A storyteller. โ๏ธ
Whispers from the shadows of African life, mysterious tales that linger.
Dive in if you dare. Follow for stories that hit differently ๐ฅ
THE MIDNIGHT MASS OF THE DEAD
Long time ago in a quiet part of Coal Camp, Enugu, there lived a widow everybody called Mama Ruth. For many years, she followed the same daily habit: waking up before daybreak, wrapping her rosary around her fingers, and walking to
@RenaissanceAfro@pietmashika@RyanRozbiani Are you sick or what?
Have you given us the names of the millions of Palestinians you claimed were k*lled in Gaza by Israel?
@pietmashika@RyanRozbiani It's xenophobic maggots SA that have m*rdered thousands of their fellow Africans, walking out on a country that's defending itself...what a hypocrisy!
Honored to have my research mentioned by @netanyahu in his address to the UNGA. Israel has in fact implemented more civilian harm mitigation measures (many that no nation has ever even imagined/attemped) than any military in history.
The other facts in his speech were also spot on. Israel has not only implemented extraordinary precautions in urban warfare to prevent civilian harm while Hamas has done everything it can to increase civilian harm, there is no genocide, actually the opposite of genocide in Gaza, Israel provided tons of food, water, medical supplies, facilitated immunizations for the entire populations, field hospitals, built new water lines, electricity, got patients to hospitals outside of Gaza, and much more.
@username_kd@HananyaNaftali What we make of that is that Israel in it's entirety, from Judea and Samaria to Gaza is Israeli land. All those Orthoman imported arabs with no history and connection to that land should vacate asap.
@General_Somto Nigerians are st**idly emotional. How come no one is asking how she was defrauded?
U can't compromise ur banking details and expect the bank to refund you. If it's ur own carelessness, nobody will send you.
Our National Tragedies are Resources for National Transformation
I have received many calls and text messages from patriotic Nigerians who were annoyed that an Arise News anchor wanted me to answer questions about the 1966 coups, which were national tragedies. I reassured those patriots that, as a presidential candidate, I am ready and able to answer any questions about anything relating to Nigeria. I have a commitment to serve the people, not to hide from them.
As I travel across Nigeria and listen to Nigerians of all ethnic and religious identities, I have had opportunities to reflect on the many tragedies we have experienced in Nigeria, including the 1966 coups, the civil war, and the various mass violence that have plagued different parts of the country.
My view is that we could have avoided these tragedies if we had entrenched and implemented laws justly. These tragedies are the result of leadership failure. It is our responsibility to understand these failures and fix them.
The failure of leadership to guarantee all its citizens equal rights and freedoms, and to enforce the fundamental rights in the constitution without fear or favour.
We must focus on learning from our past. Mistakes in history are not fatal. They can become opportunities for transformation.
This happened in Japan. The Japanese miracle that took place between 1920 and 1970 was a product of patriotic leaders who used the Japanese trauma of colonial rule to drive miraculous economic development. South Korea followed Japan by weaponising cruel experiences under Japan to develop a policy framework of a developmental state, and became an economic giant under the inspiration of General Park from 1960. The same applies to China under Deng Xiaoping, who reinvented China from the tragedies of Chairman Maoโs Cultural Revolution and the many deaths of that ill-fated policy. Today, China is the second-largest economy in the world. What a transformation. That is our vision. That should also be our history.
For me, my responsibility as Nigerian President is to turn the pains and tragedies of the past into opportunities to make Nigeria united, stable, and prosperous.
We need a leadership that is not trapped in the past, a leadership that focuses on what binds us together rather than what divides us. At this point, we need a leader who believes in the destiny and future of Nigeria, a leader who publicly proclaims that all parts of Nigeria abound in human and natural resources, and that all parts of Nigeria can become productive and prosperous.
The difference in human history is having leaders who do not maximise those pasts for selfish ambition but leverage them to build a prosperous future for all.
Even in Africa, we can learn from Rwanda on how a recent terrible experience is being used to advance national unity and prosperity. We can do the same for Nigeria.
I am ready to speak about what the voters consider important. I am ready to comfort and console. I am ready to lead from the front as we work to turn away from the ugly past and into a future where no Nigerian will suffer on account of his or her ethnicity, religion, or social pedigree. Our past is important, but our past is not our destiny. Our future is what we do with our past. Our past is our resource for national transformation. We are ready to transform Nigeria.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
I am here for the family you left behind. I am here, still carrying your name and your memories. I am here, still trying my best.
Rest well, Popsy.
Your Philosopher never left. โค๏ธ
Happy Fathers' Day from here Dad! ๐
#HappyFathersDay#Fathersday
"Philosopher, are you there?"
Those words have lived with me for years.
I still remember that weekend in 2013, when I returned home from my first year in the university. My Popsy was alive, healthy, happy, and full of his usual warmth. That evening,
#happyfathersday#Fathersday
was meant to be.
Every struggle I overcame, every responsibility I carried, every effort I made to lift the family โ that has been my answer to you.
I know I didn't answer that night...
But Popsy, if somehow you can hear me now:
Yes, Popsy. Your Philosopher is here.