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            Increased Fuel Price Plunges Lagos into Crises State     A few days ago, we came to the point of utmost crises in Nigeria. The country drove on a fast lane to the point of jumping off the cliff in reckless abandon, and we sat there, hoping for a miracle to swerve our wagon back to a safe lane. A few days ago we experienced the worst situation that almost threatened to last for a life time, although some states might still be experiencing the peak of the devastating event. I don’t know whether you stumbled onto   what I encountered the past few days when everything in Nigeria came to halt. I witnessed people whose lives were almost about to be snuffed out of them just because of these crises we faced.. Well, atleast right now it seems to be getting better anyway. A few days ago, I set out to go see a friend at Omole in Ikeja, I paid N200 from Ikeja under bridge for something that would cost N100 on a normal...

The Wonders of Nature Nature is man, and man is nature. She has used her fiery golden wings to entwine man in wonders. Her fingers appear in mystery that many a man goes unaware of her premodial code. Oh she is a perfect Lord to man! Her help, so going like some furious gale as to jab.   Nature oft paints man as though were chameleon. Nature,   so volatile like a singing moon. She rules man for unknown years. in worry, she kills man when kiss wrong. She gids dussy dussy like the Noah ship on run She knows man, man knows her less... by Samuel Chinweuba

Serving at Kogi State— an Experience I will not Forget in a Hurry   I wonder what went on in your mind the day you got your letter to your place of primary assignment. For me, I was very excited to have that letter. Finally I would be getting out of camp, I sure couldn't be happier. Serving in Kogi State was enormously tough in all the literalness of the word. But I didn't know it would be at the time I had the letter still in my hand, waving at Kabba and inbound for Koto karfe, in Lokoja district. Boy how happy I was. From the sound of the name, I felt it would be a great place and possibly might be in the metropolitan Lokoja.   Our bus sped off, but before it did, I couldn't help but notice people who were welled up in tears as they saw names like Ogolimagongo, Igalamela, Ofu, Otukpa and many more jaw- breaking names. We sat in the bus for a journey within Kogi state and surprisingly we spent 3 hours on the road just the hour I would spend from Enugu to Ab...

August Alsina Prepares for Eye Surgery   On April 15 th of May, August Alsina wrote on his instagram “ So I have this eye disease.. Blind in my left, and losing vision in my right. In order to prevent my eyesight from deteriorating ihad to do this surgery. This shit is beyond painful & Life be throwin' a nigxa curve balls but what I've gained from it all is priceless... A lot of things that are so natural to us in life (like waking up and being able to see 👀) we can take it for granted. Thank God the OG for allowing me to see.. The good the bad the ugly, I'm just glad”   His fans are keeping things both realistic and hoping for the best during his surgery. Miami Sun Times May your eyes be far less complicated than it is now. may our eyes remain safe and clear from the for walls of the hospital. for more information about how to care for the eye, visit www. nettadunn.blogspot.com

THE MOST WATCHED NIGERIAN VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE     Which Nigerian doesn't remember the very famous, “Dia is God o” video skit by First Lady Patience Jonathan? Google today May 21 ranked it as Nigeria's most viewed Youtube video that's non-musical Google ranked most watched videos in Nigeria in the music, non-music and advert categories and 'Dia is God o' came first in the non-music category. See others in the non-music category below... 2. 'Charlie bit my finger again'  3. Bishop Oyedepo slaps President Jonathan by Sahara tv 4. 'No Man Can Resist My Body…” 5. I Go Dye’s Performance at AY Live Lagos 6. The Proposal featuring Bovi & Ijeoma 7. Kate Henshaw dances Skelewu – 8. What Governor Adams Oshiomhole said to the Widow 9. Davido’s Skelewu instructional Dance video 10. GEJ Must Go! Change Is Here in Nigeria! Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka   Linda Ikeji's Blog

  Street children Rummaging through rubbish piles For sellable and recyclable iron and aluminum wares They go about with trays on their heads Tattered clothes their clothing Girls and boys, wandering aimlessly School bells toll beckoning students to school But they run on the streets blocking traffic With rusted bowls, begging for ten naira Then, Others brought to school in tinted glassed cars Others travelled abroad, the children of Senators And Governor’s and Ministers, and Founders These children on the streets, abandoned These children sleeping under bridges, we don’t care These children without parents and families We left them to their fates, We sleep in tall fenced houses, they sleep in mosquito Infested shacks in the marketplace Our children go to school While they beg and steal to survive Their parents we all blame “Why do you born what you can’t breed?” The more they spill into the streets And garages, and gutters Begging and living on the coins we...

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Sunset Soldiers At dusk you see them Armed to the teeth Like medieval soldiers at war field, ... Deploying all their scourges to areas; Waging war against blooded beings Soldiers of the sunset Send forth their millions To unleash discomfort to all and sundry. They erupt from the bush And make their way underneath my bed Singing as though they were a choir of deplorable coloraturas With their unwanted voices singing Devastating songs that assure insomnia. I smoke them with lethal poison They dismiss only to emerge again Wholly rebranded and now they bask Luxuriously in my prepared potent poison. I wear my pyjamas, thick gloves And double pair of stocks , Sit under the mango tree, Discussing with friends as we yet Keep clapping on our bodies As the sunset soldiers' arrows pierce Through our garments to waste Our life -filled substances Sunset soldiers make me blue, Fill my belly with elusive meals And make me satisfied yet weak to the bones. I b...

