One more community is beating the gong calling its “ Warriors” to war over perceived neglects , mistreatment and injustice , by the federal Government of Nigeria, The Delta state government and a Multinational Oil and gas company, and what do you know!, its my very own homeland. I thought it might get to this, It was only a matter of time. To the people that will listen, violence is not the way to go, it wont and can not solve the Niger delta problem. Crude oil can not define a people, our existance transcends crude oil and the wealth it can generate. I pray the day comes when we as a people, will attain freedom, of our souls, our minds and not just freedom for our belly. A Charter To Free The Ndokwas By Armsfree Ajanaku (culled from the Guardian newspaper 22 February 2009) IN December,1998 some five thousand youths gathered in the Ijaw town of Kaiama to articulate the way forward in the Niger. They gave one hundred reasons why all oil mineral resources domiciled in Ijaw land shoul...

Love is eternal ~ the aspect may change but not the essence, there is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love, as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning! The lamp was there and was a good lamp, but now it is shedding light too, and that is its real function. And love makes one calmer about many things, and that way, one is more fit for one's work. ~ Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) Happy Val’s Day! Every One