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Sacred Pond: A better Nigeria is possible

Eihuri came from a large and prominent homestead in Ahacheche village... It was very clear that Eihuri was extensively schooled in cookery by her parent, right from her tender age till the time she got married to Abaukaka of Omoyeye clan. She possessed the ability to prepare pounded yam that was fluffy and yet retained enough texture which made it amendable for it to be moulded into desirable size, for swallowing. This was greatly complemented by her ingenious way of preparing melon soup with Grass cutter meat. Eihuri had distinguished herself as a celebrity of a kind when she was 12 years of age. Elderly people talked loudly about her emerging beauty. The hair, skin legs, teeth, her courtesy were taken one by one and analyzed by the young men in her village and even beyond with avid admiration. Everybody dreamed to posses her when she would have become an adult.... The oracle had earlier revealed that some white skinned people would set foot on Bura land. It also caut

Peeing with a pipe: an Orphans predicament

Momoh Jimoh Lukman (25) is an Orphan who hails from a very humble background in Nagazi, Adavi LGA. He is the first of  3 children with 2 younger siblings (a boy and a girl). Since his parents couldn't sponsor his studies beyond college, he taught in a private elementary school before joining a barbing saloon where he earned about N3,000/month as a helping hand after loosing his teaching job. With the meagre income, he supported his younger ones and his mother, a poor widow who runs a petty trade on candies. Luck came Momohjimoh's way in 2010 when he, with a handful of friends were presented with the opportunity to locate and secure a land to erect a Glo telecom mast. The excited friends boarded a motorbike and sped towards Abobo area of Okene-Lokoja road where a suitable spot for the mast has been identified. Just few meters from the Federal college of education in Otite, a fast moving vehicle knocked the two boys off the highway leaving Momohjimoh badly injured