PLATO LIFE AND HISTORY

1. Life – from Politics to Philosophy Plato was born in Athens in c. 427 B.C.E. Until his mid-twenties, Athens was involved in a long and disastrous military conflict with Sparta, known as the Peloponnesian War. Coming from a distinguished family – on his father’s side descending from Codrus, one of the early kings of Continue Reading...

Nigeria: Kidnappers Abduct Okonjo-Iweala’s Mother

Gunmen on Sunday stormed the palace of the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku, Obi (Prof.) Chukwuka Okonjo and abducted his 82-year-old wife, Prof. Kanene Okonjo who is also the mother of Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Prof. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The kidnappers numbering about 10 were said to have been lurking around the palace in Aniocha South Local Government Area Continue Reading...

Nigeria: Iyanya Dumps Yvonne Nelson, For Tonto Dikeh?

The story making round about these popular celebrities Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson and Nigerian music sensation, Iyanyais something else. The two were romantic items, they both reportedly denied having any romantic ties with each other. Even when close industry sources stressed that Iyanya and Yvonne were warming their beds, they further denied it. Now, like Continue Reading...