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One day, a young boy was asked by his father to take some supplies to his older brothers who were members of the Civilian Task Force in Borno State. As he approached their camps he overheard some of his brother’s colleague discussing the latest message they had just received from Abubakar Shekau. He was intrigued as he moved closer. He thought he heard fear in…
What category of Nigerians are likely to snap up pieces of Men-in-Black’s memory stick, the Neuralyzer when it is commercially available? What kinds of interests may be advanced if there is a way to force selective forgetting among the people? Or completely wipe out certain memories from the collective unconscious (apologies Carl Gustav Jung)? Do clones of the Neuralyzer currently exists in other formats? Or…
Thank God for the genius of actor Robert Downey Jr, and producers of the fascinating Dolittle movie. They chose just the right moment to release the movie. Many who wished the romance with Iron Man would not end, and were heartbroken when his role was rested following that unforgettable fight with the villain Thanos, are now excited once again seeing how his new role as…
I was looking for narratives to replace the current ones. I wasn’t looking for escapes or tools of denial of the times but I wanted something to minimize the level of helplessness and feeling of insecurity. Something to moderate the spiking blood pressure of many people. Something to assuage the hearts not to give in completely to hopelessness because of daily news of murders and…
There is no doubt that many Marlians are enjoying the attention of the moment. While some are satisfied with just basking in the euphoria of being identified with the fad, others, in search of ways to prolong their time in the sun, are hoping to adapt some developments they have identified in other climes. They want to distinguish themselves further. In the hope that perhaps…
Why did she think she should have known from the beginning when life itself is a continuous unveiling of things not previously apparent to us? Why didn’t she know that she’d leave alone when we all eventually do? How could she not have known that the blood a heartbreaker bleeds, is something the heartbreaker owes, on his conscience? How come she didn’t know that it…
We must not blame Thomas Friedman that he forgot some of the things Mother Nature told him recently. It is human nature. Rather we must commend his decision to seek out the moment, and his report of the encounter. After he asked Mother Nature her strategies for producing resilience and propulsion when the climate changes, she gave him a list of strategies we can easily…
My neighbour said that last week he happened suddenly on the closing part of a conversation between two teenagers on the corner side of Lagos Polo Club. Here goes: “Jennifer Gates (the eldest daughter of Bill Gates) loves to ride horses, and is currently engaged to Nayel Nasser, the Egyptian, an equestrian himself. Billionaire daughters like Eve Jobs (daughter of Steve Jobs), Georgina Bloomberg (daughter…
We have been here before There will be scars There will be heroes Who we would beautify Some people will look down Some people will look up And some people will look back when we would have gone past the coronavirus season
Author, commentator and Pulitzer Prize winner, Thomas Friedman shared recently some principles from his encounter with Mother Nature after he asked Her ask about strategies for resilience and propulsion when the climate changes. After reeling out the strategies, Friedman concluded ‘that the company, the community, the country, the city, the town that most closely mirrors Mother Nature’s strategies for building resilience and propulsion when the…