By Chico Mies The confrontation between Leonidas and Xerxes in 300 and the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State share striking thematic similarities, particularly in the struggle between power and resistance. Leonidas’ quote: “The world will know that a free man stood against a tyrant. That few stood against many. And before this battle was over, even a god-king can bleed.” resonates deeply with the current standoff in Rivers State, where Governor Siminalayi Fubara finds himself at odds with the federal authority following President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency. The Tyrant vs. The Free Man In 300, Xerxes presents himself as an all-powerful ruler, demanding submission from Leonidas and the Spartans. Similarly, Tinubu’s imposition of emergency rule can be interpreted as an assertion of supreme federal power over Rivers State, challenging its autonomy. Fubara, like Leonidas, stands as a figure of defiance, resisting what he and his supporters perceive ...
By Chico Mies
All Good Things Must Surely Come To An End.
A woman deliberately missed the funeral of her late husband whom she was married to for 17 years because according to her, he decided to die on the week she had planned to go on vacation in Tunisia 🇹🇳. Therefore, she also made a decision not to attend the Funeral because she needed the holiday as it was way more important to her than sitting in the church watching people cry.
Nevertheless, she said she would love to give him a befitting send-off and for that, she would get drunk with the new guy she had just met in Tunisia on the vacation and raise a glass for him because he was an amazing and superbly rich husband.
She further went ahead to state that, in as much as she missed his funeral, she would be back at home for the Will reading as she would not miss it for anything in the world because she was due to get a lot of money
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