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Ex-IGP Tafa Balogun dies at 74

One-time Inspector General of Police, Tafa Balogun. has d!ed. He was 74 years old.

Balogun, who became IGP in March 2002, died in a Lekki hospital in Lagos state on Thursday night, August 4.

Born on August 8, 1947 at Ila-Orangun in Osun State, Tafa Balogun, was the 21st Inspector-General of Police. He was a member of cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Course 3. Having worked in various Police commands throughout the federation, and earning his promotions as at when due, Tafa, was at a time, the Principal Staff Officer (PSO) to former Inspector-General of Police, Muhammadu Gambo, Deputy Commission of Police Edo State, the pioneer Commissioner of Police in Delta State. He was also CP in Rivers and Abia states.

Tafa, a fellow of the premier highest military institution in Nigeria, the National War College, later became the Assistant Inspector General of Police A.I.G Zone One, Kano, from where he was named the 21st IGP of Police on March 6, 2002.

Balogun, who was convicted in 2005 on eight charges of corruption, had his corruption case reopened in 2020.

May his soul rest in peace, Amen.


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yinkus6750:
She really tried.
Not easy for any woman to stay with a weird person
She deserves an award

She's also weird. They're birds of a feather.

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jamesbridget13:
have u done verification before? If yes, when n where?

How do I go about this please?

No.4 - Motorola

Iyasaburi:
Orisirisi!

.. something

When you come from a land that devours her young, where the lies of the thieves in office menacle the limbs of the mighty and the winds of the nation are such that shackle the wings of the fledgling eagle, and the future of our youth is stolen into the pockets of a few greedy old men, when you are born in a place that is specifically and deliberately designed to make you fail, then it is indeed hard, very very hard, to become World Champion. And this is what makes Tobi Amusan’s gold medal and world record that much more special.

When Oluwatobilola Ayomide “Tobi” Amusan was born in Ijebu Ode on April 23, 1997, to parents who were both educationists, no one, not even her intuitive mother, knew exactly how special Tobi was. Ijebu Ode, a sleepy little town in Ogun State, is the capital of the Ijebu Kingdom in Nigeria with a population of about 222, 000 people. Their favourite meal is Ikokere, a delicious dish of water yam pottage. Amusan was the last of three children, and it just so happened that her mother was crazy about sports.

According to Amusan, while growing up her “existence revolved around school, sleeping, eating and reading books” and she took this set of conservative values and discipline with her into athletics.

Initially her father wanted her to concentrate on her studies alone, but there was something about the running tracks that drew Amusan like a magnet. She could not keep away. She craved the exhilaration of the race. It was something she knew, deep inside of her, she could do better than anyone else. Tobi was a church girl with a twist. She had fallen in love with the sprinting tracks. She went to church but not out of ritual. She went because she believed, she had faith and she had perseverance.

When Amusan’s mother saw that her little girl was a natural sprinter, she encouraged her and then conspired with her against her strict husband who wanted Amusan to spend more time with her books. Her mother would pretend Amusan was at church while she was actually at the stadium, building her muscles and her stamina and learning how to compete for the ultimate prize. She was not in any way a dull child, but academics was not her area of greatest comparative advantage.

As Amusan grew, she grew up with a dark, shiny ebony skin, unusually long legs for her tall frame and a steely look in her eyes. Her face was the face of the African amazon, the face of Queen Moremi, the face of Amina of Zaria, the same face that inspired the FESTAC mask.

But there were no large masculine muscles in her body. If she wore a frock and put on a little make up, you would never imagine that she could run like a bullet and leap like a lion. What her parents gave her was the discipline of hard work, the day-to-day quotidian grind of doing what is hard and boring and lonely to get what you love. What they couldn’t give her was not apparent tothe naked eye: it was the steely determination deep inside of her, the unique spring in her step, the fast twitch muscles, the crazy speed and the rhythm to leap over hurdles like an orchestra playing Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus or Bob Marley singing One Love.

She knew she had it, but she needed to prove it, for the proof of the pudding is in the eating, so she started small. She won a silver medal in the 2013 African Youth Championships in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. In the same year she made the semifinals in the 200m in the world Athletics U18 Championships but was disqualified for running in the wrong lane. In 2015, she took the gold in the 100m hurdles in the African Junior Championships in Addis Ababa. Eventually, she would settle for the 100m hurdles.

