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MMM and Ponzi schemes, Taproot of evil??

  Through 2016, Nigerians have been 'blessed' by several networking platforms, from great MMM to Ultimate cycler to wow givers forum. Most of these originated in the past years and became quite popular this year probably fueled by the regressive economy and all round inflation and hardship. I can't divert to the history of these platforms as the guiders and disciples would hang me for every word so if you think there might still be an atom of credibility check out their respective Wikipedia pages. A simple way of explaining a ponzi or pyramid scheme is in the name Pyramid. It is not a cycle of help giving as the description would always suggest. It is simply a structure constructed by a person or group of persons with sole aim of ensuring a continuous flow of money to the top by always adding layers of larger bases to existing pyramid by the concept of rewarding higher layers of the pyramids with such increase.  A well planned and executed pyramid scheme can kee

Outpour

What can I say about water unclean Oil so dense Or blood spilled to cover the mixture? What can I think of the hard hats The Bulging pipes Or the lies that they disperse? What is my opinion of RPGs The memories it is to wipe Or the cleaning less important than a checkup What can you say about Greed Of fluid money Moving faster than the bullets that secure it What can anyone say about the Outpour of the Niger Of its people Flowing ignorantly into the Sea?

How do you measure your Success?

In almost every aspect and point in life, people tend to measure their success and achievements most times to evaluate if goals have been achieved or if effort was worthwhile or to analyse amount of additional work and time needed to achieve the said goals. In this enquiry, several techniques, yardsticks and approaches have been developed and incorporated over time. However the continuous search for an ideal measurement scale/relation/method goes forward to prove that we haven't found that ideal yet. I however have come to measure 'relative success of association' by levels of external and internal pressure to achieve and it's corresponding praise level. I came to this weird method of measuring by association since every single knowledge, idea, fact or understanding we have emanates from external influence or deductions based on same. That is an article for another day but because I have brought you to start considering the truth behind that statement goes a long way

CHANGE

"Change". the one major word that has been on the lips of Nigerians since the last election. Funny enough, the election before that had carried the 'Transformation' Logo, then I sit back and ask myself   'Change and Transformation', what's the difference? We claim we are nationals of Nigeria and then want one man to transform or rather, "change" the whole country, I mean a country of about 170 million people. How possible is that? Barack Obama made this profound statement, "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." Or country is rapidly entering a state of moral and economic decay, corruption has become a norm while we sit back and wait for 'somebody' who will arise and do something about the undesirable situation. The truth is that while you're hoping for somebody that will catch a vision and summon the co

GIANT IN ME

In a very busy fast changing world surrounded by very busy and constantly occupied people, I tend to forget myself. It is like everybody is trying to get my attention and then confusion sets in. I'm in a technological time sink bombarded by voices, information from all angles that leads me to cut corners and get things done the easy way all the time. I want to just relax and go with the flow.... you know.... just hang out, have fun and chill out. But just at that point, the Giant in me cries out for attention and I can't help but respond. The Giant in me cannot allow me settle for second best, cannot allow me wallow in mediocrity nor get carried away by the voice of 'easy does it'. The Giant in me won't let me sit still. All of a sudden there are so many things I want to do, seems like my heart's about to explode. I want to explore the world like a meteorite shooting out. Even when I want to just stay low, the Giant in me won't allow. He keeps pushi

THE MYSTERY LADIES OF #TECHPLUS2015

                       THE MYSTERY LADIES OF #TECHPLUS2015 On Saturday, 25 th July I was at the #techplus2015 conference and exhibition which held at Eko hotels & Suites VI, Lagos and when I twitted and posted about the occasion and the ladies I met, little did I know that these ladies wouldn’t just turn me to a love sick idiot but would put me into one of the worst trouble I have been in on social media, barely minutes after the post, messages flooded my inbox, guys asking who are these God sent ladies that finally humbled me, ladies writing messages that can only be interpreted as “young man am coming for you!!’ at first I kept my calm but now after thinking about it I guess it would be for the greater good for me to tell everyone about these ladies. Note: For the benefit of some unexperienced or underage Friends on my list, certain descriptions have been withheld in this post. Sit tight, this is a love story so like Prison Break series it might seem conf