A short story into the rise of Extremism.

 Hello Dear Readers,

 
 This post arises out of a deep conversation with a Muslim reader who disagreed with virtually all my views on Islam and Extremism.He continually claimed that Islam is a religion of peace and has been diluted with errors that has affected its position world wide. So, I hope this post answers deep questions that may have made you quite confused.

Bin Laden who enjoyed the political and financial backing of many conservative donors. A man about six-foot-six who usually wore saville row suits, he arrived in Peshawar in the mid 1980's. After getting there, he realized that not so many shared his devotion to militancy especially the fiercely factional Mujahideen who spoke not Arabic but Pashtu and dari. As time passed, he found refuge in a clique of like-minded volunteers who soon came to be known as the Arab-Afghans. What must have held this group together was a sense of Muslim camaraderie in the loneliness of a strange land. While in the shelter of this group, Laden and his cohorts developed their plan to lay ground for a universalist Islamic state, If necessary through the use of Violence. His agenda began to lord over Arab, and the Islamic states, reviving the Islamic notion of the caliphate.

In Peshawar, Bin Laden's Influence continued to boomerang especially the defeat of the soviet forces added to his prestige in Afghanistan and within the Islamic world generally. As the soviets were withdrawn Bin laden founded Al Qaeda-a cluster of military-ideological camps. But this also failed. After his defeat, he returned to Saudi Arabia, and moved to Sudan.

All through  this, no one took him serious. When Laden proposed to launch a Jihad against Iraq, he was turned down by the Saudi Authorities who found him a nuisance. The intervention of U.S was seen as mustering a grand coalition against Iraq for the sake of his own national interest. What Infuriated him the most was that the Saudi authorities revoked his passports and froze his assets under American pressure. Two years later Washington succeeded in pressuring Sudan to deny him safe haven he enjoyed.He then sought support in Taliban in exchange for his financial and logistic support

Sooner than later, he began his militant student movement that eventually took over Afghanistan. He began financing construction of new communal mosques from Indonesia and the Phillipines to sub sharan and central Asia training young students.  He facilitated Scholarships for the poor and built a strong network that is now changing the face of Islam throughout the towns and villages of the Muslim world. This began the rise of indoctrination. It revived and imposed a strict Patriarchal order deeply hostile to women and their education and public presence. It allowed battering, even killing of women by their male relatives, enforced facial veiling, and closed most girls schools. It also undermined all women and individual rights.

In the year that Laden arrived in Afghanistan, he issued a Fatwa, or religious ruling that called upon all Muslims to kill all Americans as a religious duty. The 1998 bombing of the Embassy of American in Nairobi, as far as we know, his own ruling into practice. For Laden, The terrorist war against the U.S was a struggle rooted in Islam's noble past and ensured of Victory by God. So, in this context, the attack on giant structures representing American economic and military might was a largely symbolic act that would subdue their enemy just as the infidels of early Islam eventually succumbed to the prophet's attack on their caravans.

 I would have loved to continue today on its massive expansion. But I would stop here and complete tomorrow because I am not use to writing really long compositions. Extremism would never be curtailed unless drastic majors as the one that was taken to spread it is applied.

Why Nigeria does not need a Youth as President...

Hello dear readers,

The soviet union believes in old age.
When the cream of the Kremlin gather,
Their Fluffy plates make a riotous field of cotton like a cloud of soot.
Their rulers are old-virtually born in the last century,
raised early in this one and orthodox communism flows in their veins made fragile by age.
Their soldiersare old.
A soviet soldier who becomes a major at 50 is an exception, not the rule.
Their civil servants are old; their bureaucracy is a creaky old thing.
It must be the ninth wonder of the world that a nation which believes so sincerely
And so passionately in old age can be so scientifically advanced.
You can't blame them. There is wisdom in old age.
Dan Agbese.

Some people are thinking that the remedy to the problems in Nigeria is a youth as leader...that's a lie with massive horns. You may except or deny the strength of my statement but its true. Why Nigeria is in the present state it is in is because it handed its roots to young people who may have still being undergoing Youthful exuberance or something more. Gowon was 33 when he became president of this great nation... 10+10+10+3 ah ah ah...he still needed time to put himself in order before taking up such responsibility.

The youths in our present times do not even read. I believe without reasonable doubts that why the old in politics are still monopolizing political offices may be because they have not found the youths among us as responsible enough. Who would want to trust the security of a nation to a group of people who drink, take drugs, womanize, fashion crazy, and are strategically dead. Try giving a youth a position as little as youth leader in a sect...they begin to put up muscles and all. Recently, I heard of the cancellation of the election in the University of calabar's law department. Where some people stood up putting up impediments in the normal cause of election process. The major reason was because they dint want an Akwa Ibomite to be their President. Imagine,, at a student level this is  happening so what about when they are givinen much more important positions to handle.

Religious Exremism and its unforeseen impacts on Nigerian students.

Hello everyone,,
I believe God has a specific purpose for humanity
and for every other person to whom he gives the gift of life.
If I'm not careful, confidence, like firm convictions, can come
across as arrogance. Which is why we have to watch our attitudes
and try to be sensitive in what we say, where we say it, and even
how others feel about it
Benjamin Carson.

When it comes to religious extremism, you got to calculatively learn to divert from Ben Carson's opinion a little. How do we expect to keep shut. I can't. No one who sees clearly would. I address this issue from the perspective of the unforeseen impact it may have in Nigeria 5-10 years from now. Recently, little boys and girls who are the least of suspects have began to strap bombs to their bags while claiming the life's of thousands. It may sound a little far fetched and western but how long would it remain this way in this fast paced world of ours.

I was trying to compare the Boko Haram sect with the crises that took place in September 11 and I realized that ''the most stupid of them all is the Boko Haram sect...where some bored miscreants who have decided to be caricatures of the white terrorist picked up arms to have a flavored taste of the CNN. From my study of the September 11 crises, these extremists are fighting for a cause that may be virtually non-existent- I will tell you why. First, by the absence of any stated cause to be served. 2ndly, by the failure to promote warning and 3rdly by the obvious intent to time and configure the attack in such a manner as to take as many lives as possible. Even to the point, some have suggested of the airplanes angle of approach, which seemed calculated to devastate as many floors of the twin towers as they would.

The most striking of it all was the success with which the terrorist transformed objects we had never regarded as dangerous into weapon of lethal potency. There was nothing exotic here like bombs or even fire arms. They instead the objects of everyday life;pocket knives, Twine, box cutter, and off course commercial aircraft's. The terrorists may have combined what may seem to be a primitive belief in the rewards of martyrdom...with the most modem methods of planning, co-ordination and execution.

