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OEPHIUS: #Osun2014: “I don’t think Omisore can win”: Ekiti gov-elect Fayose doubts PDP’s ability to win Osun

For the forthcoming Osun governorship election scheduled for August 9th, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is relying on the momentum from the Ekiti election which held last month and in which it trounced the incumbent APC governor, Kayode Fayemi. However, the man who pulled off the victory on behalf of the party in Ekiti, Ayo Fayose, is not even convinced that his fellow party man, Iyiola Omisore, can pull off the same feat in Osun.

Fayose, up till now, has not visited Osun to stump for Omisore. In fact, according to reports, Fayose has now publicly expressed doubt over Omisore’s ability to defeat Gov. Rauf Aregbesola.

Speaking on a radio programme on Progress 100.5FM in Ekiti, Fayose reportedly said: “I can’t see Omisore winning the poll. I don’t think he can win but I wish him good luck.”

Shortly after he was declared winner of the governorship poll in Ekiti, Fayose embarked on a tour of some South West states, but he did not visit Osun, even though Osun is the state more in need of much pulling of weight by PDP stakeholders. Several people have interpreted it to as a cold war between Fayose and the PDP caniddate, Omisore.

#Osun2014: http://www.thescoopng.com/osun2014-dont-think-omisore-can-win-ekiti-gov-elect-fayose-doubts-pdps-ability-win-osun/

By this time next week or before dis time next week...another Fayose will be saying another thing.....Omisore will beat Aregbesola,just like how Germany defeated the super falconets in 2010.

[quote author=Omexonomy][/quote]Am happy some Nigerians are reasoning.

lucrownt: Based on what I'm seeing now Aregbesola has upper hand over Omisore if it is to be free and fair election. PDP can only win the election through rigging. Osun people really love Aregbesola.

I laugh in chinesse,just say u like Aregbesola.

