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Common all you Chelsea fans lets go
[quote author=Kay-Dee link=topic=885002.msg10321992#msg10321992 date=1330788643]Drogba, what was that a shot or a cross ?   . That ball must hav flown outta the stadium.[/quote]

Boys no time. i need goal now

A. cole na real minus one

Nice one boys

Mata

Chelsea oya lets go

Aringarosa:
BY Tokunbo Ogunbiyi
toksalpha@gmail.com
London, UK



The adulation, encomiums and general praise heaped on General Chukwemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in the wake of his death last November were thoroughly deserved! It is not often that a life will traverse the nation-space and make such a forceful and far-reaching, if controversial, impact as Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu's did! And what a life it was! It is necessary for us after the dust of the obsequies have settled to take time to examine and meditate on the lessons, if any, that such a life may perhaps teach us. In our frenzied everyday life we often rush past potential nobel prize winners and do not give such a second glance perhaps because they have not fulfilled their potentialities, yet! But it is not unusual for us to gloss over and sometimes pass facile judgement on the lives of even the great. It would be a cardinal error if we did not approach an examination of Ikemba Nnewi's life with uncommon candour allowing for honesty of purpose to enthrone truth in our endeavours.


I submit up front that I am not qualified to carry out such a searching scrutiny of the life of an exceptional man of our times; no, instead I have been moved or better still driven by the waves of response to his passing to issue a clarion to all men and women of goodwill, to all patriots and all who care to share in our common endeavour, otherwise called the Nigeria project to stand up and be counted! And in being counted to take account of this person that ultimately was larger than life!

To be sure Ojukwu himself would have objected to my title above but this is my article and it is my modest and inadequate salute to Ikemba. If he were faced between a choice of this outpouring and the realisation of his dream for Nigeria, I guess I know his choice! But I digress; Ojukwu never set out to be a hero but ended up an authentic Nigerian hero. Such paradox would encapsulate the totality of his persona. An Igbo man born in northern Nigeria in the land of the Gwari and the Nupe, he grew up in Lagos going to school and speaking Yoruba better than many Yoruba, as a schoolboy at King's College Lagos running into trouble with constituted authority in the days when white colonial masters were decidedly not only our betters and superiors but gods incarnate, a blackman as a student of Holman House in Epsom College as he himself described it "amongst a sea of white faces", excelling at rugby, winning prizes which were controversially not awarded to him!

As an Oxford graduate he might have expected to settle into a very good job in the administrative class in Lagos or in Enugu and in due course become a permanent secretary or alternatively joined the already successful family business that spanned everything from road haulage and personnel transport to cement manufacturing and banking, making his father, the late Sir Louis Odumegwu-Ojukwu not only an authentic self-made millionaire but a knight of the British Empire to boot! But it was not to Enugu or Lagos that the young man out of Lincoln College, Oxford headed, but to the eastern provinces at Udi as district officer. My father worked in the colonial civil service in Lagos and Enugu and Udi in those days could not be considered a glam posting! But that was where the bulk of the people lived and Ojukwu set out early to serve the people, not the interests of money or high politics.

[size=18pt]But the paradoxes do not end there. It was Ojukwu, perhaps a greater believer in one Nigeria than any of his generation who mobilised the former Eastern Nigeria to break away as Biafra. The circumstances of the bitter days of 1966 and 1967 are too well known to require rehearsal here but let it be understood that the idea of one Nigeria and the unity of Nigeria was tattooed in Ojukwu's blood; how else could it be since as a babe in arms he drank the bosom milk of one Nigeria! But then it is not unusual in our political discourse to read and re-read contrary views. Several schools of thought or thoughtlessness exist ranging from those who see Biafra as the triumph of his personal ambition and bloated ego, or the acquisitive Igbo desiring to appropriate the oil riches of the Niger Delta for their sole benefit. So far no one had adduced evidence of the effort made by those with the responsibility of protecting the lives of Nd'Igbo in northern Nigeria in 1966 and 1967 to end the bloodshed. No one either has demonstrated what Igbo should have done, faced with extermination as they indeed were during that dark period.

