You Will Be Surprised With What This Man Did For His Deaf Daughter

Father's tattoo tribute to six-year-old daughter who has two hearing implants to combat her profound deafness goes viral 

Alistair Campbell vowed to get tattoo 'out of love' for daughter Charlotte

She is forced to wear cochlear implants due to profound hearing loss 

Mr Campbell had drawing done as Charlotte was having second implant

Says he will grow hair back but will shave it off again if Charlotte asks

A father has tattooed an image of a hearing implant on to his head in support of his daughter who has two of the devices fitted to combat her profound deafness.

Alistair Campbell, from New Zealand, got the artwork done to show six-year-old daughter Charlotte that he supports her as she struggles with a condition that means she has profound hearing loss.

Charlotte had her first cochlear implant fitted aged just four on the left side of her head, and was due to have another fitted this week when Mr Campbell decided to get the tattoo done.

Father Alistair Campbell got a tattoo of a cochlear implant on his head to show his support for daughter Charlotte, six, who is forced to wear two of the devices to combat her profound deafness

An image of him sitting next to his daughter with his inking and her implant visible has since gone viral online, where it has been shared tens of thousands of times.

Speaking to the New Zealand Herald, Mr Campbell said he got the tattoo 'out of love' for his daughter, and to show her he could take a bit of pain on her behalf.

He told the paper that he has no other tattoos, and will now let his hair grow back to cover this one.

However, he added that he can always shave it again on 'special occasions' or if Charlotte ever becomes worried about fitting in, or wants to see it.

He said that when Charlotte saw the drawing she said it was 'cool' before giggling and touching it.

However, mother Anita says she believes the full significance of the inking hasn't sunk in yet, and that her daughter will likely appreciate it more as she gets older.

Mrs Campbell said that hearing loss runs in the family. Her mother had to wear a hearing implant, while her second son Lewis, eight, also wore hearing aids.

Charlotte was initially diagnosed with partial hearing loss in her left ear, but this was later upgraded to profound hearing loss, with a condition affecting her right ear which also impairs her hearing.

Actress Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux Got Married secretly. See Photos

The two actors exchanged their vows at their beautiful home before their small group of guests celebrated their union in a stunning yet simple outdoor reception.

Clearly putting the emphasis on fun, the reception seemed like a chic but casual affair with a mix of round tables with ottoman seating as well as outdoor sofas which were set up on the temporarily wooden deck over the pool.

According to TMZ website, this gangplank then connected to a path which had been put in as Jennifer had the home renovated.

With foliage making it impossible to see what was being moved between the two properties, it allowed party planners to move everything they needed up to the couple's sprawling $22 million abode at the eleventh hour.

VIPs including Howard Stern, Ellen DeGeneres, Chelsea Handler and Aniston's former Friends co-star Lisa Kudrow were there to witness the union. 

Expensive warehouse: The pair used a vacant $10.7 million mansion just below to their's as a storage space for all the wedding paraphernalia

Clever tactic: The only hint that something had changed was a piece of fake grass, a small umbrella covered table, and small generators being placed at the back of the storage house


Perfect plan: Tables, chairs, decking and other supplies were then transported to the couple's sprawling $22m abode at the eleventh hour via an access path obscured by trees









Before and after: The pair got their pool covered over with decking to increase the space to host the party 

Clean up: On Thursday, staff were spotted busily packing up the outdoor celebration as Jen and Justin jetted off on their honeymoon 

VIPs including Howard Stern, Ellen DeGeneres, Chelsea Handler and Aniston's former Friends co-star Lisa Kudrow were there to witness the union.


Here comes the bride: Jennifer and Justin were pictured boarding a private jet in LA on Thursday

Magical getaway: The couple are believed to be en route to the small South Pacific island of Bora Bora

Newlyweds Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux board private jet

Other attendees included Australian singer Sia, Tobey Maguire's wife and jeweler Jennifer Meyer, British star Emily Blunt and her husband John Krasinski, actress Lake Bell and her tattoo artist Scott Campbell and photographer Terry Richardson.

Buhari begins total probe of Jonathan’s govt

By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief, & Emmanuel Elebeke

ABUJA — A total probe of the administration run by immediate past president, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is underway as the National Economic Council, NEC, Ad-hoc Committee on the Management of Excess Crude Account Proceeds and Accruals into the Federation Account, headed by the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, is to hire two international forensic audit firms to probe revenue that accrued into the Federation Account and how it was spent under former Dr Goodluck Jonathan as President.

Mr. Oshiomhole told journalists at the end of the first meeting of the committee in Abuja, yesterday that the auditors would cover the period January 1, 2010 to June 1, 2015.

It put paid to calls by the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, that Buhari should extend his probe to the administrations of Jonathan’s predecessors, Alh. Umaru Yar’ Adua.and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.

President Goodluck Jonathan and Gen. Muhammadu Buhari

Already, some revenue generating agencies have been invited to brief the committee which will take detailed briefings from all Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs of the Federal Government that deal directly with revenue.

The focus will be on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, the Nigeria Customs Service, the Central bank of Nigeria, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, among others.

Other members of the committee included Gov. Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai of Kaduna State, Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe, and Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom.

He said that the committee did not want its actions to be bogged down by political interpretations and that the members were not professionals. Even if they were professionals, he said that their duties as governors would not allow them the time to do a thorough work.

