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By: BABAKATCHA HADIZA   The executive governor of Rivers state, Bar. Nyesom Wike, on Friday 14th January 2022, declared war against illegal refining which is causing blacksoot with adverse health effects on residents and environmental challenges in the state.  Photo credit_Google   Governor Nyesom Wike, made the declaration on African Independent Television, ait. He said blacksoot "is a serious matter, in fact it's a war" the governor sets out to stop illegal refining or bunkering which was referred to as operation shot down illegal crude oil activities in Rivers state.  The governor accompanied by security operatives identified and raided some illegal crude oil refinery in some part of the state, we laud the efforts of the governor even as the road were barricade with vehicles in a certain local government area, he walked into the bush,he noted that the blacksoot must be confronted because it is capable of causing cancer amongst other challenges, and also tha...

  Written by Hadiza Babakatcha   How do we say what we have in mind, when most people especially our dear loved ones are only waiting to judge and cast blames on us?  Photo credit_Google   Why is the world so cruel, that those whose love we yearn for are always the ones who hurt us the most? What did we do to life to be treated with so much distress and minority mindset? She is a woman, she has no life without a man, what did we do wrong? Where did we miss it? Because she is a woman she can't mount to nothing because she is a daughter, a mother and somebody's wife?  Such talks lingers on the lips of outsiders, but demoralises and break every bone in us when it comes from those we cherish, and expect to draw strength from.  Because she is a girl, her life means nothing without a man, what did we do wrong? This African mentality has eroded and eaten so deep in our homes, even mothers who are supposed to cheer their female children to aim for the sky are the o...