Our priority

Its funny how I find that as a people, we Nigerians don't prioritize and have no real sense of urgency. I feel like we have a long-winded way of reaching an end because we fail to plot logically. For example, a woman who does not have a job will borrow money to look pretty but not eat to attract a man, who will take interest in her, introduce her to people so she can finally find that man that will provide her sustenance. Long-winded, I know, it does not make sense to me either what I just wrote! What am saying is that, we live above our means in order to find our means. Another example, it is more urgent to distribute flyers on swine-flu than to tackle the increasing rate of AIDS and Meningitis or Polio in Nigeria. It is more urgent to bury Babangida's wife than to find out if the president will be alive. It is difficult to even have a decent sense of urgency if we have such warped sense of priorities.

So as a result, our government is exactly the same. It lives above its means, it does not even produce means because this has become more difficult as its feeding mouths above its capacity. We have free education, free health, but then we can't afford it because we don't really pay tax and if we do, some scmuck steals it because he needs to live above his means and show off in some sick way. *breathless*

We can now only pray or act, there is no need for verbal criticism of our country anymore. Look at it at the moment- people are dying in a state and our priority is that a Hausa man must remain in power. We need to move past our ethnicity and religious bias for politics to be sane and for the economy to progress. We need to decide what's more important. Personally, the well-being of the Nigerian people is more important to me than that of an Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba, Ijaw or Kanuri man. All I want in life is to be able to live in a safe country. And safe as in I can rest assure that no one will look at me and say, 'fucking christian off with her head', or 'bastard muslim let's kill her, she's not worth much'. I am worth something, I am human and so are the people in Jos and the Niger-Delta- killing us won't make us a happier or more progressive nation.

Our lack of prioritizing and lack of a sense of urgency is killing us and we are watching it happen.

Revolt?REvolt??REVolt???REVO????REVOL?????REVOLT??????

Irrespective of my status of residence,it is possible for me to see the positives and negatives of a country I grew up in...I am stuck in traffic, I live in darkness and I have had to queue for fuel, I have even been subjected to not going to school because of strikes, I think I qualify as one who suffers the insecure state of my country.

And so when you do all this talking, who is listening exactly, fellow 'clown masses or the clown government'. Anywhich way no ones hears,clearly they don't care and your revolution will be futile... In military rule, who talked and lived it through. And upon all the talk, we got Obasanjo and a bunch of other military men, how was that progressive?We lie everyday about how we are now democratic therefore we deserve better, we are not. We are an oligarchy and that's all...

All I want to know, is will YOU be the revolutionary, will YOU DIE for YOUR cause, because let's face it, its not the talkers that die, its the doers. Will YOU do that?and will YOU take the jugdement of killing these clowns. That's why I say its easy to talk the talk, its harder to walk the walk and Nigeria is not at the point where talking the talk matters, its about walking infact jumping and the truth is, we as a people, see violence and we RUN, we KILL it because we are afraid(sensibly enough).

Sorry I am not a supporter of revolutions because its not the talkers or the privileged who suffer,it will be the masses you're fighting for who will. I support evolutions,no blood, just time consuming but eventually will happen. Your talk ain't gonna do much for an evolution especially when no one is listening and you are attacking!

Sorry about the epistle, but I am genuinely pissed off when Nigerians just quote out of theories that don't hold any water for our country. We are not a normal country contrary to popular belief therefore 'international relations' norms do not necessarily apply well to us.

In the new year I will be patient!!

Ok so my first blog of the year and I am purging hence the title but OMG!!!


So everyone knows how Haiti is in trouble and they are fighting in Jos yet again and over Christmas we even exported our first terrorist (well i say that tongue in cheek!!)
anyway this friend of ours is convinced that there is a conspiracy theory about Jos and tbh its a pretty baseless theory, its not even a conspiracy!! so there is an intellectual discussion going on and you know we are trying to be progressive young ones and the following crops up as a means of argument

1. When MFM catches them...WTF WTfreakingF, MFM really...this was an intelligent response how?? It irks me that he tried to bring such into a political argument, what was his aim, what was hoping to achieve, like its completely beyond me...what the hell MFM is meant to do for an argument about a baseless conspiracy theory...

2. We are all one...and so, what does that do for the argument...asin what exactly is we are all one...we are all one so we shouldn't kill each other or we are all one as in in this argument...we are all one, soooooooooooooooooooooo??