We got to be watchful...read voraciously and pray hard in order to get prepared for what ever chooses to come our way,.

Muhammadu Buhari: one fact you may not be aware of.

Hello dear readers,
Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim babangida and Maman Vatsa were classmates at the Nigerian defense academy in kaduna in 1962. There were all recruited into the army at the prompting of Ahmadu Bello, the late premier of the defunct Northern Nigeria.

How I know Buhari would succeed

 
 The major problem with Nigerians' is their lack of qualitative reading....I did not say Qualitative education but reading....I have a strong conviction that Buhari would succeed because I am aware of my history. One major fact you may not know is that Buhari is not the major cause of the break down of Nigerian's economy. I would tell you why...Shehu shagari whose mismanagement of the nation's affair is the single most destructive element in the history, a crime in the political context worse than graft. This he did through the continuous importation of ''Rice'' overlooking our local productions. He drowned our economy by overlooking the negative implication of constant importation over exportation. To heal a snake bite what would you do, its simply to look for the particular snake in which the poison emanated from. This is what Buhari is simply doing. Since the economy was immersed in water by constant importation....he is simply reducing the constant importation of goods.

7 FACTS YOU MAY LIKELY NOT BE AWARE OF.

1.Blue whales heart is the size of a VW Beetle and that you could swim through some of its arteries.

 

 

2.Half of all humans who have ever lived, died from malaria.

 

 3.Fold over a piece of paper 42 times and it will reach the moon

 

 

4.Pirates wear eye patches so that they can see in the dark.

 

 5.When your mother was born, she was already carrying the egg that would become you.

 

 

6. A tree is the opposite of your lungs. Physically and functionally.

 

 

 7.

If you put all the earth’s ants in one pile, and all the earth’s humans in another pile, the pile made of ants would be bigger (have more mass)

 

Blonde haired & red bearded Lionel Messi seen publicly for the first time since new haircut (photos)

 

 

 Having spotted pretty much the same hairstyle for the past few years, Football star Lionel Messi has gone for a radical change of style, bleaching his hair blonde and growing a red beard.

He made his first public appearance since his new haircut on Monday as Barcelona trained at St George's park, England, ahead of the club's pre-season tour. He also took the time to stop and sign an Argentina shirt of a fan.

 

What about religious uncertainty

 
Hello everyone,,
          I have never seen the lord or his vast army of angels who takes charge of us all, but my mutual relationship with the scripture has given me the conviction that no scripture from Genesis-Revelation posits any form of ambiguity or contradiction which is usually prone to human error. And If I am asked to throw more light on my theology all I would say is that all the stories, and accounts recorded in the bible follows a strict pattern, and must have being influenced by an exclusive form of spiritual insight. How is that possible one may ask....Then I would say, no human intelligence even that of Albert Einstein would have done judgement to putting the scriptures together. What about Faith, what about our Faith in God. I may then say-If we could concretely prove the existence of God without a shadow of doubt believing in him would no longer demand Faith. So, you got to enjoy the riddle while it lasts.

Beautiful Nigerian woman dedicates her adorable triplets....so adorable.

 This stunning Nigerian woman, Samantha, a fashion and style consultant dedicated her adorable triplets, Sophia, Talia and Ariah in church yesterday. Former Beauty Queen, Ene Maya is one of the triplets' godmother. Samantha is also a mother to an older son. Check out more sweet snapshots of the triplets after the cu

What has religion got to do 2

You got to be sensitive to know that other people may have different beliefs. Do not think that you aren't doing your christian responsibility or fulfilling Jesus' great commissions unless you preach an in-your-face message to people with contrary beliefs. I believe Jesus ultimate goal was to attract others and not repel them.

If you remember clearly, Jesus never went to members of other religious belief castigating what they belief in...They all came to him asking questions, and when they did, he usually gave them answers in love. That's also why you should never argue with people, insisting they're mistaken or inferring there must be something wrong with them because they do not agree with you. This also goes to those who think they can achieve stuffs by forcing people to except what they disdain. It doesn't make any sense. For religion has to do with the totality of one's mind becoming surrendered to what ever he pleases to believe in.

Why an American woman would marry a Muslim man and convert to his religion and way of life?

 
 Hello dear readers,,
 This particular post isn't to bash any religious belief but to discuss the mistakes young people make while choosing a life partner who does not share the same faith they do. This story is a real one, I picked from the net on one woman's journey to redemption.I pray as you read it you would get closer to God and his will for your life.

The answer to the question above might surprise you: She could have been tricked into conversion. And the result might be intense physical and emotional abuse.

 In growing numbers, women all over the United States are marrying Muslim men from other countries. Many find themselves trapped in a nightmare of oppression, abuse and control, according to W.L. Cati, founder of White Horse Ministries (formerly Zennah Ministries), an organization that reaches out to women married to Muslims."I should not be alive," says Cati, an American woman who endured an abusive relationship with a Muslim man from the Middle East. After 14 years of horror, she managed to escape.Most women, she says, don't make it out alive.
"I'm not bashing Muslims," Cati says. "This is a morality issue. We're talking human rights.
 "They are allowed to beat their wives and children. They are even allowed to kill. And this is going on right here in the United States."

Cati was born again in 1972. She loved the Lord and was in a full-time singing ministry. But when she met Muhammad, he swept her off her feet.
"He talked to me about his principles [and] family values," she remembers. "That a wife doesn't need to work, how a husband should be supportive of his wife. I thought, This is the man of my dreams. He was flamboyant, romantic, and passionate, and I fell head over heels for him."

Cati's Christian parents and friends tried to talk her out of it, but her mind was made up.

"The way he explained his religion sounded very much like my own," she says. "He told me Allah meant 'God' in Arabic. He said that they believe in Jesus, heaven, hell, the Ten Commandments, angels, the prophets and the Bible."

When Muhammad asked Cati to marry him, she said yes, promising to marry in a mosque and raise their children as Muslims.

During the ceremony, Cati repeated phrases in Arabic with no idea of what she was saying. After the ceremony, she read her marriage certificate and was shocked to find that her first name had been changed to a Muslim name and that she had converted to Islam. Her new husband assured her that it was "just on paper," but suddenly Cati's knight in shining armor turned into a nightmare.

"The more I submitted to his religion, the more he and his family had rights over me," she explains. "He controlled everything—money, my decisions and my social life. He usually stayed out all night in strip bars or with other women. The physical abuse started while I was expecting our second child."

On the outside, Cati's life looked like a Hollywood fantasy—seven homes, a nine-carat tennis bracelet and any car she wanted. But inside she was experiencing a living hell. She called the police many times to report beatings and other abuse but never pressed charges.

