People, I have been away for a long while. nah so life be. But let me note this quick one: Consider this picture taken in Nigeria.



Note the Okada driver, is wearing a paint bucket as his own "helmet", but we can clearly see the extra helmet he has on the front of the Bike and the passanger is also wearing a helmet.

Hmmm... So this guy is willing to risk...

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The Blog below was inspired by THIS NVS article.



Let us face the truth.

All of us Nigerians - every single one of us, especially those of us who deserted the land for "abroad" - contributed to the disintegration of the land we call our Homeland. For the most part, we deal with Nigeria with a hands-off attitude. Just picture it this way: we live in a house and refuse to partake in the...

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You would think we weighed like a Hundred Pounds in Five Places -

Or why would our sleeping on this hand literarily kill the hand?

And worse, it is not that other hand which we find practically useless,

But the one we use for all, from Guiding Private Junior, to pointing.

And now, the Fingers on the Left reign supreme on our Keyboard,
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I woke up this morning with a feeling of sickness, only i'm not really sick. Perhaps again i am sick, home sick that is. Oh yes i'm definitely home sick, and i've been for some months now. Every time now i see myself ruminating over the many happenings in my beloved country Nigeria. My thoughts are laced with all things Nigeria. My discussions are revolved around all things Nigeria. In fact, my choice of tv programmes are mostly Nigerian nowadays. Even my choice of drinks now are Nigerian. I'd rather...

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SHE had always intrigued me, since way back when I was all but a little kid. I would watch her find her way around and fend for herself, making me wonder what made her tick. Even for her pedigree, her intelligence and sense of intuition was unmistakeably impressive. Looking at her, you could just see it all in her eyes, which she bent at an angle to catch a better view of what was above her, or turn around to see what was ahead or in...