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Debruyne is a world-class player. Lukaku as well.

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lol I know that feeling, they made their rules and played rules. In fact there wasn't any rule back then, just be the first to discover the land mass, if Your late you can buy from other

colonial power just like Alaska from Russia or Lusitania from France. Nigeria was purchased from Uliever by the British.

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Yusufisraelj:
In the case if Abacha; Oil (black gold)and regime change.

In the case of Abiola; He was a stumbling block to the new state that is going to be created since he almost won June 12 election then. Will create a case to be the president of the new government. He was no longer useful to the CIA or the strategic interest of the west and it's allies.

which would you have preferred? An Abacha civilian govt or an abiola reinstalled govt

Yusufisraelj:
In the case if Abacha; Oil (black gold)and regime change.

In the case of Abiola; He was a stumbling block to the new state that is going to be created since he almost won June 12 election then. Will create a case to be the president of the new government. He was no longer useful to the CIA or the strategic interest of the west and it's allies.

who would you have preferred? An Abacha civilian govt or an abiola reinstalled govt

Kalubolt:
Let's just say this FFK story is 50/50 in truth and lies. Now let's assume it's true, I am concerned about those who said how can OBJ who was in prison then know about the plan. Like, are you all kidding me. Leaders of cartels, gangs, hired assassins, cults e.t.c while in jail still orchestrate hits from inside prison.
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Now let me tell you why I believe OBJ will know about the plans if truly FFK story is true. The week Abacha died was the week he planned on executing OBJ and his co prisoners, even after Abacha died, his boys AL Hamza Mustapha and Sgt Rogers still went ahead to carry out the hit only for Babangida boys to have evacuated OBJ and co from Kuje prison Abuja to Jos Prison. So tell me it was a coincidence that Babangida who was mentioned by FFK was the one to go save OBJ who was also mentioned and eventually OBJ came out to be President.
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Pls tell me this is not all planned out by those two mentioned by FFK and some others we don't know.

but IBB was not in govt at the time

discusant:
Yoruba Moslems and Fulani are held one by Islam.
Religion is opium to the masses.
Islam does not allow Yoruba Moslems reckon with the fact that one Nigeria is the stumbling block in human and economic development in Yoruba land.

one Nigeria keeps us afloat. The SW need to feed, the north need crude oil.

The Nigeria national football squad at Tunisia 1994
Africa Cup of Nations Cup (AFCON) tournament
paraded some notable names that made the squad
a fearsome proposition and are arguably the best
Eagles squad in the nation’s footballing history.
The team came into the 1994 AFCON tournament
as one of the three favourites for the title, which
they ended up winning.
This was after their first triumph in 1980.
Though hampered by the baggage of emerging as
runners-up in I984 and 88, coach Clemence
Westerhof was determined to end Nigeria’s long
search for her second AFCON title and it was a
perfect timing.
Grouped alongside Egypt and Gabon in group B, the
golden generation approached the competition with
caution, but the team began their campaign on a
bright note as they dismissed Gabon 3-0 in the
opener with two goals coming from the late Rashidi
Yekini and Mutiu Adepoju.
Their second game was a goalless draw against
Egypt to book a place in the knockout stages.

Zaire were not an easy opponent in the second
round but Yekini’s brace took Nigeria into the semi-
final to face arch-rivals, Ivory Coast.
In what was a pulsating encounter that swung back
and forth, the Eagles triumphed on penalties after
the 90 minutes and extra time ended 2-2.
It was one man against the world as Zambia earned
the sympathy of the football’s global family after its
first team perished on the coast of Gabon during
World Cup qualifiers.

The Chipolopolo drew the first blood through Elijah
Litana but like a rejected stone turned the corner
piece of the building, Emmanuel Amuneke scored
twice to ensure Nigeria smiled home with the
trophy.
Alloy Agu may have watched from the bench, but he
described the tournament as one of the best
moments in his career.
He told PREMIUM TIMES that team spirit and hard
work were key to Nigeria’s success in Tunisia.
“It was a moment I will never forget as a footballer.
Yes, we came into the tournament as favourites, but
it took hard work and team spirit to win in Tunisia.
“We were one happy family, and it was a time when
Nigerian players were getting to the peak. It gave us
the confidence to embrace our career with much
optimism, and that was exactly what happened at
the World Cup,” he added.
The 23-man squad
Goalkeepers: Peter Rufai, Wilfred Agbonavbare,
Alloy Agu
Defenders: Stephen Keshi, Austin Eguavoen, Uche
Okafor, Uche Okechukwu, Isaac Semitoje, Ben Iroha,
Nduka Ugbade
Midfielders: Sunday Oliseh, Mutiu Adepoju, Edema
Fuludu, Thompson Oliha, Austin Okocha, Efan Ekoku
Forwards: Rashidi Yekini, Samson Siasia, Daniel
Amokachi, Emmanuel Amuneke, Victor Ikpeba,
Finidi George

