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History of Valentine's Day

The history of Valentine’s Day—and the story of its patron saint—is shrouded in mystery. We do know that February has long been celebrated as a month of romance, and that St. Valentine’s Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. But who was Saint Valentine, and how did he become associated with this ancient rite? The Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred. One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine’s actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death. Still others insist that it was Saint Valentine of Terni, a bis

11yr old Naomi speaks at the International conference on behalf of all children

Naomi Oloyede is an 11year old girl from Nigeria. She travelled to Vienna, Austria in October 2019 to take part in the International Conference "Educating for the Rule of law" At the high-level opening, Naomi addressed over 300 leaders, policymakers and educators and on behalf of all children, urged them to make the world a better, safer and more inclusive place. "We want to grow up in a place where there is peace and where rule of law is respected."

Luis Suarez set to join another Spanish club

Luis Suarez has accepted to join Atlético de Madrid. He has parted ways with Barcelona and can join as a free agent. The Uruguayan forward was told by the new coach Ronald Koeman that he won't be part of his plan during his time at the club as since been looking for a suitable club to join. Suarez joined Barca from Liverpool in 2014 in a deal worth around €75 million and has since gone on to become the club's third-highest scorer of all time with 198 goals. During his time at the club, he has won 14 trophies, including four La Liga titles and one Champions League.

CEO AOP BLOG Shares his NYSC Experience

The curator and Editor of one of the most read blogs in Nigeria AOP BLOG, Adigun Olayemi Paul took to the social media on Facebook to share his beautiful experience during his compulsory National Youth Service Corps(NYSC). While sharing his experience, he recounts how he was able to teach students how to operate and work on a computer system effectively in the state he was deployed to. The writer who just concluded his service last month served in Katsina State, North-East part of Nigeria expresses how northern school children are not able to develop themselves properly through the use of a computer system. Their knowledge on computer operation is very low. This is a new age whereby the world is been digitalised but it behooves one to know that some part of Nigeria did not still know how to operate computer system properly. During his stay in the north, he ensured that some of the youths of the town was taught the rudiments of computer encompassing both software and hardware package

Birthday: Things You Need To Know About Akanji Abdul Azeez

Born in August 3 into the family of Mrs. Àkànjí of Ilé ọ̀moosan of iwo, Osun state. He attended Primary school in a French-speaking school in cote d'Ivoire "Les Hirondelles d'adjame" where he formally learned how to speak French fluently. He attended his Junior secondary school in an English speaking school in Cote d'Ivoire "GOF INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, Abidjan". That's where he started learning the English language. For his senior secondary school, he attended "Islamic model College" in iwo, òsùn state. Where he had his senior secondary school certificate in the year 2012. He studied English language and political science in a private college of education in Ìbàdàn (AL-IBADAN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (IBACOED). Where he graduated as one of the best students in the year 2015. As a graduate of a college of education, he taught Government and literature in the English language in Ibadan (Ridwanullah model college, shagari) and Iwo ( Islamic

COVID-19 Pandemic: Its Effect On Educational System In Nigeria

By Sodiq Adebayo Prior to the emergence of corona virus in the most populated country in the world, China. It has claimed many lives. However, none could ever imagine that the canker worm could spread from the abode to the whole so easily and readily. Now, currently speaking, no country in the planet is safe. We're all scared and felt concerned as our brothers and sisters from far and near are victims already. In January 9, 2020, the Chinese state media reported that a team of researchers led by Xu Jianguo had identified the pathogen behind the mysterious outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan as a novel coronavirus. The well recognized organization, WHO announced Covid-19 outbreak as a pandemic on 11 March, 2020 which has led to the total shut and lock down of countries in the whole world. International and intra-national travelings ban were placed to control and prevent the spread. Usual daily activities that could help spread the virus were banned. And these include any gathering of

Education Is a Nightmare In Nigeria

By Ashimolowo Oyindamola Mistura I stared at the TV with keen interest rest, a show for children was going on and they chorused the same song we were taught years back. How long will we lie to these ones? How long will we keep the truth wrapped in a mystery ? Mystery unleashed when the reality slaps us hard in the face. We are in a rat race, a game of deceit and everyone is running to get a badge blindly and gullibly. Who said education was limited to four walls, a white board, chairs and a table to sit on? Who cooked this broth if fantasies that had been responsible for so many youths sinking? Many youths are blinded like a bat, they even drag whose dilapidated facility is the best! I was just a teen but life befriended me with a lot of realities. At primary school we would play around and froth our worries into bubbles , we were beaten for failed assignments, still did not worry because our teacher was always right even though their shoes and shirts said otherwise. I would see a y

My Encounter With Some Religious Fanatics

By Abdul Azeez Akanji Have you ever did an interview and being disqualified because of your religion? I remember these words " we're sorry to say, this television company is a Christian private own company and due to the fact that you are a Muslim we can't employ you". As an advocate of humanitarian activity, I tried to tell them "we are the same", being a Muslim, a Christian, a pagan or a traditionalist does not matter but what matters most is our way of dealing with "humans". A Christian friend was searching for a job, and I helped him to get to a school in Ibadan, they looked at his curriculum vitae and said although he's a first-class accounting student but he's a Christian, they can't employ a Christian in their school. I became "dumb" hearing these words. As usual, I let them realized that the religion we are practicing does not really define our closeness to Almighty God but what truly defines us is our service to hum

