Thursday, December 27, 2007

Changing times

Haven't you ever wondered how things have changed so much?
Like the calmness and sense of belonging that has crept into people after Abacha was taken away.
Like how male jeans have become so increasingly expensive because ladies have culturally dumped skirts & wrappers.
Like having teenagers and even 10 year-olds infiltrating driveways with their father's cars and rented motorcycles.
Like having xmas and finding out that 85% of meals prepared in houses are rice (be it jollof, fried, etc........same ni).
Like having to see that everybody's aware of sex, even those in elementary school.

All those ones are small sef. I remember when I was growing up that ladies would cry their eyes out when they are getting married. They would weep so much that it's their mothers and fathers who would pacify them and remind them that it's a day of joy and not sorrows.
But nowadays things have changed. Have you seen ladies get married in recent times? They are always ecstatic, overjoyed, overwhelmed with triumph written all over them.
I keep wondering why things are so different nowadays. Some of my friends said that it's because all their strife and struggle will be obliterated because it's been cast upon he who will bear their troubles. That means no more trouble titi lai.
Talk about comprehensive insurance! :D.
Is that NICON or IGI abi na AIG?
What's your take on this?

Monday, December 10, 2007

You lied to me.

It's gradually becoming a norm for those holding public offices to speak from one side of their mouths. I don't know if this is a criteria for a long-lasting reign in power or just some special forces that make you say those things you spoke the exact opposite of in times past.
Cnairman of INEC in Nigeria, Professor Maurice Mmaduakolam Iwu after agreeing that the election wasn't totally perfect and was marred with irregularities, turned 180 degrees around to say that the election he conducted was better than June 12 (considered the freest & fairest in Nigeria's history). Can you beat that? He who says he's cooking yam while the pot contains bricks. And na person papa be dis oo!
Dishonesty and double-face has become the order of the day in politics. I wonder what someone considered so much as an intellectual that he was tagged a Professor is doing in the middle of this huge putrifying carcass called politics.
I think he needs to go back to the University. Students need people to teach them. We don't need to learn from some people's show of double-mouthed abracadabra. Now you see it, now you don't.

Monday, October 22, 2007

VACANCY!

A foremost Political Party in Nigeria, popularly referred to as “The Ruling Party”, requires for immediate appointment into the House of Representatives, a qualified Hooligan with the following professional qualifications:

· First degree in Boxing or Kick boxing.

· A Professional diploma in aggressive cover-up techniques.

· MUST be a duly certified LIAR with vast experience in corrupt practices.

· Must be ready to shun the voices of the People in allegiance to the Party’s wishes.

· Possession of a falsified educational degree will be an added advantage.

Duly qualified candidates should please forward their detailed CV’s to the Party Secretariat.


NB:

Please note that candidates with deadly upper-cuts will be given preference.

The selection process will definitely be biased and open to changes without notice, as this is part of the party policy.

Short listed athletes will be given a course in ‘Political Jargons’ to familiarize them with the language of the tournament.

Friday, September 21, 2007

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Mourinho gone!!

Isn't this the beginning of the end?
Mourinho gone!
This looks like the end of the world.
Oh Mourinho!
Oh Mourinho!!
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Thursday, August 02, 2007

Calling a truce?

He's the National Chairman of the ruling party (PDP) in Nigeria. His controversy-magneting profile is higher than that of Marion Jones or Arthur Nzeribe. Now he says it, later he never even mentioned something close. The chameleon hardly changes colour as much as
Ahmadu Ali changes his stand on issues. Whatever he utters doesn't seem to last long before it becomes 'misquoted', 'misunderstood' or 'misinterpreted'.

Remember the Ali-must-go saga?
‘Ali-Must-Go’ was a cry by Nigerian university students in 1978 when the incumbent National Chairman of PDP was the federal commissioner for education. Ali had then endorsed the use of force by the police against university students protesting the increase of fees and other services on the campuses. Scores of students were killed in the process.


Round umpteen, fight!!
Chief Ahmadu is always at loggerheads with the press, 'cause he's never straight with his word. Even the crowned king of controversies, Frederick Arthur Nzeribe (Igwe Mperempe I), doesn't change his words and stand to tear people who quote him to pieces. He recently entered the usual tumble-and-dry with the press. On getting home, I think his wife(ves) and kids, especially the ones that read blogs and newspapers gave him enough for him to sleep with for a long time and the man gave himself a break. I say kudos to the kids (Barakat, Saminu, Silifatu and whatever their names are) for doing a great job. Like I would always say to people who do weird things, 'Na person papa be dis o' (That's someone's father o).
He therefore wants to call a truce with the press after a long drawn battle.
My question is should the press receive the embrace?
Even if they do, that man has forgotten that there are bloggers abi? He would need to organise a dinner with Nigerian bloggers too, or else his image hasn't left the mud just yet.
Chief Ali, better 'ru ebo alaroka'.

Monday, July 30, 2007

Udoji in Tokyo

Just like many people have been praying for, the heaven's opened in Tokyo and what came down was nothing similar to liquid. For the first time in my life I wish I was Japanese.

