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NYSC / Re: Going Back To My Parent's After POP by Whyte002(m): 6:49pm On Oct 15, 2015
Most us got discharged as a serving corps member without the payment of our last two months and bicycle allowance. NYSC said it is not their fault and the bank said the same thing. Who is at fault for not paying us. I guess the President is aware that we are not paid before some officials convert it.

The money is our right not a privilege fee. The President must be hinted on this injustice. We would not suffer in vain.
Education / Open Letter To Nans President by Whyte002(m): 11:54pm On Aug 02, 2013
Dear Comrade,

This I know might be a surprise to you but I must let you know that am writing this with a heart full of hope and devoid of regret at the act of the thumb prints of those who brought you to power. Power I know is a great aphrodisiac, and those with a will would grasp and beaver away to get it. It galls me to lay pen on paper at this particular period. I’m in one of my most gloomy moment. Though my countenance seems bereft of emotions, I am devastated because at this 21st century most leaders of the National Association of Nigeria Students are not placing priorities right especially when it comes to the welfare of fellow Nigeria students.

I must firstly commensurate with you on the loss of Comrade Donald Onukaogu, our great Senate President who left this world to the world beyond when performing an official assignment. I pray that God would give all the Nigeria students community the fortitude to bear the loss. Indeed, it was a great loss and it is a lesson to us all. Service to humanity is the best work of life. I would go straight to the reason behind my letter as the death of the great Senate President is a pointer to what I want to discuss with you.

Mr. President, you would agree with me that the late Senate President died on his way to Uyo to rescue some Nigerian students that were reported to be involved in a crisis in their school. It was gathered authoritatively that the whole incident in that school got worsened when some members of the Nigerian Police opened fire on students. This was the situation that arouses the travelling of the late comrade before he died in an accident. I must also remind you that the same week of that incident was also the time a student of Kwara State Polytechnic was shot at the leg by a member of the Nigeria Police force in Ilorin.

Mr. President, I must let you know that more the sixteen Nigerian students from various tertiary educational institutions in the country have fallen in the past four months by the hands of trigger-happy policemen. If you could remember at the 29th day of May this year a student of University of Benin named Momodu Ibrahim, of the Faculty Laboratory Science was shot dead by the Divisional Police Officer, Carol Afegbua in charge of Ogida Police station. The only reason according to the Police authority for the act of their fellow colleague was hinged on self defense. The deceased was the only male child of his parents and was a 500level student at the time of his death. The only reasonable effort made by his colleague was to stage a protest challenging his death and demanding the prosecution of the police officer that shot the deceased. Permit me to also bring to your notice of the killing of the four Nassarawa State University students during a protest 4 months ago against lack of water in their hostel. Report had it that the death was as a result of the police trigger. I must let you know that there was no reasonable action taken to challenge their death.

Mr. President, you would agree with me that it has now become a major thing for Police officers to pounce on students anytime there is rancour. There has not been any major or national acclaim initiative of any form from your office to protest the above killings. Maybe at a point you addressed some journalist condemning some of the killings. It is a good one but it was not effective in anyway. If it has been effective, the disheartening news of the 30th of July, 2013 would not have been spread across the country. That day witnessed another killing of two Nigerian students in Lagos state. One of the students was identified to be Ifechukwude Nwainokpor, a 25-year-old undergraduate of Delta State University and infact a final year student of Geology and mining. The killing of the deceased has been attributed to Policemen attached to the Badagry Police Division, Lagos State and some hoodlums. Before their death, the Policemen were at some points in the video released interviewing the boys. A particular police officer asked who sent them (victims) to rob the area, an accusation they denied. The police I know are meant to be the protectors of life and not the taker of lives. The government though is meant to teach the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. The Police I must say at this time are already bringing anarchy upon Nigeria students. Enough is enough.

It may be well argued that some actions of the students are most times provocative during protest but the measure of control in return by the Police is usually traumatic. They take innocent souls with impunity and they are still red carpeted upon their crimes. The brutal killing of students that are the hope of the country is the beginning of the end of Nigeria. The rise and rise of the spate of police brutality in Nigeria, not only poses dire consequences for the stability of the Nigerian polity, but undermines the policing processes in Nigeria. The ones that are student related should be addressed effectively by your office. You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action. Action is the foundational key to all success.

