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THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST JUNGLE JUSTICE. Marilyn Oma Anona, a young Nigerian woman talk show host, public speaker, media and social entrepreneur leads the campaign against jungle justice in Nigeria. First, what is jungle justice? Jungle justice or mob justice is a form of public extrajudicial killings in Sub-Saharan Africa, most notably Nigeria and Cameroon, where an alleged criminal is humiliated, beaten or summarily executed by a crowd or vigilantes. These victims are not given fair hearing, and at the end of the day many of them are innocent. The most worrisome aspect of this practice is that people gather and look on as though it is a blockbuster Stage performance. The spectators are as guilty. We all expressed our pains and disappointment at xenophobia. I ask, what is he difference between xenophobic attacks and jungle justice? Jungle justice over the past few years have increased at an alarming rate. Daily, people are killed. Statistics state that more th

This article was developed by a veteran breeder, and I agree with the content wholeheartedly. Author : AbdulKareem Ahmed Topic    : Selective Breeding ‎ Mating Pedigree dogs Is a step in the right direction because you're promoting and maintaining purity. You've left the stage where you might be populating nuisance and devaluing the breed.. it's a good start to go for only Pedigrees and discourage mutts in the society... But all that is not enough! There is a breed standard for each dog, and ‎ "when a dog doesn't  conform to the breed standard *it loses it's reputation as a member of that breed*" Beyond that, you're not just trying to conform your dog to the breed standard you're trying to beautify it to the best you can.. Still within the breed standard, To achieve this you do what is called "Selective Breeding. Based on what was said about "Reputation" we can also say  "it loses its credibility" .... This is whe

Few months ago, a dear friend told me of his father's ill health by stating that his father was "strong.” Understanding this familiar language, I asked to know how ill his health was, but he kept replying by 'confessing' good things about the situation. Meanwhile, unknown to me, his condition was deteriorating, and I only once mouthed a quick prayer for him. Then, a few months later, he reported with bitter lament that his father had died. His anger began to grow God-ward, and my concern for my bereaved friend doubled. He had “refused to believe the report of the doctors” because he was “not going to focus on the negative,” hence the reason he told me his father was strong and that all was well. Friends, the truth of the fact of the reality (whichever word suits your semantics), was that all was not well, and admitting what the problem was didn't mean he lacked confidence in God's ability to heal His father. By the way, had he been real with me about the co

Lagos Thrills A drug hawker joins our bus, and, you know their drill, he begins advertising this highly efficacious deworming drug, or so he would have us believe. He went at it so convincingly that even one without worms may have considered purchasing a dozen. He left nothing unsaid to sway his hearers. He claimed the testimony of this wonder product had blazed through the island like wildfire. Then just at that moment, a woman at the last row behind exclaims (in pidgin), "Is this not Kewiz (the real name of the drug not used)? Wow! I heard amazing news about the medicine, but I didn't care until I started defecating worms myself last week. Then quickly, I went and bought the medicine and took it for three days, and my system cleared fffiam!" (You'd think her bowels became transparent.) She then turned to the man, "Please give me two, I need to buy for my brothers." Next, eight passengers speedily procured their own blisters of the drug. You'd wonder

Pedigree dogs are dogs with a known documented ancestral lineage up to the fourth generation at least. These are the only kind of dogs that can be confirmed as pure breeds. You can only speculate the purity of non pedigree dogs based on genotype and immediate parents. If you have a disease, your physician might attempt to ascertain if that disease is common in your family. They can only go as far as grandparents, after which if they couldn't find, would have to conclude that the cause of the disease is environmental, or you are the very first carrier. For dogs, a disease, trait, temperament, structure, genotype, phenotype, etc can skip 6 generations and be passed to the 7th. Breeders with pedigree dogs to a very large degree can curtail this negative genes, through the study of the dogs in the pedigree of their dogs, informing them on how to get a near perfect breeding pair. The breeder with this pedigree can also work hard to improve and develop the good genes- good structure, hea

While it is true that a broken courtship is better than a broken marriage, courtship should be esteemed very highly, and never taken for granted. Matthew 5:33, 37 (ESV)  Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil. In the time before Jesus, swearing was never to be joked with as the fellow was bound to his oath! Jephthah had to offer his daughter to the temple because of a vow he had made without knowing what it would cost him this much. Now in Matthew, Jesus is saying there's no need to swear again, let your affirmation carry that weight now. When we give our word on an issue, it ought to be our bond.    It would be wisdom to count the cost, and search your heart before making a commitment to someone. If however, after that commitment, you realise certain things you didn't factor into the equation,