By his singular and brave and clear-sighted actions in 1966 through to 1970 and beyond Ojukwu held up a mirror to the Nigerian nation and state and invited us to look ourselves in the face. According to the New International Version of the Bible " Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like" (James 1: 23 and 24).

I will conclude by saying that in holding that mirror up Ojukwu became the authentic Nigerian hero because he dared to tell us what we ought to know about ourselves; alas the Nigerian people promptly forgot what they looked like after observing their face in that mirror! All the issues Ojukwu raised and which led us to Biafra remain with us forty six years later![/size]

May GOD bless your soul. Let the thruth keep on coming out. I hope The fostrated Animal that call himself Ben AKARA will read this and get elighting
Ojukwu rest in peace

Chidi Odinkalu just make mockery of Patric
This is my logomakey

Obi is an action governor

Ikemba rest in peace

Very much possible. But only require more advanced techs.

Mekky2010:
what Ikemba funeral live on NTA here FREE

http://suncastv.co.uk/watch-now/nta-international-free.html

Bless you bro. . . . . . . . ,

Why AIT AND NTA is not online like channels

2Mekus:
They maybe doing the same but don't want to publicize theirs to be recognised.  The Bible says 'The Lord knoweth them that are His".  Somethings are not always what they seem to be.  That's all I can say.

How do you expect other people to benefit from this gesture if you refuse to broadcast and inform people through verious medium. Any Man GOD that is giving out and hides it from other is only doing for his close pals and not to the world. Do you know that due to this broadcast, it encourage people to come from all part of AFRICA and the WORLD just to get liberated.

andyanders:
Senior Prophet T.B. Joshua is a true representative of God on earth. Because of many people are spiritually blind, they fail to recognize his ministry and who T.B Joshua is. In fact, take your time to even think of the name 'SCOAN' Synagogue Church of All Nations. That name was given to him spiritually when he was nobody. Today, people from all Nations of the world, worship at the Synagogue Church of All Nations. That is to full the name SCOAN. Also note that he T.B. Joshua is a humble person, just they way Jesus Christ and other known prophet of God of old. He T.B.Joshua has given ALL he has to mankind. He does not enrich himself despite having all to his advantage. He gave ALL he has to see that he gave hope live to those that has been abandoned by the world.

Many men of God who don't agree with his method of teaching and practice is because most of them are envious of his rise. NOBODY can stop fire because T.B.Joshua is a FIRE from God. They criticize him because of of lack of spiritual knowledge.

Upon all the bad things and name calling of T.B Joshua by those pastors who I can say are spiritually blind, he still grows from strength to strength.  He has given hope to some muslims, pegans, mad people, in short, people from
different religious background. Note, he does not ask you to worship with his ministry. He will ask you to go back and worship in a true church. He is after one's spiritual life. Our souls.
Note, I don't worship there but have Emmanuel TV network in my house. I had chest problem of which I was almost dying, I could not reach to place my hands on the TV I held the cable of the TV while he was praying on TV, I had instant healing without going to his church. All I did was to connect my faith and it worked for me. Today, I am alive because T.B Joshua is real and watching him through the television, you receive instant healing, if you have FAITH. But without faith, you cannot receive any healing.

On one occasion, 3 of my children also got saved only by watching Emmanuel TV while sitting on a tick glass center table with 16mm thickness, the glass broke into pieces and none of them had any cut. In fact, I have never witnessed any such miracle in my entire life. Personally, I have never been to his church but, because he said, distance is not a barrier, you can get your healing from anywhere.

I stand here  to say, that for this generation, we have NEVER had someone like him. A man who sees you and recognizes you no matter your status. He eats with the less privileged.  How many of these flamboyant pastors will sit and eat with the less privileged? How many of them will remove his valuables and give out to the poor? Sometimes, I have seen people ask him to give them his wrist watch, hand band, anything he is putting on, he will remove and give out and even thank same people for accepting what he has given them. He gives out scholarship to millions of orphans and the less privileged. Watch TV and confirm this.

In fact, T.B Joshua is above what people think he is. He has a place in heaven and until the Holy spirit opens your eyes to see who this man is, you maybe in darkness. Ask God to open your spiritual eyes to know that T.B Joshua is a blessing to Nigeria, Africa and the entire world.

