Month: July 2020

Introduction: All Nigerians that had or have access to formal education were/are sponsored by the commonwealth (society). This is an incomplete syllogism used here as a pedestal or hypothesis for what follows. The substance of the argument herein is applicable to all countries of the world where formal education is operative. In this context commonwealth […]

In the case of Nunieh vs Akpabio, majority of Nigerians I believe to see the former as the victim that must be protected more so the weaker sex argument has been invoked via sexual harassment accusation. The man is seen as the bear whose paws must be restrained more so he is guilty ab initio […]

Something just struck me. I applied for a tiny loan from a commercial bank (before I decided not to borrow again in my life). The officers looked at records and said my lodgements do not qualify me for a loan. I thought back to my days in Icon Merchant Bank when we tailored facilities to […]

From Bassey Ubong to Akanimo. “Fortune favours the brave” or the bold is an English translation of the Latin proverb “fortes fortuna juvat.” Synonyms for favour include goodwill, gift, mercy, generosity, kindness, and so on; synonyms of fortune include success, wealth, greatness, luck, destiny, and even adverse events among others; synonyms of bravery include courage, […]

There are many attributions to the phrase, “Hell hath no fury like the anger of a woman scorned.” An early attribution goes to William Congreve, a British poet and playwright in his play “The Mourning Bride” (1697). The word scorn has synonyms including contempt and betrayal. To date, Senator Godswill has been romping like a […]

The Creator’s greatest gift to creations is free will. Free will is about choices and choices form the denominator of life and living. Man (generic term for human beings) is the product of personal choices: the good man flows from a string of good choices over time and space; the bad man results from the […]