A kind-hearted man wanted to support some beggars to become productive instead of just begging. He gave some of them sums of money to start up small businesses to sustain themselves. After a week, he saw two of the beggars begging again in some kilometres away from their initial location. They had saved or spent […]
A group of heavily armed robbers invaded a rich society. When they had subdued it, they ordered the people to submit their bags of treasure at a spot. Then the invaders carved out different cells to hold the people and prevent them from taking back their bags. In order to get obedience from the captives, […]
The capacity to store information improved with the invention of several hard-disks, flash-drives and memory cards. These gadgets can hold and transfer information in thousands of megabytes, gigabytes and terabytes within short times. Yet, despite their ability to contain and transfer information, they lack the ability to process information for application. But full computer systems […]
Different political parties and candidates campaign on the promise of creating millions of employment opportunities for citizens. The political parties and candidates insist that they are feeding the people by creating these jobs. Despite the number of employment announced and created over the years, there are not many tangible products to show for them. Instead, […]
Your money or your life! When armed robbers operate, they threaten the victims to choose between two necessary and complementary elements of their lives. Though people need money for their ideal-lives, they need to be alive to use the money or get more money. Pending the duration of the robbery, the victims are held hostage […]
The woman who lost her son, in King Solomon’s story, asked King Solomon to kill her neighbour’s son.[1] She stole her neighbour’s son after she had mistakenly killed her own son by rolling over him while sleeping. Hence, she insisted that killing the remaining child belonging to her neighbour serves justice by enforcing a balance […]
Many Nigerian politicians and foreign advisers emphasize the need of agriculture in national economic rebirth. Though they say that Nigeria has vast fertile land and manpower for agriculture, their children work in NNPC,[1] CBN[2] and Defence. The success in global agriculture is attributed to the improvement of tools and methods in agriculture.[3] History of agricultural […]
Political campaigns for elections present dramatic shows of humility, charity and care for the victims of social injustice. Suddenly, unreachable personalities appear on the streets, sharing food and money to beggars, eating, dancing and identifying with the poor. These shows of empathy disappear after elections, only to reappear when the persons need to show off […]
Nigeria is celebrating her 57th independence day from its former colonial masters. Many Nigerians and non-Nigerians mock Nigeria for celebrating 57 years of huge-dependency, unproductivity, poverty, corruption and violence.[1] The critics insist that Nigeria should not be celebrating the birth of an unjust and retrogressive society. Instead, they insist that Nigeria should be mourning their […]
A child who is not made to wash his clothes may never appreciate the work of the mother or laundry guy. He plays in mud and dirt wearing tough and even bright coloured clothes that prove difficult to wash. But when he is made to wash his clothes, the thought of washing his tough clothes […]