If you have been wondering why the
government of Goodluck Jonathan has
achieved precious little in the
monumental fight against corruption in
Nigeria, the answer is very simple. There
is actually no corruption in Nigeria.
Nigerian politicians are thieves, but they
are not corrupt.
This is the erudite position of our dear
president, who happens to be the first
president in the history of Nigeria to have
the distinction of a Ph.D. President
Jonathan says: "What many Nigerians
refer to as corruption is actually stealing.
Stealing is not the same thing as
corruption."
This is a profound statement that has
since become the subject of many
doctoral dissertations on Nigeria. It has
also provided a very Nigerian
contribution to the English language.
Nigerian "doublethink"
Our president is not alone in this
assessment. The Chairman of the ICPC
(Independent Corrupt Practices
Commission), Ekpo Nta, agrees with Mr.
President. He also insists it is wrong to
confuse stealing with corruption. The
distinguished chairman says: "Stealing is
erroneously reported as corruption. We
must go back to what we were taught at
school to show that there are educated
people in Nigeria." He then likened the
Nigerian penchant to regard theft as
corruption to be as erroneous as calling a
roadside mechanic an engineer.
This perspective has brought great relief
to Nigerians. We always thought there
was too much corruption in the country,
so it is fantastic to learn that there is no
corruption at all. We are just thieves. It is
necessary to bring this new insight to the
attention of Transparency International,
which persists in listing Nigeria as one of
the most corrupt countries. We need to
tell the world that we have "re-based" the
corruption index in Nigeria and found it
to be totally non-existent.
The only problem here for Ekpo Nta is
that we might have to scrap his
organisation. If there is no corruption in
Nigeria, there is no point having an
Independent Corrupt Practices
Commission.
Since Mr. President educated us that
corruption is different from stealing,
other eminent Nigerians have also found
it necessary to make similar Orwellian
clarifications towards the obfuscation of
the truth. Here are some examples of this
peculiarly Nigerian "doublethink."
"PDP governors are thieves but APC
governors are corrupt."
Murtala Nyako was not impeached as
governor of Adamawa State during the
many years he was in the PDP. He was
only impeached after he decamped to the
APC. This shows a critical difference
between the PDP and the APC. While
PDP governors are thieves, they are not
corrupt. However, APC governors are not
thieves, but they are steeped in
corruption. Stealing is accepted as our
national pastime in Nigeria, but
corruption will not be tolerated by the
Jonathan Administration. PDP governors
pocket government money, but they are
not corrupt because they make sure it is
shared with their colleagues in the
legislature.
However, when PDP governors decamp
to the APC, they become corrupt. They
become selfish and do not allow stolen
money to go round. This breeds
corruption. This explains why the
government does not have any problem
with them while they are still in the PDP.
In the PDP, it is understood that
politicians steal for the good of the
public. But in the APC, politicians steal
for the good of their families and their
party. This is unacceptable. Therefore,
any PDP governor that decamps to the
APC must be impeached.
Rabiu Kwankwaso was a very good and
upright public-servant as PDP Governor
of Kano. But after he switched to the APC,
he became negatively transformed.
Accordingly, President Jonathan was
quick to inform Nigerians that the
governor corruptly enriched himself with
public funds. This is what happens when
politicians move from the PDP to the
APC. They become corrupt and are then
handed over to the EFCC. But if they are
smart and quickly return to the PDP,
their EFCC file is promptly closed.
"Stealing public funds is a sign of
progressive politics."
APC is a progressive party. Therefore,
when APC governors steal public funds;
this must be seen in the context of
progressive politics. APC governors steal
money for the sake of building physical
infrastructures; while PDP governors
steal money for the sake of "stomach
infrastructures." It is well-understood in
Nigeria that building physical
infrastructures is definitely more
progressive than PDP's "amala politics."
Many of the roads, schools and other
dividends of democracy evident in APC
states were done with stolen money. The
progressive element in this process is
that money stolen from one state is
sometimes transferred to another state in
the interest of the redistribution of
resources. Moreover, a lot of the stolen
money is used to build party structures
and to fight elections. This is progressive
because if it is not done, Nigeria might
end up as a one-party state, and no right-
thinking person who is concerned about
the enthronement of democracy in
Nigeria would like that to happen.
Bearing this in mind, it then becomes
clear that, although Murtala Nyako was
impeached as Governor of Adamawa
State on the grounds that he corruptly
enriched himself with government funds,
this does not in any way diminish his APC
credentials. Nyako belongs to the new
breed of APC progressives who engage in
the in the redistribution of the resources
in their states. This offended the PDP
who don't have the interests of the people
at heart.
"Democracy does not entail voting in
elections."
Nigerians should be made to understand
that the fact that we have a democratic
system does not mean the people should
be allowed to vote. Because the generality
of Nigerians are considered by our
intelligent politicians to be stupid and
foolish, they cannot be expected to vote
for the right candidates. That means we
need to rely on enlightened godfathers to
"select democratically" our public
officials for us. We also need to ensure
that while people may be allowed to cast
their votes in elections, their votes must
not be allowed to count.
For there to be true and effective
democracy, elections must be judiciously
rigged. Otherwise, we might end up with
the kind of thing that happened recently
in Ekiti where, with soldiers and
policemen protecting the right of the
people to vote, they voted out the erudite
governor, Kayode Fayemi, and voted in
Ayo Fayose. This kind of aberration
needs to be discouraged in true
democracies.
A PDP Senator confessed that on Election
Day, the electoral officials in his
constituency were surprised to see his
mother at the polls. "Mama, what are you
doing here?" they berated her. "Don't you
know that you have already voted?"
Two local chiefs then complained to the
Senator afterwards that they were not
allowed to vote for him. When he made
enquiries as to why this was so, the
electoral official involved was irritated.
"Honorable Senator," he declared, "you
won the election by a landslide in this
constituency, so what are they
complaining about?"
"That is not the issue," protested the
Senator, "they want to be able to vote for
me themselves." But the electoral officer
refused to be persuaded. "Then Senator,
they must be traitors," he declared. "If
they are still complaining, even though
you won the election, it means they were
not planning to vote for you. We cannot
allow that to happen."
"Belonging to the APC does not mean you
are not a member of the PDP."
There are many PDP men in APC clothing
and many APC men in PDP agbada. One
such example is His Royal Highness, the
Turaki of Adamawa. The Turaki was in
the PDP, and then he was not. Then he
was in the PDP again and now he is not.
The Turaki is something of an invisible
man: now you see him in the APC, then
you see him in the PDP.
Although he is currently masquerading as
an APC member, there is no doubt that
HRH reserves the right to resurrect any
time in the future as a member of the
PDP again. In the same way that some
people have dual nationality, so also the
Turaki has more than dual party
memberships. His right to this is
guaranteed under the Freedom of
Association clause in the Nigerian
Constitution.
This insurance policy is necessary given
his nationalist presidential ambitions. If
he is not chosen as APC presidential
candidate later this year, and if APC loses
the 2015 presidential election, the Turaki
can be expected to throw away his APC
membership card and become a staunch
PDP man once again. Nigerian political
parties don't bear grudges. They accept
prodigal sons back home, even those as
compulsively prodigal as the Turaki.
Is Aminu Tambuwal, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, a PDP man or
an APC man? Nobody seems to know. It
is even possible that the Speaker himself
might not be able to answer the question
with any degree of certainty. Currently,
Tambuwal sits on the PDP side of the
aisle. He occupies a position reserved for
the majority PDP party. However, to all
intents and purposes, he is also an APC
man.
"Having a doctorate does not mean you
are educated."
There are now so many doctors in
Nigeria. Many of these are doctors of
ignorance. Time was when having a
doctorate signified you have attained the
height of academic excellence. Not any
more in Nigeria. Doctorates are now
bought and sold in flea-markets. Just give
a few million stolen naira to any of the
"jekuredi" universities and they will
readily award you a Doctor of Philosophy
in a field of your choosing.
If you don't have stolen money to throw
around; don't let that deter you. Just
award the degree to yourself. How do you
think the late Sikiru Ayinde Barrister
obtained his doctorate?
Ekiti state is said to have the largest
concentration of doctorates in the
country. But you can tell that this does
not mean they are educated because they
voted for Fayose instead of Fayemi. That
should tell you how uneducated they
really are. (Kindly post other examples of
Nigerian "doublespeak" on my blog).

