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EDUCATION IN MY HOME: WHAT A MISPLACED PRIORITY

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Mine is a home with misplaced priority, A home that minority enjoy at the expenses of majority. Where education is of no concern. Where the selfish law makers decides the faith of the home. But do they still remember that education remain the key? Do they still remember that for every Home to be developed it must attend certain level of education? Lenin named illiteracy as enemy number one but in my home it appears to be at the button of the ladder. Education in my home has already got negative connotation by those who will promote it. This resulted in the poor becoming poorer and the rich becoming more richer by the day. It has already been hegemonically planned that for you to attain certain level you must have certain qualification, but as a poor citizen, how can you gain the required certificate?? You don't have the financial support to study in private nursery or primary school nor secondary, talkless of tertiary institution or perhaps moving abroa

DO YOU KNOW OF SUNSHINE JOURNALISM ??

Saeed Kamalu bako Many Nigerian government that came and gone constantly accused the media of being unpatriotic. Saying they focus more on the negative reports about the country, thus feeding the international media with negative connotation on the country and the possible angle to depict Nigeria negatively. Sunshine journalism is when media portrayals of a society is always in good aspect (positively), optimistic, etc. This make the media to go with the hide of those with discretionary spending power. This also make the role of the media of being the defender and upholder of public interest be relegated to the background and  capitalist takes over which will make the media supportive to only it's market and shareholders. Mondli Makhanya, SANEF chairman, said African media need to tell African stories with a great quality but in free environment " A free media is good for your brand and it's future and development" he said. Most of the people are of the opin

MY FINAL SEMESTER,THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF MY CAREER.

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Saeed Kamalu Bako. It was around 5pm, the sun was almost going down and Kamal was sitting in his room off campus. Kamal since his 100 level always lived off campus with the justification that people in the hostel were not good to live with and he is a type that talk less. Thinking about his preparation of graduating now that it is the final semester, Thinking about how all his friends wanted him to mingle with them socially and how he resisted and Maryam has always been on his neck on asking him about going to a party together but the response was always negative, so many girls also have tried on several occasions but haven't succeeded. Kamal planned his life on the path of school before relationship, to the extend that he has no girlfriend and just stick to his books. Just at the moment he was thinking, another thought came over "why will I finish, knowing only one way, why won't I try the other just for this short period of time? After all, I am graduating th