By Oyedeji Ahmed

A group under the auspices of Abia Renaissance Group has alleged that recent award given to Abia Speaker, Rt. Hon Chinedum Orji was bought with Abia stolen.

The group, in a statement obtained by Mouthpiece NGR on Monday said NUJ sold an award to Rt. Hon Chinedum Orji who paid millions of Abia stolen to NUJ using stolen money which the same NUJ is aware.



According to the statement, “Last week we were treated to another abrakadabra scene by a faction of the Nigeria Union of Journalist(NUJ) led by Mr Isiguzo.”

“When we thought we have seen the worst under the current leadership of NUJ, they only took our fears to the next level.”

“We are aware that last year the news of the EFCC investigation of Abia from 2007 to 2015 broke out in mainstream media like Thisday Newspaper, Vanguard Newspapers and Nation all reported this news which suggest that the media is aware how Chinedum Orji and family raped Abia dry which is still ongoing till date.”


“If the faction led by Mr Isiguzo has forgotten because of large brown envelop, let’s remind them that EFCC established that Chinedum Orji operated over 85 different accounts in 8 banks with a turnover of over N156b. (One hundred and fifty six billion Naira).”

“We are yet to reconcile how media friendly Chinedum Orji is if all the bloggers are either bought over to keep silence in face of the rape of Abia state or you are targeted and beaten to submission with thugs.”

The group said it has not forgotten the Sun Newspaper reporter from Akwuete in 2013 that was forced into the booth of a car at Lagos and ferried to Umuahia for a kangaroo trial over his report in fraud and corruption going on in Abia.

“We are also aware that one Don Norman Obinna who was an Editor with New Telegraph and served his father as media adviser was put at Afara prison for opening up on the rot going on in Abia State, this made him spend over four months at Afara prison.”


“A media friendly speaker’s achievement is his ability to buy or cage with his loot all the press including bloggers in Abia to keep quite while Abia rots away.”

ARG said NUJ used to be the conscience of the nation but its not surprised as the Isiuguzo faction has lost the legitimacy to lead the fourth estate of the realm.



The group listed below as representation of the curriculum Vitae of Rt. Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, the one it described as “The demi god” of Abia from 2007 till date.



“The functions of any House of Assembly is well spelt out and Abia State is not different. “

“We have also witnessed the House of Assembly under the past sections. ie. 5th and 6th.”

“Today, we have a House whose only aspiration is to be in competition with the executive in all spheres.”

“The oversight function outside law making which normally should act as checks on the executive is gone to the wind as their focus is their own share of the loot.”

“Have you wondered why Abia board of internal revenue (BIR) has not been mentioned or summoned for poor performance nor the floor even in face of poor performance. (Settlement syndrome).”

“Today, it’s a statue symbol to own a house at Abuja even when they have not erected a block in Umuahia, this accounts for the under development of that city as they run outside the State to hide their loot with their immediate family.”

“Have you bothered why Aspoadec that receives average of 500m monthly being 13% derivations as oil producing State but cannot justify even 40m job execution for oil producing areas has not even been mentioned on the floor?”

“This agency has received over 50b since creation and has nothing to show to the people since creation.”

The group further alleged that the leadership of the House of Assembly are part of the Aspoadec as they are factored in the monthly sharing of funds meant for development of Abia.


“A House whose leadership is only focused on stealing and impoverishing Abians the more. Today all revenue generating agencies are making returns to the house of Assembly instead of the consolidated account of the State.”

“Have we ever heard that the House passed resolutions on these agencies or Parastatals that are being owed 28months arrears of salary for Arochukwu collage of 26 months for Abia poly.

The workers are Abians and deserve support from the “Sharing” house of assembly.”

“They are not interested since it is ” cover me and I cover you approach to governance. “

“A House that has not sat up-to 15% of the stipulated seating sessions in each parliamentary year. It is on record that Abia state House of Assembly as presently constituted has never discussed more than one agenda in any of their sitting days. A House whose only major agenda at each executive session is WELFARE of members.”

