The Devil and the safety of Nigeria’s ‘culture’
The NCAC boss gave the commendation in a statement in Lagos by his media aide, Mr Frank Meke. Runsewe also commended the Lagos State Government for its prompt decision to fish out the brains behind the Lekki public naked dance.
“Nigeria will never succumb to imported cultural pastime or to blackmail, tailored to destroy centuries old and rich Nigerian culture,” he said. “This dizzying madness can’t and would not be allowed to turn Nigeria to a destination for sex and illegal drugs tourism. Enough is enough, and for God’s sake, where is this coming from?”
It’s coming from the Devil. He has seen that our politicians’ greed and selfishness has outclassed his and now he wants to conquer us—good, righteous Nigerians—through these booty-shaking daughters of Eve. Mtcheew.
Ways to silence many Sowores
Deji Adeyanju, an associate of publisher of online medium, Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, says members of the ‘Take it Back’ movement visited the incarcerated activist on Monday. “He’s in high spirit and unmoved,” Adeyanju said.
Sowore had expressed the intention to spearhead nationwide protests against the federal government, tagged ‘#RevolutionNow Days of Rage,’ scheduled for Monday, August 5, 2019. The protests held in some states of the federation, during which security agents clashed with protesters, arresting and tear-gassing some. Some journalists were also arrested and detained in the course of covering the protests.
So sad what’s happening. I’m no fan of Sowore but it’s important we have individuals who challenge an inept government; if not, it’s this collective silence of ours that will lead to our deaths.
The passing of a literary icon
According to decider.com, she is best known for Beloved, a 1987 novel about an African-American slave who escaped to Ohio after the Civil War and which won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Throughout her lengthy career, Morrison published dozens of books about the black experience in America, including Beloved, Jazz (1992), and Paradise (1997), three novels that form a loose trilogy.
Toni Morrison was an American novelist, essayist, editor, teacher and professor emeritus at Princeton University.
Travel well, Toni Morrison. You might have left us physically, but your works and words will be indelibly etched on our memory.
Picture perfect shock
A 20-year-old woman, in the southern German city of Munich, suffered an electric shock and was seriously injured while posing for a photograph on a parked rail car. The woman was thrown to the floor by the shock, the Police said on Tuesday.
She had illegally entered the grounds of the marshalling yard at Munich South Station on Monday evening and had climbed onto the rail coach. As she straightened up, she came so close to the overhead cable that electricity was discharged.
Her 22-year-old male companion contacted the emergency services. The woman was taken to the hospital with a second and third degree of burns.
Chai. People, please take care while enjoying yourselves o. And this is timely advice for those that like taking selfies in this heartless Lagos traffic.