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Dating back to the years of slave trade,human beings were profitable commodities in the hands of their dealers,who exchange them for money.Some human beings were captured to be sold while parents were willing to sell their seemingly stubborn children.Some of the slaves that were ferried out of the country were subjected to untold hardships in the hands of their buyers.Recently,human trafficking has been a serious challenge in our country,as people still lure their unsuspecting victims for the money-making venture. Like slave trade,kidnapping has become a matter to contend with in our country.It is about the most popular information seen in the news nationwide.Even the deaf people have heard it.Hardened individuals,that decided to take their destinies in their own hands,have taken kidnapping,as a means of getting their share of the unevenly distributed national cake.The big,the small,the young and the aged are being held on ransom day after day.Presently,it has become a thorn in the fl...

Our country is full of shameless men and women tagged 'politicians',parading as our leaders.The big and small,the godfathers and their protégés are losing their right senses of reasoning.It is an open truth that any leadership without the availability of enough healthy opposition,from any source,will gradually translate to dictatorship.I once said that our country is gradually returning to the dictatorship era,that subjected us to untold hardship and reduced chances of growth in every sector. Nigeria has gained a certain notoriety from the uncontrolled defection of members of her political class in search of greener pastures.This defection is independent of any good reason or promising future for the nation at the long run.Our politicians are so free to keep defecting,provided their selfish desires are satiated.The satiric episodes of carpet-crossing that occured in recent times,have succeeded in jeopardizing the efforts we have made to democratically grow.It has also tainted t...

In 1981,the first cases of AIDS(Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)were identified among gay men in the United States,acquiring the designation,GRID(Gay-Related).By the end of 2003,twelve million children in Sub-Saharan Africa were orphaned by AIDS.Scientists later found evidence that the disease existed in the world for some years prior,that is,subsequent analysis of a blood sample of a Bantu man,who died of an unidentified illness in the Belgian Congo in 1959,making him the first confirmed case of an HIV infection. Where did HIV,the virus that causes AIDS come from?Both of AIDS viruses,HIV-1 and HIV-2,originated in Western-Central Africa according to genetic statistics.As is often the case with microbes,a jump from one species is probably to blame.HIV-1 is probably from chimpanzees while HIV-2 is from sooty mangabeys.AIDS epidemic seemed to have occured around,or just after the Second World War.Cases of AIDS in 1982 began to be reported by fourteen nations.As early as 1982,Centre Fo...

Wonders,they say,shall never end.The 19th edition of the FIFA World Cup has so far produced the manuscript of an interesting drama,full of intrigues and mind-blowing surprises.Africa had the privilege,for the first time,of hosting the highest football tournament in the world.204 teams from all the continents played the qualifying series but only 32 teams had their passion up to the needed threshold . During the 18 tournaments that have been held,seven national teams won the title.Brazil have won the World Cup a record five times,and they are the only team to have played in every tournament.Italy,the current champions,have won four titles and Germany are the next with three title.The other former champions are Uruguay,winners of the inaugural tournament and Argentina with two titles each,and England and France with one title each. The World Cup is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world,an estimated 715.1million people watched the final match of the 2006 World Cup held in Ge...

Unlike what most farmers cherish because of its good work on the soil and subsequent large production of crops,rainy season is dreaded by motorists because of the bad shape it gives our roads and the direct effect of the bad roads on their vehicles,due to poor maintainance or inexpert construction of these roads.Unfortunately,rain,an inexorable natural phenomenon and gift from God seems to be causing more harm than good to motorists,motorcyclists,passengers and pedestrians alike.It has suddenly turned to nightmare.Our roads are in dire need of serious attention in terms of repair and maintainance so as to ameliorate the worsening conditions of the users. Road construction in our country like other things have become more of lip-service when compared with other nations with the welfare of their citizens at heart.Despite the large sums of money allocated for road construction and maintainance,only little or nothing is done.The media is often flooded with the news of large sums of money...

I am just wondering how fellow Nigerians will be feeling after the painful elimination of the so-called Super Eagles by the South Koreans.Obviously very sad! My wall on facebook has been inundated by friends' posts which simply reflects total disappointed and how angry they are.I just hope that none will commit suicide.Right before our President,we lost our first game against Argentina in the 2010 World Cup,which is the first of its kind being hosted on african soil since it commencement in 1930. The days of Nigeria's remarkable successes in competitions of this magnitude have been wiped off our memories.To most nigerians,loosing our games against even supposedly weaker teams have become recurrent,usual and a culture to most of us.Many of us will always console ourselves with the records of our past heroic footballers like Yekini,Okocha and the likes.Our hearts have so much been broken in recent times to the extent that many of us don't even expect anything when it comes t...

Almost everyone is attesting to the fact that a radical man has finally come to be the INEC chairman.Most newspapers,if not all,published the arrival of a radical in INEC.Suprisingly,even the president seemed to be unaware of the calibre of person he appointed to occupy the much unstable position. It would be recalled that,before announcing Jega's appointment after a meeting of the National Council of State,Jonathan had said his choice of Iwu's successor was an unfamiliar person.The president also restated his commitment to ensure that the 2011 general election is conducted in a credible manner.The Edo State Governor,Adams Oshiomole announced the choice of Jega after president Goodluck Jonathan got the nod of the National Council of the state at its meeting at the council chamber of the presidential villa,Abuja. Jega,a professor of political science,an activist and former president of Academic Staff Union Of Universities(ASUU)is regarded as a very principled person who relentle...