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The Missing Brackets and the 2023 Nigeria Presidential Election Tribunal

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The 2023 Nigeria Election was an  incredible event  where a minor candidate with a tiny party rode on social media support to getting almost the same number of votes as the ruling party and the former ruling party. The election just ended, and the vote is very close between all parties: Peter Obi Labour Party: 6.1 million votes Atiku Abubakar PDP Party: 6.9 million votes Bola Tinubu APC Party: 8.7million votes The Labour Party and Peter Obi filed a case at the election tribunal challenging the outcome of the election, and there is a very interesting provision that rests on how you interprete the boolean logic of the constitution. Here is the problem: Nigeria has 36 states and one Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The FCT is not a state like the others - it’s managed by the federal government and acts as the capital. It does not have a Governor, it has a minister that is appointed by the federal government. There is a clause in the  constitution : 137 (2) (b) A candidate fo...

Why Jesus said 'BE WISE AS A SERPENT'

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You will thank me for the things that you now learn, you will thank me sincerely not today. If you do thank me today you don’t understand what I said, you will thank me when you will need this light in the night; For many of you, this is broad day light, just keep it in your archive. The night will come when you will be the youngest manager of your cooperation and you will need this message, you play it again and cry and say thank you for preparing me Let me share this powerful revelation with you. The bible says “I send you forth as sheep in the mist of wolves…” Wolf eats sheep, they don’t relate, they eat sheep whenever they meet. Also be a dove, be wise as serpent but harmless as a dove. Yes, you are not a serpent neither are you a dove, but, borrow the qualities of the two. A sheep must become a serpent and a dove to survive. It is a serious matter Jesus is advising you, hmmm… It’s not just about knowing how to run. Remember that the serpent is slow, the dove is fast, all of ...

WHILE MAN SLEPT

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Slumber slumber it’s while men slept that the enemy came and planted thorns. He would not come if they were awake but while men slept - you slept, the spirit of lust came into your life and you are amaze that as annointed as you are, you are almost embarrassed to believe that you are still struggling with the lust you will never have imagined five years ago that you will be the one needing this prayers. While men slept, all of a sudden the spirit of revelation that used to be mighty upon your life and your ministry is gone. While men slept, like Samson, while men slept, the Glory and the symbols of your strength went.W While men slept, your prayer life went, while men slept, the humility that you always have that characterize your life, you are even surprised to catch yourself now, angry with people for not calling you with titles like 'Pastor, Bishop, Apostle, Big Daddy, etc, while men slept.   There are certain things that shows that a man is sleeping. 1.Inactivity:  w...

The Butterfly in the Graveyard

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Close to my home, there is this park that used to be a graveyard. Once all the graves were full, the city council planted grass everywhere, put a number of benches about, and declared it to be a park. I enjoyed visiting it to work on my book. I liked that very few people ever visited the park. I also liked the earthy smell of the park, the way the light splashed bright patterns on the floor, and most importantly, the many butterflies. I’d sit every day on one of the green benches with my notebook, scribbling out ideas for my book. I was writing a study on butterflies, with special focus on the Graveyard Princess - a rare, double stripped large butterfly that was only found close to graveyards. I had been working on the book for a very long time, but I was not getting very far. I had ideas, lots of ideas, scribbled all over the pages of the book, but it was hard to make the thoughts coherent. My home was nearby, a small, cosy house I bought with the money the insurance had paid me after...

The Real FIVE Pioneers Of #ENDSARS

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In 2020 a small group of about 5 young people went to a crossroads in Lagos, Nigeria to protest against police brutality. Their protest was called #EndSARS, and they were protesting police brutality. SARS (The Special Anti-Robbery Squad) was a notorious segment of the Nigeria police force, known for extortion and extra-judicial killings of anybody they termed armed robbers. For 4 days that tiny group protested, with barely anybody noticing. On the last day, as they were about to leave, someone tweeted about their protest. Then someone else retweeted, and someone else. And soon, there thousands of retweets, with social media hailing them as heroes. A few people who saw the protest on twitter joined them. It was still a small crowd, but it was growing. The news started spreading on social media, and the crowd grew. Within a couple of days, there were thousands of people protesting with the #EndSARS hashtag. The government was silent, believing it would blow away shortly. But the pro...