         The Fear at Twenty-five            Years come, years go Some days are sunny, Some days are rainy. ... Some flowers bloomed, Some flowers are doomed Years come, years go Trees keep growing, Moon keeps glowing. Some rivers brim over, Some rivers dry over. Years come, years go. I sit by myself and wonder Why I never thunder And quake the earth After years of my birth. Years come, years go. I look through clear water, I realise my sideburns, yet no daughter. I ride through the panic of growing older, Yet it has not made me bolder. Years come, years go. My roads are unclear My mind pensive and in fear Because after a score and half a ...

Fish Rain: Understanding the Process behind this Aberrant Natural Phenomenon .   We have heard a lot of information concerning fish rain; Some believe it happens, others believe it does not. It may seem unreasonable and incredible for somebody to believe without reservations, that fishes can rain as well as some othersmaller aquatic animals. Well, believe it or not, anything is possible. The fact that we all gravitate towards the earth doesn’t mean that something with some mass wouldn’t defy gravity.     Yes, it rained fish in Thailand sometimes in April and when I checked some popular Nigerian blogs that carried the news, I discovered that majority of Nigerians couldn’t concur with the news. Well, it doesn’t surprise me a bit. The Romans really dealt with Galileo for disproving the system of Ptolemy by bringing forth such enlightenment which we currently now take for granted.     The case is not completely different with this one. Som...

Lagos I Miss You   Far away in my true home I still miss my Lagos home Too early have I sequestered from this true home ... That even when I visit for the golden fleece I no longer feel a part of this home; For my heart is sold to Lagos. What do I not miss about Lagos? Is it the early morning husband and wife palavers? The Monday morn' tussle to get a molue at the bus-stop? The go-slow that magically turns a two minutes journey into two hours? The blessed roads with potholes as deep as the Niger? The 'sharp guys' duping and pickpocketing at Oshodi? The collosal noises of different trade groups and vehicles? Or is it the anthill activities of the great Oshodi market? I miss them all. What do I not love about my Lagos? Is it the glittering terrain of Ikeja Or the fading colour of Iyana Ipaja? Is it the "Three Wise Men" at Ojota Or the great Awolowo forever standing at Ikeja? Is it the clean gutters of Shonibare Or the mosquito-infested...

Men on High Horses They look down on people from their high horses Carried away by their peer's praises Viewing others as men with no thoughtful mien Boastful with their words Acting like they own the world They forget we are all human ... Born by a woman Greatness is a height Which many has fallen Their deeds forgotten One thing cometh before a fall which is pride Everyone is not a camel which you can ride There are a lot of birds in the sky Some fly while some soar But none can roar By Afolabi Kayode

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                  The Most Expensive Building in the World Buckingham Palace, currently owned by Queen Elizabeth II, who has ruled since February 6, 1952, has served as the official London residence of Britain's sovereigns since 1837 and today is the administrative headquarters of the Monarch. Although in use for the many official events and receptions held by The Queen, the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace are open to visitors every year. Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms. These include 19 State rooms, 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms. In measurements, the building is 108 metres long across the front, 120 metres deep (including the central quadrangle) and 24 metres high. The Palace is very much a working building and the centrepiece of Britain's constitutional monarchy. It houses the offices of those who support the day-to-day act...

Squandering 1.5 Million Lebanese Pound on Breakfast. Warri billionaire, Ayiri Emami,his brother Aje Emami and friends are currently on vacation in Beirut Lebanon.   They are all having the best of fun as the Oil mogul and founder of the 911 Beach and Resort in Delta state splashed a whooping sum of 1.5million pounds (Lebanese Pounds)on breakfast today.   Pictured below are Ayiri Emami and his crew catching fun at the Four Seasons Hotel in the country.He also shared a pic of the receipt of the breakfast SOURCE riri4.blogspot.com and I ask why all this extravagant spending on trivial things such as breakfast? Niger Deltans still  have a lot of hardship going on for them and yet, a native Deltan  is splurging the oil money on trivial things. they seems to be wearing white and I guess that probably makes them all saints . Can you even imagine? only wine cost a whopping 1.3 million.  I guess  nobody is righteous. please Oga ...

      The Human Barbie Doll that Has Undergone Photosynthesis   Did you know Valeria Lukyanova, the twenty-nine-year-old Ukrainian who has been given the title ‘the human Barbie Doll?’ See amazing photos of this lady who is said to be a chronic vegetarian, a mountain climber, an opera singer, and a ‘starver’ who has practiced what is known as breatharianism .       In February 2014, she stated publicly that she would go without food and water for a specified number of days….hmmm that is super dry fasting. I can only wonder how healthy such starvation is.         So, breatharianism was supposed to keep her living exclusively on light and air.  Hmm... Light and air? And they say she is human? Isn’t she just a whole bunch of vegetables able to synthesize manageable energy through photosynthesis? I really wonder how possible it is that she makes it through this extreme lifestyle of hers...