“A House that is yet to grasp the basic rudiments of parliamentary procedure almost 7yrs after.

A House that is only interested in extorting and blackmailing the executive at any point just to get their own part of the loot.”



“A House that is alleged to be collecting 210m monthly as overhead even now when they tell us that economy is bad as reason we are being paid half salary.”



“I call on Abians to bend down in prayers as we are doomed with this crop of leadership in the house that should be on the side of the people but decided to align with the excutive to continue in milking us dry.”

“Abia House of Assembly members has turned to an extension of local goverment workers since they only reconvene to collect those payment that are paid cash and return again when another payment date approaches.”

“The same speaker who is been alleged early last year to have fraudulently looted 156B by EFCC which went viral cannot be seen to be friend of the media unless there are things we don’t know.”

“A man whose stock in trade is buying loyalty of young Abians with the looted money cannot be receiving award from NUJ as this does not represent the true foundation of NUJ we have known for years.”

“A man who does not even know how much an air ticket cost since 1999 as Abia State has been carrying the cost with entire family and today is regarded as the modern god of Abia state will buttress how much Abia state has lost hence they can’t pay salaries.”

“We thought we have seen it all until schools were advised against going on excursion to the House as majority of the members cannot communicate in English language effectively.”

“This is not the best Abia can offer. God will help us from this current leadership both at the legislature and the executive,” the statement read.

Abia State is financially insolvent— Reawakening Group cries out

By Oyedeji Ahmed

group under the auspices of Abia Reawakening Group is concerned over Abia state’s rising debt under the watch of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu.

The group, in a statement on Friday, explained how the state was thrown into a huge financial mess after the March 27th Aba North and South Federal Constituency election.


It said the State borrowed hugely to finance the election which the Governor used to create a false impression of acceptance of PDP led State government.

According to the group, the salaries of civil servants were cut ranging from 20.000 to 5 .000 depending on the level or grade of civil servants.

The labour union (NLC) moved swiftly to find out reason for the arbitrary reduction of the salaries of civil servants. While the Accountant general of the State was in denial of the reduction, the Hon Commissioner for Finance Dr Aham Ukoh attributed it to an IT related challenge promising to correct these reductions in the April salary.

However, we are worried as the excuse or reason from the govt may just be to divert attention as many Statutory payments for last month are still outstanding till date.

The statement further said: The Abia State house of assembly though got their over head allowance around 19th of April which is almost one month after the FAAC meeting, a member of the house also confirmed that their salary was cut with 100.000 which the Commissioner of Finance is yet to give good reason for the reduction.

“This also include all the payments to the Parastatals in Abia which are being owed an average of 24 months. These include Abia Poly 26 months.Absu 10months. HMB 19 months. ABSUTH 25 months Arochukwu Technical 28 mnoths, etc.

The (NUT) teachers called off their 4 months old strike with a promise from the State government that all their outstanding arrears of 13 months for Senior Secondary,12 months for Junior Secondary and 6months months for primary school will be fully addressed.

Unfortunately, these teachers that called of their strike beacuse of the way the Governor pleaded have been left without any salary even as at today.

The only unit that have seen some respite lately not minding the 27 months arrears is the the State pension.Unfortunately, they are yet to get their monthly pension for last month This has caused serious tension amongs these old pensioners.

The group said its aware that Abia State got about N3.1b from FAAC for the month of March and 3.6b for April according to CBN report. The big question is where are Abia allocations?


This enquiry also include the local government allocation as these workers were paid half salary for last month with no hope of a better future.



“We warned our Politicans that were selling their properties to context the last local government election to be careful as they were going to meet carcass on being sworn in.”

“Last week most councillors were seen wearing long faces as their money were also reduced just to accommodate the greed of their paymasters that have an agreed amount that must be returned from the JAAC account monthly.”