Where are they now?
Peter Rufai
Regarded as one of the best goalkeepers to man
the post for the senior national team.
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We remember him for his panache and near-perfect
reflexes that astounded opposition teams.
Rufai was the Eagles’ No.1 in Tunisia 94. His
ability to organise his defenders and bail them out
in any danger makes him arguably Nigeria’s best
ever goalkeeper.
The former Stationery Stores and Femo Scorpions
goalkeeper also played for Dragon FC of Benin,
Lokeren, Beveren (in Belgium). He also had a
successful career at Farense (Portugal), Hercules,
and Deportivo La Coruna in Spain.
Rufai who jettisoned a chance to be crowned as
King of Idimu kingdom currently shuttles between
Lagos and Spain.
Once an ambassador of Remita, he runs youth
football clinics in Lagos.
Wilfred Agbonavbare (Late)
He was tipped to be No.1 despite his healthy rivalry
with Alloy Agu in the qualifiers, but after weeks of
training camp in Papendal and Amsterdam, Holland,
he dropped to third in the pecking order of
goalkeepers.
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It was an enormous setback for the former Rayo
Vallecano goalkeepers as Rufai rediscovered his
mojo to claim the No.1 jersey.
He watched from the bench as Rufai got better with
matches. Agbonavbare suffered one of the worst
racist abuse in Spain after his penalty save denied
Real Madrid the chance of beating Barcelona to the
title in 1992.
Madrid fans chanted racist slurs like, “Negro
cabron, recoge al algodon” meaning “black bastard,
pick the cotton!”
Agbonavbare retired at the early age of 31 and
resettled in Madrid, and worked as a baggage and
cargo handler at Barajas airport, Madrid.
He also had a brief stint as a goalkeeper trainer. He
lost his wife to cancer in 2012 and died of a similar
disease in 2015.
Alloy Agu
He was the second goalkeeper in the 1994 squad
that Clemence Westerhof listed for the 2006 African
Cup of Nations in Tunisia.
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He was one of the first Nigerian goalkeepers to
feature in the Dutch Eredivisie before calling it quits
with active football. Agu is currently under the
payroll of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as
Super Eagles’ goalkeeper trainer.
Austin Eguavoen
Converted from a midfielder into a full-back,
‘Cerezo’ was a dominant part of the back-four that
took the Eagles to the 1994 AFCON title.
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He combined well with the late Uche Okafor, Uche
Okechukwu, and Ben Iroha to keep opposing
strikers at bay. Westerhof handed him the
responsibility of leading the Eagles in the finals
after injury ruled out skipper Stephen Keshi.
He worked as Super Eagles manager at Egypt 2006
AFCON where Nigeria settled for Bronze. He
currently works with the NFF as a member of the
technical committee.
Ben Iroha
He was the preferred choice ahead of Nduka
Ugbade, given the embarrassment of talents at
Westerhof’s disposal, and he justified his inclusion
in the squad with his ability to combine his
defensive and attacking instinct.
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His one-two pass gave Nigeria an early lead against
Cote d’Ivoire in the semi-finals and kept a
watertight defence to ensure Nigeria overran the
stubborn Zambians in the finals.
Iroha had an unsuccessful stint overseas and retired
in 2000. He was an assistant coach when Nigeria
won THE 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea
and was once on the payroll of Heartland and
Dolphins. He currently lives in the US.
Uche Okechukwu
The ‘Gentle Giant’ will be forever remembered as
the towering presence behind Nigeria’s successful
stint at Tunisia 94.
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The former Brondby and Fenerbahce centre-back
also featured for Ocean Boys and Bayelsa United
after a successful stint in Europe.
Uche retired from active football at 41 and neither
embraced coaching nor featured in club eventsb]
because of his shyness. He is currently based in
Owerri running his business.
Stephen Keshi
The ‘Big Boss’ is one of the best centre-backs
Africa has ever produced.
Although late Keshi got injured weeks into the
tournament, coach Westerhof opted to pick him
because he was an inspirational captain of the
squad.
He was seen whispering and charging his
teammates to go to this kill as Nigeria went to win
her second AFCON in Tunisia.
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With a successful career in Belgium, Ivory Coast,
and France, Keshi retired from active football
following a nagging ankle injury and embraced
coaching. He was in charge when flying Eagles
Eagles crashed out of African Youth Championship
in Ethiopia but he was part of the Eagles coaching
crew that qualified Nigeria for the 2002 Korea-Japan
World Cup.
Keshi also qualified Togo for her first World Cup
and handled the Eagles of Mali before returning to
tinker Nigeria to the 2013 AFCON title in South
Africa before leading the Eagles to the 2014 FIFA
World Cup in Brazil.
Keshi died of cardiac arrest on June 7, 2016, in
Benin City.
Isaac Semitoje
The former Super Eagles and Iwuanyanwu sweeper
sat on the bench through the tournament, given the
pedigree of other defenders in the team.
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Westerhof dropped him from the USA 94 squad.
Semitoje is currently based in Benin and he is into
personal business.
Nduka Ugbade
Popularly known as Sao Paulo by his Eagles
teammates, the former U-17 skipper also watched
from the bench as Nigeria emerged as African
champions after beating Zambia 2-1 in the finals.
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He had a short stint in Israel and retired from active
football because of injury. Ugbade enjoyed a
successful spell as a youth coach after he assisted
Garba Manu to U-17 World Cup glory in 2013.
He currently handles the NNL side, Giants Brillas.
Austin Okocha
This mercurial midfielder was one of the best
playmakers Nigeria ever produced.
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He gave the world a slice of his talents in Tunisia
94 and combined well with Sunday Oliseh to propel
Nigeria to her second AFCON glory.
Jay-jay played for PSG, Fenerbahce Bolton
Wanderers, and retired too early according to his
teeming fans.
He went into business after retirement. Okocha is
the brand ambassador for a long list of companies.
Mutiu Adepoju
The ‘Headmaster’ was part of the squad in Tunisia
and he was on the score sheet in Nigeria 3-0 win
over Gabon in the group opening match.
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Mutiu Adepoju [PHOTO CREDIT: Goal.com]
The former 3SC team manager spent most of his
career in Spain, where he scored 22 goals from 175
matches. He is the current Spanish La Liga
ambassador in Nigeria and also manages his
personal businesses.
Efan Ekoku
Ekoku featured in Nigeria’s 2-0 win over Zaire in
the quarter-final of Tunisia 94 World Cup and had to
be replaced when he struggled to have a single
shot at goal.
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Efan Ekoku [PHOTO CREDIT: Goal.com]
The former Norwich and Bournemouth striker once
worked as a commentator for Premier League
production. He is based in the UK and works as a
soccer pundit.
Edema Fuludu
A fringe member of the Tunisia 1994 AFCON
winning team, Edema was respected for his hard
work and business-like approach to matches.
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Edema Fuludu
The former Julius Berger star played his last active
game for Turkish side Always SK before retiring
from football.
He lives in Delta and is actively involved in politics.
Thompson Oliha (Late)
He was known as the team warhorse for his tireless
play.
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Thompson Oliha
He came as the best replacement for Moses
Kpakor, who quit the scene because of a career-
ending injury. Whenever Westerhof saw danger from
the opposition, he deployed Oliha to keep such a
player at bay.
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Oliha was Westerhof’s beloved player because of
his work rate and dedication. Oliha worked with the
Kwara football academy before his death in 2013.