BIRTHDAY: CEO AOP BLOG CLOCKS ANOTHER YEAR

Today we celebrate the birthday of our boss, Adigun Olayemi Paul, the curator and CEO of AOP BLOG. Adigun Olayemi Paul is a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, Osun State , where he studied French Language in the Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Arts and Humanities. While on campus, his unquenched thirst for Journalism made him join one of the leading news agency on campus (OAU PEEPS News Agency), the agency he later rosed to the post of the Editor - In - Chief. He was nominated for several awards because of his selfless service and creative writing skills on campus. His love for media made him create his own personal blog site (AOP BLOG) when he was still on campus, the blog which now has many fan base. He was awarded the Random Blogger of the Year for his consistency on the year of his graduation. He is currently on his compulsory service year as a Corp member in Katsina State as at this day but will be among the Corp members passing out later this wee

Save and Invest: All You Need To Know About Kashbase

Have you heard of Kashbase? If no then read below: Kashbase is an online saving platform, just like your traditional "kolo/ajo", but kashbase is digital. Maybe you want to get something at a particular time, say a phone, so you create a saving goal on the platform and you start dropping money inside for the new phone and voila before you know it, you have saved enough (sometimes more than enough) for a new phone or that new business you have always wanted to start or for a system and you earn a 10-15% interest on your saving p.a . There are other features imbedded in kashbase, like payment of bills, airtime recharge and others all to make it easier for you. You need to save now, little saving brings much investment and to get your desired choice in life. Make saving your priority and enjoy later, never use all your income at once rather save to invest with it. Choose Kashbase. Sign up link: https://bit.ly/kashbase Remember you need to save and invest wisely in this present ti

Golden Spoon

A poem by Olakunle Seun ..Ours is a golden spoon.. To us a golden gift is given, By our resources it was birthed, Mother nature freely gave, Bestowed and endowed, Never expecting a return. All of us she freely bestowed, Lavishing it all without a retain, Freely and cheerfully, We all received, The golden gift of mother nature. Its protection, unity she prescribed, Its longevity, oneness she described, Continuous glittering of it,tribalism she denied, Its trans generational existence,togetherness she suggest, Its value and adornment, oness of voice she opined. But alas,her suggestion all turned gibberish, Her suggestion at first we received, For her not to hold any back, But upon giving all, We denied the opinion of a faithful giver. To us a large population belongs, The gift has its source from here, The best land is here with us, Intellectuals to us belong, The echo of our selfish ambitions. Unity turned enmity, Empathy turned unconcerned, Togetherness turned diversity, Oness turned

My Encounter with a Cultist

By Akanji Abdul Azeez Ridwanullahi was a brother and a senior in secondary, a very huge senior. His status makes all the junior ones to respect him because if anybody mess up with him, he will mercilessly deal with the person. With his status, muscle, and authority as a senior, he became a terror in the school and everybody respect him. He usually tells us that his dream is to become a soldier because he like a rugged lifestyle. Ridwanullahi got admitted to a very popular higher institution in the southern part of Nigeria and he continue to be "rugged" until he was rusticated from higher institution. I met him 2 years after he left me in secondary school and when I met him, I ask him how is higher institution was fast. Since I was ignorant then and I don't know anything about higher institution. He told me, my brother, I was rusticated from school. Immediately he told me that, I look for the meaning of rusticated and I felt sad for him because he once told me while we w

DEMOCRAZY

By Olakunle Seun At Eight, electorates all on the Queue, "Exercising our franchise, "We need to entrust them with power, It will be good they govern our affairs", The echo of the deceived. Full white Regalia, Smiles like and innocent beasts, False Association, " Democracy is for all,but we will awesomely represent you", The psalms of the deceivers. "We have noticed your plight in years past, " Awesome representation will be ensured in this Republic, " The dividents of Democracy, will not be denied you, "With love we will represent you" " For the same Blood we share runs in our veins". "We are all childrens of this Land, We both share the same Ancestors, We all sat together at the bossom of mother nature, With the same identity uniting us, We all belong to the same lineage" With Joy we received their "propaganlies" These ones will never disappointed us, His father,is the brother to my mum, He served while w

My Encounter with a Yahoo guy

By Abdul Azeez Akanji Yahoo guys as we usually call them are youth who carries out fraudulent activity also known as 419. Their activities have been rampant in Nigeria in recent years and this has become a source of concern for the government and conscious citizens of Nigeria. My encounter with a Yahoo guy in Lagos make me understand why these vibrant youths engaged in fraudulent act. This man was in his early 30th and my curiosity make me to engage in a conversation with him, from our conversation he told me " Azeez, I'm a first-class graduate from Uniben in the department of Engineering but six years after my graduation from University, I was not able to secure a job and fortunately for me, I got a teaching job in a private school where they pay me 8,500 per month, the salary was not encouraging and out of frustration I left the teaching job". To get more information from him, I ask him what push him to "Yahoo Yahoo act" and he told me after he left the tea

