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Jul 4

The Concept of Abiku and Emere In Yoruba Culture

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Emere & Abiku are the kind of children according to the Yoruba belief who make a certain pledge concerning their life duration with their mate in the spiritual sphere

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It could sound primitive, but it is real especially with the Yoruba race. Some children over time are reborn to the same parents with their everything including look, gender, complexion and structure unchanged. Owing to ephemeral nature of Abiku's life.

Abiku completes several consecutive life-cycles with one mother. In some cases, the Yoruba in one of their traditional ways of deterring Abiku from reoccurring deaths after reborn deface them either by cutting their finger, ear or a deep mark in the face or back.

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Jul 4

Damino Damoche - The Fast rising Artiste who got killed in Lasu.

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Olaniyan Damilola, popularly known as “Damino Damoche,” was Alleged to be killed due to his association with campus fraternity in his school, Lagos State University, LASU.

Olaniyan Damilola, popularly known as “Damino Damoche,” was Alleged to be killed due to his association with campus fraternity in his school, Lagos State University, LASU.

The attack was said to be a reprisal from a rival gang, as Damoche was alleged to be a member of a

confraternity on the campus.

Damoche was shot dead On a sunny Thursday afternoon by suspected campus fraternity gangs outside the school premises.

The incident took place at about 4:30 p.m. Nigerian time. Eyewitnesses said Damoche’s assailants apparently trailed him on

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Jul 3

The Agony of A Black Slave Whose Children Never Knew Her As A Mother But A Slave

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Masters had their way at any time with their female subjects and those who declined were thrown under very devasting conditions.

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Although African slavery was not a benign institution, slaves in Africa were used in a wider variety of ways than in the New World: they were employed as agricultural workers, soldiers, servants, and officials. Exploitation and s3xual abuse especially of slave women sum up

the fact that the institution showed no mercy by even gender.

Masters had their way at any time with their female subjects and those who declined were thrown under very devasting conditions. For those who gave in, their babies were forcefully taken away right

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Jul 2

The story of JJC & 419 Squad as John the Baptist

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Remembering the Johnny Just Come who was a John the Baptist in disguise, paving the path for others to come. A Johnny Walker with the little steps

JJC short for Johnny Just Come Nigerian slang for a recent arrival, especially naïve newcomers, is the stage name for Abdul Rasheed Bello, a Nigerian rapper and record producer. He was born on 4 April 1977 in Kano, Nigeria, but has been based in London since 1991

JJC popularly hailed as the “INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN” through his music,
has been able to galvanise the African pride among millions of Africans
around the world, which has generated a mass following within Africa and
the Diaspora

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Jul 2

The Sad Story About The First Yoruba King To Be Hanged Publicly For Killing 15 Months Old Baby

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Hanged to death for the ritual murder of 15-Month-Old Baby Girl named Adediwura In 1949

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The 43rd Alaaye of Efon-Alaaye, Kabiyesi Oba Samuel Adeniran Asusumasa Atewogboye II, his herbalist and one of his servants and Gabriel Olabirinjo, were all hanged to death for the ritual murder of 15-Month-Old Baby Girl named Adediwura In 1949

It was a normal Monday morning, a little girl was left to play as her parents were busy with the chores. Minutes later, the girl’s mom noticed her daughter was missing.

The neighbors and other family members were immediately informed about the incident and a

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Jul 2

How Nigeria was made, Bought and Sold to the British for 1.1 million dollars

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By force and persuasion Goldie established control over the peoples of the hinterland of the Niger and Benue rivers

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Sir George Goldie, original name George Dashwood Goldie-taubman (born May 20, 1846, near Douglas, Isle of Man—died Aug. 20, 1925, London), British colonial administrator, organizer of a chartered company (1886) that established British rule on the Niger River, who was

chiefly responsible for the development of northern Nigeria into an orderly and prosperous British protectorate and later a major region of independent Nigeria. Although his importance in West Africa may have equalled that of Cecil John Rhodes in South Africa,

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