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Nigeria: Where Predicament And Palava Breeds Happiness And Laughter By Laide Adekanle Nigerians are very prone to laughing, we were once classified as the happiest people on earth. A walk through the major streets of some states and you will see men drinking and laughing heartily while women sway their hips to music blaring out loud from speakers. There is poverty in the land but people still find a way to smile and enjoy themselves, Nigerians are very happy people, jolly good fellows I must say. Everything is a joke in this nation, even serious issues that affects our lives, trust that indomitable Nigerian spirit to make it funny. In my small room, I look out into the Nigerian world, to see, enjoy and maybe get a little of that infectious Nigerian happiness, what I see is pain etched on people's faces, no salaries for civil servants, rising costs of food stuffs, increase in transport fares et al but surprisingly we are laughing. We are laughing through the pain, smiling...

Nigeria: Where Predicament And Palava Breeds Happiness And Laughter By Laide Adekanle Nigerians are very prone to laughing, we were once classified as the happiest people on earth. A walk through the major streets of some states and you will see men drinking and laughing heartily while women sway their hips to music blaring out loud from speakers. There is poverty in the land but people still find a way to smile and enjoy themselves, Nigerians are very happy people, jolly good fellows I must say. Everything is a joke in this nation, even serious issues that affects our lives, trust that indomitable Nigerian spirit to make it funny. In my small room, I look out into the Nigerian world, to see, enjoy and maybe get a little of that infectious Nigerian happiness, what I see is pain etched on people's faces, no salaries for civil servants, rising costs of food stuffs, increase in transport fares et al but surprisingly we are laughing. We are laughing through the pain, smiling...

The belief that heaven or an afterlife awaits us is a "fairy story" for people afraid of death, Stephen Hawking has said. In a dismissal that underlines his firm rejection of religious comforts, Britain's most eminent scientist said there was nothing beyond the moment when the brain flickers for the final time. Hawking, who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease at the age of 21, shares his thoughts on death, human purpose and our chance existence in an exclusive interview with the Guardian today. The incurable illness was expected to kill Hawking within a few years of its symptoms arising, an outlook that turned the young scientist to Wagner, but ultimately led him to enjoy life more, he has said, despite the cloud hanging over his future. "I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first," he said. "I regard the brain as a compu...

 Imagine me, Fela, in America! That’s one big yeye country! I no dey tok fo’ dat one yet-o. Cos na one big nonsense’ story wey de full one book-o!*  racist! … Hatred! … Violent! … A b***! Ohhhhhh, man, you ain’t seen shit till you hit America. I thought motherfuckin’ England was bad! America na worse than bad-o! America na-wa-o!** People in Africa don’t know how much their American Black brothers are suffering wey dey fo’ that place-o. I swear, they no know! But Black Americans were beautiful to me, man. When I came back home, I said to myself: “All African countries should open their doors to Africans from everywhere, especially those in the Americas.” That’s what I wanted to do if I’d been in power. But I wasn’t. So the idea of creating a place open to every African escaping persecution began taking shape in this my mind. Was that my first pan-Africanist idea? Maybe. At any rate, that’s how the idea of setting up a communal compound –one like Africans had been liing in for...

Open Letter To Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu My dear Asiwaju, I am compelled to write this open letter to you because of the state of affairs of the Yoruba nation. Firstly, I wish to acknowledge that fate has put you in a prime position to determine to a large extent the direction that the Yoruba people will go. The indisputable truth is that one may quarrel with your politics but your sagacity is never in doubt. Even those who don't see eye to eye with you agree that you are imbued with unusual native intelligence, uncommon people skills and unrivaled foresight. You, more than any other person, has been the game changer since the advent of democracy in 1999. It is for these reasons that I have chosen to direct this letter to you. My singular purpose is to tug at the strings of your heart. I am not writing to appeal to partisan considerations but to see, if per chance, I can pour out my heart to you in a manner of speaking. God has blessed you even beyond your wildest imagination...

Confirmed Autopsy. Stephen Keshi died of cardiac arrest. Please read this tips from a  Cardiologist. It takes you just 2mins. 1. Let’s say it’s 7.25pm and you’re going home (alone of course) after an unusually hard day on the job. 2. You’re really tired, upset and frustrated. 3. Suddenly you start experiencing SEVERE PAIN IN YOUR CHEST that starts to drag out into your arm and up in to your jaw. Yet you are about 3 km from the hospital nearest to your location. 4. Unfortunately you don’t know if you’ll be able to make it that far. 5. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy who taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself. 6 HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE? Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness. 7. However, these victims can help themselves by:       i....

Former Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi is dead. The news of his demise came around 2am in the early hours of today The big Boss, in his own little way brought smiles to millions of Nigerians in his lifetime. Will always be remembered for his 1994/2013 outings as player and coach. Goodbye, the master tactician.

HOW CRUDE OIL TAXES WERE SHARED FROM 1958 - Kalu Aja. Well before the independence of Nigeria, as at 1958 this was how crude oil taxes were shared… 1958: 1. Oil Producing States retained 67.4% of Mining Rents and Royalties 2. Federal Government got 20% of Mining Rents and Royalties 3. Non-oil states got 12.6% So the crude oil and gas was owned by the oil producing states, that how the British left it. In 1970, General Yakubu Gowan passed decree No 13, this was how crude oil taxes were now to be shared. 1970 1. Oil Producing States retained 45% of Mining Rents and Royalties 2. Federal Government got 55% of Mining Rents and Royalties 3. Non-oil states got 0% So in the military’s wisdom, the non-oil states did not deserve to get any share of oil revenues. Oil was only for the oil producing states and the Federal Government. Then 1975, General Murtala Muhammed introduced decree 6, this is how crude oil taxes were shared 1975 1. Oil Producing States retained 20% o...