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Church na just cover... That's where the most hideous people (character wise) in Nigeria hide

He knew it was a snake when he picked it..



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That's too bad.




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Hmm

Fake curves can't be compared to the curves on this ladies...

Most Curvy Celebrities in Africa or this one Most curviest celebrities in South Africa

SPOILT9JAOLOSHO:
Soyinka, I remember reading his novels during secondary sch days lol

Why the lol?? Whats funny about you reading his books during your secondary school days

Better man

hisgrace090:
Inability to make the right move leads to poverty.

Gbam

Igwend:
Sure.. If u're poor every good thing goes in reverse direction in ur live.

God purnish poverty

Walahi.... It's just sad

Playwright and social critic, Prof. Wole Soyinka has lambasted individuals trying to reduce the worth of the June 12, 1993, presidential election struggle by rubbing it in ethnic garb.

He noted that the eventual celebration of June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day meant closure for him and many others involved in the struggle to actualize the 1993 mandate.

He added, “A resolution that I first half-seriously injected into encounters over five years ago. That absence applies, not to the official celebration alone – of which I have never been a part anyway – but to the annual ritual by civic groups, a ritual of both tributes and defiance that has been unflaggingly observed till now.

“Regarding the earlier Abuja ceremony that signalled the state’s reversion to June 12 as the most truthful expression of a people’s democratic will, I did attend, even at the cost of breaking a journey on the way to Brazil. That event, for some of us, represented closure – at least substantially.

“It was a reunion of sorts, a cauterisation of many internal, invisible, and yet suppurating wounds, and private thanksgiving – for some of us – that the only route that appeared left for the recovery of a people’s dignity was abruptly, and ‘providentially’ closed by the timely demise of a singular human perversion. The nation was saved the anguish of the unknown. That sense of relief, on its own, is worth celebrating.”

The election won by the late business mogul, Bashorun MKO Abiola, was annulled by the military dictator, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd.).

The Nobel laureate, in a statement on Tuesday titled, “Democracy Day Primer (1),” noted that even before the Annunciation of June 12 as Democracy Day, the “same nihilist voices” were already primed to degrade it and ridicule what should be a potent signpost for future generations.

According to Soyinka, such voices even make desperate efforts to annul its history, no different from the original act of annulling an event “universally acknowledged as the fairest, the most orderly and peaceful election ever conducted in Nigerian history; a chastening contrast to the 2019 general elections.”

He said, “Next, I found it equally lamentable that anyone should attempt to reduce the June 12 struggle to that of an ethnic project. It is a depressing travesty of the realities, a denial of the existence of a nation’s collective sense of justice and its tenacity in the pursuit of that objective.

“No one denies that the immediate family of a victim of robbery feels the pangs of dispossession more keenly than others. The truth, however, remains that the entirety of the compound itself was violated, arrogantly and contemptuously dispossessed.

“In this case, its very aspiration to a unified identity was simply ground underfoot, compelling a return to the starting block, and even several milestones behind! Disenfranchisement is the ultimate stigma for any free people. Again, despite official hostility, corporate blackmail and even victimisation of some adherents of that date…”

Saying he would not participate in this year’s June 12 celebrations by choice, Soyinka said the decision was part of his training exercises to withdraw from public space.

The playwright further said that those actively involved, no matter how ‘tangentially’, in the events that flowed from the annulment of June 12, 1993, presidential election – largely of blood and lamentations – the restoration of that date to a slot among the milestones of nation-building would evoke, side by side with a sense of elation, a mood of sobriety and reflection.

Soyinka stated that this was especially when one recollected how many productive projects were derailed, lives destroyed, many tortured and traumatised by that experience, including those who paid the supreme price.

He added, “However, there is even more matter for discouragement, so we should not be surprised at the ethnic cavilling. After the annulment, I recall that when we tried to mobilise opposition to that sadistic impostor, fanatic voices of ethnic irredentism informed us bluntly, verbally and in print, that the Yoruba should go and solve their problems themselves, since we had let them down in the lead-up to the Biafran war of secession, and should seek no collaboration from that side of the Niger.