Daniel Amokachi
‘Da Bull’ was a key member of the winning side,
and his tenacity and work rate played a huge role in
ensuring that Nigeria emerged champions in Tunisia
and he featured in two AFCON and World Cup
tournaments.
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Amokachi won the English FA Cup with Everton
under manager Joe Royle and joined Besiktas in
Turkey and tinkered Nasarawa FC and was the
assistant coach to late Stephen Keshi as Nigeria
won her third AFCON in 2013.
Amokachi is currently the special adviser on sports
to President Muhammadu Buhari. He is also an
ambassador for a couple of brands.
Emmanuel Amuneke
Amuneke scored Nigeria’s two goals in the finals
after Westerhof deliberately confined him to the
bench throughout the group matches and knockout
stages.
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Emmanuel Amuneke
He took the pressure off top players like Keshi
before the “Dutchgerian” threw the former Zamalek
winger into the fray. He justified his inclusion by
ensuring Nigeria rallied back from a goal down and
later scored the winning goal.
He retired from active football after a brief stint at
GC Barca.
Amuneke had a successful career in coaching after
he led Nigeria U-17 to a World Cup triumph in
2015.
He ensured Tanzania qualified for its first AFCON in
Egypt in 2019, and he is the current youth coach at
Misr Lel Makassa in Egypt.
Finidi George
The former Ajax winger was one of the finest
wingers that emerged from the tournament.
Although he had a quiet tourney, his contribution
cannot be overlooked.
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The former Ajax winger played for Real Betis and
was known for his matador’s style of celebration
after scoring a goal. He once applied for the
Golden Eaglets’ job and he currently lives in Spain.
Rashidi Yekini (Late)
CAF adjudged the goalsfather as the dreaded striker
at Tunisia 94, where he scored five goals.
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Rashidi Yekini [PHOTO CREDIT: goal.com]
Yekini httpswas on duty in Nigeria’S 3-0 win over Gabon
in Group B opener, scoring two goals with Mutiu
Adepoju on the scoring sheet.
Gangling Yekini also bagged a brace in Nigeria’s
2-0 win over Zaire in the quarter-finals and a goal
against Cote d’Ivoire in the semi-finals.
The former Shooting Stars striker gave in to
depression in the latter days of his life, although his
death is still a mystery to many that were close to
him.
Samson Siasia
Siasia is regarded as one of the most skillful
strikers of the golden generation, even though he
failed to score a goal in the competition.
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Samson Siasia
Siasia had a successful career as a coach leading
Nigeria to silver in the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
He went on to lead the Dream Team to another
silver in the 2008 Olympics.
The former Nantes and Lokeren striker is currently
out of coaching after FIFA banned him for alleged
match-fixing.
Victor Ikpeba
He was also one of the fringe players that Nigeria
paraded at the Tunisia 94 AFCON.
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Victor Ikpeba [PHOTO CREDIT: Goal.com]
Ikpeba was a part of the Nigeria Dream Team that
won Olympic gold in Atlanta 96. A discovery from
Nigeria’s youth system, he had stints in Belgium
with Standard Liege, Monaco where he was at his
most prolific and won Africa’s best player award in
1997.
He now works as football pundit with Super Sports.
Sunday Oliseh
Oliseh played a vital role in ensuring that Nigeria
emerged as African champions in Tunisia 94.
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Sunday Oliseh [PHOTO CREDIT: Goal.com]
His combative style of football paved way for the
likes of Okocha and Mutiu Adepoju to attack without
restraint.
The former Juventus and Ajax midfielder had a
successful coaching career with Fortuna Sittard FC
before coming over to manage Super Eagles in
2015. He is a member of FIFA’s technical team
and also works as a soccer pundit.
Uche Okafor (Late)
The former Michelin FC and Hannover 96 defender
combined well with Uche Okechukwu at the heart of
the Eagles defence. Kizito was not as flambouyant
as other members of that team and kept a low
profile.
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Uche Okafor
Okafor went into coaching in Texas after retirement
and died in 2011.

