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Lagos born and bred, I, like all other Lagosians, live by the creed "Eko o ni baje". There's just no other place like my city! Drop by anytime.

I've always liked writing, and it was a blessing to find Helium; purely serendipitously, I must confess.

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Other Is Friday 13th really a day of bad luck?: 2 of 33
The notion that the day Friday, combined with the date 13th is an unlucky one is the result of certain happenings in Europe back in the middle ages. these happenings so shocked European opinion of the day, that the date of the occurence was seared into the European psyche. With the growth of Eurpean power and the widespread d... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Can God and Darwinism coexist?: 14 of 113
Can God and Darwinism coexist? Properly put, is the Darwinian concept of evolution incompatible with a belief in God as creator and Supreme Being? To the first, YES; not only can God and Darwinism coexist in theory, they actually coexist in fact. To the second, the answer to the first sets it out clearly; the concepts or beli... More..
Arts & Humanities > Ancient History Romulus and Remus: The beginnings of Roman civilization: 2 of 16
Romulus and Remus, twin brothers, were born sometime around 771 BC, and they are, in the legends of Rome, believed to the founders of the city. Like most other legendary figures, the twins were directly descended from a deity; in this case, Mars, the Roman war god. The story, as it came down to the ancient Romans, and ... More..
Sports & Recreation > Martial Arts The excitement behind mixed martial arts: 1 of 8
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the legendary Bruce Lee (1940-1973), using the medium of film, brought what might be considered the precursor to today's mixed martial arts to the view of the public at large. The jeet kune do fighting system, which Lee created, combined aspects from various martial arts disciplines in an ef... More..
Arts & Humanities > Canadian History How Alberta became a province: 1 of 6
Alberta is one of the Canadian provinces known as the Prairie Provinces, the others being Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and it is located in western Canada sharing borders with the province of British Columbia, to the west, Saskatchewan, to the east, the Northwest Territories, to the north, and the US state of Montana to the ... More..
Sports & Recreation > Martial Arts What is a Wakizashi?: 1 of 6
A wakizashi is one of Japan's famous traditional swords. The blade is, on average, about 50 centimetres in length, although it can range between 30 centimetres to 60 centimetres in length. In appearance, the wakizashi is similar to the katana, that most famous of all Japanese swords, save only that it is usually of a short... More..
Sciences > Cellular Biology Bioengineering explained: 1 of 6
Engineering can be defined as the designing, making and putting to use of engines and machinery whilst biology may be defined as the study of the processes that underlie the process that we call life. Bioengineering, incongruous as the term may seem, is a fairly new specialisation that combines the elements of engineering ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Ancient History What were the consequences of the Battle of Actium?: 2 of 10
The battle of Actium was a great sea battle which took place on 2nd September, 31 BC, off the promontory of the Roman colony of Actium on the west coast of Greece. The battle was the most decisive confrontation of what may be described as the final war of the Roman Empire. The battle was fought between the fleet of Octavian, ... More..
Health & Fitness > Infectious Diseases Malaria: Symptoms and treatment: 1 of 5
Malaria is a disease whose cause was formerly attributed to the tainted air emanating from marsh and swamp areas, hence its name, derived from the Latin, malus for bad and aer for air. In actual fact, the disease is a vector-borne one, the vector being the female anopheles mosquito which transfers the infective agent, the pro... More..
Pets & Animals > Vets & Pet Health Cattle mange: Causes and treatments: 1 of 5
Mange is an inflammatory reaction of the skin that is caused mites, microscopic arachnids that live in parasitic combination with various larger animals. Domestic and farm animals are particularly susceptible to the disorder, and some types of mange are transmissible to humans. Sarcopotic mange in cattle is caused by t... More..