Ok so basically, nothing is more irritating than trying to shy away from an argument because you are losing by making such loose meaningless points...we are all one..let MFM catch them...eew!!!*DEAD*

On a brighter note, HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone, may this year be filled with progress in all spheres of our lives especially when we speak!!!

peace,love, progress and NO TO BAD ARGUMENTS!!!

A result of civil war.

So this is going to be a major rant!!
This was a comment on someone's post...

Nigeria imports more generators than any other country in the world. The fumes kill 100's of thousands of people every year. This is because the Hausa/Fulani backwards government who have been controlling this god forsaken country since 1967 steal all our money and all the good people of the Niger deltas oil (the ijaw, the ogoni etc) while totally destroying their land and livelihood. Despite the oil boom of the 70's Nigeria has steadily been going down hill. Nothing can save this stupid country unless you send all the northerners back to the sahara dessert with their cattle, and send them obasanjo and other area boys that want to steal nigeria and africas resources and destroy the great black race. We don't need that shit. In the 21st century we have an apartheid system where the hausa/Fulani minority rule the Negro majority of the south. Think about it. I want nothing to do with your stupid country. No electricity, no running water. In the 50's (urban areas) this was unheard of. That was when decent morally conscious folk ran shit. Before the illiterate thick odious lot came to power. We need to stop them. Enough is enough. Time is running out. And this is before even looking at the climate change issue, I was talking to ken saro-wiwa jnr last night, he advises the gov on climate change and foreign affairs and he says particularly in Naija climate change is potentially the biggest threat we have ever faced in this part of the world. And you think someone like yar'adua would understand or even care about something like that? Effed.

This was the reply to the post

The Hausa/Fulani actually make up 29% of the population of Nigeria followed by the Yoruba at 28%(CIA Factbook) therefore they are not a minority. Actually we have had non-Hausa military leaders. The leaders of the Niger Delta have sold them (the people) to the rest of Nigeria,for example, Alamieyeseigha and James Ibori(he had a private jet might we add!need we say more). There is more to the North than cattle, agriculture is a big part of their society as well- cotton, soy beans are two examples of the products in high demand in the world and which are produced by the North (national encyclopaedia). This 'uselessness' of the North adds 32% to Nigeria's GDP. Africa's resources...that's a bit far-fetched. Nigeria being the second largest African economy does not need 'African resources' to survive. Nigeria in the 50s was under colonial rule,how was that a good thing, 'forced mis-modernisation'. Climate change is the least of our problems, Aids, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Female genital mutilation,Polio...those are our issues. Ken- Saro Wiwa Jnr clearly is just interested in climate change. To conclude, before you make these types of arguments, have your facts right and don't make general points about a group of people. We could say that we wanted all Igbo people to stay in the east and just do 419 but because it is an uninformed statement, it won't be posted on the world wide web. Lastly, you don't want to have anything to do with 'our country', then why bother to write such an uninformed epiphany on facebook...

This was the reply to the reply.

Sorry who are you? The CIA is a terrorist organisation. Like most 'official' data in Nigeria, the figures have been manipulated and falsified for political gain. It is a well known fact that the census carried out in 63 was rigged to give the north a majority of the seats in the house of reps and to allocate a larger proportion of the national wealth to developing that region. Balewa and Bello fucked those figures in the most criminal way. Let us not forget the north did nothing in the fight for independance and even objected more than once to the abolition of colonialism in Nigeria. They were happy being ruled by the British like good little servants. It was nnamdi azikiwe who had to literally beg them to accept independance and this meant much compromise on his part. How can population figures in one region go up/down by 10 million in one year? You are so blind if you think they have done anything for Nigeria other than destroy it and support the genocide of three million innocent Igbo men, women and children. The Igbo have always been the most industrius, hardworking, rightous, morally guided people south of the sahara. Go and study some proper African history before coming and insulting the most oppressed people of so called Nigeria. You insinuate that the igbo are the main offendors of so called 419, well I tell you when it becomes a question of survival I can't blame them. The igbo have never been a poor people and under 'one nigeria' they have been relegated to second class citizens which is not in our makeup. The igbos are the backbone of Nigeria don't you ever forget that. They built this stupid country which wants to repay them by wiping out half their people, enslaving the other half and yes governers like Ibori in delta and many other eastern region governers are a bunch of shortsighted, greedy twats as well I know. They are just as bad if not worse than the obadanjos, gowons, yar'aduas etc. Nigeria was a colonial experiment that frankly was never going to suceed because where there is injustice there can be no peace. Nigeria was built on injustice where European governments and oil multinationals backed a docile northern government to suck out and sell out all there supposed brothers ancestral wealth while taking a small cut and shutting up. Happens all over Africa. Wake the fuck up. Why else do you think Britain backed the federal government war against Biafra. It was to secure their oil and other mineral resource interests in that region, and no eastern government would ever give away their birthright to the west. We are just to proud and moral a people to sell out our African brothers and sisters. CIA factbook. You are brainwashed beyond belief. The proportional population figures still mostly used are the 1963 census. And if you don't see a pattern here with 30 thousand Igbo people (human beings) being slaughtered like animals by illiterate northerners simply because they were threatened by their industry then fleeing to the east where the Nigerian army then came to kill and rape them, if this is not systematic genocide then nothing is. My grandfather was a very prominent Lagos based doctor pre civil war. Indeed my father was a young boy when the war broke out. You have no idea what it was like for innocent Igbo people. They did nothing wrong and my family had to flee to our home in Enugu then when Enugu came under attack we had to abandon our home. After the war the audacity of the goverment beggars belief... They offered each Igbo man 25 pounds to restart his life and feed a whole family. All our property in Lagos till this day has not been returned bar one house. You have no idea what you're talking about and you sound so thick supporting such an immoral government and unjust system. Read the real facts, not the lies and cover ups that history has told. Nigerian history is disgusting and the country is entering the apocalypse, finally. Stop supporting injustice and the destruction of our continent. Africa is bigger than your stupid Nigeria.

