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My Grandfather is celebrating His centenary Today

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Celebrating the centenary of a living ennobled Icon. June15, 1920. It was a time ago,long enough to make the earth lost count of how many times,it has watched the sun travel about it in a slow and steady spate.He had watched the night shed its tears in every season.He had watched the sun breaks out from it shell,rising behind the trees each day,chasing and overtaking the remnants of the night. He had watched the gleaming orb rail in the cloud at seeming slow pace each night.He has experienced seasons;From when the tree clothe itself in green attires in the springtime and to when it stripped its leaves in autumn.His grizzled appearance is not without life experiences. The years he has spent to the Glory of God,is marked with interesting and daring adventures.He might looks frail, as such that comes with old age,but his confident demeanor has never eluded him.Always precise,articulate, eloquent,strong,energetic - I trust he could still climb a ladder - and Poised and fearless.An old livi...

African tribe where Lip plate holds sway

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Despite civilization and technological advancement, many cultures in the deep heart of Africa haven't been swayed by this development. They have continue to maintain their identity  over the years and are not willing wield to the current trend of human Civilization and 21st century globalization. One of such tribes is the Surma people of southeastern Ethiopia.Surma is a collective term for three ethnic groups — Chai, Timaga, and Suri Baale. Background of Lip plates. During the slave trade, the Surma started using the lip disks to disfigure themselves so that the Arab slave traders would not take them away. Over time, the practise became a sign of beauty and hence it remaining in their culture. The valley is really hot and so clothing is really optional. so instead of beautifying themselves with the latest fashion brands, the children especially, beautify themselves with clay and chalk paintings which they apply at the riverside. This is their fashion statement, their independence a...

Have you heard about the Weird Naked Chicken breed

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Naked Chicken was developed to be featherless so it can stand the excessive heat. The chicken was developed in Hebrew University Israel by Avigdor Cahaneress to have a far less sensitive chicken to high temperature. The naked chicken in mass production is thought to reduce a lot of processes, including the use of water to pluck the feather. The crossbreed of stewing chicken and featherless fowls received a lot of criticisms from animal rights groups as well as a number of scientists. Not surprisingly, there are many people objecting the use of this breed, reasoning that featherless chickens suffer more than normal ones (already) do. For instance, they are more susceptible to parasites, mosquito bites and sunburns. On the other hand, the scientists behind this weird breed, rebut by mentioning all the advantages naked chickens have over the normal breeds. The Advantages of the Featherless Chicken According to the research team that developed this breed, these featherless birds pose no da...

State of the Nation by Pros.pnation

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COVID-19: The fear and fight for Survival     Good day Nigerians.Happy new month to you all.Welcome to may.Wishing you all bliss in this month. Last month  as many would want to reckon,was not as exciting and splendid due to the lockdown imposed by various state government.The resulting effect on Nigerians was grievous as people languished in intensed period of inactivity,hunger,diminished source of livelihood,apprehension,aggression etc.The poor struggled to keep their hope of survival alive after exhausting the last penny they had scrubbed hard to get. The action by the govt wa s n’t a punitive gesture but as the only viable option of making headway in addressing the global pandemic.Though it was painful,demanding  but it was of great necessity.Sacrifice needs to be paid for victory to be won. The government as expected,was berated by Nigerians for their non-chalance reaction to the covid-19 outbreak,citing lack of essential healthcare facilities,dilapidated and p...

10 doctors in Kano teaching Hospital Contracts COVID-19

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   Not less than 10 medical doctors have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital. The Chairman, Association of Resident Doctors, AKTH, Dr Abukakar Nagona, who made the confirmation to newsmen in Kano, on Tuesday, said the doctors were treating patients, who came to the hospital with symptoms later discovered to be COViD-19. “Eight of the infected doctors have been sent to Isolation centres, while the remaining two have gone into self-isolation in their respective homes, as they were yet to develop any symptoms,” he said. However, he attributed the vulnerability of the doctors to “the absence of adequate Personal Protective equipment, as well as the failure of patients to wear face masks when coming to the hospital for treatment” https://punchng.com/10-doctors-contract-covid-19-at-kano-teaching-hospital/

Wildlife in Nigeria

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The beauty of Africa is enhanced by the beautiful wildlife presence that is found in the heart of Africa.The preservation,protection and regulation of wildlife activities in Africa has contributed immensely in adding more splendor in the magnificence of Africa.Which inturn has made Africa a cynosure to tourists around the world,contributing to huge revenue generation in the continent. The beautiful wildlife reserves in Africa is second to any,as the continent  regales tourists with  it’s lush Greenlands,mountains,lowlands,faunas,floras etc. Today, our focus is on exploring the beautiful wildlife reserves found in Africa’s most populous country;Nigeria. In Nigeria,there are about ten national parks which collectively housed abundant miscellany of spicies of bird,mammals,reptiles and other animals. The fauna of Nigeria is irrefutably alluring with lions,jackals,roan antelopes,deers,crocodiles,hippotamuses,chipamzees,pangolins,African golden cats,leopards,rhinoceros,waterbucks,bu...

A look into Africa's Oldest tribe

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The San 'Bushmen '  also known as Khwe, Sho, and Basarwa are the oldest inhabitants of southern Africa, (and are part of the Khoisan group), where they have lived for at least 20,000 years. They are hunter-gatherer peoples of southern Africa. Genetic evidence also suggests the San Bushmen are one of the oldest peoples in the world. Their home is in the vast expanse of the Kalahari desert. The Bushmen are the remnants of Africa's oldest cultural group, genetically the closest surviving people to the original Homo sapiens “core” from which the Negroid people of Africa emerged. Bushmen are small in stature generally with light yellowish skin, which wrinkles very early in life. Bushmen traditionally lived in Southern Africa in the following countries, although virtually none live purely by hunting and gathering today: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Angola, with loosely related groups in Tanzania. They have a rich  oral history that's passed from gener...