It is being alleged that the State took huge loans from their bankers and the impact of the repayments are eating very deep into what we have as an allocation.

These loans, according to the group were for the various reasons and resurfacing of some of the roads within Aba, as expected the contractors have all abandoned sites even before the rains started since the State has gone broke.

“We are in a big mess”, the statement read.

By Minkail Olaitan

Occasionally I used to wonder what would happen to human beings if there is nothing to drag them back via the passage of age or call their attention to the myriad of grace, blessings and mercy of God which has set them apart from others who have met their fateful moment. If not for the existence of a birthday anniversary, some of us would have become a stark ingrate — we would walk the earth as though it's an absolute birthright, we'd not feel concerned when a human like us fall by our side like rotten or ripped fruit.

Likewise, I have discovered this too along with my growth that, it is not only the celebrant that ride aback to evaluate his life in such a peculiar moment; parents, brothers, sisters, friends and everybody that have any form of a good relationship with them too, ruminate and measure the cost of celebrant's life over the years.

The story of I with you start with mysteriously, but owing to your words which constantly infer in every of your discussion that you like raising soldiers of responsible and vibrant kids who have no available platform to act their ingenuity for people to see. This act which I have seen unfolding like drama at my sight many times... It's afterwards that I realized how common it is to you.

Pardon my sound, unforgettable mind, because I want to remind you of a day you tell me a story of a priest in France namely Jon Bosco — you narrate the Bosco story to me, and before you finished it, I found every on my wound healing. Beyond this, I caught up with the real picture of my dream: rescuing poverty-stricken, downtrodden and poor children from the cesspool of life... Just like Don Bosco, A legend who I hope I met, but lovely enough, I have got a Bosco around, and that's you.

Furthermore, you are a disciplinary, a seeming vagabond whose lesson is hard to key into, yet precious lessons which could anchor life to a better state in the future. I have got many of your sentences hung on my heart and head, I have chosen some of them as my rudder, ladder and bridge whenever life appears too bad to live in. You once told me “Life is not fair, we should create our own fairness”

What a man you are! A who makes his house a dumping ground for youths and young ones that are ready to go deeper and wider in life. Your wide palm full of benevolence and soothing balm is a magnet that draws and give hope to drowning souls.

May I not run too far out of the main course, meanwhile you should know that these are the little about you, there are many more to be said. There are steps you've taken because of this little boy and others under your tutelage... I just find this little hole to be filled with some paragraphs of your beautiful testament.

Therefore, Happy glorious Birthday, Mr Akinola Joseph Tunde. May this new year bring soothing answers to all your heart cries, May your day be numbered with the goodness and blessings of God... No evil will befall your household.

Oyedeji Ahmed 14 January 2021

The former Abia attorney general, Umeh Kalu (SAN) has cried out to the public and police over the increasing threat to his life by Mr. Chinedum Orji who is the current speaker of Abia state house of Assembly, Umuahia.

In a letter to the Inspector General of Police, in which a copy was made available to Mouthpiece NGR on Thursday, Kalu accused the speaker of making life unbearable for him when he served under the governorship tenure of senator Theodore Ahmeful Orji.

According to him, for a substantial part of his service period with Senator T.A Orji, his son Mr. Chinedum Orji made life unbearable for those who served in his father’s government, through his various acts of meddlesomeness and unnecessary intervention in the affairs of government.


Chinedum Orji
In what seems to be a sustained threat, Kalu raised alarm again that recent events have shown that he is still arms away from Mr. Chinedum Orji, as he remains unrelenting in unleashing his threats on me.

He said the immediate facts leading to this outcry emanated from an evening phone call that he received on Friday, the 7th day of February 2020, from one Mr. Greyne Anosike of Umuariam , Obowo in Imo State, informing me of an impending publication on the desk of one of his friends at Thisday Newspapers.

