I thought I would easily forget Alas, here I am wondering if the protest happened The polices in their cloaks Shooting Tear-gassing Burning cars Killing Maiming The soldiers in their cloaks Shooting “blanks” At harmless young Nigerians From Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan, Ogbomosho, Port-Harcourt To other parts of Nigeria Security is “beefed-up” Against the enemies of […]
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On April 27, 2017, I wrote on the topic “Why Are Nigerian Youths Not Ready?” Little did I know that a time will come in history and in the 60th year of Nigeria’s Independence when Nigerian youths would be in the streets to demand security and good governance. Even if, the protest was hijacked, the agitation remains that we want a stop to police brutality and bad governance, corruption,
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On May 25th, 2020, a white police officer knelt on George Floyd’s neck for nine minutes while he muttered the words, “Please, I can’t Breathe.” The video of his killing went viral, and it broke the long silence on the continuous police brutality in the United States (US). Individuals and groups such as the Black
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