being a serial loser of presidential elections in Nigeria continues as follows:

The contradictions in our failed economy are probably best captured by the stark reality of deepening poverty and unbridled rate of unemployment despite the celebrated recent increase in the Gross Domestic Product, with increasing revenue and bountiful reserves to boot for over two decades!

“We promise our people that even with the drop in oil prices, the economy will be stable.” President Jonathan. December 4, 2014.

Nigerians, who once a while, wonder why the rest of the world hardly comes to our aid even in times of danger often lose sight of the fact that we are to a large extent, a wealthy nation. Other countries are aware that we have enough to meet all our needs. At least, we are better placed to meet our needs than many other countries.

Back in 2010, a few days after late President Umaru Yar’Adua passed on, former President Obasanjo thundered: “Jonathan, you must run; don’t tell me you won’t run.” One would have thought that the man was patriotic enough to recommend someone competent to run the ship of the Nigerian State to us and the world. Two weeks ago, the same Obasanjo launched a book he titled My Watch.

Luke records in the bible the story of a lame man who begged for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. All his wretched life, this man hoped for money, asked for money and begged for money. Indeed, looking for money can be described as the story of his miserable life.

The purported birth of Jesus of Nazareth, commemorated every December 25 as Charismas, is the most popular religious celebration in the world. Even in non-Christian countries such as China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Turkey and Iran, reverberations of Christmas are unmistakable.

“We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n’ani ji onwe ya: “He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.”– Chinua Achebe

It was truly a celebration of beauty, brain and cultural appraisal at the grand finale of the Queen Nigeria beauty pageant tagged ‘Beyond Beauty’, which witnessed the emergence of 20-year-old Diamond Okoh Obiahu as Queen.

Very seldom have I encountered such hate, backed by ill-applied quotations from the Holy Writ. In this season of goodwill to all, very rarely has such venomous abhorrence been let loose on the head of an opponent even in times of war.