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don't vote

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I'll not attempt to bore you with too many wordings. So before you start thinking #jeyKAD has gone crazy, here (in no particular order) are reasons to not vote. Feel free to criticize constructively. Don't Vote that candidate whose manifesto is riddled with blames, pointing out the flaws of the other candidate(s). Don't vote that candidate who sees nothing good with previous and current regimes. Don't vote that candidate who thinks he/she (alone) is or has all it takes to make Nigeria work. Don't vote that candidate whose only campaign strategy is to expose the loopholes in other candidates' manifesto. Don't vote that candidate who does not know what it feels like not to be able to pay tuition fees, buy kero, petrol and other basic needs. That candidate who does not know what it feeIs like to be hungry and driven out of one's home by flood, insurgency and other forms of disaster. Don't vote that candidate who does not know how it f

Decide

When the chips are down When my dreams drown When all is unwell When life is a living hell When there's none to call When the sun seem to fall when my strength breaks When all my fears seem to wake When no one sees me When even I disbelieve me when my sins begin to kill me When my kin won't lift me When life seem a lie When death is a sure route to take When I'm jeered at for a good laugh when it seem like too much to take I remember I remember I remember that I've chosen the wrong side That I've lived in self pity That for too long have I craved for sympathy That now as always I can decide which side to take I tell myself to not let the man in mirror Sulk and wallow in pains Never to feel inferior For I must choose between pity and gains. __ Jeremiah Enaholo A. Kadiri                    06/08/018

Is Half Bread Better than None?

Call me insatiable, I'll agree. But you too must agree it's a sentiment we all share_ as humans. NLC and her sister organizations have done well abi? I don't think so! To me, I smell the 'Oshio' game on display. What is Oshio game? It is an effective method of gaining political relevance in the guise that you are fighting for the people's course. Yes! Na me talk am. The leadership of NLC must prove me wrong. How? Let's put in perspective who a worker is_ one who does a job and is entitled to his/her wage on a certain agreed date/time. By this, everyone who earns salary/allowances at the end of the month (in Nigeria) falls under the umbrella of the term in view. Oga Ayuba should now push further and make moves to help facilitate a motion for a wholistic review of the wage system of our country. As an ordinary Nigerian, there are some questions I'd like to put forward: 1. Who determines what Presidents, Governors, Senators, Reps, Governors, LG c

ALWAYS REMEMBER

When the chips are down When my dreams drown When all is unwell When life is a living hell When there's none to call When the sun seem to fall when my strength breaks When all my fears seem to wake When no one sees me When even I disbelieve me when my sins begin to kill me When my kin won't lift me When life seem a lie When death is a sure route to take When I'm jeered at for a good laugh when it seem like too much to take I remember I remember I remember that I've chosen the wrong side That I've lived in self pity That for too long have I craved for sympathy That now as always I can decide which side to take I tell myself to not let the man in mirror Sulk and wallow in pains Never to feel inferior For I must choose between pity and gains. __ Jeremiah Enaholo A. Kadiri                    06/08/018

The Familiar Change

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I've seen man swear (hands on Holy Books) that by the Grace of God he'll lead men aright according to their (developmental) yearnings. I've seen men jubilate (carried away by the euphoria of the moment). So sure the Messiah has come. I've seen man vilify men for making sinister remarks about the aforementioned, saying, "he is not like your hero who plundered the treasury from boom to doom!" I've seen man hate, fight, destroy, kill for men who have sworn to protect all men. Yes! And yet fend for the man who kills to ensure their continuity in a stagnant change. I've seen change remain unchanged. I've seen the circle again and again as nothing really is changing for the man who stands under the sun (and in the rain) to empower another (via thumbs on papers). I've seen same man loss sources of livelihood to recession and retrenchment, loss loved ones to ill-health and insecurity, loss his dignity and senses. I've seen man je

