Nigeria, Dec. 16 -- Social media has a way of either uplifting your day or just sullying the day, ever before it starts. For me, SM is an inevitable tool. I gave up on television long ago. This lazy Sunday morning, I woke up and scanned my SM pages and mails. Good news; bad news, ugly news; and a huge blanket of snow. This represented Shakespearean normalcy. Neither heaven nor earth was at peace. I took in the status quo in strides.

Then there was this snippet from a dear friend. It was not forwarded. It was unsigned. But Zee is someone I take seriously and value his views. He is not given to frivolities. His words: "I am angry. And so are millions of Nigerians. 2026 shall be named -The Year of Our Anger. In 2026 they will tax the poor....