Mr. President, It is time we see productive initiative to curb this menace that is fast becoming a norm in our society. We are tired of press statements that are not effective in any way. These killings should be investigated and the offenders should be prosecuted by your office in the court of law. It is time you uphold the integrity of your office. We want to see actions and not mouth talks. We are tired of reading stories of warring oppositions in NANS, we tired of seeing things that are not worthy of emulation by some NANS official. We are tired of been disgraced among our friends in the international community that our leaders are self centred individuals that are only in office to pursue their pockets and not serve the interest of the students. Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends. The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavour. It would be worthwhile if you set a legacy concerning this issue. Let the Nigeria students believe whole heartedly in NANS again. If you do this, you would be accorded utmost respect by all during and after your tenure. I am asking you to act with immediate effect because the future will have no pity on those students who have the opportunity to challenge their oppressors but have taken solace to act as neutral observers.

Permit me to adopt the words of Anthony Robbins as a conclusion when he said, ‘I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret’’. Life is too short to delay action and prevaricate and history will be severe on those who have the ability to take decisions that will benefit the present and the future of our people but who because of temporary political advantage refuse to do so. A word is enough for the wise. If it is to be, it is up to you. I leave you with a mind full of hope.

Yours Faithfully,
WHYTE HABEEB

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Family / Letter To My Unborn Child By Whyte Habeeb by Whyte002(m): 11:47am On Jul 30, 2012
This I know may seem stupid but as your father to be, I have been saddled with the responsibility of stabilizing you at various spheres of your endeavour even as at now that I don’t know who your mother would be. The feelings of fear, favour and failure is thick in the air and it can be overcome d through determination and hard work.

My hands must be on deck to save you from the stranglehold of those who don’t wish their fellow human being good in life and in hereafter. There's no easy path to glory. There is no road to fame. Life, however you may view it, is no simple parlour game; but its prizes call for fighting, for endurance and for grit; for a rugged disposition that will not quit.

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. This is just for you but for those that get to read this before you do, I say read between the lines. Child, man as distinct being from other beings is rational and has morals but insatiable. He has power to reason and differentiate right from wrong, good from bad, also justice from injustice.


There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet. Friends are numerous like sand; they are semi gods which man must bow down to through conscience. There are people who live in hatred and can’t imagine an alternative. There are people who thrive in conflict and fears a time of peace. If I were forced to condense my ideas on morality into a single sentence: 'Live consciously, take responsibility for your choices and actions, respect the rights of others, and follow your own bliss. Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Continue to learn. Appreciate your friends. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.

My efforts to do away with people remain intractable. You need them around you to grow and develop. The question now lies before you that who are the gladiators among your friends or who are the perpetrators of the kingdom of doom and evil? Nobody can tell except GOD. Everybody will always seem ill prepared for the enormous task ahead but like your grandfather would say easy does it.

A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose, a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve. I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced that they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another.

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue... gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. The danger lies in refusing to face the fear, in not daring to come to grips with it. You must make yourself succeed every time. You must do the thing you think you cannot do. Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.

In the days of your Grandfather, it was fashionable to heap all blames on the destructive intervention of peers in one’s life but in this silver age of mine, it is the love of aesthetic things but in your own time, I foresee the battle of supremacy i.e. the survival of the fittest. So also the brazen acts of criminality in various shades by friends has not yet been addressed by many parents but for me the earlier the better. At the end, happiness shall run our face and our mouth and teeth shall live quietly in unison. The fact that my own generation feels comfortable with a mission of undecided future should be a challenge to you on how to make it in life than any of your age peers.

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, and I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can. It is easier to start a quarrel with a friend than to end them.

It is likewise easier to blame others than to look inward ; to see what is different about someone than to find the things we share but you have to choose the right path not just the easy path. Cowards die many times before their death; the valiant only taste death but once. So you don’t have to be carried away.

I think it is very important that you should learn to make your own decisions and stand firmly on them. In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing. You will be responsible for your actions, so you don’t have to blame other people. Just think and decide rightly.
The world is pregnant with fear of danger because the actions of men are bad. The only advice I would give is to prepare adequately well for all circumstance and don’t ever think a future exist. Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all. You can be discouraged by failure - or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success (on the far side of failure).
The future that you have is a today and be prepared because if you don’t prepare well fear, failure and favour will be your guest in comfort. Don’t be deceived by the fact that you can only become great when you clock a particular age but better still start making your own impact at the tender age of One; nothing is impossible. Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish. The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts. The reason for all this is that there is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined and developed into something higher and nobler than he is by nature. Life at times could be unfair but what you should do is to look up to God for guidance, mercy and ability to handle every situation you find yourself.

Life is beautiful but it is ephemeral. Set a goal and strive to achieve your goals without regretting making any effort to be great. Personally, my own goal is to be an achiever that would have his name on the lips of endless generation. Set yours and achieve them because the ability to accomplish the task ahead is the beginning of been a real man. Why not think twice my dear baby. Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. May your road be rough.

This is not a curse but the best prayer you can ever get from me. If you have a kobo with ease, you will spend it anyhow but if you have a penny that you laboured for, you manage it well and by then you already planning to live a good life. You must not depend on my labour when you are off age. I was taught very early that I would have to depend entirely upon myself; that my future lay in my own hands.

