GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: FOR WHO THE BELL TOLLS NEXT.

Just five people shy of Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting incident that claimed 26 lives, the Uvalde Texas Robb elementary school mass shooting at 21 victims, now ranks among the highest grossing gun carnage in America. It is sad that such frequent blood spilling has tragically become part of our culture as a society. May the souls of the killed now rest.

25th AMENDMENT: ITS NOW ALL CRICKET.

Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi once questioned former President Donald John Trump's fitness to remain in office due to what she claimed was his declining mental capacity. Does anyone know what Madam Speaker presently thinks about the incontrovertible case which America is now saddled with? Just curious!

WHO WILL REBUILD UKRAINE?

The West should convert frozen Russian assets, both state's and oligarchs' owned, into a full seizure and set them aside for the future rebuilding of Ukraine. Like the Marshal Plan, call it the Putin Plan.

A HERO IS BORN.

I am staying put. I will not run away and abandon my people. The fight is here in Ukraine. What I need are weapons and ammunitions, not a ride out of town like former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani - President Volodymyr Zelensky.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

"There is too much hate in America because there is too much anger in America." - Trevor Noah.

WORD!

A life without challenges is not a life lived at all. A life lived is a life that has problems, confronts problems, solves problems and then learns from problems. - Tunde Fashola.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

When fishing for love, bait with your heart and not your brain, because you cannot rationalize love. - Mark Twain.

JUST THE FACT.

In our country, you can shoot and kill a nigger, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings - Dave Chappelle

DO YOU?.

“What you believe in can only be defined by what you’re willing to risk for it." - Stuart Scheller.

HEDGE YOUR CRISIS.

Never get in bed with a woman whose problems are worse than yours. - Chicago PD.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

'The best way to keep peace is to be ready to destroy evil. If you Pearl Harbor me, I Nagasaki you.' - Ted Nugent.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Empathy is at the heart of who we are as human beings. - Cardinal Matthew Kukah.

WORDS ON MARBLE.

"Birth is agony. Life is hard. Death is cruel." - Japanese pithy.

REPENT OR PERISH - POPE.

Homosexuality is a sin. It is not ordained by God, therefore same sex marriage cannot be blessed by the church - Pope Francis.

CANCEL CULTURE IS CORROSIVE.


FOR SAKE OF COUNTRY.


MAGA LIVES ON: NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

TWITTER IS BORING WITHOUT HIS TWEETS. #RestorePresidentTrump'sTwitterHandle.


WORD.

"If you cannot speak the truth when it matters, then nothing else you says matters.” - Tucker Carlson.

#MeToo MOVEMENT: A BAD NEWS GONE CRAZY.

"To all the women who testified, we may have different truth, but I have a great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all of the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country. You know, the movement started basically with me, and I think what happened, you know, I was the first example, and now there are thousands of men who are being accused and a regeneration of things that I think none of us understood. I’m not going to say these aren’t great people. I had wonderful times with these people. I’m just genuinely confused. Men are confused about this issue. We are going through this #MeToo movement crisis right now in this country." - Harvey Weinstein.


RON DELLUMS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADICAL.

"If it’s radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the Vietnam War, if it’s radical to oppose racism and sexism and all other forms of oppression, if it’s radical to want to alleviate poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness, and other forms of human misery, then I’m proud to be called a radical.” - Ron Vernie Dellums.


WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE - STEVE JOBS

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. Memories precipitated by love is the only true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. The most expensive bed in the world is the sick bed. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.” - SJ

EVIL CANNOT BE TRULY DESTROYED.

"The threat of evil is ever present. We can contain it as long as we stay vigilant, but it can never truly be destroyed. - Lorraine Warren (Annabelle, the movie)


ONLY THE POOR WISH THEY HAD STUFF?

“I’m not that interested in material things. As long as I find a good bed that I can sleep in, that’s enough.” - Nicolas Berggruem, the homeless billionaire.

Monday, July 28, 2008

ONE NIGERIA, REALLY?

Nigeria Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ojo Maduekwe while receiving his Cameroonian counterpart Henri Ayissi, recently said that the two common enemies facing Nigeria are those who want to see Nigeria disintegrate and the militants who daily attack Nigerian soldiers and civilians. Ojo Maduekwe was right to the extent that those who are tired of the stunted Nigeria-experiment are legion and enough reason to give those lords of manor in Nigeria, lots of sleepless nights! Icheoku says but for the parasitic north, who depends heavily on the southern oil to survive their arid desert condition, Nigeria disintegration would have since been a fait accompli - would have since been a dream come through.
Who in Nigeria really does not wish that they go their separate ways? Who in Nigeria is happy to be sharing space with some other detestable human beings whose stock in trade is either bureau de` change or simply loitering; yet they are in charge of Nigeria to the chagrin of the workhorse of the Nigerian economy and commerce? Who will like to continue to adorn the toga of being the baboon who does all the works while the monkeys from the north are just eating? Not this blogger! Not any known membership of Icheoku and by extension, not many Nigerians; many of whom are just bidding their time for the true emancipation from the yokes of the Northerners.
British colonial powers murdered peace in Nigeria when it forcibly yoked strange bed-fellows together and christened it Nigeria. To make matters worst they ensured through clever manipulations that the lazy north remain in charge of many levers of power including the armed forces. What is Nigeria strictly speaking and who is a real Nigerian? Who is actually proud to be identified as a Nigerian when Nigeria's leadership including her national houses are populated by known 419ners and con-men? Which country are we talking about but a country already on a precipice waiting to be pushed over the cliff to smithereens. The necessary indices are available and only a trigger or tinder is missing and in any event this is supplied, Nigeria as an entity may become a tragic historical fact. The only panacea is a change of attitude and the arrogant exclusion of many other Nigerians from the scheme of things. The fabric of Nigeria is always threatened by injustice and partial administration of both justice and resources. The Ojo Maduekwes of Nigeria should instead of worrying about factors of possible disintegration, concern themselves with how to make amends for the past wrongs in order to avoid future wrongs. This will lower down the temperature-gauge and prevent the situation from boiling over leading to more cohesive society where every Nigerian will be treated fairly and justly.

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