There's some debate over whether Michael Jackson was bigger than Bob Marley;
Not really a useful debate. Some will always prefer pounded yam to jollof rice - others will always prefer jollof rice.
But if you have a spare hour or so, watch this; https://t.co/StCzEk5E7y
This is what Bob was like live, a unique talent.
Kanu’s Conviction: At a Time Like This.
The news of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s conviction should compel every well-meaning Nigerian to pause and reflect. This is coming at a time when our beloved nation is facing severe economic hardship, insecurity, and the consequences of poor governance.
Rather than reducing tension, this unfortunate development may well only aggravate it.
I have always maintained that Mazi Kanu should never have been arrested. His arrest, detention, and now conviction represent a failure of leadership and a misunderstanding of the issues at stake.
For years, I have consistently argued that dialogue, constructive engagement, and inclusive governance offer the path to lasting peace. Coercion becomes necessary only when reason has been exhausted. In this case, I submit that the reason was not only not exhausted, but was probably not explored at all, or not fully explored.
The concerns Kanu raised were not unheard of. The issues for which he demanded solutions were not insoluble. It only required wisdom, empathy, and a willingness to listen. In any functional society, such grievances are met with dialogue and reforms aimed at strengthening unity.
The government’s approach has only deepened mistrust and created an avoidable distraction at a time when citizens are overwhelmed by harsh economic realities and insecurity. While some may insist that “the law has taken its course,” leadership often demands more than a strict, mechanical application of the law. Nations around the world resort to political solutions, negotiated settlements, and even amnesty when legal processes alone cannot serve the broader interest of peace and stability. Nigeria is not an exception.
The handling of Kanu’s case mirrors the government as a man trapped in a hole but who, instead of looking for a way out, keeps digging deeper. It worsens not only the government’s predicament but also the nation's collective condition.
If we truly desire a new Nigeria - a united, peaceful, and progressive one, our leaders must choose healing over hostility, reconciliation over retaliation, and dialogue over division. Only by addressing grievances with justice, fairness, and compassion can we move towards a future where every Nigerian feels heard, valued, and safe.
My ultimate call at this time, without prejudice to how anyone feels about the decision of the court, is for us to be optimistic for peace and reconciliation which will come in the end. I am also saying, thereby, that the Presidency, the Council of State and credible statesmen who love this country and who are interested in cohesion and inclusivity, should rise to the occasion, for a lasting solution. -PO
A 17-year-old Nigerian, Okechukwu Nwaozor, is quietly building what many said was impossible, his own large language model, trained from scratch.
From gathering data at 14, to launching OkeyAI and attracting over 8,000 developers, his journey is pure Igbo brilliance.
He’s self-taught, unfazed by mockery, and already solving problems with technology he built himself.
This is what Igbo excellence looks like: innovation, grit, and the courage to go where others laugh.
📸: @TechpointAfrica
Technological innovation can be a form of participation in the divine act of creation. It carries an ethical and spiritual weight, for every design choice expresses a vision of humanity. The Church therefore calls all builders of #AI to cultivate moral discernment as a fundamental part of their work—to develop systems that reflect justice, solidarity, and a genuine reverence for life.
For the avoidance of doubt, this is completely wrong-headed, dangerous talk, and it is exactly how someone who wishes to maintain you in poverty would like you to think - so that instead of pushing to change leadership systemically, we accept the puppet leadership that was clearly imposed on us, after all "it's our fault."
Everytime you repeat this trope, you're acting like a rape victim who - instead of reporting the rape to the police and publicly calling out the rapist - instead keeps quiet and blames herself for having been in the situation that led to the rape.
No matter how many foolish, dishonest, tribalistic morons exist in Nigeria (and we all know there are a lot of them), Nigerians as a collective never "agreed" that our destiny should not belong to Nigerians, and that people on another continent who cannot pronounce our names should impose Bola Tinubu and Muhammadu Buhari on us so that our economy can shrink 67% in the 10 years between 2014 and 2024.
Saying that Tinubu being in office is proof that he "reflects our collective values" is like saying that Burkina Faso's collective values were represented by Blaise Campaoré - who spent 27 years in power after murdering Thomas Sankara. It's like saying that South Africa's apartheid regime "reflected the collective values" of black South Africans, after all it lasted for many decades.
Rich white men from DC, London, Brussels and Paris have imposed your current political class on you. You are living under foreign occupation. It is exactly the way it was prior to "independence" where the coloniser remained abroad and his local representative who looked and spoke just like you plundered your country on his behalf. You need to come to terms with that reality.
Just because Bola Tinubu is a black man like you and he speaks your African language doesn't make him the "reflection of your collective values." That would be like saying that because an axe was made from a tree, that means that it reflects the "collective values" of the forest. Stop trying to run away from the mental discomfort of realising that white men still rule you - you are NOT free, independent or sovereign.
You just have a flag, an anthem, and some symbols. Your institutions are still controlled by the colonisers. They write your laws. They control your media and civil society. They control your education. They control your economic policy. They control your "leaders." If a leader arises whom they do not control, kindly refer to what happened in 2015. They will soon control your food too. None of this was done with anybody’s consent, so to say that it "reflects" anything about us is at best, uninformed stupid talk, and at worst, dangerous, self-reinforcing propaganda.
The only thing it "reflects" about us is that we have never fought an actual independence struggle, and so we haven't figured out that the negotiated "ndependence" we got in 1960 was fugazi - a coloniser has never negotiated himself out of power before.
🌟 Feast of St. Charles Lwanga 🌟
June 3rd
🔥 Young. Bold. Faithful.
St. Charles Lwanga was just 25 when he gave his life for Christ. Today, we celebrate a youth on fire for God — our patron saint and hero of faith!
💬 "Let us be strong in faith." – St. Charles Lwanga