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Nigerian ‘Madam’ makes underage maid fan her for 2 hours at a saloon(Photo/video)

A Nigeria facebook user Francesca Joseph-Esenwa‘shared a now viral video of a woman who made her underage maid fan her non-stop while she sat grooming herself in salon for over two hours .. She wrote, “I witnessed this modern day slavery today at a nail salon. This woman who arrived in a jeep came with this girl who looked rather unkempt and had her fan her for over 2 hours.I Watched helplessly and prayed for life to be able to add value for my children. (more…)

LIFESTYLE, LITERARY WORKS

For How Long By Nwoko Alexandre

It bothers me to see people in constant struggle with their bad situation and circumstances surrounding them. But what’s more heartbreaking is the fact that despite their situations, they feel so comfortable in their situation. It’s probably a cliché for me to say when there is no hope, there is no life. But think about it. I was reading news on a blog about a 14 year old who committed suicide. Now this got me thinking. Yes she was in a difficult situation but was suicide the only option? Should suicide be an option? Suicide is the ultimate result of loss of hope. Ho

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GAME OF THRONES TEASES RETURN OF JON SNOW IN NEW POSTER

Ever since Jon Snow (Kit Harington) was stabbed to death “for the Watch” last season on Game of Thrones, fans have been fervently hoping he was not really dead. There were, seriously, so many theories about this. Turns out, those fan theories—or, at least, one of them—might be true. HBO just released a poster for Season 6 of the fantasy show and the only face on it is that of Jon Snow. He looks bloodied and broken, but he’s there. Is he back for real? Is he a ghost? Is this all a cruel joke being played on us by HBO? Twitter is already, well, hashtag crazyover what this c

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World’s first cyber-plants fuse electronics with roses

For the first time, scientists have created analogue and digital electronic circuits inside living plants, using the vascular system of living roses to build – or rather ‘grow’ – the central components of electronic circuits. Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden merged numerous electrical components inside the roses, including wires, digital logic, and even display-based elements, thanks to a special polymer that’s capable of acting like a wire while still transporting organic material such as water and nutrients through the rose’s stem. (more…)