In 2016, as a freshman for The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), Amusan became the second athlete for the university to be named C-USAC-USA Female Track athlete of the Year since UTEP joined C-USA. She was the gold medalist in both the 100m hurdles and the 200 m. She also claimed a silver in the long jump at the C-USA Championships. Amusan first broke the 13 second barrier in the hurdles with a time of 12.83 at the El Paso UTEP Invitational. This eclipsed Kim Turner's 100m hurdles UTEP record which had stood for 33 years. She was runner-up at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 100m hurdles. She ran a windy 12.79 s behind Kentucky's Jasmine Camacho-Quinn. Amusan also competed at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz. Despite running her second fastest time ever, she placed fifth in the final. She went on to represent Nigeria at the Rio Olympic Games, reaching the semifinals of the 100m hurdles.

According to her, the best decision she ever made was to relocate to the United States to further her education. There she found the facilities, the support, the coaches and the understanding to achieve her track dreams while getting an education.

In the Tokyo Olympics she finished 4th with a time of 12.60 seconds with her perennial rival Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico winning the gold in a time of 12.37seconds, and Kendra Harrison the world record holder coming in second with 12.52 seconds. It was a painful experience for Amusan but she didn’t give up. She went on to win the Diamond League, then in 2022 when the effects of the pandemic left the athletes feeling like coiled springs waiting to explode, Amusan exploded.

At Eugene 2022, there was something different about Amusan. There was a quiet assurance, a steely determination, a confidence that was not arrogant.

The distance she left between herself and her co-competitors in the first heat should have warned the world, but they did not take her seriously. I know I didn’t. I was too used to Nigerian failures. I had lowered my expectations considerably.

But on that night, when the stars and the configuration of the galaxies and her body and her mind and spirit came together to say yes to Amusan all at the same time, she seized that that moment which comes only once or twice or thrice at the most in an athlete’s life time.

In the semifinals, she smashed the world record in one of the most difficult races in sprint athletics, breasting the finish line at a time 12.12 seconds.

Then came the finals on that same night. On the 7th lane was Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, a brilliant hurdler and the reigning Olympic champion. On the 3rd lane was Kendra Harrison, the woman who had held the world record until only a few hours ago when Amusan ran her semifinal race. Amusan’s credentials were that she was a Diamond League winner, the African and the Commonwealth Champion. Indeed, she had come a a long way from the sleepy little town of Ijebu Ode.

When the starting gun went off, she wasn’t the fastest off the blocks but after the first hurdle there was no catching her and the commentator said “I can’t believe this!” because Amusan had just broken the world record again on the same night with a time of 12.06 (which was later disallowed because it was wind assisted).

Nigeria had 26 athletes in the NCAA finals this year alone. The highest number in the history of the NCAA and the most ever by any country outside of the USA.

As things go here, Amusan could as well have ended selling ground nuts on a tray balanced on her head, sprinting after cars in traffic with those long powerful legs until the poverty grinds her down. That is the tragedy we face here as a nation. But today we rejoice in what Amusan has achieved.

Her name is Tobi Amusan. You will remember her name. And she is going to break that world record again.

-by Valentine Emeka Utulu

adioolayi:
Did you read his statement and those of the offenders

Did you read where they narrated that what happened was "A norm" (bad traffic attitude that we all turned into a norm)

Did you read where they claimed they were ready to abandon their vehicle at that spot to return later
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It's all shades of lawlessness....they will pay a fine. Simple.

...so, you expect the offenders to stay put in their lane where a truck broke down till it's fixed? Sighs... Can you be that patient?

UyaiIncomparabl:
Birds of a feather. See the kind of friends you keep. A friend who sleeps with his maid. I can't imagine the greater atrocities you will commit in your time.

What advice do you want from us? I guess you are looking for solidarity from us to give your friend a go-ahead to do what exactly? If I knew his wife, I'll personally break the news to her and have her divorce him. Husband from hell.

Best bet, let him marry her as a second wife because if na me, I no go agree to be babymama or else I go scatter your home. I can never be sidelined. In his next life, he will learn to have restraint and keep his infested diick in his pants.

Is pregnancy now an automatic ticket to marriage? Mumu response.

Our Elders talk about the man who was planning.to jump into the river. He had only tried putting out one leg when a crocodile jumped out of the water and snapped its mouth at his leg.