Source
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If you have been wondering why the
government of Goodluck Jonathan has
achieved precious little in the
monumental fight against corruption in
Nigeria, the answer is very simple. There
is actually no corruption in Nigeria.
Nigerian politicians are thieves, but they
are not corrupt.
This is the erudite position of our dear
president, who happens to be the first
president in the history of Nigeria to have
the distinction of a Ph.D. President
Jonathan says: "What many Nigerians
refer to as corruption is actually stealing.
Stealing is not the same thing as
corruption."
This is a profound statement that has
since become the subject of many
doctoral dissertations on Nigeria. It has
also provided a very Nigerian
contribution to the English language.
Nigerian "doublethink"
Our president is not alone in this
assessment. The Chairman of the ICPC
(Independent Corrupt Practices
Commission), Ekpo Nta, agrees with Mr.
President. He also insists it is wrong to
confuse stealing with corruption. The
distinguished chairman says: "Stealing is
erroneously reported as corruption. We
must go back to what we were taught at
school to show that there are educated
people in Nigeria." He then likened the
Nigerian penchant to regard theft as
corruption to be as erroneous as calling a
roadside mechanic an engineer.
This perspective has brought great relief
to Nigerians. We always thought there
was too much corruption in the country,
so it is fantastic to learn that there is no
corruption at all. We are just thieves. It is
necessary to bring this new insight to the
attention of Transparency International,
which persists in listing Nigeria as one of
the most corrupt countries. We need to
tell the world that we have "re-based" the
corruption index in Nigeria and found it
to be totally non-existent.
The only problem here for Ekpo Nta is
that we might have to scrap his
organisation. If there is no corruption in
Nigeria, there is no point having an
Independent Corrupt Practices
Commission.
Since Mr. President educated us that
corruption is different from stealing,
other eminent Nigerians have also found
it necessary to make similar Orwellian
clarifications towards the obfuscation of
the truth. Here are some examples of this
peculiarly Nigerian "doublethink."
"PDP governors are thieves but APC
governors are corrupt."
Murtala Nyako was not impeached as
governor of Adamawa State during the
many years he was in the PDP. He was
only impeached after he decamped to the
APC. This shows a critical difference
between the PDP and the APC. While
PDP governors are thieves, they are not
corrupt. However, APC governors are not
thieves, but they are steeped in
corruption. Stealing is accepted as our
national pastime in Nigeria, but
corruption will not be tolerated by the
Jonathan Administration. PDP governors
pocket government money, but they are
not corrupt because they make sure it is
shared with their colleagues in the
legislature.
However, when PDP governors decamp
to the APC, they become corrupt. They
become selfish and do not allow stolen
money to go round. This breeds
corruption. This explains why the
government does not have any problem
with them while they are still in the PDP.
In the PDP, it is understood that
politicians steal for the good of the
public. But in the APC, politicians steal
for the good of their families and their
party. This is unacceptable. Therefore,
any PDP governor that decamps to the
APC must be impeached.
Rabiu Kwankwaso was a very good and
upright public-servant as PDP Governor
of Kano. But after he switched to the APC,
he became negatively transformed.
Accordingly, President Jonathan was
quick to inform Nigerians that the
governor corruptly enriched himself with
public funds. This is what happens when
politicians move from the PDP to the
APC. They become corrupt and are then
handed over to the EFCC. But if they are
smart and quickly return to the PDP,
their EFCC file is promptly closed.
"Stealing public funds is a sign of
progressive politics."
APC is a progressive party. Therefore,
when APC governors steal public funds;
this must be seen in the context of
progressive politics. APC governors steal
money for the sake of building physical
infrastructures; while PDP governors
steal money for the sake of "stomach
infrastructures." It is well-understood in
Nigeria that building physical
infrastructures is definitely more
progressive than PDP's "amala politics."
Many of the roads, schools and other
dividends of democracy evident in APC
states were done with stolen money. The
progressive element in this process is
that money stolen from one state is
sometimes transferred to another state in
the interest of the redistribution of
resources. Moreover, a lot of the stolen
money is used to build party structures
and to fight elections. This is progressive
because if it is not done, Nigeria might
end up as a one-party state, and no right-
thinking person who is concerned about
