Emmanuel Ucheolisa

Happy Birthday to one of my favorite authors, George Orwell. Mr. George Orwell was born in India on 25th June, 1903 but was a British citizen who wrote the famous novels 'Nineteen eighty-four and Animal farm'. Mr. George sadly died on January 21, 1950 at just 46 years. This famous piece named 'Nineteen eighty-four' is the origin of the famous phrase "Big Brother". In the novel, a certain leader of Oceania named Big Brother is believed to see whatever the citizens were doing, no matter the level of secrecy applied. This total surveillance as depicted in the novel, kept the citizens in absolute fear because for whatever you are planning to do, it is believed that Big Brother will surely see you. Today, TV reality shows like 'Big Brother Naija' and 'Big Brother Africa' are showcasing the lines created by George Orwell in that famous novel(1984), whereby every action by contestants in those reality shows are seen by an unseen but heard 'Big Bro...

Before June 6, 2018 the West African country of Nigeria celebrates her democracy day on 29th May every year. This was as a result of the military hand-over of power to a democratically elected presidency of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on May 29th 1999, which marked the beginning of the fourth republic in Nigeria, after series of military take-over of power. The first republic which started in 1963 after the country got her independence in 1960, was ended by a military coup by Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu. In 1979, marking the second republic, election was held and a democratic president was elected till 1983 when another military coup by the current president of Nigeria(Muhammadu Buhari) during his spell in the military. The third republic came in 1993 as a result of the failure of the then Gen. Ibrahim Babangida's military administration to announce the result of the June 12, 1993 election which was widely believed to have been won by Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawole(M.K.O) Abiola. Du...

A LIST OF THE COUNTRIES OF AFRICA AND THEIR CAPITALS. The continent of Africa has fifty-four(54) countries and is the second largest continent in the world. Africa covers about 6% of the world's total surface(including area occupied by water) and about 20% of the world's land surface. The continent of Africa is also the second most populous continent in the world, with a population of about 1.4 billion people. Asia is the only continent with larger population than Africa. In Africa, Algeria is the largest country by landmass while Nigeria is the largest by population. It should be noted also that the continent of Africa is divided into five(5) regions namely, East Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa and North Africa. COUNTRY                               CAPITAL Algeria         ...

In 1929, at the signing of the Lateran pact, the Vatican City known in full as the State of the Vatican City and in Italian language as Stato della Città del Vaticano. This nation-state which is located at the Western bank of Tiber river was established to allow the Pope to exercise his universal authority. The city has it's own banking system, telephone system, post office, a security outfit known as Swiss Guards that is responsible for the safety of the Pope and other relevant institutions for smooth running of the nation-state. With only a land area of 49 hectares and a polpution of 825 people, this nation-state is the smallest country in the world.

On June 6 1882, electric iron was invented by Henry W. Seeley of New York. Henry found the importance of using electricity to aid cloth ironing because before then, the usage of heated metals in cloth ironing has been practiced in China but the invention of electricity brought about new thinking and led to Henry Seeley's invention.

On this day, June 5th in 1981. The AIDS epidemic was officially reported by the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention after  clusters of Pneumocystis pneumonia were recognized in  5 men.

On the day June 5 1968, a Palestinian by name Sirhan Sirhan shot Robert Francis Kennedy, a brother to the 35th president of America(John F. Kennedy) at Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles just after he gave a speech in pursuit of his presidential bid. Remember, John F. Kennedy was as well assassinated in 1963 while in power as president. This day in 1968 was a very tragic for the Kennedys.