I will continue to say these things so it can be drilled into your ears and you won't say you were never told.

The jigsaw gets assembled everyday and it becomes very clear that I am right.

1. ABUJA was completely scratched out of the FOREST.

That place was a FOREST.

The Military Leaders of that Era looked at the Map of Nigeria, circled a place that they fancied as the Center of the Country, a place which conveniently fell into Northern Nigeria, and decided it was going to be the new Federal Capital Territory.

And it became so.

A master plan was designed for the city and money started flowing into the place. The money came mainly from the Oil Wealth of the Niger Delta.

In less than 20years, it was already a mighty and beautiful city, brand new and pride of the Nation.

People started moving there.

The city is now overflowing into nearby Niger and Nassarawa States.

Since that FCT got created till this day, I haven't heard of a Minister of the FCT who wasn't from the NORTH.

Infact, in recent times they have always been NORTHERN MUSLIMS.

The Igbos naturally have a very extensive presence in that city just as much as they have in Lagos and other cities in Nigeria.

The ZIONISTS are also there.

But the ZIONISTS HAVE NEVER DARED to call it a No-Man's Land.

Infact, the EndSars Movement got a rude awakening when it tried to replicate the Lagos show on Abuja.

They were quickly reminded of the OWNERSHIP OF ABUJA.

2. I have been to Kano and Kaduna severally. If you go to the area called Sabon Gari in Kano, you could confuse it for any area in the Lagos Suburbs.

The majority of the population there are Igbos.

The ZIONISTS are also there.

They have NEVER DARED to call Kano or Kaduna a No-Man's Land.

In those areas, right under their noses, the Kano People Instituted Shari'a and Constituted the Hisbah Police to enforce it on the land.

Liberties are limited.

Everybody is gentle.

They don't behave any how and they won't even begin to dream Political dreams there.

You sit gently where they want you to sit!

3. In Enugu, the IGBO man from IMO STATE knows his limits

At some point each of the SE States were flushing out Non-Indigenes from their civil service not minding that they were Igbos from Neighbouring states.

Governor Akeredolu's wife tried to show herself in her home state of Imo. She was quickly educated of the limitations of her Rights.

In Anambra particularly, it was so bad that they wouldn't even allow Bianca, the very wife/widow of Ikemba Emeka Ojukwu any space to excel.

She couldn't contest the Election in Anambra State.

She's from Enugu and had no such previlege in Anambra State.

You can then imagine the fate of a Non-Igbo in the South-East States.

It is THEIR LAND.

4. But the story has to Change in the SOUTH-WEST, Lagos in particular.

Yorubas are a liberal People. We are actually open-minded fools.

First, Lagos is declared No-Mans Land.

The ZIONISTS have been working tirelessly in the last 40years moving IGBO population strategically into the SW, Lagos State in particular.

That haa gone to very advanced stages now

They have successfully altered the demographics of Lagos.

Now, they have begun to drag the land and Rights of Indigene with you.

They know you are liberal [ Foolish ] People so they will play the EXACT game of Azikiwe

They will tell you it's "One Nigeria",."We are brothers" and that the constition ofcourse guarantees freedom of movement and equal rights for all Citizens.

They will tell you that afterall there is one Kemi contesting in Britain as PM and there is one Chukwuemeka who is Mayor in America.

They will tell you that "afterall we are in Cotonou, Kenya, etc"

They just can't tell you that you can't get same Things and Rights applied to you in the SE and other regions.

The ZIONISTS have been working round the clock to UPSTAGE THE POLITICAL BALANCES OF THE SW, STARTING FROM LAGOS. It is their SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE.

It is their calculation that once Lagos is had, it will be a matter of moving upwards.

They narrows in on Bola Tinubu who has been a clog in the wheel of their advancement. They have to remove him.

They are working on "assisting" the Yorubas to remove " Tinubu" as they have tagged him.

They wiped up the Internet and social media having realized the potent powers therein since the time of EndSars. They began to massage the Ego of Yemi Osinbajo. His image was enlarged beyond proportion and his capacity projected above the reality.

They managed to catch his attention and he fell for it. The same social media frenzy caught Rauf Aregbesola who was already growing out of himself.

Yemi Osinbajo caught Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State and together they began to plot against Bola Tinubu, their benefactor.

The result of their activities contributed to what happened at the Osun Guber.

