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ÒWÁNBÉ ON BREAK

In the history of African countries, most especially NIGERIA , saturday is specially and popularly known to be "a celebration day" with glamorous events all over. Fabrics of different categories, and the long time proposed Aso-Ebi , with the big women head tie called " gélé " and men shaped head cap called " Fílà , finds its place in event centres of different qualities and standard. Money has been the major tool of separation between the rich and the poor, whereas Parties mostly referred to as " ÒWÁNBÉ "  has its own way of generating social vibes, uniting poor and the rich most especially, where famous, popular,and rich personalities are invited. Social lifestyle of certain individuals are determined, and measured by bloggers, medias, fans especially for celebrities by the amount of money they spray in "Òwánbé, the expensive fabrics combination and the exotic cars they brought. As many believes that; the best way to connect and network eithe...

The Story of June 12 1993, Election in Nigeria.

IT ALL STARTED FROM SOMEWHERE!!! The Aftermath of Nigeria gained independence in 1960 from Great Britain, drastically change the state and affairs of the nation. Political parties are categorized into 3 based regional areas of the country namely the EAST, WEST and NORTH. MID-WEST REGION emanated due to tactics and practices of the political leaders in the First Republic, which led to the partial eviction of the WEST in government. Corruption, exploitation of public funds by government officials weakened the economy, weakness in political and judiciary system made way for Military coups on 15th of Jan 1966, and then, civil war. THE STRUGGLE BEGINS Tug of war; the game of Life and death among military juntas and political leaders erupted, and continued for decades, whereas citizens suffer the more with  unstable government. The end of military rule brought about a new era of regular elections as well as the return of civil liberties, free press and end to arbitrary arrests and tortur...