Wednesday, 12 August 2015
Remarkable recovery of 4 year old 'Mowgli' girl, who survived 12 nights in the Siberian wilderness
Last August, she was found hungry, exhausted and covered in mosquito bites lying in a bed of grass almost two weeks after wandering off from her remote village home.
Her survival story made headlines around the world.
Now 5, she is unfazed by her experience despite a real threat from bears and wolves, said her mother Talina, 22.
She was saved by her dog Naida, which had followed her into the Siberian taiga and kept her warm at night. She ate berries and drank water from rivers to survive.
The girl's mother said Tuesday:
The 4 year old village girl became lost with her pet after following her father on a trip into the wild, but he didn't know that she had followed him. Her grandmother who was caring for her thought he had taken her on his trip.
Naida, the dog followed the girl and loyally stayed with her, returning home after nine days to summon help, but the pet was unable to show rescuers where she was.
Three days after the dog returned, rescuers found her footprint next to a paw print close to a river, where they had drunk water. So the emergency workers knew they were in the right area of the Sakha Republic, Russia's largest region and only slightly smaller than India. She was eventually found hungry, exhausted and covered in mosquito bites lying in a grassy hole.
'Why did you leave me?' Karina chided the dog when they were eventually reunited after returned home after a lengthy period in hospital. Yet the dog's return inspired emergency teams to redouble their efforts to seek out Karina.
Talina said this week, interviewed by YSIA.RU: 'She was helped by our dog Naida, who slept by her side and helped her not to freeze to death.'
There are many threats in the forests around Olom, the village where Karina lived with her mother, notably bears and wolves.
'Karina spent summers in Olom since she was seven months old, perhaps this helped as well. She grew up there, she knew the place really well,' she said.
The mother hit back at criticism of her on social media not realising her daughter was lost. 'I don't pay attention to it, I don't have time to follow social networks,' she said.
One year after her daughter went missing, she said: I'd like to say my deepest and most sincere thank you to all who took part in the search for Karina, and who supported the team, and paid attention to this case. A special thank you to Artyom Borisov, he was the first to spot Karina. To search for a tiny girl in the area overgrown with impassable bushes, high grass and tussocks was literally like looking for a needle in a haystack.'
I am glad she was found alive and she's doing very well.
Siberia Times
Now 5, she is unfazed by her experience despite a real threat from bears and wolves, said her mother Talina, 22.
'She has an incredibly strong character. Even when she was found, she didn't have much fear in her eyes. Now she is just like she was before, runs around with other kids, speaks a lot and doesn't give away that she ever went through such a stressful experience. But she demands not to ask her about those days and gets nervous if people insist.'
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| This was when she was found |
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| She had mosquito bites all over |
Naida, the dog followed the girl and loyally stayed with her, returning home after nine days to summon help, but the pet was unable to show rescuers where she was.
'Karina spent summers in Olom since she was seven months old, perhaps this helped as well. She grew up there, she knew the place really well,' she said.
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| Big relief when she was found alive |
'Karina has also taken such an amount of attention with difficulty, she ran away from the cameras at first. At least now she can pose, but she still refuses to speak about that time in taiga.' Talina insisted: 'I always believed that she will be found. Many stopped believing that she was alive, but as a mother I felt that she soon will be found.'
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| Emotional rescue worker |
'The forest around Olom is full of bears,' said rescuer Albert Semyonov, who revealed his men needed armed guards in looking for Karina. 'Close to the gunners we felt somehow calmer. However, the thought of bears immediately switched to another concern: somewhere in the forest was this helpless child.'
Karina now says: 'I don't want to be photographed, I don't like it. Why does everybody ask me what I've been doing in the taiga on those days?' 
I am glad she was found alive and she's doing very well.
Siberia Times
Buhari appoints 4 new Group Executive Directors for NNPC
President Buhari has sacked the heads of NNPC subsidiaries and appointed new heads for the different oil corporation's subsidiaries. Those newly appointed are Dr. Maikanti Baru, Group Executive Director, Exploration & Production; Mr. Isiaka Abdulrazaq, Group Executive Director, Finance & Services; Engr. Dennis Nnamdi Ajulu, Group Executive Director, Refining & Technology; and Dr. Babatunde Victor Adeniran, Group Executive Director, Commercial & Investment.
