Gerry's Corner

Imagine you’re in a small boat, drifting in an endless ocean of plastic junk, particles, and bodies of dead animals. You desperately try to paddle your way out, but as far as you can see, there is no way out of the gigantic sea of garbage. You look up and realize that the garbage extends out for hundreds of miles to the horizon and there is no life anywhere in sight. You try to paddle aside the garbage around the boat, but there are thick layers of garbage swirling deep beneath you. The smell of death fills the air as a large wave of garbage comes crashing down against the boat. Sadly, this is not the future or an imaginary place. It is here on earth today. Honorable judges, teachers, parents, and fellow students, my name is Ren and today I am going to talk to you about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and our polluted oceans.The place I just described is a giant mass of garbage swirling in the Pacific Ocean, between here and Japan, known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. All of

UPDATED: South West states declare June 12 public holiday June  10, Gerry. The governments of the South-west states have declared June 12 as a public holiday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the annulled 1993 Presidential election adjudged to have been won by the late M.K.O Abiola. The states include Lagos, Ondo, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti, and Oyo states. The federal government on Wednesday announced that June 12would become a national holiday for the celebration of democracy day starting from 2019, although the day had always been public holidays in the South west. In Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, the governor, said the recent decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to declare June 12 as the new democracy day would ensure that Mr Abiola and other martyrs of democracy who laid down their lives in the struggle to entrench good governance did not do so in vain. “No matter how long you try to hide history, history will always reveal itself with a true platform,” Mr Am

     HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!!!                                                      What a beautiful feeling to have your daughter grow older alongside with you, seeing that one person who you sacrificed a lot for her well being grow into an amazing woman. That's probably how Yvonne Nelson's will feel each time she looks at her gorgeous daughter who has done so well for herself. Beautiful Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson took to her Instagram to celebrate her mother, sharing a stunning image of herself and her mom. According to Yvonne everyday is mother's day as she celebrates her indispensable mother. READ ALSO: Yvonne Nelson’s baby daddy celebrates her on Valentine's Day In the beautiful picture she shared, Yvonne revealed her mother is 61 while she is 32, as her fans wowed about them not even looking their age. She wrote: "Every day is Mother’s Day ❤️ 61years Vs 32years" Yvonne's mother is such a beauty, just like her daughter, they both look lovely in this