Author: Bassey Ubong

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 […]

Fake news has a long but unenviable history dating to antiquity. It has been a practice by states or governments that in an attempt to control people, manipulate narratives to suit their purpose. The fascinating thing is that the persons, organizations, and governments that peddle fake news or falsify history appear to succeed most of […]

Background: One knowledge or the quest for one knowledge can lead to knowledge of another thing. I was confronted with the case of a young man who says he feels caged when he is in school. I recalled the quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau which fits the situation, “Man is born free but everywhere he is […]

I’m using above as title to this brief focused on going down memory lane. The title is fitting. The music album of that title was waxed by one of the world’s greatest rock bands, Rare Earth, in 1972. CDs were yet to arrive; streaming was perhaps not even in research pipeline. Music, singles or in […]

I have received a number of reactions on my post on annuity. That is how it should be because 99.9% of workers by my casual estimation see retirement as something decades away till forms arrive about a year a year to their retirement date. Organizations pay little attention to retirement issues which include retirement planning; […]

In the late 70s to early 80s I worked at Ogoja in Cross River State in a high office. I bought Monopoly game and friends flocked to No. 3 Calabar Street where I lived to learn and to play the game. I preferred playing the banker, presaging my stint in Icon Merchant Bank five years […]

Dale Gilliham wrote a brief but fascinating piece in 2018 which he titled, “The Laws of Wealth Creation.” Although he tilted the post towards stocks in the capital market as well as people with jobs, his thoughts are worth considering. Law 1: Never spend more than you earn. In a society where “Our take home […]

My experiences as a participant in some WhatsApp groups necessitated my reading on the concept of fundamentalism. I recall that I forwarded what I thought was something in the lighter mood about a church some years ago to a group chat. The backlash was stunning. Some Christians who delight in condemning Moslems that carry out […]

Few analyses of the Nigerian story and situation have been as incisive and robust as the one in a video clip sent to me by a colleague and friend, Dr Amini. It is the work of Barrister Tony Nnadi, who says he is the Secretary of Lower Niger Congress as well as Movement for New […]