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DEAR VIEWERS, PLEASE GOOGLE SEARCH: "Prof Uwemedimo speaks on payment to Patentees." Battle is raging there between HOLY SPIRIT AND BOTTLED SPIRIT ! Please Be there! Omokemesi

DEAR VIEWERS, PLEASE GOOGLE SEARCH: "Prof Uwemedimo speaks on payment to Patentees." Battle is raging there between HOLY SPIRIT AND BOTTLED SPIRIT ! Please Be there! Omokemesi

Gone were those good old days when university students were served free meals. Some of them even had methods they used to get free meals for their visitors. At times, students even demonstrated against being served salty food. Left overs were usually sent to the zoo at the University of Ibadan, for instance. Gradually, this opportunity escaped the students giving way to the use of tickets purchased by them. Today most students cook for themselves. This and economic situation later caused the introduction and adoption of that great codes which have spread to all tertiary institutions in the country. The codes are 101, 011, 111, 100 and 001. Are you one of those who enjoyed free meals? Are you one of those who used the codes? Which one did you use? Who can decode all the codes? Let us share your experience with you. Experience, they say, is the best teacher. -OMOKEMESI

MY MIND TODAY                                               Whenever I think about the various problems facing Nigerians today, I always come to the conclusion that we indeed need a Messiah.                                                           Will the Messiah emerge in 2011?                                               What do you think should be the CV of the Messiah of your choice?                            OMOKEMESI

MY MIND TODAY:            Lagos  State Government yesterday  alerted Residents along  Lekki and Victoria Island Corridor that there might be rise in the water level of the Atlantic Ocean.  The  rise in water level in the Atlantic Ocean which might have triggered excessive flooding in Pakistan, India and the Caribean, is likely to repeat itself at the Lagos water front.         When I read the report of this alert, what immediately crossed my mind is that the people living or working in this area would by now be thrown into absolute state of fear which could earn many of them hypertension.  Is there no permanent solution to this problem?                        Omokemesi

DOLMITE, thank you for your question. But if I may ask, does our culture  support the situation many old people find themselves today?  Imagine a 75-year-old man blessed with three children but lost his wife.  The first son is in London. The second son is in Saudi while his only daughter is with her husband working in Kaduna. The old man is living in his village somewhere in Ekiti State.  His children engaged the service of two "imported housemaids " to take care of him because money is no problem.  What type of assistance can these little housemaids offer if the old man falls sick suddenly in the night?  No wonder why  i often hear on the Radio: "this is to announce the demise of Pa Kosiomonitosi Ojo who died yesterday after a brief illness.  Pa Ojo is survived by  Engineer Ona-atije Ojo, London;  Dr  Omowaselo Ojo, Saudi; Mrs Emily Onamijin, Kaduna, and many grandchildren.  Burial arrangements will be announced later. Mrs Emily Onamijin - for the family ."     The lives of our old people can be elongated if Old People's Homes are established in different parts of the country because there will be healthcare services and they  will meet their age-mates to play and discuss with.                              From Omokemesi