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ATI A IUEREGH KEN INYOM : MPASE SHA ATI A IUER I KEN INYOM (Names of Months and Meaning in Tiv)

 1. January  -  KYERNYOM – Ka mhii u inyom. Ka uer u hiin inyom je ne.  2. February  -  FAWARI – Shie u Logo.  Se ‘Fa wari’ yô, se ngbagh se pir ijen.  3. March  -  HYORTSA – Shie u kômbon tsa. Hen shie ne ka i hura tsa, i keghen wurahe.  4. April  -  WURAHE – Hen shie u wura u he ka u nôô yô.  5. May  -  PYAVAMINE – Ka shie u Tiv ve paven amine yô. Shie ne iyange i  dagham amine, i wa a inya tine sha er aa ta agba kpishi yô.  6. June   -  IJEN – Ijen ka i kôr ken uer ne kpishi, sha er iyov ka mbi uma mbi  kera lu a mshiam ga, shi mbi lu kpishi kpaa ga yô. Akaayan kpishi ka a kera  lu ga, a he kpaa a lu a due ga.  7. July  -  JULA – Ijen ka i a kôr yô, i Jula iyol joong.  8. August  -  IESEYO – Ka shie esen iyov mbihev. Ken uer ne, iyov mbihev ka mbi hii u duen.  9. September  -  ISHUKUR – Mngerem ka ma va shin uagh gb...

STOP RAPE: ‘Even Satan met Eve naked but didn’t rape her’

 By Keghyol Solomon 12th July 2020 The leading discourse in the Nigerian public sphere presently, at par with COVID-19, revolves around rape. The cases of rape (known and unknown/reported and unreported) continue to skyrocket despite the perceived lockdown in the country.  While many victims of rape have now gathered the courage to speak about their horrendous experience, rapists and upcoming rapists concoct emotional and seductive excuses for the consumption of an already deflowered public. And gullible indeed, the defiled public pitiably endorses rapists composed rhetoric – rape is not as terrible as victims often describe their experiences; victims are the cause of their ordeals, and even worse victims exaggerate the effects of rape.   I came across a post which provokes some uttered truths of our comedians. The post reads: even Satan met Eve naked but didn’t rape her…bros say no to rape ooo. Short as this post may be, it is meaningful for it exposes the unperceived l...