Truths and Deeds!

The bus they boarded had slowed to a crawl w hen they saw him.  Bode was rough and lean. His bones were visibly poking out through his skin, a total picture of suffering. The Marina Exit was crowded with slow-moving cars too, as the man ran beside the moving bus. He had just been released from the Kirikiri prison after 25 years. He had no home, a wife, a child or a job. Bode had been in jail, forgotten by the same system that put him there. Although he was now a free man, actual freedom was only an idea. The passengers, each occupied with their daily schedules, listened passively to the plea for help. Compassion for Bode's situation may have struck a code in their hearts, but none could actually help the man in the true sense that he needed. The system had committed no resources to engage him and the others who had just been set free. Traffic began to pick up pace, and Bode still ran, besides the bus, breathless by this time, begging for a little bit to buy food.

When he stepped out into the streets, they converged around him like Vultures swooping over their prey. The sun had sunk into the horizon an hour earlier; but the women kept vigil by the Senatorial Seat – seeking out-going Governor. If he could not perform in eight years, what exactly was he going to the National Assembly for? I wondered to myself. After hours under the sun, they stayed, and were now pouring accolades on this politician who cared less for their well being. The Governorship primaries scheduled during the day, and for which school children were told to stay home, had been cancelled. The overblown budget, weeks of planning and manpower went to waste because the leadership of the party was prevailed upon, for whatever selfish agenda, by a faceless cabal. The plight of the people, a section of which have elected to become unpaid praise singers, and who cued, to cast their votes, in a process that was anything but free and fair, meant nothing, like every other pol

As the world celebrates Nelson Mandela 100 days, I join the global community of young people to celebrate and work together to rekindle hope for our generation and to stand alongside others for the dignity, equality and justice for all. I would like to use this occasion to beam the light on the security challenges in Nigeria and by so doing recommend the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) otherwise known as Drones in curbing the menace posed by Terrorists in Nigeria today. Given the security issues in Nigeria, where terrorists have found the space to operate at will; one would expect that everything will be done to put a stop to the present situation before it drives the country into civil war. Nigerians have seen and felt terror, in its dehumanizing ripeness, enough to expect the leadership in place to not keep still and let the taking of lives continue. We are in an era where the Drone Technology is helping the Military and Security Agencies around the world to car