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This remind of one picnic we embarked last 5 years back in Niger state. We saw life lion and other sought of Animals leaving their natural life. I was like wont this animals one-day face this people staying close to them? though they used barbed wire to separate the animals and labouring village but still those people are not save.

VALENTINE'S DAY REVIEW
Couple of days back, on the 14th of February 2012 to be precise, while driving through the streets of Lagos; I noticed a very ‘colourful’ trend. A lot more people, so it seemed, decided to put on red outfits on that day. People do wear red clothes naturally but perhaps the day being St. Valentine’s Day made the trend much more auspicious. Later that evening, the normally congested city of Lagos had most of its fast food joints, restaraunts and recreational outfits stretched to very uncomfortable limits. It was not unusual to see two lovebirds queuing for hours just to buy meat pie and soft drinks; and after the food and drinks had been bought, there was no space for our love birds to sit and relax, as all seats were already taken.
St.Valentine’s day is here to say in Nigeria, when my generation was much younger, Valentine’s Day was largely an elitist celebration so to say. Its main celebrants were the middle to higher class couples who could afford some of the expensive romantic goodies that came with the territory. Today, the celebration of Valentine’s Day now cuts across almost all strata of Nigeria’s urban population, at least I can speak for Lagos. Continuing my journey through the streets of Lagos on this Valentines’ day, what struck me and perhaps inspired this article was when I drove through an Okada park; I observed that most of the Okada riders were putting on various shades of red shirts. Out of curiosity and since my destination was round the corner, i parked nearby, walk up to a random red shirt wearing Okada rider and asked,’oh boy dis one wey all of una dey wear red, wetin dey happen? And the Okada rider replied with a tint of sarcasm,’oga, fine man like you, you no know say today na Varrentime?’ I giggled as I walked away.
Surely Valentine’s day means a lot of things to a lot of people. Historically, it’s a day set aside to celebrate the life and times of a catholic priest called Valentine who was renowned for marrying couples faced with opposition against their union. Valentine was martyred, and was subsequently declared a saint by the Catholic Church. In the 1840s, commercialization of St. Valentine’s Day began as cards and gifts became available on sale in the United States of America, from there on it went global. Today St. Valentine’s day has become a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide, and Nigeria is not excluded. The Entertainment industry seems to be a huge beneficiary of Valentine’s Day; events, shows and exclusive dinners tend to record sell out patronage on this day. Bakeries, gift shops and other culinary outfits smile to the bank on Valentine’s day.
For the matured and level headed, who unfortunately are a minority, , : continue reading at : http://www.thestanleynwabia..com/2012/02/valentines-day-review.html

SOVEREIGN NATIONAL CONFERENCE: WHO WILL REPRESENT ME?

The call for convocation of a Sovereign National Conference has for some time now become a mantra for certain pro democracy, civil rights and cultural groups. The agitation for SNC began right after the annulment of June 12 presidential elections in 1993 when it became clear to many in the south that the only reason why Chief MKO Abiola was denied his presidential mandate was because he was from the wrong ethnic group. Associations like NADECO and other pro democracy groups emerged with a call and demand for a Sovereign National Conference as the only antidote to Nigeria’s huge basket of problems. Fast forward to the year 2012 and the call for SNC has become even louder, why with the horrifying plague of Boko-Haram in the North, restiveness in the Niger-Delta, alleged marginalization of the South-East, Religious/Ethnic conflicts here and there, obviously there may be no other way out.
Nigerian Activists have defined Sovereign National Conference as the coming together of all ethnic nationalities in order to discuss, express their individual rights to self determination and chart the way forward for Nigeria. While this is not entirely a bad idea, the word ‘sovereign’ is perhaps quite worrisome as it suggests that each ethnic group would reserves the ultimate power and right to make, stand by and execute its own decision at the conference. Thus if ethnic group A decides to go its separate way, its decision is final. Examples of countries that have broken up into several pieces are abound; the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and more recently the Sudan. Proponents of SNC are of the view that if Nigeria must remain together, all ethnic groups must agree to remain part of Nigeria provided respective terms and conditions are met.
As at last count, Nigeria has about two hundred and fifty ethnic groups, each with distinct languages and dialects. What this means is that assuming the SNC is convened with ethnic nationalities providing two delegates each, we are looking at five hundred delegates at least? Another mock question is; can two people adequately represent the interests of an entire ethnic group? Considering the fact that every single ethnic group in Nigeria has its own sub groups and clans with various interests bordering on religion, trade, profession, customs, land issues etc. Obviously, each ethnic nationality will require more than two delegates. However if we must stick with two delegates per ethnic group, then one will expect that before the convocation of a Sovereign National Conference, all ethnic nationalities must first convene their own respective ‘sovereign clan, age-grade or village conference(s) where all their positions will be harmonized and then two delegates can now be mandated to go represent them at the national conference. Easier said than done, if you ask me.
Many are yet to realise that no ethnic group in Nigeria is homogenous in the real sense of the word. Yorubas may be referred to as an ethnic group or tribe, but within the Yorubas there are many sub-groups like the Egbas,Aworis,Ifes,Modaekes to mention a few, each with their own distinct dialects,customs,interests and aspirations. Can any persons or group of people truly rise up and claim to represent the interests of Yoruba nation as a whole? The,

LeoMax:
@publisher

You sound like an "insider", can you help me deliver this message to the military. To decimate every mosque in the north that preaches Jihad and infiltrate the Boko Haram network with informers. Its not bleeping hard to establish bars with listeners and cameras to eavesdrop on their communications.

islamrules:
Why going to Nigeria ?

Nigerians dont listen to foreign music. Because majority of them can't decipher foreign English.

That is why American songs are not popular in Nigeria.

If you can use Yoruba, Pigin, Igbo to rap, dont come.

One funny thing is majority of Nigerian rappers are singing Fuji, but they are deceiving themselves that they are singing hiphop.

They have bastardized hiphop. Someone like Nice, Brymo, Samklef e.t.c are suppose to be singing fuji.

Anyways, I dont know how the guy sang and what he sang.

stagger:
OP,

Have you ever bothered to ask yourself what "dual purpose" in the DPK stands for?

There are three grades of kerosene:

ATK (aviation type kerosene which is essentially Jet A1)
HHK (household kerosene)
DPK (dual purpose kerosene which can be used as domestic cooking fuel and can be modified for aviation use).

Have you heard that any aircraft has crashed recently because they used DPK?

It is always proper for people to study situations and get their facts straight before publishing.

That said, it is unethical to source DPK locally at N40.90 (NNPC price) and sell the same as Aviation kerosene (Jet A1). At the end of the day, the high air fares being paid by passengers is the end-result of such practices.