Strive for success. The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don't like to do. They don't like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose. Child, your time has come to unleash the best; so make haste slowly in making me proud. I love you more than you love yourself. He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues it possesses. I will always wish you good luck in all your endeavours and encounters on planet in earth.

Child remember that everyone is a house with four rooms, a physical, a mental, an emotional, and a spiritual. Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time, but unless we go into every room every day, even if only to keep it aired, we are not a complete person. Climb high; climb far. Your goal is the sky; your aim is the star. I LOVE YOU.


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Nairaland / General / Oloyede Must Be Fired By Whyte Habeeb by Whyte002(m): 6:05pm On Jul 29, 2012
As Mrs. Olufolake Oyeyemi (The Registrar of UNILORIN) announced that Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali has been appointed the Vice Chancellor-designated of the institution. She announced this after a special senate meeting at the council chambers of the University on Thursday 26th of July, 2012.

The announcement of Prof. Ambali as the Vice chancellor elect came as no surprise to many students because many had known him to be a man of high intellect and a good administrator to the core. However many are not happy that the man who gave UNILORIN the best would vacate the seat as Vice Chancellor UNILORIN by October 15th, 2012. The students demands that the Federal Government must fire Prof. Ishaq Oloyede to the top. These were the comments from students of the University across social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, 2go and Blackberry Messenger.

Speaking on this is Ipoola Dapo, 400l Zoology said when I heard that Oloyede would be leaving, I was not happy at first but later I concluded that he had to go and replicate his kind act of leadership in other sectors of the society( if given a chance). Oloyede with his act of leadership elevated UNILORIN from its embryonic level to an institution of national and international prominence which now receives UTME applications twice that of some universities that were created along with it in 1975. Take a look at the Computer Based Test initiative, it is superb. UNILORIN was the first University that started the use of CBT in schools. Believe me, other Universities have followed suit. Some lecturers once complained that it took them months to mark scripts and record them but with the advent of CBT, things have been made easier. The idea of CBT was seen as local idea but when it became a prototype for other universities, it is now a national business. Though he had his own flaws but he is the kind of leaders Nigeria needs to grow.

Amubikan Saleem, 500l law, said that Prof Oloyede to some people is a good administrator while some see him as a dictator. Both views are correct to me. Oloyede really tried for Unilorin, under him Unilorin has been rated the best university in Nigeria twice and the school has been among the top four since then. The school is preferred among admission seekers because of its uninterrupted academic calendar. He is a clerisy with great intellectual depth and cerebral quality. The funny thing is that Oloyede is a typical example of a whole UNILORITE. He is a Unilorin graduate and has shown the world what a unilorite can do when employed. The University has witnessed massive transformation in physical infrastructure and modern building designs. The academic development under him has not taken a back seat. He met nine faculties and right now we already have thirteen faculties and we are still counting. There has been a development as to the Open Courseware System which has made teaching so easier. Maintaining a cult-free institution appears to be a herculean task. Some institutions went as far as granting amnesty to cultists but with a person of administrative sagacity at the helm of affairs, cultism has been thrown to the trash bin at UNILORIN. He demonstrated some dictatorial tendency by making the students’ union officers a toothless bulldog. They can only bark but not bite and thus making the union less attractive to the real "activist". On a whole he has put his name on the sand of time and cannot be forgotten in a hurry in the history of Unilorin. He should be promoted.
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Adetona Adejumo, 500l law said He got the mantle of leadership of the school and has the mandate to steer the leadership vessel of Unilorin for a single tenure of 5 years, the man an astute islamic scholar blazed the trail with a very high level of discipline he became the scourge of lazy and non-chalant staff. He gave the running of the university system a human face, the school became known as the better by far, but all this happened at what cost to the school and students of the institution, some people will still argue that the university is better from afar and not better by far and this is because of the many hardship faced by students. Firstly he introduced the online registration process that was supposed to make registration easier and better for the students but this in turn turned into a very big headache for the students as the system had many teething problems, with students not been able to register or even log in into the school website that for the first year was more offline than online. I remember that we were promised to be paid the sum of 200 naira to offset the problems faced by students but till date no one was paid any money. I even remember some students in my class clamoring to sue the school authority over the amount promised. I remember writing an examination slated for 2pm at the computer based test at 12am in the morning because of hitches, the man determined to bring change and yes we got that change, now the era of student having missing scripts is far gone, we see our results as soon as possible, the man oloyede brought discipline even though many of us as students frown at some of his ideas but today we are better for it, the school became ranked as number in Nigeria for the first time ever and we remained there for a while the university became courted by many aspiring students. The university though a colossus in the academic section by winning many awards but the social life of the students was zero most especially in the aspect of sports, the school hosted the West African University games but Unilorin had a below average performance as the school was not part of the table toppers and there was a dismal performance in many games like table tennis, hand ball, even on the track and field events, but the hosting was top class as visitors trooped into the school daily to watch the games I even knew people that travelled all the way from Abuja, Ibadan and other places too to come and watch the games. The administration of prof oloyede was an all-encompassing administration but despite it trying to achieve all it achieved much and the students will forever be grateful for having such and astute academic as a vice chancellor, in academics the school achieved much but in terms in sports yes there were a few scattered achievements but not that much and in terms of socials that is a no go area.