According to him, Mr.Anosike told him that his said friend at thisday Newspapers had contacted him to reach out to anybody that could link him to the family of Senator T.A Orji, for the purpose of “killing ” the publication of the story bothering on the EFCC investigations into the alleged fraudulent activities of the Senator T.A Orji’s family members over Abia state funds.”

It reads: “Re: THREAT TO MY LIFE BY

RT.HON.CHINEDUM ENYINNAYA ORJI,SPEAKER ABIA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.”

“I write to bring to your notice, the sustained threat to my life by Mr.Chinedum Orji who is the current speaker of Abia state house of Assembly, Umuahia. The said Chinedum Orji has residence in both Umuahia Abia state and Abuja, the federal capital territory.”

“I am an indigen of Ohafia, Abia state and a legal practitioner with over thirty-three (33) years practice experience. I have attained the status of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in my profession. I am equally a life Member of the body of Benchers, which is the highest decision making body in the legal profession in Nigeria. I was in the public service of Abia State as Attorney General and commissioner for Justice for the period July 2009 through May 28, 2019.”

“I served as Attorney General and commissioner for Justice under the Governorship tenure of Senator Theodore Ahamefula Orji ,who is the father of Rt.Hon.Chinedum Orji, within the period 2009-2015. For a substantial part of my service period with Senator T.A Orji, his son Mr. Chinedum Orji made life unbearable for those of us who served in his father’s government, through his various acts of meddlesomeness and unnecessary intervention in the affairs of government.”

“Through dint of hard work, perseverance, commitment to service and above all Gods grace, I was able to survive all his harassment and threats up to the eclipse/cessation of his father’s tenure as Governor in May 2015.”



“My hope of a reprieve from Mr Chinedum Orji’s emotional trauma on my person was dashed on my being reappointed by Dr.Okezie Ikpeazu, the incumbent Governor of Abia State, in June 2015, as Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice.”

“By the time of my reappointment, Mr.Chinedum Orji had become a member of the Abia State House of Assembly and indeed the Majority Leader of the House of Assembly, a position from which he deployed the instruments and machinery of the House of Assembly to haunt, taunt and ridicule me at will.”

“It may not be necessary to give details of my sordid experience at the hands of this young man,and even those of others who served in the Government of Abia state within my service period, as such details may not be relevant to the facts of this petition.”

“I left the service of the Abia state government at the end of Dr.Okezie Ikpeazu’s first term in office in May 2019 into private legal practice in in Abuja. I had great expectations and relief at my exit from the service of the Abia State Government, as I thought respite had come my way from the nightmares and booby traps set on my path by Mr.Chinedum Orji, which I had to navigate daily in the course of my service in the Abia state Government.”

“Regrettably, recent events have shown that I am still arms away from Mr. Chinedum Orji, as he remains unrelenting in unleashing his threats on me.”

“The immediate facts leading to this outcry emanated from an evening phone call that i received on Friday, the 7th day of February 2020, from one Mr. Greyne Anosike of Umuariam ,Obowo in Imo State, informing me of an impending publication on the desk of one of his friends at Thisday Newspapers. Mr.Anosike told me that his said friend at thisday Newspapers had contacted him to reach out to anybody that could link him to the family of Senator T.A Orji ,for the purpose of “killing ” the publication of the story bothering on the EFCC investigations into the alleged fraudulent activities of the Senator T.A Orji’s family members over Abia state funds.”

“Mr.Anosike Greyne who was my school mate at the Imo State University, sought my assistance towards reaching the Orji’s for the purpose of “killing ” the publication. I told Mr. Anosike Greyne in clear and unmistakable terms that I was not going to get involved in such matters and advised him to seek other channels. His further attempts at persuading me to link him to another person that may connect him to the Orji’s was rebuffed, necessitating my switching off my phone.”



“I got a call the following day being Saturday, the 8th day of February 2020 ,from a cousin of mine- Chief Charles Nkata – requesting that I meet him at his Utako, Abuja office for an urgent and important discussion. When I was not forthcoming as expected, Chief Charles Nkata called me again and told me that the purpose of his invitation to me was to discuss the facts of a phone discussion he had with Mr.Chinedum Orji a few hours earlier.