the enthronement of democracy in
Nigeria would like that to happen.
Bearing this in mind, it then becomes
clear that, although Murtala Nyako was
impeached as Governor of Adamawa
State on the grounds that he corruptly
enriched himself with government funds,
this does not in any way diminish his APC
credentials. Nyako belongs to the new
breed of APC progressives who engage in
the in the redistribution of the resources
in their states. This offended the PDP
who don't have the interests of the people
at heart.
"Democracy does not entail voting in
elections."
Nigerians should be made to understand
that the fact that we have a democratic
system does not mean the people should
be allowed to vote. Because the generality
of Nigerians are considered by our
intelligent politicians to be stupid and
foolish, they cannot be expected to vote
for the right candidates. That means we
need to rely on enlightened godfathers to
"select democratically" our public
officials for us. We also need to ensure
that while people may be allowed to cast
their votes in elections, their votes must
not be allowed to count.
For there to be true and effective
democracy, elections must be judiciously
rigged. Otherwise, we might end up with
the kind of thing that happened recently
in Ekiti where, with soldiers and
policemen protecting the right of the
people to vote, they voted out the erudite
governor, Kayode Fayemi, and voted in
Ayo Fayose. This kind of aberration
needs to be discouraged in true
democracies.
A PDP Senator confessed that on Election
Day, the electoral officials in his
constituency were surprised to see his
mother at the polls. "Mama, what are you
doing here?" they berated her. "Don't you
know that you have already voted?"
Two local chiefs then complained to the
Senator afterwards that they were not
allowed to vote for him. When he made
enquiries as to why this was so, the
electoral official involved was irritated.
"Honorable Senator," he declared, "you
won the election by a landslide in this
constituency, so what are they
complaining about?"
"That is not the issue," protested the
Senator, "they want to be able to vote for
me themselves." But the electoral officer
refused to be persuaded. "Then Senator,
they must be traitors," he declared. "If
they are still complaining, even though
you won the election, it means they were
not planning to vote for you. We cannot
allow that to happen."
"Belonging to the APC does not mean you
are not a member of the PDP."
There are many PDP men in APC clothing
and many APC men in PDP agbada. One
such example is His Royal Highness, the
Turaki of Adamawa. The Turaki was in
the PDP, and then he was not. Then he
was in the PDP again and now he is not.
The Turaki is something of an invisible
man: now you see him in the APC, then
you see him in the PDP.
Although he is currently masquerading as
an APC member, there is no doubt that
HRH reserves the right to resurrect any
time in the future as a member of the
PDP again. In the same way that some
people have dual nationality, so also the
Turaki has more than dual party
memberships. His right to this is
guaranteed under the Freedom of
Association clause in the Nigerian
Constitution.
This insurance policy is necessary given
his nationalist presidential ambitions. If
he is not chosen as APC presidential
candidate later this year, and if APC loses
the 2015 presidential election, the Turaki
can be expected to throw away his APC
membership card and become a staunch
PDP man once again. Nigerian political
parties don't bear grudges. They accept
prodigal sons back home, even those as
compulsively prodigal as the Turaki.
Is Aminu Tambuwal, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, a PDP man or
an APC man? Nobody seems to know. It
is even possible that the Speaker himself
might not be able to answer the question
with any degree of certainty. Currently,
Tambuwal sits on the PDP side of the
aisle. He occupies a position reserved for
the majority PDP party. However, to all
intents and purposes, he is also an APC
man.
"Having a doctorate does not mean you
are educated."
There are now so many doctors in
Nigeria. Many of these are doctors of
ignorance. Time was when having a
doctorate signified you have attained the
height of academic excellence. Not any
more in Nigeria. Doctorates are now
bought and sold in flea-markets. Just give
a few million stolen naira to any of the
"jekuredi" universities and they will
readily award you a Doctor of Philosophy
in a field of your choosing.
If you don't have stolen money to throw
around; don't let that deter you. Just
award the degree to yourself. How do you
think the late Sikiru Ayinde Barrister
obtained his doctorate?
Ekiti state is said to have the largest
concentration of doctorates in the
country. But you can tell that this does
not mean they are educated because they
voted for Fayose instead of Fayemi. That
should tell you how uneducated they
really are. (Kindly post other examples of
Nigerian "doublespeak" on my blog).

