BOKO-HARASSED: ASO ROCK IN THE CROSS-HAIRS?

For many, it was the familiarly ominous sign of a hostile takeover. When the first rumors of a “war” in or around Aso Rock first hit the news waves, discomforting emotions filled the air with their pungent emissions. Cyberspace was clogged with innumerable wonderment. Many wondered what was going on. However, when the foggy air dissipated and things became clearer, the sense of relief was enormous, instantly infectious. It was, after all, merely a few medieval miscreants attempting a jailbreak.

MY GENERATION

I’m stuck in a generation of smart phones but dumb people, where loyalty is just a tattoo and love is a quote. A generation where hope is a waking dream, a good breakfast, but a bad supper. A generation where you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pocket and the secret of success is to know something nobody else knows. A generation where success is not measured by wealth and money can’t buy happiness. A generation where we don’t read to know but to pass exams and failure doesn't mean you’re a failure, it just means you haven’t succeeded yet. A generation where education is the key, knowledge is power and ignorance is not an excuse. A generation where if Google doesn't know the answer, then it's not a right question.

FRIENDZONE

One of the most overused terms when it comes down to dating is "the friend zone." It's amazing how many people get stuck in that mysterious zone. You know what the Friendzone is, right?

It’s basically a pre-emptive rejection where people get too comfortable with someone and see them as only a special conversation and sharing info partner 'a friend' and unconsciously reject the person as an intimate partner.

MUSIQUE

Everyone looks for that one thing that they can connect to, the one thing that would change your mood when you are sad and down. Common!! Think about it….. Imagine you like a boy or a girl just because she can whistle and every other fault is secondary.

For me my kryptonite is music. It is my mood changer, my companion and if possible, my ‘partner’. I know it sounds weird but that is just the fact about me. When I feel alone, confused or even angry, I put my earpiece and I get a new perception of things.

THREE (3) THINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER FORGET WHEN GOING TO CAMP

I can clearly remember the period before I became a corper. I was so excited about coming to camp as a result of the experiences my “senior-corpers” had gisted me about.

I had just finished from school and was thinking “What do I need to take when going to camp?” I did a little research, asked a few friends and after my experience at Kubwa orientation camp, I came up with the list below (I hope it doesn’t shock you).

GO BACK TO YOUR LANGUAGE

A famous Kenya writer Ngugi Wa Thiong’o brought issues like this in his book Re-membering Africa. He sees language as "a communication system and carrier of culture by virtue of being simultaneously the means and carrier of memory". If language has that much importance as to carrier memory of our past, then one would ask why most Africans have decided to let go of that past and embrace the imposed language of colonial power. Through this language we have encountered European modernity no doubt but can we really say that we have evolved? Most of us have neglected and toiled with our language, our memory bank and eventually this would lead to starvation and death, what Ngugi calls Linguifam and Linguicide respectively. The conquerors saw an invisible right to impose a language on the conquered; a right that most conquered nations have chosen to accept instead of fight against.

JONATHAN COMPENSATES VICTIMS OF IMMIGRATION TRAGEDY

President Jonathan has directed the immediate cancellation of the recruitment exercise. Instead, a special committee headed by the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, Mrs Joan Ayo, will conduct the employment test to fill existing vacancies in the Nigeria Immigration Service.