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Youre genius if you can answer these 11 riddles.

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Riddles are strategically and enigmatically written to ensnare those who attempt them in the weeds of language and interpretation. Approaching a difficult riddle from all angles and filtering out extraneous details is a tried-and-true way to boost your brain health and keep your mind sharp…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

Here are examples of these riddles

1 I never was, am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all, To live and breath on this terrestrial ball.

2 At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen..

3 The one who makes it, sells it. The one who buys it, never uses it. The one that uses it never knows that he’s using it.

4 The more you have of it, the less you see.

5 You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?

6 I am always hungry, / I must always be fed, / The finger I touch, / Will soon turn red. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

7 Each morning I appear to lie at your feet, / All day I will follow no matter how fast you run, / Yet I nearly perish in the midday sun.
8 You saw me where I never was and where I could not be. And yet within that very place, my face you often see. What am I?

9 Say my name and I disappear. What am I

10 I am a word of meanings three. Three ways of spelling me there be. The first is an odor, a smell if you will. The second some money, but not in a bill. The third is past tense, a method of passing things on or around. Can you tell me now, what these words are, that have the same sound?

11 What word in the English language does the following: The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?

Answers to above riddles

  1. The future.
  2. Stars.
  3. A coffin.
  4. Darkness.
  5. An ear of corn.
  6. Fire.
  7. Shadow.
  8. A reflection.
  9. Silence.
  10. Scent, cent, sent.
  11. Heroine

 

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Brief Biography of Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was executed by Abacha’s Militia

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Who Was Ken Saro-Wiwa?

Kenule (Ken) Beeson Saro-Wiwa was a Nigerian writer, activist and TV presenter born on the 10th of October, 1995 to an Ogoni chief, Jim Wiwa.

Ken Saro-Wiwa was a member of the Ogoni people, a minority tribe in Nigeria. His homeland, Ogoni land, situated in the Niger Delta has been a target for crude oil extraction since 1950 and thus suffer from environmental damages from the dumping of petroleum wastes…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>> READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

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Meet Benson Idonije, Fela Kuti’s Manager And Burna Boy’s Grandfather

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Benson Idonije teaching his grandson, Burna Boy, Fela’s Black power sign

Benson Idonije, popularly regarded as Nigeria’s most revered music critic, is a renowned Nigerian broadcaster, writer, and critic. He was born on June 13, 1936, in Otua, a town in the Owan East local government area of Edo State, Nigeria.

The ace broadcaster and music critic is known as the first band manager of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and a pioneering team member of Radio Nigeria 2 (now Metro FM) which was founded in 1977. He is also a grandfather and director to the Nigerian reggae-dancehall artist, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy. One might want to link this to the presence of Fela’s musical styles in Burna Boy’s songs. One might…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>> READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

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People watching as Fela Kuti feed his donkey, Yakubu, which he named after Yakubu Gowon in the 1970s

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Fela Kuti Feeding his donkey named Yakubu

Photo showing people watching the legendary Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, at his Kalakuta Republic home in Lagos feeding his donkey, Yakubu, which he named after the then Head of State of Nigeria, General Yakubu Gowon.

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Cite this article as: Teslim Omipidan. (June 6, 2017). People watching as Fela Kuti feed his donkey, Yakubu, which he named after Yakubu Gowon in the 1970s.

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