cBAYLandplus

  PLIGHT OF A GIRLCHILD =============== Chinwendu Peace Nneamaka My heart sank where I stood, this time it was heavier than usual. I heard the whooshing sound of bitterness as it continues to sneak around me. . . "Mama Amaka, I have told you that I don't have money to send Amaka to school. Amaka is a girl and we can't afford to spend money for nothing," Daddy roared, staring at mum with those big eyeballs I restrain my hands from plucking off, each time he looks at me.  . . Pempe, as baba Bola fondly calls him is not pleasant at home like he is in business. He has this unfriendly laugh that reminds me of Vogy, one of the vampires in the horror movie I watched, which left me wondering what mummy saw in him. Before now, he had always been an activist against girl child education, he considers it a waste of time and resources.  . . During Baba Bola's birthday ceremony, he tried to sway him to allow Bola learn foodstuff trading in Obanlale Market close to our neighbor...

  INSECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE NORTH  Article Written By Muhammad sani junior  A lot has been said concerning the issue of insecurity in the northern region of the federal republic of Nigeria. I could remember when boko haram started their mischievous act back in 2009 which coincided with Our gang cheeky behavior in my secondary school days, As a result of the Boko haram emergence I and my gang was named assembly haram due our constant absent at the assembly ground.  Boko haram has long been invading communities, killing them and ravaging their properties in the of establishing Islamic state in the north eastern part of Nigeria, and now another deadly force known as bandits have emerged and begun to disturb the peaceful  citizens of northern Nigeria.  Kidnapping for ransom has become a business among the fulani youths who were known as cattle rearers, this has raised a lot of questions among Nigerians regarding the cause of Boko haram, kidnapping and and ba...