Mystery money in Japan appears in mailboxes, falls from sky
TOKYO (AFP) - A mystery gripping Japan over anonymous cash gifts has taken a new twist. For those who want the next batch of giveaways, the place to look is in their mailboxes -- or even right at their feet.

Residents of a apartment building are baffled after a total of 1.81 million yen (15,210 dollars) was found in 18 mailboxes by Saturday, a police spokesman said.

"The money was in identical plain envelopes, which were unsealed and carried no names or messages," the spokesman told AFP.

But residents became "spooked" rather than pleased with the anonymous gifts -- and were too upright to pocket the money secretly.

"Some people initially suspected they were fake bills. When they realised the bills were real, they reported them to us," the spokesman said.

The predominantly middle-class apartment building in Tokyo is not alone. An envelope with one million yen was left in the mailbox of a 31-year-old woman in the western city of Kobe on Wednesday.

Police admit they have no idea who is leaving the cash -- whether a few people are behind the bizarre giveaways or if Japan is witnessing a craze of copycat benevolence.

Since June, dozens of city halls and other public buildings across the country have reported finding neatly packaged envelopes full of cash in men's restrooms.

The bathroom money has come with identical letters asking people to do good deeds -- leading to speculation that the benefactor may be a public servant trying to cheer up his profession or perhaps a member of a new-age religion.

Japanese cash dropoffs are not always so neat.

On Wednesday, bills worth 960,000 yen were inexplicably seen "falling" in front of a convenience store.

"We can just say the money came from the skies," a puzzled police official said. "There were other passers-by outside and customers in the store but the incident caused no confusion," he said.

"People thought it was too eerie to touch."

A man who contacted police saying his daughter had dropped the money had his claim rejected as groundless, the official said.

The largest single dropoff so far was in the ancient city of Kyoto on July 23, astonishing a 67-year-old woman who found an envelope containing 10 million yen of stacked bills in her mailbox.

But mystery money does not always reach police intact.

A woman walking on a bridge over Tokyo's Sumida River told officers that she saw bills falling at her feet from an elevated expressway above on July 6.

She believes 30 to 40 notes fell but police managed to collect only six notes worth 46,000 yen by the time they arrived.

"Some people were picking the money up on the bridge," the Tokyo Shimbun quoted the woman as saying.

No one can say if more people have collected money and not told police.

Media tallies suggest more than four million yen, including some found last year, has been found in the public restrooms.

Dutifully, police are holding most of the money in case the rightful owner eventually decides to reveal their identity.

To douse the tension

Here's a dose to 'douse' the tension.

A driver is stuck in a traffic jam on the motorway. Nothing is moving. Suddenly a man knocks on the window. The driver rolls down his window and asks, "What's going on? the man responded "Militants have kidnapped, OBJ, IBB, Atiku, Buhari, Tony Anenih, Ahmadu Ali, Dariye, Nnamani, Odili, Ibrahim Mantu, Tinubu, Kalu, Ibori and Igbinedion. They're asking for a $500 million ransom. Otherwise they're going to douse them with petrol and set them on fire. So, we're going from car to car, taking up a collection." The driver asks, "How much is everyone contributing, on the average?" the man responded "About a litre of petrol and a few sticks of matches."

Friday, July 27, 2007

I rest my case

Upon the receipt of the news that former governor of Bayelsa state in Nigeria, who was charged with corruption has been sentenced, I rest my case.
Though the sentence is viewed to be mild, half or full justice is justice. The name of the nation has been redeemed. This is a plus for us.
Can you see the public treasury in his cheeks?

Thursday, July 26, 2007

My friend Udeme is a great man

You would wonder what lack of standards and unwillingness to set the right precedence would do to African countries. It's up to African countries to wake up and set things straight. So does it mean what is dissed in the West would find its way to Africa to continue business? Anything goes?

Guinness firm 'eyes Africa sales'

The maker of Guinness is looking at expanding sales of the Irish stout to Africa to offset falling demand in European markets, a report says.

Diageo's chief executive told the Financial Times that sales outside of Ireland had been growing by about 5% and ruled out selling the brand.

Sales of Guinness fell 4% in Europe in the six months to December.

Changing behaviour in the UK - including people spending less time in pubs - was behind the fall in sales.

Guinness made up 13% of Diageo's total sales in 2006.

Growing the brand

The fall in demand in Europe had "nothing" to do with the way the brand was being marketed, chief executive Paul Walsh insisted.

"We have to continue to grow the brand outside its home market," he added.

He said that places like Africa offered good opportunities for growth.

Guinness is brewed in more than 20 countries throughout Africa and is exported to many others.

It is gaining popularity, with Nigeria being the third-largest Guinness market in the world.

The amount of Guinness consumed in Africa is three times more than the amount consumed in North America, Diageo says.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Police charge painting smoocher

I read this & I laughed. Atimes there's need to exercise caution when expressing our emotions.

A woman who says she was so overcome with passion for a valuable painting on display in France, has been charged with criminal damage after kissing it.

