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Solkjaer is United's manager, no vacancy for sure. He speaks the United way, thinks the United way and plays the United way. He is always positive, unlike saboteur Mourinho who had no genuine love for the club. Ole has come to stay!

So, what happens to the 2000 Tshirts, face caps and posters the Igbo coalition of Idi oro market donated, or was about to donate today?

VBCampaign:
Remembering Kaduna Nzeogwu

By: Deji Yesufu

January 15th is Nigerian Armed Forces Remembrance Day. It is also the day Major Chukwuma “Kaduna” Nzeogwu and his colleagues in the military carried out the first coup in Nigeria. Fifty three years ago, about the time of my writing this essay, the revolution had been completed. Notable politicians, particularly those of northern extraction, had been killed. It was not a particularly joyous moment for the mutinous soldiers because except for Kaduna town, where the revolutionaries had taken out the most influential politician in Nigeria, the Sarduana of Sokoto – Sir Ahmadu Bello, the revolution had failed in other parts of the country. Nzeogwu had been cut with a dagger by one of the guards of the Sardauna and was being attended to by a Physician. In a few moment, he would be live on radio to announce the success of his putsch in Northern Nigeria. Here is an excerpt from my book Victor Banjo on Kaduna Nzeogwu:

“Ckukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu was a Sandhurst-trained military officer. He was brilliant. He was the first Nigerian officer to be trained in intelligence. Nzeogwu was a son of a civil servant; he was born in Kaduna town and was nick named “Kaduna” because of his fluency in the Hausa language and his understanding of the culture. Nzeogwu joined the army simply for revolution. He was not sure he would survive it and so he never got married, for fear of leaving behind a widow and fatherless children. Those who knew him said he maintained a high standard of morality and was not one of those officers given to drinking or womanizing. He was a devout Catholic. Nzeogwu never hid his revolutionary ideas. He shared them openly, although only a few people knew how exactly he sought to carry them out...”

By 1963 Kaduna had met Adewale Ademoyega and Ifeanyi Ifeajuna, and the trio began the planning the coup in earnest. While the coup was successful in Kaduna, it failed in Lagos because the mutinous soldiers could not arrest Aguiyi Ironsi, the most senior military officer at the time. The coup was about to kick-start in East before the mutinous soldiers there were rounded up by soldiers loyal to Ironsi.

One might want to ask: is it worth remembering Kaduna Nzeogwu, considering that this man’s actions plunged the country into political instability and finally into a civil war? I think he is worth remembering because history has not been kind to his name. At the time when the coup occurred, many people praised the efforts of the revolutionaries; including people in the international community. A few months after the revolution had occurred, Nzeogwu’s senior in the army, Victor Banjo, who himself had been falsely implicated in the coup, said this about the coup: “These men ... were the ones who gave this country a new lease of life, and their actions were acclaimed by the people of this country and by the world...” He made this statement some six months after the coup, to show that it was not just mere euphoria that usually follows the take over of governments in Nigeria. Until the counter-coup of June 29, 1966, the Nzeogwu coup was regarded as popular and it was the reason the government of that time could not execute the mutinous soldiers.

Only recently did I learn that the great Tai Solarin named the road that led to his Mayflower Schools in Ogun State “Kaduna Nzeogwu Road”. I understand that before the coup, Nzeogwu was a frequent caller at Mr. Solarin’s home. He would usually go and listen to the sage talk about humanities and how to make Nigeria better. Most people who worked with Nzeogwu had a high regard for him. No less a person than former President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote a voluminous book on him titled “Nzeogwu”.

Kaduna Nzeogwu and Emeka Ojukwu were not friends at the period of the coup. The coup had failed to go beyond Kaduna town because Ojukwu, who was the military garrison officer in Kano, refused to cooperate with Kaduna – an officer he considered junior to him in the army. Ojukwu would later go to Lagos and join forces with Ironsi. So in March 6th, 1967, when Ojukwu released all the mutinous soldiers under his region, the East, he did not release Nzeogwu. But students of the University of Nsukka carried out demonstrations and roused public sympathy on Nzeogwu’s behalf. Nzeogwu was subsequently released but Ojukwu did not entrust any command under him when Biafra went to war with Nigeria.

The civil war broke out in earnest in the first week of June 1967. The first theatre of war was the northern region of Biafra – around Nsukka. The Nigerian troops had come in through Makurdi and were met with stiff opposition by the Biafran soldiers. Unfortunately in less than a month of fighting, many of the able men in the Biafran army had been killed. Kaduna Nzeogwu died at war around this time.