“One recognises, in today’s renewed voices of ethnic denigration, the same chant of a hate chorus, the fanning of divisive embers. It is gratifying, therefore – and here we come to some cheering news – that this tendency has become a source of concern to many of the leaders of that former secessionist state. It led to recent counter efforts under themes such as Hands Across The Niger, later followed by Hands Across The Nation, encounters that have taken place both within the nation and outside her borders.

“It is crucial that those laudable initiatives continue in the same spirit of civic responsibility and nationally craved closure. We must, however, sound warning: these high-minded efforts are increasingly vitiated by the fanatic and obnoxious voices of an irrepressible handful. No, we are not speaking here of organised protests and demonstrations to keep Biafra alive – for those of my school of thought, these are both legitimate expressions of the democratic will, and cannot be suppressed. We refer specifically however to abrasive, irrational, and irreverent diatribes of purveyors of unrelenting discord.”

Soyinka, who said everything in Nigeria was fodder for controversy, noted that such had been for the formal restoration of June 12, 1993, to its rightful place on the podium of Nigerian history.

He said, “Let us address some brutal truths. One comment regarding this formalisation especially rankles, since its accompanying train of remarks indicated that it was not a mere aberrant individual, but a revelation of a group sentiment. It was sent to me through the usual Internet link and was, undisguisedly – a mock lament, a condescending swipe at the Yoruba race – yes, directly indicted – for being so naive as to have fallen for an obvious vote gathering ploy.

“First, I was not aware that the Yoruba, acting as an ethnic entity, ever made a statement that promised to reward the government with their votes in return for this alleged June 12 bribe. The serious, problematic bribe – the Minimum Wage concession – of course receives the scantiest of attention – beyond solidarity calls and insistence on implementation. Never mind that, North to South, East to West, numerous tiers of government are scrambling to find ways and means of ‘settling’ an agreement directed from the centre, with no corresponding consultation with states.”


saharareporters.com/2019/06/12/why-all-nigerians-should-celebrate-june-12-–-soyinka

There is a very big difference between rich people and poor people in not just my country Nigeria but around the world in general -Thanks to inequality. from the way they both (poor and rich) go about their lives, to the things they both (poor and rich) do with their time and money. Here are 10 Peculiar Things That Rich And Poor People Use Completely Differently

1. Time
Rich people use their time to make connections, and to make money, poor people use it to fantasize about money. **If i get money eh**

2. Phone/Computers
Rich people mostly use their phones and computers to surf the net , close business deals, control their business from wherever they are and also to converse with family and friends. Poor people mostly use theirs to play games and chat.

3. Marriage
Rich people go into marriage mostly for companionship and because they need an offspring, someone to leave the family business and properties to when they are no more. On the other hand, Poor people marry for entertainment. To them coitus is the only extracurricular activity they can afford. That's why a typical poor man can sire up to 6 children.

4. Hospital
Rich people go there both for regular checkups and for unexpected medical events that need immediate attention; poor people go there when their medical condition can’t be ignored any longer.

5. Church
Rich people go to church to pray for more wealth, poor people go to ask for financial breakthrough.

6. Money
Rich people mainly use money to make more money via investments etc; poor people on the other hand only know how to save, save, save and save.

7. Parties
Rich people go to parties to support their friends and also to connect with both new and old friends. Poor people use them as an opportunity to eat to their stomach full.

8. Guns
Rich people use them in protecting themselves and family from getting robbed by the poor, poor people use them for robbing the rich… not in all cases tho.

9. Loans
Rich people borrow money to invest in both new and already existing businesses, poor people borrow money to pay people they owe.

10. Mega Supermarkets
Rich people go there to buy stuffs for themselves, poor people go there to take good background pictures.

11. Police
Rich people use the police to protect their lives and properties and also to intimidate poor people, while poor people pray never to encounter them.

12. Refrigerator
Rich people use it mainly to stock and preserve food, poor people just have them in their homes mostly for water…

13. Dogs
Rich people make use Dogs to protect their homes, Poor people use them to make money through the sales of puppies…

14. Designers
Rich people wear real designers everyday to look good and fabulous, poor people only wear them (fake) on special occassions.