O ye Socialites

Now am beginning to feel irritated by those who for no just course have decided to not use their real names (or names I can relate with)  here on fb. Do you know how much work mum and dad had to put into having you? Do you know how happy they were to have decided to bless you with names like Rukevwe, Oshione, Chigozie, Gorokwe, Onokpemuemuemu, Oluwatosin, Ibukun, Enaholo, Njokwu, Aisha, Elizabeth and the likes of other names you are now too shy to identify with? No!  You have no idea at all. Rather, You have become so enmeshed in your daily romance with the new media that though you can't speak like the Britons and Americans (no matter how hard you try) because your Udaba accent has a way of screaming 'I'm from Ekperi' you've decided to take on their names plus other numerous nonsense and relegate your identity to trash. When will you learn to copy sense from these people you've chosen to identify with? Never! You'd rather copy trash like how best to

on the way to 2019

“How fortunate for our leaders that man does not think” I once read. This to me is not completely true. Our leaders are more than fortunate but man is constantly thinking_ fact! Man will keep the thought process on for as long as there is grey matter enclosed within his cranial walls. However, the quality of his thought processes differ in different parts of the world. While some prosper by thinking their way through to developmental advancements, many of us have resorted to think things would get better as long as we are praying in patience and so we take important issues lightly and even make jokes out of issues that are threats to national interest in the process. Let me state emphatically that in the course of this discourse you may have reasons to disagree with me but I will respect that you have a right to your opinions whether contrary or otherwise. I again hope that at the end we shall find a common ground to pitch tents. Once upon a time we were held spe

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And so a loud silence pierced the marrows of every red blooded Nigerian that was watching. Yes, for the first time we all agreed to unanimously maintain a fierce quietude cum raised eyelids. Wishing in unison that the referee would blow in our favour despite the obvious foul committed by our very own. So, the replay came on and on until we were all certain the ref's verdict, though just, would be detrimental to a day's win we never even anticipated in the first place. Yes. None of us saw it coming. But then we weren't deterred. As the ice man positioned the ball, I felt a chill but the beat of my heart was hell bent on warming up the rush that filled my pulse. We all were literally in this together _no tribe, religion, political party, boy, man, girl, woman, elder, youth, civil servant, force man/woman and what have you. The only bias was this, Nigeria should not concede a goal and even if, Nigeria should win. Yes Win! Winning was the goal! And disc

THINK

“How fortunate for our leaders that man does not think” I once read. This to me is not completely true. Our leaders are more than fortunate but man is constantly thinking_ fact! Man will keep the thought process on for as long as there is grey matter enclosed within his cranial walls. However, the quality of his thought processes differ in different parts of the world. While some prosper by thinking their way through to developmental advancements, many of us have resorted to think thinks would get better as long as we are praying in patience and so we take important issues lightly and even make jokes out of issues that are threats to national interest in the process . Let me state emphatically that in the course of this discourse you may have reasons to disagree with me but I will respect that you have a right to your opinions whether contrary or otherwise. I again hope that at the end we shall find a common ground to pitch tents. Once upon a time we were held spell bound

RE: PMB’S CONTROVERSIAL RESPONSE

This is not to cause further controversy by adding to the already existing unpopular drama about the president’s speech. No. Herein I will be speaking the minds of millions. I’ll attempt to place you (the reader) in the seat of the president. So, be my hardworking President while I respond from within the under 30 populace. I understand fully well that as a human and a citizen of this great nation, you have the inalienable and unequivocal right to hold opinions as well as express your views on certain issues the way you see fit. This is a fundamental human right we both share. Your views (whatever they are and however they seem) are however susceptible to criticisms depending on the circumstances surrounding them and or the state of mind of those listening plus their diverse experiences cum impression of you. Please note that I’m not hurt by the statement as said or implied. This is because I in no way feel like I belong to the group of persons you directed it to but this is not abo

