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You might have heard the expression “it’s a figure of speech,” but what does that really mean? A figure of speech is just that – figurative language. It might be words with a literal meaning, a certain arrangements of words, or a phrase with a meaning that is something entirely other than that of the words themselves. Figures of speech can be refreshing and fun, but for some – especially those who are not native English speakers – a figure of speech can be very confusing. Here are some of the most common figures of speech and what they mean.

List of Figure of Speech and Examples
1
Alliteration

This is a very common figure of speech that involves using words that begin with the same sound.
For instance, “Sally sells sea shells by the seashore” is alliteration – and try saying it fast to see how difficult it is! It is often used in advertising slogans to create something catchy that more people will remember.

2
Anaphora

This figure of speech uses a specific clause at the beginning of each sentence or point to make a statement.
For instance: “Good night and good luck” is an example of the beginning word being the same. The more it is used, the more of an emotional effect is can evoke among those who are listening. Another example is "Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!" from King John, II, I by William Shakespeare.

3
Assonance

Remember the phrase “I Like Ike”? It was a very common phase for those who supported Dwight Eisenhower during his presidential run. This is a figure of speech that focuses on the vowel sounds in a phrase, repeating them over and over to great effect.

4
Hyperbole

“It was as big as a mountain! It was faster than a cheetah! It was dumber than a rock!” This figure of speech makes things seem much bigger than they really were by using grandiose depictions of everyday things. Hyperbole is often seen as an exaggeration that adds a bit of humor to a story.

5
Irony

This figure of speech tries to use a word in a literal sense that debunks what has just been said. “Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room!” from Dr. Strangelove is a great example. It is often used to poke fun at a situation that everyone else sees as a very serious matter.
There are different types of irony and here are the details and examples.
6
Metaphor

The use of metaphor compares two things that are not alike and finds something about them to make them alike.
“My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill” from a book by William Sharp is a good example of metaphor. Some writers try to use this style to create something profound out of comparing two things that appear to have nothing at all in common.
7
Simile

In this figure of speech, two things are compared that are not really the same, but are used to make a point about each other.
“Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get” is a famous line from the movie Forrest Gump that illustrates the simile. This is often used to make an emotional point about something. The difference between simile and metaphor is that you can obviously see words "like" in the sentence.
8
Metonymy

In this figure of speech, one word that has a very similar meaning can be used for another. Using the word “crown” for “royalty” or “lab coats” for “scientists” are two examples. In some ways it can be seen as a nickname for something else; for instance, “The White House said” doesn’t actually mean the White House said it (a house can’t speak!) but that the President said it. However, we all understand the meaning, and so the words are interchangeable.
9
Onomatopoeia

This is the use of a word that actually sounds like what it means. Good examples include “hiss” or “ding-dong” or “fizz.” These words are meant to describe something that actually sounds very much like the word itself. This is a trick often used in advertising to help convey what something is really like.
10
Paradox

This figure of speech completely contradicts itself in the same sentence. Famous quotes that illustrate this from George Orwell’s “1984” include: “War is peace. Ignorance is strength. Freedom is slavery.” Though we know these things aren’t true, they present an interesting paradox that makes a person think seriously about what they have just read or heard.
11
Personification

This is a way of giving an inanimate object the qualities of a living thing. “The tree quaked with fear as the wind approached” is an example; “The sun smiled down on her” is another. This can sometimes be used to invoke an emotional response to something by making it more personable, friendly and relatable.
12
Pun

This play on words uses different senses of the word, or different sounds that make up the word, to create something fun and interesting. For instance: “I would like to go to Holland some day. Wooden shoe?” is a pun that actually means “wouldn’t you?” Sometimes puns are so subtle that they can be tough to pick up unless you are really listening for them.

13
Synecdoche

This is a figure of speech in which one thing is meant to represent the whole. A few good examples include “ABCs” for alphabet, “new set of wheels” for car, or “9/11” to demonstrate the whole of the tragedy that happened in the United States on September 11, 2001. This is often used in journalism as a type of shorthand.
14
Understatement

This is a situation in which the thing discussed is made to seem much less important than it really is. This famous line from Catcher in the Rye is a good example: “I have to have this operation. It isn’t very serious. I have this tiny tumor on the brain.” Understatement can often be used to comedic effect.

