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04/04/2023

"Tell me something that is rhythm with a rifle. Nothing rhythm with a rifle. Rifle rhythm with a rifle".

"Only rifle rhythm with a rifle".

In "All quiet on the Western Front- A 2022 movie co-produced by Daniel Drefuiss and Edward Berger that narrates the ordeals of inexperienced soldiers hurriedly recruited by the German military to fight in World War 1 against France between 1914-1918. On the night the two warring countries agreed to cease fire, the lead character Paul along with his colleague, Kat as usual went to steal a live Dog in French territory to quench their hunger. While Kat was outside the gate, Paul was caught by the son of their victim who went to report him to his father. Even though they both escaped with some eggs they used in making an urgent omelet, Kat was eventually shot by the son of their victim on their way back to their base. It was during this shooting pain he muttered with mixed reaction to Paul's " tell me something that is rhythm with a rifle?” He continued, "nothing rhythm with a rifle” Paul, eventually responded to him after a long walk "rifle rhythm with a rifle”.

All rifles are guns but not all guns are rifles. Therefore, for this piece, a rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shootings, with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooving. Rifles are typically designed to be held with both hands and braced firmly against the shooter's shoulder for stability during shooting. Rifles are used extensively in, warfare, enforcement, hunting, shooting-sport, and crime.

The aforementioned first and last uses of rifles have taken more human lives than any known disease or any known cause of death. Yet, the rifle doesn't operate itself. No matter how sophisticated a rifle is, it cannot operate without human effort(s).

The question is why do human beings aid rifles and others weapons to spawn havoc on their fellow humans?

Various researchers attributed the causes of war and crime to political, economic, social, and psychological sources. All of these causes are having something in common. The egos of self-serving, self-seeking, meanness, miserliness, and thoughtlessness as well as the self-interest of the war leaders and crime syndicates.

The devastating-searing elements operating in the mask of nationalism and human rights agitators have caused and continue to cause excruciating pains and crimes against humanity. The Allies and the Central Powers had over 15 million lives down the drain during World War I. The deadliest military conflict in the world (World War II) recorded fatalities of 50-56 million and additional 19-28 million deaths from war-related diseases and famine.

The Cold War between the Western Bloc and the Eastern Block was not parky or hiemal, it was a war of experimentation of weapons of mass destruction with a myriad of sanctions and counter-sanctions as we are experiencing in the ongoing needless Russia-Ukraine war. We should not forget hurriedly, that over 2 million children were killed during the Biafra war. The war of superiority between 2 ranking Military officers preceded by bloody first and second military coups in the country, catapulted our then-nascent republic into a superfluous war. Our polity is still suffering to date as a result of that war.

The activities of different criminal organizations across the globe have been wreaking havoc on humanity to an unquantifiable degreeFromon terrorist groups across the globe, drug cartels, and kidnappers majorly in the Third World Countries, to human traffickers across the Mediterranean, and all other sought of organized criminal groups in the world.
The cause for humanity is greater than any cause, it is the alpha and omega of all causes. It supersedes all the structures and superstructures enunciated by the great Karl Marx. As humans, our priority should be how to protect humanity not exposing it to the selfishness of the few. Truly, we cannot and will not eradicate crimes and crimes against humanity in their entirety, but they can be minimized through our collective understanding that the cause for humanity is the king of all causes and it can only be protected and preserved through humans’ collective efforts.

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The world is a global village and we have to live and relate in it as if we will always meet each other every other day. For we will always be judged based on our previous experiences with one another. BLRO is not a perfect personality, but it is mandatory on us to always do our best to do the right things not only at the right time but also at all times.

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29/03/2023

I am human before being a Muslim just like I am human before being a Yoruba. All human beings were born with no identity order than being humans. But we were immediately attached to the identity of the environment we found ourselves. The identity we are attached to makes us forget our purpose on mother earth.

