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“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

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

“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

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

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

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

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