Lanre AbduL, 500L Law said the introduction of identity card and tag to both staffs and student of the institution to face out touts, fake students and staffs is a laudable thing. It has been used to differentiate between the staff and the students and the students of various faculties of the institution. In fact, it was after the introduction of the identity card by the present administration in the school community that makes other institutions of learning in the state to follow suit(primary and secondary schools inclusive) some Government ministries and parastatals has also see it as a good development by following the trend. Another laudable achievement of the outgoing administration was the introduction of computer based examination (CBT) to general courses to combat the menace of missing grades and missing script that is very common in the institution before the introduction of CBT. The CBT was used to conduct post JAMB. It has also improved effective release of results within twenty four hours after the conduct of the examination. The use of computer to write exams was first introduced to Nigeria system by Professor Oloyede which so many tertiary institutions has followed suit.

The outgoing administration also improved in the building of more lecture rooms and offices for staffs and students so as to improve the learning facilities and environment for learning. The newly built lecture rooms are the Faculty of Law lecture rooms, Geology lecture room and offices of staffs in the departments, offices of staffs and ultra-modern lab for the Geography students, offices of staffs and lecture room for students in the faculty of Communication and information Science. The administrations has also improved the facilities in the school stadium to a world class standard for the students of human kinetics and other student that what to keep their body and soul together. Another notable achievement of the administration is the introduction of new faculties and courses like Pharmaceutical science, Vet nary medicine, Mass communications, nursing, library and information sciences and some others. The administration also builds a radio station for effective communication and for training the Mass communication students to become the best in their choosing profession. Another notable record of the V.C is that for the past few years, the school has been able to inculcate and instill high level of discipline on both its students and staffs. This has assisted in curbing examination malpractices, cultism as well as improving students’ Dress Code. In the school, any student found guilty of any malpractice(s) will be automatically sent off i.e. “TO FACE TANKE” while students with indecent dressing will face disciplinary panel (presided by Professor QADRI). The students of university of Ilorin are notorious for being discipline and level headed right from the administration of Professor SHUAIB OBA ABU to the period of the present administration. I therefore urge the federal government to please create a place for Prof. Oloyede at the top.

Yusuf Tojola, 100l Law, said although, I became a student of this noble university just last year. Within this period of time have spent in this micro society; I have seen and can tell little about the Ishaq Oloyede lead administration. His administration pioneered the CBT in Nigeria, this has helped made examination easier and faster, it has enabled quick release of results after exams. His admin has ensured unbroken academic calendar, he has constructed at least a building in each faculty, created new research centres like centre for peace and strategic studies, research and technical centre etc. The construction of a new stadium and the successful holding of WAUG, prompt release of certificates, improvement of PHD program among others. He is a kind of leader that we need at the top.

The students admire Prof. Oloyede and learn from him whenever they can. They would love to, in their humble capacities, make people smile and this makes them hope that their Vice Chancellor would too! He has no doubt, set enviable records; his impeccable integrity has made him someone to be reckoned with and has earned him great reverence. He is fearless but humble, confident but modest. His giant strides at UNILORIN will forever be remembered and his footprints will be indelibly stamped in the sands of time. When he’s gone, we will all miss him, our dear V.C says Muritala Hameed, 300l Mass Comm.

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OLOYEDE MUST BE FIRED TO THE TOP

Politics / Re: Gbajabiamila Rebut's Allegations Of Financial Impropriety by Whyte002(m): 11:08pm On Jul 27, 2012
Nice talk from a vibrant honourable.

