Izuu's Turn

Before proceeding, I crave your indulgence to please try and understand where I am coming from. I respect the Papal office and the belief of billions of Catholics the world over! My thoughts here are borne out of the confusion emanating from the recent double-speak of people who should know better! In the past two weeks, the British Prime Minister fired the first salvo by saying that it is his mission to export "tolerance" for same sex relations to the utmost ends of the earth. I shuddered! Our own dear Pat Utomi remarked: "But his ancestors exported Christianity and civilisation." What more can I add? Then came our dear fiery fighter against Apartheid, Desmond Tutu who said: "I'd rather stay in the hottest part of hell than serve a homophobic God." Hmmm! I really don't know how to respond to this! Why now, at his retirement? I would have thought that people like that would have secured their places in heaven at the right hand sid

We've heard so much about feminism and the emancipation of women the world over. In fact, sometimes I feel that such agitation for empowerment deprives men of any form of power. Equality sometimes depends on who is measuring. To my main point: A few weeks back, I was told about a woman who lost her husband in Awka. According to a tradition which surprisingly, is still existing: The woman must shave her head clean. As if that is not enough, arrangement is made for her ... Wait for it! To have sex with another man both before And after her late husband's interment! Hard to believe! A woman in mourning is forced to sleep with another man Both before and immediately after her husband's corpse is interred. Now back to the story. This woman was forcefully locked inside a room And against her will, a group of women, shaved off her hair While her daughters and other family members drawn to the scene By her loud cries, stood outside, banging at the door dutifull

I don't really know, but RIM could be in the know also Except if what they sell to us Isn't the similar to what they use over there I have used phones before I am not in the league of those who will Spend a year's rent on buying the newest versions Of what I now know to be unnecessarily expensive phones But at least I am a customer and should be heard Other phones have longer battery life Definitely not BB The batteries are annoyingly inadequate for the work They have been saddled with I have also had to "flash" mine severally To the point that a lot of apps have refused to work again My question is? Are the Blackberry phones in Nigeria the same As the ones in other climes? If they are, what manner of economic waste Are they promoting? I know a good number of people who have dropped Their BB phones for other brands And I will soon be joining the ranks I guess RIM hardly feels the pinch Methinks something should be banned If fake drugs

With ejaculation comes release With release comes relief And with relief comes a sense of well-being Where one feels so sated that worry disappears Albeit, momentarily Men ejaculate Women also Animals too I do feel that plants aren't way behind Now that I have your undivided attention What's this thing I hear about the Nigerian senate Legalising the marriage of grand fathers to under-aged girls? The same house that sanctimoniously banned same-sex relations Now ceremoniously endorsing paedophilia? SMH What a world! And I learnt the chief proponent of the bill Is the same bearded gerontocrat Who imported a 13-year old spouse From Egypt  before th e revolutions  This is not about these lost souls - our politicians But about us the never-learning Nigerian populace It is now a religious issue and there are two sides already Only a few of us bring any logical interpretation to  Events such as these due to sundry biases But like I always say, the Nigeria

Madiba is 95! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Madiba is in a hospital bed Not in Europe nor Saudi nor the US But in his native South Africa It's his birthday today The whole world is celebrating him Nelson Mandela International Day First of its kind for a living individual The streets of South Africa are agog Kids, adults; blacks, whites, coloureds, Indians All singing and shouting for Madiba, the great one Who touched the lives of his people positively But I wonder: where are Nigerian leaders Both past and present; none is worth remembering Due to their greed, nepotism, corruption and bigotry They are selfish and grossly incompetent They pilfer health funds and treat their headaches abroad They embezzle school money and send their wards abroad They distribute holy books to paupers while stealing their meals They ask you to pray while they make away with your under-aged daughters Shame! Shame on a handful of thieving brigade Whose gluttony shames the devil hims