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1994 AFCON-winning Eagles [PHOTO CREDIT:
Goal.com]
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Buhari is a funny man

President Muhammadu Buhari rarely
grants media interviews but when he
does, he makes the headlines for several
reasons including gaffes. His interview
with Arise Television, aired on Thursday,
was not an exception.
Despite the ban on Twitter activities in
Nigeria, Mr Buhari trended on the
microblogging platform for several hours
after the interview was aired across
major televisions, indicating that it was
one of the most discussed topics of the
day.
The over 40 minutes interview, which,
arguably offered more insights than the
barrage of statements from his
spokespersons, was an appraisal of his
six years in office, touching on his
successes as well as areas of
deficiencies, particularly security and
economy.
However, Mr Buhari’s answers to the
questions posed by the four interviewees
followed a pattern set in an interview he
granted two years ago to the same
medium, PREMIUM TIMES’ analysis
showed.
This leaves anyone who watched the
2019 interview and the recent one
wondering if Mr Buhari is just being
consistent with his ideas or rigid to
embrace fresh ideas.
Same analogies, same data
In the build up to the 2019 election, the
president, who was seeking a second
term, spoke with the Arise TV crew for
90 minutes. The majority of the
questions centred on security and his
agriculture-related projects.
But most of the responses, including the
analogies he provided, were repeated in
the Thursday interview.
For instance, he blamed the PDP’s 16-
year-rule for the decadence of the
infrastructure when asked about what
his government has done differently in
2019. This he reprised in the recent one.
“You know after 16 years of PDP, with
the resources I have just mentioned.
There have been enormous resources at
their disposal. And they will use
everything at their disposal to discredit
the administration.

“Once people are making trouble for us,
I sit down and wonder what have they
been doing for 16 years. Did you know
that the condition of the road from here
to Onitsha, from here to Port Harcourt,
to mention a few, have been there since
Abacha time?,” he said in 2019.
“Look at the state of infrastructure. Look
at our roads. Look at the rail. Look at
power. And tell me which country
develops without infrastructure,” he
said, blaming the opposition party for
the decay in infrastructure on Thursday.
Also, he cited the same erroneous
figures which have been fact checked to
be false by Dubawa, Nigeria’s foremost
fact-checking organisation, in 2018.

“This country was getting 2.1 million
barrels per day and getting it out of the
Nigerian territory. With a cost of,
average 100 American dollars per barrel.
It went up to 143 but when we came it
collapsed … ,” he said in 2019.
“I would like you to check how much we
are earning from 1999 to 2014. From
1999 to 2014, our production (if you
check you will find out that) every
production was 2.1 million barrels per
day. At the cost of 100 American dollars
per barrel. So, from 1999 to 2014, we
were earning 2.1 million times 100
dollar per day,” he told the Arise
Television crew on Thursday.
The president’s claim that crude oil was
selling for $100 per barrel between 1999
and 2014 is false as available data
showed that the figure is an average of
$61.7 per barrel, Dubawa concluded.
On insecurity, particularly the bloodshed
in Benue State, President Buhari’s
perception of the herders-farmers clash
has not been any way different from his
views in 2019.
He does not believe that the indigenous
herders can kill, maintaining his stance
that the killer-cattle rearers are from
Niger Republic and Central Africa
Republic in both parleys.
His grouse with the Benue State
Governor, Samuel Ortom, was not also
masked in both discussions

“The Benue people know and I talk to
the Benue Governor, the Nigerian cattle
herder used to carry sticks and
machetes to cut foliage and give it to
the animals. But these ones have
Ak-47,” the president said in 2019.
“The governor of Benue said I cannot
discipline the cattle rearers because I
am one of them. I cannot deny that I
am one of them,” Mr Buhari said in the
interview with Arise TV on Thursday
morning.
“Fulanis from Mauritania or from Central
Africa look the same. So, they think that
they are the Nigerian ones,” he added.
PREMIUM TIMES also observed that the
president’s solution to the herders
farmers clash has always been rooted in
the approach of the First Republic that
provided for grazing routes and
reserves.
“This was in the First Republic, they put
houses there, windmills, even veterinary
departments and any cattle rearer that
allows his cattle to stray into the farm is
arrested. Then the farmer will bring it,”
he said in the 2019 interview.
Herdsmen
“I have asked to dig up gazettes of the
First Republic. There are cattle routes
and grazing areas. You have to stay
there and if you allow your cattle to
stray into another person’s farm you will
be arrested.” Mr Buhari said in the
interview aired on Thursday morning.
This, however, did not consider the
clamour of southern state governors for
the ban on open grazing. They had
opined that open-grazing is primitive
and outdated.
Kirikiri experience
When asked about his perceived skewed
fight against corruption, Mr Buhari, as
seen in the two clips, is always quick to
recall how he was detained during the
military era for fighting corruption.
He complains that fighting corrupton in
a democratic setting is a herculean
task.
“When I came to the military. I took
them to Kirikiri. I told them they are
guilty until they could prove themselves
innocent. I too was arrested and
detained and those who stole were
given their money. Now I’m trying to
come back to the system and you are
calling me Baba go slow,” he said in
2019.