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Literature/Writing Ads / Democracy: An Irony In Nigeria by Whyte002(m): 10:29am On Jan 21, 2012
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“ENLIGHTENING MINDS THROUGH THE VOICE OF THE PEN”
DEMOCRACY: AN IRONY IN NIGERIA
I went towards the sea nodding in concordance to the perfect work of nature. My face was empty but my heart was crying. I could hear the melodious songs of the birds like those of the Rome choir in a cathedral during christmas. Insects made their creaking sounds in a diplomatic tone. The rays of the morning sun penetrated through the spaces in the trees. The early morning dew stood on the leaves in other to display its pureness. Sea-birds showing love to one another by sharing preys. The sound of the sea mighty waves lures my heart to an imaginative paradise. The concatenation finally leaves cold tears of passion dripping from my eyes.
I have no premonition of writing. I am not here to cogitate on any issue that might be troubling my mind. I have no plan of coming to the sea side to commit nature into paper artistically. I am here to enjoy a solitary moment.
Just in a trance, the environment became less condusive: the cool breeze became hot like the air from a drier. The song of the birds turned cacophonous. The newly adopted malicious and excessive noise of the insects showed they’ve gone ballistic. The objects of my sight became the opposite of what I saw earlier. My thought became the antagonist of my mind. The sorrow I had tried to keep at bay resurfaced. The heavy heart gave birth to tears: tears of sorrow and pain. I have no choice than to give my thoughts life through the use of my pen and express the reason I’ve come to seek refuge from nature.
After the end of the colonial rule, the post colonial era has been one of a struggle for political arrangement, pragmatism in government, transparency, accountability and sustainability. Corruption has engulfed all government sectors. Nepotism has become a consistent manager of private enterprises. Bribery thread the street majestically in classy attires on a daily basis. Egocentrism became a consistent factor in identifying a true Nigerian.
It is disheartening that Nigeria has become a “work shop of democracy” where the mechanics chose to change the destiny and outlook of the vehicle (democracy) to suit their selfish purpose.
They took it to their workshop and called on the other self-acclaimed specialists and the task towards changing the destiny of democracy began. The democratic vehicle which was spacious enough to accommodate us and the generations unborn was reduced to a smaller one in the guise that it will move faster and cover the distance of achievemets needed as far as our country is concerned in a short time.
We become heart-broken upon realising the freedom of expression has been sacrificed during the panel-beating process. The new democratic vehicle doesn’t occupy the practical freedom of expression. The initial steering of the vehicle which makes democracy the government of the people was removed and substituted for an electric one. This makes people with visions for the nation flee in fear of getting electrocuted while people without purpose for the state were seen in their insulating gloves controlling the state vehicle.
The cushioned seat in the rear vehicle of democracy where the human right activists used to sit was changed for an iron one coated with spikes. This made the human right activists and advocates who wanted to see how the affair of the state goes alight from the vehicle after getting a sore back sides due to the sharp objects. We challenged them as to why a seat was coated with sharp objects and the reply they gave was that the determination of a good leader lies in the ability to endure hard times. In other words, telling us their inability to sit on spikes means they are not meant to be there.
The normal movement of the vehicle was substituted for a break-rib speed and the policies which are not yet ripe for execution were seen being enforced. The speed became too much that the on-lookers at the road side scream in terror of a potential damage to the vehicle.
The tires of the real democracy vehicle was changed for an unusual iron type. Sadly, the crawling babies among us (innocents) who might be crawling while the mother is busy preparing the meal became crushed by the vehicle and as such the future appears uncertain.
They knew too well the destination they intended and made the vehicle without brake; they easily turned to the roads that suits them. Hence, when our few representatives who can still endure to stand in the vehicle calls their attention to good policies calling for a lift at the road side in a bid to help them, they claimed the vehicle has got no brake and as such those policies die at the road sides. The policies they bring is nothing short of searching for an honest man with a stolen lantern and their motive for the people is only understood by their fellow looters with a predetermined and similar agenda.
Our parents stands at the road side with loads of responsibilities on their heads expecting the vehicle to return, but the hope of its return diminishes on a daily basis. The weak among us became helpless with the loads and died tragically.
They’re never happy when the night is over. They prefer driving at night in a bid to satisfy their selfish interests. Our representatives demands that the head lamp be put on in a bid to see what lies ahead the dark destination, only to be told the lamp is in a bad stage and they threaten to throw out anyone who complains again and as such, the vehicle procceed on a dark and fruitless journey.
They threw cash on occassional basis to the road side and buy our conscience and reasonability, thus, the slightest murmur earn us a thorough beating by their roadside loyalists.
We seek refuge in protest, believing we have the government which recognises the rights and interest of the people, but lives were lost in a bid to express our grievances peacefully. We stick to the televison and got married to our radios expecting to hear news of redemption, only to be told “the pain is temporal”. The question is when did democracy become the government of temporal pain?
The destiny of democracy has been changed by the destiny mechanics. The colour it has now was given to it by the fate painters. The democracy we have in Nigeria is the shadow of democracy.
culled from www.oluwaseguncreativemind..com. ogundipe David Oluwasegun