I love the teachings and comprehensive ways of life of the holy prophet Muhammed (PBUH). But I can never be associated with the colonial orientations of most Mallams and Alfas. They talk and act like landlords of mother earth, they act like they are the owners of your lives. Many of them preach what they are not and they will tell you that you don't have the power to judge them. I reject being lorded over by fellow humans.

I attended a Fidua prayer (Muslim ritual prayer for the dead) of the mother of one of my friends in February and the presiding Alfa who is the Imam of the mosque where the deceased used to pray told the gathering that the decease used to gift him a loaf of bread she collects on installment payments every Thursday. The Alfa is living well in his own inherited house with a good car, yet he was collecting bread from an outside-house petty trader. And he was not telling us to praise the woman's good intentions, but rather, for other congregants to emulate the ignorance of the deceased woman. He said and I quote "now that mama is gone, who will replace her”. This is even worse than capitalism. At least, in capitalism, you will have to invest before you can exploit.

Also, a very humble and down-to-heart friend of mine bought a Nigerian used minibus with money borrowed from many hands in early January, and we are all happy for him because we believe that things will get better for him after refunding. But things get worst within a month as the engine was said to be faulty and he will have to buy another engine before the minibus could function again. He has not been working for almost a month now and the Imam of the mosque where he prays was aware of his situation, yet, the Imam will come almost every night to ask the same guy to buy him a can of Malta Guinness. Haba Yah Imam.

The list goes on and on.

Where is humanity? Why compounding people’s problems when you cannot proffer solution(s) in the name of spiritualism?

Your responsibility is to nurture and mentor people under your spiritual guidance but not to force or transfer your responsibility to your struggling followers. This type of attitude is capable of chasing them away to the wrong paths.

Teach them the teachings of the holy book and the prophet’s way of life not seeing them as your enterprise that must yield profits. They are human, therefore allow them to perform their humane responsibilities on you and others willingly. Don't let them feel pressure while serving God through your guidance. Stop placing unnecessary burdens on them. They may not complain to you but you will lose your respect in the long run.

NB: This does not apply to only Muslim leaders…

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The world is a global village and we have to live and relate in it as if we will always meet each other every other day. For we will always be judged based on our previous experiences with one another. BLRO is not a perfect personality, but it is mandatory on us to always do our best to do the right things not only at the right time but also at all times. That's why I write to right.



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22/03/2023

What you are about to read may sound like a piece from an ethnic bigot. Believe it or not, am one person that detests discrimination along whatever line. The list of my bosom friends cut across many regions of the country. I am from Oyo State, I live in Lagos, I schooled in Kwara and Katsina and I served in Bayelsa. For one reason or the other, I have been to more than 30 states of the federation. My first employer is a conscientious Ijaw woman from Bayelsa. My second employer is an industrious, sedulous, and thoroughgoing Igbo man in a joint business with his meticulous wife from Anambra. God knows I was never treated indifferently in all. In my second appointment working for the Igbo man, I rose to the highest rank possible for non-executive management within 6 months of joining the group of companies.

My close allies are majorly non-Yorubas and mostly Christians. I judge people by their capacities and competencies regardless of where they come from. I have benefited and still benefiting soundly from different people of different tribes and different religions. Also, my favorite writer is the Legendary Chinua Achebe. I have read all his published books but I never laid my hands on any of the work of the referred laurel winner- Wole Soyinka. Therefore, I am not writing to derail but to relay a message of my political observations over the years.

However, I have said before the elections that if LP did not win the race to the A*o Rock, we will be flooded with agitations and narrations of ethnic banishment, ethnic-gang up, and how every other tribe in Nigeria hates Igbo. Trust me, you never disappointed me. I have read a lot since INEC declared Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 Presidential election. Tears have rolled down even by PO as if he had been pre-assured of winning the election. Banters have been thrown. Excessive displays of desperation, uncorroborated accusations, and unwarranted verbal attacks on other major ethnic groups and Igbos that did not support zonal choice.

