The Delusional Psychic of Some Nigerians Abroad…
“ to thine own self be true” Shakespeare
Japa ! will literally mean; if I die I die. Hello! It could be a stupid, foolish and senseless reaction to your situation. When we say; we have never seen this before. It is to terrify you and bring fear into your mind. The Bible says: there is nothing new under the sun.
If after you have ‘japa’ you start to ‘misthink’ your reality, you must have a problem. Because unless you’re called like Abraham, you simply can no longer compete in your natural environment- And that doesn’t call for celebration.
I took a study of some of our people outside and I discovered they want to tell you they even have better understanding of the happenings in the country. Why? They listen to “Oyinbo” news. However in reality most of them are far away from that luxury. They seem to think they are more exposed maybe by entering airplane to where they are.
Ditto, many has been deceived to slavery, if you raise your hand to claim asylum; you will become a government property to do the jobs that are worst than the one at home. If you’re one out of a hundred you become successful after many years of endurance.
However, deluding yourself with a picture in front of a palace or expensive cars will only make demands from home more tedious and unbearable.
So de your lane like we say; don’t put up a pose. We know it is not easy there. But we still believe in Nigeria success story.
Adedoyin Olanrewaju
Lagos 0926
Very well: Wither the fourth estate of the realm…
I studied a bit of journalism in my waiting years looking for university admission through a correspondent course; Exam Success. And the little I did exposed me to understanding the reasons a journalist will put out a negative news about a person or even an organization.
One of such is to get the truth behind a news. And that can be done decently, by digging into facts via research and adequate understanding of the situation behind such news. This way the society is put to check. The press then serves the purpose of the society. But what the initiator of the press as ‘the fourth state of the realm ‘ do not foresee is a press of the capitalist society of today.
The press or media of the capitalist societies are founded by the capitalist whose aim and purpose is to make more money and maybe propagate his course even at the expense of the society. So he’s typical business man with or without other investors.
In journalism, if a man eats dog; it is no news, but if dog eats man that is the news. But what is the sum up dictionary meaning of news?
News is newly received information or a
report about recent and important events.
Simply put: new event and important. But now that news becomes interrogation without findings. News should not be about abnormalities, but worthy items.
The media today has become the house of lies, hatred, discontent and all other vices rather than the realm of stability and progress.
Before the 2024 USA general elections that brought in President Donald Trump, an international tv station followed his trial and to a ridiculous extent; followed his flight from his base to the court room, why? How do you justify that. In what way does that serve the interest of the society? There are those of my country, whose program I call politics of acrimony,…
“Lies are often much more plausible, more appealing to reason, than reality, since the liar has the great advantage of knowing beforehand what the audience wishes or expects to hear.”
— Hannah Arendt
A press that is not reporting progress made in science, and other useful human endeavors is not furthering the interest of man. Why it is right to keep records in every fair of human and even terrestrial happenings. Great caution is required not to rock the boat of our existence.
Adedoyin Olanrewaju
Lagos 0926
Wither the fourth estate of the realm…
I studied a bit of journalism in my waiting years looking for university admission through a correspondent course; Exam Success. And the little I did exposed me to understanding the reasons a journalist will put out a negative news about a person or even an organization.
One of such is to get the truth behind a news. And that can be done decently, by digging into facts via research and adequate understanding of the situation behind such news. This way the society is put to check. The press then serves the purpose of the society. But what the initiator of the press as ‘the fourth state of the realm ‘ do not foresee is a press of the capitalist society of today.
The press or media of the capitalist societies are founded by the capitalist whose aim and purpose is to make more money and maybe propagate his course even at the expense of the society. So he’s typical business man with or without other investors.
In journalism, if a man eats dog; it is no news, but if dog eats man that is the news. But what is the sum up dictionary meaning of news?
News is newly received information or a
report about recent and important events.
Simply put: new event and important. But now that news becomes interrogation without findings. News should not be about abnormalities, but worthy items.
The media today has become the house of lies, hatred, discontent and all other vices rather than the realm of stability and progress.
Before the 2024 USA general elections that brought in President Donald Trump, an international tv station followed his trial and to a ridiculous extent; followed his flight from his base to the court room, why? How do you justify that. In what way does that serve the interest of the society? There are those of my country, whose program I call politics of acrimony,…
“Lies are often much more plausible, more appealing to reason, than reality, since the liar has the great advantage of knowing beforehand what the audience wishes or expects to hear.”
— Hannah Arendt
A press that is not reporting progress made in science, and other useful human endeavors is not furthering the interest of man. Why it is right to keep records in every fair of human and even terrestrial happenings. Great caution is required not to rock the boat of our existence.
Adedoyin Olanrewaju
Lagos 0926
@AlbertEinstein Great! Though he had a rethink and adjusted a little afterwards. But this position I very well share with him. Because, militarism among to waste in every sense of it.
@UtomiPat This is case in almost all spheres of Nigerian life not only politicians. Narrowing Nigeria problem to politicians is a misgiving. Who are this politicians in any case? You contested too; you are equally guilty of the misfortunes of this country.
@channelstv There should be term limits to how times some of this Mons room parties can contest at presidential level. They are wasting our resources on printing only to score less than 50,000.
During the UPN, NPN … people were loosing deposit for not meeting up to certain no of votes.
@obyezeks@officialABAT I think it is good for the country to have you deal with the government critic in this your intellectual capacity than your usual political stance. I want to read more like this.
Osun Anteambulo…
One step forward and two steps backward you’re already dancing, royal presence are often announced with the one dance forward often with chants.
The Osun election is the dance of three governors in succession of each other. The youngest in succession danced to victory, his predecessor remained a runner-up while the predecessor of that danced to shame.
Lesson 1
-People are interested in the now
Lesson 2
-Democracy is about preference; for right or wrong reasons.
Lesson 3
-The other “rooms” doesn’t exist in reality. They do on only social media, television/radio but that is all they are.
After 2 parties in most democratic countries of the world the third remains an appendage.
Thank you.
Adedoyin Olanrewaju
Lagos 16/8/2026
Yes! She has the right to support Obi. But my concern is the inability of the press, especially this television “astronaut” to see the angel that is not in this people who complain after they themselves failed when they have the opportunity to make it right. Some of us are eye witness to their rot and can not now be deceived by their “holiness”.
Very viable analysis of the situation. But the President cannot continue to keep quiet in the face of unrelenting disinformation. There is Yoruba saying “ ti o bani, ma sorosi; nje o mo oun it wa ba lenu oun na?” If you say your truth to power; power has its own truth saying it … shouldn’t be a problem.
@OgbeniAdugbo I went to Tinapa; it was and it is money well wasted. Those asking them questions has no good intentions nor good wish for this country. I don’t believe they are all so ignorant.
@ozurumbafchidi@thecableng@seunokin I didn’t hear that, the television media men need be put in their place. They’re not detailed and intelligent enough to do what they pretend to do.