Truths and Deeds!

Suspicion trends in cases where certain details are not immediately clear to people. The same becomes a dangerous streak when it suddenly becomes a criterion. I understand the need for caution but i am unsure of how to respond to situations where people assume the worst about everything. How exactly can one put himself/herself out there if he/she does not think that anything is worth trying? The lot of us talk about moving forward as individuals but we neglect to consider the part where we must take a chance. I know that not knowing can be scary but it can be just as exciting. The Thrill lies in the sudden discovery of the end game. Life is like a Poker game. One must deal the cards on hand. The trick is in the best cards. So the players all follow the same prescription even when they are unsure of what set of cards other players have. Today, we live in a society where things do not always play out in the way and manner we expect them to. For most young people in Africa, this is true

They spoke and i listened. Carrying notes of experiences over the track of many years, their voices chased away other thoughts from the folds of my head. These were Doctors and Professors of Academia, seated at tables only inches from mine. No need to strain my ears, you see.  Huge chunks of wisdom peeled off the varied issues they raised. Many parts of the Arts and Humanities were being analyzed with a mix of humor and fact. Of particular interest were ongoing Indigenous Research begun, tenets of old and internal politics. The later of which is almost always a product of all sorts departments.  After an hour of such ruminations, my older cousin, a Doctor of politics himself, left the gathering. Returning to his office, he wanted to know what i made of the 'orientation' as he called it. Quite engrossing was my immediate reply.  This truth is often lost in most communities across Africa today. It is important to find that common ground that would generate understanding

At what point is the Nigerian  leadership going to put a stop to the so-called religious killings. This was the case in Jos not too long ago, and now Kaduna. Should the law continue to allow people to kill in the name of religion? At this point, Nigerians must cast their lot in agreeing with Mathew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto that, ‘unless Nigeria as a country is prepared to make laws and ensure that all citizens live by same, what we are witnessing is a symptom, not a disease. The creeping inequalities and inability of the system to deliver has made us uncomfortable. By letting such mayhem, as the ones being perpetrated in Southern Kaduna, be allowed to go unchecked, war may eventually break out.  This administration is beginning to appear wholly indifferent in issues threatening human life. The wounds inflicted by the Boko Haram Sect and Herdsmen are still too fresh in many households.  In a compound where the head takes too long to quell the daring tantrums of chil