9ja's Oracle

Jungle Justice can be seen as the extra-judicial punishment meted out on purported criminals. Such punishments are usually mob-induced and weightier than those which a legally constituted court would mete out when a suspect is found guilty after trials. Jungle justice usually results to death in the most gruesome ways.  Jungle Justice shows, blatantly, how uncivilized a society is and, unfortunately, predominantly exists in black communities i.e. Africa and Afro-Caribbean. In Nigeria, over the years, many have been killed and others molested/seriously injured over 'trivial' crime cases. Such cases include:   In Owerri, sometime in 1996, a man who made a living out of stealing light bulbs from people's houses was caught and burnt. In Owerri, sometime in 2004...a famished man stole slices of yam which were being prepared by a commercial cook (Mama Put). He was caught and the cook, who happens to be the wife of a Police officer, provided the fuel which her sons

My Love is accused of being barren and ugly... They say she is beastly, dirty and raggedly.  Please don't blame her... blame them that have treated her so badly... They promise heaven on earth but all they give her are so deadly. She brings forth milk and honey but is repaid with greed, wickedness and deceit placed highly. Yes! My Love is well endowed and full of potentials but she looks quite ravaged...sadly. In the midst of plenty, she lives so poorly. If only my Love could take control of her destiny, I bet she would look so godly. But alas, my Love wholly depends on crafty, selfish men and does she complain? Hardly! Everyday, my Love weeps and she starts so early. I look all over her body...oh! She is so sorely. It breaks my heart to see my Love in such agony  But what can I do? Something so barely. Who is my Love? Who is she that I am in love with so madly? She is Nigeria! She is 52 today and yeah, she would grow daily. Can't wait for the day when she wo

Recently, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced his plan for a Currency Restructuring exercise coined Project Cure which would bring about the introduction of N 5000 notes and the minting of  N 5,  N 10 and  N 20  denominations as coins. This, as expected, caused a public outcry with the common Nigerian claiming that such a move will bring about a devaluation of the Naira and cause inflation. It also made Nigerians wonder at the seriousness of CBN to bring about a cashless Nigeria if they, in the same breath, are talking of introducing a higher currency denomination which would result to higher amount of money being made portable as cash. Sanusi and his team on the other hand claimed that higher currency denominations do not cause inflation but would aid huge business transactions. They further claimed that the N 5000 notes would be mainly available for inter-bank transactions. Having looked at the arguments of the two parties; as th

Chief Priest! I am vexed at the stupidity of my people! Their stupendous ignorance is irking me!! You have to work harder to get them informed...Due to their ignorance, unscrupulous elements have decided to take advantage of my people. You find such men in government, in the civil and public service, in schools and most unfortunately, in church-which is the area that pains me the most. Now, due to the average Nigerian’s belief (as predominantly Muslims, Christians and idol worshippers) in a supernatural being who knows, sees and has answers to everything; crafty men and women have emerged, who pose as mediators to this Supernatural being. They pose as men and women who can get the supernatural being to solve any given problem which cuts across finance; health; careers; academics; politics…name it! They even get this supernatural being to prevent unfavorable circumstances from befalling their faithful. With the average Nigerian undergoing series of hardship from all corners and t

I was in a dream, in the midst of unknown faces who were obviously polished men and women; professionals from different fields; intellectuals; very important personalities...I can go on and on! They all appeared to be about the same age or older than my parents but I was not intimidated. We were in a cocktail party and I felt we were of the same ilk. We talked about politics, the economy, our professions and family. It was at this point that every guest started introducing his/her child or children to the small crowd. I noticed that most of that the children to the main guest were about my age; but I was shocked when it dawned on me that they were far less polished than their parents.  I tried engaging them in discussions bothering on their areas of endeavor but was somewhat disappointed. Their answers to my question didn't flow naturally as those of their parents; in fact, they appeared memorized. It was so obvious that this set of people lacked knowledge of their fields…an