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6 Year Today

                   Six Years Today I Started Blogging. Thanks for the opportunity to share my thoughts, views and  perceptions  and to freely write a bit about the real  me.

Dark Day

Since the cold blooded killing of four students of the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria by some members of a community called Aluu, close to the University’s campus. I want to write cause  writing  sort of help me get things off my chest, but simply I don’t know where to start or what to say,…… reading the whole turn out of events with the 1st week in  October   left me gutted. Only last Tuesday 2 nd of October, I was watching the Aljazera news and surprisingly was seeing breaking news about Nigeria.  A significant number of students at a Polytechnic in Mubi, Adamawa state were shot and killed in a Night raid by what’s still being described as “unknown gun” men. I had only just struggled to not think about how sad, unfortunate and outrightly shocking this incident was.  Only to check timelines on twitter on Friday   the 5 th of October and saw the story of four students killed very gruesomely because it’s alleged they stole phone and laptops.   Most distressing is the

That Admirable Image of Nigeria

Nigerian students studying at a British University,  University of Huddersfield  always take every opportunity available to showcase and project an admirable image of its cultures and home country.  The Nigerian student society for the 2 nd  year in a roll, flamboyantly celebrated on 1 st  October 2012  the Independence Day on the University’s campus, and the local print media in Huddersfield even picked up on  the story.   http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2012/10/03/university-celebrates-nigerian-independence-day-86081-31952784/2/ Lets dig in  Green Blooded Nigerians! 9ja Boys! salute   Great 9ja food An Asian gentleman eating pounded yam, real cross culture  Cutting the Anniversary Cake  -  Standing Left to Right Moji Akande PhD researcher (Lancaster Uni ) Felicia Nwanosike PhD researcher (Uni of Huddersfield)  Dr. Olumayokun Olajide, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology( Uni of Huddersfield) Dr. Ife Akintu