15
Antithesis

This is a contradiction that pits two ideas against each other in a balanced way. “You’re easy on the eyes, hard on the heart” is a line from a country song that illustrates this perfectly. This is often used to indicate just how something can be more than one thing at the same time.

16
Euphemism

Words that are used to soften the message are often considered euphemisms. “Passed away” is often used in place of “died” or “killed.” A “misunderstanding” might be used in place of “fight” or “argument.” And who could forget “wardrobe malfunction,” which is a fancy way of saying “your clothes fell off.”
17
Oxymoron

This puts two words together that seem to contradict each other. “Military intelligence,” “real phony,” “civil war,” and “silent yell” are all examples of an oxymoron. Many people use these to promote the humor in a situation.

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My parents are billionaires. My father is an investment banker. Most of his money comes from being the son of a real estate tycoon. My mother was born into an old-money family. I do not know for sure how much money they have since 1) I've never once asked and 2) Even if I did ask, I don't think they'd discuss that with me. But you don't need to know a number in order to know that you have access to more money than an average person will make in their lifetime.

What's it like to be a child with billionaire parents? Well, I certainly wanted for nothing. From the moment I was born, I was able to have nearly anything that I even thought of desiring. Whatever I wanted, I got. It was as simple as that. Want to get a car? Sure, I'll call the guy. I had my own American Express Centurion Credit Card (or as some people call it, a Black card). I could buy nearly anything I wanted without worrying or even glancing at the price tag. Looking back as an adult, it's actually kind of repulsive.

Growing up was kind of like a vacation. We traveled constantly. We flew in a private plane and would always stay in the best hotel suites. We had (and still have) 15 homes around the world, including a private island.

We have a full staff, including gardeners, maids, cooks, butlers, security, etc. and I do not remember a time when we did not. For the main part of my childhood, I was “raised” by these people. Like many other children of wealthy parents, I remember my childhood to be slightly lonely. Don't get me wrong, I love my parents. I'm not one of those rich kids who has a strained relationship with their parents. But my parents weren't around much. My father wouldn’t be home 3 weeks out of 4, and my mother would be going to her events. Minimal parenting with an unlimited amount of money at such a young age? There are only so many ways that could go.

Being the offspring of two billionaires is terrifying. It's utterly frightening. It’s not something people talk a lot about. All people seem to discuss when talking about being a billionaire are the privileges and the lifestyle and the excess and the fabulousness...but no one talks about the scary part of being a member of a rich family. But when you're in this position, it's real. It's really, really scary and it's always in the back of your mind. You’re always afraid of being kidnapped or killed or tortured or whatnot. It’s not paranoia, it’s the truth. It’s possible and it could happen at any time. I’ve always had a security team. Whenever I go out of the house, my security group follows. Public outings where there will be a lot of people are planned. I do not remember a time when I've not had a security entourage. In a way, I don't think I'll ever experience something as simple as going to the grocery store alone or enjoying a concert in the crowd like everybody else. Our homes are decked with state-of-the-art security devices. Seeing those complex security devices...in your house, in the room where you sleep, in the bathroom where you shower, reminds you that you live in danger. It's this constant reminder that you're DIFFERENT. It’s something that you have to live with, the idea that there might be people out there who want to hurt you because of how much money your parents have.

I was always sent to the best schools. Even if I didn't have the grades to get into a certain school, I'd get in, due to family connections or networking from my parents. That's something that I didn't understand when I was little. I'm not as smart as these kids, so why am I in the "smart" school? Well, it turns out that you don't actually belong here. You're not smart enough, so Mom and Dad used their connections! You took a spot from a kid who was smart enough and actually deserved it. Your parents have connections, otherwise you wouldn't be here! That's what it was like in school. All this money, all this stuff, it doesn't belong to you. It belongs to your parents. It was bought with THEIR money, and you're simply their child.

Being a child born into such extravagant wealth definitely puts a lot of pressure on succeeding. You are reminded constantly to NOT RUIN YOUR FAMILY'S REPUTATION. Also, anything that you succeed at goes back to your family, not you. You are constantly reminded how successful and great your parents are.Your parents did this! Your grandparents accomplished this! Now, what are YOU going to do? Is it going to be as great as what they did? You are raised with the highest of expectations.

Today, as a young adult, I'd like to think I'm out of that crazy tunnel. I make my own money, and I support myself financially. I suppose by definition, I'm still a billionaire. As for my parents, I know they'd always help me out financially if I were to ask them, and I am grateful for that.