Eventually, Cati reconverted to Christianity, making a decision that enraged her husband. Their children became born again and prayed for the salvation of their father. Finally, Muhammed threw them out of the house.
Cati was penniless, but "there was no pain or tears," she says. "God's mercy and grace gave us freedom from the Muslim way of life."

Understanding marriage to a Religious extremist...

 
A lot of folks who are Christians but do not have a prayer life would say ahh...I cannot marry a religious extremist or noo I can''t marry someone who does not share the same faith I do. May I ask, how would you know?  Religious extremism is not biology;  it's not written on the forehead or pasted on ones skin. It's inherent, its what drives a persons moral standards and relationship with one's society. Can one look at a person's face and say he is Christian, Muslim, pagan or an Atheist....no one can except if driven by their spiritual consciousness.

Imagine you meet a guy who says he comes from a Muslim background but he's mum is a Christian so he's converted to Christianity. Maybe you like him and you decide to do more research on him.  During the course of that research you go through his Facebook account and you see his mutual relationship with his family who are Muslims. You then take in a deep breath while thinking all is OK and fine...you then realize that the Christian faith he professes about is his utmost commitment to a prayer house. What can one do then?Please oh...to all extremists posing to be Christians and taking our young Christian girls into captivity stop navigating and stay who you really are. Quit saying my dad is Muslim but my mum is a strong Christian believer.... Alright you are a Christian I agree, but what serious Christian goes to a white garment church. It's just like moving from frying pan to fire...stick to what you are.

My dear girls who say "ahh, I love him dearly, I must marry him, if I do not marry him I would die. I can't do nothing without him. Let's see how that happens when you step into the marriage. Not denying any fact, he may love you genuinely. He may be a Christian, he may fear The Lord...but does his family fear The Lord. Dear girls think again for like charges attract while unlike charges do not repel. Back to my major point lets do it this way. Muslims marry Muslims.... Christians marry Christians. Do not compare yourself to Hosea who married a prostitute. Read the word again..prostitute. He married on the basis that The Lord wanted to use their marriage to teach a message to Israel...I bet any thing that wants to be proved has been proved.

I do Not say that they ain't any good Muslim Christians  out there...yea, they are I have made friends with dozens who seem to keep shut about what they belief. Except a Muslim cuts off from his family he can never be a devout Christian..it also goes vice versa. My dear girls think again before taking any decisive step.

Are Conservative christians ''Religious Extremists''

Hello everyone,,
        Are conservative Christians ''Religious Extremists''  I saw this article on the net which so answers several questions....and yet poses more questions.

Conservative Christians share striking similarities with Taliban terrorists. Or at least, that’s the argument laid out by Kimberly Blaker in her 2003 book, The Fundamentals of Extremism: The Christian Right in America. Conflating leaders like James Dobson of Focus on the Family with Islamic fundamentalists, Blaker argued that America’s traditionalist Christians also seek to indoctrinate youth with oppressive views of women, minorities, and LGBT persons through mind-control tactics and intimidation.
When Blaker’s book was released, America had an outspoken conservative Christian president with an approval rating of more than 60 percent, the post-9/11 church attendance spike had not yet receded, and religious-right leaders still seemed to hold sway in American public square. It was easy to dismiss her argument as outside the mainstream debate.
But 13 years later, according to a new study by Barna Research, Americans believe that many Christians’ beliefs and practices are so far outside of the norm that they deserve one of modern society’s ugliest epithets: “extremist.”

Because Americans think many Christians’ beliefs are “extreme,” it makes sense they would apply the same label to anyone looking to spread those beliefs to others. According to the study, if you “attempt to convert others” to your faith, 60 percent of Americans now believe you are also extreme. This view specifically places evangelicals in the crosshairs of public opinion, since proselytizing is one of the key characteristics of that subset of Christianity. If most Americans would apply the same descriptor to ISIS militiamen and soup kitchen volunteers who believe it is their duty to convert non-believers, something is amiss.

Wow! Jay Jay Okocha's daughter is all grown up

Her parents got married in 1997 so she's about 18 now. Her name is Daniella Okocha and she's hella cute.

Photo: Pastor converts to Islam in Taraba

A pastor (pictured above) with a church in Taraba state yesterday converted to the Muslim faith at the Uthman Bin Fodio Mosque in Jalingo, the Taraba state capital. He is now to be known as Suleiman Mafindi. Source: JIBWIS Taraba

Donald Duke's era in C.R.S a ''Once upon a time''

 
 Hello Everyone,,
                   I maybe wrong but I choose to assert that Donald Duke's era in Cross River state was a fairy tale. You may accept or deny the potency of this statement but ask any Cross Riverian who lived during this period and you will get shocked to hear this....
   ''Once upon a time, they lived a governor called Donald Duke who brought hope to the people of C.R.S, making them believe that their today, having been better than their yesterday, certainly, their tomorrow will far exceed  today. Ah...How secure we were, and how our state grew green and fresh. Hoodlums, area boys and the less privileged who had no source of livelihood began to dream. Communities covering no more than 10 percent of C.R.S had electricity. When he left he achieved over 75 percent coverage. What joy blighted our faces. People had become so cynical of government that no matter how brilliant it may sound, they  look they just thought it was another ''con game''. But Donald Broke that impediment and fueled our minds with a future as bright as the sun. What about tinapa, What about Obudu cattle range. He said ''The multiplier effect thereafter is about 300billion Naira, because on the average they'll spend N100,000 either on in shopping or on hotel accommodation, taxis. There will be 3 billion N in circulation which will stimulate other industries. Will Tinapa be a sucess they asked? he said, I think it will be a roaring success. So much Vision, Intelligence, Strategy, and insight. But as the years passed somethings changed, What happened we may not be aware but we began to live in fear in our once and future paradise. Hoodlums, area boys, cultists have decided to arise and destroy the greenness of our state but they would not succeed...Robbery in the day and our young plants are being cut down....Calabar in which everyone loved to come to is being dreaded. Hmm ''Fairy tales always start with Once upon a time and ends with they all lived happily ever after''
      I pray ours ends with that...because the story is still being told.





                         

What has religion got to do......

 
some of you are saying, ''I am a follower of Paul'',
and others say that they are for Apollo or for peter;
and some that they alone are true followers of Christ.
And so, in effect, You have broken Christ into many pieces
But did I Paul, die for your sins? were any of you baptized in my name?
1 Corinthians 1vs 12.

