SEEING IS FREE - Elvira Jordan Good Morning Beloved! 😁 When it comes to thoughts and imaginations, I am often delusional in my line of thinking. I know that when God peeps into my daydreams and visions, he will just smile and say “you’re a greedy little thing, aren’t you?” 🙊 As one who has birthed a lot of things in my life through my imaginations, I have come to rely on it a lot. Especially when you did not grow up as privileged as others, you weren’t born into a system where you simply get things without needing them, you need something and they’re provided or you simply ask and it is given. For some of us who didn’t grow with this privilege, I have used my imaginations to call in things that nearly seemed impossible to reach from where I stand in life. I simply did because I could see beyond where I was standing, and could feel and taste these things, even when they seemed impossible. In my years of being asleep, I just imagine and end there. Sometimes these things com...
Let’s look at Nigeria under military rule. What if you woke up one morning, turned on the radio, and discovered that your country's government had been overthrown overnight? Well... if you lived in Nigeria between 1966 and 1999, that wasn't unusual. For much of those 33 years, the country was ruled not by elected leaders, but by military officers. So, how did Nigeria get there? After gaining independence from Britain in 1960, hopes were high. But political tensions, allegations of corruption, and regional rivalry created instability. Then, on January 15, 1966, a group of young army officers carried out Nigeria's first military coup. Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was killed, along with several top political leaders. Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi became Nigeria's first military Head of State. But his government lasted only six months before another coup in July 1966 brought Lieutenant Colonel Yakubu Gowon to power. Under Gowon, Nigeria faced its greatest...