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President Peter Mutharika returned to Malawi on Sunday Oct. 16, just as he’d promised. Mutharika left to attend the United Nations General Assembly mid-September and just didn’t come back. His cagey communications team would not divulge the leader’s itinerary, sparking rumors that he’d died, and the hilarious hashtag #BringBackMutharika.

Mutharika is the latest African president to disappear without a word to his people. Communication between leaders and their constituents often grow quieter after elections. Poor public relations are a signal of the lack of accountability and transparency displayed by many African leaders.

Mutharika’s jaunt in New York had nothing on Cameroonian’s president Paul Biya’s spontaneous stays at European hotels. In 2009, his three-week holiday in La Baule, southern France cost $40,000 a day.

“Like any other worker, president Paul Biya has a right to his vacations,” information minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary said at the time. Biya has been in power since 1982.

But this time, one Cameroonian won’t let Biya catch a break while his country suffers. In a video that is going viral on social media, an unidentified man stands outside the Intercontinental in Geneva, condemning Biya and his entourage for living in a hotel for two months while Cameroonian’s struggled to make a living back home.

“I’ve come back again to the Intercontinental to make a fuss, to ask what are you still doing here? What do you do everyday?” the man shouted, continuing to berate Biya until hotel staff shooed him away. He staged the same protest earlier this year and vowed to return until Biya went home.
he physical absence of leaders further exposes poor leadership. In many instances a president’s illness—or death—has given way to a power vacuum. The offices these disappearing presidents occupy (when they’re around) center around personalities and their allies, rather than creating strong institutions that serve the people.

Malawians in particular have every right to be suspicious of a disappearing leader: In 2013 an already dead president Bingu wa Mutharika was still connected to life support and flown to South Africa for medical treatment, according to a report by the Global Post. An inquest into his death showed that his allies tried to keep up the lie to avoid swearing in then deputy president Joyce Banda in order to clear the way the way for his brother, Peter Mutharika (the younger Mutharika eventually had to win an election to gain power).
Across the border, death rumors that proved to be true plagued Zambia’s last two presidents. President Michael Sata disappeared from public view in 2014, missing an address to the United Nations and Zambia’s 50th independence celebrations. He joked in parliament, “I am not dead,” when he resurfaced, but died a few months later in October 2014 of an undisclosed illness.

Sata’s predecessor, Levy Mwanawasa, had a stroke at an African Union summit in Ethiopia and was whisked away to France where he was declared dead at age 58 in 2008. Mwanawasa’s office spent some energy during his term dismissing rumors of the late president’s ill health. In Guinea-Bissau, president Malam Bacai Sanha died of an undisclosed illness at age 64 in a Paris hospital in 2012. The president was also in and out of hospital during his term. Rumor had it that he was suffering from diabetes, but his office was never open with the public. Diplomats told the press he’d been in a coma before his death.

It’s an all too familiar story for many Africans: Leaders’ whose aides swear they’re fit as a fiddle, dying in office under a cloud of mixed messages. A politician admitting to ill health the way Hillary Clintondid during her campaign, expressing vulnerability and displaying openness, is almost unheard of on the continent, even for leaders who have been firmly ensconced in office for years.

Africa’s longest serving ruler, Omar Bongo died of cancer in a Spanish hospital in 2009. Just hours before his death was publicly announced, officials angrily denied reports of his death and banned Gabon’s media from discussing the president’s health. Ethiopia’s longtime ruler Meles Zenawi’s illness was described as “minor” just weeks before he died in a Brussels hospital in 2012, aged 57.
n 2010, Nigerian president Umaru Yar’Adua’s death caused a constitutional crisis. The severity of Yar’Adua’s illness was hidden from the public and some politicians, as Yar’Adua failed to formally transfer his powers to his deputy president Goodluck Jonathan before being airlifted to Saudi Arabia. The latest gaffe by current president Muhammadu Buhari shows that the Nigeria still hasn’t learned how to control the message.

Robert Mugabe is the president who always resurrects from death rumors. President Mugabe’s regular trips to Asia for medical treatment often spark rumors that the president has died. The 92-year-old’s trips are often unscheduled, or change abruptly, leaving citizens in the dark. The international and local press and opposition parties monitor every stumble, but his office swears he’s healthy. Exasperated Zimbabweans have taken to tracking Mugabe’s plane for news on the president’s whereabouts. The last time death rumors swirled, Mugabe played along.“Yes it’s true I was dead and I resurrected as I always do,” he told journalists waiting on tarmac where his plane touched down. When reporters joked with him, asking if they were speaking to a ghost, he said “once I get back to my country I am real.”



