The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Wednesday November 9th, 2022
US Terror Alert: Nigeria, South Africa and Conspiracy Theories by Kola King
Nigerians were shocked to no end when on 23 October the United States declared a red terror alert claiming there was a high risk of a terrorist attack on the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Simultaneously a similar terror alert was issued on the Republic of South Africa. What’s more curious is the fact that the alert targeted Nigeria, which is Africa’s largest economy, and South Africa, the most industrialized economy in Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa was quick to reject the US claim and expressed his displeasure over this announcement by US authorities and wondered why such information was not shared at the highest level of government as demanded by protocol instead of going public with it.
On his part, President Muhammadu cautioned Nigerians that travel advice from the United States and the United Kingdom governments should not be a cause for panic, even as he asked the nation’s security establishment and citizens to continue being vigilant and careful with security. Buhari called on the citizens to remain calm, saying: “it does not mean an attack in Abuja is imminent. He added, “Since the July prison raid, security measures have been reinforced in and around the FCT.”
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Compromise #poem by Bohdan Yuri
“Next to my surprise did I realize,
life is best served in compromise,
not the kind that sets to ruins
for the sake of one’s ruthless doings”
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Velimir Khlebnikov: (9 November 1885 – 28 June 1922) The Futurian and World Citizen by Rene Wadlow
Velimir Khlebnikov was a shooting star of Russian culture in the years just prior to the start of the First World War. He was part of a small creative circle of poets, painters and writers who wanted to leave the old behind and to set the stage for the future such as the abstract painter Kazimir Malevich. They called themselves “The Futurians”. They were interested in being avenues for the Spirit which they saw at work in peasent life and in shamans’ visions; however the Spirit was very lacking in the works of the ruling nobility and commercial elite.
As Charlotte Douglas notes in her study of Khlebnikov ” To tune mankind into harmony with the universe – that was Khlebnikov’s vocation. He wanted to make the Planet Earth fit for the future, to free it from the deadly gravitational pull of everyday lying and pretense, from the tyrany of petty human instincts and the slow death of comfort and complacency.”
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Worming #50 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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