find a Tongan who is mafana about being Tongan and about repping our wonderful Kingdom” Too often we hear stats about all the ways we are failing in life because we are Tongan or all the bad things that have happened in our community We come from a sea of islands and our knowledge Seini has always felt connected to her ethnicity The privilege of having a strong identity is not lost on her With a father who made sure she grew up speaking living and breathing the language and culture Seini knows how fortunate she is to have connection Discovering ‘Polyfest’ during her time at highschool Seini found a deeper love for faiva fakatonga (Tongan performing arts) the Tongan students association in her time as a student here at the university Seini became a leader who encouraged students to Tupulekina ihe anga fakatonga – To grow within the Tongan Culture And now working at the University she is supported to wear Seini’s advice for Tongan students is to keep utilising who you are in all you do “My hope for Tongan students is that they utilize and celebrate their Tongan culture and language during their tertiary journey You are descendants of kings and queens and you will always be royal Being Tongan and speaking Tongan is a tool “Remember the famous Tongan proverb – Si’i pe We often use this when referring to our Kingdom that is small but great But I encourage Tongans to apply this when making every effort in sustaining our language in Aotearoa Take it one word at a time and know that no matter how small the effort is ‘Ofa ke mou ma’u ha Uike Kātoanga’I ‘o e Lea Faka-Tonga lelei mo fiefia – Happy Tongan Language Week” Captain Seini Koroitamana Cornish is the first female who has qualified to be Pilot-in-Command for the Airbus A330-200 and Airbus A330-300 aircraft types in the Fiji Airways wide-body fleet She started her qualification process for command in March 2021 undertaking the required simulator sessions at the Fiji Airways Aviation Academy under the guidance of Fiji Airways’ highly qualified Check and Training Captains She says achieving the command position on the A330 is really just the beginning of this new journey and she looks forward to the challenges that come with commanding a wide-body aircraft Captain Koroitamana Cornish has thanked her family for their support and also paid tribute to her late father the late Jone Koroitamana who was a former CEO of the Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji Andre Viljoen congratulated Captain Koroitamana Cornish on her accomplishment and says progressing any Fijian into a command position of any aircraft is special but having their first female Captain of a widebody aircraft is historic and remarkable Viljoen says her promotion to A330 command is a trailblazing achievement for women in aviation not just in Fiji but the South Pacific as well Captain Koroitamana Cornish has been with Fiji Airways for 16 years starting in 2005 as a Second Officer on the Boeing 747-400 aircraft she has progressed to a First Officer on the Boeing 737 The Appointments Committee of Parliament will continue vetting for Deputy Ministerial nominees later today The committee will vet four nominees beginning with Deputy Minister-Designate for Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister-Designate of Works and Housing and Deputy Minister-designate for Food and Agriculture The vetting for the forty nominees is expected to end on Tuesday 31 of the nominees have been vetted by the committee The Committee last Friday vetted Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah for Local Government Decentralisation and Rural Development without the Minority members The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu has served notice that the caucus will block his approval due to the outcome of the Techiman South parliamentary election in 2020 that led to the death of two people and left others injured CitiNewsroom.com is Ghana's leading news website that delivers high quality innovative alternative news that challenges the status quo © 2024 All Rights Reserved Citi Newsroom. has chastised politicians and political parties who take the Electoral Commission (EC) to the cleaners to advance their parochial political interests He said the political strategy of bastardising the EC was unjustifiable as the country had one of the most transparent electoral systems in the world “The country has a very transparent electoral system and that is why political parties find it very difficult to win election petitions in the courts.” he said He said if political parties wanted to win elections they ought to focus on their campaign messages and the polling day by making sure that people went out to vote instead of focusing on the EC which he said had always performed its functions creditably “There is no need for us to misinform and create crisis There is no need to create tensions and fake news to achieve political objectives people do that because they know some members of the electorate are gullible,” he added who is one of the few politicians