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Who is ESU?

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Esu is one of the most important Irunmale.  Unlike Christianity or Islam, which portray Esu asLucifer who tricked humanity to commit sin to God by eating the forbidden fruits, Yoruba perceive Esu as assistant of Olodumare.  Oral stories said that when Esu became too powerful in heaven, Olodumaré sent Esu to govern the world.  The traditional Orisa worshippers believe that all of the offerings they make to the Orisas usually end up with Esu. 

N.Y. woman faces jail for calling former in-law

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A US woman is facing a one-year prison sentence for violating a protection order by tagging victims in a Facebook post and making derogatory comments about them. Despite being divorced from her ex-husband Rafael Calderon and issued with a protection order preventing her from contacting her ex-husband or his family, Maria Gonzalez of New York decided to tag her former sister-in-law Maribel Calderon in a Facebook post and call her 'stupid', according to the New York Law Journal.Gonzalez also tagged Calderon in another post saying: "You and your family are sad ... 

Jan. 15th 1966: A Night of Blood & Slaughter by Femi Fani-Kayode

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Read his article below... On the night of January 15th1966 a coup d’etat took place in Nigeria which resulted in the murder of a number of leading political figures and senior army officers. This wasthe first coup in the history of our country and 98 per cent of the officers that planned and led it were Igbo. From the political class those that were killed included the following:  Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the Prime Minister, who was abducted from hishome and whose body was dumped somewhere along the Lagos-Abeokuta road.