Political Socio-Religious Commentaries

I totally agree to the comment of Eke Olugu. Thing...

2012-01-19T08:22:14.322-08:00

I totally agree to the comment of Eke Olugu. Things should be done in the proper order. The government may not be able to probe any case of corruption, because as Ndi Igbo say You don't blow hot coal into flame with mouth full of water.

I and just like many other Nigerians believe that ...

2012-01-15T03:57:46.967-08:00

I and just like many other Nigerians believe that fuel subsidy be removed but then things should be placed in proper perspective.You donot put the cart before the horse. Introduce the palliatives first, fight corruption and reduce the cost of governance before asking the masses to make sacrifice.Data shows that previous budgets on subsidy were around 350 billion naira and for 2011, 450 billion was budgetted but 1.34 trillion naira was claimed to have been spent and which happened to be an election year, meanwhile there was no supplementary budget for that matter and mr president is yet to try any government official suspected to have connived with the so called cabals. Thus who is fooling who? The major issue is lack of trust in the leadership by nigerians.

Pope Benedict XVI addressing the German parliament...

2012-01-11T13:29:17.862-08:00

Pope Benedict XVI addressing the German parliament quoted a saying of St. Augustine in the City of God that "A Nation State without law is nothing but a band of robbers. That is exactly what the Nigerian government has become, a band of robbers looting the nation mercilessly.

The situation of Nigeria is not funny at all. It i...

2012-01-11T13:20:33.727-08:00

The situation of Nigeria is not funny at all. It is very sad. But Nigerians always find ways to cushion their sufferings and pain by making a joke out of their painful situation. In the first picture the woman is actually praying that the water in a basin should turn into petrol just as Jesus turned water into wine. The pictures show various individual solutions to the fuel crisis.

Nice article indeed and the pictures really give s...

2012-01-10T11:30:01.477-08:00

Nice article indeed and the pictures really give some laugh. How I wish Nigerians will understand the full implication of the subsidy removal and cooperate with Mr President.

Nice article on the sorry state of affairs in the ...

2012-01-10T10:38:24.813-08:00

Nice article on the sorry state of affairs in the country. The pictures are proof that nigerians can still find some humour in the situation, despite all the pain and suffering

An interesting insight into hypocrisy of African l...

2009-08-06T00:19:50.161-07:00

An interesting insight into hypocrisy of African leaders who publicly profess Christianity, but secretly subscribe to other beliefs

The obervation I have is:
Although the relaiabi...

2009-04-09T17:24:00.000-07:00

The obervation I have is:
Although the relaiability /competence / validity of the powers of the totem, are cast into doubt by the undfolding events, considering the numerous factors that affect events in life (apart from those that cn be completely tied to the totm's supposed influence or lack thereof) it seems not to have reached a point where a decisive condemnation of the totem is the natural conclusion of the story

I want to congratulate Ambassador Ukpong on his pu...

2008-10-23T15:21:00.000-07:00

I want to congratulate Ambassador Ukpong on his publications. I want also to make the following comments on the first article on Mobutu Sesseseku and his totem. Totemism seems to be universal in the ancient world. There is hardly any nation where they never had totems. Some of these totems have survived civilization and enlightenment, especially through the political class. One sees them in the coat of Arms of many nations. Here in Germany for example, apart from the Eagle in their National Coat of Arm, Berlin has the Bear as her totem and Bayern the Lion. Most of these political totems are beasts of prey. May be, these count for the inhuman behaviours of most political leaders all over the world. Even in the Old Testament Bible we found something of the sort. Daniel’s vision of four beasts in Daniel chapter 7 is a good example. Totemism is earliest version of the funny theory of evolution of the human species from animals.
Yes some believe their totem so much that they forget God almighty. All said and done the same fate that awaits all living beings await them, - death. Yes Lions, Bears, and Leopards even Dragons die. Mobutu forgot that. But death does not bother about what a person believes or not believe. If human beings were capable of learning from history, I think there would have been no more arrogant and wicked leaders who eat up their people as beasts of prey. If Mobutu wished to be strong as the Leopard to ward of foreign predators from destroying his people (Agu na-eche mba as the Igbos would say) it would have been a different case, but being a Leopard to eat up the people he was suppose to protect is bad enough, yet the country continues to exist while he is long dead in exile.His fate awaits all his like.
Dee Mike