Early Gossips

- 09:41

FG will Release 100 Billion Naira for Capital Projects

VP, Yemi Osinbajo says the federal government will release a hundred billion naira for capital projects. This addition will bring the Fede...

- 09:11

OMG Fact of the Day: Twinning

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- 08:11

Maleek Berry and Ayo Adesanya are a Year Older Today

Starboy Entertainment’s in-house producer, Maleek Berry is a year older today. He turns 28 today. Maleek’s production credits include Sauc...

- 07:18

Wole Soyinka Meets with President Buhari at Aso Rock

Nobel Laurete, Wole Soyinka was in a closed door meeting with President Buhari, today. The meeting took place in the President’s office an...

- 06:50

Meet this Dapper Mai Shayi

Nigeria is grappling with economic issues. For those who needed confirmation from the government- the finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, state...

- 06:24

Rio Olympics Update: Dream Team VI keeps Hope Alive

It’s day six at the Olympics and here are a few updates on the Nigerian contingents. In football, Dream Team lost 2-0 to Colombia on Wedn...

- 03:54

Goodluck Jonathan is the Niger Delta Avengers’ Grand Patron, says the RNDA

Former President Goodluck Jonathan is the grand patron of the Niger Delta Avengers. That’s according to a statement from the Reformed Niger...

Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world – Marilyn Monroe.

I read that as, the rights shoes open doors.

I went for an event a while back and I got introduced to one of the organizers. The man took my hand and looked at my shoes. That was the most uncomfortable stare I got in a while. It was deliberate and brief.

Not that I had bad shoes on but that was the first time I’ll notice someone take a look at them, in my face. I think he was trying to determine what class to place me based on my shoes. Well, all you need to know is we didn’t speak much after that. And from that moment I’ve been conscious of what I put on my feet.

“What was this man looking to make of the shoes? What did my shoes say about me?”

A publication in the Journal of Research in Personality shows that “shoes are a source of first impression”. The shoe a person wears often is a means of judging one’s personality and status. Participants in the research analysed pictures of people’s shoes. And they determined the age, income, gender and attachment anxiety of their owners.

That’s right. They did.

I know what that man got out of looking at my shoes – my income bracket. And I don’t plan to break the bank just so another man can have a fancy idea of how much I earn. There are also other things he could have deciphered from them – attachment anxiety for instance. He could have read how many miles I’ve racked up with them. Who knows?

Now that I look at this shoe packing up dust by my bed, I can tell a few thoughts that ran through his mind when he saw them. Good Lord, what horror these shoes are telling. Damn Daniel.

What are those?

I have a fresh pair on the rack that still has the Chinese factory worker’s fingerprints. And It says I may have a few bucks to spare on some drinks tonight. In a few months, the story will be different.

The plan is to dump the old ones and add a few more pairs. Maintain them, not with an obsession but in a way that speaks of an individual with class. One whose income may not be up there but has composure.

When next I meet the shoe whisperer he’s impression will be different. He’ll think, “if he can maintain what he tramples on this good, then there’s hope for what he carries up top”.

Then we may share a few drinks and talk like old friends.

*This post first appared here. And it’s published with the permisiion of the author.

Photo Credit: Pixabay Cc

- 02:07

What Your Shoes Say About You

Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world – Marilyn Monroe. I read that as, the rights shoes open doors. I went for an ...

Niger Delta Avengers have denied allegations that they have split within. One Cynthia White had released a statement two days ago, claiming that a faction split from the Militant group and are to be referred to as the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA). However, Brig. Gen Mudoch Agbinibo, spokesperson for the NDA, has debunked such claims. The statement read,

The thinking to lure the public to another lie of spirit in the Niger Delta Avengers is only the ways of a government agents and agencies with delusional disorder. This is result of a government and security agencies that are only becoming childish everyday for engaging drug addicts, bank robbers, sea pirates, falling political angels and charlatans to undo the Niger Delta people our genuine desire to self determination and resource control.

The public and all sane minds should know that the entire household of the Niger Delta Avengers remain intact, we are in good spirit with highest morals and even more dedicated toget the ultimate targets. We are not like the present Nigeria government, military and security agencies that have thrown intelligence to the dustbin and are being pushed around by dirty moral and egos of political thugs, criminals and illegal crude oil bunkerers like Boyloaf, Timipre Silva, Ayiri Emami, and their main collaborator Mr. Lawal Daura (DG DSS). It is quite unfortunate that, Cynthia Whyte and Jomo Gbomo of defunct Joint Revolutionary Council and MEND respectively are the spokesperson of the Nigerian intelligentsia community because of some political interest and a government that have abdicated powers to clansmen and tribal lords.

The fact checks about Cynthia Whyte AKA George Karley and his sponsors should be laid bare before the public now that the Nigerian security and intelligent community has turned the Niger Delta genuine struggle to a tool of political patronage and money making machine for miscreants and conflict merchants. The name Cynthai Whyte was the negotiation organ for Mr. Victor Ebikabowei Ben (Boyloaf), Former governor Timipre Silva and Sele Ebikabowei for settlements in kidnappings, bank robberies, illegal crude oil bunkering and dirty jobs for government. Like sending of Sele Ebikabowei to South Africa to testify against Henry Okah, back at home against Charles Okah and Edmund Ebiwari after collecting huge bribes. So we are not surprised for this so-called MEND speaking under Victor Ebikabowei Ben (Boyloaf) to introduce his complete house to collect more patronages in their desperation.

Conclusively, it is the house of the Nigeria security and intelligentstia community that is having splits and giving room to miscreants to be speaking for them as president Muhammadu Buhari abdicate governance to his kinsmen and tribal lords. We warned the world and Nigerians earlier, especially the Barr. Odein Ajumogobias, the Judith Asunis and HRM, Majesty King Alfred Diette Spiffs to think before they leap with characters using a compromised platform called MEND that is sold and bought up by special interests of the Nigerian Security agencies that are working for this APC government of lies and deceits.

- 01:19

“The entire household of the Niger Delta Avengers remain intact” – Militant group claims

Niger Delta Avengers have denied allegations that they have split within. One Cynthia White had released a statement two days ago, claiming...

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