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ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionHopeless State of Hopefulness: Enduring a Mob of Blood-Drunk Humans in Blue Garbs

PilotnewsSeptember 5, 2020

If I were God. I would end it. If I were God, I would have the haters careening through the gates of hell proper…alive. ―Don Okolo I have had time, forty-something years and counting, to muse upon the fate of man the world over. And I have come to believe that a section of humanity would never rise from the quagmire of filth and disdain…from the vise-like grip the rest of the sultry smut have...

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ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionTheological Gridlock —Dissecting the Spiritual Relevance of Mary, Mother of God

PilotnewsAugust 23, 20202

To understand the role Mary played in the scheme of God, one must untie those shackles of unwavering, hardened beliefs they grew up with. ―Don Okolo This piece could well mean that my bosses would have no choice but to cut me loose. They would have found the one reason they were looking for to give me a stiff kick in the pants, fire rounds of invectives (denunciations) as I am nearing the exit, to...

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ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionContentious politics of ‘to leave or not to leave’ ―Ndi-Igbo must watch their damn steps

PilotnewsAugust 10, 2020

“We cannot, as Igbos, truly break away from this monster with her fangs wedged deeply into the functioning muscles in our body,” ―Don Okolo I understand the clamor, and I do understand the reasoning behind the push to carve out our own niche in a corner of the south and call it ours. Every single aspect of the maltreatment, and the vicious cruelty iced on the bedlam heaped on us, it seems that we have...

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ColumnsDon OkoloNigeriaOpinionCould the “China Strategy” save Nigeria’s Intractable Corrupt Culture?

PilotnewsAugust 1, 2020

“Those of us living in the trenches of this Heartbreak Alley are faced with one undeniable fact: More than ninety percent of Nigerians are corrupt.” ―Don Okolo Maybe there is a redeeming feature about arresting two men and summarily executing them for bribery. I thought a long prison sentence would have been enough. But the Chinese are a different breed; the court went through the rigors to find out that these two men accused of...

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ColumnsDon OkoloNigeriaOpinionNnamdi Kanu: An Aimlessly Courageous Comrade Yearning for Humility and Strategy

PilotnewsJuly 21, 20202

“I am simply asking you to recalibrate their stance when they stand before the world to speak. Candor. Resoluteness. Magnanimity. These are catch phrases you must instill in these half nuts” ―Don Okolo These famous last words: ‘Walk slowly but carry a big stick’ does not apply to Nnamdi Kanu. I will state it bluntly; the adage shamefully escapes him and those around him that are working with furious bent to remove the kinks from...

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ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionTwenty-Four Hours As Jesus  —the test of righteousness  

PilotnewsJuly 17, 2020

This offer to refuse one billion dollars is harsh, but this offer to pick the Mind and Power of Jesus, is mean —Don Okolo For some people, having one billion dollars in their pocket is tantamount to having more money than God…especially, if the money was an overnight acquisition…literally, overnight. And you are not a gambler, meaning you hadn’t gambled on Lotto tickets the previous day on the likelihood you could win big. I love...

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ColumnsDon OkoloNigeriaOpinionThe Birth of Biafra : Fifty Years Too Early

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

The Enyi Mba Enyi war song should have been put off. But no; we rushed it; we rolled that lyrics out in old world tapestry to clothe us. We wanted to run down coal-tarred roadways, in a stampede of angry men, chanting to bolster our eagerness to go to a war we were not ready to fight. —Don Okolo Gestation, as in conception and growth, is everything. Period. When birth occurs, and it is premature,...

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ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionBuhari’s Hellish Anti-Igbo Bloodsucking Economic Policies ―Vlad Dracula Would Be Jealous

PilotnewsJune 29, 2020

In that same shallowness, The sewer dweller in Aso Rock believes he has the knife and the roasted yam tuber to feed her people. This impoverished, morally bankrupt monarch of the savannah is ready to slice away: Therefore, one can only eat when one receives a slice of yam from him. ― Don Okolo IF YOU HAVE TEARS, PREPARE TO SHED THEM NOW. (Shakespeare) This is a lamentation…a requiem of sorts regarding the most painful,...

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ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionShades of Cruelty ──A Chant of the Stone-Faced Tyrant Who Led from Aso Rock

PilotnewsJune 18, 2020

“All local beauties were off the menu. He had those when he was a regular soldier. Now that his taste buds had graduated from the banal to the high-end exquisite, the man wanted something supple and foreign” ──Don Okolo Leave Cardinal Jim Rex Lawson alone. This is not about him. He was great man, and a great musician to boot. My mind is one million light years away from him. He was the crooner-in-Chief…the quintessence...

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ColumnsDon OkoloNigeriaOpinion“Dear God, They Are Coming Again For Our Lives” –Urgent Letter to My Maker

PilotnewsMay 28, 2020

As I write, the wild beasts are in the house, our house, your House; according to their kinsman, to ‘do business’. How could a race of people known for their resolute prowess of Africa’s wildest outposts, people who beg for a living, have the wherewithal to do business? Dear God: I hope you will find the time to read this. I have been wanting to write you over these years, but the story about your...

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