Cherish her - A Poem

By Seun Alabi To Her.. To her, To her you must write, The hymn of my pen, Write to her,unravelling her beauty, Unravelling her beauty than the Sapphires. To her an archytpe of tender heartedness, To her an embodiment of fortunes, To her an Epitome of glad tidings, Write to her exposing her good deeds, Write to her appreciating an angel on earth. Flowers are Beautiful, Sapphires glows, Alabaster smells nice, But the beauty of flowers and glowings of sapphire, Are not worth comparing to her Beauty. The Glows of her eyes soothes the heart, Like the cold to the skin, Is the touch of her hand, Like the honey to the mouth, Is the expression of her lips. By her name I have known, How caring she will be, By her smile I predict how tendered hearted she will be, By her humility I have known how great she will be, And closer to her I confirm,the thoughts in my heart. What every man should do... Seun Alabi is a content creator, a reporter and a 3D Animist, he derives pleasure in writing. He is a

My Encounter with a Prostitute (Olosho)

⁩By Akanji Abdul Azeez Olosho as we call them are people like us. Most of them are into it because of the rejection they got from family, friends, and society. Although it’s not a good idea to venture into such an act but every action has a reason. My encounter with Nigerian Olosho in Côte d’Ivoire made me to understand that most of them are into it against there will. I have a secondary school friend that is their agent and I don’t know he was into this business until he asked me to meet him in a club and that club was full of olosho. I was surprised to see pretty girls of age 18-23, when I approached one of them and entertained her with beer and try to push her mouth for her to talk. That’s when she opened up on why she is into that business. Although their agents usually give them serious warnings not to reveal their real identities to people. For instance she may be Khadijat in Nigeria but their agent will change her name to Angel, Victoria, etc in cote d'Ivoire. The 18yea

Virginity Without Blood By Akanji Abdul Azeez

Virginity is regarded as a pride of womanhood and in most african countries a virgin woman is believe to be a blessing to the marriage but many home has broken because during the first intimacy , the woman did not bleed. Many women compalined that they did not bleed during their first sexual intercourse while it's still a mystery to many men that how would their wives tell them they are virgin but would not bleed on their first sexual intercourse. Medically, Some women will bleed after having sex for the first time, while others won't. Both are perfectly normal. A woman may bleed when she has penetrative sex for the first time because of her hymen breaking. The hymen is a thin piece of skin that partially covers the entrance to the vagina. It usually breaks during sex, if it hasn't already broken before. The hymen can break quite easily before a woman has sex for the first time, through activities such as horse riding and other sports. A woman may not know her hymen has

JUSTICE

By Olakunle Seun Just as you see, The cry of the judge, Reckon with the seen, Not with the perceived, Assumption they say might be costly. Reckoning with the truth, Bitter they say it is, Striving for the known, The known, hatred might develop, Saying it as seen is the best,(Just as I see,justice). Acceptance you might want, Dejection, sooner it comes, When the hidden is unveiled, The unseen turns seen, Will pay to "say just as you see". Never dump the truth, In an unknown land, Subjecting it to seek voice, Where it is unheard, Let it feel at home,say it " just as you see". Embracing it, Death they say may occur, All because it is hated, But never give a dim,they can only kill, Judgement is never theirs. Dedicated to George Floyd a unarmed black man, died on 25 May in Minneapolis after a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on his neck for nine minutes while Floyd repeatedly complained that he could not breathe. Olakunle Seun Alabi is a content creator, a repo

BBNaija Begins Online Audition For Season 5

The organisers of the popular TV reality show, Big Brother Naija, have begun auditions for the season five of the show. In a statement issued by the organisers, the reality show is said to begin today and would be conducted virtually (online). Additionally, the organisers noted that the audition which involves contestants living in a house and competing for a star prize will run through the month of May and would be concluded on the 30th. The statement urged interested persons to vie for the role by recording a two-minute video stating why they should be selected as housemates in the 2020 edition of the programme. Similarly, contestants “must be willing to live in the Big Brother Naija house situated in Lagos with over a dozen or more strangers and with little or no access to privacy. The house is said to be maximally with video and audio recording devices which will record and broadcast the actions and voice of all contestants every time till the contest is concluded. The 20

Highlights From "The Business Seminar"

The Business Seminar was held by AOP BLOG on it's main WhatsApp group yesterday by 7pm, with Prince Charmaine from Burkina Faso as the guest speaker. The topic was : " Successful business tips" Prince was able to communicate to the audience through voice recording and typing. He delved and gave more insight to how a business should be run not forgetting the tips either with practical examples. Here are some highlighted points by him, the explanations was voice recorded: Tips for Growing Your Business In order to have a successful business, practice these things. If your business strategy is lacking in a particular area, its time to fix it. These are seven tips to grow your business. 1) Be Hands-On and Meticulous In order to grow your business, the business owner needs to be there all the time and hands-on, like a doctor. A business owner can never be afraid to do the small tasks. He or she should pitch in and straighten up boxes or pick up things. Small things do get not