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Tomorrow, 24th April is the anniversary of the passing of the great man. He has since transited from this world and can no longer participate actively in things of this world. Oh, how I still miss him. Long before he passed away, he converted his portion of the land allotted to him into a large oil palm plantation, while most of his siblings and cousins…
Strife is not overrated, especially in our clime. But when confronted with generosity strife withers. Strife is a magnet, drawing all kinds of evil to itself yet when generosity shows up, the atmosphere changes. It is true that generosity may be used as a trigger for strife for generosity of the selfless variant will trounce strife of whatever shade any time, any day.
After weeping and praying for days in my closet for the Russia-Ukraine war to cease and for the process of returning to normalcy to begin, there were reports that the Moskva, Russia’s flagship warship in its Black Sea Fleet had sank in the same Black Sea while it was being towed home following an explosion and a fire incident. The attempt to take home the…
Blame is being served right, left and center. Especially from the currently trending incident involving the little girl of a popular school in Lagos. Fingers are punching devices and pointing in diverse directions. Sharers are sharing the shareables while comments and commentaries are being verbalized across places and platforms. Blame is being dished with incredible fervour. With givers and takers returning the favour almost with…
Being proud means having or showing an immodest or excessive estimation of one’s importance! While examining some of the comments, which billionaire founder of Tesla and Spacex, Elon Musk, gave Chris Anderson during his recent interview at TED 2022, we deduced 3 ‘Pride Capsules,’ or pointers that possibly reveal his pride quotient within the context of the subjects covered by the interview. Below are the…
Being humble means having or showing a modest estimation of one’s importance! While examining some of the comments, which billionaire founder of Tesla and Spacex, Elon Musk, gave Chris Anderson during his recent interview at TED 2022, we deduced 10 ‘humility capsules,’ or pointers that possibly reveal his humility quotient within the context of the subjects covered by the interview. Below are the 10 ‘Humility…
No, the clash did not echo the slap? Why do you think the clash was not an echo of the slap? Because I want you to leave the matter of the slap alone. it is becoming boring Yet you brought up the matter of the slap in your intervention last Saturday when you briefly discussed the Man City vs Liverpool FC match There was a…
When I walked into my favorite restaurant yesterday for lunch, I noticed the gentleman sitting at the farright corner just beside the 40-inch Samsung television which displayed the UEFA champions’ league match of the previous evening involving Manchester City and Atletico Madrid. I was not riveted on the game as I was on the gentleman who looked every inch like the man that appeared in…
A certain man appeared in my dream last week and said he’s running for the presidency for one singular reason only. He said he wished to change the name of the country from Strife Nation to Nigeria. I asked him why he would have only one goal and one aim for running for the presidency. His reply shocked me: “There are occasions when one thing…
Once upon a time in the village of Tutuskanny, lived the husband and wife pair of Rons and Lons. One day, Rons was receiving some guests when suddenly the living area was filled with thick black smoke coming from the fire on the corner of the house over which Lons was cooking a meal. Lons saw the embarrassed looks on the face of her husband…