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Re: How True Is Pele And The Nigerian Civil War Story? (Photo) by Casablanca22: 9:37am On Jun 28, 2017
I pledge to Nigeria my country
Fellow Nigerians please lets embrace peace, we dont need war. we have come a long way to start another fight. War is not good because there will be no winners or looser. You will suffer, i will suffer, your friends and relatives will also suffer. If you are fighting your brother, and you manage to kill him, but you found out that he damage one of your eye: My brother you are a casualty.... Please lets get together and make Nigeria great... God bless Nigeria.
Re: How True Is Pele And The Nigerian Civil War Story? (Photo) by Drkennielaw: 9:38am On Jun 28, 2017
Yes it's true...my dad once told me the story a couple of years ago...He even jumped the fence of his school along with his friends to go watch...100% true..
Re: How True Is Pele And The Nigerian Civil War Story? (Photo) by chudyprince: 10:08am On Jun 28, 2017
farihafaheemah:
Is that what your bible or Quran teaches you? Why can't you pray. For your leader irrespective of religion, tribe, ethnic group he comes from. Hatred would only lead you to HBP, desist from it for your own good. That's my advice for you
Arewa sympathizer spotted!
Re: How True Is Pele And The Nigerian Civil War Story? (Photo) by robosky02(m): 10:49am On Jun 28, 2017
napoleon77:
Nice story but it's a myth!

The civil war was fought in the East. How could the 2 factions have agreed to a ceasefire in the East in order to watch a match in Lagos? Did the Biafrans go to Lagos to watch the match during the ceasefire?
the real cease fire today will be when the Nigerian troops and the book haram plays a friendly in Sambisa forest where Buha..... and Jojo are guest grin
Re: How True Is Pele And The Nigerian Civil War Story? (Photo) by Dexema(m): 11:06am On Jun 28, 2017
Pheals:
I don't understand what u mean sir
A widow's peak is a V-shaped point in the hairline in the center of the forehead. Hair growth on the forehead is suppressed in a bilateral pair of periorbital fields. Without a widow's peak, these fields join in the middle of the forehead so as to give a hairline that runs straight across.
Re: How True Is Pele And The Nigerian Civil War Story? (Photo) by manikspears: 12:57pm On Jun 28, 2017
Kylekent59:
Pele striked from an angle and the ball hit d bar, then pele caused commotion saying the post wasn't measured well,so the referee called d officials and they measured d post and found out that there was an error in length so it was adjusted to its accurate position. Pele again striked from that same angle and scored.

The referee was like,this guy u be devil.

Great player in the history of football
see lie.........akant take this,pls create space for me i must faint cry cry cry
Re: How True Is Pele And The Nigerian Civil War Story? (Photo) by Noblesoul123: 1:50pm On Jun 28, 2017
Uyi168:
I think something similar happened during the 2nd world war..
First World War on Christmas eve.
Re: How True Is Pele And The Nigerian Civil War Story? (Photo) by insure1: 2:00pm On Jun 28, 2017
Yeah but this is not new.

In World War I, German and British troops declared a ceasefire in the trenches of the Western front, albeit unofficially. They enjoyed a game of football, some even exchanged cigars etc. Hostilities resumed immediately after Christmas.
Re: How True Is Pele And The Nigerian Civil War Story? (Photo) by whitecloth: 2:11pm On Jun 28, 2017
manikspears:
see lie.........akant take this,pls create space for me i must faint cry cry cry
we've create a place for all fainters.
https://www.nairaland.com/3887449/new-bussiness-town-come-faint#57919251
Re: How True Is Pele And The Nigerian Civil War Story? (Photo) by manikspears: 2:38pm On Jun 28, 2017
whitecloth:
we've create a place for all fainters.
https://www.nairaland.com/3887449/new-bussiness-town-come-faint#57919251
that fainting in the plane,is the plane going to USA or CANADA ?so i will know how to go about it .
Re: How True Is Pele And The Nigerian Civil War Story? (Photo) by Oluwafreshing(m): 3:27pm On Jun 28, 2017
doughziay:
HEARSE
Jesus why na. you be undertaker abi pallbearer?
Re: How True Is Pele And The Nigerian Civil War Story? (Photo) by jpphilips(m): 3:50pm On Jun 28, 2017
maxnedu11:
yes it happened. In 1967, the two factions involved in the Nigerian Civil War agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire so they could watch Pelé play an exhibition game in Lagos . source Wikipedia
Dumb people like you must have written it, the soccer cease fire was during the world war!!
Re: How True Is Pele And The Nigerian Civil War Story? (Photo) by jpphilips(m): 3:52pm On Jun 28, 2017
Kylekent59:
Pele striked from an angle and the ball hit d bar, then pele caused commotion saying the post wasn't measured well,so the referee called d officials and they measured d post and found out that there was an error in length so it was adjusted to its accurate position. Pele again striked from that same angle and scored.

The referee was like,this guy u be devil.

Great player in the history of football
Your Grammar and inaccuracies gave you away as the usual IPOB Okrika sellers, stop leaving us without doubt please
Re: How True Is Pele And The Nigerian Civil War Story? (Photo) by jpphilips(m): 4:39pm On Jun 28, 2017
[quote author=stankezzy post=57911180]ONLY THOSE WHO CAN READ ......

OPEN LETTER TO PROF. ANGO Abdullahi

BY Prof B.I.C. Ijomah.

Prof. Ango Abdullahi,

We went to Aburi and there the leaders agreed that the only solution to our problems was to have a confederation but Gowon reneged. You will recall also that the British government, after the crisis of 1951-1952, realized that this country could not be a unitary state and they brought in the 1953 constitution which gave us regional autonomy. If the colonial masters in their wisdom knew that we could not be a unitary government and gave us what we had at independence, we should have respected their wisdom.

You will also recall that after the civil war, the regional autonomy which our independence conferred on us was violated by the military government led by the Northern soldiers. We ended up having this contraption that we are having now; it has not worked. It will not work, unless there is proper restructuring of the nation. We should stop pretending.
There is no iota of truth in these Paragraphs!!



Added to these, the strategies of the herdsmen to penetrate every nook and corner of Nigeria, is raising some issues for national discourse. The Federal Government has deliberately refused to call the herdsmen to order.

They have killed many people and ravaged many communities. None of them has been arrested. Why? In May 2016, I published two articles and warned that the activities of the herdsmen was a plot which would soon cover the whole country. The heavy silence of the Federal Government tends to support the view that the herdsmen are on an undisclosed mission which only time would tell.
The Government must listen to the call for restructuring in order to have a workable nation.
Another fallacious statement
Re: How True Is Pele And The Nigerian Civil War Story? (Photo) by Kylekent59: 5:09pm On Jun 28, 2017
jpphilips:
Your Grammar and inaccuracies gave you away as the usual IPOB Okrika sellers, stop leaving us without doubt please
Oh, just because I typed pele striked from an angle. Ok pele striked from a distance. So what else Mr I too know

Another religious bigot spotted. cool
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