Author name: Chief Femi Fani-Kayode

“This is the execution of God’s righteous judgement upon these barborous wretches. ” ______________ Oliver Cromwell on the massacar of the Irish by the English in the 17th century.

“If an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man’s future that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring. History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died. ” ______________ Benda

What passes for the Nigerian nation is nothing more than a tragic arena and Yar’adua is only the latest tragic figure. The vampires, including those within his own family,

“If you want to create a life of love, you have to open your heart and give love” ______________ Maureen Fischer.

“There are five things that, once lost, you cannot recover in life: the stone, after it is thrown; the word, after it is spoken; the occassion, after it is missed; the time, after it gone; and a person, after they die” ______________ Louisa Ajiyor.

“Exposed to the same fire gold grows red but chaff smokes, and under the same threshing sledge the straw is broken to pieces but the grain separated…in the same affliction the wicked curse God, while the good are praying and praising Him. So important is it, not what the suffering is like, but what the

“The truth is that in order to keep the peace you must prepare for war. That is the whole essence and spirit of the principle of ”deterrance” and the philosophy of ”mutually assured destruction” which invariably and inevitably results in peace and d’etant. It is the application of that principle that actually stopped the post-

“As long as the security agencies allow this sort of thing to go on unabated without stopping it or bringing anyone to book after it happens and as long as the local people themselves are not well-armed with sophistcated weapons and well-trained in maintaining and using those weapons to defend themselves, the sectarian killings, the

“Please try and understand the Fani-Kayode’s: we are humble, peaceloving, accomodating, easy going and respectful people. That is the way we have all been brought up. We do not look for anyone’s trouble and more often than not we turn the other cheek as our bible requires us to do. We are indeed very slow

“In my time, I have felt great pain and much grief I have endured, but I must thank God that joy, laughter and wholesome love have never left my doors. How can I thank God enough for the flowers in my garden? for the wonderful and beautiful lives he has given me to tend? for