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How to ‘love in the time of war’

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This is no playing Gabriel García Márquez but a pretension of the neo-literate (nay monomaniac) ‘elite’ understanding of the subject of love. Say romanticism if you like, there’s always a trap!

 

Very quickly, let’s together situate love in the time of war. The soldier and his wife! In the time of war, the soldier is expected to head for the front, leaving the home-front to his wife (or would you say ‘to her husband’ if the soldier in this case were a lady? Of course!)

 

For convenience, we should be content with the first possibility where the soldier is a man. Here, the soldier is expected to make for the front, leaving home. However, will ‘our’ soldier leave home if he is ‘truly’ in love with his wife? To die? Or to live….

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Flying Car: ‘The Car’, taking to the air. Thanks to University Graduates…

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Some things dey craze! No be the human actors o but the things themselves. Such na ‘the flying car’.

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Flying car? How on mother earth? Which kind sane person fit think of such an insane something.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyway, the thing surely get em own way of filling the needs of millions (if not billions – remember Gangnam Style?) of people.  Just come to Lagos and start selling….

 

 

 

 

 

But hey, you no fit fly this car the way you go drive am o. If you be amateur driver, you still fit drive am inside gutter but fly? The gutter of the airstrip na hell. No be heaven o but hell because the person corpse go dance azonto inside fire.

 

Anyway, make we give thumbs up to those individual brains wey throw up the idea (including Hollywood) and those wey finish am.

 

 

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That viral Video (Gangnam Style) races beyond 1billion views

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Remember that South Korean Guy, Psy’s Musical Video Gangnam Style that was reported to have beaten Justin Bieber’s to clinch the ‘most watched video on youtube  ever’?

As at the time of this writing, it has gathered exactly 1,146,732,756. That’s a whooping 1.46something billion. Can you beat that?

If you wish to add to the views, click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0

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Professor Maurice Iwu involved in HIV/AIDS treatment breakthrough…read am well for ojoro…

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Professor Maurice Iwu, a former Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)  is part of a team of scientists that has recorded a breakthrough in the treatment of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). But I’m afraid the world is agog at this bit of news while not fully understanding what the news is about actually. Maybe!

This team has discovered an oral botanical drug called Crofelemer, already approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of the dreaded disease.

The former INEC chairman is an acclaimed pharmacologist and tropical medicine expert; based on his antecedent especially as INEC boss, certain quarters have been asking questions about the accuracy of the claims. Continue reading Professor Maurice Iwu involved in HIV/AIDS treatment breakthrough…read am well for ojoro… →

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Ile-Ife unveils Ori Olokun. Changes Mayfair Roundabout to Ori Olokun Roundabout…

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Ile-Ife, Nigeria was where the world paid her attention today with the unveiling of the gigantic Ori-Olokun sculpture at the Ori-Olokun Roundabout, which until now was called Mayfair Roundabout in Ile-Ife.

The historical Ori-Olokun, transformed into a huge statue and situated at the central part of the ancient city of Ile-Ife, was commissioned by the Executive Governor of Osun State,  Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.

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1,998 widows registered for marriage. Bachelors, where ART thou?

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downloadSo far, 1998 widows have been registered by the Zamfara State Government in preparation to marry them off.

It was the Commissioner for Ministry for Women and Children Affairs of Zamfara State, Hajia Balkisu Bungudu, that said it. has said. She also stressed the fact that the marriage would be sponsored by the state government. The is due to the increasing number of widows in the state. Some, about 120 of them had found suitors but their marriages had been delayed due to lack of funds.

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Gallery: Hollywood, like Nollywood, has got nice curves that kan cqill

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The incredibly talented and funny Melissa McCarthy is just getting started in Hollywood. Credit: Getty Images
The incredibly talented and funny Melissa McCarthy is just getting started in Hollywood. Credit: Getty Images
Kate Upton is the curviest supermodel to make waves in quite some time. Credit: Getty Images
Kate Upton is the curviest supermodel to make waves in quite some time. Credit: Getty Images
Kate Upton is the curviest supermodel to make waves in quite some time. Credit: Getty Images
Kate Upton is the curviest supermodel to make waves in quite some time. Credit: Getty Images
The youngest Kardashian constantly battles public pressure about her weight but look at that perfect hourglass figure! Credit: Getty Images
The youngest Kardashian constantly battles public pressure about her weight but look at that perfect hourglass figure! Credit: Getty Images
The youngest Kardashian constantly battles public pressure about her weight but look at that perfect hourglass figure! Credit: Getty Images
The youngest Kardashian constantly battles public pressure about her weight but look at that perfect hourglass figure! Credit: Getty Images

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HUSBAND to be DIVORCED not for ‘poor performance’ but laziness by wife, 38

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Mrs Risikat Balogun, 38, of Ogbondroko area, Ilorin, is blazing hot to secure a divorce against her husband, Ahmed, of three years on the ground that he is lazy.

“My husband prefers playing draft and ayo games with his friends instead of searching for a  job to do,” that’s what she said. Our “marriage was contracted in 2010 and had produced a  female child aged two years.” Continue reading HUSBAND to be DIVORCED not for ‘poor performance’ but laziness by wife, 38 →

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Nigerian kids emerge tops at World Robot Olympiad

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Team Nigeria emerged first amongst four African countries that represented the continent in the 2012 World Robot Olympiad, which held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Nigerian representatives include the trio of Mfoniso Moses, Mercy Ingibina Benjamin and Dapreye Zidafamor, selected from public schools in Lagos and trained by Alofos Science & Technology Foundation for the competition.