Literature/Writing Ads / The Raped Nation by Whyte002(m): 10:26am On Jan 21, 2012
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“ENLIGHTENING MINDS THROUGH THE VOICE OF THE PEN”
THE RAPED NATION
Yeah, I’m not disputing that she is a beautiful woman. An epitome of beauty in a robe of corruption, she has a wrapper of dishonesty. Her head gear is that of bribery. Perfect under-wears of immorality. A pair of shoes depicting violence. Her golden wrist watch reflects poverty. She has a hand bag of deceit. She’s scenting so unreliable and dangerous. I guess she used a body spray of rancour and acrimony. What a perfect being!!!, These are the descriptions my white friend gave my black nation, Africa.
Times without number I have been a victim of attack by words, a victim of stigmatization, a dejected young man in some occasions among my so called friends from the other parts of the world when they turn my black continent to a subject of criticism and object of ridicule. Yet, there has never been a moment of regret that I’m from the black nation and I shall never deny the fact that I’m from the continent where nature itself lives.
It is a well known adage in my country that if death doesn’t come through an internal source, never will it come from an external one. I’ll like to chase the hyena into the thick forest before bouncing back on my erring cock who sold us out… Hundreds of years ago, thousands of months back, I learnt our fore-fathers never set their eyes on a ship. Yet, they traversed in their own little ways. Our mothers then never hear the sound of an airplane yet they never clamour to fly in the sky all because they were satisfied with their God-given environment and never saw a reason to compete with the birds in the air. Our great brothers traveled from one village to another and never wished for a car. The beauty of our sisters reflected the undefiled African beauty in their native attires and they never clamoured for any clothes that will reveal their natural endowment while the law of morality forbade them to put on any attire that will expose their cleavages. Young men never saw a reason to lay ambush for the ladies in a bid to take their pride by force. The whole race never saw a reason to become rich by hook or by crook while serious sanctions awaited an obstinate offender.
Then our fathers all went to bed one night. The songs of the birds filled the air, the moon and the stars illuminated the night and frogs croaked in continuity. The children were in a deep sleep after the usual folk tales. Crickets gave their usual sounds. Big trees shook their leaves to greet the cool passing air while the small trees bend in respect of the sea breeze. Then silence complemented the night.
Our fathers never knew that was a send-off party of our God-given nature and traditions until the terrific noise of the air plane told them it was time to wake. They saw the large object moving on the sea which always depicted the greatness of the Almighty without sinking. They took over our lands and made us slaves. They took our goods and called us fools. The big trees were severed and thus nature began to fade away. Our mountains and rocks were broken into pieces and thus we felt unsecured. They took our fathers’ all purpose attires and gave them a war uniform. They confused the young men that gun is not meant for hunting purpose alone and that the wrath of the bullet could be invoked on our offending brothers. They encouraged the negative minded leaders among our fathers to embrace looting as they could always safe their ill-gotten treasures in foreign accounts. Nude pictures were seen in papers all over the land and the young men became sex hungry while the ladies cry to mourn the premature and unjustified death of their virginity. The jar of palm wine was taken away from us in exchange for foreign gin only for our decent fathers to turn their gentle wives to punch bags after a cup which got their thoughts wild. They sent morality to the grave and gave the ladies clothes that were in no way better than walking nude. Our sisters looked into their mirror and hope for a fair skin like them and thus buried the African pride and dignity to lay their backs free for them for a tube of skin lightening cream. They told us to limit our call on God and rather resort to wars in certain situations. Our words for discussion were changed to swords for destruction.
Years after, we started growing in greed while we excelled in theft, war and enmity. We top the world chart in corruption. We took over the internet and defrauded them heavily. Their guns we took along as we beat their intelligence and rob the secured banks. They introduced us to the hard drugs and when we hit their country with the drug bags they panicked in fear of a looming danger. We forget the settler’s doorsteps and took to violence in addressing issues. We became a global threat as they never sleep with both eyes closed in fear of exhibition of the animalistic idiosyncrasy they’ve infused into us. They were able to restrict our actions but our thoughts they failed to get back to normal. Hence we go haywire.
They raped our nation, defiled our culture and took our pride and now, they turn back to put the blame on us, restricting us in their countries with the credence that we are an impending doom.
Who is to blame, a teacher who taught the student the addition of three and three is six or the student who proceeded to study hard and improvised on the foundation of his knowledge to discover that three and three can make a better nine by a simple act of multiplication?
culled from www.oluwaseguncreativemind..com