The period between 1960 and 1966 was a very tumultuous time in Nigerian history. The British had given the reign of power to the Northern part of Nigeria – a section of the country that was least advanced intellectually. And with the parliamentary system of government, which required that the Prime Minister come to the house of assembly to defend his actions and policies periodically, the Obafemi Awolowo led opposition in the House continually floored the Prime Minister and his party in debates. A Nigerian press that was equally dominated by people from Western Nigeria also brought a lot of embarrassment to the Balewa government.

To save its face, the Balewa government had to carry out a lot of high handed actions. The height of which was imposing treasonable charges on Awolowo and jailing him and a few of his supporters. The Western Region, Awolowo’s stronghold, was plunged in chaos. Out of that chaos came the January 15th, 1966 coup.

With a benefit of hindsight, perhaps unbridled courage was the ruin of Nzeogwu and his fellow revolutionaries. But he cannot be blamed for corruption, selfishness and nepotism, which happened to be the bane of the politicians of those days and today too. Chukwuma “Kaduna” Nzeogwu sought to leave a better Nigeria for all of us. His method was certainly not the right one and clearly must be denounced. He however remains a national hero for many till this day.

Deji Yesufu is the author of the book Victor Banjo. All quotation in this write-up were taken from the book. Yesufu can be reached on newdejix@gmail.com

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Good. The killings were however unnecessary as the writer rightly acknowledged.

SalamRushdie:
Buhari breathing hard wishing they can allow him jail Kadaria Ahmed

Lol.

I think Mbappe's aim should be to catch up with the likes of Messi and Ronaldo who already are ranking above Pele, especially Messi.

Shikena:
I hear that a lot but I can't argue with, not 1 but 3 world cup trophies. Before you say it's Brazil, Brazil had 0 world title until a man called Pele arrived the scene. By 1970 they had 3 world titles still with Pele and they didn't win their next title until 24 years later

Pele did not play at the 1962 world cup which BraziL won.

I hope this is not an attempt to justify a potential price increase here.

CHIDOHSKI:
Desperation of this APC government is getting out of hand. I pray they continue this way so that by the end of election there will not be Nigeria to rule. I hate dictators.

The interesting thing is that dictators always have their time... they eventually go. Hitler, Musolini, Stalin, Ferdinand Marcos, Idi Amin, IBB, Abacha. The current case would not be different. Nigeria shall be free!

yusman14:
mess is not on d same level with dem....pele is a complete player.
.ronaldinho and delima has all dis qualities...i repeat,for messi to be d G.O.A.T,e must av wat any oder players dnt av.......e may b d best of his era but e is far behind maradona and pele

Please, watch the best videos of Pele and Maradona you can find. Then get a video of Messi on an average day. You will find that these two older legends are beneath Messi. He has done by far better things on the pitch than both, including Best, Garrincha, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo de Lima... you name them. Messi is magic!

The only thing he currently lacks is an International trophy.

coolie1:
messi played better than ronaldinho? have you smoke weed when did you start watching football have you seen his skills his dribbles if you go anywhere and say that thing you will get shot.

Well, I have watched and analysed football for at least, 3 decades, and can hold my own on almost any topic on the game. It would be fairer to compare Ronaldinho to Okocha than to Messi. Watch Messi's 50 best goals, his games, and do the same for Ronaldinho, then return to comment.

yusman14:
mess is not on d same level with dem....pele is a complete player.
.ronaldinho and delima has all dis qualities...i repeat,for messi to be d G.O.A.T,e must av wat any oder players dnt av.......e may b d best of his era but e is far behind maradona and pele

Please, watch the best videos of Pele and Maradona you can find. Then get a video of Messi on an average day. You will find that these two older legends are beneath Messi. He has done by far better things on the pitch than both, including Best, Garrincha, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo de Lima... you name them. Messi is magic!

The only thing he currently lacks is an International trophy.

ZombieTAMER:
I keep telling people that Messi is one dimensional fraud...

He will be exposed once he leaves Barcelona

Obviously you've Never watched Messi play.

Conditions:

1. I must park the bus when playing mid-table teams.

2. I must park 2 buses when playing Barcelona.

3. I must take the credit when we win, and players take the blame when we lose.

4. I must live in a hotel in Madrid to enable me pack my load quick quick and run away if and when sacked.

That's all!

Governor Okowa would also do well to hoist an overhead bridge or 2, into Asaba from the express just like Amosun did across Ijebu Ode. Currently there is too much confusion trying to drive into Asaba from all entry points.

Asking whether we would be invited to the President's 76th birthday celebration on such an important thread is crazy stuff. The celebrant himself is a low key person.

If Kante returns effectively to midfield and jorginho plays further upfront, Chelsea have a good chance of nicking it. Could be 2-1.