The constitution of our dear country is designed in such a way that no region can produce a president without a strong political romance with one of the other regions. The results of presidential elections across the country showed how the other 2 major political parties had a major spread across the country but SE states almost gave LP 100% spreads. LB got more than 25% across SW states. In Kano State where Kwakwasiya Movement has been in existence for the past 10 years, APC and PDP, as well as LP were able to garner a considerable percentage of votes. You are always a victim of your choice. And I don't think you should blame anyone for the choice you made by yourself.

It is only in SE you will see thugs arson politicians' houses they adjudged as enemies of the zone. A plurality of support will always guarantee a win-win situation for all. That's why while Yoruba was moving away from PDP dominance in the country in 2014, we quickly realigned with APC, yet we still gave PDP a lot of votes to ensure that our interests are protected in the 2 major parties. SE has been giving unidirectional bloc votes to political parties of their choosing since can't date. You can't be doing things the same way and expecting different results. They go into election seasons with no plan. PDP had used and dump you because you lacked vision politically.

It is not possible that everyone will hate only you, perhaps, there is something you are not doing right. During little political arguments, you are fond of calling Hausa Cows, you call Yoruba 'Uturu Hausa'. And you expect cows and sheep to support you during elections. It is audacity for me.No matter how talented you are, you are going nowhere if you lack character...

On a final note, it is fair that SE should produce a President of our dear country in no distant time and I will be happy to be alive to see that. But it will not come without the much-needed zonal attitudinal change and reorientation.
You need to know that no zone or ethnic group is superior to the other. Any attempt to feel, act or relate with others with superior motives will breed resentment, hostility, ill will, and ill feeling from the other. Mutual respect must not be there, but there must also be clear evidence of the existence of mutual respect by all Nigerians for all Nigerians regardless of their economic status.

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The world is a global village and we have to live and relate in it like we will always meet each other every other day. For we will always be judged based on our previous experience with one another. BLRO is not a perfect personality, but it is mandatory on us all to always do our best to do the right things not only at the right time but also at all time. That's why I write to right.

15/03/2023

During my 100-level days at the Federal University Dutsin-Ma Katsina State, I lived in room 25 of the University’s male hostel which contained 9 students including myself. All but I was northerners. Being a resident of Agege Local Government in Lagos, I shared some experiences with some northerners and I always marveled at their simplicity, but I never thought that I will be a victim of their simplicity one day.

At first, I had cordial relationships with my roommates, but it got to a point when I could not endure them any longer. Many reasons stalled our relationship, one of them being the northern culture of collective eating habits. The best way to earn Northerners' trust is by eating with them modestly and collectively. I loved the fun of it but dislike most of the foods they prepared as am not used to them. Anyone who knows me closely knows that am selective in eating. There are many Yoruba foods that I don't eat even if they are cooked in my home. Also, their cooking processes are not the neatest, like the leader of the Obedient Movement, I love to challenge the process of food and not the outcome (the food itself). These were the reasons I stopped eating with them. But I never envisaged that it would become a problem for our relationship.

This period coincided with the merger to form the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the pre-2015 general elections electioneering. My roommate's friends would come from various rooms to discuss current political happenings and the chances of their favorite politicians from midnight when the hostel portal will off the hostel generator till when the Muslims’ early morning prayer is called. I would get up to read, but I won't be able to, I would try to catch some sleep, but I won't succeed either, because of the noises emanating from their discussions like the crowd in Santiago Bernabeu during a football contest between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

This loud burst of voices would continued echo over and over. At first, I became savage, harsh and hot headed in my approach to stop these avoidable disturbances. There was a night I wantonly put palm oil in a hot frying pan and added sliced onions till it became heated for inflammatory reaction just to send them away from the room. They left the room that nights expectedly but I was also unable to sleep in the room that night. I later reported them to the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs and I applied for relocation to another hostel room, it was during this relocation process one of the staff of the Student Affairs office who is also a northerner asked what I will do if the roommates am running away from are my siblings or my children? He said will you killed them or run away from them? Of course, my answer was no. He asked whether I wanted to continue with the processing and I said No. Even though I did not continue with the processing, I found a way of avoiding them, I would run to room 8 immediately I came back from school and I stayed there till in the morning. The only thing that took me to my room was when I wanted to take my bath and prepare for school. I do every other thing with my friend in room 8. The student affairs talked to them and our affairs became cordial again from distance though.