African leaders leaving their countries to receive medical treatment shows what little faith they have in their own public healthcare system. Their refusal to be open and honest with the public further shows a disregard for the people who put them in power, and in turn erodes public trust in the leaders themselves. As Africa’s population becomes younger, citizens in the information age are unlikley to accept miscommunication from much older leaders. The age of the impenetrable strongman leader is over, African presidents have to learn to talk to—and account—to their people.

Since I was a little boy, this product and package design has remained the same till date.Looking at the recent times and from what we understand about branding and how it can affect a products market strength, how do we explain the consistency of this "yet to be re-branded" product. I want to ask? can a product get so good that it doesn't need any re-branding? or is re-branding overrated?. Let us look at a brand like Coca Cola which for me is the "poster company" for strategic re-branding, has over the years maintained a lion share in the market from constant adverts and concepts that keep the brand in your memory even as you sleep. I keep wondering how St Louis has remained relevant without any of these market strategies. Abeg lemme go and buy one more pack, mine is almost spent..hehehehehehe


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Right now seems like a good time to answer this question, as I sit here unable to go back to sleep after what was probably my 40th episode of sleep paralysis. I tend to have extreme hallucinations along with the paralysis, making the experience extremely traumatic.

My first experience was when I was 19 or 20, in college, and 3 days after being terrified in the theater watching The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Perfect. I will never forget the experience. I woke up (so I thought) and looked at the clock. It was 3:00 a.m. exactly. I felt a looming, very dark, evil presence in my room and realized I was completely paralyzed, with the exception of my head (this is part of the hallucination; I now know that in all actuality I was hallucinating being able to move my head and look around the room).


Then it started. I had a lovely white, extremely fluffy white down comforter pulled all the way up to my chin. I felt the extreme pressure on my chest, I felt something pushing me into my bed, suffocating me. When I looked down, I saw a huge impression in my comforter where I felt the pressure, and saw it getting deeper, pushing me down further. I tried to scream when I heard the bedsprings squeak under me, as whatever this thing was pushed and pushed. I couldn't speak. The best I could get out was hushed gargling. I then felt like there was pressure on my neck, choking me. I can't express how deeply terrified I was. I couldn't move a single muscle in my body. My arms felt like they were too heavy to lift. I couldn't sit up, despite trying with every bit of strength I had. I, at the time, considered myself agnostic/atheist/whatever college students who think God is for stupid people say that they are, and I actually thought there was a demon on my chest, trying to either kill me or possess me. I thought it would never end, and it seemed to last forever. And then, I felt myself close my eyes, and the thing was gone. I said my roommate's name to see if I could speak again. I could. I looked down at my comforter, and there was no trace of anything unusual. I immediately JUMPED out of my bed, hysterically crying, trembling, and scared the shit out of my roommate when I woke her up this way. I spent the rest of the night, sleepless, in her bed. I was completely traumatized, and so was my roommate. The next day, this happened:

Yep, that's me, and my bed that I moved right next to my roommate's. I'm a big baby. But, so was she, so it was ok. It stayed this way until the end of the year. We moved her desk into my room and made it "the office." I couldn't sleep in my room alone again.

I didn't experience another attack for about a year, but the next time it happened it happened a lot. Each experience was a bit different during that first phase of episodes. I experienced violent shaking of my bed, to wake up to a dark figure standing to the right of my bed, physically shaking it. Another time, I felt my bed turning over, and felt myself sliding off, or being pulled off, along with my covers, and not being able to hold on and keep myself from sliding due to the paralysis. Other times, I felt like I was being held in whatever position I woke up in and was having a seizure. Now, I tend to experience a lot of these at once, along with a "floating" feeling, where I can't move myself, but I'm being lifted, or parts of me are being lifted by something else. I see things moving/shaking often. Tonight I woke up in the position where I was looking at a chandelier above and to the right of my bed, and felt like my head was being pushed that direction by whatever was to the left of my bed, but I couldn't direct my eyes to whatever it was, it was just out of vision. But as I looked at the chandelier, it was swinging back and forth, I had the seizure sensation in my whole face, and my upper body was being "lifted" up and down. Oh, and I thought it was storming outside (it wasn't). Every episode I try to scream. I don't exactly know why, as at this point, I know good and well nothing more than a faint gurgle will come out, but it's not something I can control. The panic completely consumes me.