The ZIONISTS have since abandoned Yemi Osinbajo and moved to Plan B - Peter Obi.

Now bolstered by the Osun results they will move into Lagos to INFLUENCE the election.

It doesn't matter who gets Lagos as long as he isn't from Tinubu's Camp. As a matter of fact they will be more willing to help the more useless Candidates, even imbeciles, to win. It will eventually help their own cause.

The ZIONISTS have over the decades ensured that the Igbos probably constitute more a quarter of Lagos Population. It's going to be a matter of placing that voter population anywhere they wish to place it

They first attempted this format in 2015 when they tried to upstage that balance for Jimi Agbaje.

Agbaje had entered a deal with them, promised them half of Lagos.

By 2023, the plan is going to be different.

They have a POLITICAL ZIONISM already in play. It is in the thing they deceptively call Odibients.That Movement is going to RALLY the Igbos of Lagos in a way that they haven't ever been rallied.

THEY ARE SET TO DETERMINE THE LEADERSHIP FOR LAGOS

The priority is to remove Tinubu first. In future they will call the shot.

This is what Peter Obi is all about. He has no.plams for any Presidency.

I can imagine that the ZIONISTS already have their IPOB/UGM all over the places in Lagos, in the Garrisons called Markets, under cover, masquerading as Igbo traders.

I can imagine that they will be heavily armed on that day of 2023 Lagos Guber Elections.

Our FOOLISH YORUBA PEOPLE will mistake the whole process for a simple and innocent revolution to remove Bola Tinubu's influence in Lagos. It is the way ENDSARS got hijacked them.

Our people have been told that "he is thief" who has to be brought down.

The ZIONISTS will assist our YORUBA People to remove him.

The deal will be POWER SHARING.

The ZIONISTS will demand Power Sharing in Lagos until it will become 50-50 with the Yorubas and even Lagosians themselves.

Before you know it there will be an Igbo Governor of Lagos State. They will say " so what? It doesn't matter". But not even an IMO man will ever try it in ANAMBRA.let alone a YORUBA dreaming of Councillorship in Nnewi.

It is the same way Azikiwe tried to assist the YORUBA NCNC to takeover WESTERN REGION until NCNC became an Igbo Party.

It is just the same way the Fulani Uthman Dan Fodio assisted the Hausas to depose their then Rulers. The Hausas have been slaves on their lands since then.

The same way Fulani Alimi assisted Afonja to confront his Aláàfin. Ilorin hasn't been returned to the Yorubas ever since.

They will assist you to DESTROY YOUR LEADERS and then return to DESTROY YOU.

That is the game plan.

It is a repeat of History.

It has so many precedents, Palestine isn't too long ago.

But it will continue sound unbelievable, crude, Tribalist, Bigoted etc UNTIL IT IS DONE.

The ZIONISTS are in the race with the JIHADISTS by the way.

They are basically on the same mission but going through different routes and methods.

© Adedamola Adetayo
17 July 2022

Tokskob2008:
I think we were on that list some years ago if I'm not mistaking but right now we can only be grouped among world saddest and I'm pretty sure we would also top the chat even ahead war torn countries..

As at year 2001, we were the most happiest people on Earth.

Oddfinder:
Tinubu is a dirty arrogant and egocentric politician. He is not refined and does not possess these qualities. Instead of him to campaign and convince ppl, he rather use dat time in saying dirty things, agbero talk, very egomaniac! I remember during the campaigns in osun 2018, wen he was accused of trying to siphon osun money through his cousin oyetola that he forced on apc, he arrogantly replied that he is more richer dan osun! Can u imagine that statement? In 2019 wen bullion vans entered his home on d eve of election, he arrogantly and foolishly responded by saying 'is it their money? Is anybody's money missing? ' he went to osun to campaign and arrogantly said osun ppl( opposition) will Labour till death..
The man's style of leadership has expired. His own styl of campaign is to mount the podium and make damaging statements, insults ppl in the name of campaign..but Nigeria have gone past that stage. He is not used to the current reality. Thats y he keep talking making baseless coments here n there..reason y obi is gaining momentum and popularity..we have gone beyond the era of such politics. He cnt catch up..its too late for him..wen d campaigns start properly yorubas will wish Osinbajo was given the ticket instead BAT!

We already wished Osinbajo won the ticket. Tinubu is a disaster waiting to happen.

