In the 1930s, two boxing bouts took place between fighters of the United States and German origins; both fights were proxies for the political conflicts between their countries. In 1936, when Joe Louis, an African-American, and Max Schelling, a German, met in New York to exchange punches, their fight became emblematic of the contestation between democracy the US purportedly represented and the fascism of Adolf Hitler’s Germany.

When Schelling defeated Louis, Hitler made a huge capital out of it and Americans, understanding the broader implication of their loss, wept loudly. That match was no ordinary entertainment; citizens of both countries had fervently invested themselves and their nationalistic ideals into the blows both men exchanged. The boxing arena became a symbolic space where the political legitimacy of either country was staged.

Two years later, the fighters met again. This time Louis trumped Schelling in a knockout by the third round but the sweet victory came with a bitter after taste for Americans. The match was not simply two disparate nations trying to prove their superiority over one another; it also reflected racial fissures within America. The victory of a black man over a white, regardless of his nationality, was a message to racist America about the power a black man embodies and what it could do to a white body. There were white Americans who supported Schelling against Louis because a black man knocking a white man out carried a realist import that, considering the history of their tenuous racial relationships, rightly made them uneasy.



In history, sporting activities have been a continuation of politics by other means. People have used sports to push their country’s diplomatic efforts, to launder their national image, or to force a government to a certain level of responsibility. We can recall the role sports played in challenging apartheid; sportsmen have raised their black power fists before the eyes of the world to create awareness for their cause at home; countries have boycotted games to assert their stand; Muhammed Ali called attention to social injustice in the US by refusing to be drafted into Vietnam War. When the black American sprinter, Jesse Owens, won medals at the 1936 Berlin summer Olympics, he once again (like Louis did) upset Hitler’s calculations about the superiority of the Aryan race. Countries have used the imagery of sports – healthy and disciplined bodies adhering to the principles of fair competition – to promote themselves as a healthy nation.

Sports have never been solely about the exercise, and Nigerians, with their fanatic support for European leagues should know this best. When Nigerians exultantly applaud foreign teams, what they enjoy is not solely the sight of the men running around the pitch. They equally express an underlying vicarious desire of the sophistication these countries represent. A country that is unaware of the symbolic implications of sport competitions has no business participating.

In a matter of days, the 2016 Olympics Games will start and Nigeria will be represented at Rio, Brazil, by a team of barely motivated athletes whose sprits have already been defeated before the games start. Despite the Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung’s self-delusion about Nigeria winning at least five medals, we will likely come back home all washed in disgrace just like the 2012 Olympics; a global proof of the tardiness of black and African peoples.

Nigeria is not prepared for this event and the first blatant confirmation was a July 19 report that President Muhammadu Buhari had “ordered” that funds for the Olympics be released! What country does that for a major event less than a month to the opening of the Games?

Nigeria, meanwhile, will be competing with countries that take themselves seriously and started preparation for the Games as soon as the last Olympics ended. Nigeria did not wake up to a surprise that they would be going to the Olympics. They knew all the while that Rio 2016 would come; we were just too characteristically undisciplined to devote ourselves to the challenge of long-term preparation. We are the proverbial lazy person who constantly fantasises about the good things of this world.

Just a matter of days to the Games, athletes are complaining about how poorly they are being treated by Nigerian officials. They have complained about their mismatched sports kit; they have rather low morale, a consequence of being ignored by the officials and politicians who grant media interviews dictating the number of medals they should bring home. Some were interviewed and ruing poor preparation during their travel to camp, stated they were not fed for three days; that they were not sure they could properly compete under such stress. Two of the athletes turned to a crowdsourcing fund website to raise money to go represent Nigeria. Perhaps, the worst part of things was the email purportedly sent by the Secretary-General of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Olumide Bamiduro, asking athletes to buy their own tickets to Rio and they would be refunded. Whoever goes to war at his or her own expense?

If Nigeria cannot do right by herself, we can stop making the efforts to go to these tournaments. We do not need to continue to embarrass ourselves internationally. Has Nigeria considered the damage being done to the psyche of not only these young athletes who desire to wear her colours but also other young people who will lose taste for ever serving Nigeria?

