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The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has predicted that Nigeria will witness a partial solar eclipse on November 3, 2013. Speaking at a press conference, yesterday in Abuja, on the anticipated solar eclipse, which will hit most states around noon, the director-general of the agency, Prof. Seidu Mohammed, said it is a natural astronomical event with no significant negative implication, urging Nigerians to remain calm as the eclipse will not hinder normal activities. Mohammed said, "Nigeria is within the penumbra region where you'll have partial eclipse on November 3, 2013. As an astronomical agency, we have taken time to inform Nigerians of the eclipse, which will take place on Sunday, because it is our duty to keep the nation informed of such developments. We urge Nigerians to remain calm as there is no need to panic. "November 3rd will be like any other day; it will not hinder signal from the satellite, so mobile signal will not be affected, our in

"Tell them more often, and it becomes their truth" ...On this one sentence I'll build a base for today's piece. Hopefully it'll be a short one, once the heart of the message I'm able to strike right early. There's this tiny little thing I'm about to expose, and we all have one time or the other been a sucker for it even in our most guarded moments of critical observation and consideration. Having watched closely, I've observed a few things, one of which I'll take my time to scratch in this piece. More of the talk today hoovers around; Truth, Lies, Deception, the Frequency and Emphasis of it. A careful examination has shown that humans tend to believe a word, thing, or opinion with the highest degree of occurrence, call it frequency and you'll still not be wrong. Many a times, a lie is only a lie on its first appearance. And subsequent appearance of such begins to trigger some degree of consideration within a regular human mind which

There's been a lot of talk about destiny, and even much more about its workings. Some believe it is the dream maker, many believe it is the determinant of all things. As much as it appears we understand this phenomenon, it remains clear we really do not understand completely, its workings. To properly comprehend this phenomenon(I call it a phenomenon), we need to observe "DESTINY" in its various forms, as a WORD, and as a PHENOMENON. To define on the surface, destiny is FATE. The fate of a person or thing (although not so appropriate for inanimate objects). Destiny or fate is a predetermined course of events.[1] It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. It remains another topic entirely to discuss around the origins of destiny, the origins of a man's fate. Save its superficial(as some see it) definition, some will refuse to accept that it is predestined. Their stand on it, is that MAN WORKS HIS DESTINY, as everyone

Brandishing his irregularly sized set of off-white, semi-brown coloured teeth as he moved his head from side to side in response to sounds emanating from surrounding loud speakers, snapping and tapping his feet without any found cohesion, he obviously seems to be enjoying a music he can't hear. Its a party, and it is of course at its climax already, with everyone perfectly squared in pairs, each with their dance buddies, save this stout dark man who appeared to be carried away by the sound of the music. His face could not be seen, his blue-black golf-type face cap had covered perfectly his face, leaving to bare his dark strangled beard. For a while I paused my groove to observe this middle-aged man, probing closely into his body movements. It was the same for every music that was played, be it fast or slow beats. He never changed his steps, his feet hit the ground with the same pace and his fingers snapped with the same intensity to every sound that oozed out of those speakers.

"Strong is the appetite, stronger is the law; we are only truly what we'll do outside the law" These thoughts have severed my heart severally, as I probed to know, hearing from the lips of people, friends and acquaintances, the things they'll really love to do if certain laws hadn't been in place. It only true and fair to note that; "What empowers the man? LAW; What again incapacitates him? The LAW again. Imagine life without some laws, see where am heading" -TW™ I see many a man walk the busy road of life in their physical frames, but with a whole lot tussling for a freedom of expression within them. Had there been no laws.....? No I don't want to think about it, not just now. "The law before the man, The man before the law" a topic still very open for debate till this very minute. Some believe that with man's arrival came the law, and infact, man himself made the laws to govern himself. Some others believe the law had been in place l

Hey BrokenHearted, how do you do? (That can only be rhetorical, I can tell it by the way you look) Hey BubblyHearted, how do you do? (You wouldn't let a space in between, your anxiety to share the fun is like a banner over your face) See brokenhearted, life only gave you a dose of its many medications, hang on, please don't end it here already, things will never be the same, believe me I speak of the truth. Borrow a leaf Bubblyhearted, the same applies to you, not being pessimistic in this, but these are rules governing here, and they have come to stay. I get it brokenhearted, the pain was sharp strong, and came with so much a shock, but you see oh' dear the secret of hurt lies in its SUDDENESS. The ones you chose to believe have stunned you, now you know not what/whom to believe! The very ones you gave your trust, have pierced you with a spear in a sudden thrust. The one who confessed to love, has now become the one whose only love is to see your hurt. One quick secret bro

Idiosyncrasy is on its own and naturally a customized phenomenon. Just as no two persons have per-say undifferentiable behavioral qualities, patterns and being. Just as no two persons carry the same thumb prints(not even identical twins), no two persons have indistinguishable characters/beings. Everyman has got unique conditions affecting them, even those enjoying the same parameters have different receptors and as such uniquely different responses to the unified social parameters. "YOU CAN ONLY BE YOU AND NO ONE ELSE" -TW™ "IMMITATION IS THE CHEAPEST FORM OF FLATTERY" Everyone has got his/her personality, and as many as we are, so as much our personality differs. It's allowed to admire another's status, its permissible to wish you had their lives! But may I inform you; "THERE'S NO BETTER FEELING THAN WALKING IN YOUR SHOES, AS NO OTHER SHOES OFFER YOU AS MUCH CONVIENIENCE AS THOSE SCULPT TO FIT YOUR FEET."-TW™ Life has been such designed