“When I collected people and put them
in Kirikiri (prison) and said they are
guilty until they can prove themselves
innocent… But what happened?
Eventually, I myself was arrested.
Detained. And they were given back
what they had looted,” the president
stated as the reason for his ‘slow’ fight
against corruption.
Mr Buhari was referring to the military
era when he invoked the Decree Number
2 of 1984 to jail about 500 politicians,
officials and businessmen for
corruption.
According to Decree Number 2, the state
security and the Chief of Staff, Supreme
Military Council, were given the power to
detain, without charges, individuals
deemed to be a security risk to the state
for up to three months.
This was against the provisions of the
constitution and international practices
that stipulate that an accused is
presumed guilty until proven in court.
The former military ruler was later
arrested and detained in prison after his
Chief of Army Staff Ibrahim Babangida
ousted him in 1985.
“I assure you”
Unlike the 2019 interview, President
Buhari’s use of the phrase “I assure
you”, reduced. It is however unclear if
the repetition of the phrase is of
mannerism or emphasis.
The phrase was repeated 10 times in
the 2019 interview but five and with less
frequency in the recent one.
In the five times the president gave his
words of “assurance” in the Thursday
interview, two were on matters
pertaining to insecurity, two on his
resolve to fight corruption and one on
the need for better infrastructure.
“But I assure you, in spite of the
problems we are having with the
system, whoever we have correct
intelligence that he’s not accountable,
we ease him out,” he said on his fight
against corruption.
“And I believe that if you make the
infrastructure work, road, rail, I assure
you that Nigerians will keep themselves
very busy and leave you alone,” he
stated at different intervals in the recent
interview.
Meanwhile, the opposition parties have
derided the president’s performance in
the interview, especially his blame of
PDP’s 16 years in power.
While many have acknowledged Mr
Buhari’s infrastructural strides in the
last six years, the PDP insisted that the
current administration has
underperformed in numerous ways
compared to the previous
administrations and he failed to admit
those failures.

“We want to inform President Buhari,
since he is not always aware, that
successive governments elected on the
platform of the PDP built on these
development plans leading to the
expansion of major trunk roads across
our country, railways and other legacy
projects which, probably, his handlers
are making him to believe are his,” the
publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola
Ologbodiyan, said.
On the other hand, the African Action
Congress (AAC) said it is embarrassing
that the president chooses when and
how convenient to speak.
“Another shock is how, instead of
reeling out his “achievements” over the
last 6 years, the President sounded like
an opposition leader. But for a closer
look and the distinction of voice, one
would have thought it was a member of
the civil society or the NLC being
interviewed. The President in his usual
style blamed everyone but himself.
“May we remind the president that the
youths he blamed for insecurity that has
reached the highest crescendo, are not
the ones who are constitutionally in
charge of the Military and the Police.
“Talking about infrastructure, may we
also remind the President that the
youths are not the ones who took loans
to the tune of trillions of naira with the
promise that infrastructure would be
fixed. The statements of the President
confirmed the suspicion in many
quarters that he is not conscious of the
happenings in his immediate
environment and his administration,
except what he is told,” the AAC
publicity secretary, Femi Adeyeye,
stated.
Presidential spokespersons, Femi
Adesina and Garba Shehu, did not
respond to calls and texts sent to their
phones seeking their comments for this
report.
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nice one

Ahead of the 2021 World Sickle Cell
Awareness Day, a 55-year-old survivor,
Shehu Mohammed, has pledged to
enroll 100 indigent Sickle Cell patients
on the National Health Insurance
Scheme (NHIS).
This is as Mr Mohammed is set to
launch a book on his travails, and
survival strategies, which he noted will
guide many Nigerians and non-Nigerian
in his shoe on how to navigate the
murky water of the disease.
“This will allow this vulnerable set of
people to have access to healthcare for
their precarious health condition,” he
said of the NHIS enrollment plan.
The book
According to the author, the book, which
is titled; “I’m a Survivor: The Story of my
Triumph over Sickle Cell Pain,” gives
detailed information on the management
of the disorder, attitudes and habits
required by the carriers to live a
productive life.
He said the book chronicles his life story
as a sickle cell disorder (SCD) survivor,
noting that it will be made public on
June 19, in Abuja.
The author added that the event would
feature an awareness campaign on the
disorder by the founder of Beulah Sickle
Cell Foundation, Josephine Olunaike.
He said many tips are also given to
parents, family members, friends and
caregivers on how best they could be of
help to carriers.
Mr Mohammed said the book seeks to
check the increasing tide of sickle cell
disorder and guide young couples on
how to raise a healthy family.
Sickle Cell Disease
Known for distorting the red blood cells,
which mostly results in severely painful
blood clots, sickle cell anaemia is
among the top genetic haemoglobin
disorders.

The genetically inherited chronic
condition, which can also lead to death,
troubles a little less than five per cent of
the global population, the World Health
Organisation (WHO), said.
But for people whose origins can be
traced to Africa, the risk is
disproportionately higher.
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Red blood cells of sickle cell anaemia
disease[Photo Credit: www.practicalpainmanagement.com]
While over 300,000 babies globally are
born with severe sickle cell disease, 75
per cent of that number, 225, 000, are
born in Sub-Saharan Africa and Nigeria
carries 66 per cent of the burden in the
region, according to the American
Centre for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
This means that in Nigeria alone, nearly
150,000 children are born annually with
sickle-cell anaemia. The country bears
50 per cent of the global burden.
World Sickle Cell Day
Since 2008, World Sickle Cell Awareness
Day has been held on June 19 annually,
in order to help increase public
knowledge and raise awareness of SCD
and the struggles sufferers and their
families go through.
The date, June 19, was chosen to
commemorate the day on which a
resolution was officially adopted by the
General Assembly of the United Nations,
recognising SCD as a public health
concern.
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/467358-sickle-cell-disease-55-year-old-survivor-to-enroll-100-nigerian-patients-on-nhis.html