Dalung has since refuted the claim about athletes buying their own tickets. The same Bamiduro too sent a follow-up email clarifying the initial correspondence but unless his other claim was that he was drunk when he typed the initial message, the message was clear enough. What is also clear was that he could not have acted alone; asking athletes to buy their own ticket to Rio is not an isolated incident but one of the many instances of the dysfunctionality of the nation’s sporting agencies.

During the 2014 World Cup, Nigerian footballers bitterly complained about deficient preparations towards the tournament. The logistics were poor, players’ morale so low it had to be propped with cash. Nobody could insist that these players take the high road of patriotism because we all can see that Nigeria does not induce such ideals that make one want to sacrifice everything, or anything at all, for her. Our relationship with our country is transactional, cash and carry; we do not serve Nigeria with all our strength, we do so because we are forced.

While we are still on the subject of the perennial dysfunctionality that haunts Nigerian sports, can we also talk about the fellow that currently heads the sports ministry? Dalung is a joke. He does not seem to have a clue about the huge potential of sports. Rather, he spends time on social media writing syrupy religious articles and some sycophantic claptrap that shows he is not conscious of the gravitas of his official appointment. On July 3, he posted a picture of himself at a stadium in Paris claiming that Multichoice had sponsored him and some others to witness a UEFA Champions League quarterfinal match. Dalung, apparently oblivious that the joke was on him, asked his social media company to predict the result of the match. It was bad enough that he was unaware it was unethical for him to have received gifts from a private organisation; it is funnier that Dalung continues to be an echo chamber of the Buhari anti-corruption platitude.

http://punchng.com/serve-nigeria-not-force-2/

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hilltop93:
The wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has called on all Nigerians to get enlisted in the fight against malnutrition in the country.

 The nation and the rest of the world’s attention was drawn to the threat of malnutrition with the reported death of over 200 persons’ at internally displaced persons camps in Borno State.

 Mrs. Buhari made this appeal on Tuesday during the distribution of relief materials to 1,500 family members of the IDPs in Maiduguri.

 Distributing the relief items which included bags of rice, millet and other supplements with cash donation to beneficiaries at the Government House in Maiduguri, Mrs. Buhari, who was represented by the wife of Borno State Governor, Hajiya Nana Shettima, said, “It is time for everyone in the country to get involved in the fight against malnutrition in order to prevent more deaths.”

 She said, “Everybody should get involved to prevent the death of our people, especially women and children from malnutrition, and this they must do now.”

 She added that with the active involvement of everyone, the battle to put a stop to the death through malnutrition among the IDPs would be achieved.

 The President’s wife said, “The collective efforts of all well-meaning Nigerians will ensure that no child at IDP camps as well as other parts of the country lacks good diet.”

She noted that the distribution of food items to 1,500 families within Maiduguri on Wednesday was the first, after about 4,000 peoples had during the last Ramadan benefitted from her pet project, ‘’Future Assured.’’

 While thanking Mrs. Buhari for the gesture and her unflinching support for IDPs and victims of insurgents in the North-East, Hajiya Shettima called on well-to-do individuals to donate towards the well- being of people who had been displaced as a result of Boko Haram and other communal clashes in the country.

Meanwhile, the Emir of Mubi in Adamawa State, Alhaji Abubakar Isa, has lauded the existing synergy among security agencies in his domain.

Isa said this on Wednesday when the new Controller, Nigeria Immigration Service, Adamawa Command, Mr. Suleiman Wunti, paid him a courtesy call.

He noted that the synergy between the security agencies and the civilian populace had helped to promote peace in the emirate.

He also lauded the contributions of the security agencies to the relative peace in the area and assured them of the support of the traditional institution.

Speaking earlier, Wunti said he was in Mubi as part of his familiarisation tour of the NIS formations in the state.

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duduade:
God help this country...

Amen

StainlessH:
please i have been having issues with my eyes lately due to old age, im only asking for you to help me check if amaechi rotimi sorry rotimi amaechi (Rivers) is on the list?

Lol, clean your glasses and check again

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has invited a contractor with the Ekiti State Government, Samchese Nigeria Limited, for allegedly giving kickbacks to Governor Ayodele Fayose.

