I spilled some ink today and was transported back to the little boy in boarding school who battled with ink - blotters, smears and bleeds. My mother did my laundry during my first year in boarding school (I was 11). The whites had ink and other stains and were not exactly white

Inmates running the asylum

I think Wike illustrates perfectly “how madness can be hidden behind ambition, success, money and especially the cold calculations of power.” To what else could his many recursive loops of incivility and impudence be attributed? Drunk and disorderly behavior?

#NowPlaying Indulging myself this am... Dido & Æneas Opera by Henry Purcell. Æneas (Greek) falls in love with Dido (African Queen). She commits suicide after he left her at the command of Jupiter. ”When I am laid in earth, ...Remember me, remember me, but ah Forget my fate”

The most sordid and toxic form of authoritarian rule is one that combines economic retardation with mass repression. A government goaded to desperation at the baffling of its plans now unleashing its desperation on citizens ensnared or caught under the boot of its incompetence

An interoperable system that will be agnostic to any type and format of citizen specific data from any source. You aggregate the data into one cloud based service, integrate the data, normalize, refactor and distribute as needed. Didn’t Dr Joe Abah, OON chair a Committee on this?

#Music The genius of Scriabin! (Also play the Op. 8: No 9 in G-Sharp Minor)

A discordant mix of short fixes and schemes underlined by the thinking that from its many marvelous excursions, something good will come. But it will not - without foundational reforms. Until then, the basics of civilization - education, health, security etc- remains wanting

My 17-year old is incredibly smart and self assured. He takes charge, naturally and directs affairs when we go out shopping or other public outings. And many times I find myself playing catch up. Didn’t think I’ll become obsolete this early but here we are

A major youth leader in whom a large number of Nigerian youth have invested their hopes for a better future, takes a bow. Some of you may not realize the import of her message but it is quite significant. It is an omen or augury of death. Pay attention, whatever your politics!

I have just received the news of the death of my childhood friend Emma Obi, and to make matters worse he died in October last year and no one told me. I’m quite devastated. Life can be very cruel sometimes! My mates are dying frighteningly in numbers. May his soul rest in peace

A dirge for my friend, Emma Obi. F. Schubert, “Winterreise” (“Winter’s Journey”). A port in a storm. “Many a tear has fallen from my eyes into the snow;  its cold flakes eagerly suck in  my burning grief.” -“Wasserflut” (Flood)

"In the Light of Truth: The Grail Message" by Oskar Ernst Bernhardt is highly recommended for anyone seeking spiritual enlightenment