After my 100-level, I relocated to off-campus but about 3 of their friends secured accommodation in my new compound and they always come there too. We had to learned our lessons and we found a way of being peaceful together again. One of them was my senior then later became my junior during our Postgraduate year. He lived with me temporarily before he secured his apartment. He is now staff at our Alma Mater. And he is my go-to man whenever I needed to get anything done in school. I'm also enjoying cordial and beneficiary relationships and constant communication with all of them except one of us who is now late.

My meeting with the Student Affairs staff was an astonishing life-changing opportunity for me. The level of my tolerance, forbearance, stoicism, leniency, and self-control increase resoundingly. I'm more tolerant of people’s needs and feelings. I learned to inconvenience myself to provide solace to people in need. We all have a turning point for learning and we must be prejudice-free in our mindset to see the turning point.

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The world is a global village and we have to live and relate in it like we will always meet each other every other day. For we will always be judged based on our previous experience with one another. BLRO is not a perfect personality, but it is mandatory on us all to always do our best to do the right things not only at the right time but also at all time. That's why I write to right.

14/03/2023

Immediately after my NYSC camping, I traveled back home to visit my immediate family and to make my mum proud for her years of successful unrelenting efforts in ensuring that I and my siblings got the quality education she pictured in her mind. It was during this period I collected the contact of a lady who happened to be the daughter of one of mum's friends from one of my girlfriends. Even though I lied to my girlfriend that I am collecting the contact for my brother. When I put a call through and introduced myself to the lady, she dropped the call immediately she recognized my voice and I stopped calling her thereafter.

I was surprised when the same lady messaged to wish me happy Idil-Kabir about 2 months later. And we started communicating thereof. Like a sharp hunter, I shoot at my prey righteously. But she said that she truly loved me but she cannot date me. When I asked why she reluctantly told me she has someone she was dating but the guy cut off the relationship after his NYSC, but she always emphasized that she still loved the guy. When all my efforts to make her mine failed, I asked her to give me the guy's contact, I had a conversation with the guy and he told me that her mum went to an Alfa(Yoruba name for Arabic cleric) and he told her that they are not compatible. When I relayed my conversations with her estranged lover, the lady changed her mind and felt favorably toward me and we started the journey to my truest relationship to date.

I treasured this lady, for the first time in my life, I introduced a lady to my mum and the entire family and they all accepted her warmly. My mum loved her wholeheartedly. I always love what my mum loves. My mum's love for her triggered my love for her and it was during this period I understood that the heart truly beats for the people we cherish.

We dated for almost 2 years and we were so close, intimate, and cordial. However, toward the latter stage of our relationship, her phones were always busy, and whenever we were together her phone always rang consistently unpicked. There was this particular day she came to visit me and she told me that she was going home. Being suspicious of the incessant callings, I went to her mum's store and I saw her sitting with another man. When I called her, she told me she was at home. I was sobered like a boy that lost his food money. At that moment the relationship was over in my mind but I can't let go of her because I was so attached to her. I hate liars and she knew that, she knew my principles and she broke my major principle that night.

I couldn't sleep. She came to my place with her friend the following morning to apologize, but I was so skeptical to accept the apology because the value of my trust is too expensive to be breached. My skepticism was confirmed on her next visit with consistent callings from her new guy. But I still cannot let go. Whenever she came to visit me thereafter, I always sent her away, but I will still be the one calling to beg her to come back. I was open-minded enough to give her the second chance but I caught her intimately with the same guy again.