Source
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A Sudanese woman who was spared a death sentence for renouncing Islam has flown to Italy after more than a month in the US embassy in Khartoum.
Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag and her family were met in Rome by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who said: "Today is a day of celebration."
There was global condemnation when she was sentenced to hang for apostasy.
Her father is Muslim so according to Sudan's version of Islamic law she is also Muslim and cannot convert.

Cuddle from scannews facebook page

We are constrained to write this open letter to Mr President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that he should quickly and resolutely order his party to halt any plan to violently rig the August 9 governorship election through the undemocratic process of militarizing the state and terrorizing its citizens with thugs dressed in military camouflage shortly before, during and after the election.
Mr President, we have also been reliably informed by dependable inside sources within the PDP that a mass arrest and possible assassination, (are in the works) of top government officials loyal to our party, including our party elders who are said to be on the hit list of the PDP.
We are totally astonished by the alleged role of your Ministers of State for Defense and Police Affairs who are said to be complicit in this demonic plan. This allegation suggests that the federal government-owned security apparatus is being planned to be put to illegal and unconstitutional use against the very same people it is designed to protect.
As commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, there is practically no way the security apparatus under the charge of these Ministers can undertake such a major operation without at least the knowledge of Mr President; which makes the Presidency implicitly involved.
Our first instinct was to disbelieve this possibility but on second thought we realized that the entire exercise is being stage-managed by the PDP in support of Mr President’s second term ambition. What surprises us the most, however, is that contrary to Mr President’s ascertion that his Presidential ambition was not worth the blood of any Nigerian citizen, the blood of the Yoruba nation is already being spilled for the purpose of making Mr President’s ambition a reality in 2015.
PDP, with impunity, got away with murder to seize Ekiti State through a fraudulent electoral process. They are now being encouraged to plan a massacre in Osun. And a very loud conspiratorial silence is coming from the Presidency that wants us to believe that it does not accept blood-letting of any Nigerian citizen for his presidential ambition.
Mr President, Sir, if you are unaware, which we totally disbelieve, let us give you a run down of what we know the PDP is planning to do to violently and fraudulently CAPTURE Osun State on August 9. We are reliably informed by PDP insider sources that:
1. PDP will invade Osun State with soldiers and other security forces about a week before the election in Osun to intimidate the citizens.
2. A militia force in military camouflage will flood the State and terrorize citizens. They will be armed for war like terrorists to strike fear into people and scare most of them from the polling booths.
3. A PDP hit list for arrest and assassination has been drawn-up (copies attached to this letter) of top government functionaries and APC party elders. It perhaps may interest Mr President that top on the PDP hit list of party elders for assassination is Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the incumbent governor of State of Osun himself.
4. Explosives and incendiaries have been amassed by PDP for use in Osun before, during and after the election. As part of a reign of terror to silence the people if there is any wide-spread protest against a rigged PDP victory, the party, which the President incidentally leads, will unleash the combined forces of the military, police and combat-ready militia on the state, killing, maiming and setting buildings ablaze.
There are other sinister plans of the PDP which have been revealed and which will be put in the public domain in the coming days that tell a terrible tale of the determination of the PDP to kill Osun citizens so that Omisore could become governor and Jonathan President.
In all these, we are even more staggered by the complicity of INEC in the rigging plan. Suffice it to say that except the Electoral Commission is compromised, no election can be rigged in Nigeria today given what INEC told us it had put in place to make elections rig-proof in the country. However when the APC insisted that all the measures INEC had in place to make the voting rig-proof should be used in Ekiti and in Osun, the INEC refused to deploy the “card reader” which is central to the rig-proof mechanism.
Now, Ekiti election has gone wrong and the entire electoral process is being challenged albeit after the PDP won a fake victory in a bastardized process. But all the tricks deployed to make the result different from reality have been revealed. Which means Ekiti trick can no longer succeed in Osun, which is why we have been told the PDP is determined to kill citizens to win in August 9.
Mr President Sir, if there is a river of Yoruba blood spilled in Osun to make PDP win, will you renounce your ambition for a second term or joyfully announce your determination to contest in 2015? If you do decide to run, then the PDP’s militarized election-wining machine will need oceans of Nigerians’ blood for you to become President of the country for a second term. Mr President that will be disaster unlimited for Nigeria.
We are bringing this stark reality to your notice now to at least give you a mental picture of the dangers ahead. But to avert this we therefore demand the following:
1. To stop harassment, intimidation, threat of arrest, indiscriminate arrest of innocent citizens, party leaders, members and public functionaries in the State of Osun before, during and after the August 9, 2014 gubernatorial election.
2. Mr President should call the Ministers of State for Defense and Police Affairs to order and compel them to make sure the election is as incident free as possible, and totally stop the use of armed soldiers and combat-kitted militia ready for war in Osun
3. We demand as a matter of necessity that INEC be compelled to use the “card reader” for Osun’s election if the commission will not stand accused of complicity in PDP’s plans to rig the election. After all, the device is primed and ready for use. Why is INEC refusing to use it?
4. The President should give the country and the world guarantees that he is totally committed to a free fair, peaceful and un-manipulated electoral process in Osun without which his credibility will further dip and democracy will be irredeemably at risk.
We believe that if Mr President means well for this country and its democratic development, he should dissociate himself from the allegations against his party plot to rig in Osun and restore confidence by instructing INEC to use the “Card Reader” to ensure that the voting process is clinically rig-proof, and the electoral process is not manipulated.
We are sending copies of this letter to all Embassies within the diplomatic circle in Abuja, and we intend to sensitize all foreign election observers of the alleged PDP plots so that they can compare with facts on the ground at least a week to the election when the abnormal things are planned to begin to happen in Osun
Thanking in advance that you will demonstrate that you are a President who truly will not allow Nigerian blood to be spilled to fulfill your personal ambition;
We remain in the service of our country and party

