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IT'S WORLD LAUGHTER DAY AND IT'S NOT FUNNY AT ALL

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Assuming my teeth were white, they would have been wide open, but now it's redness is as thick as clay and the odour so strong that a cow will begin to bark. So, I'm afraid to let it loose. The white corns hidden inside my mouth make all to wonder if I were a direct descendant of homo-habilis; protruding nose with a face pointed as if reaching for a T-junction and panel beated on either side. I can't just laugh. Laughter is far away from me like the missing sun at night. What is my joy when poverty stares at me and threatens even my fundamental human rights? I'm on the run from Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, who are daily hunting down my people as if we were meant to be roasted as beefs (suya). Even the elements of nature had ganged up against me, the waters are drying up, the lakes are leaking and the rains have refused to drop, crops are being destroyed by the blazing sun shining angrily with delight. Would I be able to laugh, when in the wake of epileptic pow
THE POLITICS OF SELFISH INTEREST For the good of the Masses, Behold your servant leader. (Politics and Connecting People) My Campaign Promises “Vote for me, because I am the most reliable and mouthed candidate, my track record surpasses the Usain Bolt’s record-breaking fit and I’m still blazing, even to me it’s amazing. My well fitted designer suit and my investments, home and abroad are testimonies to the passion of love well suited for you in times like this. Can’t you just see? (As if love is written on the forehead). Oh if I begin to count what I plan to execute when I become president, you will cry in awe and may have to find your way to the exit door for the overwhelming joy that could only be contained by visiting a rest room. (Really?) Yes, seriously. If I were lying, you would have known because blood would have been gushing out from my mouth. I promise to build a bridge across the Atlantic to the Sahara without increase in taxes. (Wow!) You ain’t seen anything yet. We