I do not run a religious blog , but all I would always try to do is address issues that affects humanity in totality. So many religious leaders and followers of Christ seem to have forgotten this particular scripture and have taken to cisterns that do not hold water. Others say I was born Catholic or I was born Redeem so I do not have any relationship with  any other place of worship. Cuddles my dear. A lot of Christians disdain places where signs and wonders take place and refer the pastors to Baal worshipers. Are you a demon...For the bible said test all spirits. If you do not have this ability just keep shut. So many seem to forget the basic theology to Church planting...Its simply to meet the needs of people who stay in specific areas and not to create more division. It makes me wonder and ponder why people stop the progress of this mission given by our lord. My dear  is it not the same heaven we all want to make. Is not the lord that would judge us all...

Paul said, ''I do not fill my sermons with profound words and high sounding ideas., For fear of diluting the mighty power there is in the simple message of the cross of Christ''. Its very different today, So many religious leaders go against what our early teacher Paul told us. Its extremely simple ''Love God and love your neighbors as you love yourself''. How difficult the message of Christ sounds when it isn't suppose to be so.

If they is trouble at the top what would we do...some are members of different associations CAN or PFM and many more. They all forget to see that If this associations are not under constant prayerful watch they have lost all. Division gradually sets in and all forms of vices. Soon its going to sound like the random political gatherings. The truth remains that the only thing that makes it different from random political gathering is the presence of constant prayers and fasting. But this seems like one of the old religious ways...Hmm...We need to forget about materialism and pray more For a man's life does not consists of the abundance of the things he has.









 




                                 

Radical muslim vs Radical Christian

Yea am on it again,,,
               It may be getting deeper and faster than we think it is. But yea it's really terrible and horrible that so much is done on extremism. Lots of Christians or Christ believers would scream at the thought of Islamic extremism but I wanna ask a Question can an Islam extremist call you a Christian extremist. I do not mean extremism in the sense of  the absence of jewellery, not putting on trousers, putting on a head gear, or not putting on makeup. But all I ask is how far can you go for your religion to be propagated over the world. Answer, as I answer mine. We could choose to remain angry about the present happenings or build ourselves to withstand the coming storm. How far can you go again for the gospel to be preached.
I have been touched immensely by this post hope it speaks to you.....
 
 

Monalisa Chinda poses with her very stylish daughter

check out the way lil mama is rocking her sunglasses! Cute!

Extremism: Why Islam may never go further than it already has.

 
Hello everyone,,
               I choose not to write this post from the incidence which took place in Nice by Bouhlel who was a 31-year-old French-Tunisian delivery driver known to police who is reported to have driven a 19-tonne white Renault lorry into crowds gathered for Bastille Day celebrations in the French Riviera city of Nice, killing 84 people. Some said he suffered loneliness from a devastating divorce. I write this from past events that have occurred. Recently, there is an admirable effort in the U.s in other western societies to differentiate between extremism and main stream Islamic beliefs and practices. Beautiful attempt I must say. Others have claimed that the construct emerged from the history of the Muslim decline and its unhappy encounter with the dominant west. But looking at it from a non-Muslim perspective I believe they have lost it all. A religion that has been identified with so much heart ache, pain, and deaths which seeks to demolish the representation of modern day civilization got to sit down and rethink what they really want. yea, that's it. How can you go against westernization; its lifestyles and expectations with the means you put forward and yet expect the religion to break grounds. It won't, for all that shall be attained would be gotten true force and not total conformation. Bouhlel must have suffered from depression, loneliness or whatever but I choose not to care. He was Muslim. No matter how terrible his health state was he had no right to step into lime light taking away life's. I also do not care what pure Islam is but something has to be done in relations to this issue or else tomorrow other people would pick up lorries and send more life's to death claiming depression. I pray for the lost souls that they may find rest.



 

Awww...whose baby daddy is this?

 After writing on male vs female chauvinists...I then stumbled on this post. It seems quite interesting.

 
Daddy duty! Sweet photo of a father with his kids

17 quotes you need to take into consideration.

Hello everyone,,
           These are 17 quotes that should be studied in your day to day relationship with people....

.A good liar will look you in the eye and speak in a clear, strong voice. Don't expect manifestations of the Pinocchio syndrome in a good liar, that is blinking, blushing, stammering, gulping, and the like. The best liars are sociopaths, people without a conscience.

.He who serves two masters must lie to one (it is also known that a pig with two masters soon starves)

.When you are angry, close your mouth and open your eyes. But don't get angry, get even.

.He who answers for another pays the bill.

.The only way to keep a secret is to say nothing.

.All who snore are not sleeping

.If you must lie be brief.

.There is no such thing like coincidence.

.Often you loose the bait when you latch the fish. This is a necessary loss

.Always draw the snake from its hole with another  man's hand.

.Boldness in business is the first thing and the second and the third.

. A Homely girl would always laugh at your jokes.

.Your adversary is never as powerful as you think he is. Neither are you.

.The best friend of a hungry buzzard is a dead horse. That is another way of saying, even a son of a bitch has his uses.

.Many words many lies.

.Simple manipulation of people or events is not enough. Timing is important.

.There are 2,598,960 possible five-card poker hands. But you will be dealt only one. The beauty of it is, you have the best hand to win.

Male vs female chauvinists would say

 
Hello everyone,
            Rigidity of the mind is a disease I believe. No matter how much someone knows, the person must learn to be teachable. Its a virtue. Some men say my mother didn't bring me up to cook, cooking is a woman's job. And even in times when their skills maybe needed they stick to their highhandedness. We should learn to be teachable, men should know that cooking like any skill can be learnt and with much practice can be perfected.
    
Some women say ''I cannot put on the generator, Fix bulbs, Charge car batteries, make repair on their cars''. And If there Is no man they need to find one or they let the dying dog lie. Please quit rigidity. It is a sign that no matter what level of education you have attained, You are Illiterate.

Happy Birthday to Rita Dominic! Have a blissful day.

 
 It is Rita Dominic’s birthday and we definitely can’t keep calm about it! There are a lot of actresses these days on our screens but there can only be one Rita Dominic. From her style to her charming smile and hearty laughter, these are only a few reasons why we love our screen diva.

From acting to producing to bagging awards that have set the pace for others, this driven actress has placed Nigeria on the world map and is still blazing the trail for actresses within and outside Nigeria. She has given women all around the world dreams to believe in because she believed in hers
Happy birthday to our beautiful ambassador Rita Dominic!

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What the past Journalists had that is absent in the present ones...Fierceness. who would bell the cat asked Dele Giwa, and now I ask.

 
 Hello everyone,,
             One great disaster to the existence of a nation is the nonchalant nature of citizens in absorbing the history of their nation. I know what I mean when I say this. Try this out. Randomly ask Nigerians within the age of 15-40 some basic questions about Nigerian history I bet You gonna get so shocked. It gets worse when they are told to mention all the past leaders of Nigeria. What about our past and present foreign policies...That's too much. This leads me to remember vividly what one of my great teachers Ahmed Yerima continually says..''The Youths of this generation do not read, all they do is surf the net for materials that may not make sense''.