The immaculate white canvas so attracted Sam Rindy she smudged it with her lipstick, saying later she had wanted to make it even more beautiful.

The 3x2m (9x6-foot) painting by US artist Cy Twombly is valued at more than $2m (£970,000).

Ms Rindy, herself an artist, is due to appear in court on 16 August.

Staff at the Collection Lambert museum in the southern French city of Avignon alerted police after the incident on Thursday afternoon and she was arrested as she was walking out.

"I left a kiss," she told La Provence newspaper on leaving the police station.

"A red stain remained on the canvas... This red stain is testimony to this moment, to the power of art."

Speaking to French news agency AFP, she said the artist had "left this white" for her.

The museum is hosting an exhibition of works by Twombly entitled Blooming.

The artist was born in Lexington, Virginia, in 1928 and has been living in Italy for nearly half a century.

He won the prestigious Golden Lion award at the 2001 Venice Biennale.

Friday, July 13, 2007

The hand that feeds the mouth

Hiya!! Did you all hear that two Ex-Governors were arrested, especially the technology governor? Let's see what comes out of that. At least something is being done.

How often do you hear of or see the hand that feeds the mouth being bitten? Many people here are beginning to wonder if it's gonna happen. Remember what happened to Chris Ngige of Anambra State and his god-father?
It was with great wonderbility (as my friend would call it) and confusion that we received the news of Chief Ojo Maduekwe being simply asked to take a bow and leave during the ministerial screening. Chief Maduekwe has been in government since God-knows-when. He shares a similar political CV with Senator Jubril Aminu & Professor Jerry Gana in the length of time they've spent in the corridors of power. Before the screening, a large bunch of people (senators inclusive) petitioned the inclusion of Chief Ojo Maduekwe in the list. All man think say dem go comot am ni o. Only for him to come for screening and take a bow. Does the Senate mean that with that great number of years spend in government, there wouldn't be any actions taken/supported by him that they cannot inquire about?
We sure do smell a rat there. There must have been stern warnings to all PDP senators that they would be biting the hand that feeds their mouth if they do so. If you talk perenh, no ghana-must-go allowance for you. Wetin dem go do now? Man must wack! Whatever happened to that senator who refused to collect recharge cards given as bribes. Was he re-elected? I guess not.

Over to Olabode George. Does it mean that once you are an exco in the ruling party you have automatically become C-in-C or an authoritative body in the government of a country? The recent harrassment of the Lagos State Government brings me to my wit's end on who is ruling the country - sElected officers or PDP stalwarts? Fela already said if you have a friend fighting in the roforofo, better tell him to to stop fighting. I guess that's about how far you can go in discouraging him from fighting, except you wouldn't mind not being distinguishable from the ones fighting and the one separating them. And this man na person papa/uncle /husband oh. I urge all family & friends of Uncle Bode to call him to order.

Monday, July 02, 2007

Baba at the steering

I resume with comments on good old Baba Iyabo who has refused to go back to school and continue his theology lectures, but busy wrestling for power about. We were almost fooled that he would retire to his chickens and pigs at Otta farm. How will he not get carry-over in his courses? Well, he would do what he did for the 49 poor lectures at Unilorin to them.

How are you all jare? I hope you are having a nice time? Please try indulge yourself o. Even the wicked people and the gluttons are trying to live an enjoyable life. So I don't see any reason why we all shouldn't enjoy ourselves. There'll be more time to chat, now I gotta run. C'ya.

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Show me the money!!!

Pheewew! It's been a very long stay-away that I will never forget. To those who have been waiting anxiously for my update, I apologise for disappointing you. Everyone who keeps coming to check wassup and finding nothing, I promise to make up for the times.
The times I spent away have been a refreshing and life-changing one. Small wonders how someone's life can change drastically. Mine has been an example unto many people and even myself. Can you believe that I was even overwhelmed with the changes that happened? Small time the year was so dry & I thought God had forgotten me or those winches in the village were hard at it, the next minute things begin happen sharp sharp.
Well you guys should remember the time I wanted to get myself a gun now, don't you? Those people really showed me that a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do when things don't fall into place. Instead of acquiring a nice lil gun to blow their heads off, the good Lord looked down on me with compassion and decided to gimme a better job. When I saw the pay-package, I almost went mad! The type of package that makes you sing "If I hammer, 1st thing na hummer. 1 million Dollars, elo lo ma je ti n ba se si Naira?". It simply makes u wanna go kolomental.
The people at my former workplace were feeling bad I was leaving. I responded by shouting to them like Cuba Goodings did in Jerry Maguire - SHOW ME THE MONEY!!
I resigned with immediate effect and automatic alacrity before my new employers changed their mind. My boss was still trying to prove hard, telling me to 'stop that nonsense'. Kiakia I called home to tell mumsy that she should begin fasting et prayer to bulldoze anyone who wants to tie me down.
I was thinking I had gotten to my bliss o, not until the first day at work when I got to know the work schedule. DAMN! Now I understand what 2face meant by 'you gotta work hard for the money.'
I don't even have enough time to blast INEC, OBJ, NEPA and all again o. Even on Democracy day I had to mellow in the office.
Omo wa ise o rise.

