CHIBU NDUBUISI'S DIARY.

                                      SCARS    C(2018)                 CHIBU NDUBUISI      29/01/2018        WEEK 5                    “The wound is the place where the light gets in” RUMI                                                                           Peace be with you.   Scars all reminds us of an experience that altered our views, understanding, perceptions of life and either ushered us into more extreme or balanced understanding about life.  In his classic political thriller book “ Power Politics and Death”,   Olusegun Adeniyi notes that the scars he had to contend with, was that as media spokesman of late President Yar’ Adua, and at the height of the president’s   ailment he was denied access to his principal. On his own part, he made the error of addressing the “Acting President” Jonathan as Vice President. In his submissions he notes that;   “ In light of the fact that Yar’Adua was brought home invalid, which I didn’t know at the time, I agree

                                             HEART BREAK C (2018)                               CHIBU NDUBUISI                         22/01/2018         WEEK 4 Peace be upon you. “Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. ―Louise Erdrich. The Painted Drum. The music group, West life hit track “Fool Again” has the chorus that goes thus Can't believe that I'm a fool again I thought this love would never end, How was I to know? You never told me Can't believe that I'm a fool again, And I who thought you were my friend, How was I to know? You never told me. We have so many colourations of heart breaks. We have seen political heart breaks in Nigeria, economic voodoo policies that have caused so much heart break for Nigerians and great collapse of social solidarity amongst her citize

                           DIVE DEEP                                     C (2018)                CHIBU NDUBUISI          15/01/2018                 WEEK 3          Peace be upon you. We often hear about the expression “Shallow thinking” to show of a person or his ideas not grounded or showing serious understanding of a situation. How do we develop thinking patterns that are shallow? What parameters can we use to evaluate when shallow thinking is holding sway over deep understanding of a phenomenon? How can we possibly remedy ourselves when confronted with half-baked ideas? How do we develop thinking patterns that are shallow? We lay the foundation as a nation when “quota system” holds sway over “merit system”. No wonder, over the years we have produced glorified suckers as policy makers. A nation that thinks of fasting and prayer over building of industries is another sure path to bondage. A nation that refuses to pay the premium of educat