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What’s the most striking part of the heartbreaking story in which a two-year old child accidentally shot and killed his father? Is it the fact that it comes on the back of several reports around the world lately in which children have either been gruesomely murdered by young or old people? Or the fact that the child used a loaded gun that was left unattended by the parents? Could…
Short answer: “You’re not my son if a backstabber stabs you once, and does so successfully a second time.”
Do you know any such father and mother? Actually, I know many of such persons but I used to think that something like the ‘Voice in Ramah’ would never be heard in my days. Alas, I was wrong. These parents have been blackened by grief yet they refuse to be comforted. Harira’s (who was murdered along with her four children some days ago) husband was…
May they find those who will help them in the important task of rescuing the future of the vast majority of Nigerian youths idling away because of the endless lecturers’ strikes.
May they know what they ought in the important task of doing something concrete, effective, and long- lasting about the vast majority of Nigerian youths idling away because of the endless lecturers’ strikes.
May they come to really know the devastation Nigeria’s youth have endured, especially the vast majority of those idling away because of the endless lecturers’ strikes.
May they express the goal that Nigeria’s youth will live, like Liam Neeson did about Beatriz! 35:53 – “She’s a child… I won’t do it… the girl stays alive” Like Liam, may they express it heartily, not half-heartedly. May they express it with intent and not nonchalantly. So that those who hear will know that they mean business.
May they have a real/close look at the faces of Nigeria’s youth! The vast majority of those idling away because of the endless lecturers’ strikes. May those who have superintended and maintained every system of manipulation, control and indifference gaze intently, like Liam Neeson, on the faces of Nigeria’s youth and children, particularly those already robbed of their childhood and who are facing a heavily…
The movie is a metaphor for when a top marksman becomes tired of it all and chooses to opt out. It is a metaphor for when a fixer decides to walk away because he is tired. It doesn’t matter where the tiredness comes from. What matters is that someone who has helped some powerful persons maintain a system of control, dominion and oppression decides to…
Their team lost to an opposition that truly deserved the UEFA Champions League trophy considering the way their opponent played the matches leading to the finals Their team lost to a team of character and resilience, true qualities of abiding champions Their darling team put up a spirited and gallant performance on the night, pushing the opposition all the way until the final whistle The…