The Middle East Is Not Our Concern!

Israel Versus Palentine
Image: Lobe Log

The long-standing feud between Israel and Palestine has been raising feathers in some Nigerian quarters. This fight has been going on for years and years on end: Israel takes Palestinian lands, Palestine attacks Israel, Israel carries out reprisal attacks, vice versa…and the circle of violence continues! Anyone who has been following the news knows that these two people are bitter enemies, something that probably dates back to their shared history and possibly, ancestry. So, it was no surprise that when three Israeli teenagers were killed by Palestinian forces, Israel sprang into action and retaliated (and are still retaliating).

The North is Not Hausa

Image: Home Town

Nigeria is at a very bad place now, with hatred sown deep into the very core of society. No one can tell just how long that hatred has been going on, but one thing most are sure of is that, any attempt at forcibly removing it will further widen the gaping wound which is Nigeria today; and probably destroy the last vestiges which we are holding on to. This hatred is beyond religious: in fact, religious issues are not as deeply seated as those related to ethnicity and tribalism.

Can We Be Any More Stupid?!

Photo by Mitja Juraja on Pexels

From the moment I read about the attack on kids in Yobe State, I have had this heaviness in my heart and cannot seem to dispel it. This heaviness has wrapped its claws firmly around my chest region and it might not abate in a long time.