to have been a member of both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) made the comment during the launch of his memoirs Titled I speak my mind: Memoirs of a Diligent Ghanaian Politician the book chronicles the experiences of Prof as well as his viewpoints on some of the important figures and events in the history of the country divided into nine chapters with three appendixes with each chapter focusing on a particular event theme or political personality as seen through the lenses of Prof The colourful ceremony was attended by dignitaries such as the Pisigu-Naa Ya-Na Abukari II; Chairman of the Council of Elders of the NPP Hackman Owusu Agyeman; a former Minister of Defence Naa Dr Andani bought the first copy for GH¢20,000 on behalf of Yaa Naa Abukari II The Council of Elders of the NPP also bought a copy for GH¢10,000 why he joined the Progress Party (PP) movement which birthed the NPP and why he left the NPP to the NDC and crossed carpets in Parliament to rejoin the NPP The book also focused on certain personalities such as former President John Agyekum Kufuor whom the author described as the complete politician in the history of the country’s politics and the journey of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in becoming President Seini also dedicated part of the memoir to explain the history of the Abudus and the Andanis and how the two groups had always co-existed peacefully because they were one and the underlying factor that led to the conflict between them “What went wrong between the Abudus and the Andani’s gave the history of the Black Stars and their quest to qualify for the World Cup Seini as a distinguished statesman and an illustrious son of Dagbon who had paid his dues to both his country and people and was an inspiration to the youth He said Yaa Naa Abukari II charges other Dagombas to write their memoirs to help guide and inspire the youth for the development of Dagbon and the country as a whole Writer’s email: emma.hawkson@graphic.com.gh Our newsletter gives you access to a curated selection of the most important stories daily Connect With Us : 0242202447 | 0551484843 | 0266361755 | 059 199 7513 | Early childhood teacher Seini Maramanibola hopes to run her own kindergarten one day The mother of six is pursuing a Diploma in Early Childhood and believes this will be a stepping stone to greater things to come who was raised by her grandmother at the four-storey flats in Raiwai in the early 1980s did not have an easy upbringing and survived on whatever her grandmother managed to put on the table She said at times they would eat cassava with tea and knows too well how her grandmother struggled to put food on the table “My grandmother bubu Senituli goes to work and we are also supported by the Social Welfare at that time my grandmother and my uncles loved and supported me when I was growing up,” Ms Maramanibola said She said her grandmother always encouraged her to go to school “I was one of those children who was supported by families in Australia through the Methodist Church in Fiji So one couple used to support me with my school fees uniform and school shoes from Class One up to Form 5 “I went to Raiwaqa Methodist Primary School then attended high school at Dudley my grandmother managed to pay my school fees.” Now a kindergarten teacher at Holy Family School in Suva a friend encouraged her to further her education while trying to raise a young family. I used to help my friend because my youngest son was attending kindergarten I just took myself and enrolled at the Pacific TAFE doing Early Childhood Certificate 3 in 2006.” She said she had to be committed as she was required to fulfil her obligations at home and also remained focussed on her studies “I did not see my six children as a barrier to having time to do my studies There wasn’t anything that could have stopped me from getting a qualification.” Ms Maramanibola did five units within one year and she graduated in 2007 She went to Naboutini in Serua and taught there for three months before she taught at Makoi Kindergarten this year will be my first year as a fulltime kindergarten teacher at Holy Family School in Suva “I am blessed that my grand aunt and family always encouraged and motivated me to achieve my dream.” « Prev Next » Comments (0) Listen to Article Copyright © 1994 - 2025 GhanaWeb. All rights reserved. An haifi Seini Oumarou a 1951 a birnin Tillabery na Yammacin Nijar. Bayan ya kwashe shekaru 10 yana aiki a kamfanin samar da wutar lantarki na kasa, NIGELEC, ya zama Babban Direktan a kamfanin ENITRAP na sarrafa takarda. Seini Oumarou ya fara shiga siyasa ne a 1995, lokacin da ya zama mashawarci na musamman na Firayi minista Hama Amadou. Daga 1999 zuwa 2004, ya rike mukamin ministan kasuwanci, da kuma Babban minista mai kula da manyan ayyuka daga 2004 zuwa 2007. A shekarar 2009, Seni Oumarou ya zama shugaban jami'iyyar MNSD-Nasara na kasa baki daya, bayan ya rike matsayin shugaban reshen jam'iyyar na jihar Tillabery da kuma mataimakin shugaban kwamitin gudanarwa na jam'iyyar