How many banks, investments houses and other financial institutions in Nigeria invested or purchased securitized mortgages? How many Nigerian individuals were participants in the global gluttony, which transpired during the last decade in America? How many banks in Nigeria actually practice mortgage banking in sizeable quantity? Nigerian banks unlike their American counterparts, do not invest sufficiently in housing or student loans for education, why should Nigerian banks suffer from a shock that may arise from investment specialty not practiced be Nigerian banks and from which Nigerian individuals do not and have not derived benefits?

The seduction of the internet and new technology is so subtle so effective that it is fast becoming the preferred vehicle of transmission for many a man or woman of God, for you can mobilise and inspire ‘followers’ with little expense. They can even use the medium to form and solidify a relationship of Daddy and son, Mummy and daughter even without ever meeting or speaking to their teeming ‘followers’. The mentoring of a cyber variety develops, I describe them as cyber relationships developed and evolved with limited and meaningful interaction.

The death of Michael Jackson at the age of 50 years came to the entire world as a shock. He could have turned 51 in August 2009. His neighbors trooped into the Hospital where he was taken to with disbelieve that the Man Died. Preliminary autopsy ruled out any foul play. Many theories have been flying about his death which informed Rev. Jesse Jackson and his family to request for a second autopsy to be performed on his body. The 911 tape released indicated that he might have been dead before the caller got through to 911 operator. The caller responded to a question from 911 Operator that Michael was not breathing.

Recently I wrote that there is nothing wrong with Nigeria but things are wrong in Nigeria. If that is well digested, we will understand that rebranding Nigeria is not about going to the foreign media houses but looking inward and dealing with our orientation and value system as a people. This is not the time to wash the outside of the pot and leave the inside dirty. The monster called ‘the Nigerian factor’ must be dealt with this time for many universal, time-proven principles that had not worked to work effectively.

This brief essay is a rejoinder to an excellent essay written by Sunny Awhefeada on what he called the northernization of Nigeria. It states that the north is culturally conquering the south. Whether this phenomenon is good or bad is left to the reader to decide; the essay merely points out what seems an empirical fact.