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Through Christopher Nolan’s TENET – the Series
Christopher Nolan’s movie, TENET is an interesting prism through which we may consider certain subjects. The intriguing movie’s fascination with doors – car doors, aircraft doors, bedroom doors, bar doors, doors to the past, doors to the future, etc – motivated us to create some doors of our own. We hope to share these doors with readers in the coming days in the series, Through…
The cathartic value of Comedienne Princess Damilola Adekola’s Body Bag (Aramo Apa) and its unintended consequence
To the extent that ace comedienne Princess Damilola Adekola says Body Bag (Aramo Apa) is her story, the movie is cathartic on the following scores: It offered her the opportunity to release her pent-up emotions, especially her fears It offered her an opportunity to tell her story in such a way that it elicits understanding and less condemnation It offered her an opportunity to compensate…
What if the incident involving Parler, Amazon, Google and Apple, was a test?
What do you mean by what if the incident involving Parler, Amazon, Google and Apple, was a test? Of course, it was a test. A test by whom and for whom? What do you mean by a test for whom and by whom? Of course, it was a test for em, em… For what? For em, em… Eminem? Of course not. But it was a…
God, the Inscrutable explained?
(Hope you did not miss the question mark at the end of the title?) Kindly take another look at the photo again. What is the most logical and most reasonable explanation as to why we do not see such incidents every other hour on our roads? Particular the highways preferred by petroleum tankers and petroleum-laden trucks. We hear of these cases from time to time…
The Parable of Innas, the Sienna Driver
When Innas got wind of the plan by his boss to get another driver to drive him to the biggest feast in town, something that was the top event he attended with his boss every year, he activated a plan of his. He did not like the prospect that another person would be seen with his boss instead of him. Being seen with his boss…
One special feature of Ex-Speaker Dimeji Bankole and Aisha Shinkafi Saidu’s wedding taking place today
On January 15, 2020 we urged Nigerians to allow a different kind of breeze to blow instead of ‘the gloom that typically settles on the country every January 15’ since the most famous January 15 in the country’s history. We urged readers to commit to GEXDN, Gifts Exchange Day Nigeria. ‘GEXDN is an idea that came out from something the sages and ancients believed. The…
Do Kim and Kanye know the effects of marital conflict that ends in divorce, on the children?
Do they know that according to various scientific studies, exposure to marital conflict that ends in divorce badly affect the children? Do they know that such children tended to fare worse than their peers? Do they know that such children are less likely to obtain a university degree? Do they know that such children are less likely to get married and more likely to get…
Which of Fela’s songs best describes the Parler, Amazon, Google and Apple ‘enmeshment?’
What aspects of President Trump’s recent ban by big tech are of particular interest to students of power?
The essential elements about the acquisition of power and its basic use remain the same The level of surprise expressed by many people The transitory nature of power The brutality and efficiency of concentrated power The swiftness by which power may be deployed and its immediate impact Systematic desensitization as a recurring factor The methods for acquiring power may be disguised but its use is…