na kasa. An nada shi Firayi ministan Nijar a ranar uku ga watan Yuni na 2007 inda ya maye gurbin Hama Amadou, wanda majalisar dokokin kasar ta tsige, bayan ta kada kuri'ar yanke masa kauna. Seini Oumarou ya yi murabis daga kan mukaminsa a 2009 domin samun sukunin tsayawa takara a zaben majalisar dokoki na ranar 20 ga watan Oktoba. A zaben 2011, ya yi takarar shugaban kasa, karkashin inuwar jam'iyyar MNSD-Nasara inda ya fafata da Mahamadou Issoufou a zagaye na biyu. A karshen watan Nuwamban 2015 ne, jam'iyyar MNSD-Nasara ta tsaida Seini Oumarou a matsayin dan takararta na shugaban kasa a zaben da za a yi a ranar 21 ga watan Fabrairu na 2016. Handing in the last bit of paper that would guarantee a graduation cap was meant to bring happiness and relief But it was a day of mixed emotions for Seini Mafile'o Maka who was told her husband had died just minutes after submitting her last university assignment was among thousands of students who graduated from the University of Auckland last week; completing a Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Like many others who donned robes on Queen St she had come a long way to get to the end of her degree But exactly how painful the past few months had been for her was only made known publicly during a speech on the morning of her big day Speaking at a special breakfast for students graduating in Pacific Studies she revealed how the last day of her university studies had become the first day without her dear husband After suffering from a stroke several years ago Seini was completing her final assignment - a poem about her dream for education in the future "I was doing [my poem] while he was lying on the bed "I told him: 'It's finished and I need to submit it'.'' Her husband asked whether she was sure it was ready "I read my poem to him and he was laughing." "I sat down and just finished my prayer because I was happy I didn't touch it - my daughter answered it a mother to five children and 18 grandchildren said her husband had always been a huge supporter of her going to university She shared her story at the breakfast after getting there by mistake She and her family had been heading to another special breakfast being held for education students Professor Damon Salesa - teaches at the university spotted them and extended an invitation for them to stay; which they accepted Each graduating student is invited to give a short speech to thank their families and Maka was invited on stage also Jenny Salesa said of Maka's speech: "She was the second-to-last speaker and her speech was the most heartwarming to all of us "Those who were not already crying started crying when she talked of her husband and how he was dying and still encouraged her to complete her degree.'' Maka said she felt she had been guided to the event especially to share her story as she remembered her late husband as well as her parents her late mother Mele Mafile'o and 83-year-old father Sami Mafile'o His dream has always been for her to further her education When it came time to walk across the stage to receive her degree she became emotional and raised a fist in salute to her loved ones I remembered my parents and I remembered my husband - I felt he was walking with me.'' The only high-reach ladder truck in Auckland broke down last night The man who killed his daughter by throwing her against a wall before stomping on her and shattering her pelvis has been sentenced to six years and nine months in prison - after being forgiven by his family Kefu Ikamanu was found guilty of manslaughter and causing grievous bodily harm to his two-year-old daughter Seini by a High Court jury in August Today Justice Geoffrey Venning said the incident was a "one-off" caused by Ikamanu's frustration at Seini's behaviour Justice Venning said Ikamanu had been watching TV while Seini was noisy while she played with her younger brother While sitting on the couch he grabbed her and pulled her towards him before throwing her against the wall The Crown had sought a jail sentence of between 10 and 13 years Ikamanu's lawyer Simon Lance said his client had been forgiven by his family who supported him in court today He is very sorry for it and he has the full support of his family." police and doctors different stories in the days following Seini's admission to hospital with a broken shoulder Ikamanu was looking after Seini and her younger brother at their home in Beach Haven on Auckland's North Shore while his wife Sela was at work on March 24 Ikamanu later told Sela he had been talking with Seini when suddenly she had a seizure He told a police officer later that night how Seini had been pushed down the stairs by her little brother the day before she suddenly had a seizure The day after Seini was rushed to hospital Starship's child protection team head Dr Patrick Kelly talked to Ikamanu and his wife about what happened Dr Kelly said Ikamanu told him that on the night Seini had been playing with her brother and went over to the couch in the living room Ikamanu told the doctor that he noticed