An academician and researcher// a youth enthusiast// Believer in helping humanity to become better//We must live for each other to succeed and be happy.
In my commitment to caring for people, especially the less privileged, and in continually investing in the critical areas of national development, I visited a remote community, Obinofia Ndiagu in Ezeagu Local Govt Area of Enugu State, during the week and donated N10 million to
Today, as we mark World Philosophy Day, we are reminded of the paramount role of Philosophy as the Queen of All Sciences in promoting critical thinking, ethical reflections, and intellectual discourse about the future of humanity in our diverse world.
I HAVE BEEN GETTING THREATS AND INSULTS ON MY INBOX ABOUT MY BIAFRA CONTENTS HERE FROM FACELESS ACCOUTS.
NOTE: I am promoting igbo culture, and bringing in historical facts... I am not here to instigate caos or to cause any form of war... I have thought about this, however I will complete my BIAFRA series.
If you look clearly you will see that I am multitalented and post other things on my page...
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SEE TOMORROW'S EPISODE ON THE BIRTH OF BIAFRA PART 6.
I talk about my dad a lot, maybe even too much. That's because he was much more than just a father to me. He was a symbol.
I looked at him and saw possibility. His life was a story of possibility. Despite growing up in an asset-rich, cash-poor, polygamous context, he made it from Badagry to a 1st Class in Biochemistry at the University of Ghana, on the back of personal determination, hard work, and the existence of enabling factors such as Awolowo's high-quality free education policy and OAU/Soviet Union university scholarships.
Despite entering the civil service as a teacher in 1977, the meritocracy that existed back then made it possible for him to rise all the way to Director of Lands, then into Gov. Raji Rasaki's office without ever staining his white even once. Of course, many of his contemporaries stained their whites repeatedly, but the system that once existed made it possible for him to be a successful person without stealing, cheating, or pledging allegiance to anyone.
Yes, his clean record might have been influenced by the fact that he was a religious fundamentalist/true believer who went to absurd extents to live by his faith, but there were many other people in the same faith who committed all sorts of atrocities, so clearly it was a personal decision on his part to never dip his hands into anything that he could not reveal to the world.
Religious fanaticism aside, on the back of hard work, honesty, and integrity alone, he was able to give his family the sort of life that 99% of Nigerians have no frame of reference for. I was raised with the idea that honesty and hard work are all you need to become successful in Nigeria or anywhere, and I had a real-life example of this walking around the house everyday with his leather flip-flops and constant half-smile.
I may not have inherited his faith, but I did inherit his fanaticism. I have seen with my own 2 eyes that it is possible to be an upright person and be hyper-successful (by Nigerian standards) at the same time. There is no contradiction implied therein. The air in Nigeria is not different from the air in Singapore or Chile. The rules of economics are not different. The idea that you have to be a criminal or subservient to a criminal in order to live in an 8-bedroom mansion in a GRA, have 6 cars, send your kids to international schools, take foreign holidays and give your wife everything she wants, is NOT TRUE.
I know for a fact that it is not true because I am the direct offspring of a man who did all that and NEVER ONCE defrauded, cheated, or stole from anyone. A good education, hard work, access to information, smart investment, and a lot of delayed gratification is all it took. I witnessed it and benefitted from it, which is why there is nothing you can tell me that will convince me that criminality HAS to be the default setting in Nigeria.
Everytime I visit a sizeable Nigerian community in Europe, Asia or North America, I observe the same thing - a consistent trend toward respectable middle-class professional life within one generation of leaving Nigeria, even if they arrived from there as destitutes. Once Nigerians find themselves in any environment that rewards honest work and focus, the results are almost uniformly the same - they thrive without recourse to criminals and criminality.
That was once the reality of the Nigeria my dad lived in, and I cannot stop believing in something that I myself witnessed and benefitted from. That's why I care so much, and that's why I could never stop caring even if I wanted to.
The recent and current occupiers of Abuja have done a very good job of convincing many Nigerians that the Nigeria where a drug dealer with extensive FBI records for heroin trafficking is president and a terrorist with documented ties to Boko Haram is vice-president, is the Nigeria that has ALWAYS existed, and that everyone should give up, accept it and fall in line.