I'm much more educated about what I'm actually experiencing now, after 7 years of dealing with it, but I can never shake the panic. After the episodes I experience now, I'm much more clear-headed about what just happened than I was as a 20 year old who felt like a demon had it out for her...but it's still terrifying. The hallucinations, in that moment, seem as real as can be. I stay quite scared and lonely for a while after, and almost exhausted from trying to fight the paralysis in panic. I continue to see shadows and think things are moving around me a few minutes following, and the "looming" feeling tends to stick around for a moment, as well.

For me, these episodes happen in phases, due to stress and lack of sleep, for the most part. When I do experience an isolated incident, it is usually on a night I've had a lot of trouble falling asleep, as was the case tonight. I laid in bed for hours, tossing and turning, and the minute I "realized" I was asleep (those who have these will recognize that moment, I think), I "woke up" to paralysis. I've experienced episodes while dozing off to sleep, but usually I am woken up by them after dozing. The paralysis I've experienced while drifting into a doze is usually less frightening because the hallucinations are not as present, it's more just the paralysis and trouble breathing, but I tend to come out of it and then fall right back into paralysis multiple times before being able to actually sleep when this is the case. But I prefer that over the hallucinations, 100x over.


Sleep paralysis has been the source of some of the most terrifying experiences of my life, particularly before I was able to figure out what was happening to me, but after I've learned about the disorder as well, as I am overwhelmed by my panic in each hallucination. I come to after, but during that time, I'm almost always just as terrified


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When we talk about life, why my friend always think he/she is the only one with the biggest problem in life?




A research was conducted on telephonic conversations.you know,what is the most used word that came out of everyone ‘s mouth?

‘I’

In your life,her/his problems might appear small,but to him/her they are big,likewise for you
Many people believe that no one will understand their struggles and problems, and this is probably because they are at a point in their life when they are very self oriented. This is in no way a horrible thing, because we all need to spend time working on ourselves to be the best people we can possibly be.


In general; when you talk about your problems, you should avoid undermining other people’s. (This is not directed to you, it’s just general advice)
If you are growing tired of listening to people talk about their problems; tell them gently that you’ve tried to listen but you don’t believe you can offer the support they crave.
Everyone thinks he has the biggest problems in life, well they sometimes think it is the biggest in the whole history of humanity. Actually everyone has problems cause there aint life without problems but some people just overcome them quietly but other just keep whining about their shitty life (if your boy/girl friend left you that doesn't mean you are struggling more than a homeless man or a war victim etc…), but we aren't created equal.
So I think we should learn not be pessimistic, we need to understand other people's struggles and that will make us see the bigger picture of "everyone goes through a rough patch"
Some people are Self-involved, narcissistic ,selfish, and do not care about others. They can’t see past their own problems to those of others. If they did, then their problems wouldn’t be so special.
But then if you have friends like that you would have no choice but to listen to them whine about their troubles non stop, however as a friend you can tell them it’s okay and understand that its natural to feel selfish at dark times. Never act as if his/her problems aren’t worth it, just show that you care and tell your friend that you care for them and do not forget to point out the good things in their life. That all he/she needs to do is to look at life with a wider perspective rather than getting swayed by current situation he/she is dealing with





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This elite organization was comprised entirely of 150 gay couples. Plato and Epaminondas thought of it like this: if you’re in the presence of your lover, you’d be a more effective fighter because you’d want to impress him. Plus, you would never desert your fellow soldiers because you wouldn’t want to appear cowardly in front of your lover.

