Izuu's Turn

In case you are wondering, LGBT means Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender people I like Obama; a lot I like people, a lot of people As a good Christian, I love everyone including LGBT folks They are human beings, not animals I don't understand the selective barrage of condemnation against people who have chosen to use their bodies in specific ways It's not my place to judge them After all, going by Christianity and may be Islam teach (I stand to be corrected here), all sinners will not make it to Paradise So, sin is sin and whether you heterosexually pilfer your neighbour's spouse or you steal millions meant for the poor, you will still go to hell no matter your religious grand standing My take: so long as they are consenting adults, they are as good or bad as every other person who flouts God's laws in any way. Liars Fornicators Swindlers Gossips and rumour mongers Murderers (no matter the self-serving religious justification) Bribe takers an...

I have often pondered this What is it that great fiction writers and gossips Have in common? Answer: Both can make up tales But while the former have produced Great people in every epoch Shakespeare, Goethe, Dickens Our own dear Soyinka, Osofisan, Achebe So many of them from different periods Producing immense literature of worth The latter has created crises in every era Producing no notable work Nor persona They remain irreverently unknown Inventing and dispensing spurious stories About people they envy The interesting part is where both differ Where the gossip keeps busy with tales of others Using the crudest of person to person communication Wasting human hours in telling tales to irrelevant folks And talking him/herself into penury The writer sits in his/her room Puts the inventions on paper Reaches more people than s/he will ever meet Allowing his/her creation into palaces and royal courtyards And in turn makes not only fortune but fame Are you a...

I woke up this morning to a ping from an unmarried BB lady friend. Her concern: age-long issue of marital infidelity. Her claim: Numerous married friends of hers are caught up in marriages where their husbands cheat. My take: I don't really care who cheats the more in marriages. This is because I'm a firm believer that marital infidelity isn't gender-based. Cheating in marriage is as bad as every other misdemeanour that spouses indulge in. A simple question: who would you choose between an abusive and an unfaithful spouse? What of one who doesn't cheat but never tells the truth about anything else? What of another that doesn't cheat but the only time s/he had been sober for sometime was at the altar? Apart from all these, I am astonished as to why an unmarried woman would be scared of her husband cheating on her; When in actuality she has barely been faithful to her boyfriend? How does a lying spouse expect an angel for a partner? How does one ex...

I remember back in Primary School Whenever we are asked to fill a form I will put 3rd or 4th August on the DOB column This happened until one teacher discovered The disparity in the dates I have been supplying Trust those women: I was flogged and sent home To ask for the actual date from my mother I still wonder why I was whipped But I still asked my mother for the correct dates And she supplied it: 24th August... That date was yesterday Do you know what? She forgot. So did her husband! They both forgot it was my birthday And while you are about condemning them So did all of you; my fiends, sorry friends Save a few Why did you? I know why Cause I did a little experiement I tinkered with my birthdate on FB And because FB didn't get it right All my friends forgot It tells me one of many things: There are friendships that are dependent on Social media alone! Should they remain there? I don't know. You tell me! Tho...

Yes, I am not surprised And so are other compatriots Who are honest to themselves Let's stop the pretence Did we even plan to win Or to send people who will end up Getting overblown estacodes? China and the USA that are doing relay At the top of the medals table Did not start planning yesterday And did I hear that people of Nigerian Parentage won medals for other countries? Yes, they did! But thank goodness they aren't competing For their fatherland Because the incompetence that has become us Would have robbed off on them! Honestly! I sometimes wish my grand parents Were among the slaves taken to the Americas Perhaps if they had survived there, like they did here I may have been a Usain Bolt, A Martin Luther. A Mohammed Ali. A Michael Jackson. A T.D. Jakes You name them! At least, I would be among people who value The sanctity of life Believe it or not Racism any other place Is better than the inhumanit...

(According to the Gospel of Naijalooters) (1) And seeing the multitudes,Corruption went up into Aso Rock; and when he was set, the politicians came unto him. And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying: (2) Blessed are the clueless in wisdom; for theirs is the Presidency of the nation. (3) Blessed are they that rig elections, for they shall be elected. (4) Blessed are the thieves; for they shall inherit the National Assembly. (5) Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after public funds; for their accounts shall be filled. (6)  Blessed are the bribe-takers, for they shall obtain in foreign currencies. (7) Blessed are the Petroleum Ministers, for they shall loot in subsidies. (8) Blessed are the bootlickers, for they shall be called the Federal "Executhief" Council. (9) Blessed are they which are prosecuted for corruption's sake; for theirs is the kingdom of wealth. (10) Blessed are ye, when EFCC shall invite you, and interrogate...

In order not to further anger myself, I have refused to calculate how much $600,000 is in local currency. That notwithstanding, I am aware  of how many lives it can change. Yet, it is offered as bribe to someone, so that he can commit a crime! The person offering the bribe And the one collecting Are the same!  Guilty, no matter their excuses: "I gave to implicate" or  "I collected to expose" All are lies! This is a true case of  everything that is wrong with my country! Moneybags, who do not  have carrying limits And politicians, who for want of conscience Are planted to do the bidding of those who will rather die than to see the country get better! When my people say, that "Crises in the land is to the benefit of titled  men!" Little did I know they were talking of the entire country. The problem with Nigeria  is simple: People who are benefitting from the commotion, will never stand by and see a solution com...