Sexual Orientation Or Terrorism, Which Really Threatens Nigeria's Culture & Foundation?

People supporting Anti Same-sex Marriage Prohibition bill

Nigeria is probably one of the most blessed countries in the world. The rich diversity of its make-up includes both material and human resources. Politically invented as it may be, Nigeria has refused to gain abundantly from that diversity.

In the present-world political boundaries, very few countries remains in the form of a very original foundation. And for these artificially joined up countries, America, for example, stands as a beacon of faith, hope and tolerance farther above all. Being itself a product of political arrangement, the United States has shown that all it takes is respect for the rule of law, effective integration and assimilation as one, regardless of predated culture, systems or race.

For Nigeria, although only one civil war - the Biafran cessation attempt - is regarded as the only major disruption; yet it has been a country in turmoil ever since independence. The disappointment however, is that its trouble can be traced to her own selfishness.

41 Months Before The End Of This Parliament, Is The Labour Party Ready?

Ed Miliband, UK Labour Party Leader of the opposition

Let's face the fact, the reason there was no overall winner of the UK General Election 2010 was because the choices were all the same. No matter whichever way you might have chosen, you were bound to end with the same thing; a set of politicians groping in the dark only after the safety of their own feet in the tunnel.

On that note, it wasnt any surprise that regardless of the mini-pious record of the previous Labour government bringing in various new things - which werent really magical - the electorate decided to ditch them in an act of doubt. Being undecided and unsure, British electorates scattered their net all across.

However, Nineteen months into the new Parliament, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats marriage of inconvenience are yet to have a direction apart from cutting the deficit. For the Labour party, it's policy is still largely either blank or non-existent.

Christmas; Why I Dont Join

Photo from http://povertykayceen.blogspot.com

This year marks the 20th year since I gave up Christmas as the age of 12. Being born and raised in a very poor home by my helpless mother, I have never been excited because I saw the struggle she had to go through to provide for the three of us. So I learnt very early in life to appreciate my mother. Thus I have to tell her it was not necessary [for the provisions of Christmas]. But also, she had taught me to be contented and make do with what I have.

But I had to also put that in action. However, it wasnt our poverty that finally stopped me in 1991, far from it. It was when I saw real poverty in the villages that what I call 'my poor home' turned to pass for luxury, though not of an outstanding luxury in any way.

Interview With BBC Online on Homosexuality In Africa & Threat of Aid Cuts by UK & USA

7 December 2011

By Farouk Chothia
BBC Africa

Gay rights appear to have become a new frontier in diplomatic relations between Western powers and African governments, with the US and UK warning they would use foreign aid to push for homosexuality to be decriminalised on the socially conservative continent...

UK-based Justice for Gay Africans campaign group co-ordinator, Godwyns Onwuchekwa, told the BBC that with US Christian evangelical groups increasingly active in Africa, hostility toward gay people has worsened on the continent.
“The evangelical lobby is very powerful and we know that they lobbied Uganda’s parliament in 2009 to introduce anti-gay legislation,” he said, referring... read full article here

Where Is The World Headed To?

Well, not sure anyone thinks of this. But looking back at events in the past months - or may be year - you  would quite agree that it has been a momentous recent past.

The financial turmoil has refused to let the so-called 'markets' out of its trolls. Revolutions like we have never seen in recent times came like a wave, dethroned life-kings and maimed brutal warlords.

Where there is mercy, evil is creeping in; and where there is evil, mercy is being crushed. Leaders are torn between the devil (their friends and business associates) and the deep blue sea (the economies).

It is time countries look inwards to save themselves from themselves. Manufacturing is going down at the speed of light as all of us head into the office and leaving the farms behind. Meanwhile, more mouths - did they say its 7 billion now - need to be fed. Genetic-Modified (GM) food will soon not be enough.

Talking of which, the increase of illnesses that our (well, early humans) bodies should have fought off is now terrorizing us. Obesity is now an illness and still cannot be directly challenged; anorexia is revered as a way to beauty.

Regardless of these, the hurdle the world must jump to become the desired place everyone wants is very simple: those who want freedom must respect others and give them same freedom.

How can it be that the Revolutionists who killed dictators turn round to torment others? They have tasted and experienced discrimination and stigma, have been imprisoned for speaking out, exiled from their own community, trampled on for challenging their tyrants, etc. Yet, when they overcome the tormentor, they prefer to torment others?