Adeejah Kubrah Series

Recently I went to Osun state and the highlight of my days in Osun State was seeing the Governor Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola with family and then actually talking to the first lady of Osun State Mrs Sherifat Aregbesola. If you ask 10 people that hail from Osun State but reside in Lagos about Ogbeni, they would probably turn their nose and say ‘that one na governor?’ “he does nothing but make unnecessary noise and moves”. I use to subscribe to these notions. I literary still made snaky comments about him changing Osun State to the State of Osun (I need to ask him about that) days before going to Osun. But on seeing him and listening to the people that actually live in Osun State, I am beginning to understand his intentions and I am partially starting to like him and what he is about.  I had to whoop out my phone real quick. it was a fan girl moment! Ogbeni as he is popularly called is described as a puzzle based on his nature and outlook towards certain issues that doesn’t nec

Image: Google.com I have always been moved by words, words from older and more experienced people. I have always believed that one doesn't necessarily have to go through life to learn from life. Most things I have learnt and still learning from life comes from books about other people’s journey through life. They are not quantifiable, but these are some of the words I want to appreciate today. Drink Life, Live each moment with passion – Wei Chen, Broadcaster It is unbelievable how quickly we can be gone, so don’t sweat the small stuff. They are small stuffs. – Terri Clark, Singer We are here for such a short time ,we owe it to ourselves to make the best of it- Maeve Binchy, Author We are not supposed to be one thing. as opposed to that, we are supposed to be in balance- Gloria Steinem, Author Harmony comes from clear priorities- Jean Vanier, Humanitarian We have to take charge of own lives, we are not made successful by a magic wand waving- Maeve Binchy, Auth

We have so many problems in my beautiful country Nigeria, men in uniforms; the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) is one of her biggest problem. These stories are a small medley of the  SARS brutality reports, as their misconduct has become a fixture of the news cycle on social media; a common occurrence. Despite the increasing regularity which we hear about these ‘bad eggs’ in the force, many of the politicians, spokespeople, activist and celebrities still maintain their silence and choose rather to highlight the police brutality happening in the USA. Their intended function was an attractive one, certainly, but unfortunately the agency doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. There are pertinent questions about the SARS that i have. I always say our priorities are misplaced in this country, after the 2017 MOBO awards, Nigeria's most important politicians; the president, the vice president , a senator, and president want-to-be took notice