Back to politics and Journalism. It gets worse in our present educational system where mass communication students focus on photography and entertainments while forgetting the major indignation on our political sector. How can one be in possession of 365 billion Naira and call it savings. We then hear reports of the issue and not strict criticism from our Journalists. The major reason why so many rights ain't done in the system is because of the lackadaisical attitude of gatekeepers who edit and re-edit major information that should have aided in restructuring some of our nation's policies. Is it not because of the acquisition and economic and territorial advantage that this men and women are obsessed with. How can one sit and watch some group of people pillage our nation's wealth.

Lets go down memory lane, I would mention 5 journalists who wrote for the New's watch during the 1985-1986...Dele Giwa, Dan Agbese, Ray Ekpu, and Adebayo Williams. No political leader having read their articles didn't pick up arms after them to make them shut up. Others lost their life's because they told truth. But all we have today are a group of people who fill our magazine slots with issues that aren't relevant.
Here in Nigeria, people seem to accept the unacceptable revelations of how politicians share millions of naira belonging to the nation. The newspaper reports them but people laugh, the reason is because they have been shocked t the state of unshockability.

How can one ever read the articles of this former journalists and remain the same.What is to be done to  get Nigerians come to terms with the country and not feel like passing sojourners who have other countries to run to? Who If one may ask, will bell the cat asked Dele Giwa and now I ask.

our mothers warn us that we'll think he's handsome,
For he appears with Green eyes, copper skin,
A mouth tender as a child's
But If you fall into his arms
He sprouts Horns, fangs, claws, fins.
His feet are joined as one and his skin,
Brass scales, rings to the touch.
You're fascinated, You cannot move.
He casts a a shell necklace at your feet,
Weeps gleaming chips that harden into mica on your breasts
He holds you under
Then he takes your body of a lion, a fat brown worm or a familiar man
He's made of gold,
He's made of breach moss
He's a thing of dry foam, a thing of death by drowning
A death no woman can escape

poem for the day #All the goodmen have been taken#

 
 The blank page stares at me and I it
 I think about grammatical structures in conjunction to ideas in my mind
But all appears vain.
No one may understand why I write all the good men have been taken.
I should ask a question
Does maturity come with one being 35 or 40
Or does it come with long years of labor
or rather does it come with death's frail hands knocking at thy face
For all the good men I may have seen have passed through one of these variables
And all seem taken.

The road to the west is long, so long and hopeless and vain is my longing
I long to see one good man without any of these variables who ain't taken.
Partying and drinking seems to be their right hands.
They popularize their decayed morality
Like being bad should be culturally accepted
''Does maturity come with you being 35 or 40''
''Or does it come with many years of labor without plenty''
''Or rather does it come with death's frail hands knocking at thy face''.
For all the good men I may have seen have passed through one of these variables
And all seem taken.

# Death dist thou know my lord conquers all#

 
 Dear Poem lovers,,
 I got inspired to write this poem during a message on ''Death did you not know''

Ah howbeit Christ dist die
trapped he was,
enclosed in a trail,
Ceased heart beat
Oh, my poor lord lay bare
Death dist thou know !
How could ye be so Ignorant so
Dist thou know the king of kings
dist thou know the lord of lords
Ah, ye ignorant dirty beast
I ask ye again dist thou know my lord conquers all.

O death were is thy victory
O grave were is thy sting.
How couldn't thou know
I wish thou knoweth
Dist thou know my lord canst just die
Ah, ye Ignorant dumb beast
I ask ye again dist thou know my lord conquers all
For you maybe death but my lord hast conquered all.

I laugh at thy face death
I laugh at thy face ye death
for my lord did conquer you.


 

'How they mislead our leaders' - By Dele Momodu (must read)

 
 In his Thisday Column this week, Ovation publisher Dele Momodu wrote about the quality of appointments we are seeing lately in Buhari's government, describing it as 'appallingly lacklustre'. He also criticized the way the president broke the Ramadan fast with so much fanfare at the State House and talked about Buhari's new fashion sense, calling it 'overly flamboyant'. Read the write up below..

"I’m back this week with my weekly epistle to fellow Nigerians and Africans. You must be wondering about the title of my article today, especially the word “they” and who it refers to ultimately. You don’t have to guess too much as I will explain to you in a jiffy. The “they” are those groups of men and women who litter the corridors of power in our dear beloved country Nigeria.

They are some wonderful people who understand how to manoeuvre their ways through the labyrinth of power. They are professional hijackers who know how to hold powerful people, particularly our leaders, hostage. Nigerians usually call them the cabal or Mafia or whatever nomenclature is in vogue at the time. Truth is, they exist in reality.

What is often baffling is that these folks perch like rattlesnakes and pounce at the slightest opportunity on the men of power. They inflict their poison and, sooner than later, their victim begins to behave unusually, even sometimes irrationally. The more the poison permeates the body, the more the victim sinks deeper into the abyss and onlookers begin to observe a complete transformation and transfiguration. Surprisingly, these guys were and are never around during the struggles. Once the struggle is over, they crawl out of whatever holes they were ensconced in whilst things were hot! And they soon become the greatest beneficiaries of a campaign they never partook of. Trust me, every government has them. If you ask me, it is one reason most of our governments have failed so spectacularly.

My preamble is predicated on my deep observation of what is going on in Nigeria at the moment. I can say I know President Muhammadu Buhari reasonably well even if I was a latter day convert to Buharism. But once I got hooked like a drug addict, I was ready to go the whole hog and I have never looked back. Buhari’s appeal is based on his populist credentials. We all saw him as a man of the people and a Mr Scrooge who would never waste scarce resources on frivolities. But the “they” of Nigeria have repackaged Baba to the extent that many now refer to him as the “Gucci President”. Every fashion designer’s delight, as he has become a veritable fashion trendsetter. Of course, this is not to denigrate the President because his previous austere style suits him as much as his now trendy look becomes him! The fact is that by his handsome, gangling and fit nature, the President will always appear impeccably turned out and well groomed. However, now, his paraphernalia of power has become somehow bloated and overly flamboyant as well. How are the mighty changing!

The existing theory is that President Buhari has inadvertently fallen victim of political 419ners who have persuaded him about how powerful a Nigerian President is and why he must play the part always by being overtly fashionable. I’m sorry to say that they are stylishly setting Baba up for monumental failure. I expect their agents to swarm the internet and abuse anyone who dare say anything about the grand scam currently going on but it won’t be strange. Every government I have known since I became an adult had such acolytes to sing their praises and hold them up as infallible. But no sooner than the baton of power changes than they disappear only to reappear sometime and somewhere in the no distant future screaming adulations of the unsuspecting new leader.