Source ---- cuddled from Osun state,Nigeria facebook page.

Asari Dokubo needs to stand up, and
stand above pettiness. Stupidity shouldn't
be an epidemic. While the Arewa Youth
Forum, whatever their motivation, can say
anything, it pains when a guy whose
resilience and courage arouse the
consciousness of most Niger Delta
youths on national politics now resort to
theatricals. I have story for him.
Once upon a time, a good many years
ago, a governor of a region was provoked
and he upgraded himself from "a
governor" to "the leader" of the region
under a different arrangement. Elders
watched him with suspicion. His
colleagues never trusted him. Not that he
didn't mean well, but people felt he
crowned himself. The rest is history.
On Arewa Youth Forum. The voice of this
group is the voice of few individuals who
derive their social existence from certain
"big men". These "big men", by their
antecedents, are possessed by aims and
objectives that are patently personal.To
square up with such a youth group, using
language plainly defined by threats and
intimidation, is to make a mess of one's
trumpeted royal heritage. Is Asari
listening?

#BringBackOurGirls Day 100: THE
NIGERIAN CITIZEN WILL NOT
BE SILENCED:
Wednesday, July 23rd will mark 100 days
since 276 girls were savagely abducted
from their school in Chibok, Borno State.
57 escaped and 219 remain in captivity.
The families and community have
suffered deep anguish seeking effective
rescue to end the peril that befell their
daughters who had gone to school in
search of knowledge.
In those 100 days, the Bring Back Our
Girls Campaign has focused on creating
awareness of the abduction to ensure
that it is a priority issue requiring action
and compelling the right sets of action for
a positive outcome. We have engaged
various stakeholders – the Presidency,
the National Assembly, the office of the
National Security Adviser, the Chief of
Defense Staff, the Borno State
Government & other State Governments,
ECOWAS member countries and UN
agencies to name a few.
Through our various meetings, our
singular message has been to demand
that the Federal Government perform its
fundamental duty of ensuring the security
and the welfare of its citizens. As we
denounce the wave of terror and
insecurity across the country, we
continue to demand that the Federal
Government deploy its resources to
ensure that the missing girls are brought
home, and the errors leading from three-
weeks of delayed action are remedied.
Citizens who have insisted on standing
with our girls and ensuring they are not
forgotten are heartbroken that our
daughters and sisters are about to spend
100 days with their evil captors.
To amplify our voices in demanding that
these girls be brought home now and
alive, on the 100th day, there will be a
variety of activities around the world.
These include:
• Ibadan: Press Conference at the
BRECAN Centre at 10 am
• Abuja: Special Sit-out Ceremony at the
Unity Fountain at 3 pm
• Lagos: Remembrance service at the
Wall of Missing Girls at Falomo
Roundabout at 4pm
• New York: Candlelight vigil at the
Nigerian Consulate at 5.30pm.
There will also be events in India,
Pakistan, the UK and most world capitals
where there are teachers’ organisations
in partnership with the UN Special
Envoy’s Office of Gordon Brown.
Organisations participating are World at
School, Girls not Brides, Global March
Against Child Labour, Walk Free,
Educational International and ITa.
The continued pattern of intolerance to
the activities of the Bring Back Our Girls
Campaign is at variance with our effort to
promote healthy civic engagement by
citizens to strengthen the resolve of
government to rescue the girls.
As days become weeks and months and
our girls are separated from their parents
and their community, our singular focus
remains on their safe return in the
shortest possible time.
God bless the Federal Republic of
Nigeria.
Signed:
Hadiza Bala Usman, Abuja
Oby Ezekwesili, Abuja
Aisha Oyebode, Lagos
Yemisi Ransome-Kuti, Lagos
Betty Anyanwy-Akeredolu, Ibadan
Amina Hanga, Kano
Eleanor Ann Nwadinobi, Enugu