 

 

 

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The Governor that either gets a SNAP or a SLAP. Students to study Ifa?

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There are some, who might have grown and remained controversial especially in terms of what they do and their utterances. Of course, usually caring less what reactions such controversial gestures may elicit.

 

Interestingly, these personalities usually achieve excellently even in those waters that many of their subjects deem unsettled. If properly scrutinized, they may come across as people who know what they want and are clear about it in spite of what people have got to mouth-munch.

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Are they the special ones, who deserve a SNAP?

Or clearly the damned ones, who deserve a SLAP?

 

Well, such is the personality of the incumbent Governor of Osun State, Nigeria, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.

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She became a University Student@14. Orphaned though, but determined!

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If-U-Miss-am, Zimbabwean whiz-kid Maud Chifamba grew up in grinding poverty, having lost both her parents at a tender age but at 14, she has defied adversity and hardship to break academic records.

Maud Chifamba, middle, started her studies in accounting September 10, 2012 at the University of Zimbabwe. Aged 14, she is the country's youngest ever university student.
Maud Chifamba, middle, started her studies in accounting September 10, 2012 at the University of Zimbabwe. Aged 14, she is the country’s youngest ever university student.

The extremely bright teenager became the youngest ever university student in Zimbabwe and in the whole of southern Africa.

Maud, standing next to Munyaradzi Madambi, the dean of students at the University of Zimbabwe, received last week a donation of a laptop by the TZU CHI Foundation
Maud, standing next to Munyaradzi Madambi, the dean of students at the University of Zimbabwe, received last week a donation of a laptop by the TZU CHI Foundation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now pursuing a Bachelor of Accountancy Honors Degree at the University of Zimbabwe, the country’s oldest and most esteemed educational institution, her intellectual prowess and hard work have earned her a four-year scholarship of nearly $10,000 after she excelled at 2011 Advanced Level exams.

She has been granted a four-year scholarship from the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA), valued at nearly $10,000
She has been granted a four-year scholarship from the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA), valued at nearly $10,000

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New Comets to visit Earth, March and September. Eye of God?

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images (2)“A spectacular, eye-catching Comet is to pay the Earth a visit in October, leaving a trail probably till January, 2014.”

That is the information reaching us from across the web, Catholic Online, Burlington Patch, Huffington Post etc.

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It is Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON), simply dubbed Comet ISON in the media and was discovered on the 21st day of September, 2012 “beyond the orbit of Jupiter, and almost immediately created a sensation in the astronomical community. The comet holds the promise of becoming so bright that it may be visible in the daytime sky.”

 

 

Comet “ISON’s fiery tail may be visible to those watching the night sky from October 2013 through January 2014″ – NASA’s Astronomer.images (3)

At its closest to the sun, Comet ISON will be just 1.8 million kilometers from the solar surface, or just over one million miles. This is extremely close, and some comets that pass that close do not survive the approach, breaking up and melting into the solar wind instead.

There are interesting facts about Comet ISON that must not escape the student of nature. Find out!

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You want to see the comet now? Ok, here’s your guide…
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Meanwhile, we expect an early-bird Comet in March this year. Let’s keep fingers crossed.
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Happy New Year! At this time?

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Audience: Why is your own new year greeting not just coming in?

Presenter: ‘Cos I was busy with everyday concerns that I never noticed the arrival of a new year!

 

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To all you honoured readers of lAkUnLeScReWs, blessings from the Throne of grace and bliss

as together, we say a resounding HAPPY NEW YEAR to ourselves, while reveling in parties especially with mouthfuls of morsels and vegetabled beef.

Today, tomorrow and the quick days that follow would be used to paint brightly coloured walls, as hopes and resolutions for changes in the pregnant year, 2013. It is pregnant from the coitus of ‘2012 and us’ but what manner of child would be delivered is yet a mystery.

Let us sing and please, do let us merry but we our eyes need be opened to the goings-on in the moment.

As we celebrate the entry of a new year, there are those who really do not care what the time says. While some celebrate with laughter, there are those who are in pains.

Ivory Coast new year stampede kills dozens in Abidjan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20881552

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Police against ‘Rape-Provoking’ Miniskirts

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Women wey dey wear miniskirts or tops exposing part of dem stomach may be arrested by the Police.  One police person talk am in Swaziland.

“The act of a rapist is made easy, because it would be easy to remove the half-cloth worn by the women,” Wendy Hleta, na em yarn am.

Offenders wey dem arrest fit face six-month jail term, na 1889 dem make the law.

The ban also applies to low-rise jeans.

“They will be arrested,” she said.

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Lagos Festival of Lights. Stealing copyrights?

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With an appearance of splendor, glory, magnificence and…I no know bigger sounding words again, help me with some, Lagos, Nigeria celebrates Christmas period with dem own version of ‘Festival of Lights’. Beautiful things. If you no dey Lagos this Christmas period, then you are wrong!

See Lagos Pictures below and compare with standard ‘Festivals of Lights’. Pretensions without ‘OWN’ substance? Judge for yourself!

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Transcript for Connecticut Shooting: Motivations Behind Mass Shootings

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“Today’s tragedy comes on the heels of that other mass shooting 72 hours ago in the mall filled with holiday shoppers outside portland. This singular tragedy in newtown, joining the ranks of the other dark days, coe, tus an, aurora. Pierre thomas now tells us what the experts say they see when they look at the men behind these massacres.

Reporter: The virginia tech A shooting spree in tucson, arizona –six dead. 12 killed at a colorado movie theater. Mass murder conducted by a lone gunmen.

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