Please join me in celebrating & thanking God.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

More questions

Leaving the phantasmagoric discombobulation of the election, I already told you that the technology in Nigeria for vote counting is the greatest.
A few questions for y'all. Why is it that people after opting out of a relationship still want to express control over who their exs choose to go out with? Why is it that when a lady tells you to leave her alone, deep down within her she really doesn't mean it? Why is it always hard for them to make up their minds and stick to their decisions? EEPROM brains right? Why is it that people that one perceives to be strong-minded are usually the ones that are exactly opposite?

Now you see it, now you don't.

Monday, April 16, 2007

The more you look the less you see

If anyone expects to spew anything about this past election, I'm happy to inform you that my mouth is sealed. There's virtually nothing to tell. Everything went well just at the President said. It was so free and fair that some candidates' names/pictures weren't put in ballot papers (figure that!).
That day looked like a typical day in the life of Jonas Savimbi. Fear caught me when I saw war-ready red-eyed soldiers that were deployed to man the streets. No hooligan could dare come out & start any form of display or else the life would just be wasted like a match-stick.
On a more serious note, there hasn't been a place where you can see magic/miracles live and for free without subscription than in my great country Nigeria. Though hysterical, this is where Houdini got a PhD in all his tricks from.

Sunday, April 08, 2007

Why the short and ugly are married

I cannot but share this pure truth with everybody. I totally agree with him. I wish our young damsels and Jaguar Nanas who have the whole world in their hands will take heed and make use of this wise advise.

Why the short and ugly are married
by Dele Oluwole

Culled from Nigeria Village Square

This may be thinking aloud, I can not stop trying to reason why the Nigerian ‘Bobo’ end up settling for a girl he ordinarily would not go near at his ‘hay’ days when he was a risk taker, but now want to spend the rest of his life with seeing he has now become a risk averter.

When I look around I see nothing but guys who have settled for girls that they have better looks than, especially my ‘loaded’ friends. Each time I was going to be introduced to my friends’ spouses for the first time I was expecting to meet women of sophistication, elegance, and beauty, but instead at the end of the day the best among them was just okay. Whereas, these are guys that when they were in their ‘hay’ days, what I would call their ‘Shongo ode’ I mean when they painted Akoka and Yabatech red will not even dare to talk to such girls.
The decision to choose a life partner is not for the public to debate on which is why I couldn’t summon courage to ask my friends …… ‘but Bros this is the worst of all the girls I have seen you with’. I remember an experience some seven years ago when some of my friends and I told one of us a Banker that his girl friend then who is now his wife was ugly. He didn’t flair up at us because we were very good friends that can say anything to one another, but calmly he said ‘Dele she’s my choice’, the countenance on his face was that of please stop right there and don’t take this any further. Trust me, I persisted and he simply told me and boasting that in ten years time we should come back to re-evaluate our careers, marriage, and life in general to know who is happiest amongst us all, he further said ‘look I am marrying her for her inner beauty, the happiness and joy she will bring to my life will reflect in my career ……. You wait and see’.
My friend today is not just happily married with two sons but doling well in his career as he is presently a Branch manager of one of the top Banks in Nigeria. His wife has a farm that is doing well too.
Most Nigerian young men are looking beyond the ordinary; they grow to mature with time, to know that not all that glitter is gold. Between the ages of 20 and 28 they are risk takers that will go after the Ginevieves, Daregos, Omotolas, Tokunbos and Biancas. The risk taking is worth it after all as the tall and beautiful girls put them through experiences that become invaluable to them later in life.
I have a six footer friend; we went through the NYSC together somewhere in Northern Nigeria. He did not just paint the ‘Sharia’ city red but was going out with the most beautiful Fulani girl in the petroleum Depot where we served. Every skirt chaser in the depot had his eyes on her; even the depot chief made advances through unsolicited petrol drums and cash yet the girl wanted the young, penniless, and hungry Coper. I remember an instance where one of the lady’s numerous admirers or chasers offered to give her a lift to work, the lady did not just accept the lift but requested that her Coper boy friend come on board. Guess what? They both sat at the back while they were chauffeur driven by the ‘toaster’.
The interesting part of this story is that my then Coper friend despite working in an oil company with plenty ‘ego’ eventually got married to a girl the entire family denounced because of her looks but they are happily married with a kid anyway .