15. Garri
Rich people drink it because they feel like it, Poor people on the other hand drink it cause they have no other choice..


http://listwand.com/10-peculiar-things-that-rich-and-poor-people-use-entirely-differently/

Sweet Achievement

HitSong:
Cardi B is a worthless copycat.
For Nicki, she's not doing bad though...

Go ask Zuckerberg, Copying is a necessary life skill.... So cardi b is on the right path

Three law students from Kenya's Strathmore University has become the first African team to win the John H. Jackson Moot Court competition on WTO law that was held in Geneva, Switzerland at the weekend.

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The Kenyan university was up against Harvard School of Law as they represented Africa for the first time at the finals.

The John H Jackson Moot Court Competition on WTO Law which has been organized on an annual basis since 2002 is currently the only global student competition on World Trade Organization law. It is a moot court competition organised by the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) in co-operation with the World Trade Organization (WTO). It is basically a simulation of WTO Panel dispute settlement proceedings.

The competition has been instrumental in fostering awareness and in-depth study of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its dispute settlement system in law schools in many parts of the world. It also provides students around the world with legal knowledge and skill, while building global legal capacity.

https://listwand.com/kenyan-university-beat-harvard-to-win-top-moot-court-competition-in-geneva

Hmm.... But i thought the Bible said women should not speak in church.... These days dey not only speak.. They also climb pulpit... I wonder how they expect peoples to take the Bible serious when even them no send wetin dey written inside..

The African Union Peace and Security Council on Thursday took a decision to suspend Sudan from activities of the continental body, until the ongoing political crisis is resolved.

In a statement issued after a crisis meeting was held, the AU demanded the establishment of a Civilian-led Transitional Authority, saying it was the only way to allow the Sudan to exit from the current crisis.

The decision follows an upsurge in violence in Sudan this week as its ruling military council and opposition groups contest the authority to take charge of the transition to democracy.

The government and the opposition have issued contradictory death tolls from Monday’s raid on a protesters camp in the capital Khartoum. While the opposition says the death toll has surpassed 100, Sudan’s health ministry on Thursday said 61 people were killed.

https://listwand.com/african-union-suspends-sudan-demands-civilian-government/

One reason why i don't respect this guy atall.....


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Lesson Learnt

NEVER COUNT YOUR CHICKS BEFORE THEY HATCH




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princeade86:
but uncle akon said many of them are broke ass.

Don't mind him.. They ain't broke.. He just said that to give African youths hope...

Interesting


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Skyfornia:
Wawu...congrats! Cardi B and Nicki Minaj keep making noise. No wonder they say still water runs deep.

Those ones are just typical black Americans

Rihanna has been named by Forbes as the wealthiest female entertainer with a whopping networth of 600 million dollars leading huge names in the industry such as Madonna with $570 million, Céline Dion with $450 million and Beyoncé with $400 million.

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Her 14 years in the music industry has become the fastest growing career as she surpasses icons who have been in the game decades before her. Popular known as Bad Gyal Riri, the singer turned business mogul has established her surname as a brand that runs the entertainment and fashion industry.

She is just Only $400 million shy of becoming a billionaire like Jay-Z, who happens to be the first hip-hop billionaire.

The Barbadian native moved to the U.S. in 2005 from her home in the Caribbean and has given everyone a run for their money since.

According to Forbes, Rihanna owes her huge success to her smart move into film, fashion as well as beauty products slowly moving from collaboration to owning some of the most influential brands in the world.

In 2017, she launched Fenty Beauty earning a reported $100 million in sales in its first few weeks and generated an estimated $570 million in 2018.

Her latest accomplishment, the launch of her FENTY clothing and accessories line under LVMH is also set to not only influence the fashion industry as strongly as her make up line did but also rake in several millions for the mogul.

©Forbes


https://listwand.com/rihanna-now-the-most-richest-female-musician-2019/

rawpadgin:
true
But in AJ case, we still love & support him

*thumbs up*

Same Everywhere........



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15 min of fame... By the way I'm still looking for the place she begged wizkid...




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The past is the past ...


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There is no smoke without fire...




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Hmmm



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Cool

Pele. Some days are like that