The Football Association will aim to host
only UEFA events until Sepp Blatter steps
down as FIFA president, says Greg Dyke.
FA chairman Dyke was speaking to
the Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) select
committee on Tuesday morning on a variety
of topics, including the corruption enquiry of
the World Cup bidding process, the 2018
and 2022 hosts Russia and Qatar
respectively and the forthcoming
presidential elections at FIFA.
Blatter, who has led football's international
governing body since 1998, recently said he
will ask its 209 member countries for their
backing to seek a fifth term as president
despite insisting three years ago his current
term would be his last.
The Switzerland-born Blatter will be 79
when the election is held next May and
some of Europe's football administrators
have already aired their views, including
UEFA president Michel Platini who stated
FIFA needed a "breath of fresh air".
Dyke said: "We've already taken the
decision that we will not bid for FIFA
tournaments - our decision is we will
concentrate in the years ahead on bidding
for UEFA tournaments.
"I don't think we should walk out of FIFA
because within a week everyone
has forgotten you.
"I don't think that sort of gesture-politics
would help. I think trying to reform through
UEFA and from the inside is the better way
forward.
"A lot of the European football associations
have made it clear they didn’t support him.
I'm afraid that from the rest of the world there
is overwhelming support. If he runs again he
will win."
Asked if he would vote against Blatter, Dyke
added: "It's not my decision. As an
organisation we haven’t discussed it yet but
it's unlikely I will vote for him. There is a
large movement in Europe against him.
"We think there's a limited amount of time
people should sit on the FIFA executive. We
voted in favour of that but most voted against
it. It's that sort of reform that is needed to
make sure we get proper turnover. Hopefully
a new president coming in would take a look
at the whole structure."
The current focus of the CMS committee is
the World Cup bidding process in 2010
which saw Russia win the right to host the
2018 World Cup and Qatar four years later.
Since the completion of that process, there
have been allegations of bribery and
corruption, with Blatter accusing the British
media of "discrimination and racism" and
creating a plot to "destroy" his organisation.
FIFA-appointed investigator Michael Garcia
is compiling a report into the alleged
corruption, a claim that the Qatar bid deny.
The report, delayed until September, will be
delivered to ethics judge Joachim Eckert
who will use the investigation file to decide
on possible sanctions against nine bidders
which competed to host the 2018 or 2022
World Cup.
Dyke rejected accusations that the FA was
involved in a push for a new 2022 host,
stating: "We are not part of a conspiracy. I
can't see it's necessarily to our benefit. If
you're going to be involved in a conspiracy
you would normally think there's something
for your benefit.
"There's no benefit for England. We never
said Qatar should be stripped of the World
Cup. If Mr Garcia's report demonstrates
there was corruption then clearly the whole
process should be looked at again.
"What you’ve seen within FIFA as a reaction
to the Sunday Times article (who published
a story alleging corruption in June) is a very
defensive response with Blatter saying FIFA
is under attack. I don't see it that way. What
we are saying is 'can you assure us that all
this information is available to Mr Garcia'."
The Qatar bid has also attracted criticism
over the prospect of the World Cup being
played in temperatures exceeding 50
degrees Celsius.
Dyke added: "There is no chance it will be
held in the summer of 2022 - the discussion
is when else it will be held. If you've been to
Qatar in the summer you can hardly walk in
the streets. The health and safety people
say it wasn't safe and it certainly wouldn't be
safe.
"Air-conditioned stadiums are one thing but
fans moving around on the streets, in and
out of stadiums - it will be too dangerous to
have it there in the summer."
With Russia hosting the next World Cup in
2018, Dyke also expressed his concern
about the current conflict in Ukraine but
insisted there should not be any knee-jerk
reactions.
He said: "I don’t think you can make a
decision based on one week’s events, but I
do think the technical report needs to be a
very important part of the decision and that
includes the political stability."
Source --- www.m.skysports.com/article/football//9390543