He told me that Mr. Chinedum orji had called him, accusing me of deploying my media friends, including one Greyne Anosike to set up ,defame and libel his family members.”

“Chief Charles Nkata told me that Mr. Chinedum Orji warned him of an impending showdown between myself and members of his family, in the event of the publication of any news item relating to his family and EFCC investigation. He further told me that Mr. Chinedum Orji amongst other things said there will be bloodshed, despite the general belief that his Ibeku tribe people will not ordinarily shed the blood of an Ohafia man.”

“I was taken aback by this turn of events and gave chief Charles Nkata an on -the- spot narration of my brief exchange with Mr.Anosike on the matter and,equally forwarded Mr. Anosike’s number to him should he desire to reconfirm what I had told him.”

“I subsequently called Mr. Anosike after speaking with chief Charles Nkata to discuss how I had suddenly become the publisher of the news story he informed me he was on his friends desk at Thisday Newspapers, when he was seeking my assistance to make contact with the orji’s.”

“I need not bother you here with my altercation with Mr. Anosike over his desperation to reach the Orji’s but I certainly suspect that Mr Anosike after probably on getting in touch with the Orji’s, informed them of my rejection to link him to them.”

“As predicted by Mr. Anosike Greyne, the publication on EFCC ‘s investigation of the alleged fraudulent activities over Abia state funds by Senator T.A Orji and his Son’s was headline story in major Newspapers in the country the next day being Sunday, the 9th day of February 2020.”

“My first reaction on seeing these publications which I no had prior knowledge about, apart from the information given to me by Mr Anosike was to inform my close family members, relations and friends of the threat to my person by Mr.chinedum Orji, as earlier stated in this petition.”



“I had at that moment and following the covid-19 scourge and its attendant restrictions on movements of persons restrained myself from further actions on the threat to my person by Mr Chinedum Orji. I am buoyed by the relaxation of the restrictions on movements and recent information available to me present this petition for your investigation and intervention.”

“My attention has recently been drawn to trending video clips, which have gone viral on the social media, showing young men threatening to decapitate, maim or kill any person suspected to be behind the ongoing EFCC investigation of the Orji’s or propagating same. I have equally been receiving unidentified threat phone calls at odd hours of the day, including text messages.”

“It is in the light of the foregoing, that I present this petition to your office, seeking a thorough investigation of the facts contained above ,for the purposes of protecting my life and the lives of immediate members of my family.”

“I will on request make available to your officers and men the relevant contact, information of all the deamatis personnae mentioned in this petition, in aid of your investigation of this petition.”

“It might be important to mention, that I presently live in fear and cannot move about freely in Abuja or any part of the country, including my home state Abia, due to the threat on my life as aforestated.”

Thanking you in anticipation of your prompt action, while assuring you of my warmest regards.

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GIVE JESUS: EXPERIENCE HARVEST.

He said it, and that's the first things he said when he climbed the pulpit. Yet, it is provocative and loaded with contradiction - very analytic. He dangled in-between human thinking and God's mystery.

“I want to believe we all understand how vast our God is — that he's omnipotent, omniscience, all in all, and self-sufficient. But, despite him being the greatest and the owner of everything... It's absurd to see & hear God is demanding things from a human. Isn't it?”

He continued.

“Must we give unto God before he could release to us what we are praying for...? Like trade by barter.

When the multitudes asked him(Jesus) to speak unto them the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, near the tired and seriously sad fishermen who had walked all through the night and catch nothing.

Jesus as the only son of self-sufficient God walked up to these aggrieved fishermen, and asked them to borrow their ship, they did. He pressed further by prayed them to thrust a little from the land to the sea. “What a frustrating Man!!” Peter might have mumbled. Yet, he did.

