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on October 19, 2011 at 11:30 PM / in Africa

False Start

In a previous article titled Taming the tiger, I was highly critical of Muammar Gadhafi and his response to the Libyan unrest. A lot of time has passed since that article and I am now singing a different tone. Not that I am against the vanquish of the colonel who seized power in Libya 42 years ago and refused to relinquish it. I […]

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on September 5, 2011 at 1:24 PM / in U.S Politics

America’s class war

Let me be clear, I am not a democrat or republican. I am a free thinker not bound to the ideological apron of neither political parties. However, recent attacks on  President Barack Obama by key Republican party figures (including Republican party presidential candidates) have caused me to weigh in on the altercation. Republicans attack Obama and call him a class warrior […]

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on August 21, 2011 at 3:28 PM / in Nigeria

From Oloibiri to Otuoke

Otuoke is a community in Ogbia, Bayelsa state, Nigeria. It is here that Nigeria’s first federal university in the heartland of Ijaw is sited. And for that reason Otuoke has gained itself a coveted place in Nigeria’s history. But the location of a federal university at Otuoke is not the only thing that has guaranteed it a spot in Nigeria’s […]

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on July 8, 2011 at 4:39 PM / in United States

Reasonable doubt Vs. common sense

The setting was Orlando, Florida. Caylee Marie Anthony (August 9, 2005 – June 16, 2008) was the beautiful child with angelic face. She disappeared June 2008 and her disappearance attracted media attention throughout the United States. Her mother, Casey Anthony, failed to report her missing for 31 days and repeatedly lied about the child’s whereabout. Tired of Casey’s lies and scheming her mother, Cindy Anthony, […]

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on June 3, 2011 at 1:43 PM / in World

A silent killer

They come in different  sizes, shapes and colors. They are everywhere. In big and small cities you see men and women talking away on it. Everyone knows they are safe to use. If they were not you would already know about it because governments would have saturated communication media with warnings of its danger. So, when the World Health Organization (WHO) […]

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on May 5, 2011 at 12:45 PM / in World

Assault on manhood

The world is undergoing an unprecedented exponential growth in information technology. At the core of it are computers which have literally taken over our lives. Unless you live in a cave and cut away from civilization, you use a computer in the course of a normal day activity. But did you know that use of laptops if placed on the […]

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