BIZNess123:


Congrats to him

I feel really pained and saddened by APC loss ..though court is yet to rule .

Which court? Areou the one taking the matter up?

Mathscum:
Sleepy. I gave it this name from dogy,
It can be forward bias or reverse biased.
It will torch everywhere inside her.

If sex have is boring for you married people try sleepy.
Have you done sleepy before

CAUTION! consider the weight of the person above in the case of reverse bias

.............................. Man
-------------------------- woman
SLEEPY

Are you in any way an engineer or an engineering student?

Mom007:
Wow! Thank you all for the kind comments.
To answer this question, buy your groundnut, like half a paint, wrinse briefly in water to get rid of sand. Then soak for about 5mins in a little salt water. Drain with a sieve and sundry for about an hour. Then comes the frying part. Our mothers used sand but pls don't do this. You can never quite get all of it out and chewing sand is really frustrating. Use salt instead. You can use that biggest watcher of dangote salt to fry half paint of groundnut comfortably and keep in an airtight nylon or container for reuse if you intend to continue to DIY or use your salt for your regular cooking. Never mind the change in color... It doesn't affect the taste of the salt.
The frying itself is pretty simple, just stir continuously till the smell changes to the smell of cooked nuts and then begin to taste while stirring till it gets to your desired texture and taste. Scoop the nuts out of the hot salt fast as the heat in the salt continues to roast them and they may end up burnt. Air dry for about 2hours and store in an air tight container. Good luck to all who wish to try this as we all continue to survive Nigeria.
Cheers.

Wow! Thanks for this eye-opening secret.

But won't or be too salty while frying on salt?

Mom007:
I stopped buying such groundnut a while ago. How many will I buy? My husband and daughter love it and can finish a bottle in a sitting. I buy raw and fry myself for peace to reign.

How do you fry it was to fine, tasty and crispy

MosakuAW:
Presidency is tough after you have scattered everything patapata.

Eye oke bi eye mo

Eku oke bi eku no

It was under Buahri regime, that I saw a video of a dog eating roasted corn.

What a failed president and a wasted 8 years.

Heard I better pass my neighbor generator now costs #60k.

Let him resign honorably for Osinbajo to take charge for the of his term.

Draslo:
Ultra thin condoms....but not inside a married woman. Have some f*****g decency.

Does this add more pleasure or what? I have been seeing it in pharmacy shops.

Jeromejnr:
Front end dev.

Product design.

Thanks �

Jeromejnr:
If you're a doctor or nurse you don't need all these tech stuff. You already have an edge.

But U.K is much easier to relocate as a health worker than Canada.

I want to learn tech stuff so as to make things easy for me and my wife who is a health worker. Which tech will you advice I learn?

Jeromejnr:
Guys learn a techy skill...there are plenty high paying jobs out there. Especially remote jobs you can do everywhere.

I have gotten more tech remote opportunities outside than in Nigeria.

Thanks for this information. Which tech skl will you advice a married man with a wfe who practices I health line should go for? I am planning of relocating my family to Canada in the nearest future.

RIP to her. Are you sure she's his wife or sibling? Them look alike Sha.

paddock:
E get one big nyash wey i see 4 d kitchen, who be that?

Lol werey

officialwdhtv:
Nice one...and they should pay people to sit there watching and monitoring the cctv 24/7 even though nothing happens or something eventually happens...

9ja has this culture of just merely putting the cctv there and later going to watch it when something happens

This criminals should be seen and caught in real time as it is done overseas

In as much as this initiative is welcomed, what if the criminal aw maskwd? How will they be tracked down?

Jameszinchenkov:
Most of these Africans ( Senegalese, Guineans, Malians and Nigerians) cross into Morocco with the intent of Climbing over a Fence that separates Spain from Morocco)

So, you mean Morocco is separated from Spain by fence and not water body?

Osobi32:
yes

How? Do they bite or have venom?

Osobi32:
You get mind call centipede ordinary. Hmm ok oooo

Are millipedes dangerous?

Ready100:
we lost all forms of communication since he left

Then, how did you know he has died?

Ready100:
my brother is even among them.... they actually refused to release his body to us.

So, the story is true?

VeryWickedMan:
No. The dog tore his trousers off and when he tried to jump, the fence finally hooked the epon

Lol with your "epo ". Continue cruising.