But I have seen contrary evidence.
So I refuse.
I will always refuse.
The Swearing-in of a young Nigerian, Uzoma Chioma Asagwara, as the new Health Minister and Deputy Premier of the Province of Manitoba in Canada, was heartwarming. The uplifting report again, buttresses the resourceful spirit of Nigerians.
As for @k1theultimate and MC Oluomo who have apparently been tasked with providing thugs and cover for the thugs to travel around the world looking for me, there are 2 things you should know.
1. Getting rid of me won't stop the release of your Drug Lord's FBI file, neither will it stop @WestAfricaWeek from functioning. These things might have started with me, but they are now fully independent of me. You'd merely be cutting off one head on a hydra, and two will replace it.
2. The question is not whether you're looking for me. The real question is am I looking for YOU? Because if a single hair on my head is touched, there is a 97% chance you will not live to see the end of that calendar week.
I hear that the Hitler of Obiakpor pays very well, but are you going to live long enough to spend that money?
One thing you have to almost pity about the APC people is how genuinely and wholeheartedly they commit to their delusions. They really commit to the character.
First, it was "Tinubu never had a drug trafficking case, and David Hundeyin is a fake news merchant fooling his gullible followers."
Then it was "Tinubu never forfeited $460,000 in proceeds of heroin sales to the US government, and David Hundeyin is a fake news merchant fooling his gullible audience."
Then it was "Nobody ever obtained any documents under subpoena from Deloitte and Chicago State University showing that Tinubu lied about his background. David Hundeyin used Photoshop to cook up fake evidence to fool his gullible audience."
Then it was "Tinubu does not have Guinean citizenship. David Hundeyin photoshopped a fake Guinean passport data page to fool his gullible followers."
Then it was "Tinubu's Guinean passport is a diplomatic passport which means that he is not a Guinean citizen because 2+2= Ekpang Nkukwo. David Hundeyin is a fake news merchant and Omo Àlè who is misleading his gullible followers."
Then it was "Tinubu's Guinean passport expired in 2020, so he is no longer a Guinean citizen. David Hundeyin is a fake news merchant and Omo Àlè who is misleading his gullible followers."
Then it was "Atiku is wasting his time in court seeking to get CSU to release its records on Tinubu. He is being misled by David Hundeyin, the fake news merchant, and Omo Àlè who is misleading his gullible followers."
Then it was "CSU will never release those records to Atiku because according to what I picked up off ChatGPT, 2+2= Ekpang Nkukwo. David Hundeyin is a fake news merchant and Omo Àlè who is misleading his gullible followers."
Then it was "Tinubu didn't commit forgery because he is allowed to design his own certificate according to his specification. You can "Goggu eet." Also, David Hundeyin is a fake news merchant and Omo Àlè who is misleading his gullible followers."
Then it was "David Hundeyin lied about the (publicly accessible) FOIA lawsuit where the FBI, DEA, IRS, State Dept, etc. agreed to disclose their files on Tinubu. There is no such lawsuit, and David Hundeyin is a fake news merchant who is misleading his gullible followers."
Then it was "The US government will never hand over information on Tinubu to anyone because 2+2 = Ekpang Nkukwo. David Hundeyin is wasting his time, and he is a fake news merchant and Omo Àlè who is misleading his gullible followers."
Now that the files are on the brink of coming out and Tinubu's lawyer is openly trying to interfere with the case, it's gone back to "There is no FOIA lawsuit and David Hundeyin is a fake news merchant and Omo Àlè who is misleading his gullible followers."
And the truly amazing thing is that they believe it every time. A contradiction does not exist inside an APC head because to these half-men, everything and anything is, or can be true at the same time. Anything their bosses tell them to deploy as a narrative, they not only deploy, but they fully believe it as well.
If it weren't so contemptible, you'd almost be impressed at how a group of men born of women have been converted into internet wildebeest devoid of any meaningful sentience, reason, and rationality.
Aaron Greenspan just filed a motion in the ongoing FOIA lawsuit requesting the government agencies to commence release of the approved information immediately, since Nigeria's Supreme Court is being rushed through the hearing so as to end-run the release of the FBI files.