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A Nigerian boy hosting the National Flag To our imagination we still pride ourselves as being an independent nation but I ask myself daily, are we truly an independent people? Are we truly free from colonial slavery and mental trauma? These are my reasons: 1. Majority of our people in position of power or authority threat and treat others like slave " master/slave relationship". This is most pronounced when approaching a police checkpoints. The way they brandish their AK47 while trying to stop you for a check showed to a greater extent that we are still under self inflicted slavery or better still in the dark. 2. The level of exploitation of our government agency showed to a greater extent the disparity between those who have had a blessing and those who have been cursed. 3. Nigerians struggle daily to make the government listen to them 4. Policies and laws are being forced on us without our thought being sought on such policies and laws before passage by those

GMO FOOD UNDER LABORATORY CHECK GM technology has been around for the past 20 years, and today, 70-80% of the foods in the United States,contain ingredients that have been genetically modified. Many of the most influential regulatory agencies and organizations that study the safety of the food supply, including the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, the American Medical Association, the World Health Organization, Health Canada, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Academy of Sciences, have found genetically modified food ingredients are safe and there are no negative health effects associated with their use. Ingredients grown using GM technology require fewer pesticides, less water and keep production costs down. In fact, GM technology helps reduce the price of crops used for food, such as corn, soybeans and sugar beets by as much as 15-30%.GM technology allows farmers to use fewer chemicals, such as pesticides. It also helps them utilize more environmentally

Mastermind of Christmas day bomb blast that killed scores of people and wounded many at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church Madalla Niger State in 2011, Mr. Kabiru Umar, alias Kabiru Sokoto, sentenced to life imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja in 2012 has been released by Muhammadu Buhari.

Nigeria's Airforce One Despite the biting economic recession in the country, the Federal Government has spent the sum of N5bn on the 10-aicraft Presidential Air Fleet in the last 15 months, document obtained exclusively from the Presidency by Saturday punch has revealed. According to the document, the Presidency put the amount of money so far released for the Presidential Air Fleet since the inception of the current administration in May 2015 till date in the region of N5bn. The breakdown of the sum showed that N2.3bn was released for PAF by the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation between May and November 2015. That figure included releases for personnel costs, overheads and capital expenditures; out of the N5.19bn appropriated for PAF in the 2015 budget. Of the sum, the Presidency said N99.715m was spent on aircraft maintenance, spares and subscription services. The sum of N98.5m was also spent on operations; N165.373m on training and N85.5m on pe

Ongoing construction at the site Vice president's Visit to the site 1.     Over $4 billion worth of equipment currently sits on the site. 2. The project is slated to cost $14 billion (N2.8 trillion) of which Dangote is contributing $7 billion in equity. 3. The project site is larger than Victoria Island. It is located on 2135 hectares of land in Epe, Lagos near the Lekki Free Zone 4. It is the largest industrial complex in Africa 5. Work goes on, on the site, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 6. World Record 2.72 million accident free hours recorded on site, without a single lost time to injuries 7. It is the largest single train grass roots refinery in the world with a processing capacity of 650,000 BPSD 8. Dangote Group brought in the world’s #1, #2, and #5 sand dredgers to sand fill the site. 60% of the land being swampy. So far these dredgers have reclaimed 13 million m³ out of 30 million m³ 9. During construction, the project will employ over 25,000 Nigerian

When in the University as a student's leader, I hated protest with passion because I was of the opinion that: 1. it doesn't bring immediate solution but rather compounding the already existing problem 2. It gives an opportunity to people with ulterior motives to execute and perpetrate their plans 3. Its in most time occurring when other means of settling issues have not been exhaustively utilized and so, I prefer dialogue and continued negotiation whilst judiciously putting my brain on paper with pen. I have never for once hidden this stance and I always embrace criticism from my colleague because that's when I pick my weaknesses most times. This is not to fumble but to pass home a message because there's Nigeria in every microcosm unit of Nigeria. Despite my stance, I do always criticise the University government(Management). Those who knew me then understand that I am saying the truth and of course, a handful of professors and colleagues are my friends

EBUN-OLU ADEGBORUWA, ESQ. (Being text of paper delivered at the 7th Year Memorial Programme for late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, LL.D, SAN, SAM, on Monday, September 5, 2016 at the International Event Centre, Igbatoro Parliament Road, Alagbaka, Akure, Ondo State) INTRODUCTION It is not surprising to have this discourse at this time, when our dear country is in dire need of leadership. The heroes gone by, in times past, had helped to guide Nigeria right, with their struggles of commitment, selfless sacrifices and nation building. I do humbly urge that we maintain a minute silence in honour of Chief Gani Fawehinmi and all other heroes of our nation. When I was approached to be the Guest Speaker for this occasion, I felt some sense of unease, arising mainly from my personal disenchantment with the community of activists and pro-democracy campaigners, in regard to all the recent ugly developments in our nation, to which they have either directly acquiesced or indirectly encouraged.