Ogiri John Ogiri

By Ogiri John Ogiri.  When meeting for the first time, most singles talk about a lot of things. They ask several questions and talk about many things. But there's one question most singles neglect at first meeting. It is that bordering on genotype. Many think that the question on genotype can be saved for a later date when they become more Intimate. I disagree with this.  I believe that the first question to ask in a relationship is " what's your genotype?" If there's any trace of "S" in your genotypes, call off that relationship. It's better to break now and be happy later than to get married and be sad forever. Yes I'm aware that there are some men of God who usually tell some people to pray so that God can change their genotypes. Ignore them. It's a scam. It's a dangerous trap of faith. It's going to ruin your happiness in marriage.  I understand they try very hard to mesmerise you with that " what God cannot do doesn't ex...

By Ogiri John Ogiri  Every man is an honourable man until he meets money, power and sex. These three things, how he conducts his quest for them and how he behaves after acquiring them, can reveal his true nature and character. If money, power and sex were a burning furnace of fire and men were thrown into it, the man who comes out unscathed and unstained would be a saint in a community of sinners. Poverty of money, power and sex can be humbling to a man but his possession of them can birth a pride capable of altering his once humble attitude even to the surprise of many of his most trusted friends and foes. Only a few men can conquer and control the intoxication of money, power and sex. These are the men who know the value of contentment both in moments of poverty and plenty. There is therefore no need for anyone to feel surprised if his or her friend almost suddenly starts acting snobbishly after acquiring these prized possessions for, indeed, the man of honour and integrity, the ...

  By Ogiri John Ogiri  As a student of Economics, one thing the Paradox of Value has taught me is that, what is common, however essential to life it may be, is usually not appreciated or treasured by consumers. On the other hand, what is scarce usually commands a higher price and is usually treasured by consumers. I have seen and continue to observe this play out in the behaviour of consumers towards water and gold, or water and petrol. Sometimes, I cannot help sympathising with water. How can something be so essential yet so underpriced, undervalued and often taken for granted? But such is the reward for being too commonly available. Those who have experienced acute water shortages, and still do, understand the absolute meaning of value in relation to water, not those who swim in water without end. The bottom line is this; if you are too available in a relationship, you can be taken for granted even if you are the life support in such a relationship. People tend to value what...

Image Credit: India Today By Ogiri John Ogiri.  I do not intend to drag you into the noble but tasking field of Logic by the title of this piece. The reason is that, though I do philosophy by virtue of existential experience, yet I am not a philosopher by training. I do not consider myself learned in the art and science of pure Philosophy. I am only a student of Economics learning how to solve society's economic problems of scarcity in the presence of unlimited wants.Therefore, I leave logic for logicians and philosophers, whose intellectual responsibilities it is to pontificate and contextualise philosophy so that issues can be understood in their proper contexts without creating unnecessary confusions.  Having said that, let me go straight to the topic that warranted this piece: All men/ Women are the same. To begin with a personal experience, in 2014 during my National Youth Service Corp programme in Gombe State, while on an evening promenade in FCE (Technical),...

By Ogiri John Ogiri  This may sound uncomfortable but corruption does not originate in the boardroom. It originates in our individual corrupt tendencies with the bedroom as an epicentre. We see these corrupt tendencies at work when we do businesses with people, sell or buy things in the market as well as in our personal relationships with others. Acts of corruption in boardrooms in both public and private institutions are merely a climax of our individual propensities towards corruption hatched in the inner recesses of our minds but first operationalized in our bedrooms. Generally speaking, Corruption follows a hierarchy that flows from bottom to the top. In other word, it is a bottom-top chain of command thing. After all, if charity could and should begin at home, we cannot and should not excuse its opposite not to equally begin at home. Therefore, to kill corruption at the top, we must first make efforts to extricate from the minds of our citizens those tendencies tha...

   By Ogiri John Ogiri  A man who is unwise complains about an innocent hole in his pocket but a wise man is always happy that God could be kind enough to bless him with such a hole in his pocket. At least, he is able to conveniently scratch his itchy private part through the hole that the foolish man fails to appreciate. Instead of thinking about what he can achieve with that hole, the foolish man focuses on the problem, that is, the hole. Where the foolish man sees an inconvenience, the wise man sees comfort; where the foolish man sees a problem, the wise man sees a golden opportunity to solve his problem.  There is something good in every challenge. If you're wise, you'll stop complaining and use the challenge to solve your problem. This is what makes the difference between success and failure. 2023 is another year to look out for opportunities in our challenges. -Ogiri John Ogiri.

By Ogiri John Ogiri.  Let me shock you with a controvesy: the hour you first believe something is not as crucial as the hour you spend doubting such a belief. The reason is, to become a refined believer in a phenomenon, one must first go through the challenging furnace of doubt. I am of the belief that true convictions happen after you have doubted. It is only when a claim is subjected to a scientific interrogation in our minds' abstract laboratory that it can be situated in a broader context for better understanding towards eventual acceptance or rejection of the claim. Note this; when the socio-cultural environment you live in forces you to accept a belief without conviction, you have not been truly converted; you have been coerced, and a coerced person never makes a convinced convert.  Personally, I do not trust people who accept a line of belief without scrutiny for in the end, they easily fall into unbelief so that they become diametrically opposed to the pers...