I got a call from a friend who resides in Calabar, Nigeria. As we chatted, I asked, “How is Calabar?” “Calabar is no longer what she used to be. Crime level has increased” I was displeased to hear that of Calabar because she was one of the few cities in Nigeria I admired. Calabar was known for its cleanliness and relative safety and of course she is a place to have fun and eat tasty and satiable food. So to hear that crime had risen there...

Death and destruction are on rampage, from town to town, city to city and from country to country. Switch on to any news channel, you are informed of one chaos or another; one tragedy or another. People gather face to face, on social media or phone calls discussing: “What is going on? Death is on the loose like never before” “Yes, he has more recruits these days.” “What do you mean?” “Death is a spirit and can only cause havoc through...

The news have been coming in for years in trickles, now and then. Suddenly, it is campaigning to be a daily occurrence. Shooting here, shooting there; bomb here, bomb there, kidnapping here, kidnapping there; slaving in one form, slaving in another form; abuse in this dimension and abuse in another dimension. When did life become valueless? It is everywhere, Syria, United States America, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Iraq, Pakistan,...