Seini's eyes were crossed He grabbed Seini and took off her clothes before running her to the shower Crown prosecutor Phil Hamlin said in his closing address to the jury that Ikamanu knew full well what he had done and but he wasn't going to tell authorities "Even when the doctor was telling him: 'We need to know' Mr Hamlin said there was no mention of grabbing or of Seini's head banging against the wall The following day Ikamanu agreed to talk to police Mr Hamlin said Detective David Paea picked up a teary-eyed Ikamanu at the hospital Mr Paea said Ikamanu told him he wanted to tell the truth and asked about what kind of jail sentence he was likely to get Ikamannu tells [the detective] he grabbed Seini and threw her and her head hit the wall." Mr Hamlin said that description best fitted the medical evidence about Seini's head injuries Ikamanu told Mr Paea that he had grabbed Seini's hand she fell away somehow and her head hit the wall "I suggest to you that what has been suggested doesn't fit at all because he's not telling police the full story," Mr Hamlin said He referred the jurors to medical experts who have given evidence that the force required for the head injuries was comparable to a car crash or a fall from a building "He has told different versions to different people at different times." September 2007: Seini moves to Tonga to stay with her grandparents 2010: Seini returns to New Zealand to live with her parents 2010: Seini's mother notices her daughter has bruises on her face 2010: Seini is taken to hospital with fatal head injuries Miss Lautoka Market Vendors Association Seini Vukivuki was crowned Miss Sugar 2018 and Miss Personality at the Vodafone Sugar Festival last night She was crowned by Minister for Local Government Parveen Bala Vukivuki thanked her family for their support and said she was ready to represent Lautoka at the Miss Fiji Pageant Vukivuki had said that she does not want Fiji to be known for being an unhealthy nation The 20‑year‑old believes that young peoples’ tendency to binge on junk food when studying is an attributing factor to the rise of NCD’s and hopes to encourage young people to turn to healthier alternatives The 1st runner up was Miss Lautoka City Council Payal Prasad and 2nd runner up was Miss Wilderness Amusement and Rides Doreen Divya won the Best Talent Award and the Best Research Award Seini Vukivuki will Lautoka in the Miss Fiji Pageant next month She will join the five contestants that have already been confirmed for the Miss Fiji Pageant Miss Nasinu Esther Vateitei and Miss Labasa Naima Shazmeen Mahama Asei Seini says the Ministry is worried about media reports of negligence against health professionals in the country Mahama Asei Seini says such reports are intolerable Speaking at the induction ceremony of some Anaesthetics in Accra Mahama Asei Seini said the Ministry will begin to crack the whip “Recent media reportage is plagued with claims of professional negligence The same people who swore the Hippocratic Oath and committed themselves to serve and assist vulnerable people are now abusers The health service has gained notoriety over claims of medical negligence some of these cases have led to lawsuits against the facilities involved with affected families demanding full-scale probe and compensation the Ghana Diaspora Women Organisation called for the immediate suspension of two doctors and nurses involved in the alleged negligence that led to the death of a patient at the Ridge Hospital The administering of wrong medication is believed to have contributed to the death of Madam Esther Sosuh who is the Director of the Institute of Languages had been diagnosed with a hernia and was receiving treatment after checking in to the facility The group in a statement complained that “simply too many lives are lost through gross negligence It thus demanded that the Ghana Health Service Director-General and the Director of Ridge Hospital “immediately suspend the two doctors and nurses involved in this alleged matter as we believe their behaviour was unethical of the medical profession.” 37 Military Hospital slapped with over GH¢1M for woman’s death in childbirth In a similar case of medical negligence, the 37 Military Hospital was in July this year, slapped with GH¢1,075,000 in damages for the negligent death of a 27-year-old woman during childbirth in November 2015 student at the University of Ghana at the time of the incident is said to have opted for a caesarean section as her preferred mode of childbirth denied her the option and put her through normal labour has suggested that vaccination cards could become essential for travel and movement during the Christmas holidays When asked about the surge in cases outside Ghana Seini referenced the importance of vaccination cards in travel outside Ghana Slovakia has gone into a two-week lockdown the Czech Republic has declared a 30-day state of emergency which involves early closure of bars and clubs and a ban on Christmas markets Germany has also crossed the threshold of 100,000 