In a letter addressed to the chairman of the firm, the EFCC asked him to appear before it on Thursday (today).

The commission is investigating the company for alleged conspiracy, abuse of office, money laundering and theft.


Samchese Nigeria Limited is one of the firm, that allegedly used kickbacks to buy properties for Fayose.

Meanwhile, the EFCC is set to probe some state governments that allegedly embezzled the ecological funds given to them.

It was learnt on Wednesday that the anti-graft agency had received some petitions against some state governors who diverted the funds.

A source at the agency said, “We will probe some states involved in the diversion of ecological funds but it will not be all the states and it will not be at the same time. It will be on a case-by-case basis.”

Besides the state governments, it will be recalled that the Ecological Fund Office was in 2014 directed by the Federal Executive Council to fund the procurement and nationwide distribution of over 750,000 clean cooking stoves and 18,000 wonder bags, at a cost of over N9.2bn.

The Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology raised the alarm that it could be a ploy to fund the 2015 elections by the Goodluck Jonathan government.

Two per cent of the monthly allocation from the Federation Account is allocated to the Ecological Fund Office.

Based on  an analysis of the table of distribution from FAAC obtained from the website of the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, N107.79bn was allocated for ecology in 2014 and 2015.

According to the analysis, N46.89bn was allocated in 2014 while 2015 had an allocation of N60.9bn.

The Katsina State Governor, Alhaji Bello Masari, had in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Friday faulted the execution of N1.9bn drainage contract in the Katsina metropolis by the former administration in the state. The money was sourced from the Ecological Fund Office.

The contract was given at N1.99bn and the contractor collected 90 per cent of the payment. He has collected over N1.7bn.

“He said he had done the job with the best material. We got an independent person to do an assessment of the job. We said he should be as generous as possible but he valued the contractor’s maximum work at N700m.

“The contractor has abandoned the site. The money given to him was not covered by any bank guarantee or insurance guarantee. It was just given to him. We said, if you cannot complete the work as designed, this money was collected from the Ecological Fund account in Abuja, return it.

An audit   of the Ecological Fund between 2007 and 2011 by the House of Representatives early this year revealed that money was released to people outside the purpose of setting up the fund.

According to the audit report,   funds were allocated to 139 contractors for projects, out of which only 36 were completed and two stalled and N24.2bn  was paid to the contractors, with an outstanding of N16.5bn.

“But the actual fund transferred to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Ecological Fund Office account for execution of ecological projects from 2007 to 2011 was N56.9bn,” the report stated.

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The Governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar, has accused the administration of his predecessor, Alhaji Isah Yuguda, of withdrawing N1bn from one of the state’s accounts in a single day.

Abubakar said this during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday.

He alleged that the N1bn was withdrawn from one of the state government’s accounts with multiple N10m cheques.



Going by the governor’s submissions, the N1bn was withdrawn by the officials of the former administration who made 100 withdrawals on the day in question.

Abubakar, who constituted a panel to probe all contracts awarded by the previous administration, said while he had not been able to come up with the total amount allegedly looted by the previous administration, the ongoing probe would expose it.

He said, “I always feel shy of churning out figures I am not certain of. All I can say is definitely, there will be great revelations because the little I have seen, for example, I know of a situation in which in one day the sum of N1bn was taken out of one account of the government with N10m cheques.

“Several N10m cheques but I would not be able to put a figure on the total recovery because like I said, the work of the committee is ongoing.”

But the former governor has denied all these allegations.

One of his aides, who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity because he had yet to get clearance from his boss to speak officially, described Abubakar’s assertions as part of a smear campaign.

He said, “This has become the strategy of the present administration, it wants to divert attention from its failings. Since it has set up a committee to probe, let them probe. We will advise them to avoid a witch-hunt.

“From what the governor has said, it is clear that a script has been prepared to ensure that the outcome of this probe indicts the Yuguda administration.”

But the incumbent governor said he would probe the immediate past administration because a lot of money that was paid into the coffers of the state could not be accounted for.

Abubakar stressed that there was nothing to show for the N2bn ecological funds which the Federal Government gave to all the PDP states during the last administration.

