Is There Anything Like A Born-Again Christian?

The first time the term “born again” was mentioned in the bible was during the dialogue between Jesus and a Pharisee named Nicodemus – John 3.

Nicodemus came to Jesus at night and called him a teacher (and not a son of God), and said to him, you must come from God otherwise you won’t be performing all these signs.

#EndSARS Killings: The Unknown Soldier, And The Known Civilian In Oyigbo

An Unknown Soldier Is Nothing But A Terrorist

Fela Kuti’s Kalakuta republic was burnt by Nigerian Soldiers in 1977. A lot of people died in that incident which eventually led to the death of Fela’s mother.

A Judicial investigation returned that Fela’s house was burnt by the Unknown Soldier. Fela recorded a song in which he stated that if the unknown Soldier burnt his house, there were also the unknown Police, the unknown civilian, and the unknown government.

Donald Trump’s Re-election Bid And His Ill-informed Supporters In Nigeria


Americans will go to the polls to choose a new president on 03/Nov/2020. The contest is between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Mr. Trump is seeking a 2nd term in office.

Politics is all about interest. The US is the leader of the free world, therefore the outcome of the presidential election will have an impact on our lives. So, everybody and every country must lean towards the candidate that would protect their interests.

#EndSARS Protests: The Cause And Effect

The Statute Of Liberty Of #EndSARS Protest

I used to own two ferocious dogs, a Doberman Pinscher, and a Rottweiler. These dogs were so brutal and confident that they could take on a Tiger.

My dogs shared a name - BEAST, and they were trained to play out the meaning of their name. As such, I had 2 vicious dogs beckoning each time I mentioned – BEAST.

The dogs were Fed once a day as part of their training. They were locked up all day and only released in the evening. If they had privileges, they were practically taken away from them.

That type of training made them regularly angry. I didn’t even have absolute control over them except when I was feeding them. 

You might have come to my house in peace, but you weren’t guaranteed to leave in pieces.

Now, sometime in 2006, a Mobile Policeman (MoPol) stopped my vehicle at a police checkpoint and wanted to know where I was going. I told him that I was going to my village. I told him the name.

Where is that, he asked? Then I asked him if I could park my vehicle safely and have a proper conversation with him. He obliged me.

Next, I said to him, I suppose this checkpoint was set up to protect this community, including my village. But how would you respond to a distressed call from a village you haven’t heard of?

As the MoPol was now visibly distraught, I quickly shifted the blame to his superiors. Then he responded dejectedly to my astonishment.

The MoPol complained that he was transferred from Edo state to Abia state about 5 days ago. And that he doesn’t know any place in Umuahia and has nowhere to lay his head.

He sleeps and sometimes takes his bath at the nearby petrol station. And he goes inside the nearby bush for his toilet essentials.

His allowances haven’t been paid, which means that he has no money for his necessities and no money to send to his family. He complained miserably that Nigerian Police personnel are treated like animals by the authorities.

Now, think of my dogs (Beasts), think of SARS and the rest of the Nigerian Police. There’s no difference between them. Both were trained to be vicious and to attack with little or no provocation.

Besides, I fed my dogs better than how they fed Police recruits at Nigeria’s Police Colleges. Surely, a hungry policeman with an AK47 in his hands is deadlier than an armed robber.

That’s the kind of Police the government says is your friend. Nigerian Police are brutal because the Nigerian government wanted them that way. Despite what the government may say, Nigerian Police were trained to be vicious.

If the government had wanted to train friendly Police, they would have. But their intention was to create beasts in uniforms, which they would unleash on the people to perpetually hold them in check.

Well, young people have had enough of police brutality and other injustices handed down to them over the years. And thus, there is a protest going on in the country.

Even though the protest is hinged on #EndSARS and police brutality it encompasses other injustices.

It is equally a protest against all forms of maltreatment from other Nigeria’s security personnel, such as the Military, Customs, Immigration, Road Safety, etc. In short, it is a protest against bad governance in Nigeria.

However, ending the operations of SARS would not change the mindset of the personnel of the Nigerian police force (NPF). Changing SARS to SWAT is a change of nomenclature, the personnel remains the NPF.

What we need is a fundamental change in the NPF. The Nigerian police are not professionally trained. The organization is underfunded, and the workforce is underpaid.

Finally, the tigers have tested human blood and it tastes good to them. And that means humans are in trouble.

Likewise, the ‘lazy youths’ have tested protest, and it tastes good. They have realized that they can actually cause a change, Nigerian politicians ought to be worried.

#EndSARS - #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria.

~liberate your mind

The Meaning of Di In IGBO Tradition, It Does Not Mean Husband On Its Own


I watched a video where Archbishop Anthony Obinna of Owerri dioceses was commenting on the injustices of OSU practice in Igbo land.

The Archbishop stated that Di means husband in Igbo, and that land is Arusi (deity), therefore, Di-Ala means husband of Arusi. This assertion is incorrect.

Your Biggest Opponent Is... Your Biggest Ally Is…


“Did you realize that your biggest opponent is always with you? Who? Your ego!

Ego desires recognition and control, interferes with performance and learning, likes to impress and boast, and gets upset and defensive. Ego gets in the way of your success, relationships, and personal growth.

Mali – Whether Civilian Or Military, A Coup Is A Coup

“Those who make peaceful [change] impossible will make violent [change] inevitable”, according to John F Kennedy. This is the current situation in Mali. 

The country’s military has decided to change the government in Mali since the politicians refused to respect the change of government that Malians voted for.

The whole world has condemned the military coup in Mali. From ECOWAS to the African Union, from the European Union to the American Union (US), and from every other union in the world to the United Nations.

The Return Of The Author Of “The Satanic Verses” Of Abia State


In 1988, Mr. Salman Rushdie published a novel he called “The Satanic Verses”. The book was partly based on the life of Prophet Mohammad.

Mr Rushdie highlighted some verses of the Quran and information from other sources, which questioned what the prophet Muhammad claimed to be.

Mallam Isa Funtua: The Man Who Manipulated The Central Bank Of Nigeria


Mallam Isa Funtua was an in-law and associate of President Muhammadu Buhari. He died a few weeks ago. While Mr. Funtua was alive, he was alleged to have controlled the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and its foreign exchange (Forex) trade.

Dictators Are The Last To See A Looming Revolution

In 1989, while lounging on the sofa in my one-bedroom flat in London, I watched on live television the unfolding revolution in Romania.

It started in the city of Timisoara when the government used the secret police (Securitate) of Nicolae Ceausescu, the Romanian dictator, to crush the protest against the eviction of the Pastor of the Hungarian Reformed Church.

However, on 21/December/1989, the communist party assembled some workers to grace Ceausescu’s speech on the happenings in Timisoara. There were over 100,000 of them who attended the rally simply because they were afraid to lose their jobs.