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  Cultism: How it started and what it is now  Agoro Ololade Wikipedia defines a cult as a social group that is defined by its unusual religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs and rituals, or its common interest in a particular personality, object, or goal. Another definition plainly states that a cult is a secret society which is not open to everybody, and cultism, therefore, is the act of belonging to a secret cult in an educational institution. This author wonders how two definitions could be so different (one cautiously covering several areas and the other bold and direct) and yet still apply to cultism in Nigeria from when it started till date.   As recorded in history, cultism started in Nigeria in 1952 when Professor and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka and six others formed the Seadogs Confraternity, aka Pyrates, in the prestigious University of Ibadan. These original founders were known as the Magnificent Seven, and, in accordance with the alias of the society (P...

  Justice for the July 10, 1999 Massacre     Ojo Comfort Pelumi Justice, whose abode is found only in the hearts of men. Bleeding hearts, whose only healing to the gushing like a violent hurricane is the sight of full-served judgement. The thirst gives no room for other satisfaction because deep down, the veins has been cut and no physician can help but the soothing power of vengeance.   But where is justice? The healing of the hurting soul Oh! It's just a mere word, existing only in the minds of those who have been hurt. The eater knows it not, not even the giant of Africa — well, Afrika proves it.   In a world of segregated people, just like a coin with two sides, they have forgotten that they are formed from one iron piece. They share one body and one soul, yet one chooses to eat while the other becomes the prey. And sadly, out of the prey, small predators riding on the backs of the big predators arise. A small group that wields terror in the hearts of all. ...