There are some ignorant people out in the world who think this idea would never work, but it proved successful against the Spartans, the stereotypical “badasses” of ancient Greece. You see, Sparta had recently won the Peloponnesian War and were the dominant power of the region. Epaminondas, a military commander from Thebes, managed to organize a rebellion and kill most Spartan tyrants in the city-state. He then essentially told the king of Sparta that he could go jump off a cliff. Needless to say, the Spartan king wasn’t happy.
And so begins the Theban-Spartan War. Sparta led an invasion to destroy Thebes and keep it under control. By this point the Sacred Band had already won against a Spartan vanguard but it was nothing compared to defending their homeland. The fate of Thebes was decided at Leuctra

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Sitting at my desk in the office some months ago, I overheard my "born again" colleague complaining about how he hates Muslims and Yorubas. I tried to ignore his ranting, but he kept going on how some Yorubas in his former office treated him like an outsider and how he can never be friends with a Muslim. Pause! Check!, I blinked twice to make sure I heard right. I am a Christian, although I don't claim to be a monk or saint like my colleague but I know that love and forgiveness is a constant sermon in church on Sundays, so you must now begin to understand my shock. So from a sinners understanding, a born again is supposed to lead by example by being Godly and doing right most of the time, if not all of it. But here was someone saying that he hates Yorubas because of how badly he was treated when he worked with "some" of them. That takes us back to ask, how do two wrongs make a right, if someone is a tribalist and doesn't want to associate with you, let him/she be, but if you let that make you turn to a tribalist too,then you are no worse than them, you are only condemning yourself in another body.

So my "born again" friend was justifying his hate for another tribe just because of how badly he had been treated some time ago, and on Sunday he would be in church preaching about love,forgiveness, and dancing joyfully. What hypocrisy!


He kept going on about how some people were going to hell and how some religions were just evil, and the next thing he's calling out another of my colleagues. The guy calls himself a free thinker, so he practically finds it hard to believe in any religion. My born again colleague moves over to him and calls him a blind man, and that resulted in a heated argument of sorts. That moment passed, and we all went back to work. Although I did not really involve myself in that argument, I've always wondered how people think they got to where they are at the moment, luck? fate? coincidence? or by sheer brilliance?. The simple question I always ask some people that I've come across with my "born again" colleagues mindset about religion and tribe is,why are you who you are? Or I rephrase, why are you a Christian?. The answer is simple, but many tend to twist the answer. An individual is mainly of a particular tribe or religion because of Geography. In simple terms, you are a Christian or Muslim because you were born into a family that practices either of the Religions, you never chose your tribe or religion from birth. So what gives you the justification of superiority.

I remember when I was about 10 years old, my dad made it a tradition for me and my younger brother to spend our school holidays in the village with our Grandparents (maternal/paternal). So during one of such holidays with my maternal granny, i joined the kids in the compound to scout around for things kids scout for, just generally everything to play with, and on one particular day we decided to go deep into the bushes to look for African bush pear or Ube as we call it in my dialect. We were doing our recognizance and making sure the adults would not dissuade us before some other kids joined us, I remembered one of them, we used to play together when we were much younger,but since my holidays were once or twice a year, we didn't see that much. We exchanged greetings and I noticed he was wearing an earring on one ear, very strange at that time and for a 10-year-old kid, I became curious but I did not ask him why instead I ran to one of my fellow bush pear hunters and asked why Obinna (not real names) was wearing an earring. The reply I got was that he was the next in line to take over his family's herbal medicine practice and so the earring was no ordinary earring rather it was was a symbolic ornament of his "office". I shrugged it off as like the kid that I was at the time, what mattered most was the bush pear, so we all ran into the bushes for our hunting expedition.


Some years later I remembered that incident and it struck me, why was that kid training to be dibia?, or a native doctor as we say in Africa, (some native doctors are said to be able to communicate with spirits) did he choose it? When he was being born, did he ask to be born into that family? Was he forced? a lot of questions kept flooding my thoughts, and I said to myself, what if this same kid was born into a Christian family or Muslim or any other religion wouldn't he be following that religion with passion and guidance from his parents as with the traditional one?


Now this takes us to review my earlier Question, Why do you practice your religion?


The only group of people that can really answer my question correctly are those that grew up in religious home and turned Atheists or those that joined other religions other that the one they were born into, because they are the ones that have made choices......



The world is a mystery, so we must learn to respect our differences, we are only here but for a while....



Source: https://brainyhuber..com


https://brainyhuber..com/2016/10/the-way-some-people-view-religion-is_6.html

U don't know how Ignorant you sound, I'm Ibo and i grew up in Rumuola to be precise FYI, not everything is about Yoruba or Hausa...be informed

Ugonnax:
A yoruba man like you last week was flogged by an Ikwerre man with koboko for saying this. True story! Come and say this in Port Harcourt...you will regret ever being a divisive yoruba man.

no vex, manage your black complexion.....shes a beau abeg....bad belle

Blackberrybabes:
I am the only one that sees this girl as one overrated beauty. She is not in anyway close to what you can call being beautiful. It is just one thing light complexioned people have always enjoyed. They hide under the guise of being light and you might not be able to decide if to classify them pretty or not, especially the ones that don't look really cute.

