AHANONU KINGSLEY BLOG

I heard with disconcertion the news of the action by the Nigerian police against members of the Islamic Movement if Nigeria, IMN. It was learnt that the movement had embarked on a peaceful protest aimed at commemorating the deaths of their members, who had paid the supreme price especially in the hands of the Nigerian security forces. But in the line of this, the police swooped on them and violently dispersed them. In a statement which seems not to proffer a genuine reason as to why they were stopped from holding their legitimate right of protest/paying respect to their dead loved ones, the Nigerian police concurred that the protest was a peaceful one, but had only the purported proscription of the sect as the reason to have attacked their assembly. It's pathetic how the Nigerian police has refused to face reality in what is their responsibility to protect citizens and fight crimes and has resorted instead to harass and intimidate people who mean no harm. It is indeed condemnable h...

If there's one recreational activity that brings you close to nature, and exposes you to the untrammeled vicinity of the environment and its wide and open space of just air, water and sky. It's canoeing. Introduction Paddling in the canoe, one experiences the hilarity of the water body through which the journey is made. Yes, it is a journey, but also a sport; more like an adventure that you neither could place it as an everyday engagement or an exercising activity. However, the truth of the matter is that canoeing is both a normal activity as well as an exercising one; the reason it falls in the description of a leisure game! But then, how do you journey through the wavy water and still describe it as recreational? For some, it is difficult to be paddled through the sea for an important venture and very unthinkable to paddle through for just fun. The jinx breaker for this incredulity is to first understand that the canoe is configured in such a way as to float on water- yes, ev...

The Speaker of Nigeria's House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, in palpable defense of his family of legislators has dared the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Niger-Delta Affairs, Sen Godswill Akpabio, to name those legislooters that alleged have 60% of the contracts in the NDDC. Earlier, in the course of answering questions from members of the House committee sitting over alleged recklessness in the NDDC, Akpabio had claimed that some of the members of the National Assembly are contractors handling almost 60% of the NDDC projects. Obviously this did not go down well with the members, who tried severally to shut him up. But I call on Sen Akpabio to heed to this call and beat the 2 days ultimatum given him by the HoR. And I believe other Nigerians too are waiting for, not just the talking session of this sitting, but a tangible framework subsequently that will tackle the issue of sleaze and recklessness in this agency. It is a wonderful opportunity to throw open the deba...

''The NDDC, for me, has become a kind of occultic cauldron of familial vampires feeding on and sucking the blood of their own people, the very same people they are meant to ostensibly fight for and develop with the commonwealth that has become saddled in their hands.'' And so when we heard about the many oodles of disquieting revelations emanating from the ongoing investigation as regards the process of management of the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the flagship program of the oil-rich Niger-Delta region, it was to say the least disturbing. The can of worms that has been blown off by accusations and counter-accusations since the House of Representatives adhoc committee set out to investigate the activities of the agency has been deeply shameful and highly interesting as well. It's shameful for the rots in this sector that it has caused to be exposed and interesting for bringing to the fore the facts about the many clogs that has continued to lacerate t...

There are times we feel traumatized, devastated and highly let down by life's circumstances. At which point, we beat ourselves, regret our inadequacies and hold some despicable opinion, some grudges against others for being the cause or part of our woes. We are broken down by the infliction of pains and regrets and gradually our psyches fails, our emotional, mental and physical stabilities start to crumble. The critical situation that breeds is a disease condition. And nothing, from the moment of a diseased psychology, seems to work.  The immediate solution is to muster the internal mechanism of Self healing that purges the self and empties the body of the militating burdens, to get over and get going! #SelfHealing  starts with  ..forgiveness,    .. letting go,       ...release,           and the appreciation of the power of the self to recover by the invention of an inner courage and the...

When I was a lil kid, not knowing how to use the pen and pencil but had to barely scribble just with chalk. I admired the pen, liked to use it the same way my older siblings did. I had looked at my dad, not cool with the inequanimity. I craved for the pen to write on script, asking him to give me that I wanted using it too. My father looked at me with that patting smile. I knew he loved me and he'd have given me if I needed it. But guess what he told me. He said, when it's ripe the time to handle the pen over the paper, you'd not need ask me. Seamlessly, it'll be provided for you. And truth to my dad's words, I have watched the reality of life unfold as I grow, widely and more impressively. I have not only written with the pen, I do always and have continued to always put pen to paper in such a professional way as a #Writer, #Author & #Blogger!  The point is that that thing I craved for, I've become so used to it to exhaustion. The reality of life is just th...

#WoleSoyinkaIs86 The one and only Nigerian noble laureate, intellectual extraordinaire, and a huge social mobilizer and respected national conscience, Wole Soyinka is 86 today! And today, I celebrate his intellect and mental sagacity. In celebrating, I chose to highlight the blessings of his cerebral enormity and the wealth of his wisdom, which significantly has been his contribution towards projecting the country's international image. Indeed, WS has remained just one of the few Nigerian elders and citizens alike we can robustly call mentors and a guide for tomorrow. His pragmatism to national issues stands him out. He has devoted most part of his life in standing and speaking against draconian and beastly government and his by his strong diatribes and censures risen in defense of the people against inept and nepotistic leadership. Regarded also as one of the best exports of this nation, WS stands highly to be some of the few identities that adequately debunk the widely spread neg...