I vividly remember the period of the Shehu Shagari Presidency. The poor teacher and humble farmer could do no wrong. There was a popular Yoruba song specially composed and sang for him: “Oluwa lo yan Shagari, Shehu Shagari…” Shagari’s apotheosis was instantly assured. Those who saw the rot in the outlandishly profligate government were tagged dangerous dissidents and told to shut their traps up. Wole Soyinka, our own William Shakespeare, was one of the most vociferous critics at the time.

As days climbed days and months rode on months, the Shagari government became neurotic and saw enemies everywhere real or imagined. Out of fear for its safety and stability, the Nigeria Police Force was over-militarised as if in competition with the Nigerian Army. We watched incredulously as the police under the iron grip of probably the most powerful Inspector-General Police Nigeria ever employed, Mr Sunday Adewusi, became ostensibly omnipotent. The Shagari government controlled the heavens and the earth. The 1983 general elections was the last straw that broke the back of that government.

The end came on December 31, 1983. A terse announcement by a relatively unknown soldier at the time, named Sani Abacha, shattered the invincibility of the Shagari regime into smithereens. A new Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari and his ‘deputy’, Babatunde Idiagbon were promptly installed. They in turn wasted no time in pronouncing the direction of their government which was predicated on ‘war against indiscipline’ (WAI). That war encapsulated everything that was wrong with Nigeria. While it was a worthwhile, expedient and necessary move, the government failed to understand the complexity of Nigerians. Our people love the concept of change in the metaphysical sense but not in any way that hurts them and their families or friends. That was the reality that soon hit Buhari and Idiagbon like thunderbolts. While they were busy jailing and punishing the corrupt politicians, they were undoubtedly amassing enemies. They were goaded on by fifth columnists within and before long, it was time to strike. The end came on August 27, 1985.

The same Abacha who announced Buhari’s arrival pronounced his departure. It was such a cruel twist of fate. A supposedly friendlier, humane and urbane Head of State, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, was catapulted on to the national stage. He was projected as Buhari’s fairer alter ego. He opened up the cells and disgraced and humiliated politicians in their various stages of dilapidation spilled out like locusts. Buhari immediately became the bad guy and Babangida the benevolent dictator.

Where Buhari was stern-faced, Babangida wore his famous toothy smile like the archetypal good guy. That was it. Everything Buhari had built got dismantled. The solid foundation of discipline and incorruptibility he was laying was uprooted in one fell swoop! Nigerians’ penchant for good life and happy living won the day.

It wasn’t long before the “they” started digging the grave for Babangida himself. He assembled arguably one of the best teams ever, no doubt, but it remains a mystery who his real advisers were that persuaded him to turn Nigeria into a game of football. His sobriquet of Maradona, though very apt, was also an albatross. He dribbled so much and resorted to endless transition time tables. So much so, that he eventually dribbled himself into scoring an own goal. Politicians were banned and unbanned according to the whims and caprices of one man. When the elections eventually took place, on June 12, 1993, they were programmed to fail spectacularly.

Till this day no one knows what truly happened that led to our best elections ever being truncated and annulled. Pity that none of the influencers in the Nigerian polity could dissuade Babangida from committing this unfortunate and costly hara-kiri. Even worse, no one or group has come out to say they advised him against such perfidious act but he did not listen. Nigeria is yet to recover from that stupendous tragedy.

The fall came on August 27, 1993, when he suddenly stepped aside and handed over to a lame duck Interim National Government (ING) headed by Chief Ernest ‘Degunle Shonekan.

This government was as weak as they come. It lacked the liver to deliver on revalidating the annulled mandate freely given to the winner of the Presidential election, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. This would have enjoyed the wide support of the people but sadly such opportunity was missed by the inept team and the interim government was soon sacked by General Sani Abacha. Babangida had apparently set up the ING with a view to returning as a civilian President but man proposes and God disposes. His nemesis was Abacha his erstwhile compatriot and friend!

The understanding when Abacha seized power in a military coup was that he was going to right the wrongs of the June 12 elections, clean up the remnants of the Babangida loyalists and give power back to the man elected freely by Nigerians.

That turned out to be a classic case of naiveté at its most ludicrous. The man simply collected power pronto and sat down pretty. No Jupiter was going to remove him from that gilded cage. The Abacha government failed like others to learn the lessons of history and most importantly that no leader had ever succeeded in enslaving Nigerians…

I’ve deliberately taken us down memory lane to demonstrate how the demons of power have sentenced Nigeria perpetually to stupidity and backwardness. And it seems a fool at 56 is almost irredeemable from its tomfoolery unless a miracle happens. That’s the miracle we gave to President Buhari last year on a platter of gold after his fourth attempt. But things seem to be spiralling out of control. I know the President would be told all is well by those benefitting from the current state of things but, walahi, I will always tell Baba the truth. I’ve come to see him as the last hope of the masses and if he fails we all fail.

The first truth is that this government is looking too elitist and ceremonial. I’m not sure this is intentional. The amount of time, energy and resources being deployed on hosting this and that is becoming ridiculous. Whoever suggested that the President should break Ramadan fasts with so much fanfare did not do any good for a government with too many horrendous challenges. If I had any influence in this government, I will advise that government needs to demonstrate its commitments and seriousness at tackling the intractable problems. We should see pictures of brainstorming sessions. We should have and see a brilliant economic team at work.

We should see the President supervising projects nationwide in his jackboots. We should see the President appointing the many Nigerian geniuses that litter every part of the world to assist him use the power God has bestowed on him to benefit ordinary Nigerians. The qualities of appointments we are seeing lately have become appallingly lacklustre. This is not the best Nigeria can offer.

I do not really care if even if all appointees come from Daura, I would leave that agitations to others, who may be myopic or selfish. I’m more interested in the merit, competence and patriotism of such people. President Buhari can make do with a star-studded team regardless of political and religious affiliations. It is never too late to CHANGE!

 Posted by Linda Ikeji at 11:25 AM

What male chauvinists say.....

 
 Hello Everyone,,,
           I have been off for sometime, and I apologize for my absence. I still remain thankful to those who take out time to read my posts may God bless You.

I have realized that a lot of preachers aren't gender sensitive. I attended a church programme earlier this week and I listened attentively to the Pastors prophesies while addressing a mixed congregation; he said ''By this time next week You'll all be settled in your husband's houses, I then waited patiently for him to go vice versa..but it went all down. I began to think why did he stop there, why dint he go a little bit further to say....''and you would be happily married to your wives''. I want to tell you guys We aren't anxious about the whole marriage thing. You can't just slap it on our faces like we are all anxious waiting for a miracle. When the issue of marriage comes up in singles outreach it gets to me that all the major points are directed at the ladies. I now see why the men think they are all alright and ready...or Its just about the money. So, when they get into marriage they mess up and think its all the ladies fault. Think about it. I believe that gender in church should be addressed 50, 50 so that all  would get the message. 

