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Her Father's son II

"Mommy, owu gini?" She asks her daughter as she walks into the kitchen crying. She can barely make out what she's saying as she struggles to hide her sobs. I fell down from the car when I was washing it. "Chim o! How come?" "I was on top when dad came and started shouting, I now fell" she answers still crying. She gathers her daughter into her arms,this one that God has given her after years of waiting be it a girl. "Did you injure yourself?" she asks, her face filled with concern. "Yes, my knee, its peppering me" "Ndo oh....oya go and wash it let me make cornflakes for you hmmm?"  She can see the smile forming on her child's lips....her child, how good it felt to think about it.  "And don't climb the car again you hear?" But her chubby one is already racing to the bathroom,she never jokes with cornflakes. Why would she be washing the car anyway,this was about this male c...

Breaking News : President Buhari Appoints New INEC Chairman

President Mohammadu Buhari  on today Wednesday the 21st October appointed Professor Mahmood Yakubu as the new chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.  Yakubu who is taking over from the Acting Chairman of the Commission, Mrs. Bala Zakari was the former Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND. The president also appointed other five national commissioners including Zakari. The appointments followed an approval by the National Council of State which had an emergency meeting, being the first under president Buhari, at the presidential Villa, Abuja. The council is usually chaired by the President had Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; all living former Presidents and Heads of State; President of the Senate; Speaker of the House of Representatives; all living former Chief Justices of Nigeria and all state governors among others as members. Accordingly,  Wednesday  meeting attracted the p...

Je Suis Charlie

This is an archived post. I feel very much upset when one makes a fun of me or cajoles me especially if what they are saying are lies. It gets me aggravated if the insult was illustrated in form of a picture, acting or a penciled cartoon, ooh you can’t possibly compare that to how I would feel if you did the same thing to Buddha, my sacred cow, the great Zeus, Patriarch Abraham, the prophets; Moses, Isaiah, Mohammed (Peace be upon Him), my clan’s deity Amadioha, Jesus Christ Son of God. Not even an illogical article against Higgs Particle would I forgive. Why would I feel annoyed and desire to unleash my wrath on you for the crime committed against any of these beings, even though you can argue that according to general belief they all of course are dead and you were just expressing your freedom of speech either with your mouth, keyboard or a pencil and an app on your latest Mac OS or Widows device. Sincerely, you are right they are all physically dead and ...