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Politics / Re: APC ‘ll Pay Dearly For Blocking Me In Oyo – Minister Of Communication, Shittu by Eagle777(m): 6:05pm On Dec 12, 2018
Go an sit down olodo. Na person say make you no go NYSC? You still get mouth to talk because Buhari no comot you for minister. Shameless Buffon!!
Politics / Re: Party Chairmen Protest During Signing Of Peace Accord, Allege Deceit by Eagle777(m): 9:52am On Dec 12, 2018
Hatred for PMB and APC will soon kill some people. The fencists will never see anything good in Nigeria. Yet they can't reason their way out like their ancestors. They'll keep crying about the rejected electoral amendment bill because their parochial interest was aborted. Common sense tells you to avoid something you don't like, but they'd prefer to hate and spit trash.

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Politics / Re: Flashback: Nigeria Does Not Need 72-Yr-Old Grandfather As President – Peter Obi by Eagle777(m): 5:45pm On Oct 14, 2018
What a doltish statement from a generation of 6>19. Even if you want to criticize, you shouldn't display your ineptness to this extent.
If your kinds are claiming Buhari is lifeless @ his age with everything God has done for him, then you should consider what becomes of you if you're fortunate to get to his age.
Pekele007:
[b]We never for once thought Nigeria will have a divisive presidiot that believe in 97% greater than 5%. Right now we have no choice.


Yes Nigeria doesn't need a lifeless fossil as President but right now, a 100 year old man filled with life is better than Buhari.


Besides, Atiku is not yet 72 and Buhari is quite above 80 years of age(forget his political age of 75)... Why are BMCs not bringing up corruption cases against Peter Obi? Cos he is clean. grin

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Politics / Re: Primate Ayodele To Igbo: Forget 2023 Presidency by Eagle777(m): 9:38am On Sep 10, 2018
9mobile issue can neither be a prophecy nor a prediction because it's already been taken over by another group since August 2018. What's already in the know can't be issue as a prophecy.
Politics / Re: Are Nigerian Youths Truly Ready To Run Or Just Ranting?, By Dele Momodu by Eagle777(m): 11:33am On Sep 08, 2018
Are Nigerian Youths Truly Ready To Run Or Just Ranting?, By Dele Momodu

Nigeria Columns By Dele Momodu 8th September, 2018: Fellow Nigerians, let me start on a personal note today by repeating a story you are probably familiar with. Anyone who has followed my trajectory a bit would have heard this story for the umpteenth time. I moved to Lagos from the ancient city of Ile-Ife in 1988 at the age of 28. I had spent most of my adult life in the historic township but suddenly reached a dead end when I could not even find a job of a teacher, with a Master’s degree in Literature-in-English. All my friends had something to do except me. It wasn’t that I was dull or lazy, but there was embargo on appointments and promotions in higher institutions at the time.

Let’s now fast forward. I started writing articles at the behest of my best friend, Prince Adedamola Aderemi, who was teaching Law at the Obafemi Awolowo University and my pieces soon ignited fire in the Sunday Tribune and The Guardian and I became known here and there. Due to joblessness, I was advised to try my luck elsewhere in Ibadan or Lagos. My preference was to work at The Guardian newspapers, but I couldn’t secure a job at Rutam House. I was then introduced by my late friend, Onukaba Adinoyi-Ojo to the Editor of African Concord magazine, Lewis Obi, who agreed to employ me instantly. But this is not the main story. The meat of it is that I was reluctant to work at Concord Group, which was owned by Chief Moshood Abiola. And my grouse was based totally on unsubstantiated stereotyping and false stories that ignited raw sentiment and foolish emotion in me.