The Euro 2020 – European
Championships are underway after
having been postponed a full year due
to the Coronavirus pandemic. Europe’s
top stars will hope to showcase their
talents in a bid to win glory for their
nation. And Premier League has the
highest representation.
According to data presented by Safe
Betting Sites , England’s Premier League
has the most players playing in Euro
2020 with 119 for an estimated total
market value of €3.48B – the largest
out of all the leagues represented at the
Euros.
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The 2020 Euros are the highlight for
football this summer as football players
from a total of 42 professional leagues
around the world, head home to Europe
to represent their nations. England’s
Premier League had the most players
playing in Euro 2020 with 119, 30 more
players than the next largest
represented league, the German
Bundesliga.
Notably, England’s second tier, known
as The Championship, is the 6th most
represented league at the Euros with 29
players. This representation beats
established top tier divisions from other
countries such as France’s Ligue 1, The
Dutch Eredivisie and Portugal’s Liga
NOS.

Players from the Premier League playing
at the Euros had by far the highest
combined market value compared to
any other league represented at the
Euros. Premier League players had a
combined market value of €3.48B more
than €1.5B more than the players from
the Bundesliga’s combined market
value.
Italy’s Serie A and Spain’s La Liga were
the only other leagues to have a
combined market value of more than
€1B with €1.74B and €1.31B
respectively. Ligue 1 rounds out the top
5 highest combined market value
among leagues with over €700M.
Rex Pascual, Sports editor at Safe
Betting Sites, commented; “Many would
argue that England’s Premier League is
the best and most competitive football
league in the world.
“The Premier League’s representation
for Euro 2020 further solidifies its
reputation and even highlights the gap
between England’s top flight and the
rest of Europe, especially when
considering market value.”
https://www.completesports.com/119-epl-89-bundesliga-players-set-to-dazzle-at-euro-2020/

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Plans are underway to commence mass
production of the ITF Mobile Android
GSM smart phone recently presented to
President Muhammadu Buhari at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The mass production is in preparatory
for the introduction of the said phone
into the market.
The Director-General of the Industrial
Training Fund, ITF, Sir Joseph Ari who
disclosed the development said, “Plans
are at an advanced stage to ensure
commencement of the mass production
of the smart phone, making it available
and affordable, which in turn will expand
the GSM phone market and create more
jobs in the process.
“We are presently putting processes in
place with the relevant regulatory
agencies towards quality assurance,
legal framework and intellectual rights
amongst others. Our vision is to create
a mass production hub that will churn
out products that will be available to all
Nigerians.”
While commending the administration of
President Muhammadu Buhari for its
policies of encouragement of innovation
and creativity and for its initiatives that
gave birth to this breakthrough, he
appealed for increased funding for the
ITF to ensure full actualisation of its
mandate.
Ari, according to a statement by Suleyol
Chagu, Director, Public Affairs
Department also commended the
Minister of Industry, Trade and
Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo
and his counterpart, Ambassador
Mariam Katagum, for providing
qualitative leadership that has
unleashed innovativeness and creativity
of agencies and parastatals under the
ministry.
The DG added that the ITF mobile
phone, which was comparable in quality
to any other brand of Android Phone in
the world, was assembled by the ITF
Model Skills Training Centre (MSTC),
Abuja, as part of the implementation of
the vision of the incumbent
Management of the ITF with particular
emphasis on research and development.
His words, “The ITF Mobile Phone was
produced with 100 percent locally
sourced material. And for me, this
breakthrough is proof that given the
enabling environment and opportunities,
Nigerians will unleash their creative
potentials.
“In terms of quality and performance,
our phone is comparable or even
superior to most Android phones
currently in our markets.”
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/06/made-in-nigeria-phones-to-hit-market-soon/

Our research investigated the
occurrence of selected antibiotics and
analgesics (painkillers) in water and
sediments of Usuma dam in Abuja.
By The Conversation
Pharmaceuticals – drugs used to
prevent or treat human and animal
diseases – are essential for health and
well-being. But the increasing use of
these drugs means that remnants of
them are showing up in the aquatic
environment. They are contaminating
our waters.
Pharmaceuticals are part of a group of
substances known as emerging
contaminants . Although they are
potentially harmful to human and
ecological health, they are yet to be
regulated and routinely monitored in the
environment. Most conventional
treatment plants typically do not remove
emerging pollutants because they were
not originally designed for them. These
contaminants can enter oceans , rivers,
streams, dams and groundwater through
waste water and sewage treatment
plants, human excretion , landfill
leaching, healthcare facilities,
pharmaceutical industry effluents and
veterinary drug applications .
The contaminants may be transported in
water to other places or accumulate in
sediments – rocks, sand, soils,
decaying materials and vegetation under
water – and in creatures that live in
water . Some of the effects of these
drugs on aquatic organisms include
DNA damage , disruptions to hormonal
systems and formation of antibiotic
resistant microbial strains .
There have been several studies of
pharmaceuticals in aquatic
environments across the world but only
a few studies in African countries. So in
our study , we investigated the
occurrence of selected pharmaceuticals
in water and sediments of Usuma dam
in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. We also
assessed the risk of the harm they
could do.
We found traces of pharmaceuticals in
water and sediment of the dam and that
is not good for ecological and public
health.
Sink for pollutants
The dam is an important source of
potable water and fish for people living
in Abuja. It is also a major receiving
water body, so acts as a sink for
pollutants from the environs. It is
surrounded by large unplanned
settlements and is the major drain for
household, municipal and agricultural
wastes in the area.
Our research investigated the
occurrence of selected antibiotics and
analgesics (painkillers) in water and
sediments of Usuma dam.
We looked for antibiotics in water
samples and found amoxicillin,
ciprofloxacin and metronidazole.
Trimethoprim was found in the sediment
samples. These antibiotics are used to
treat or prevent bacterial infections.
Ibuprofen, detected only in sediments,
was the only painkiller detected in the
study.
We found that amoxicillin and ibuprofen
presented a high risk to aquatic life in
the dam. Ciprofloxacin constituted
medium risk, while metronidazole
constituted low risk.

