I have come to accept to take any news from Nigeria with a pinch of salt. I no longer take it seriously or accept it as gospel, especially stories that are directly from Nigeria. So when I read a story earlier this week, I called my father to confirm the validity of the story, he told me that the story has been disproved. It seemed that it was the handiwork of some mischievous miscreants who, have nothing better to do but spread misinformation for their churlish and childish perverted delight.

Confucius once said; “Study the past if you would define the future”. So true. What have we learnt from the past that has informed and shaped our present? Not a lot, sadly. I am not the only one who feels this way, Matthew Gansallo is the founder of History, Culture & Heritage Institute Nigeria (HCHIN) is another and more about him later.

If the welcome party for Ibori has been planned without his knowledge (which I very much doubt) he should be conscientious enough to cancel the fanfare and should take a quiet route back to his home and contemplate his future of being a changed man

Success is earned and so it should be. It takes a long time to be successful and of course, if you are successful, then it is only right that you deserve all trappings that come with your hard work. Nothing comes easy in life and there is no overnight success, it is blood, sweat and toil.

Professor Soyinka, world renowned playwright and Nobel laureate, has had it with disrespectful Nigerians especially Internet trolls who hide behind their screen and spout out hatred and abuse.

Castro and Che Guevara were intricately synonymous to people’s revolution and socialism with a human face

No child should be left behind” is often a charge decried by many progressives. Mostly, it is often merely words unless it is backed with actions. The United Nations has issued a desperate warning that 75,000 children in Northern Nigeria are at risk dying in “a few months” due to hunger as a direct result of the Boko Haram insurgency. Millions have left their land, livelihood and lost their businesses as insurgents have left tens of thousands dead in its wake.

A crowd gathered to see the brutal lynching of a seven-year-old and the look on the faces of the crowd should give concern as to why they stood by and watch while a child no matter what he may have done, could be seen as a spectator sport. What kind of people just stand by and watch and do nothing?

There are times such as this, that all you can do is: take a deep breath and shake off the news and carry on. Such is life. Life throws curveballs, it is just the way things are and we should know that life is about taking the rough with the smooth. It is only when such events occur that there is growth.

Over the years, I have come to accept that we, as a people do not like to discuss health issues and we will do almost anything to avoid talking about our health even if it kills us. So let be honest, we are not very good at prioritising our health and as long as the outside looks good, then we are good to go. As long as no one knows and we keep going on and on, ignoring our body and all the signals telling us to stop and care for our health.