Peter that moment might have murmured to himself” what is my own with your ministry, or my ship looks like a pulpit or synagogue.” He might even have said in his mind be quick Mr Man, I am tired already or else you thrust it back to land by yourself.” Like me and you.

This is a good story that explains how God stoop himself so low, neglecting the fact that he has everything, just to teach of us how to let go of what belongs to us in a tough time. Then gives unto us multiple folds of it.

After Peter had let go of his belongings, This man — Jesus asked him to throw his net into the deep. Humanly, or maybe professionally Jesus saying that went overboard — because fish can only come out to the top of the water in the night and not in the day.

The man explained to Jesus the novice, perhaps he even went deeper by telling him the number of years he has been doing the work. Jesus insisted and Peter accepted, perhaps because he was tired or because he's not fond of argument, unlike me.

In essence, he gave up his trust too. And surprisingly, abundantly, greatly he was rewarded with a great catch.

Earnestly, the reason why some people remain stagnant every aspect of their life is that they lack giving heart. They don't give, when they are hurt or down, then everything is down. Even in the church, some prefer buying unnecessary things than helping others.

Funny enough, the act of giving material things is one of the universal law. “Give and it shall be given unto you” certainly it shall, it doesn't have anything to do with your religion or where you come from. It's universal!

Unlike in the spirit, unlike when you offer your life to Christ, just like Peter after the great catch... Afterwards, you will become the custodian of what others that give only material things do not have.”

_Rev Steve Ajayi.

Oja-Oba Baptist Church Teenagers
Ogbomosho.
Media Team.

CELEBRATING 5TH DECADES OF AN IMPACTFUL JOURNEY.

Life, the way the highest God designed it, is like a rolling boat on a sea with a myriad of occurrences - turbulence and peaceful moment; jolly time and battle moment. Succinctly, life is an event of diverse varieties in time.

This, however, makes it clear that life is running in time. Technically, time is the fuel that runs human existence; biological, even human heartbeats run according to its life-span. Even in the world of stark reality, human purpose can only be fulfilled in the time of human existence and not in the underworld where there is no hope of Time factoring life.

No wonder, A renowned pastor, mind builder, writer, Myles Munroe, of blessed memory said, "your purpose can only be fulfilled only during the time you are given on earth to accomplish it."

occasionally I used to wonder what would happen to human beings if there is nothing to drag them back via the passage of age or call their attention to the myriad of grace, blessings and mercy of God which has set them apart from others who have met their fateful moment. If not for the existence of birthday anniversary, some of us would have become a stark ingrate.

Likewise, I have discovered this too along with my growth, that it is not only the celebrant that ride aback to evaluate his life in such a peculiar moment; parents, brothers, sisters, friends and everybody that have any form of a good relationship with them too, ruminate and measure the cost of celebrant life over the years.

This, therefore nudge and hands me the courage to stroll over some peculiar moment which I saw with my two eyes. Though it's up to a decade, perhaps over or nearly, and down this years compare to the present, I was an inexperienced, little, cranky, hardhead, innocent boy. But, today bring to my head the big picture of the day you are ordained as Oja-Oba Baptist church Pastor.

I could hear it audibly on my head, all the identical speculation about the mantle being given unto you," he's too young to shoulder this huge responsibility!" Even I heard my grandpa said to some of his colleagues "He's the youngest among others, may God help me and lead him through".

That's the beginning of your story that I know, it started from the ordination and till this present moment. But the bridge of story in between the past beginning and present days worth accessing. Because memory is what makes birthday lively and crucial things.

Am sorry for being upfront, or perhaps I better be called a word-intruder who dwell on others story without their consent. Even though doing this brings no regret to me, rather it notifies my existence. Without mollycoddling words, Sir, you have been a great man of God. How do I know?

This could be seen on how accurately you have been taken your steps, how humble you're in dealing with people - that's how graced men of God are separated from the multitudes - you are a great epitome of astonishing mental formation, which goes a long way to counter the initial proposal of being too young.

