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Reading they say delightfully refresh the mind. I never thought of writing this piece until I read the piece written by a father and mentor Femi Adesina on the 26 th of April Tiltled “ I could Have been a suicide Bomber”. No doubt, the piece is an interesting and educating one. Here are some interesting part of the write up….” In short, where you are born is some sort of biological accident, as you have nothing to do with it. I was born to a father who was a school principal, and mother who was also a schoolteacher. So, I had no choice than to go to school, and very early too. At nine years old, I was out of primary school, out of secondary by 14, and a graduate at 20. But nothing to gloat about. These were all due to biological accident, as I didn’t choose the family to be born into. I could have been son to a shoeless fisherman in Otuoke, a cattle rearer in Daura, or a subsistence farmer in Barkin-Ladi. No man chooses the family, or the environment into which he is born....

Thatcherism is the philosophy of the former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. It describes the conviction politics, economic and social policy, and political style of the British Conservative politician. Margaret Thatcher, who was leader of her party from 1975 to 1990. It has also been used by some [who?] to describe the beliefs of the British government while Thatcher was Prime Minister between May 1979 and November 1990, and beyond into the governments of John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Thatcherism claims to promote low inflation, the small state and free markets through tight control of the money supply , privatisation and constraints on the labour movement. It is often compared with Reaganomics in the United States, Rogernomics in New Zealand and Economic Rationalism in Australia as a key part of the worldwide neoliberal movement. Nigel Lawson , Thatcher's Chancellor of the Exchequer from...

Ibadan — Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has tasked all Yoruba stakeholders to be more committed to the preservation of Yoruba culture, language and monuments for posterity. Speaking at the inauguration of Odu'a Hall of Fame and Museum in Ibadan yesterday, Professor Soyinka said things went wrong at some point for the Yoruba as well as the entire country with the neglect of the people's heritage and monuments. Soyinka emphasized the need to right the wrongs, saying "with this initiative (hall and museum), I see the beginning of Yoruba technology. I am happy that appeal had been made earlier on the need to develop our culture." "There is one negative aspect, not just Ibadan, not just the South-West, but the country and its institutions just went into downward spin, including the Premier University (University of ibadan)", he said. Also speaking, a foremost writer, Professor Akinwunmi Ishola, advocated the promotion of the culture of 'omoluabi' ...