These tall and beautiful girls can not cook because they spent more time before their mirrors than in their mother’s kitchen. Don’t joke with Nigerian man and food. They can not stand hard times because they never had such experience. How can they stand hard times when they are chauffeur driven to school in their fathers’ car, when paid washmen and cooks are at their beck and call?
The Nigerian man aside listening to his Mother’s golden advice when its time to choose a life partner wants a happy home, wants to be in control, wants to be respected, and wants a woman that the entire members of the extended family can relate with. He doesn’t want the woman that will use his monthly package to shop for the likes of lipsticks, G strings, and high heel shoes. He of course doesn’t want to come back home to prepare his own supper. He wants a woman that will instil some level of moral values in his children, how can a woman who has never ironed her father’s shirt or help her Mum in the kitchen instil moral values or bring up her children properly or even iron her husband shirt?
If you meet a depressed man find out if he’s happily married, a depressed man’s productivity at work will be so low that it may reduce the company’s turnover and eventually affect the country’s GDP.
The short and ugly is never a risk taker, she will never gamble with her chances of getting hooked to Mr right as she does not get carried away with the euphoria of beauty like her tall counterpart ‘dongo si lewo or Omo ga’. Any attempt to carry herself unnecessarily too high means she is in her own world. As a teenager she already had her cross staring her in the eyes and carried it with all pleasure. She works hard to become an achiever, little wonder she passes the O’ level and JAMB at a sitting as those dangerous boys neither distract nor have interest in her. She will do well in the University and come out with first class or 2:1 because the campus landlords i.e. the cultists don’t take her precious studying time as they will not want to be associated with her type anyway. She will get the best of jobs because she worked hard to earn her degree grade as she neither bribed her way through nor offered herself on ‘a platter of gold’ to the hyena lecturers. The society sees her as being responsible because she doesn’t wear the offensive tops, the nuclear mini skirts or the ‘help me remove’ tights that I call big baby ‘pampas’.
Finally, she will be attracted to the Nigerian man who has sampled an entire city of tall and beautiful girls because of her high moral values, sensibility, and intelligence. She will be happily married and raise God fearing children ….. and who knows if her husband’s gene is very strong she may end up having kids that will grow up to become tall and beautiful.
At the end of the day who looses? The tall and beautiful who may only get married at 37 or as second wife to the pot-belly Alhaji who junkets around the whole world leaving her at the mercy of her driver or Tailor (‘Obioma’) next door. She can only get married to the man of her dream if only she doesn’t allow her God given beauty to take greater part of her, but will she? As everyone tells her that she is the most beautiful girl in the world, and that she has the nicest legs, dreamy eyes and alabaster skin.
You can not eat your cake and have it. It is either you scarify beauty for good manners or level headedness for an Ahlaji. The choice is yours, but I am lucky to have beauty, level headedness, and brain in my wife.

Photo speak


The photo speaks for itself.
There is a saying that goes thus - If you want to eat with the devil, your spoon must be long.
Atiku needed a longer spoon.

Monday, April 02, 2007

Only heaven knows who's coming


I've been into many things in recent times. Atimes it's as jammed as not being able to get a horse across the road in Lagos. I can't even say what exactly I have been doing :D. But I've found my edge back after many weeks of a seemingly oblivious state. And I'm eternally grateful to God for that. This kind'a thing happens when you lean so much on a human being.

I've been looking for a way of jump-starting sales of messages preached in church which has been on the downward slope for some time. So I came across this Ipod-like MP4/MP3 player. It didn't take me too long to think of selling players to members and having to transfer messages to their gadgets for a fee comfortably lower than that of a CD. Considering the fact that there's hardly electricity, it's a huge challenge selling anything that has to do with connecting to NEPA. Only a few minutes of charging will do for an MP3 player and you'll be ready to go. I tried downloading podcasts from news sites, thinking if summary of the past week's news is added to church messages members would buy. We might end up adding Desperate housewives and latest MTV hits to boost sales of Pastor's messages.
It's a sure sign that this world is coming to an end, 'cos you have to practically mesmerize church-goers to listen to messages, whereas they don't feel a pinch buying Aki & Pawpaw/Baba Suwe/Night of a thousand laughs (comedians) CDs. Their CD collections are extensive. Ask them for xtian stuffs they have and you can't count up to ten. And these people can dance in church!! You would think some ladies are doing dancing competition for the king to select them.

It's these same holy sisters who give the best heads you can get in town. They can fix a guy up for real and they couple it with being the holiest people in church. I went to church last week after weeks of absence due to tight work schedule and it was like a Martin Scorsese video scene that evening. The ladies in front of me were dancing like their breaths the next hour depended on it. Wriggling their waists and twisting and turning, they would occassionally look at each other in the eye and laugh. Everybody was digging it in the name of the Lord. And then the thought crossed my mind & it felt heavy moving my body. Like a slow motion, I looked round the building. Everybody was busy dancing. Youths took a greater part of the congregation. Ladies spread around pretty well. These same people dancing would bang you wella as long as you aren't a member of their church (at least to conceal their misdeeds) . I just felt cold at that instance. People can be so diabolic! They will be the first to lift up 'holy hands' in church. I just couldn't help but feel like a stranger in the midst of everyone dancing. Only heaven knows who's coming.
It seems to me that we are not any better than our politicians 'cos people possess that damn character that they do; they talk one thing and they do the opposite.

Saturday, March 24, 2007

E be like say.....

Though some politicians carry brooms about, promising to sweep corrupt officials away from office come May and constant electricity supply seems to be an uphill task, things have literally remained the same (except for the heat of course).
Now I can confirm that there's global warming. There's a total absence of ozone layer in Nigeria. It felt like 50 degrees centigrade yesterday. I was batting my eyelids a dozen times a minute and looking like an albino. I thought God had sent the sun to deal with people before Jesus finally arrives.
Despite this abundance, there seems to be no technological advancement in conversion of energy from the sun to something useful. We've got a long way to go.