Pharmaceuticals are designed to exert
maximum effects at low concentration.
Therefore, any concentration found in
water and soil is not good for public and
ecological health. If these drugs
negatively affect the fishes in the dam
through accumulation, they may also
affect humans who eat them and drink
water from the dam. Any consumption
of drugs other than a prescribed dose
for a particular ailment is a health risk.
We observed that the chief source of
pharmaceuticals in the dam is human
excretion. Sewage from unplanned
settlements that lack basic sanitation
and sewage treatment facilities around
the dam is disposed of directly onto the
ground and eventually drains into the
dam. Other likely sources include
improper disposal of medical and
veterinary waste.
Going forward
The occurrence of pharmaceuticals in
the Usuma dam is not an isolated case
in Nigeria. Similar studies have reported
the presence of pharmaceuticals in
Lagos and Ogun state waters and even
in sachet water that many Nigerians
drink.
The solution to this budding
environmental challenge should
therefore be a national response.
In 2019, the Nigerian government signed
an executive order to tackle open
defecation . This is a step in the right
direction and should be implemented. It
should also be followed up by providing
people with sewage and sanitation
facilities.
Healthcare centres and hospitals should
ensure efficient management of medical
wastes according to existing laws and
regulations . The government must also
strictly monitor sewage from drug
manufacturing plants. Finally,
government can do more to monitor
contamination of water systems and
improve awareness of the issue.
Ifenna Ilechukwu, Lecturer of
Environmental Chemistry, Madonna
University, Nigeria
This article is republished from The
Conversation under a Creative Commons
license. Read the original article .

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BLOODYSPERM:
God bless you my Man
Chop Knuckles

a girl told me after 28, 29,30. a man's penis starts losing erectile functionality. I don't know if it's true

DEMZEE:
Noo it's for women worldwide.

Biology doesn't give a fvck about ur race dude.

Women don't build, they move in especially in this 21st century.

18-25yrs is the best time a lady is meant to get married. Women's game is to retain the man she desires and respects post-sex

the problem now is at that age bracket they are busy hoeing around selling their bodies to the highest bidder doing hookups. what do we as men do?

Moving on

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a draft
supplementary budget of N895 billion for 2021.

Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, revealed this
when she briefed State House correspondents on the
outcome of the Council meeting chaired by President
Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja on Wednesday.

Mrs Ahmed said the next step would be to present a
bill to that effect to the National Assembly for
approval, in line with constitutional provisions.

She said: “Today the Federal Ministry of Finance,
Budget and National Planning presented to council a
proposal to seek approval for the draft Federal
Government of Nigeria 2021 supplementary budget”.

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Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed (PHOTO CREDIT: Official Twitter Handle)

Mrs Ahmed added that the approval was based on
the need for funding to ensure that Nigeria is able to
meet its commitment under the Nigerian
Comprehensive AIDS programme.

Details

”It was also based on the urgent need to specifically
enhance the capacity of the military and para-
military agencies to tackle the various security
challenges in the country.

“The council on that note approved the 2021
supplementary appropriation bill, in an aggregate
expenditure of N895,842,462,917.

”The total of this expenditure is made up of N83.56
billion for COVID-19 vaccine programme, covering 30
billion vaccines from Johnson and Johnson vaccines
and the logistics cost related to the deployment of
that vaccine.

“It also contains the sum of N1.69 billion for the
Nigerian Comprehensive AIDS programme currently
operating in the States and an additional contingency
provision of N40 billion under the public service-
wide wage adjustments to take care of the needs for
allowances to the health and education sectors and
other wage-related issues.

“This is an incremental provision to the N100 billion
already provided for in the 2021 budget.

“The council also approved an aggregate sum of
N770.60 billion to further enhance the capacity of
the defence and security agencies to address current
and emerging security challenges in our country.”

Approvals

The minister said the council also gave approval to
draw down on some existing World Bank loans
totalling about N39.58 billion as part of the financing
source for the supplementary budget.

“We will be working with the World Bank to
restructure some of the existing facilities to realise
this N39.58 billion.

”We have also been given approval to withdraw
N135 billion from some special reserve lobby
accounts to part-fund this supplementary budget but
specifically related to COVID-19 vaccine, salaries and
other health-related expenditure as well as the
recurrent component of the defence and security
expenditures,” she said.

Mrs Ahmed said that the approval also contained the
permission to borrow N722.53 billion for security
expenditures, which will be from the domestic
international capital market.

The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment,
Adeniyi Adebayo, told the correspondents that he
presented the first made in Nigeria cell phone to the
president, before the commencement of
Wednesday’s FEC meeting.