I was emotionally traumatized, distressed, disappointed, and depressed to the point that I could neither eat, sleep nor think straight. It was during this period of an inner fight with my hotly served (breakfast) I resorted to all sorts of drugs. When I couldn't fight it alone any longer I informed a close ally who engaged the service of a counselor who helped me escape the journey of negative thoughts and imminent drug addiction menace. I forgot her completely. I was so naive to trust any lady again and I resumed my pl***oy lifestyle after I recovered. And she also got married unhappily to the same guy.

We did not talk for a very long time until I suddenly received a call from her one night, and we talked extensively about our best and worst moments together. Suddenly, she started crying on the phone, she was so disappointed that we couldn't get married. She told me she couldn’t conceive after 3 years of marriage and when she eventually did she got a miscarriage. They visited different medical and traditional doctors and they were always told that none of them have infertility problems. She told me that her mum took them to one Alfa and he told them she offended one person and they cannot have a child until she seeks the blessings of that person.

She told me that her mind went to me immediately and her husband persuaded her to call me. Understandably, she did and I prayed for her and just like a God-sent angel, she conceived and gave birth to a bouncing baby girl. I am happy that she did and we have been in constant communication since then. A day before the naming ceremony she asked me to give her daughter a name and I named her Ifesowapo meaning( love joins us together). She is now living happily in marriage. God willing, I am also planning to get married to my fiancée immediately after her NYSC.

It was not that I did anything to hinder her childbirth in the first place, it was just the law of karma that played out against my will. I enjoin you all to always be open-minded and truthful in whatever relationship you are into, whether it may be business, family, working, spiritual, and/or love relationships. When you felt being cheated or shortchanged, the supernatural being (God) in existence beyond human knowledge shall speak for you and seek justice on your behalf.

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The world is a global village and we have to live and relate in it as we will always meet each other every other day. For we will always be judged based on our previous experiences with one another. BLRO is not a perfect personality, but it is mandatory on us to always do our best to do the right things not only at the right time but also at all times. That's why I write to right.

02/03/2023

Today, I left Transerve group with pride. I served meritoriously and I never regretted any of the decisions I had made while serving.

I joined TDTL on 3rd August, 2020 and I rose to highest rank available to non Executive Staff within 7 months. I never heard of anyone that attained such rank faster.

It is more interesting because I never had anyone to put me through the Administrative Processes. Mr Andrew who supposed to put me through was redeployed to Store Department within 3 weeks I joined TDTL. My highly respectable boss (Mr Obunike Okonkwo) who was versely experienced in HR complemented me with his newly found career path. Thus I can say I personally trained myself within 7 months and rose to the highest position possible.

I gave my all to TDTL. And I must say that TDTL gave me the avenue to realise my relevance in life. TDTL developed my human capacity and I will never regretted being part of your history.

Me and fear were burned twins and my first endeavor in life was to conquer my twin. I fought a fearless war with it and I conquered it like I always did.

The victory I am enjoying over my twin makes almost everyone around me to feel insecure. And that's what laid my exist point in TDTL.

I never fear anyone, including the Executive Management, but I respected them the same way I respect my parents, perhaps more.

Two things happened that made them to lost my respect and they are;

1- There was requisition for printing of 300 copies of Plate Jacket- A material uses by Printing Unit to house the plate of various printing jobs. At least ever since I joined TDTL, no vendor has ever printed the plate Jacket order than Samkol Productions. And he had been printed it at the of N220 and he last printed it at N240. When I checked the files of our printers, I noticed that he had been solely printed it for the past 2 years including the ones printed when I became Admin Manager newly. And I decided to invite other printers to submit their quotes. These printers included Samkol, Bola Aje and one Mr Yusuf introduced to me by Madam COO and they quoted N240, N150 and N600 respectively and I communicated same to the Executive Management accordingly.

However, COO felt that her newly found Printer quote was outrageous and she decided to probe the bidding processes.