Pele has consistently hyped himself which is not the quality of a true great. If you are truly great, you would be humble. He has also never praised Messi!

In my opinion, Messi ranks easily above Pele and Maradona, who also recently took a jibe at Messi. Jealousy!

Watch the best videos of Pele, then Maradona. Compare with what Messi displays week in week out at Barcelona and you would easily see that the little man Messi, is unrivaled.

Just to add, the game is faster now, defenders harder and tougher , and the atmosphere far more tense than in the days of Pele and Maradona.

Fr Mbaka asides embarrassing Peter Obi rubbished Ganduje when he told him publicly that his donation was not more than what others had so far donated. Strange .

Fr Mbaka asides embarrassing Peter Obi rubbished Ganduje when he told him publicly that his donation was not more than what others had so far donated. Ingratitude.

YRNs:
First of all, there something called "Music Genre". There's hip-hop, jazz, Christian and the rest of them...

Now, hip-hop is mostly about those 3 things you mentioned plus more..

You don't expect a Christian song to be all about sex, money & girls...

Secondly, most artiste sing about what people want to hear.. they sing songs that are club/event worthy... do you think that a DJ will play your song in a club, wedding, birthday, etc. if it's about the current crisis happening in the country?



Most American hip-hop songs today are about money, sex, girls, drugs, weed, gangs, etc.

This is a global thing.. it's not only in Africa... i don't listen to Asian songs but I can bet that they still sing about those 3 things...

The problem is even how these songs are rendered. No depth, just gbam gbam! The singers seem to lack originality, and this is widespread. They can't tell a story. Unfortunately, 'we' just buy, and waka dey go, encouraging and promoting mediocrity.

YRNs:
First of all, there something called "Music Genre". There's hip-hop, jazz, Christian and the rest of them...

Now, hip-hop is mostly about those 3 things you mentioned plus more..

You don't expect a Christian song to be all about sex, money & girls...

Secondly, most artiste sing about what people want to hear.. they sing songs that are club/event worthy... do you think that a DJ will play your song in a club, wedding, birthday, etc. if it's about the current crisis happening in the country?



Most American hip-hop songs today are about money, sex, girls, drugs, weed, gangs, etc.

This is a global thing.. it's not only in Africa... i don't listen to Asian songs but I can bet that they still sing about those 3 things...

The problem is even how these songs are rendered. No depth, just gbam gbam! The singers seem to lack originality, and this is widespread. They can't tell a story. Unfortunately, 'we' just buy, and waka dey go.

The only thinking in my head right now is that these traditional rulers were tricked into this arrangement. Otherwise it's purely and truly humiliating. And indefensibly so. What comedy!

My friend left Nigeria to the US 2 months ago, and has already earned more than his five months salary as a banker here. He's doing a 'menial' job. A man in his late 40s. He says he's not coming back Lai Lai!

It's difficult to reconcile Okorocha's oratory professing his love for his people with his performance as Governor.

... And until we begin to ask our respective State governments questions, the migration to Lagos would remain the untenable answer.

What I understand Ambode to be simply saying is that if every state lived up to its responsibility, the desire to flock to Lagos would be reduced. Governors are looting their respective states dry and their youth simply relocate to Lagos for greener pastures. That's why there are no protests over the govs performance s.

Why is the chairman of the party not there?

Nigeria, our dear country has a pathetic image across the world. A friend of mine recently applied for a visa to a European country, name withheld. On appearance, he was bluntly told by a mischievously smiling visa officer that his application had been rejected, with a thunderous stamp on his passport. And he had the requisite requirements! What nonsense! Shame!

Gov Fayose addresses "Financial Experts" in China:

I remember Gov Fayose addressing a fake crowd of "financial experts" in China sometime in April 2016. It turned out the set up was at the airport with passengers at the waiting (lounge) innocently used as the audience. Difficult to believe, but true.

I am in shock over Professor Sagay's seeming slide into irrelevance. Sometimes I think he is in a daze.

Neyoor:





I watched that part too.


It's just one of the tactics of journalists to read and take advantage of the gesture and emotion of the interviewee and that's just what Dele Momodu tried to do.

Oga Dele realised Ambode was boiling already and just wanted to use those questions to finally nailed him but Ambode was just smart to boycott the questions.


He even realized the issue might draw beyond that, hence why he hurriedly ended the press conference.

Ambode's response was immature. About a week ago, Dele Momodu presented the most balanced appeal to Tinubu to reassess his position on Ambode. The least he could have done today was to politely respond to his questions, and evade them diplomatically if he wanted to. The response Ambode delivered this afternoon was like "go to hell"!