He lamented that the former administration which was in power for eight years did not do anything with the huge amount of resources that was received by the state during the period.

The governor also commented on the recent directive to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to prospect for oil in the state, explaining that he was at the NNPC to rekindle attention on the issue which had been abandoned for years.

According to him, the Shell Petroleum Development Company and Chevron Nigeria Limited struck oil in the state but left because it was not in commercial quantity.

He insisted that it was pertinent for more efforts to be made to make further discovery in accordance with standard practice.

He added that the multinational oil firms struck gas in OPL 809 which according to him was the fuel for the future.

In his comment on the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress, the governor said the party was having issues because it was new to being in government.

He said that the APC governors visited the President on the issue and it was agreed that committees of the party’s governors forum should be set up to look into the problems and resolve them in the interest of the party,

“The APC is a party that has come to power recently. And it has come to power from an opposition political party, and I must confess that we are experiencing teething problems in the APC because being in government is a new phenomenon for us.

“I cannot say that things  are going on smoothly, and that is why yesterday (on Tuesday) we paid a visit to Mr. President and we expressed the need  for governors to delve into the problem with a view to reinvigorating the party so that it can continue to perform the functions of the party in power,”  he said.
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Senate President Bukola Saraki, factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu Sheriff; and Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, are among 31 former governors whose alleged corruption cases investigated by the anti-graft agencies are likely to be reopened soon.

The PUNCH had exclusively reported on Tuesday that the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, had written to the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, directing the reopening of the cases of the ex-governors.

It was learnt on Wednesday that the AGF had called for the case files of the former state governors.



The PUNCH obtained the list of the former governors, who were named in the AGF’s letter, on Wednesday.

The list contains the names of Saraki, a former Governor of Kwara State; Akpabio (a former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, and Sheriff (an ex-Governor of Borno State).

Other former governors include Orji Uzor Kalu (Abia); Chimaroke Nnamani (Enugu); Saminu Turaki (Jigawa); Sule Lamido (Jigawa); Joshua Dariye (Plateau); Ahmed Yerima (Zamfara); Gabriel Suswam (Benue); Martin Elechi (Ebonyi); Danjuma Goje (Gombe) and Murtala Nyako (Adamawa).

They also include Ikedi Ohakim (Imo); Obong Victor Attah (Akwa Ibom); Achike Udenwa (Imo); Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa); Gbenga Daniel (Ogun); Jolly Nyame (Taraba); Boni Haruna (Adamawa); George Akume (Benue); Rashidi Ladoja (Oyo); Attahiru Bafarawa (Sokoto) and Adebayo Alao-Akala.

Others are Usman Dakingari (Kebbi); Adamu Mu’azu (Bauchi); Peter Odili (Rivers), and Lucky Igbindedion (Edo).

Part of the AGF’s letter to the ICPC, sighted by our correspondent on Monday, indicated that the cases against some of the former governors were investigated some years ago but charges were never filed against them.

The letter partly read, “It is clear that some of these governors and other politically-exposed persons have not been charged to court despite the fact that the ICPC has concluded their investigations, concerning allegations levelled against them, for one reason or the other.

“It is the position of the present administration that all ex-governors, who the ICPC had long concluded investigations into the various allegations levelled against them, should be immediately prosecuted.”

The letter also gave the Chairman of the ICPC a 14-day ultimatum to “remit the duplicate case files concerning the politically-exposed persons investigated by the ICPC over the years” to the office of the AGF.

Our correspondent confirmed on Wednesday that the AGF had sent a similar request to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission with the same list of former governors annexed to his letter.

The PUNCH had reported that some of the ex-governors, according to one of the sources, include some, who had been convicted for charges preferred against them by the EFCC.

Some of them also had their cases terminated before full blown trial could begin.

Others are currently undergoing trial on charges initiated against them by the EFCC at either the various divisions of the Federal High Court or the High Courts of their home states.

There are about five of the former governors, who are now said to be serving senators.

The affected personalities, it was learnt, served as governors for either one or two terms between 1999 and 2015, and are from all the six geopolitical zones of the country.

