A word defined by action demanding no reaction. The Oxford Advanced Learner dictionary takes it as a noun, verb or exclamation, giving it the same definition in all contexts as“A complete lack of noise or sound” I have always seen silence as just a word used in depicting quiet, unreachable or death, I have always had the feel it could also stand for peace, sanity or maybe concentration...
Although my story might not sound unusual in the Nigerian atmosphere, just like 9ice’s account in is new song “Anytime” sounds like normal life to me, it is unique because it is mine and cannot be replicated in any other person, it is unique because in it stands me, just me, myself and I. It is indeed with a grateful heart that I speak of God’s wonder in my life, with gratitude that I ink my...
This piece of white jotting pad I am writing on is indeed a clean slate, so clean it is that it is without lines or margins, header of footer. The words I write on it today makes it and the things I write here and now on this piece of paper today will be on it forever if not destroyed. The ink I write with today is not erasable but yet can be modified for reason that could be either negative or...
Lesson from Under-17 world Cup Final Olden EagletsUncle-17Super Eaglets… It was a glamourous nite of football,debutant vs. defending champions in the final of the 2009 Under-17 championship. It was a home game for Nigeria but the home advantage was evened by the fact that their opposing team is the birth country of the President of FIFA, Switzerland. Fair play it was for both teams, leaving...
It’s 4:00am In the morning and I am still as awake and as fresh as if I just woke up from a deep sleep minutes ago, with a lot on my mind, I’ve tried to figure out in a thousand way the events of the past few days of my life and the world around me is shaping the man I have become. In a few weeks I will be a graduate from the acclaimed strongest polytechnic in Nigeria with a 2nd class, and still...
Who needs an airplane when I can teleport?“oya oferegege gbe mi pa”Who needs a Ferrari when I can shorten the distance?“ona ka, ona ko; aa kin ba onise rin”Who needs their gods when I’ve got divinity?“ifa olokun asoro dayo ti kin fololo fohun”Calling the things that be not as though they were“shango olukoso oooo!”A fit fore surpassed by the Son of man“Jesu Oluwawa” I shall pour libation at the...
To the leaders that will be when we leave in pursuit of wisdom and stabilityTo thee we pass the mantle of power and the touch of exploitThread the paths we were too afraid to dareGo to places we were too afraid to visitTouch the lives we won’t be around to ho! and ha!! Where we fell and stood up again, move onWalk with gallant strides and produce the best in itBecause our failure is not failure...
What I want to write today is an article I will love you to pirate. I’ll like you to dub it, and put it on your blog post. Modify it if you like, give me credit if you want, or give me none at all. They say we’ll achieve a lot more if we don’t care who gets the credit. I have refrained deliberately for a long time to make any comments about our National Rebranding exercise. I hope I will be able...