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In 2005, Mel Gibson’s $30 million movie, “The Passion of the Christ”, took the cinemas by storm. It contained one of the most graphic expressions of the sufferings of Christ during His crucifixion. It was not an abnormal scene to see viewers file out of the cinemas and movie theatres at the end in stunned…
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Posted on March 26, 2021
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Bolanle Lamina What a lovely life Bolanle had – a husband and four children, living together as a family. By no means rich materially, yet they had a happy life. Bolanle worked as a hairdresser and her husband had a job that sustained the family. They lived in Ipaja area of Ayobo district, Lagos, State,…
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Posted on March 19, 2021
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“Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink” [Samuel Taylor Coleridge] #WorldWaterDay21 The lines from “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge are now so often the reality for many people in many different parts of the world. It is for this reason that World Water Day 2021, is particularly important to…
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Posted on March 12, 2021
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This was not the plan When she left the home she always knew To embrace the one she always dreamed of Roofed over by a man she thought will stay forever It was not the plan that the wave of death will soon leave her without a roof With no one but her to worry…
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Posted on March 5, 2021
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Celebrating International Women’s Day #ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021 International Women’s Day (March 8) was created to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, and to point out all the progress that is yet to be made. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. The theme this year encourages all…
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Posted on February 19, 2021
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Marie-Fatou and her ACT experience My name is Marie-Fatou and I’m a university placement student at ACT. I’m 20 years old and in the second year of my degree programme in International Relations and Development at the University of Westminster, London. My interest in politics, especially global politics, comes from having lived in a variety…