Michael Botu's Blog

  This happened before any bombing or attack on Oil Installations in the Niger Delta “Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man” ~ Mahatma Gandhi A struggle takes on a life of its own and it’s only a matter of time before another person or group picks up the gauntlet. With the death of Isaac Adaka Boro, it was the hope of those who conspired to take his life that it will bring to an end the struggle he stood and died for, but they were wrong. A new era emerged - the era of intellectual pursuit, seeking redress for the same things Isaac Boro carried arms for, but the conspirators went to work and advised murder as the antidote to the intellectual struggle. Ken Saro Wiwa and the Ogoni 9 unfortunately paid the supreme price. It was only a matter of time - the Kaima Declaration was born and the conflagration that followed, the rest as they say is History. For ...

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" ~ Martin Luther King Jr. 27th June, 2016 the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Engr. Babachir David Lawal, Reduced the 2014 National Conference to a " JOB FOR THE BOYS "  am yet to read any reaction from any quarter. Not from participants or proponents for it's implementation. The Conference is supposed to have been attended by Eminent Nigerians and to reduce that to a mere "Job for the boys" is an insult on anyone who attended that Conference. But of course Nigerians will not see anything wrong with PMB or his Boys! This same man had shunned an invitation from the National Assembly and all we get is the usual mum. There is this glaring Northernisation and Islamization of the seat of Power by the current Administration. But Nigerians are not raising a voice of dissent, it's President Buhari, we don't care if everyone in hi...