In a bit, I remembered some years gone when I and my friends used to run away from church services, who knows what had given birth to this, but definitely, it's called ignorance. Whenever or wherever Rev Fatunbi, the celebrant catches sight of us aside in the church under the sermon, he would order some people or himself come over to Lead us into the church and sometimes he yells aloud to push us aright - he is an erudite compass of intellectual disciplines.

Beyond these, he made himself available for everybody, he's a man full of understanding. He knows how essential human beings are respectful their nature could be or demand. He a son to all age mothers in the church - which makes him a drizzle dew of comfort for the hapless.

You are no doubt one of the living testimony of 'not too young to lead' and a Midas of the golden touch. More than these you've done through Jesus Christ who fortified, Grace, bless and raise you. May the anointing keeps running like the Nile of the endless tide, and grace over you like a radiant sun with no deeming tendency.

It's your day, your birthday - enjoy it to the fullest, Rev. Dr John Idowu Fatunbi.

OJA-OBA BAPTIST CHURCH, IJERU,
OGBOMOSO.
Minkail - Olaitan

Mother Nigeria

By Minkail Olaitan.

Like before, day puncture the encroached darkness
Ripping night furiously to set itself free-
It twitches every man to arise from emphatic slumber
Giving them a notice they'd casted out
Of their remembrance

'Hoping strength is no more'
They tell it to the face of the dawn
Their voices piercing ears like several rumbles
of thunders
They've set themselves free from the trance

Only the young heads are still drowning,
Intensely in the quicksand of their ignorance
For repeatedly, they have scream;
Proclaiming their satisfaction in the nation
That's choking them out of their senses

Where lies your swift leg mother?
The one we shall stop remember soon
Like the existence of a pathless being.
We are pained, disappointed and sullied
As you keep dragging us aback

We are done crowning dry head;
Admiring faded beauty,
And smelling empty and fainted fragrance
We are done hailing your past achievements
The ones that winds have stolen away

We have told our children,
To erase from their mind your existence
We know they won't forgive us
Of prodding their heads with
Wishful dreams, the ones we knew had gone.

Farewell, farewell, and farewell!
See as we wave our toiled hands
At wicked mother, whose pleasure
Is laced on irrigating plants with our blood,
She's more deadly than the 19s pointed-nose intruders

This day, green and white confetti
Used to float amid a busy sky
And dancing feet stepping gracefully on it
As they held the hem of their clothes.

Today, we shall let loose our tears
Drop it like torrential rain,
It shall become a fierce flood,
And our blood we'll use to write
Litany on every wall:

In agony, we'll call on God
And tell 400 gods
That 'our mother have forsaken us'
And left us in the clasps of
Modern slavery spearheads by her sons and daughter!

Photo Credit: Dave Adullam.