Well there's a blogchic I have been eyeing for some time now. Was planning to drive by & say hi at a later time. I just couldn't help spilling the beans at a point. I wonder if it's this hard to get fine girl for Naija o. And the understanding I have is that good things don't require you to break your neck before acquiring them. So make una please helep me beg this chicala o (she reads this blog, so drop a comment she go see am). Who would tell her that 'I too tap, won n ko mi je rush rush & I no go ever rap like mumu'? E ba mi so fun baby yen ko ma i lo o. This one na real life bachelorette o, no be virtual hookup. Please tell her I will build a house for her in Lekki, Ajah & Asokoro. She would have dual citizenship in Naija & Dubai, so she can be going and coming as she likes buying bags/shoes/clothes and other stuffs. Infact, she fit dey live dia sef.

And drama has been officially declared in Naija o. Venue is every seat of power you can think of, however little. The national assembly has decided to sit on a cracked fence in the fight between the President & his Vice. INEC has started shitting all over the place like a baby without diapers. Issues that should have been well sorted out and given time so the elections can take place have been ignorantly postponed. They have decided not to think of the aftermath of their actions. It's like having to drop the thought of how the next morning will be and you listen to your weak body by sleeping off when you have an interview in the morning and none of your clothes is laundered for use.
And these people are fathers/mothers/uncles/guardians to some people. They would want to beat their chests and they they are good parents. Imagine INEC chairman, Maurice Iwu saying that no court of law in the land can stop whatever decision he must have taken? That anyone who has issues can bring it up after elections!! Beating a dead horse? In a land that has kings and chiefs?! If not for oyinbo o, these people no send the judiciary at all. In fact, if Ferdinand Magellan abi Mungo Park abi Isaac Newton (abi who be the person who bring the idea of judiciary into governance) were a Nigerian, he wouldn't have let the judicial idea be implemented for a day. The violence, though mild, is not much compared to the past. I've heard musicians singing praise-songs for aspirants, but me I never see moneybags flowing like in the past o.
Where the money at make we share am.

Friday, March 09, 2007

It's in the blood

So I was trying to add more colour to my life by changing many things. For starters, I was frantically looking for an RSS aggregator that's sleek and looks cool but I haven't found any o. I've grown tired of Jetbrains. It's layout seems to be uninteresting. Doesn't even inspire me to use it at all.
If anyone knows a cool RSS reader that's nice, please holla at me.
I've been wondering why people still get entangled in that trap called rumour. It's a thing that has it's place amonst people tp say what they didn't see. So I still am baffled how people will even bother to listen to rumours that Semi-President Yar'Adua has died. E don tey wey dem don dey tok different things. Sebi there was one time that they said Mariam Babangida gave birth to a baby-ape? Where the pikin now? One time they said Shagari had gone blind? I didn't even do as if I heard anything when they were peddling the rumour of Yar'Adua.

Guys Nigeria is no different from the West or Europe anymore o (except for the lack of electricity and 40 degrees heat and other things sha). If you see the new notes we are using now? I bet NO country in this world has that kinda sleek design. Wicked! I could trade the N20 even for 500 Euros.
The Central Bank Governor should be honoured for this feat. At least we can see dividends of democracy. The only problem now is that some market-women are still packing even the crisp, neat and good-looking notes with their boobs /:). It sure is in some people's blood.

Sunday, March 04, 2007

Rejuvenation

I want everyone reading this post to please pray along with me for the next five days, and please join it with fasting. Prayer point is that every anti-blogging spirit within me should fall down & die/scatter or be destroyed by fire.
I've made a sport in enjoying reading other people's blog but can't even drag myself to put up a post or even drop a comment. I believe God will answer our above prayer.
Recently I've come to realise that the truth doesn't sell as much as lies, so if anybody wants to go about playing Mother Theresa about any issue, you gotta think twice. The world don't like no truth-talkers.

Abdoulaye Wade has been 'elected' once again as the president of Senegal. He's already spent six years on the throne. He rule was characterised with desperation of people to leave Senegal for Europe at all cost. The VERY HANDSOME MAN should however not be allowed to represent Africa in any international occassion for fear of what his amazing look can cause. We don't want no scared diplomats, do we?

I've actually been a couch potato for some time now, gulping every movie I can lay my hands on. God save me from this disease this year.

Thursday, February 22, 2007

African reps

Check out those sent to represent us in Africa.

They grooved all night........now cannot contribute meaningfully to the business of the day

Oooh.......Our African Reps At The UN summit - Africa Is vanishing!!