The new appointments were made known by the Group Managing Director of NNPC Kachiukwu today August 11th. Other appointments announced includes Chidi Momah, Group General Manager, Company Secratarty & Legal Adviser; Mrs. Esther Nnamdi Ogbue, Managing Director, Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC); Engr. Chinedu Ezeribe, Managing Director, Warri Refinning & Petrochemicals Company (WRPC); Mr. Babatunde Bakare, Managing Director, Nigerian Gas Company (NGC); Mr. Inuwa Ibrahim Waya, Managing Director, Hyson; Mr. Abubakar Mai-Bornu, Managing Director, Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC); and Mr. Ladipo Fagbola, Managing Director, NNPC Retail. Others are: Mr. Rowland Ewubare, Managing Director, Integrated Data Services Ltd (IDSL); Mr. Modupe Bammeke, Managing Director, NNPC Prpoerties; Mr. Abdulkadir Saidu, Managing Director, Duke Oil; and Mr. Dafe Sejebor, Group General Manager, Nigerian Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS).
Ambode wants FG’s task force on Lagos lands eradicated
The task force started its operations during the immediate past President Jonathan’s administration.
Ambode in a statement through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Habib Aruna, said the call became necessary following several petitions over alleged nefarious and reprehensible activities of the federal task force.
According to him, the taskforce, whose existence and legality was still in doubt, had unlawfully embarked on the seizure and appropriation of state and federal government properties.
He stressed that the activities of the task force had left in its wake a near total destruction, displacement, stoppage including unprovoked mass harassment, intimidation, molestation and denial of the original owners of the land and properties.
The Governor has also charged Private Sector Participants, PSPs, to improve on waste management performance in line with basic standard in order to ensure a cleaner and healthier state.
He made the remarks through the new Managing Director of Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, Mr. Abdulwahab Ogunbiyi during his inaugural meeting with stakeholders at Waste Transfer Loading site, Agege.
He also solicited the support of stakeholders for effective waste management and assured them that the authority would continue to make available all the necessary infrastructural technical assistance for the private collectors to enhance their services.
According to him, it is no longer the responsibility of LAWMA alone to carry waste, but to manage and regulate the activities of the PSPs, “but as partners we all have to join hands to ensure a cleaner and healthier state”
He also promised to carry on the achievements of his immediate predecessor, Mr. Ola Oresanya whom he described as a bosom colleague and commended him for taking the agency to an enviable height.
At the meeting were 350 PSP service providers, made up of marine waste evacuators, street sweepers and PSP operators across the 57 Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas in Lagos State.
Vanguard
National Hospital live-tweeted an Open Heart Surgery
National Hospital Abuja live-tweeted the surgery earlier yesterday on its official account. The operation was an open heart surgery (Ventricular Septal Defect Repair) on an eight-year-old patient. Dr. Tayo Haastrup told BBC that it was done to show Nigeria's expertise to the world. Source: Nat. Hospital...More tweets after the cut...
Kim K goes N*ked to Prove She is Indeed Pregnant
Kim K goes N*ked to Prove She is Indeed Pregnant
Tonto Dikeh's New Husband Left His Wife To Marry Her?
Some people just like hating. After
Gideon Okeke shaded Tonto Dikeh following the news of her 'marriage' to
Obasanjo's son, Oladunni Churchill, folks have been saying the guy left
his wife to be with Tonto.
But that is not the truth, the guy and his ex-wife have since gone their separate ways after break up. In fact, he wanted to date Tonto Dikeh first but she was the one who ignored him and went with that guy who is into jewelry design until he left her for the daughter of a Senator.
Tonto is very lucky that she didn't get pregnant for him as Oladunni is not ready to marry a single mum.
So, she went back to the guy she did shakara for before and he accepted her back. As for his relationship with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Oladunni's father is Obasanjo's younger brother. So, Tonto is not wrong to describe Obasanjo as her father-in-law.
For those ladies who want to know, the guy is big in business and has a lot of cash to spend. *wink*
Tuesday, 11 August 2015
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