She asked me to forward their samples and along with their quotes which I did. Based on the samples and quotes presented, she felt I was unfair to her printer by given him a more quality sample just to favour the other printers.

Here is the details of how the samples were presented to all the printers; I sent Admin Officer ( Mr Afees Olayinka) to collect the sample for Mr Bola from the Store Manager and he told Afees that they dont have any quantity in their stock again. It took the intervention of GM Operations before we could get the sample for Bola Aje. Bola Aje went with the sample in order to ensure that he gets the right quote. Samkol said we should use his last job as his sample. However, 2 days later, Mr Mathew brought Mr Yusuf that madam said we should make him our printer. There was no any Admin Officer on ground and Mr Mathew and myself took him to Printing Unit to a obtain a sample for him. Mr Onuha of printing gave us a sample which we gave to him. His quote almost tripled Samkol quote and it was 4 times what Bola Aje quoted. Madam accused me that I manipulated the process to favour other printers. She directed that I should give him the same sample I gave to Bola Aje. While Bola Aje quoted N150, Mr Yusuf quoted N300. When I reported to Madam, she said that I should come to her office with Mr Yusuf and Mathew. When we got there, she asked me to stay outside while she met with Yusuf. She pressurised him to confess that I manipulated Yusuf to quote N300 which was 2 times higher than the lowest quote I presented. But Yusuf stood firm to the truth. She also pressurised him to do at lower price but Yusuf insisted that it is not realistic.

She later directed that Bola Aje should print the request. However, she didn't lost my respect because of the accusation but because she insisted to be oblivion of the truth. That was the beginning of Madam COO skepticism of my person. She never gave me a benefit of doubt like she never did to anyone before me and like she will never did to anyone after me. The Skepticism made her to set up a purchasing team and the purchasing team has been purchasing on high, higher and highest rate. But it is normal... All the Purchasing Team members can attest to the fact that I supported them whole heartedly throughout my stay in TDTL ever since the team was formed.

2- The second reason was when we took the official vehicle of former HIC to the company mechanic (Mr Muffty) for overhauling. MD and myself had a phone conversation with Muffty to negotiate the price and we agreed at a particular amount. When Muffty completed the job, he forwarded the request for balance payment alongside other outstanding payments. I noticed that the amount on the balance payment was higher than what we are supposed to pay, I challenged Muffty and he told me that MD later asked them to do certain things which were not in the previous quote. MD had never discussed this with me. I however forwarded the request demand to him for his approval. Lo and behold, MD unequivocally accused me of "colluding with Muffty to defraud the company." Despite Madam's intervention, he queried me and after explaining all what Muffty told me to him, he processed the exact amount I processed and I neither receive any feedback on the payment non apology for the wrong accusation.

"To err is human and to forgive is divine." There is no any creature created by God that is beyond mistake(s). Mistakes are natural occurrences that remind us of our incompleteness. In TDTL, the only people that can make mistakes are the Executive Managements. If any other staff did, you will forever be tagged in the word of Portable- the Zazu crooner as "ripper." To succinctly put it, you must take responsibility and the definition of responsibility is to pay for whatever mistake you made at the expense of your meager take home. Nobody cares...

The progenitors of all these irregularities are not the Executive Management but the praise singers that are benefiting from the excessive powers of the EM. They don't care if you lose your family or you are starved to death while on duty within the company premises, inasmuchas their jobs are secured and their salaries arrived on 28th.

They are the pipers that allow the payee to detect the tunes. They always want to show that they are the ears, eyes and mouthpieces of the EM and if you dont do their bindings, you are gone. Hence they arrogantly accord to themselves what they are not forgetting that no matter how hard they tried, a pen in TDTL belongs to TDTL and it will never be theirs.

I always see them as puppets with exaggerated prominence like that of nobility in the medieval feudalism. They are also like comrado bourgeoisie in the hands of colonists, they command no respect from their boss but demanding utmost respect from the people they are selling to the devil.

I never take them serious because they are as they work.

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