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Rams lock horns at Nigeria's national Ram Fighting Championship


http://www.channelstv.com/global/news_details.php?cat=Entertainment&nid=17595

Thousands of city residents flocked to the National Sports stadium in Lagos to watch the much-anticipated fight between Gobe, the reigning national champion, and an unnamed new challenger at the 13th edition of the national ram fighting championships.

Just as the crowd of spectators was getting restless, Gobe arrived with his trainer and a group of die-hard supporters wearing T-shirts bearing the champion's picture and stormed the arena in a scene reminiscent of top prize fighters in the world of boxing.

Draped in a white and green gown, Gobe appeared relaxed and at ease compared to his nervous rivals.

Gobe won the title last year after terminating a ram nicknamed "Obama" -- a ferocious ram, after what Olekan Bayewu, Gobe's owner and trainer described as a "technical knock out".

Before entering the ring this year, men wrestled and boxed in mini competitions that offered a curtain raiser as the headline act Gobe treated himself to a pre-fight snack of mysterious dry leaves, grass and berries.

Once inside the ring, Gobe proceeded to chase several rivals out.

Spectators cheered in delight as he retained the National Ram Fight Championship title for 2010.

Owner Bayewu said Gobe had trained hard, running for two hours each morning, and would retain the national championship title for a long time and had no plans of slaughtering him for meat anytime soon.

"After this fight the ram is going to relax for more than six months. After six months, that is when I will bring it out, by the grace of God," said Bawyewu after the victory which earned the top prize of the tournament - a giant fridge, which his supporters carried home for him.

Most of those who came to watch the ram fight said they found it interesting and would come back again next year.

"It is the first time I have seen ram fight. I think, for me, it is quite exciting," said Linda, a tourist.

Lagos State government organised the event as part of efforts to encourage the youth to take part in sports.

"The aim of organising event like this is to improve social interaction between the youth and the same time encourage the youth to participate in sports," said Mohammed Abdullahi, the event's organiser.

But ram fight competitions, which are popular in various parts of Nigeria, also receive criticsm for attracting gambling and some ram owners and trainers have also been accused of feeding their rams with marijuana to turn them into fearless and furious fighters.

@the Pearly Gate

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RIP DA GRIN , words can not express my state of mind after hearing your loss, SUN RE O

pastor goody

milkan05:
Guy,  this is no bad belle at all!!! I love papilo too but can't help but laff whenever i watch the commercial!! Just thinking of it is cracking me up already!!! Have u seen it? breast

I feel you bro, but you shud remember kanu as a sports ambassador and acheiver  rather than an actor in the  a Peak Milk ad

ireneann:
I never knew Kanu could speak english

milkan05:
*peak commercial*, I was determined(igbo accent - detahmeeeened)

eagerly waiting for more from the movie 

The guy don make his millions sha, una still dey post foolish stuffs, even beckham that was born in england no sabi english reach King Kanu.
Nairaland is made up of "Bad Belle", Enemies of progress, psheeew

Its not a matter of "thank God", how did the idiot run into the tarmac, what were the security agents doing, what about security cameras and other monitoring gadgets

"Anenih's wife, yaradua's in law on the list" na wa for Nigeria, can't GJ appoint international technocrats , rather than trying to appoint relatives of politicians that have finished us before and will do again.

STELLA RIP

"Wonder land Nigeria" where shit happens, I trust the US, "the no-nonsense country" the Guvnor would have been on his knees weeping and begging for fear of suing

9jaganja:
Why overseas? What mmakes you think Nigerian surveyors haven't been there? Kolo mentality!!!

at least the white man or foreigner is more truthful, and will give you estimate, foreigners are after profit( money made after the factory starts workin), Nigerians are after egunje (money collected before factory starts working).

for once can't we just copy the US or other democratic world powers, why do you want to bring back a dictator, have we forgotten dele giwa , the stolen billions and annulled elections, IBB shud just go and beg for forgiveness from God to give me a Valid Visa to enter heaven

