In a democratic system, it is expected that words or attitude that suggest threat to individual’s political freedom of choice should by all means not be encouraged. The principle of democracy demands freedom of choice and equality for all citizens. This guarantees free political participation. People are not compelled or being threatened by others to participate in elective offices.

Each day we hear reports of man inhumanity to man through sheer acts of wickedness. The most recent and very gruesome occurrence, is the callous manner in which some suspected Fulani herdsmen murdered two Catholic Priests and seventeen others who had come to worship their God early in the morning. They raided a Church, a sacred place of worship and killed the worshippers. On the internet, there is a trending video of herdsmen dressed in choir robe dancing and celebrating after one of such murderous attacks. Reports have it that over a thousand Nigerians have been murdered this year alone. Yet, we have leaders who seem helpless in bringing the situation under control. They keep on moving in circles while poor Nigerians are being hacked to death on daily basis. And when you cry out in protest they label you unpatriotic. This is unacceptable!

WHEN our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, let us remember that there is a creative force in this universe, working to pull down the gigantic mountains of evil.” These immortal, eternal words of Martin Luther King Jr. echoed 51 years ago and resonate with our times.

Education has become a monologue and a hermetic soliloquy

Chief of Army Staff  (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai’s comments, suggesting changes to certain policies and legislations as additional impetus for peace in the middle belt – Benue, Taraba, Nassarawa and some other neighbouring states, where farmers/herders’ have differences, has metamorphosed into a complex crisis that claims lives every now and then struck my entire being like Moses’ rod that was used to cross the Red Sea .