His words, “We held our first primary session today here with some of the revenue generating agencies that are supposed to remit funds to the federation account. We had a successful session with Customs, NPA, NEITI, SEC, FIRS, and quite a number of others and next week we will also hear from CBN, Ministry of Finance, Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.

For the remaining ones, we agree we are going to meet on Thursday next week, NNPC, NPDC, DPR, NIMASA and other remaining agencies.

We have started the work, with the idea to hear them out, what they have been doing, with particular emphasis on revenue accruing from these organizations and whether or not these have been remitted to the Federation Account for judicious distribution.

His words: “We realised that this is a task and given our mandate, even if we were professional accountants because we are sitting governors, we would not have the time to do a forensic audit which this assignment entails.

“Therefore, we have agreed in line with our mandate to appoint two reputable international audit firms to carry out a thorough forensic audit, not only of NNPC, which is more of excess crude, but other monies that accrued to the Federation Accounts. We have other revenues like bonuses, royalties, taxes, VAT that flow into the Federation Account.

“We are taking a holistic review of the entire process, looking at all the agencies that make contribution of funds to the federation account.

We are convinced that by appointing audit firms, we will allow professionals to carry out this exercise, so that it will be free of any political colouration and also we will ensure the outcome of the investigation will.

“We have learned, we have listened and asked questions. I think we all have a clear picture of what is happening in those organizations before now. Some have information to supply and we have drawn attention to those areas, they are willing to oblige. We believe in the end, we will be able to not just establish what had happened over the period but much more important, going forward with the changes the President has promised the country.

“It is not going to be business as usual. He started on a clean slate and everybody knows the new rules of the game and in particular as the laws apply to the various institutions are implemented in full. So I think we started very well. We are very confident that we are going to come out with something that is going to be of immense benefits to the Nigerian people”.

On the rationale for embarking on another audit report with regards to the alleged missing funds, he said “Some reports were produced by PWC but in that report the PWC expressed their frustration and pointed to the fact that they were not able to access all the information they needed and that what they were able to produce was to the extent of information that was made available to them.”

He added: “Audit can only be credible as much as information that was made available to auditors. The good news now is that with President Buhari, all the books will be open, no agency has any protection. Any agency that refuses to open the books then is ready to go on confrontation with the authority.

“The forensic audit will act on the whole truth and nothing but the truth so that all stakeholders will have basis to formulate good policies and that Nigeria will never find itself in this circle where huge sums of money are allegedly diverted and unaccounted for. Audit has become a way of life for all public institutions.”

On the duration of the audit exercise, Oshiomhole explained that the committee had looked at it professionally. “We are focusing on a five year circle. What we have agreed is that we are going to carry out an audit for five years from 1st January 2010 to 30th June 2015.

“If the audit report reveals that we need to go backward, then we can do that. But for the first instance, this is the period that we consider good.

“We can’t impose a time frame on them but will engage them and by Thursday we will be able to make it public. We need to listen to them and agreed with them on how much time will be okay for them. We are all in a hurry to ensure that the right thing is done. The emphasis is not on time but doing thorough job.

“By next week we will meet with the big ones and we will then be able to tell you the audit firms that we have appointed. They are firms I am sure Nigerians will have confidence in.

“At the end of the audit we will hear them out and reconcile them with what the laws says and arrive at a position. Given the volume of work and complicated nature of issues, we agreed we need professionals to carry out the audit. It is only the professionals that can handle it. It is not good to compromise”.

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Corruption: Probe your election sponsors first, Fayose tells Buhari

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to start his anti-corruption fight by probing those that sponsored his election to reveal their sources of income.

Fayose said, “Some of those who sponsored the President’s election have not done any other jobs apart from holding public offices. Yet, they provided private jets and funds with which the President campaigned across the length and breadth of Nigeria. He should let Nigerians know where they got money to buy private jets and the several billions of naira spent on his election.


“No one sits with corruption to fight corruption because as it is today, President Buhari is sitting among corrupt people and he must first extricate himself from the comity of corruption”.

Fayose, who spoke through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, on Wednesday took a swipe at the Federal Government anti-corruption drive, describing it as mere noise-making, witch-hunt and diversionary tactic to hoodwink the public into overlooking the seeming failure of the government to deliver on its electoral promises.

The governor said, “If President Mohammadu Buhari knows exactly where the stolen funds are kept and who looted the funds, he does not need all these public announcements. Rather, he should make public names of the looters and bring back the purported stolen funds, location of which he has identified. It is when he is able to bring back the money that he should make announcements of recovered funds.

“You don’t announce a process to the public; rather, you announce the results because that is what is of interest to the people. It is like you are announcing that you know where armed robbers reside, won’t they change their location?

“What the All Progressives Congress spin-doctors and their collaborators in the Presidency are doing is simple. It is such that when there is nothing to tell the people as per the rising Boko Haram attacks, dollar and other foreign currencies exchange rates, petrol pump price and other seeming failed promises of the APC Federal Government, they will accuse former President Goodluck Jonathan and his men of corruption, insult Peoples Democratic Party and make noise about fighting corruption.”

He said President Buhari and his men should know that Nigeria of today is different from that of 1983 and that unlike 1983, nothing could prevent them from asking questions.

“Mr. President and his men should know that these planned efforts to brand PDP as a party of corrupt people and suppress the giant strides of the Jonathan administration won’t work because Nigerians know that APC is peopled with more corrupt people and the President must treat the issue of corruption without looking at political parties.”