I also miss obj, i remember when he and Ali baba used to diss each other, obasanjo also cracked jokes with reporters once in a while just like Pres Obama

sometimes i feel these stories are fabrications and lies

Str8talk:
1. Obasanjo did not start the GSM project/other telecomms programmes. It was concieved during Abacha's era. The first EVC of NCC was not appointed by Obj
Meanwhile Obj and El Rufai ruined Nitel with their ill-advised and controversial placement of Nitel under Pentascope's management. When questions were asked, El Rufai, as usual, dismissed it, saying people were ignorant
2. Obj governed during a boom, not a recession. It would be like saying that Bush or Hitler did nit lay people off while Obama and Angela Merkel laid people off. Yet the seeds of current layoffs were sown during Obj's era
3. Obj is not better than Murtala or Idiagbon/Murtala
4. How did we come about Yaradua? Was it not Obj who identified, vetted, packaged and imposed him on us. Why should we praise Obj for setting a trap for us while other candidates who showed interest in the presidency were simply frustrated
5. Obj  (when questions were raised about Yaradua's health) said that those people making the comments were wicked as they could die before Yaradua. I agree - those critics could (and some would have) die before Yaradua, but would Obj have taken such a stand if it was a recruitment into Obj Farms that was being discussed
6. That reminds me - Obj confessed that Uba told him that he rigged Ngige into office. Now Obj (who claims to be ready to do anything to defend the constitution) simply asked him to leave his office. I am not sure that if you got a job with Obj Farms with a fake certificate, you would simply be asked to leave Obj's office and continue with your work

We simply praise Obj for privatisation in 1999 - 2007. But he was nationalising in the 70s. How many of those earlier presidents had the opportunity to come back? And Obj did and even want to do so for ever. Yet he had hyprocritically cricised Gowon for trying to contest for the presidency during the IBB transition programme

so you are trying to defend Abacha, why can't you say Abacha started GSM, you guys just dont want to give this guy (obj) his credit.

Onlytruth:
Obasanjo -a rare leader indeed. He had rare strategies for looting: he empowered criminals who loot for him!

ONIBON, who did better than OBJ? nobody. Even if I hate him which I don't, at least we saw tangible things he did, from GSM bla bla bla, banks were employing ppl during his regime and not laying off peeps, he travelled to each state to commission projects his regime supported like Tinapa and new lagos airport, what has your cousin done? aka Umoru Yara'dull.

My 2 cents!

MrCrackles:
Dora needs to shut the fu/ck up. . . .
She is starting to sound like an attention seeking slowpoke!

you no get shame, na person mama you dey abuse , spoilt kid, cabalistic moronic demon

Dora is just my Hero, I wonder why you guys are insulting her for standing up for the truth, which is done in most civilized environments, why cant we be just like them? if you guys have been watching BBC and CNN then you should be aware that there is no harm criticizing the top echelon, if you know they are failing.

Fashola for president!!!
Dora for VP

No long thing

Just my 2 cents

Piss

i wonder why person no fit post B _ R _ E _ A S __T cancer, they moderator dey convert am to bosom cancer which doesn't make sense, at least he his using it in an informative way, na over sabi dey kill monkey

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pappilo link=topic=385472.msg5385539#msg date=1264454360:
99% of all the people posting on this thread have undiagnosed mental problems. Do you think Amodu or any right thinking person reads all the rubbish you guys write? You are just frustrated people.

pappilo link=topic=385472.msg5385539#msg date=1264454360:
99% of all the people posting on this thread have undiagnosed mental problems. Do you think Amodu or any right thinking person reads all the rubbish you guys write? You are just frustrated people.

@pappilo, you no get sense , this a bleeping blogsite and each poster is entitled to his her or opinion, you go just dey behave like an ojo maduekwe, basket, , morafo

Princek12:
They don't need a Drogba. Soccer is a team effort, and all you need is a group of people who are fit and ready to fight for a win. The main problem with the present squad is lack of fitness. For example, the reason the U 17 was successful was because of their high level of fitness. I mean, those guys were insanely fit and would chase their opponent any time the opponent had possession (and they did it for 90 mins). Today's team waited for the ball numerous times and did not run after the Egyptians for 90 mins when the Egyptians took possession of the ball.

definately we need a role model like drogba or etoo, or beckam or a viera, someone that is a playmaker and also inspirational

no offence but, yaradull was foolish talking to bbc first before his country people, what a shame!

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what is this world turning to for goodness sake? Football that should unite all Africa together is now a target, fire burn all terrorist born and unborn, you guys will never have rest. AMen

BOBO you dey okay, apologise for what?

that country called nigeria needs fasting and prayer, somebody go dey try find solution to problem, another person go dey root for problem solver's downfall/death. "we really do demons"

na the guy pata be this, the bomb for don blow his gbola

Robotnik:
moderator na bosom i write no be bosom

BOOBY Charlton

moderator na booby i write no be bosom

Robotnik:
whether na egg or bird or bosom all join.

whether na egg or bird or breast all join.