Apina:
Religion according to Karl Marx, is the opium of the society. I stopped reading your article after the third line due to the fact that u don't even hv a profound knowledge of what u intend to address. Ur points are not totally thrash but most of them are. I think u need to read the right books and speak to the right ppl cos ur fallacy of hasten generalization which is imminent all through ur write up leaves me guessing if u actually know the rubrics of Christianity holistically and not just perpetuating incessant innuendos thereby confusing the shallow minded who simply attend church. Lastly, never use ur experience as the foundation for judging others.

shymexx:

In as much as the black box won't reveal who shot the plane down

Desmog21: I think it because the black box revealed that the Malaysia Airline was shoot down by a Ukraine's separatists, just as they have been accused by the West of shooting down a Malaysia Airlines passenger.

Ukraine President accuses Russia separatist having hands in hijacking Malaysian airline but he was ask to provide evidence in which he fails to!

The Presidency, on Tuesday gave matching orders to the private power companies to ensure that there is steady electricity in Nigeria by June 2014.

The Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, announced the deadline at the inauguration of the new board of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN.

Professor Nebo, said that the six month ultimatum is to show government’s seriousness on the issue of power.

Seventeen successive companies were created out of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, as part of the privatization exercise.

The Power Minister warned that no excuses would be entertained for failure to achieve the June deadline.

The minister also hinted that the Federal Government was reviewing the power contract with Manitoba Hydro International, due to some discrepancies and strong reservations raised by the National Assembly

Writer and poet, Odia Ofeimun, has rated the late Premier of the old Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, above late former South African President, Nelson Mandela.

The social critic, in an interview granted to Sahara TV which was uploaded to YouTube and seen by our correspondent, said although “Mandela was good for the liberation” of his people, Awolowo made far-reaching impacts on the lives of many Nigerians.


Ofeimun, while comparing the two leaders, said the processes leading to independence in South Africa and Nigeria “followed exactly the same pattern” noting that the liberation struggle championed by Mandela did “not create the end of apartheid.”

He said Awolowo negotiated Nigeria’s independence just as Mandela did, adding that it would amount to a “hype” to think that there were differences in what the two leaders essentially fought for in their respective countries to end colonisation.

Ofeimun said, “I am too much of an Awolowo man not to see that the process of moving into independence in South Africa and in Nigeria followed exactly the same pattern. It was based on a negotiated settlement. The liberation struggle did not create the end of apartheid. It was a negotiation and Nigerians negotiated exactly the way Mandela negotiated.

“You can hype it if you like, but the pattern was exactly the same. You move from one meeting to the other, discussing politics and economics, and they successfully convinced Mandela to buy the pig in a poke of an economy and they also successfully succeeded in convincing Nigerians to buy the pig in a poke of an economy.

“The only man in Nigeria, who stood up against it, was (Obafemi) Awolowo. He was quickly jailed and all his men scattered across the prisons in Nigeria. Some driven abroad and the educational system that he had put in place was smashed.”

While choosing Awolowo above the late anti-apartheid leader, Ofeimun said the philosophical postulations about the workings of a state put forward by Awolowo were superior to those credited to Mandela.

Insisting that Mandela could not match the stature of Awolowo, the Edo State-born poet said Ghana’s first President Kwame Nkrumah was the only African leader that could be seen to rival Awolowo.

But according to him, Nkrumah’s ideology of pan-Africanism lacked the capacity to “save Africa’’ when compared to Awolowo’s brand of socialism.

He said, “People talk about Mandela’s capacity to put various classes (of people) together as theory, but Awolowo ironed it out very clearly, why you don’t need a class struggle, in order to create a society in which all children can go to school; in which everybody can get a job, and in which old age pensions will be paid to people.

“It is not just love and I want to emphasise that. Those who criticise Awolowo’s socialism for wanting in love are obviously basing their argument on his claim that a government should be like a sun that shines on all equally. If it is about a theory of how to bring the people together on the African continent, none is as good as the Awolowo’s and I’m not trying to pretend.

“Bring all their writings, fine phrases, alright, but reduce them to economic terms, and I can tell you that there is only one man who rivals Awolowo in this respect and that is Nkrumah. Unfortunately unlike Awolowo, Nkrumah did not believe in either a democratic or a federal theory. If you want to save Africa, you need those two.”

Asked by the interviewer why he chose Awolowo over Mandela, Ofeimun said “Yes and I will tell you why, the simple reason is that what needed to be done in South Africa, after apartheid was precisely what Awolowo wanted for Western Region and Nigeria after independence. Which is to say put every child at school, ensure that productivity takes the creativity of the individual citizen into proper focus and build the relationship between people and not on whether they did not love each other? But whether there is justice and equality.”

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Opiosko: True bro, we even have ghost MODs here in NL. I'v seen posted comment disappering without trace..nd folks being banned till 2071?...that's ghost handiwork.

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UCHICHA MADARA.....

clans: i just don't get the beef with people and Catholics. im a proud catholic and loving it, and i seriously take no offense to whatever pastor Chris says. instead i will take an offense when someone says we aint worshiping God, where did you get such an idea from. but as a peace loving Catholic i am, i would pray for your souls and ask the good God to grant you pardon and pray its not to late for you.. peace be with you...

click2cbn: Ayogu Eze or Okey Ezea( dis guy is Buhari of Enugu Election) nko?

On a lighter note, reminds me of my undergraduate years in nsukka, Dan Shere n his PDC campaign on Lion FM.

Ebe esere nwanyi di ime kwuoro nwa na azu, nwata akwukwo, nna ya ukwu na oroma chara acha!