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I HAVE A DREAM! DR.MARTIN LUTHER KING,JR.
Related to country: United States

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Refering to the memorable speech of Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr.(on August 28, 1963).

“I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the south. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, and to struggle together”

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August 28, 2008 | 9:34 AM Comments  1 comments

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WE URGE WORLD LEADERS FOR WATER
Related to country: Nigeria

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As a citizen of the World, I am writing to express my concern on the plight of various communities across the globe living without clean drinking water. You will agree with me that lack of clean drinking water promotes disease, stifles education and economic growth, and more often than not, results in the majority of infant mortality. Ideally, providing clean drinking water to poverty stricken community will ease or eliminate the health crisis caused by lack of clean portable water in many communities in the world. For this reason, I kindly urge the rich nations of the world to work jointly with other less resourceful nations to ensure that lack of clean drinking water is a thing of the past. Water is life, water is wealth, water is power, given water to poverty stricken communities means new life, new hope, and new beginning.

I have no doubt that you will agree with me that by helping to provide clean drinking water to less resourceful communities in the world, you will have displayed genuine and patriotic service, and of course, an enduring legacy for humanity. When you think of fighting hunger, you may think only of emergency relief and food. When you think of healing diseases, you may think of doctors and nurses. Water actually stops hunger, heals diseases and saves precious lives even long after a humanitarian relief effort has ended and temporary medical teams have gone, water continues to heal. It is truly a life saving solution.

Based on my personal assessment, I understand that the task of providing drinking water is monumental, but it is worthwhile. The only source of drinkable water in some communities in the world is the village ponds, construction companies abandoned pits and untreated rural stream water. They have no water to defend themselves against the degradation, inhumanity and odium that assaults one’s dignity and mental stability when assaulted by the vicissitudes and travails that bedevils one and his family in the absence of water for the preservation of life.

What can we do without water? Let’s make the world a better place for all.

I thank you for your support and consideration of this request, and I look forward to working with you to enhance development, because I believe nothing can change a community and the world in general like providing a source of clean water for the first time. It creates a complete transformation. It has the power to actually stop the cycle of poverty. Given clean water to poverty stricken community is like resuscitating a dying man. Water means new potential, new hope, for a better tomorrow.


August 26, 2008 | 2:47 PM Comments  2 comments

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"Quotes of the day"
Related to country: Nigeria

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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of light. Plato

August 25, 2008 | 11:27 AM Comments  3 comments

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They dreamt of a Nigeria that would lead the black nations
Related to country: Nigeria

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I would rather limit myself to my message to Nigerians by saying I do hope that Nigerians would remember the dreams of our founding fathers. Our founding fathers, the Azikiwes, the Awolowos, and the Tafawa Balawas. They dreamt of a beautiful Nigeria; united, peaceful and prosperous. They dreamt of a Nigeria, where Nigerians would be their brothers keeper. They dreamt of Nigeria whose leaders would be of integrity both morally and financially; they dreamt of a Nigeria where people would go into politics to serve but not to be served, to give but not to take. They dreamt of a Nigeria where there would be development and a Nigeria that would take its proper place in the comity of nations. They dreamt of a Nigeria that would lead the black nations of the world, a Nigeria that would inspire other nations of Africa and, indeed, the black world. They, and those of us who worked closely with them had hoped that those taking over from us would be responsible, dependable, and reliable. But, today the situation is different. Things are happening in Nigeria and the ugly things that are happening are not in our character, the norms and values that we inherited from these founding fathers have been thrown over board.

We are no longer decent, politics is chaotic and the nation is unsecured. There is no more respect for elders or constituted authority. Simply put, a revolt looms large in the horizon. In 1961 or 1962 there was a report that Nigeria would become in 15 to 20 years one of the industrialised nations of the world together with two other developing countries - India and Brazil. The other two have joined the industrialised nations of the world. India is a leader in the fields of computer technology. Brazil too is manufacturing aeroplanes, cars and so on, but Nigeria is still lagging behind because of bad leadership. So my appeal to Nigeria is, let us try to reclaim our past and lost glory by imitating our past founding fathers.

Maitama Sule

August 19, 2008 | 7:02 PM Comments  0 comments

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Nigeria go for GOLD
Related to country: Nigeria

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If there were any doubts about the Nigerians making it to the Olympic Finals, worry no more. The Dream Team overpowered the Belgians and knocked the stuffing out of them 4-1 to roar into the finals and play for the gold.Displaying power, creativity and team work, the Nigerians play with confidence as they knocked the ball with precision and deadly intent.

Great news, indeed no shaking'. I'm very excited for this news. I hope we can make up another Atlanta Gold for Nigeria because we need to celebrate, as 9jarians, a little bit.

August 19, 2008 | 9:41 AM Comments  7 comments

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IN GOD WE TRUST
Related to country: Nigeria

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I must admit that there are humanitarian crisis in Nigeria which needs urgent attention like the ones in Sudan and Zimbabwe. America has the secrets to progress and development. The founding fathers of U.S.A. knew that only God is capable of leading a nation with man as a figurehead hence, they have hurriedly included God in the scheme of everything. The American motto is thus; "IN GOD WE TRUST".A nation which put her trust in God and works in God's ways must be and should be the most powerful nation on earth.

Nigerian ex-President chief Olusegun Obasanjo was recently quoted to have said to Nigerians to leave their electricity problem to God (Obasanjo: Leave Electricity Problem to God. He was said to have advised Nigerians to take to God anything they do not have which they wish to have or cannot get.

He was also asked about how he feels when Nigerians don’t appreciate his contributions to the development of the nation, but he instead dodged all questions before being driven away. In his infinite wisdom, the chief did not feel he owed any explanations to Nigerians about the eight years of his administration, which are now subject to several probes and investigations over alleged corruption, nepotism, mismanagement, high-handedness and inefficiency.

For the ex-president to sit back and tell us to leave everything to God is not only an insult, but a blasphemy and sin against God Himself. God chose to use him to bring succor to his people, but somewhere along the line, he deviated. In fact, God actually gave him several chances to redeem himself, which is very scarce in world history, but we now know what happened, because despite promises at his inauguration in 1999, few of those were implemented or successful. Who is to blame for this? The blame rests squarely on Obasanjo, but he’s not taking responsibility for that, but rather pushing the responsibility to the Maker. This is an abject abdication of responsibility, and people who abdicate responsibilities never make good leaders.

Apparently, Chief Obasanjo got what he wanted from God and indeed from Nigerians, but after being fulfilled, what did he give back to God and Nigeria? What were his legacies to the common man with the many sufferings they had to go through during his eight-year tenure? And even now, Obasanjo has forgotten how millions of Nigerians took to the streets with joy and hope when he assumed power in 1999, thinking that at last, they had a man that would do his utmost best for us, because God was going to use him.

It is a shame really that a man entrusted with making life better for Nigerians should now be advising us to leave everything to God after his eight years of misrule.

On the back of the $16 million allegedly spent (or misspent) by his administration on electricity alone, and which as we know, has not produced any visible improvement to our energy and electricity generation, distribution and usage, should he now be saying things like this? This is really very rich coming from him.

Yes, there can never be a quick-fix to our problems but some patriotic citizens must come together and make sacrifices so that future generations will benefit. I submit that we are in a position to actually initiate a lasting change in our society.

In God we trust