Spot on. Prophet is not recorgnice in his Fathers house.

England real bleep team

roben 3 2

2 2

fredoooooo:
spain na yeye team , them just dey use venezuela they play  

U.S:A just set record by beating italy , history made this evening ,  why cant nigeria too play england this time they are not settle , as useless as our team is , i think we can beat them  

for moon

Spain 4 Vel 0

cahil goal

England real bleeped team

[center][/center]general update
England           0      2 Holland
Germany           0      2 France
Italy                   0      1 USA
Northern Ireland 0      1 Norway
Rep of Ireland   0   1 Czech Republic
Slovenia           1   1 Scotland
Spain           2   0 Venezuela
Wales           0   1 Costa Rica

England should beg Capello or what happen between Nigeria and Amoudu will happen to England

Were is rooney

Roland17:
where una dey go? Robben and Huntelar Bustop ?

England na you no dey go

what a goal

gree212:
At least seven armed robbers Wednesday afternoon stormed some banks within the premises of Babcock University, Ilishan Remo in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, and carted away an undisclosed amount of money.

The robbers, P.M.NEWS learnt, went to both Oceanic (now Ecobank) and WEMA bank situated within the campus and shot sporadically to scare people away.

The shooting caused panic among students and other people within the campus.

Our correspondent gathered from an eyewitness that the robbers came with dynamite, rocket launchers and sub-machine guns.

They formed groups and broke into the banking halls to carry out their operation simultaneously.

A staff of one of the affected banks, Oceanic, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on phone, expressing shock at the attack.

“It is an unbelievable experience, I don’t know how the boys came in. They carried big rocket launchers and dynamite. Before anyone knew what was happening, they swooped on us and asked all of us to lie down. One of them even slapped me because I wanted to look at his face. I cannot say the actual amount they carted away, but a rough estimate will be millions of naira,” the staff stated.

When our correspondent contacted one of the staff of the institution, Mr Dotun Oduroye, who heads the Technical Department, he confirmed the attack and stated that no student was hit by stray bullet, contrary to rumours that some students were hit.

According to Oduroye, “the robbers came in about an hour ago and they were with sophisticated weapons like dynamites and rockets. They were shooting in the air and two banks, Oceanic and WEMA banks were attacked. None of the students was hit by the bullet, it was only the shock that gripped many of them. But we thank God that it was just a shock.”

Our correspondent gathered that the robbers escaped through the express road and headed toward Ijebu Ode -Odogbolu route, still shooting as they fled.

Meanwhile, all banks in Ijebu Ode, Ijebu Igbo, Ago Iwoye and some neighboring towns including Sagamu have remained shut since Monday in the aftermath of the attack by armed robbers last week on two banks in Ijebu Imushin and Ijebu Igbo.

During last week’s operation, the robbers raided Sapida Microfinance bank in Ijebu Imushin and WEMA Bank, the only bank that has been operating in Ijebu Igbo in the last one year, and carted away an undisclosed amount of money.

During the Ijebu Imushin raid, two persons were hit by bullets and they were rushed to the General Hospital in Ijebu Ode. One of them later died during the weekend while the other one was reported to have been discharged yesterday.

A police source from Sagamu Divisional Headquarters confirmed the attack to our correspondent and said they are on the trail of the robbers.

As at the time of filing this report, many of the students were seen making frantic efforts to get across to their parents on phone.

They declined to speak with our correspondent.

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/02/29/robbers-storm-babcock-university-cart-away-cash/

Hope the bank officer on duty, will not make use of this opportunity to move out some fund and put the whole story on the armed robbers. But on a serious note, can Nigeria ever be a better nation again?? University for that matter, were they suppose have well equiped security men and not just this old retire men. Why can Nigeria improve their security with CCTV, is it so expensive for FED GOVERNMEnt to emback on this contract?? with the help of CCTV camerals everywere it will help the security men fight this armend robbers. You can never fight armed robbers with just being vigilant never, CCTV cameral is just the solution

lets go England

Half time

See young again

Pakar family don finish