Photo credit: New York Times A flashy Brooklyn pastor nicknamed the “Bling Bishop Lamor Whitehead, has been sentenced to nine years in prison. He was convicted of using a parishioner’s retirement savings and trying to extort a businessman. He was found guilty of two counts of wire fraud and one count each of attempted wire fraud,…
Photo credit: BBC Many residents protested at a site which is to be used to house unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UAS) in Kent. BBC reports that Kent County Council (KCC) recently approved plans for the reception centre at Edward Moore House, Trinity Road, Gravesend. Protesters said they were unhappy with KCC’s lack of consultation and that the…
Photo credit: Field Trip There are some words we prefer to avoid hearing. When we do that, we do not recognize that a word might have different meanings. As a serially manipulated person, I didn’t particularly appreciate hearing the word manipulation. That didn’t matter to me until someone in a club to which I belong…
Photo credit: Udemy I’ll be twenty,You’ll be thirty,We’ll be everything,As in all things. Just a little problem,They’ll be reciting psalm.If you’ve no money,They’ll have no honey. Should you die,They’ll become a lie.Even your own children –‘Ll be unknown to friends. What’s in life?Only a lie!We go on rolling,Until we’re dying! @ as 061818
Today is the International Day of the African Child. Hmm… I’m sure Nigerian children are not Africans. If they are, our rulers need to be stoned. Why? Was it not in Nigeria that a girl was abused, while kidnapped along with her parents? What has government done? Was it not in Nigeria that Boko Haram…
Photo credit: BBC Different backgrounds;Meet we in differing-Even if culture’s same-Timezones! Differing ages,Experiences differ,Of course, sex! We together get-Each a’old age!Dusk of life! Chums we become,Able to collate-Different experiences! Yeah, you do,I believe I do,Together we do,Make us spark! @ as 061819
Photo credit: Alamy In my bid to engage people in interviews, I often go inbox to ask whether they would love to be interviewed. A couple of days or so ago, I did so. I started with a, ‘hi’! It was then followed by my request. I was surprised when the fellow retorted that I…
