This morning, you are either Happy, Angry, Depressed or Anxious about something. But never mind. Happiness, Anger, Depression, and Anxiety are identified as the most prevalent emotions in our culture. Happiness about life. Anger about the present. Depression about the past and Anxiety about the future. A tremendous amount of suffering is experienced with these emotions but the bright side is that, emotions are impermanent by their very nature. They move and continuously change from one emotion to another. You have never had an emotion that did not change. You have never experienced an emotion that never ended. You have…

Apart from the presumption of innocence until proven guilty mantra, I have been asking myself what is so heinous or felonious about the agitations of Nigeria's secessionists. Axiomatically, the root motivator of these agitations is entrenched, systemic and protracted injustice plus the desire for political and economic inclusion. Even in modern times, secessionist grumblings have found their chair on the Democratic round table, including the UN, with dignity and aplomb. After several decades of painstaking consultations, debates and research, the United Nations General Assembly in September 2007, comprehensively defined and declared the “Rights Of Indigenous Peoples.” This basket of rights…