AuthorBabaolowo

He's the editor of this planet The inventor of a rare strain of Eba Computer enthusiast losan, Wordsmith lale, Rapper loru He's the favourite invaluable son of Ipaja The 3rd son of Iya Toyin and The grandson of a barren woman

APC, The New Holy Land of Thieves, Rogues and The Desperate

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The UnHoly Pilgrims of The Holy Land If you’ve noticed, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan aka GEJ and his ilk have intensified their visit to Israel in the last two years, this is not because they want to become Israelis, no way! It is a conscious concerted attempt to cleanse their community of thieves, national treasury looters and corruption ridden, aged unchanging nation destroyers...

My Beautiful Identity

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I recently noticed something in the way Arabs name their children compared to what we do here in Africa. They Use “Al” “El” as a “pre” to their names which could mean “a member of the house of ” or Fair, handsome, noble, bright (in English) etc but here in certain parts of Africa, especially where I come from, a part where religion is overly...

Leadership Lessons from My Shoeless Friend (The Cattle Boy)

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If found the story of this young cattle boy so inspiring that I just have to share it, if it speaks to you, don’t front, share it… let it speak to others around you. It is poetic justice done on the lessons of leadership. “Yes, he leads cows but yet he is not leading from behindThey follow himHe is their bearingThe cows are diverseWhite, black, brown… male and femaleYet they trust him...

Emmanuel ‘Oshiboy’ Oshiame — Friends Immortal

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Every time I see a Benz drive by, I don’t admire it, I remember you… I remember how we argue to defend our choice of German machines…and I always win. I’m still a sucker for BMWs, maybe I’ll buy one Benz just for the lovely memory of you Oshiboy… Though we were friends, you were that lil bro I never had…the realest human I ever came across so far and the...

Buhari, The Power Drunk General and His Many Crimes

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I read Buhari’s comment this morning and I almost laughed. He said .. “Our country has gone through several rough patches, but never before have I seen a Nigerian President declare war on his own country as we are seeing now…”   Grandpa Buhari, you can lie ooo! What about the wars you declared on innocent Nigerians as a military ruler… Your tolerance for...

The Branded Thugs – Nigerian Army, The New Area Boys

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It is no longer news to hear of military violence in Nigeria and it is always between the army and another arm of the force, especially the Police; it is no longer strange to see soldiers harassing civilians, especially when they are in convoy or they  find a civilian wearing casual camouflage accessories even though it is legal to wear it. It is now common site to see the Nigerian...

Nigeria! The Land of Wrong Framed Right

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To understand Nigeria, you must throw away notions like certainty and consensus. Instand, you have to accept you are entering a world where all truth is relative, all fats are transient and what seems to be the most visceral and bloody reality can ultimately be revealed as artifice. It’s about power, power and the construction of truth” – Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Have you read the news headlines...

Our Last Resort against BH

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Amazing grace! The sound of war, the clanging of gongs, the boomerang of bombs and the weakening of the walls of this great nation that is now seemingly hanging on the sling of Boko Haram and corruption must be rescued with the right weapon of warfare “The Truth”. Based on the facts that I gathered from the pages of history about the origin of “Mai Tatsine” and from listening to the testimonies...