Poem for the day #

 I have been a tree with branches
Torn I have; between good and evil
may I live or die
Decide Ye now....
How can one be good
How can one be evil
Decide Ye now.

I have been like oil on water
Oil I am; water there are
mix it up..mix it Ye
shake it...look deeper. ye look
I arise immune
For I canst be mixed.

For what hath light got to do with darkness
For none exists in the presence of the other

I have been a tree with branches
I have been oil on water
I have been the sun in the absence of dark.
Torn I have between good and evil
but I choose light
look deep..look deeper
For I remain immune. 

Minka

"Dear men, some of you are disgusting, inhuman, sick & a disgrace to mankind!" -BBA winner Dillish writes

 
 Big Brother Africa winner, Dillish Mathew has added her voice to the issue of gender-based violence and child abuse. It is not yet clear what prompted her rather strong words but she is clearly not apologetic about them. What she wrote below:

Dear: Men Some of you are so disgusting, inhuman, sick and a disgrace to mankind! Enough with the gender based violence. We are not your property. Women are allowed to love freely it's our choice.
If she falls out of love, killing her is not an option. Did you bring her on earth?! Did she put a gun to your head and say "spend money on me? U men were supposed to protect us , cherish us and make the world a better place. And not a fuckin" hell house were a 4 year old girl have to suffer sexual abuse at the hands of men or being stoned to death because love is gone. Stop being fuckin' monsters and man up. Unapologetic Dillish. M

 

 Posted by Linda Ikeji at 10:21 AM

If you are equal to any man ''then work and earn your own living''.

After reading my post on No need for protesting "Am equal to any man'' one of my very consistent readers sent this to me...I hope you get a few things from it.
 
 Dear ladies and gents,
          I do not believe its okay to spend precious time arguing with male chauvinists about gender equality, because they are so many males out there who believe in equality and are willingly to work a win-win relationship with you. I used to do that a lot but I realized it was taking me no were. I am extremely certain I have equal rights with just anyone. I do not need their permission or opinion on that. It still does not dispute the fact that I do not have the same roles with a man.

To ladies: I wonder why some ladies make it more difficult for other women. Whoever is the head of your relationship is your business, and outside the institution of marriage, everything should be gotten based on merit and nothing else. But some ladies go on the social media saying Men should have more rights;this has to stop. it just shows their height of ignorance. Do those ladies know that the reason they can have a platform to speak publicly is because of the efforts of other women in time past. This women sacrificed their time to proof that women are just as equal.

Generally, women are famous for being on the financial end of a relationship. So many girls want to marry rich men but are not ready to work hard. Yet we scream everyday ''we want equality''. I f you are equal to any man then work and end your own salary. Live on your means and stop being dependent. Work hard academically and clear the paths for other ladies to succeed.

Another reason why women are still being relegated to the background is because we have issues. I mean real issues which we do not make any effort to deal with. First of all, when most women are given authority over a particular group, they tend to make it a reign of tyranny. They do this by putting other women down, being impossible to please and expressing unnecessary comments about things that don't make sense.  Secondly, some women are lazy , they do go extra mile to get anything done, rather they use ''feminine privileges'' to get what they want. Why are they few female artists in the country? Is it because of the lack of opportunities? No, because the public only care for good music.,They ain't ready to work hard. Women pleas sit up...

Poem of the day #storms#

Drizzles, we see
loose droplets pacing through storms
no one could see it come
but we all saw it drop.
We knew about the storms
It was rather left that way.
This drizzles haunts us
we may never have seen it come
we all saw it drop.

I write to dream.
I write to unfold worlds
maybe not a real one
But it still remains a place.
What about the stream from my childhood
I let it flow without knowing its end.
We never tried to realize life's borders
Until when we worked through time but no borders
Maybe If there were
Life would be much more predictable
Is it my mind I let loose
Is it my soul that paces for answers
Why wouldn't the storms give up
Hear me now; We all would withstand You
Why do we not see the long droplets till it fades
I think We are meant to 0vercome.

Minka.

Fashion and technological trends such corruptible forces.

 Hello everyone,
            I may get you thinking ''what does Fashion and technological trends got to do with corruptible forces. Stay with me.... Really, I'm a master of magic. Do not run away. ''I will tell you the truth about a man's life and about his extreme love for materials that could destroy his inner sense of morality.

Do not get me wrong. I am not a critic or a hater of fashion and technological trends..Having a good phone and nice clothes won't hurt. But I will tell you the truth about being consumed by what's in Vogue. Firstly, You loose satisfaction, Am not saying its wrong to want more. But the question I pose to you is ''How often do you want more? How often Do you sit right in front of the T.V getting consumed from what you may never get with your present income? The painful question of all is How far do you go to get this stuff?. Think about it girl. Do you go after men who would never have stood face-to-face with you in some ten years to come. I have met a lot of ladies who would give up so much to get what's in vogue. You just can't let anything pass by your eyes...Don't get me wrong, Its wonderful to look good but after answering the questions raised above you got think about how satisfied you are without these materials.

What about technological trends-Ah, that is something Soyinka got to pen about. Lets quickly go down memory lane when blackberry was in vogue-You would remember how many girls went crazy for possessing it. I may get reason to believe that so many regret their actions. Please Do not crucify me, I promised to tell the truth. Really-Lots of them would shriek at possessing it no more now. What about the Iphone series-do not deceive yourself it would soon drizzle out in time because nothing ever lasts. Sooner or later it would be made available to just everyone just as the blackberry. Its time....Ticking and Ticking and never getting a pause. That's the continuity and the unpredictability of life.

The constant want of fashion and technological trends distorts your inner sensibilities of what's morality to You. This is because of how far it could drive you into its continuous possession. Think about it.

To my favourite writer Chimaamanda Adichie ''Congrats''

Chimamanda Adichie Is Now A Mother – Iconic Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has welcomed a baby girl with husband Dr. Ivara Esegee. The award-winning writer of Half Of A Yellow Sun revealed in a recent interview that she had welcomed a baby girl…

''ONE THING I WOULD CHANGE ABOUT THE WORLD''

 Hello everyone,,
            I want to thank you all for taking sometime out to read my stuff. Its a pleasure. This is gonna be a very short post but you got to think about it.... The one thing I would change about the world is me. I would change me because me is the only thing I have total control over. No need to change the people around me for If I change me I have changed them. Enough with all the effort to change the things I may never have total control over. For If I change me I have touched a thousand. A me to be kind. A me to be peaceful, A me to love unconditionally, A me to live like Christ lived, A me to help the dying kids who may have lost all hope, A me to be forgiving, A me to overlook all wrong, A me to love truly, A me to give without hoping to get. For If I change me I have changed A thousand. For If I change a thousand they would change ten thousand. A me to love all without expecting to be loved...That me would be just like Christ.

