Michael Botu's Blog

Is that not typical of Nigerians? Do you remember, during the campaigns for the 2015 General Elections many actually said former President Goodluck Jonathan was too weak and that we needed a strong man in the person of President Mohammadu Buhari, today we have the strong man in place because we don't appreciate easy things. But the Good News is: I just hope we are learning as a people? then again this page is not about politics. How do we learn? The first step to learning, to changing your life, to making a difference is to "Pay Attention" sounds simple, but it's about one of the most challenging request to demand from anyone in a world that is filled with so much distractions HOW DO WE LEARN? “Silence is not only golden; it is seldom misquoted” ~ Bob Monkhouse A woman was constantly having difficulty in her marriage as her late night keeping and drink loving husband will often come home late and when she expresses her anger over hi

I was drawn into the World of Blogging for Political Reasons as most of my articles shows. BUT Over the years I have become increasingly reluctant in Blogging politically because as they say “Politics is a dirty game” and you know, fighting with a pig in mud gets you dirty, but the pig enjoys the fight. You criticize, analyze, point out how dirty the Politicians are and they keep getting dirtier and not surprisingly the Masses enjoy the dirt in Politics and applauds it. The kind of things that happen in Nigerian Politics sounds like Tales By Moonlight ; Politicians win Elections from Prison (Even Nelson Mandela had to be released to contest and win) Politicians disobey Court Orders and they get elevated, those you assume will make a difference, gets into office and things only gets worse (Am not referring to PMB and APC). Like Late Pa Rewane rightly puts it “Yesterday we prayed for a better tomorrow, today we weep for a better yesterday” (Never get tired of quoting him)