If Adunni Ade has been dark in complexion, I am so sure she wouldn't even think of going into the Movie Industry because no one go even look her side at all.

What most of them also use to cover up their imperfection and deceive you guys is make up. Try and get a glimpse of them without make up and you would think they were the masquerade you saw the other day.

http://www.blackberrybabes.com/2016/08/this-adunni-ade-is-not-pretty-at-all.html

What is the subject for the application, kindly list other requiremsnts

GOD go give you brain one day...be patient...

Ugonnax:
A yoruba man like you last week was flogged by an Ikwerre man with koboko for saying this. True story! Come and say this in Port Harcourt...you will regret ever being a divisive yoruba man.

If you actually grew up in Port Harcourt, you'd know that the average Ikwerre man does not like Ibos.....ask around...

Ugonnax:
I have been educating yorubaas for ages...to better know now that Igbos are the largest ethnic group in SS...so that when another civil war starts, they don't run into Igbo communities thinking they are "SS" communities...Lol. I grew up in Port Harcourt...it's an Igbo town! Ikwerre and Igbo are one!

See able-bodied men. I pity Nigeria if another civil war happens. See cult members like paramilitary force.

SAMDOL:
yes Dangote was into and is still into oil and gas, get your facts right...as a matter of fact he has shares in major oil blocks. MRS petroleum is also part of his investments

And where does his major source of income come from??..get your own facts right too....he only diversified later into telecoms and oil and gas....but before that??...and what of the worlds richest men??..

frisky2good:
Let me get this straight. You get a job offer but then decide to call a Yoruba man to pay you and take the offer?

gbam!!..let me explain..not a job offer as u see it...See,some communities have slots for jobs that are given to the youths of those communities but 90% of the time if not 100..the youths prefer to sell them to outsiders..most of them do not like to work...its sounds like fiction..but people close to me have gained employment from this process..you reach an agreement to spilt your salary for an agreed time,after that the job is all yours..Its has reduced over the years any ways....but its a fact!!...so The Govt,Niger deltan youths and the OICs all have played a role in whats happening now....

Sometimes i wonder how "educated" youths of this country reason......how does one justify bombing of pipelines and pollution of your immediate environment. I read comments in shock when i saw some people saying let the bombing continue...i guess if your family depended on fishing/farming in those communities you would say otherwise. Have we even stopped to ask ourselves..are the richest men in the world into oil and gas??..When Dangote became Africa's richest man, was he into oil and gas??....If the youth have any issues with the companies or the government,they should channel their anger to the right sources instead of bombing pipelines that pollute their land and at the same time exposing those host communities to military incursion...Its also shocking how Niger deltan youths can afford to buy weapons of war/destruction but can not channel those same funds to do business and earn a living.....Violence will only bring more violence...GOD bless Nigeria!!

frisky2good:
What is this one saying? Is employment letter transferable?

WHAT HE MEANT TO SAY IS THAT MOST NIGER DELTAN YOUTHS PREFER TO SELL THEIR SLOTS FOR EMPLOYMENT....ASK ANYONE THAT GREW UP IN RIVERS STATE...ITS IS NORM OVER THERE..I THINK THAT IS GRADUALLY CHANGING NOW..I HOPE!!.........MANY NON NIGER DELTANS HAVE GOTTEN JOBS THAT WAY...

Story....any quick profit business get comma......Nigerians haba!!!!

horlartunes1:
lol... ,meanwhile if you i'll like to start importing branded product
like Samsung Galaxy phones, Blackberries And Even Marc Book Pro from the Original manufacturers and get it delivered
to your door step and make profit of 300% reselling them here in Nigeria
And Much More visit my profile to know how to get started!.

NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE COMMON ALIEXPRESS OR DHGATE YOU ALREADY KNOW

fyneboi79:
Haa bros!!! Plenty Nija nyash dey talk o

On point, you said it all...

yoji:
However let me go with d heading. Some names on this list discredits the list.
1-pheroshuz: this is probably one of d most underrated rappers in naija. For u to judge his career on this1 line is plain ridiculous. U obviously haven't heard any of his albums. His last effort that had the hit single 'correct'' was a very very good album. The classic track 'sample' won terry the rapman a hiphop world award for best rap single featured phero and phero almost murdered terry. Mentioning phero makes no sense and can only mean it's beef.
2-ruggedman: veterans aren't judged at 1 point in time, but on the impact of their careers. In America, for example, .mc's like rakeem and krs 1 cannot match the lyrical strengths of new borns like lil Wayne and TI, but nevertheless, they are stil ranked as some of the best ever. This is cos, at their peak, they were d best and they showed another generation a style that never existed and very few could match. The same applies to ruggedman.
3-cartiar : this dude definitely had talent, jus that after his hit single, he just couldn't sustain it cos of issues that go beyond just the ability to rap. It's like saying Godwon and iceberg slim are stilwack they have not been commercially successful.

Soo??,,,the Ass couldnt even save her marriage.....so whats it worth...mtcheewwwwwwwwwwwwww

Disclaimer:
Anyone who thinks fighting boko harm is easy should forward march to sambisa forest. Ask US how long it took to reduce akhidah to it present state, yet just yesterday same group claim responsibility of France attack. E-warriors, save yourselves of needless talk, go try your skills in sambisa forest.

I salute your courage mr president.

Ride on GEJ

Its funny that some of us don't know that, fighting outside your territory and inside is not the same thing....America fights Al-Queda outside its shores...and you have ragtag militants in your house and you cant stop them...my friend be more objective in your support.....the FG is not serious about BH

QMark: They always raise our hopes at youth level. When money starts coming in, they forget all the skills they learnt at Agege Stadium and Onikan Stadium and start passing the ball backwards.

I wish him all the best sha.

hahahahahaha...you have a point sha

floragregs: the light skinned one that kept his face like back yansh

Why you dey ask am?..yansh dey talk??

"Any" job is better than "no job"...so unless you have an alternative, stick to your banking job....

I think information like this should be classified.....do they also get to tell BH when they are going to attack with these weapons......Dunces in Govt

Vic-jay:
forget talk my guy. l have a phantom tab and samsung note 2 and i prefer the phantom

gbam!!..truth be told....same for me ooooo...i prefer my phantoms.....phone and tab...whats with all this tecno hate...if u dont like it..simple buy what u like...but for those of us that have used nokia/htc/samsung/tecno products..i can beat my chest and say tecno does not disappoint...shikena

stebell: mY GUY ARE YU FRM RIVERS? STOP SPEWING RUBBISH ABOUT RIVERS STATE.

AMAECHI DID WAT.
YU ARE COMPARING AMAECHI WIT OTHER GOVS PAST DONT FORGET TO RELATE UR COMPARISM WIT ALLOCATIONS RECEIVED DURING THE PERIOD YU TALK ABOUT.


DO YU KNOW THAT GOV AMAECHI HV BORROWED MORE MONEY THAN ALL DE GOVS THAT HV RULED RIVERS STATE PUT 2GEDA. THAT IS A FACT


DO YU ALSO KNO THAT GOV AMAECHI RECEIVED IN 3 YRS WAT ODILI DID NOT RECEIVED IN 8YRS IN TERMS OF ALLOCATION.

GOV AMAECHI PERFORMED IN HIS FIRST TENURE....................FACT
HAS HE PERFORMED IN HIS 2ND TENURE..............................NO
THE OP SAID HE IS DOING ROADS IN DLINE. WEN YU ASHPALT/RESURFACE ROADS, DOES THAT IMPLIES ROAD CONSTRUCTION........NO

I tink he de Gov has been in de news more than being in de state to perform his civic duties to the gud peeps of the state
OP wat is happening to IWOFE ROAD?

my broda...im not from from River State...but i grew up here....if u will be sincere to yourself...Amaechi is the best Governor River state has had in a while in terms of projects..........if u want them listed...i can afford u that courtesy....if you do not like him as a person, like many pple say he is arrogant..thats personal....its your own opinion.......but dont take away the visible projects he has carried out.......Odili was here for 8 years..what did he do....so why are people so indifferent??.......what the Presidents wife is doing is not right....its tearing PDP and the NATION APART....we as youths should start telling the truth sentiments apart...cos we are the reason our leader act with impunity....we lie to them....