Straight Talk

In Julius Caesar Williams Shakespeare says that “Death, is a necessary end, it will come when it will come” but not in such manner that claimed the lives the entire family of 8 and a friend in a community called Umuakuru, Emekuku in Owerri, Imo State. Whether this family were gassed or was it as a result of natural cause for me, it is real disaster which the entire community will find difficult for a very long time in their history to get through. For some decades now Black man has advanced in diabolical means of killing their neighbours, friends, family members even their own siblings. Some called it “remote killing.”  The wickedness of man has been in existence right from time in memorial this was as a result of greed, jealously, hatred and covetousness. Example of this was that of Cain’s case in the bible that killed his brother Abel because of his poor offering offered to God which was not accepted while Abel’s offering was accepted by God as a result of it Cain rebelled ...

“In a state-run society the government promises you security.  But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the opposite of security is risk.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks.  The gentle government that promises to hold your hand as you cross the street refuses to let go on the other side.”...Theodore Forstmann  The killing of some members of MASSOB by government security agents has once again shown the high level of bias, hatred and insincerity on the side of the GoodLuck Ebere Jonathan’s administration. It is very regrettable that Boko Haram a terror organisation which has a great link with AL Quaeda in North Africa has been allowed to inflict pains on Nigerians. The government itself has become subject of intimidation and humiliation by this terror group. Boko Haram has made nonsense of government security intelligence by bombing the key hu...

                                                                                                                               As Duncan Stokes was taking an evening walk towards the park; by the side of the road he came closer to a stationery car with its windscreen and side mirror smashed, he suspected it to be an accident scene. This drew his attention to come closer to know exactly what happened. It was a red Honda SUV which involved a couple who ran into a tree and eventually one of the tre...

                                             When you take a look at the pedigree of some African oil producing nations in one time or the other; has been rocked with crisis either civil or tribal war which the power struggle were all centred on the resources control. Sometimes one may ask whether the oil resources were a devil’s gift. These countries include Sudan, Nigeria, Algeria, Angola etc. It is regrettable that, upon all the vast resource that Nature has bestowed on the continent there hasn’t been any meaningful development to attest to this rather, the leaders have been looting all the wealth from these resources. Unfortunately the youths become the burden bearer to this. African youths have been denied qualitative education due to these corrupt leaders. The money from these vast resources that supposed to have been, used to better the lives...

In a difficult and unpredictable economic time like this, most families are struggling to balance their budgets in order to avoid unwise and unnecessary spending. But unfortunately, many people cannot boast of savings today either because they’ve lost their job or the numbers of hours they put up at the workplace has been reduced. As much as Christmas is less than a month from now, that joy which the season, normally brings might be receded in some families because things were no longer the same again. The celebration which is always known for, as the time of exchanging gifts, presents and pleasantries some use the occasion as a period of travelling aboard to visit families, friends and loved ones. In fact, this year’s occasion might be celebrated in a low key courtesy of the recession.  However one would ask, what will happen to all the commodities that will be displayed in the shops during the Christmas period starting from Textile, to groceries. Despite the econ...

Nigeria and world are to be better place without the menace of the radical Islamic extremists group from the Northern part of the country called the “Boko Haram”! They’ve inflicted much pains on Nigerians especially the minority Christians living at their door steps. How long President Jonathan will continue to watch these dare devils unleashed terror attack on the innocent citizens? The Government should stand up and live up to their responsibilities by providing adequate security to all Nigerians. This Islamic terror group should not be handle with kid gloves because, terrorism is like a plague which this Islamic extremists has chosen as the weapon of the modern day warfare. Boko Haram as a terrorist group is seeking for recognition, just like the days of the Niger Delta Militants groups but the approach and their ideologies has lots of under tunes which is detrimental and undermined the unity of the country. What the government should do is to investigate and gather all necess...

Infidelity is like drug addiction; it is difficult to overcome and without proper precaution, it is the number one agent of marriage destroyer. In fact the world has gone crazy about carnality; it is very common these days especially in some highly placed individuals who sort succour by cheating their partners. Take a look at list of these individuals in the likes of Tiger Wood, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Ryan Gigg, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former governor of South Carolina Mark Sanford, the former   Democrat governor of New Jersey James E. McGreevey and the recent victim the (IMF) boss Strauss Kahn the list is endless. As the saying goes that “to whom much is given, much is expected”. These are people the public looked up to as role models but today, the reverse has been the case. Where did the society get it wrong? The emergence of internet revolution such as 3G Smart phones, iPad, cable television etc and its pornographic contents has changed the moral psyche of most indi...