BE PASSIONATE: Keep pushing

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It's a world where hard work pays. Where hard work is said to pay rather. And so we begin to toil just so we could live in the weekend_ but at the end of the week we end up weak and crowded with thoughts of the next Monday down the rest with no actual rest. Yeah. No rest coz while we work our muscles out during  the working days, we bugle down the mind with thoughts of how to get through the next when we should be at peace, resting with our beloved. Worse, is the fact that we don't do the aforementioned for things we have passion for. Things we enjoy and find pleasure in. No! We are like prisoners _prisoners rather. Not free to run the show. Must wake into our uniforms, hurry into our cells (offices) at work to do the biddings of others_ otherwise we'd lose the life we've never truly had. It's a sentence (for how long I don't know). A self-inflicted one at that. But... You can decide to win. How? I don't know... ...but remember to rememb

WHAT'S WORSE THAN YOUR FLAW?

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Can you look beyond the scars and the cute face. The word retard never minds the race. While we all are judges who never set the pace, Our skins do not tell who's devoid of craze.  I ask Do you listen to yourself when you judge others?  Do you even critique your actions before others'? No!  You'd rather be perfect. Never be imperfect. You're crystal, no blemish like water in a sachet. And so you hike your ideas beyond mine.  You feel like the most ideal of all time.  That I'm flaw-filled is to you a crime  But you'd rather be entertained by my sour lime Just because it makes you seem saner In the right thinking of saner minds You badmouth my deeds and misdeeds And say its because I'm inferior to your likes That's your flaw What's worse? __Jeremiah Kadiri          17/03/018

DEATH

I've seen death I've known death I've been there It's still there. It is never reluctant It has been and will always be a constant It is explicit and that it will come is no doubt To say that life is a lie without death is unequivocal fact Life brings, death takes Like night and daybreak Through Dawn dusk comes and it's a circle yet again As we cry, we pray but death knows no pain. A guest we must entertain You can't say no, you can't ask, 'again?' It doesn't come because it never left It is a domestic thief waiting to act the theft Death is nothing but what we call it We can turn the tables how we see fit For if we aren't dying we can never be dead We can always be ready to accept, go through death without worries nor fears Knowing that it'll only take us to a place better than here To eternal life in wealth and wellness. __Jeremiah Kadiri

I QUIT!

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At some point I figured out that I shouldn’t care too much as to owe you any explanation for quitting and what I’m quitting but then I’ve come to the acceptance that there’s a lot to learn from anybody’s story no matter how insane it may seem or sound. This is not me saying, it’s me doing. I quit! Yeah. It’s no joke buddy. It’s been a long time coming. Trust me. To My Employer; I’ve held the notion that you are always on my neck. You see to it that I must resume work early and close late, that I must not get emotional/personal when I perceive that my rights are being transgressed by clients/customers just so I don’t turn them away to competitors. That everything must be in perfectly working condition as well as meeting or beating deadlines set by all means. The thought of doing all these ‘for you’ stresses me and most times bring thoughts of exiting from your organization. I’m almost wrinkled from the frowns I wear when you make distasteful remarks either about me or my colleagues

THAT PILE OF SHIT IS YOUR BEST SHOT

We've all got tales to tell. You know, it's a gift to be able to tell tales because #DeadMenTellNoTales. However, these tales are in the past and not to be resided in but referenced. Someone once said, 'you'll never amount to no good' (but then, God is the Best and He is my Creator). Another told me, 'you can't even rhyme well and you want to do music?' (I did a couple of songs and when I stopped, same person begged to sponsor my music if I agreed to do more). Then again I started working out and another told me to stop wasting time,  'guy you go just grow veins full body. You never eat well you wan dey carry iron abi?' (now he, his cronies and a lot of other people want tips about healthy exercising from me). 'you can't even construct good English and you want to study journalism?' I once was told. (now I have a degree in mass communication and a blog same person reads from today). Have you ever been told, "I'm disappo