There is nothing I hate more than uninformed statements and talks of division. I may not be Igbo and so I may not fully understand what it felt like to be Igbo in the Biafran war but I do know one thing, my mother is Itsekiri and would rather die than be referred to as Igbo. I hate the way, the Igbos always come out as the victims of this war when in fact the real victims were people who had no business being dragged into it, the Niger-Delta. The people of the Delta are not IGBO. If anyone is to talk about moving out of Nigeria, it is they. A number of the people killed in that war were not just Igbo, they were from the Niger-delta. The post and reply are so typical of the victimised Biafran family, like slavery, the Igbos need to move past it so they can develop as a people. Igbo militants raped their women. It irks me that these issues are never addressed- the Biafra is always glorified as an act of martyrdom by a group of people. Maybe so but they should not have followed so blindly in the first place- their leaders used them as pawns in a stupid power tussle. You can't have so much anger and hate and progress...its psychologically impossible.
Ok so it was bad for us to be amalgamated because of the large ethnic divisions but guess what, its been done and we have to learn to live together. Nearly 40 years after the end of the war and we are still arguing about it being a genocide or not (the war was not a systemic killing might I add, they were both fighting) or whether we should secede or not.
God forbid a secession or a war in our country. I am a product like many other Nigerians of inter-ethnic and inter-racial marriage. My mother is of Itsekiri-Sierra-leonean-Benin Republic descent and my father Fulani-Yoruba. My dad's sister is married to a very Catholic Igbo Anambra family- their son has an arabic name- so tell me where are we seceding to? if we can inter-marry, we sure as hell can live together. Ethnic divisions are present throughout the world but people have dealt with it-look at the Irish, Scottish and English- a tension filled relationship that will not end in a war or secession because they have learnt to work with the system in place. Africans like to stay victims which is why they will not progress.

Peace, love and live in peace!

One man's harem pant is another's tight trouser

Pls watch. I am technologically challenged and therefore cannot upload it to the page.

I appreciate the message of this e-mail but it makes me somewhat angry. Generally I get this 'ah you have no problems' statement and it annoys me because you don't know what my problem is and how it disturbs me, you cannot tell me how I feel. Hence my rant about this video.

Ok so its sad that there is poverty and 'real' suffering in the world and these unfortunate people have to go through it, however why make me feel bad about my own life and my own woes??

Various examples in that video are just annoying...e.g

The road/transport system thing; Yes I will complain about my transport system because it is shit and I have the right to as well, why should I care whether they have roads in Indonesia or not, if I lived there I would probably complain about their transport system too. And I can bet they are complaining about the fact that they have to go over whatever that bridge is...at least they are not swimming across...

What is my point?? That I am tired of people and the world making the West and people that are comfortable, uncomfortable about their lives. I am not saying that you should not feel sympathy towards 'our brothers and sisters' material problems or that we should not be thankful for our lives; what I am saying is- please do not beat me over the head with their problems and make me feel guilty for having my own problems. There is a huge difference between making one feel guilty and pointing out objectively why one's problem can be solved...