Forbes - Meet the 35-year-old entrepreneur who owns Nigeria's 2nd largest rice farm

Forbes writer Nsehe Mfonobong interviewed former journalist turned entrepreneur Rotimi Williams who owns the second largest rice farm in Nigeria. Read the feature below...

Nigerians consume more than 5 million metric tons of rice every year, with a significant portion of its consumption needs sourced from imports. Rotimi Williams WMB -4.95%, an ambitious 35 year-old Nigerian entrepreneur and rice farmer, is on a quest to change that.

Williams, a former Journalist, is the owner of Kereksuk Rice Farm, the 2^nd largest commercial rice farm in Nigeria by land size. His farm, which is situated in Nasarawa state in northern Nigeria, currently sits on 45,000 hectares and employs more than 600 indigenes of Nasarawa.
I recently caught up with the budding entrepreneur in Lagos, and had a brief chat with him where he recounted his journey and mused on how Nigeria can attain self-sufficiency in rice production in the near future.

What’s your educational and professional background?
I attended King’s College in Lagos. After attending secondary school at King’s College I proceeded to obtain my first degree at University of Aberdeen where I graduated with a degree in Economics. I also obtained a Master’s Degree in Economics from the same institution. My quest for more knowledge led me to enroll for yet another Master’s Degree at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London where I gained an MSc. in Finance and Development Studies.
Upon graduation, I landed a role as an analyst at the European Economics and Financial Centre in London. Afterwards, Euromoney Magazine- employed me where I covered the African space.
I would say that this is where my journey truly started.

Given your background as a journalist, what informed your decision to venture into rice farming?
While at Euromoney, I had the opportunity to travel around a few African countries. These trips exposed me to countries like Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia and Ghana. A common thread amongst the aforementioned nations is agriculture. Agriculture is at the very core of these countries and this got me thinking. After a few more trips, I decided to move back to Nigeria and sink my teeth into the agricultural space. Nigeria remains the largest economy in Africa from both a GDP perspective and also the strength of the size of our population.
Upon my arrival back in Nigeria, I got a job at a premier Bank where I was promised to sit on the agriculture desk – my hope was that I would gain enough knowledge of the Nigerian agricultural industry and develop myself from there.

Unfortunately, the agricultural desk at the Bank never quite achieved its set goals. I pushed hard for the Bank to adopt policies and gain inroads into the agricultural industry but my attempts were somewhat frustrated. I sincerely feel that the bank wasn’t quite ready to launch fully into the agricultural space.
As my frustration grew, I decided to quit banking and planned to go it alone into agriculture. Frankly, my decision led to a challenging sojourn as attempts to raise funding with my partner proved difficult. We started a Structured Trade and Commodity Finance company. After a while I started consulting for small agriculture companies seeking to raise capital both locally and internationally.

You currently own the second (2^nd) largest rice farm in Nigeria with 45,000 hectares in Nasarawa, Nigeria. What’s the story behind your acquisition of such vast land, and what are some of the challenges you’ve encountered in farming in the volatile northern region?
Two years had past and we still had no funds, so I made an offer to the farm owner, that with a 50-50 split, I would develop the farm with both personal funds and external funding. He agreed and that’s how I became part owner of 17,296 hectares of farmland. Knowing that agriculture would become the integral area of focus in Nigeria, I was bullish and ramped up the land to 55,000 hectares. I later parted with my partner as a result of unaligned views and strategy. I maintained 45,000 hectares for myself and today we have started producing, with our quality paddy being sold to major milling companies in Nigeria. However, I must add the following, I often have people ask how I learned abut farming, as everyone thinks you need a special degree in agriculture to be a farmer, but I always tell them the truth, I learnt it all on Google GOOGL +1.11%.   I downloaded every article I could find on rice production, consumed it and then practiced it in the fields.

Frankly, my experience working alongside indigenes of Nasarawa state has been exceptional. I have learnt over the years that if you approach people with respect even more so while one seeks to set up a business venture. Having a healthy sense of community makes all the difference in attaining one’s set objectives. I lean heavily on the wisdom and cultural approach of the indigenes to carry out farming on such a scale here in Nasarawa.

No need for protesting ''Am equal to any man''

 
Hello everyone,,
        One of the reasons the plight of the women has been an issue to remedy is that it's not easy to change a man's mind about a woman's place in the world. No matter what you do, Legislation might be passed or public policy might change. The fact still remains you can't change the mindset of men. A lot of us spend so much time on the social media arguing and getting angry when silly comments and ideas about women come forth. But I say why waste your time protesting...Do their opinions really matter. It doesn't because one's opinion about oneself matters more than what the world may think.

The myths on women include:
Inferior to men, second class citizens.
objects for sensual gratification alone.
weak; incapable of having strength.
lacking in intelligence and therefore having nothing to contribute to the society.
The personal property of men, the equivalent of cattle.
personal servants, whose purpose is to meet the needs of their masters.
Domestic slaves, to be used as desired.
Objects to be passed around until finished with, and then discarded.
Subhuman.
Deserving abuse

 The following are Myths  attributed to the existence of womanhood. Really its your choice to accept it or denounce its strength. Women are generally attributed as inferior but all I know is that Inferiority begins with a person's mind accepting its reality. Most of the problems we attribute to dominance by men are problems inherent in our nature. A lot of women got to work on themselves before attributing their weaknesses to men. The problem of women as Objects for sensual gratification is our problem not theirs. ''A lot of women can sell their bodies in cheap musical videos to be paid peanuts'' How then do you expect anyone to take you serious. So many concern has been raised on this subject but  If all the women who engage in these act choose to redirect their steps then a major battle would be won.

No matter how long we protest equality and all, many things can't work out unless we work on ourselves. A lot of women do not work hard anymore cause they believe that their bodies can make waves for them...After writing an exam you settle the male gender you seek equality with your bodies.. later on, You say men don't take you serious. How serious do you want them to take you? 

I believe without out reasonable that any war can be won through a deep sense of understanding. It remains that many do not understand what they seek and argue over. For women who really Understood have not only become equals with men but have ruled over them. I mean this war must be understood from the perspective that arguing and quarreling about Women's right is not the way to go about it. But realizing without protesting unnecessarily '''That You ARE EQUAL TO ANY MAN''.