Civic Duties – Jilomes

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January 15: Blood Calls unto Blood

January 16, 2026January 16, 2026 Jilomes

I was going to write this article early on 15 January 2025 to be able to post it in good time during the day, but here I am close to midnight, driven by a commitment to put down my thoughts even if it means the article comes a day late. But January 15 is not about me. It is about remembering thousands of Nigerian citizens, brothers and sisters in arms, who have served in the military whether by choice or compulsion, and have paid the supreme price. To these comrades, we remain eternally grateful because their blood is the currency that allows us to live our own lives the way we want.

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Politics

The Blindside Called State Budgets

July 14, 2019September 1, 2019 Jilomes

“No man is wise at all times, or is without his blind side”
Desiderius Erasmus

The quote by Desiderius sets the stage for an article that has been on my mind for quite a while. The first time I came across the word “blindside”, it was used in the context of a sports game where players may focus so much on a certain opposing team’s key player and in trying to prevent that person from scoring, they inadvertently leave their flanks unattended for another opposition player to exploit, sometimes, resulting in catastrophic loses. Looking at the political system, we can see this analogy play out so well in the way Nigerians focus all their energy on the Federal Government.

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Politics

Nigeria’s Information Age

December 13, 2015December 13, 2015 Jilomes

In a country where access to government data was once the exclusive preserve of a connected few, the tides have started to change. In recent years, new government policies and agitations by civil society groups have expanded the range of data available to the public. The issue right now is whether Nigerians are willing and ready to use the available tools to hold their government accountable. Continue reading “Nigeria’s Information Age” →

Change

Church People and Tax

January 5, 2015January 5, 2015 Jilomes

It’s not every time that you walk through the doors of a Church, expecting to hear a sermon on taxation. The odds are really stacked against that occurrence. We expect the Church to dish out sermons on moral instruction (and its siblings), but, who said talking about taxation is not a form of moral instruction. Continue reading “Church People and Tax” →