CHIBU NDUBUISI'S DIARY.

                      AGE OF COMPARATIVE TRAGEDY © 2018               CHIBU NDUBUISI           01/12/2018     WEEK 48 When you ask them why should two people be Killed, they will say it used to be five. When you asked them why jail bloggers, they will say it used to be journalists; we live in the age of comparative tragedy.       SENATOR SHEHU SANI Peace be upon you. Today’s topic was extracted from the tweet of Senator Shehu Sani who noted with great dismay how the values we all share as   a common family has been eroded on the altar of politics without empathy and sympathy. When political or economic systems are compared world over , there are acceptable indices and indicators that come to the fore as a ...

     THE PHONE CALL THAT HEALED NIGERIA © 2018                       CHIBU NDUBUISI              24/11/2018     WEEK 47 “We live life forward but we understand it backwards”        Jonathan Sacks Peace be upon you. On November 16 th 2018, former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, launched his book “ MY Transition Hours” to help clarify and bring to the fore the decisions he made while in office and possibly to chart a way forward for those who must learn the antics of politics and how to play the strings that leads to peace. The profound statement he made and I quote “that his ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian” will forever keep ringing in the minds and hearts of peace lovers all over the world. He lived what he preached, when he m...

                                                         PAUSE & EVALUATE                                    © 2018 CHIBU NDUBUISI 17/11/2018 WEEK 46 Peace be upon you. We pause in life struggles when our health status becomes questionable or cannot carry us further. We are humans and subject to such occasional hiatus but this current digital age is making us believe in this phenomenon of 24/7 availability. You cannot be available 24/7 and make any meaningful contribution to your life and that of your community. The interest for the discourse today is about a ve...

                              THIS EXTRA DAY © 2018                CHIBU NDUBUISI             8/11/2018             WEEK 45 “We are not prisoners of events but active shapers of them” Jonathan Sacks. “I am indeed a fortunate man and today's hours are but a bonus undeserved”   O G Mandino         Peace be upon you. Added time in soccer is normally given to make up for some stoppages’ during the actual game or for a winner to emerge when the contest requires a champion. So also, when we wake each day to live life, we must be mindful that we are mortals. The extra day added to us, is to make us champions...