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Don’t ask for what you can consume at once; ask for what you can grow. When you have opportunity, don’t ask for bread, ask for seed. Bread fills you now but you become hungry after. Seed feeds you now and later. Here is why. There had been severe famine in the land and hunger was rife. The people thought what they needed was bread so…
Creators of Marvel Cinematic Universe, MCU took their fans on a brilliant tour of their masterly crafted world of storytelling, mesmerising Computer Generated Imagery, CGI and the beloved Avengers characters in Endgame, the final instalment of the 22-enthralling-movies-saga. The savagery of Thanos, the villain and his battalions, which was unleashed in the final battle was anything but a game! Those merciless and vicious blows Thanos…
Why did former British Prime Minister and 2nd World War hero, Sir Winston Churchill and his Conservative Party lose almost scandalously to Labour Party in the first general election held just after the War, in 1945? How could the people of Britain so brazenly reject the leader who procured victory for the nation during one of its darkest seasons? And so soon after they had…
Recently, it was reported widely that a Nigerian had become president of the United Nations General Assembly. The first Nigerian to be appointed into the prestigious position was former foreign affairs minister and one time Nigeria’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Major General Joe Garba. General Joe Garba had a chequered career in the army as part of the officer corps but that entire…
It happened. In this same Nigeria. A governor could not have the land he wished for. He wanted to but the permanent secretary in charge of lands told him he could not. His name is General Hassan Katsina. He was Governor of Northern Nigeria. He applied for a plot of land but was denied. He was told that as Governor, by law, he was the…
Who knows when and where corruption started from? How many agree that it started with the corruption of names from what they used to be? Gwosh became Jos, Baushe became Bauchi, Ilo-irin became Ilorin, amongst others.
For years many travellers moving from northern Nigeria to the south or moving in the reverse direction, have stopped in this ancient town nestled around some hills and enchanting scenery, to refresh, savour the local delicacy before continuing their journey. That local delicacy is soup rich in bush meat, antelopes being the largest contributor. And that whole area, owing to it richness in antelopes (une…
In 1962, the first known Siamese Twin birth was recorded in Soba district of the then Zaria Province (in today’s Kaduna State). The parents of the girls reportedly abandoned them when their neighbours and other villagers avoided their home. They believed the girls were evil. As many persons down south in Calabar and environ, had believed about twins before Mary Slessor’s remarkable feet touched that…
What about our famous groundnut pyramids? What informed their creation? We have seen their photos and read about them in journals where they were compared with the pyramids in Egypt and the sphinx in Giza. But why the groundnut pyramids? The pyramids were created because the massive production of groundnut in the 50s led to acute shortage of storage facilities. All the big European companies…
Lord we beseech your help To guard us from the iniquities of the world Let our country grow and be known All over this broad earth Let everyone prosper in it Without fear and without persecution Help our land find honour Place her on the path of truth Help her develop and become renowned Let her be an example to Africa Let her prosper, let…