According to Mr Adebayo, the phone is one of the 12
cell phones produced, using locally sourced
components, by the Electrical/Electronics Technology
Department of the Industrial Training Fund’s (ITF)
Model Skills Training Centre.(NAN)
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/466769-fec-approves-n895bn-draft-supplementary-2021-budget.html

As Federal Government prioritize food
production, the National Agricultural
Lands Development Authority, NALDA,
and the National Youth Service Corps,
NYSC, Wednesday, partnered to develop
52 hectares of rice farm in Ebonyi State.
The partnership deal was sealed after
NALDA and NYSC signed a
Memorandum of Understanding, MoU,
to activate the 52 hectares land owned
by the NYSC in Ezillo, Ishielu Local
Government Area of the State for
massive production of rice, which the
Executive Secretary and Chief Executive
Officer, NALDA, Prince Paul Ikonne,
signed on behalf of his organization,
while the Director General, NYSC,
Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim,
signed for the corps.
According to Ikonne, with the youthful
manpower that NYSC has it was
necessary for NALDA to tap into that
resources to open up more hectares of
farms across the country, while NALDA
provides the expertise in agribusiness to
galvanise the youthful strength of the
corps for productive venture in
agriculture that would make young
graduates self-reliant, transformed into
entrepreneurs, and also boost food
security.

He also explained that the rice is one of
the commodities that NALDA has
prioritized along with other agricultural
commodities the will be embarked on
its, where he disclosed that Integrated
Farm Estate would soon come on
stream in partnership with the Corps,
which will make Corps members go into
food production and income generation.
He said: “NYSC has the foot soldiers
and every year they churn them out
while NALDA has the land and the
technical know-how, this understanding
is for the man power and the technical
know-how to come together in order to
produce the much needed job
opportunity and food security that Mr.
President has been advocating for, for
the country.
“Nigeria is in dare need of creating job
opportunities and this collaboration will
contribute to the country’s GDP growth
because when there are idle youth, you
would have youth restiveness but when
they are engaged you would see
effectiveness so our visit here today is
to seal our understanding that we
already have going forward.”
Meanwhile, the NALDA boss said the
first phase of the training Corps
members to be soil doctors was a
success, and more will be trained soon
to boost the current number of soil
doctors.
Also making it known, he (Ikonne) said
first completed Integrated Farm Estate
in Katsina will be commissioned by end
of July, while others will take turns
within 2021 after their completion as
well.
Speaking also during the MoU signing,
the Director General, NYSC, Brigadier
General Shuaibu Ibrahim, On the
partnership assured that the Corps is
ready to commence work on the farm
immediately by deploying tractors to site
for land clearing.
General Ibrahim also commended the
NALDA boss for his passion for young
people and their future, and the
achievements and impact recorded by
NALDA within one year.
He however advised that with the huge
human capital the Corps has there is
need for more public and private sector
organizations to take advantage by
tapping into it towards boosting their
businesses and growing the economy
including reduction of youth
unemployment, because the potential
and skill of Corps members cannot be
overemphasized.
He also said due to his passion for
young people he personally take out
time to engage and encourage youth
service corps members, especially those
with agribusiness background to grab
the opportunities NALDA offers under
the Young Farmers Scheme.
According to him some Corps members
whom have benefited from some
empowerment schemes of the Corps are
doing well as entrepreneurs while
serving with no harassment from their
host communities.
“The Corps members are knowledgeable
and they are very skillful and committed,
and all that they want is just to give
them the support that they and the sky
is their limit”, he said.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/06/food-production-nalda-nysc-partner-to-develop-52-hectares-of-rice-farm-in-ebonyi/

Sambab:
Don't say what you don't Know.
TB Joshua is a life patron of CAN.
Ask anyone who has been to his office, the big frame certificate presented to him by CAN is there...
Keep shout your mouth

how come oyedepo, adeboye and the likes never accepted him

Benjosh123:
in New Testament, your history is important, the apostles were called and ordained by Jesus Christ, the second set of apostles such as Paul, Timothy, Philip, ETC were ordained and taught and discipled by the first generation, for example, paul went to Jerusalem to learn under peter and others, your history is important, that is what we called spiritual orderliness.

but jesus instituted the great commission in mathew

GenerationNext:
TB Joshua is a goat and not a sheep in the body of Christ.

but he gave good account of himself than the sheep

Inspiration2017:
Please remove the name of our PAPA DR CHRIS OKAFOR from the List. And remove the names of other God's General Snr Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin and Bro Joshua Iginla and other anointed men of God. Desist from calling genuine men of God satanist or things like that. Repent. Touch Not My Anointed, it is written, And Do My Prophet No Harm. Be careful what you say about Men of God listed above, including my PAPA DR CHRIS OKAFOR. He serves TRUE GOD, the God of Abtaham, Isaac & Jacob, Jehovah the Lord of Host. Jesus Christ in spirit and in truth.

your papa! Just listen to yourself. Is your papa now the most high. You are one of the reason people attack the body of christ for your recalcicrant way of life

By tradition, she's not supposed to be older. But if you feel disturbed, do yourself a favor by ditching her and look a much younger lady to satisfy your wish. Relationship and age is more complicated than what you think.

chukwuibuipob:
yansh wey young ,old don pour both thick/watery akamu inside

lie. yash wey young na me dey pump am

IkengaRussell:
Their own dey understandable sef,they have spent a considerable amount of time abroad..But wetin i no understand na how Corper Atinuke for my compound wey from Ogbomoso take get British accent.Mugu no even know where MMIA dey or even Seme border.

knackam, she go change accent