COVID-19-related deaths you can’t even go and mingle with your brother to celebrate the Christmas [in Ghana],” the deputy minister said That is why you are encouraged to go for the vaccination and get your card,” he added Despite concerns about the slow rate of vaccination Seini remains optimistic about achieving the target set by the government to vaccinate 20 million Ghanaians by the end of 2020 He noted that “what we are observing is people don’t even want to move for the vaccines.” more education would be required to improve the rate of vaccination I think we will be hitting almost 10 million [people vaccinated] and above.” only 3,493,688 Ghanaians have received at least a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine Chief registrar Tomasi Bainivalu said they have not received any notice of resignation from Ms Puamau “Right now what we should do is pray for her because she has a lot on her shoulders,” he said “We’ve been hearing a lot of rumours on that but it isn’t true.” Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said he has not been informed about anything “That issue is handled by theJudiciary Department,” he said Attorney General Siromi Turaga could not be reached for a comment A total of 294 doctors were yesterday inducted into the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons as new members and fellows 40 new fellows who had completed training and passed required examinations and 42 new fellows who had been elected by various faculties based on qualification scholarship and contribution to training of postgraduate doctors Under the theme “Maintenance of Health in a Challenging global economic Policy and Practice Implications,” the induction ceremony of the 19th Annual General and Scientific Meeting (AGSM) of the College was held in two sessions Delivering a speech on behalf of the Minister of Health noted that the Ministry was aware of the challenges government faced in its remuneration of the College for postgraduate medical training Despite the challenges, Mr Seini said the Ministry of Health (MoH) was working closely with the management of the College to ensuring that some significant payments were made before the financial year ended He also commended the College for the contributions made towards health service delivery and policies in the country as well as its achievements which were not directly related to postgraduate medical training Mr Seini further indicated that a policy document which sought to improve the rate at which fellows were produced reduce waiting time between the completion of house officer rotations and start of residency training had been approved by cabinet there was the need to find ways of improving output as the rate of production of members and fellows of the College did not match the growing health care needs in the country The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Ms Harriet Thompson, said “the partnership between the United Kingdom and Ghana has been two decades in the making Key milestones in our journey include Ghana’s access on the millennium development health target of reducing child death by nearly two thirds.” Ms Thompson noted that deepening research expertise and creating a culture in which innovation is prioritised was key to tackling the next generation of health challenges According to her, the partnership between the UK and the College addressed four areas agreed between the College and the MoH to deliver on Ghana’s health workforce targets and position the College as a regional Centre of excellence were health workforce governance and leadership strengthening of postgraduate medical training decentralised postgraduate medical education and deepening research capacity within the country’s postgraduate medical education training underscored the need to improve the percentage of doctors who pursued postgraduate training up to the fellowship level He said “the additional years of fellowship training increase one’s theoretical and practical knowledge in the specialty area and these make a person more competent in managing health problems and their related complications” Adanu noted that the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) Universities and the College were not going to lower the standard of entry for people who lead undergraduate and postgraduate medical training BY BENJAMIN ARCTON-TETTEY &ELIZABETH OFFEI The board of Communications Fiji Limited which is the parent company of Legend FM Navtarang and Radio Sargam has announced that Seini Tinaikoro of Siwatibau and Sloan Lawyers as the new company secretary who is also the CFL Group Financial Controller Board Chairman William Parkinson says this move is part of CFL’s efforts to strengthen board governance and meet increased compliance requirements across the group Parkinson has assured shareholders that with Tinaikoro’s appointment backed by the partners Siwatibau and Sloan CFL will have the best possible legal support at board level The appointment will take effect once appropriate regulatory requirements are complete