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Literature/Writing Ads / Lecturers Or ''tensioners?'' by Whyte002(m): 10:23am On Jan 21, 2012
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“ENLIGHTENING MINDS THROUGH THE VOICE OF THE PEN”
LECTURERS OR TENSIONERS?
Equality before the law has become a banal phrase among students in the Nigerian higher institutions; when they feel they are facing unjust treatment and oppression from other students and colleagues, and even freshmen students know that freedom of thought and expression are concepts embedded in the constitution.
However, their actions tell us that “equality” is a subjective expression. Remember George Orwell in “Animal Farm?”…. “All animals are equal but some are more equal than others”. Thus, fear drives us to attend lectures, the fear of terrible sanctions. These “tensioners” aggravate the fear and pressure we’re under rather than encourage us. And like low rank military personnel respond to their draconian superiors, we answer “yes sir” or “yes ma” even when they call us people from “miserable and hopeless backgrounds.”
I feel emotionally lacerated as my pen engages in its usual magic of turning my thoughts to words. Some of the memories of my early days as a student linger in my head, like they’re on a quest to feature in this piece to help express a “bitter truth”.
I attend lectures with religious punctuality not just because I want the knowledge or the few marks it would add to my total score, but also because of lecturers’ decree that no one would write their examination unless they make 75 % attendance.
I bottle up my feelings and thoughts on some of the actions of our leaders, but my countenance reveals my disgust. I am able to hide my emotions most times because I know I will be a graduate very soon and will be free from these manacles of intimidation and threat that I consented to wear. My conscience, however, being the independent soldier that he is, will never forgive me if I fail to express this golden thought and our “grund norm” (the Nigeria constitution) will doubt the validity of my being a Nigerian if I fail to exercise the freedom of thought and expression it gives me.
Cases of “tensioners” telling the students some grades are practically unattainable in their courses have become the talk of the town. Such “tensioners” are usually reported to have said things like “A is for God and it is exclusively reserved for Him, B is for me and I can’t let it get out of my custody while C is for the serious students”. I used to think this was just a rumour started by unserious students in a scheme to excuse or justify their average performances- their Ds, Es and carry over grades until I overheard one “tensioner” telling his audience not to expect distinction because he has no such package in his marking scheme.
I could tell from the whispers coming from the students, their confused, scared faces, and agitated gestures that they were under tension. Less than two weeks after this humorous but saddening event I witnessed another scene that involved another “tensioner” directing threatening words to a portion of the class. This lecturer told that section of the students that he would fail them and tell other lectures to do the same; this elicited a bout of thundering laughter from me. I think the “tensioners” have forgotten that “studium discendi voluntate quae cogi non potest constat” (study depends on the good will of the student, a quality which cannot be secured by threat or compulsion.) We can never learn under threats, compulsion or out of good will.
As if that was not enough, in a visit to one of our universities during the last holiday I met a 200 level student that told me he is likely to convoke anytime since one of his “ogas” has threatened him with expulsion, yet the boy have no case with the disciplinary committee. When I view these incidents from another perspective, I ask myself when our universities became joke factories. Even law students have to reserve their legal and equitable rights in some cases while other students in our universities will rather go home to display their knowledge with their sibling than trying to tell the tensioners their “church minds”.
I must however include that some of our bosses here are not just here to impact knowledge but are also treating us like their brothers, sisters or even children. And in my opinion, by doing this, they pass the test of humanity. The memories of their humility, kindness and right attitude towards us will live forever.
However, my humble question to the “tensioners” is if timidity is infused into us, the fire of courage burning inside us is quenched with their water of threats, the free relationship that should exist between us is severed, and our well-deserved academic excellence is denied us on paper, what is the fate of the “better Nigeria” we all wish and pray for?
culled from www.oluwaseguncreativemind..com