Political et Politico

Politics they say is a dirty game but the closer you look, the clearer the true picture of politics becomes.
Politics is a game of survival, a game meant to serve the people. In politics, individuals sell their ideas to the masses and persuade them into subscribing/buying to it which in turn brings votes to the politicians the masses affirm; this all levels down to politics being about total service.
Chairman Mao Tse Tung (Erstwhile President of the people's Republic of China) said and I quote 'politics is war without bloodshed" this, therefore, implies politics is all about struggle, an inevitable struggle.
Politicians sometimes
patronize the Machiavellian principle which says "the end justifies the means" win first and then one can manipulate whichever way with the power in one's custody.
However, as citizens, we need to understand that these politicians are there to serve us the way we want them to.
Our country for example, once we know that someone is vying for a Political position, all that comes to our mind is how to extort money/resources from him and not how efficient the occupant will function politically responding to his or her duty of repairing our death trap roads, or how he will revive our long lost and collapsed education sector. All of this eludes us! In this sorry state, our politicians become looters who mindlessly loot our treasury desert-dry because we lured not only the attitude but propelled them to do it more enthusiastically.
Listen up! Until we stop begging them for money (peanuts) and start tasking them on what they should do for the community that will bring development to the community, this country can never come out of the claws of corruption.
The bitter truth is we breed these politicians to be who they are today. Our unending quest for money to feed our stomach instantaneously and not what will prosper us has landed us here. And basically, they also ventured into their looting adventure because that is what we made known to them. We gave that impression to them from day one when they began their campaign and we collected those #500notes from them. That money only presents that our problems are just worth #500. Assuming we collectively reject the money, give it back and chastise them, then maybe they'll begin to realise our
problems are worth more than #500, this pushes them to act right when they eventually get to the position. But the moment we become obsessed and collect that money we give them two (2) profound impression about us
1). That we worth just #500
2). We become indebted to him/her because (s)he must get that money back from us in the form of investment upon attaining the position. Remember nobody wants to have a business and lose... That is business ideology.
We also need to correct the notion that (s)he is rich and that is why he can contest, that notion is very wrong! Frankly speaking, if you have nothing but great ideas then gather people of like minds together, sell your ideas to them and from there, your idea will begin to materialize and you can begin from there,
get a man of integrity that will help you pick that form whilst proceed to contest and win, and above all serve the people.
In conclusion, we must understand that politicians are called to serve and not we (electorate) to serve them so the faster we make them realise this, the better for us and the safer our country become.
Political et politico, it is very important for us to know that politics is a game for all and not for few because politics govern us and our choice today is what our children will gain from tomorrow.
It is time for us to hear the "call" to participate and hearken to the voice of the dead saying; it is time to make the politicians realise they are to serve and we have made mistakes in the past indeed but we have now realised our
mistakes and have made promises which you are bound to fulfil because you are to help us build a better and stronger Nigeria!
The foundation that was weak has been demolished and we are now building a better and stronger foundation. It is not too late to make our wrongs right.


As we celebrate our independence today let begin a new dawn of political experience in our country... Enough of us scamming ourselves... Let us all make Nigeria �� great again... This country political system can be great.. HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY ONCE AGAIN.

From the table of,
Adewuyi Ayokanmi T
HEADY

Thanks my brother.✌️

CLASSICAL REBIRTH: THE YOMI OLABISI MEGA CONCERT.

Written By: Minkail Olaitan.

So easy was it.

To forget our culture,

substitute for foreign way.

But how possible.

Was it to forget the beauty and greatness of our sire ways of living in their old Agbada, along side their wives attired in buba and Iro with Coral beads on their necks, ears and hands while horsewhip in the hand speaks majestically. The portrayal of prestigious culture.

The rawness, remarkable and melodious voice that gave birth to undiluted symphony which thus evaded the shades of where they sat and leads to right to left and front to back steps after as women held their Buba's sleeves in Vogue, men gelenke dancing style also reputable when the music successfully pierces through their mind and balance their days with gaiety.

Forgetting all these are like suicide. How beautiful are they that we left them ignorantly and refuses to check through past debris and save our musical culture.

Despite the panoramic ignorance that has been instilled into minds through westerners culture, YOMI OLABISI by God's grace rebirth the classical Apala, succeeding the great and indigenous musiliu babatunde in most wonderful and dynamic way. The young music Traveller travel the old style and change it modern way.

Not only that, this musical vogue has become one of the best way to praise and worship the king of kings, the man who give talent and life to unleash it.

Therefore, Yomi Olabisi dream of awakening our soul to our long time lost legacy band pride in few times to come to become reality, through his Mega concert that would take place in a very condusive locale. Don't forget to come in a danceable attire and heart full of praise, for God is their to award you as you praise him.

Tell someone to tell someone. You're blessed as you do.


Date: December 29, 1019.

Time: 3.00pm thus.

Venue: Ore-Ofe Baptist church,
Opposite lautech teaching hospital.
Ogbomoso.

For sponsorship and enquiries:
08130608553.