It was also confirmed that the majority of those on the list belonged to the two dominant political parties, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party.

Another source also confirmed that a former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, who was convicted in the United Kingdom for fraud-related charges and still serving his prison terms, was on the list.

Apart from Ibori, two former governors from the South-South, are said to be on the list.

Five of the former governors are from the South-East, and three from the South-West.

The PUNCH was informed that the ex-governors, whose cases would be reopened, included six from the North-West; six from the North-East, and eight from the North-Central.

The AGF letter defines high-profile cases as cases “involving alleged misconduct amounting to economic sabotage; involving complex financial transactions or property movement; involving any of the suspects, who is a politician, a public officer or judicial officer; and where the subject matter involves government or corruption of its official or involves the abuse of office.”

Such judiciary officers, it was learnt, would include judges allegedly involved in economic sabotage, including financial transactions.

The AGF’s letter to both the ICPC and EFCC indicated that AGF’s request for the case files was in the exercise of his powers vested in the AGF by Section 174(1) of the Constitution as well as sections 105 (3) and 106 (a) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act.

Our correspondent’s findings showed on Wednesday that ICPC and EFCC had yet to respond to the AGF’s request.

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Mama G, Osufia, Ibu, Niger Raw, Bracket and Fr Mbaka to mention but a few, are from ENUGU.
pls why do most of this anambra Celebrities like residing in Enugu? starting from Ojukwu, pet Edochie, Phyno, Flavor, Authur etc.

pls help! I recently save contacts only to check and see nothing on my contact list. I keep getting sim memory full while I don't even av contacts in my phone book, the phone has 8gb storage memory and yet even my Camera cant no longer snap due to "no space" cant receive apps from other phones any more. pls help!
how do I also retreive d contacts I av been saving in my gmail acc on my BB.

pls help! I recently save contacts only to check and see nothing on my contact list. I keep getting sim memory full while I don't even av contacts in my phone book, the phone has 8gb storage memory and yet even my Camera cant no longer snap due to "no space" cant receive apps from other phones any more. pls help!
how do I also retreive d contacts I av been saving in my gmail acc on my BB.

well done. won't miss Ovoko own, blessed Ovoko-akpurokwe

ignore her jare she'ss nt a gud fwend she wud do worst things in future

Evyivy:

I wonder how their members do with their doctrines, I once witnessed a white garment pastor flogging a pregnant woman seriously all in d name of prayer. God have mercy.

Lol My Dad told me daat as a youth visited d church tru his friend and he waas askd 2 kneel 4 prayers and de used brooms 2 design his body dat day.

GOATandYAMtheory:
Thought you were trying to portray the igbos as the least kwarrupt..And maybe I got you wrong

Majority of these companies must be owned by them

**** Your theory is dumb, "Majority of these companies must be owned by them" Are u sure? what formula did u use in arriving at dat conclusion?

Religiou enterprise everywhere. Sell salvation but don't pay tax.

IMo, BTW nko?

Kano is Safe comparatively. I have lots of school mate who reside there.

I will keep praying for you while you take the decision as a man.

He is protesting abi, if u had grown in naija u wudnt av turn a rouge. Evn if u had turned one u wudnt av been lavishing in jail. #evrythinggoes


If his name was Chhibuzor or Emeka nw some people will typing Ipob but no body is calling any tribe here despite d fact that his name tells vividly d part of of d country he's alleged from.

Lord have mercy

sinaj:
Y d guy open him leg as if the gurl wan finger him

U ehn

Ugwunabankpa
Woman-bokwu junction

It ws in 2007 or der abt wen caller tune came out new I used my mums fon to apply for caller tune and she didn't didn't knw until my dad called her and compaain abt d hausa song dat is being song in his ears wen everhe calls her. Nt too long my mum's uncle oldd biafran soldier called her and firstly quarreled her abt d song also asking her wat language was d song.
It was like this mad nwtwk called mtn have started again, I came to d sitting room haven hear all d saga, I came to own up. Just saying I did it, I received d beating of my life. And aftr was I handed Over d fon to remove dat song, I can remember I came out of our gate block 228 went block by blocking looking for aid until I enter d saloon in my street still notin change infact I reach nepa office body knew Hw to stop it. Pple suggested we should call mtn. That day was crasy.

ify2016:
Used her phone to transfer 200k into my bank account because she refused to give me the pocket money given to me by Dad.

