Nigeria, Sept. 2 -- Today is Tuesday, exactly one week that death, like a night thief, sneaked in and snatched away my friend, Dotun Samson Oladipo.

One week after, I seem to have some strength today to punch the keyboard for these lines; having been emotionally drained by this cruel pang of separation.

It was the passing of the legendary American country music star, Dolly Parton at the age of 84 to which I was paying attention late on the night of Tuesday, 25 August. Nothing prepared me that a more hard-hitting tragedy had just taken place and was lurking around the corner to end the day for me in the most callous manner.

A few minutes after calling the attention of NPO Reports' Newsroom to the death of Dolly Parton and dropping the p...