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Alliances are as strong as the level of truth they can bear
The great Albert Einstein onThe great Albert Einstein once said “Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of Truth” especially in a clime like ours where the truth is often buried and mendacity is weaponized consistently against…
The stories we tell each other and the action we take
There’s been many instances where I simply tell stories about my experiences and those of others around me. These narratives go a long way to reinforce principles and ethics that stir up the right conversation for needed action.After…
The audacity of impunity
The series of unfortunate events (dearth of National cum internal security due to over concentration on Regime Security) in the past three years in Nigeria clearly demonstrate that there is no rights to personal liberty in Nigeria.…
Winning the race to the bottom of chasm of despair
Many human behavioural studies show that animals may not wear clothes yet they are not ashamed. This is because shame is usually caused by a collision between our behavior and our culture. Society uses shame to enforce norms and sets…
You’ll never know how steep the climb is until you begin
For many years, I’ve asked why Nigerians succeed everywhere else but in their natural environment/society. I queried why the most indolent folks in school in Nigeria become geniuses on foreign lands.I have seen folks who have spent…
The prayers of the heathens
Reality BytesLong term freedom being sacrificed for temporary comfort is now confirmed as a culture in Nigeria, without the consciousness that life begins at the end of the comfort zone, however beautiful or comfy, nothing grows…
Between the steering and the road
Ideas that are not better and different are as good as trash. A preacher is judged based on his last sermon, in as much as a recording artistes is judged based on his/Her last album/single. The same thing applies to an actor/actress…
Life in Corruption Republic
There are so many things people will love to teach, books to publish, speeches to put together and songs to compose but there's no motivation from within seeing how people are driven toward the depth of lack. It is logical to demand…
Nigeria’s Democracy Day dilemmas, to defend or to debase? – ‘Segun Awosanya
On Wednesday June 6th 2018, President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria released a press Statement that supposedly repealed the May 29th Democracy Day celebration commemorating the second republic (a transition from military interregnum to…
Power at the cost of change
We have heard many people regale us with their desire to bring change if only they can be voted into power. They make their case so clear by sharing their utopian dream with us as congruent with our desire for change borne out of…