That was in my 200 level though.

And u transfered d cash back or she ...

oldtopics:
givng my boyfriend a job...blowjawb

Are u serious? Hw old?

I now see why YBN didn't win

Read the official statement from Headies Awards organization below…

“We are proud of what we have achieved over the years. The Headies stage has birthed the careers of many artistes who are of A-list status today. We are also glad that we have reinstated pride and prestige into the winning of a locally organised music awards and, we have celebrated artistic ingenuity for 10 straight years; a feat no other group before us was able to achieve.



 Every year, the screening team collate all creative materials released in the year in review and screen for nomination. This tedious process goes on for at least three months before the screening team comes out with a final list. The voting categories, such as ‘Song Of The Year’, ‘Artist Of The Year’, & ‘Next-Rated’ are left strictly for fans to vote and choose the winners. We wish to say categorically that we do not tamper with the outcome of the voting process. The limit of our involvement in this voting process is to advice the nominees to engage their fans and solicit for their votes. We do not accept any responsibility for failure on the part of the nominees or their record label, when they fail to do this.
Unfortunately, most times, Voting, Year In Review and Definitions Of Each Category, are generally taken for granted by many artists. We can also attest to, and hereby state categorically that, there is no evidence that any of the artistes aggrieved and vocal about their displeasure to the turnout of the award, voted in the ‘Next-Rated’ category, as our voting process captures email addresses and phone numbers.



We have ensured that the awards happened regardless of sponsorship, and that it gets better with each passing year, without giving excuses about challenges. We may not have gotten everything 100% right, but integrity has been our watch-word. The 109 Nigerian artistes that have won can attest to the fact that they did nothing different from those that have not. Awards by nature, are and will always remain, controversial except every nominee gets one.

We try to ensure that winners are within reach before announcing their category, as the whole essence of celebrating talents will be defeated without that.

While it is not out of place for an artiste or a party to vent their disapproval, we strongly condemn all kinds of improper conduct and the use of profanity on live television. In the same manner, we condemn provocative comments. In all, we see no use or reason for a disgruntled artiste or party to destroy valuable properties put in place to give them extra comfort before they perform or come on stage. This is totally unacceptable and will be addressed.

We congratulate all nominees and winners of The Headies 2015 and wish them a more successful 2016”.

Wonder shall never end

MzzTega:
Was these gotten by research?
If yes, wrong research.

My school ought to be there.

We have lots of fulani beauties.

Wats d name of ur school

mizhefeh:
Wat does he stands to gain wif dis wicked act,wif prostitues evriwhre he choose to defile dis young kids..
Hopes he get punished

He must face judgment

lekjons:
What's this one saying?!

They were fighting in Ilorin, you're sreaming "where oba of Lagos" "where's this" "where's that". They've burned only a building and you're re expecting the whole Yoruba tribe to go there and fight.. How stuppid!

For your info, We, unlike you, just don't jump to war blindly..


That why your people always gets killed like goats..

Oponu!!

I hate tribalism, but most of this Igbo boys won't stop being stupidd, they'll always provoke you!!

Bunch of untrained village boys!!

Pls next time make use of "some" an educated personal and an anti tribalism. I reserve my shades as I notice u used "most" which I guess excludes some trained, cultured. Civilized, and educated peace loving Igbos.

Rubbish

ajoguegbe:
Many Roman Catholic practices have no biblical roots, unfortunately Muhammed copied most of this false Christianity while forming Islam. You can notice Catholicism has a lot of resemblance to Islam, or rather vice versa. From the chaplet to the scapula to the name Fatima etc. Last Friday, I was passing through Yaba and saw catholics on procession blocking major roads and I remembered Shite Muslims. May God open their eyes though the worst being that they refuse to acknowledge their blindness.

Proverbs 26:12
Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.

John 15:22
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

Nonsense bullshit. Next time wen u see such and it burns ur heart, u go hog transform or rather u go and die.