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Life goes on

I can't but comment on the matches played yesterday (at least the one I watched).
Arsenal was playing a fine game trying to impress Jacques Chirac or God-knows-who. They were dribbling, wagging their tails and sticking their tongues out at the same time. I was just wondering if the basics of adjudging winner of a football match is the skills display. They really should have nailed Eindoven in the first half. EIndhoven wasn't very bad though. The moment that made me laugh most was when Philipe Senderos perched like a chicken that wanted to lay eggs and caught the ball when it was evident that the opponent had dribbled past him.
Somehow, Gallas wasn't just himself that yesterday and he showed it with every move he made.
As for Aruna Kone, the guy is just a figure-head striker there designed to waste time. He's a Louis Saha kind'a guy. Except the post is empty, he aint scoring.
Life goes on though. Let's see what the return leg would bring.

Sunday, February 11, 2007

Kindergaten rule

If you haven't heard, the whole of blogville is at Diamond's place enjoying themselves, so don't be left out.

Favouritism has really taken the centre-stage in Nigerian politics this time around. The ruling PDP have definitely read Geaorge Orwell's Animal farm. It's now in black & white, even pronounced by Mr. President himself that all animals are equal but some are more equal than others.
Abi what is the explanation for deciding to go ahead backing some gubernatorial candidates who have not ben cleared for misappropriation of funds? This our same government is the one that is "out to fight corruption with the whole of it's blood".
Can you imagine Obasanjo saying that "a known devil is better than a hidden angel"?!!! In a country where there's supposed to be rule of law? It just sucks. And this favour is given only to cameleons like Gbenga Daniels and not to the generally caught PDP thieves who wanna come back.

That reminds me of what Chief Gabriel Igbinedion said about his son after his first term in office as the governor of Edo State in Nigeria when he seeking for a second term. His remarks were that a son who fails a class should be allowed to REPEAT HIS TERM!! So they should give his son the chance to correct his wrongs :-S. So they have turned Nigeria into Jeleosinmi and Kindergaten where people experiment & learn how to rule?
God bless our nation. Where is Gani or Soyinka to lambast these people when we need them to?

Monday, February 05, 2007

Give me one reason

Give me one reason to stay here - and Ill turn right back around
Give me one reason to stay here - and Ill turn right back around
Because I dont want leave you lonely
But you got to make me change my mind

Baby I got your number and I know that you got mine
But you know that I called you, I called too many times
You can call me baby, you can call me anytime
But you got to call me

Give me one reason to stay here - and Ill turn right back around
Give me one reason to stay here - and Ill turn right back around
Because I dont want leave you lonely
But you got to make me change my mind

I dont want no one to squeeze me - they might take away my life
I dont want no one to squeeze me - they might take away my life
I just want someone to hold me and rock me through the night

This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need
This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need
But Im too old to go chasing you around
Wasting my precious energy

Give me one reason to stay here - and Ill turn right back around
Give me one reason to stay here - and Ill turn right back around
Because I dont want leave you lonely
But you got to make me change my mind

Baby just give me one reason - give me just one reason why
Baby just give me one reason - give me just one reason why I should stay
Because I told you that I loved you
And there aint no more to say

Now for those who are music-inclined, give it a shot. Whose is this?

Saturday, February 03, 2007

King of sorrow

I'm crying everyone's tears
And there inside our private war
I died the night before
And all of these remnants of joy and disaster
What am I suppose to do
I want to cook you a soup that warms your soul
But nothing would change, nothing would change at all
It's just a day that brings it all about
Just another day and nothing's any good
The DJ's playing the same song
I have so much to do
I have to carry on
I wonder if this grief will ever let me go
I feel like I am the king of sorrow, yeah
The king of sorrow
I suppose I could just walk away
Will I disappoint my future if I stay
It's just a day that brings it all about
Just another day and nothing's any good
The DJ's playing the same song
I have so much to do
I have to carry onI wonder will this grief ever be gone
Will it ever go
I'm the king of sorrow, yeah
The king of sorrow
I'm crying everyone's tears
I have already paid for all my future sins
There's nothing anyone
Can say to take this away
It's just another day and nothing's any good
I'm the king of sorrow, yeah

King of sorrow

Monday, January 29, 2007

Life saving

If you've been wondering why I haven't been updating in a while, the picture above says it all. I realised I really needed to get a manual on the equipment above or I would have to visit the psychiatry.

And thank God for authors, I found a wonderful book that has brought me comforting sanity. You should read it. I give it to Dr. Myles Munroe, he's good at it.


My life has been saved by the miracle of this book.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Greatest technology

A group of technologists were showcasing their nations' prowess in the Cebit technology fair recently and the German stood up & said his nation is the best in technology. 'We are so good, if we conduct elections today we'll get the results tomorrow'.
The Japanese rose and said they were definitely better; ' We are so good, we get results of elections immediately after the elections. Our elections are monitored online, realtime'.
The Nigeria needn't stand up to speak, he made his speech while seated. 'And you all call that technology? In Nigeria we already know the results of elections before they are conducted'.
:D