Chief Abiola had been demonised by several powerful forces. His major offence was his opposition to Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s Presidential ambition in 1979, and the role played by the Concord media conglomerate in not supporting a man who was practically deified in Yorubaland. Abiola was thus seen to have committed heresy and had to be nailed to the cross. But by far the most potent and lethal attack came from the one and only irrepressible Fela Anikulapo Kuti, who produced and released a monster hit, International Thief Thief, in which he called Chief Abiola all manner of unprintable names. I still don’t have details of what led to their skirmishes. Of course, as a Fela devotee, we never saw anything good in Abiola thereafter, and we blocked our minds to ever liking a man who we were told was an oppressor, a religious fanatic and a looter of Nigeria’s wealth. We never bothered to crosscheck the facts or fiction but we believed everything hook, line and sinker. Truth was I secretly admired the man and wished I could be like him but hearsay made us dislike him. It was hunger that saved me from hating a man I did not know.

The first lesson I learnt was that hunger does not discriminate. There is a Yoruba saying that “when you are hungry enough, you will accept food from your enemy.” I was too hungry for a job to have a choice, so I accepted the Concord offer most reluctantly but with automatic alacrity. The second lesson came after I resumed work at Concord. Contrary to the rumour that Chief Abiola was a religious bigot, I discovered that he was too liberal to force his faith on anyone or group. He was totally detribalised and gave everyone his due. The closer I got to him, the more I gained insight into one of the greatest Nigerians that ever lived. I became a fan, and later his adopted son. I decided to join hands with others to rescue his battered reputation which were actually firmly rooted on the altar of politics and personal squabbles. It was such an uphill task because negative perception is often most difficult to change. But I thank God for the uncommon opportunity to come close to Chief Abiola, a rare privilege that made it possible for me to purge my mind and soul of acquired and accumulated bile.

Since then, I have remained on the side of caution and tolerance. Journalism has also taught me to mellow down my temperament in dealing with people. I have imbibed the legal aphorisms that you must always listen to the other side and that a man is innocent until proven guilty. Moreover, I have been able to differentiate between my routine job and my personal opinion. I realised that many journalists have failed, and still failing spectacularly, because they could not distinguish between the business of journalism and their personal sentiments. For example, journalists are seen and expected to be the lamb of God who take away the sins of the world while all other professions and careers are at liberty to do business with everyone, including saints and sinners. The fact that Thisday or Punch newspapers report government activities daily or transact business with different governments does not mean they can’t write opinions and editorials against the same government they had promoted or projected, if and when the government is misbehaving. It is the height of illiteracy, and hypocrisy, to treat the people you criticise as enemies and vice versa. The very essence of freedom of speech and democracy is to speak to power as a corrective measure and not as vendetta. Thereafter, you must let the music play on.


http://skytrendnews.com/2018/09/08/nigerian-youths-just-ranting-dele-momodu/

How does this write-up relates to the Nigerian youth's political ambitions? Kindly come out of the shell and stop feeding us with gibberish.
Politics / Re: 6 APC Governors, 27 NASS Members Joining Us Soon – PDP by Eagle777(m): 11:48pm On Sep 05, 2018
It's quite sad and discouraging how the recyclying leaders are having their way at the expense of the destitutes.It's really unfortunate that Nigeria has been so degraded to this point.These so called leaders-cum-lunatics will never stop betraying our sensibilities and the gullible youths will still applaud them. How i wish God can destroy Nigeria now but HE won't for the sake of the SAINTS
Politics / Re: Nigeria's Current Leadership Has Lost Focus, Vision - IBB by Eagle777(m): 9:56am On Aug 15, 2018
Werey man!! Nigerians can understand your plans with saraki to vie for the presidency.
Politics / Re: Defection: PDP Battles Crises In Kano, Kwara, Benue, Five Other States by Eagle777(m): 11:41am On Jul 29, 2018
Game of the thrones shall be made manifest after September Presidential primaries!!!
Sports / Re: Nigeria U-15 Wins Silver At African Youth Games, Loses 3-1 To Morocco In Final by Eagle777(m): 11:42am On Jul 28, 2018
Congratulations to the future Champs!!!

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