As my title implies, one man's major headache is another's minor bruise...pain but not in the same variation and that's how life is in my opinion...

Rant over!

Case of the EX

Err I like that song!!hence the title!! So as I was perusing blogsville today(instead of typing SFP presentation!), I read sugarking's post, and it is the inspiration for today's blog!!

I think exes are useful, well the ones that are! There are some exes that add no value to your life or even theirs hence they are delete button worthy!! I disagree that you cannot move on while an ex is still in your life, move on to where, like in a new relationship??Its difficult not impossible!
So I am now going to write 4 reasons why your ex should not be deleted permanently and I hope I will be able to convince you and not confuse you(err yeah I miss primary school debates...good morning my panel of judges, accurate timekeeper(hahahaha)...Ok I digress!)

1. Your ex is part of your network...I left this comment on the post! In life there will come a time when you will need to know someone who does something and yes you can make new friends etc but how much easier would it be if it were an ex that you kept in touch with!I realise that if it was a bad break-up, then this won't work(pls take that with a pinch of salt because old grudges can and do die!) but assuming it wasn't, it won't kill you to say the occasional happy birthday, merry xmas and the once a year OMG I haven't heard from you in ages conversation! Old feelings don't have to come back just because there is a little attention being given!

2. You may want to get back together and this isn't such a bad thing. If you feel that a break-up was necessary to help you realise that you should be together, the delete button can kill the hope! and we wouldn't want that would we!! Also the best romance for me is the problematic and drama-filled one!!!The happy times are always so happy and genuine *dreamy eyes*!!

3. Sex with the ex can be a good thing! If you're single and a girl, sex with your ex makes you feel less 'hoeish' because you've done him before so nothing new! For the boy, it means you don't have to convince her that its not just sex and you really like her! There is always a kind of understanding that lacks the complication that comes with sleeping with a new person. *shrugs shoulders* I may be wrong!! If you're not single however, err you shouldn't sex with an ex unless one partner is a virgin (personally, I believe it is unfair to make a boy/girl who is sexually active inactive because they are dating you who is a virgin!- *shrugs shoulders*, my moral compass is lacking!)

4. Keep an ex especially if the person can be objective...so yes, the job of a consultant is useful! Sometimes we're so wrapped up in the new relationship, we cannot look at things objectively...and an ex is who points it out because he/she can! Your friends(current ones) may not be able to do so for fear of offending you or bursting your bubble of euphoria but an objective ex just says it and sometimes we need that!

Ok so these are the only reasons I could come up with and they have been inspired by various situations around me and my closest friends.

Peace, love and your ex can be your friend!

The Africa we want to see

Two blogs in a row...i'm on a roll!!(pls don't judge me, I just really wanted to write that)

Ok so I am writing a corruption report at the moment and so I have been reading loads of randomness on corruption and development etc. A few posts ago, I wrote about how ignorance is killing the West and they need to look past the Africa they see in the media. No doubt, the media does not show affluent Africa and the goodness it has and therefore there is a biased view. I still stand by that...Africa the continent does have its pluses... However having read all these things I have read (and might I add that quite a number of them have been written by Africans so let's not jump and say that it is still from the Western eye), I have come to the conclusion that no one sees Africa correctly...we are all biased and need to be more open-minded...again Tolerance is key!!

I hate the media showing those kids who don't have water, I hate campaigns for African aid, ***at one point I stopped buying volvic water because it had that for every bottle 10p or whatever goes to Africa.
I have never seen this Africa to be honest, I have grown up in relative affluence and have gone to good schools and so have my friends. But I should not deny that it exists, the Africa in the media exists more than we Africans like to admit. Corruption has riddled our governments and therefore affluence is not necessarily pure...we see wealth and some of it is not even ours...it is stolen from the Africa the media shows. Did you know that Idi Amin titled himself His Excellency, President for Life,Field Marshal Al Hadji Dr. Idi Amin, VC, DSO,MC, Lord of all the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in particular...what sort of mad man was he to name himself this...he is the Africa I never saw or thought possible...I knew he was bad but for me this title is the height of the madness...I know not all our leaders are like this but many of our leaders are half-baked mad men who have stolen or bought power through democratic elections...they are the Africa we don't want to accept exist but they do...

If the logic behind showing Africa the way it is shown is to get us to do something about the state of our countries/continent then it is a good way of raising awareness, if this isn't the logic, I still Hate the Africa they show because it is not just lions running about the streets, people with no clothes or shoes, no electricity, no water,no education...It is more than that, it is a mix just like the rest of the world of bad and good...