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Go the Redeemed Church on Admiralty Way, Lekki opposite UBA. They will direct you.

cleric:
Please does anyone know how to contact the victim's family? This is so that well meaning Nigerians can give a bit of financial succour to the family?

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If passed into law, it will infringe on the citizens' right to privacy. The scenario would not be different from what happened in East Berlin (before the destruction of the Berlin wall) when government sent agents to search people's houses after they had all left for work.

We hear a lot about kid singers, kid actors and actresses but we hardly get to hear about kid authors. Writing, even for an adult is an arduous task. Sometimes, you get to do a lot of cancellations when writing a simple letter. It is for this reason that I deem it necessary to give kudos to kids who have chosen to tow the literary path.

The good news is your child too can be a writer if properly motivated. I present to you these 3 amazing Nigerian kid authors-
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I'm giving out an amazing book to an expectant first time mum (or dad). You will find this book very helpful. For details, visit http://bookconvo.com/give-away/

I'm giving out an amazing book to an expectant first time mum (or dad). You will find this book very helpful. For details, visit http://bookconvo.com/give-away/

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achinaboy:
depends on where u were born

True. But I trust your own kids won't be born that way. They shouldn't miss out on anything.

"Children are made readers on the laps of their parents"- Emilie Buchwald

I bring you 12 books that should be in every child's library or bookshelf. These age-specific books have been carefully selected and range from the traditional classics (which you must have read as a kid) and modern releases that have the timeless quality of classics. Your child shouldn't miss out on anything. View them here- http://bookconvo.com/12-books-your-child-must-read-before-age-12/

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A woman gave a terrifying account of what she witnessed some years back and that story held me spellbound. I thought I should share. This is a true life story. The name Aduke is however fictitious.

It was one of those days during my maternity leave. My baby was sleeping after the usual morning bath so I quickly stepped out to see my next door neighbour (a hairdresser) to book an appointment, leaving the baby in the care of my mum who had come for the omugwo (post pregnancy care for a new mother and her baby). My neighbour’s salon was always very busy and I hated waiting in line to have my hair done.

I was surprised she was not in a hurry to leave for the salon. She explained it was a Thursday, a sanitation day for shop owners in Lagos, hence she would not be leaving until 10a.m. In her living room was a middle-aged woman who lived down the street and whom I believed had come for the same purpose. We weren’t close but we exchanged pleasantries all the same. “Eku ewu omo”, she said congratulating me on the birth of my baby. Then as it is the practice among women, she opened her arsenal of post-natal advice stressing the importance of hot water bath for a new mother. “I know of women who have the cold water bath each morning in line with age-long family tradition”, my neighbour interrupted. So they started discussing some weird after-birth traditions like eating bland meals (meals without oil, salt or pepper), giving the new mother well-prepared lizard meat with or without out her knowledge. Some of these I had heard before and thought had been overtaken by civilisation.

Just when I thought I had heard enough, my neighbour’s guest shared an experience which she said left her in shock for months. She witnessed the incident in one of those ancient ancestral homes on Lagos Island. She recalled she was in her late teens at the time and worked as a tailor apprentice on the Island. News came that Aduke, a co-apprentice who got pregnant out of wedlock had put to bed. She and another apprentice planned to pay her a congratulatory visit.

When they got to Aduke’s house, they were told she had moved to the baby daddy’s family house in preparation for the naming ceremony. They got the new address and went in search of the family house. On getting there, they were excited to see their friend and the new baby. They greeted an elderly woman (the baby daddy’s mom) who was sitting on a chair directly opposite the bed on which the baby was laid. There were some other women in the room, all relations of the baby daddy. After some minutes, the elderly woman told them that the family was expecting a very important guest and they could leave if they wanted to. They did not see the need to leave. They had just arrived and the room was big enough to seat more guests.

Shortly after, the elderly woman broke out in a loud voice chanting what seemed like an oriki (praise chant). In a twinkle of an eye they saw a huge snake coming in through the door which had been opened since their arrival. Both apprentices screamed in shock gripping each other and raising their feet from the floor. I also screamed when she got to this point in her narrative.

The elderly woman continued her chant referring to the snake as their ancestral father who had the ability to unravel all mysteries. In a swift move, the snake climbed the bed, moving its tongue all over the baby’s body. View this link for the rest of the story- http://bookconvo.com/cultural-dna-testing-the-most-scary-proof-of-paternity/

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To differentiate the two terms, I will give an example. An IT support officer who manages the network of 12 bank branches got calls from 3 of the branches that their links were down and therefore could not pay their customers. The calls came in around 9am in the morning. An effective IT officer would get agitated. He would simply start running to the branches. Let us assume he gets to branch A at 10am and fixes the problem. Branch A customers would have been on queue for about an hour. Branches B and C customers would have stayed on queue much longer. He gets the job done at a huge cost cos he didnt make use of all resources available to him. He is effective but not efficient. An efficient officer would attempt to solve the link issues remotedly by telling his users what to do on phone thereby saving man-hours, energy, and cost. Hope this helps.