Sunday, January 14, 2007

More on census

I was directed to Chxta's take on the population issue & I couldn't but bare my mind on the issue. You know this matter affects everyone, even our kids yet unborn.
Thank God you witnessed the epic migration of people from Lagos. And after they were counted in their states, did they remain there? When revenue is to be allocated, will it be made on the headcounts done during the census or on the actual presence & residence of people in a place? People will definitely be concerned about revenue allocation when states like Lagos receive less money per head because the hausas would have returned to Lagos to earn a living when the allocation for Kano would be spent on the few that remain there.Let's not lie to ourselves, even the Obasanjo Government that is doing many wonderful ground-breaking reforms dont have budgets for housing. So the governor of Kano receives his allocation only to affect the lives of people PRESENT in his state at the moment. If he has so much money to take care of his people and all he does is provide healthcare, water, security & a few other things for the people PRESENT in his state (cos he cant provide healthcare for those who have migrated) while Tinubu is bulging his eyes out on how to provide adequate security ('cos area boys are on the increase) and housing so people don't sleep under the bridge, isn't that impartiality? And the government has no other means of determining the ratio of revenue allocation than to use the figures of already migrated people! States with greater population density would definitely argue that they should get more. Thank God you discovered that the population of Bayelsa isn't much while they've been collecting 'gbemu'. The truth is it is not only Alams that has been collecting this money. If he was he was not eating it all alone. An hegemonic group is definitely there sharing the stuff. And you ask the governors of the west to sit still while their counterparts are sharing a greater part of the national cake?! They would be asking themselves, 'is it not this looting business we all are into? Why must some chop the larger part of the national cake while we do the major work?'.

The only way people wont refute results of census is only when the result isn't used in sharing revenue allocation, or census is taken while people don't migrate en mass. Pardon me for my laziness in research or I would have expatiated on how it is done, but I hear that census is done sceintifically in the U.S by determining figures using heat emission from the body (or something like that, before you quote me!) . This way the data could be captured at night when there is little movement. I guess Emeritus Blog Professors like Grandiose Parlor & Chippla can find that out & explain the modus operandi.
The politics involved in the use of the data would always make people in the south feel concerned. Some argue without data to prove for real, but the truth is better seen with the naked eyes. You can't subpoena such people for them to prove it, they can see it!
The truth is these people who use it for revenue allocation know these things, but they ARE NOT READY to digress from using it because it sure favours their clan. And they WILL DO MANY THINGS to make sure that it is kept that way! Except ofcourse if the opposition quorum is loud enough to help rescue Nigeria from their grasp.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Chicken no dey cry for night

If there's anything ludicrous I've heard this new year, it's the declaration by National Population Commision that there are more people in Kano than in Lagos. Haba! As David said, it seems as if they counted cows & goats join human beings.
What made me finally deduce that everything is a shamble and a pack of lies is the statement that 'there are more men in Nigerian than women'. What do these people take us for, bonfools? Has any of them come to the streets of Lagos to see how girls flock every nook & cranny? Go to a party & you'll discover that. The rate at which girls dey fight overs guys sef is a serious statistics.
That's the greatest joke I've heard this year. No way! Chicken no dey cry for night.

Questions

There are still some things I'm finding hard to find answers to despite trying hard. Atimes I get answers that aren't explanatory or understandable.
Some of the questions are:
Can God ask someone to go and kill another person, seeing he already said thou shalt not kill in his commandment?
What should you do when someone really is trying to kill you and you know the only way to stop that person is to harm/kill such person?
Will all those soldiers, especially the ones who went to war Iraq get to heaven ('cos they killed many ppl)?
Aren't you an accessory to drunkenness if you work in a brewery (no matter the department)?
How do you break up wiv ur chic if she doesn't wanna make herself available if you tell her 'We have to talk'? Put it in mind that it shows lack of courtesy to break up over the fone. Is it appropriate to email her a break up?

Monday, January 08, 2007

Deception

Happy new year all.
I start the year with a post on something that hasn't failed to baffle me whenever I come across it any & everytime. You sure would come across it in every facet of life.
Most times I ask my friends why ladies find it acceptable for you to tell them lies than for you to simply put issues as they are - natural, plain & simple. Why is it that you don't get your business proposals accepted & worked upon until you feign being a rich professional guy with all the available resources are your disposal to live a blatantly bogus lifestyle?
Mere going to the bank richly dressed can ensure that you won't stay on the queue to get your objectives. You are treated as a commoner if you don't look rich.
The family of a lady you intend to settle down with don't take you serious until you show up at the lady's crib with an S-class or BMW jeep.
Parents don't like their wards to take up courses that they have passion for because they feel it won't fetch enough money like the ones they have in mind.
Though many of us know that all is a charade, but it is mostly accepted everywhere in the world to 'treat those things that aren't as though they were' when it comes to packaging falsehood so as to be acceptable. Even cow-dung, if properly packaged will be sold for humongous profits not because the whole world doesn't know it's bullshit but because it looks nice after being packaged.
The truth/simplicity is always seen to be old, archaic and uninteresting to people. That is why many men will go a long way in deception than telling women the truth, 'cos they simply wouldn't want to listen to the simple truth. They prefer the sugar-coated tongues that input nice but vain imaginations into their heads.
Many businesses are in a ruin because of false propositions and attractively false standpoints in their books.

Are you in the league of those drinking pee just because it looks like lemonade?