Politics / Big Destructive Daddies by Whyte002(m): 3:37am On Oct 28, 2011
BIG DESTRUCTIVE DADDIES
It is with great enthusiasm and unbridled sobriety that I decided to write on this piece that is of uttermost importance to the welfare and growth of our society and the nation at large especially as Nigeria clocks another year. Today, I should be quoted to have said that our land that is watered by the Niger and Benue between the sandy wastes and the gulf of guinea, washed by the mighty Atlantic is an arena for the breeding of creatures called the Big Daddies. They are the Leaders who practice a brand of politics that goes beyond the greed for lucre. The bad they do is never lost, each bad act takes root, and every bit of bad they sow, in time will bear its fruits. So I pray to God. How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong, because someday in your life you will have been all of these. This to them is never a food of thought. Even the law they operate with doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.
I was moved to tears when I and my fellow colleague were denied visas recently by the Austrian Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria. I could not hold back the tears even though I was pacified by my coach to stop. This is the same embarrassment every Nigerian gets when they intend stepping outside the chores of this country. Do this people get the same treatment from us? The big daddies would answer the big question because they control our affairs both national and international. I know as a matter of fact that they do not get same treatment rather we celebrate their migration to our father land.  The labour of our fore fathers have been put to vain as some set of people in a generation have turned every plan upside down to the extent that countries that are not up to our country are doing perfectly well than us. The problem with Nigeria is leadership. The crop of leaders we have lacked the strength, the knowledge and the will to lead us but yet they ruled and are still ruling us. They consult not our fears, our hopes and our dreams.  They think not about our frustrations, and also about our unfulfilled potential. They concern their selves not with what we tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for them to do to exploit us. They converted the toiling and labour of our parents to their personal farms and earn more money. They tried bringing to our door step unmerited agendas that would prolong their stay in office but they failed. Recently another agenda as resurfaced from their baby but it would fail because it is not for our benefit. Some of them give cheap testimony in court recently and make us all look foolish. They killed and murdered our great leaders claiming they were obeying their bigger daddy’s orders and want us to forgive them. They killed for fun forgetting the commandment of God that thou shall not kill. They also move helter and skelter from one political party to the other to secure their way to the rock house but they fail and would continue to fail. They came back from prison recently and they were still celebrated by friends and foes that can do worse than they’ve done.  They wear white attires and keep white beards and represent our interest among other African countries. They spent few months in government and handed over power after looting our treasury. Recently they celebrated their birthday and they were still referred to as the symbol of peace and unity in Nigeria. They have forgotten the seed of trauma they planted in our life on the 12th day of June, 1993. Some of them even passed a resolution that 50million US dollars should be used to celebrate the birthday of the world president. I laugh because they have misplaced priorities. This was the same President that visited Ghana and left the giant of Africa all because of lack of proper governance as claimed. This same country in their embassy subject Nigerians to torture of the mind all because they want to travel to their country. When one of our daddies got to the acclaimed white house for a visit, he said it was a dream come through entering the house rather than discussing issues that would make the country go forward. What a way of saying thank you for the torture melted on their children. They make our roads swallow our flesh all because they have refused to be tarred. Our water and power system is nothing but a complete definition of the word ‘epileptic”. They cannot be emulated because they are visionless and would continue to regenerate themselves in brazen corruption, imperialism and insecurity. During election, instead of them to campaign to us they prefer giving us guns and matchets as gifts so that we can still ballot boxes for them. After election, they would never ask us to return the dangerous materials back. As thus, we become master rogues and our destiny changed. The big daddies are just too wonderful to be called destroyers of hope. They smile with a mind that is as treacherous as that of a snake. They do not rush their things but make haste slowly to disrupt the toiling of our parents and they say it is ‘tax’.  Surely there is a tally sheet in the exchange of small bad deed and there is shared memory, from each person, the assurances of bad things to come.  They have nothing but guns for the hungry and think of nothing but death and dying. They would spend the earth’s fortune harvesting blood from the fields of war and corruption. The last banquet shall be their children’s blood. They must pay the price if they wish to secure the blessing. They have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. Happiness to them comes from looting. To loot and to loot again is the brave and happy life they desire. What a wasteful life. They act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life when all that they need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. Annoyingly, even those who lack the moral justification to whisper among them are screaming on their voices “crucify them, them”; those who, when they cough, vomit mammoth of grammatical errors in the midst of senseless discourse; those whose actions and inactions have dragged us several decades behind; those who have exchanged the future of this country with fabulous fat foreign accounts are among those who christened the new Nigerian generation as an hopeless one.
They have forgotten so soon that class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life. We are all equal and people like me who do everything to change my country. I have come to realise It is said, ‘if nothing is done about anything, things will remain the way they are”. To my fellow colleague, it is time to rise up for the challenge. To the young fellows of my generation, please don’t and stop asking yourself what Nigeria needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive as a Nigerian. And then go and do that. Because what Nigeria needs are people who have come alive to make her grow and restore her divine glory and not those who finds happiness in looting her treasury. Let us also bear in mind, that if we are going to amount to anything, our success does not depend upon the brilliancy and the impetuosity with which we take hold, but upon the everlasting and sanctified buldoggedness with which we hang on after we have taken hold. There's no easy path to glory. There is no road to fame. Life, however we may view it, is no simple parlour game; but its prizes call for fighting, for endurance and for grit; for a rugged disposition that will not quit. This is where our glory lies as the younger generation. Fighting for what is ours is the ultimate glory we can boast off. We are not agent of destruction like the big daddies but agent of change.
Literature / Re: Is Anyone Interested In Writing For My Website$$$$ by Whyte002(m): 4:58pm On Oct 19, 2010
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Sports / Re: Siasia May Get Eagles Job: If He Accepts NFF Offer by Whyte002(m): 4:52pm On Oct 19, 2010
Siasia is too full of himself dis days, we know he can do dis and why is he wasting time, Money should not be the factor that would make him turn down the job.

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