While surfing through the net last night I saw something about Leonardo da Vinci that I thought you all should know. So here it goes: Never in the history of art has any painting been so admired like the Mona Lisa. This is due largely to the enigmatic smile, which has caused much speculation. Leonardo [...]

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Hello everyone, my name is Oluwafemi Olu-Aina. I was born on the 2nd of May, 19…(never mind). I’m a Christian and in my 3rd year in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. My mentors are Warren Buffet and Charlie Mungen. My ambition is to be an Estate Surveyor, a Town Planner, and a Script writer. I [...]

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Wonderful Sunday. I was just reading this story from a magazine and felt I should share it with you, If you can use it as food for thought on a lovely day like this one. The story is about two friends who were walking through the desert. In a specific point of the journey, they had [...]

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Tuesday last week was wonderful. I had a group discusion with my friends. In the course of our discusion, there arose an arguement between myself and one of my friends. I got very upset. I raised my voice and replied him in a harsh tone. In the next five (5) minutes, I had vented my [...]

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The world’s heaviest man, Manuel Uribe, weighs 550kg (1,200Ib, which is the same weight as five baby elephants) has been bedridden for the past five years and hopes to travel to Modena, Italy for a life-saving operation to shed weight. Manuel Uribe said over a telephone interview that he couldn’t walk or leave his bed, [...]

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The present state of Nigeria is so pathetic that any genuine patriot on close review of the state of the nation would lament bitterly. The switch of our political system from the military to the civilian regime only seems to further the nation into economic blunders. The practice of our so-called democracy seems to differ from its [...]

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This is a day dedicated to encourage and bring joy to children as well as to draw attention of the society to the children’s issues. Around the world, each country has a designated day for children. In New Zealand, Children’s day is celebrated on the last Sunday of October but this has changed. Children’s day [...]

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Greatest Akokites, please, here’s one question I need to push off my chest and ask you. Why drink, drive carelessly and die when you can listen, learn and live. Nigeria has lost 290,000 people in road accidents since independence. Over a million cases of road accidents were reported between 1960 and December 2005. 850,000 people were [...]

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The Federal Government’s present privatization policy is myopic, naive and porous. By selling off our strategic national infrastructures like Nigerian Telecommunications(NITEL), National Power Holding Company(NPHC), a.k.a. NEPA, Nigeria Ports Authority(NPA) and the oil refineries, we expose our defence capabilities.It is dangerous to mortgage the nation’s prime installations to foreigners who may conspire with our enemies in the case [...]

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Last week was very memorable for us. I assume we caused a huge stir at the recently concluded CTO Seminars and Exhibition organized by the US Commercial Service. As official bloggers, giving hourly coverage of the CTO programme on our blog unilagfaces.com, we won the admiration of many of those associated with the CTO one [...]

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SAN FRANCISCO – Internet powerhouses, Yahoo (Nasdaq:YHOO – news) and eBay, are joining forces in an alliance that further defines the battle lines in an online showdown with rivals Google, Microsoft and AOL. Under the multiyear partnership announced Thursday, Yahoo and eBay will draw upon each other’s strengths in online advertising, payments and communications so [...]

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What’s with fast-food joints and heat? And if everything is done in a jiffy, should that translate to improper ventilation as well as the possibility of slipping and breaking some bones in your body? I am referring to these little mushroom restaurants that are just cropping-up, which provide below standard facilities and poor sanitary conditions [...]

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Now, for me, this is an exciting topic. ”Shoes”. I love shoes. Shoes go a long way to improve our appearance. Think of it. Usually, if I’m admiring someone’s outfit, I don’t stop with the clothes but look all the way down to the shoes. You know something else? If your feet are not so nice, [...]

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