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Because it is a tough thing to admit before a relation of the woman who was wronged Because the experience is something you will live with ‘for the rest of your life’ (Butler) Because the sense of guilt and feeling of betrayal is real Because the hope for forgiveness is lost Because of the almost consuming urge to compensate or over-compensate
After we published last week, Nature and its answer to Linkedin’s founder Reid Hoffman’s question of “…how do you shape technology,” my neighbour challenged me on the premise of the proposition. He admitted that sometimes nature actually shapes things slowly and patiently but at other times, it is quick, fast and instant. When volcanoes erupt, they do so quickly and instantly. When earthquakes announce their…
From the Amazon Original movie, Greenland comes some powerful lines with relevant application to prevailing conditions in Nigeria at the moment. There is no doubt that the worrisome level of insecurity across the country has left many people ‘super scared.’ Gerrard Butler who played the role of John Garrity in Greenland told Roger Floyed (Nathan Garrity) his son once: “Sometimes, you just gotta suck it…
You speak as if Maradona knew he was going to die on Wednesday. Does anyone know when he/she will be called to appear before the Creator? Besides, he was only 60 years old. Which was a long time already You can’t be serious. Someone I know is planning her 90th Birthday this December Good for her. Hope she dines daily at the kindness cubicle at…
In the buildup to the November 25 United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, members of Nigerian Governors Wives against Gender-Based Violence (NGWA-GBV) organized various programs, conferences, consultations and innovative engagements across the country to call attention to the cause and get the buy-in of more people. To register support for the cause, famed movie producer Kunle Afolayan already subscribed to…
It would have been accepted as ‘wooing’ instead of ‘oppression’ (apologies, Joke Silva) The matter may never have escalated into one of sexual harassment Some viewers may not have been given the opportunity to see that sexual predators are deliberate and discriminatory about what they want. Some seem to prefer the ‘hunt’ to what’s offered them on a platter. The motivation for the wickedness might…
Some time ago, while responding to concerns and worries expressed by some on the dangers of San Francisco-based OpenAI’s generative pre-trained transformer version three, GPT-3, the powerful machine-learning system capable of swiftly producing text with minimal human input, board member and founder of Linkedin, Reid Hoffman suggested some of the measures to guard against bad outcomes at the facility. He rounded off his response by…
What do you see in the eyes of former President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania as he looked at the face of former Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa? In the early 1970s, when President Moktar Ould Daddah heard General Gowon had sent a delegation to his country to deliver support for the country following the devastation caused by flooding, he suspended his planned trip to France…
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