PhiDims' Muse

In our previous issue, we established that people are already living with the intense fear of tomorrow in addition to the unanswered and unresolved existential questions – about why we are here and the purpose of life. This mindset of inadequacy or purposelessness facilitates an endless circle of worry and anxiety in people, families and even communities. It is true that we now live in what is known as the “ age of anxiety”.   And the very first step to this great anxiety is fear. Our world today, not just Nigeria, has become a frightening place to live. Many of us live with a sense of underlying dread about things and uncertainties around us. In wind up of the year 2019, we experienced the emergence of Coronavirus which is often called Covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019). The World Health Organization has warned that the  coronavirus pandemic  is a "defining global health crisis of our time", as it urged countries to test all suspected cases. The United Stat...

In the break of the New Year, everyone is hopeful about the future, about goals to achieve and objectives to check as done. Everyone sets out as optimistic as they can be from December and prepare to strive to live through January. It is in this pursuit that Nigerians experienced the heightened wrath of the re-wake of the Boko Haram attack. From one attack to the other; to the killing of Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa state CAN Chairman, Reverend Lawan Andimi and Ropvil Dalyep, a student of the University of Maiduguri in addition to the abduction of Lilian Daniel Gyang and several others.  I am not concerned with recounting the ordeals we have been faced with since the inception of Boko Haram in Nigeria, but I want us to see something we all have been missing as a people and as a Nation.  Over the years and especially in recent times, this terrorism has been given a louder voice through social media. We have to realize that one of the strong tools now emp...