Jada, a Houston-area 16-year-old, was
getting ready for finals week and looking
forward to a summer hanging out with
friends and finding a job.
On June 1, she went to a friend of a friend's
house party. She recalls little of what went
on that evening, she told CNN, but does
remember passing out and waking up the
next morning at another friend's house with
her clothing askew.
Weeks later, she received text messages
showing photos of her unconscious and
undressed that appeared to have been
taken at the party. Soon, those photos
spread on social media, with Twitter users
mimicking her passed-out pose and
adding the hashtag #jadapose.
Jada and her mother filed a police report
about the incident June 22.
"It is an active investigation," said Jodi
Silva, a spokeswoman for the Houston
Police Department. "We're following up on
leads that have been given to us. We don't
want to rush the investigation, because
there are many facets to it."
In light of the photos and humiliating #
jadapose meme, Jada might have chosen
to hide in shame. But in a time when all
aspects of teen life have moved from
private to public forums, something unique
happened: She took hold of the story.
Jada chose to show her face with the
support of her mother, Sukiedia. (The
family has not used their last name in
interviews.)
The teen began speaking to local and
national media about the incident and took
a photo with the hashtag #iamjada to
reveal the real person behind the viral
photos.
"There's no point in hiding," she told a
Houston television station. "Everybody has
already seen my face and my body, but
that's not what I am and who I am."
CNN does not normally identify victims of
sexual assault but is doing so in this case
because the alleged victim is speaking out.
Jada isn't the only alleged assault victim
moving to reclaim her name and image.
In 2013, Missouri teen Daisy Coleman
spoke publicly with the support of her
mother after claiming that she was raped
by a popular member of her school's
football team.
Last spring, a young woman took to Twitter
to ask rape victims to share what they were
wearing when they were assaulted, to
knock down the assumption that their attire
"asked for it." It led to a discussion on
Twitter with the hashtag #
RapeHasNoUniform.
"With the case of Jada, the very technology
that was used to make matters worse was
used to improve matters," said Stephen
Balkam, who has a teenage daughter and
is CEO of the Family Online Safety
Institute.
In the past week, as word spread about the
#jadapose meme, messages of support
have poured in.
"Rape isn't funny," one post says.
Social media users are adopting the #
IamJada hashtag and posting photos of
themselves with a fist raised in solidarity.
"This could be you, me, or any woman or
girl that we know. What do we plan to do
about this ugly epidemic? #justiceforjada,"
actress Jada Pinkett Smith wrote on her
Facebook page.
Even as public support for Jada is
swelling, it's clear that online abuse isn't
going away anytime soon.
"Teens need to understand that their
online behavior has lasting and permanent
impacts," Jim Steyer, a father of four and
CEO of Common Sense Media, wrote in
an e-mail.
A 2011 Pew study found that 88 percent of
social media-using teens reported that they
have seen someone being mean to
another person on a social network, and
15 percent of teens using social media
reported being harassed.
More teens are pushing back at this meme-
ification of violence by speaking up and
creating communities of kindness. But it
can sometimes be a trickier path for
parents to navigate, experts say.
"Being proactive in our kids' online lives is
key," Steyer wrote. "It's not just about
turning off devices or encouraging
responsible use. It's about creating a
culture of empathy. It's about knowing what
to say and do when your kid is at risk,
monitoring (without spying), and knowing
the difference between bullying and
behavior that is 'kids being kids.' "
When online abuse goes viral, it doesn't
mean the pain is virtual -- and the solution
isn't one size fits all.
Danah Boyd writes about the importance
of nuance in addressing online bullying in
her book "It's Complicated: The Social
Lives of Networked Teens."
"Blaming technology or assuming that
conflict will disappear if technology usage
is minimized is naive," she writes.
"Recognizing where teens are at and why
they engage in particular acts of meanness
and cruelty is important to creating
interventions that work."
But parents don't have to do it alone.
Resources on A Platform for Good can
help guide conversations with teens about
their digital reputation. Common Sense
Media works with schools across America
teaching the K-12 Digital Literacy and
Citizenship curriculum. MTV's A Thin Line
campaign aims to stop the spread of digital
abuse. And author MacKenzie Bezos
started the Bystander Revolution, which
offers simple ideas to encourage kindness
and defuse bullying.
Having a dialogue with kids around
acceptable online behavior can begin by
talking about events in the news, such as #
iamJada, or at school. That starts with
teaching kids empathy and accountability.
Parents "should encourage their kids to be
up-standers and not bystanders when they
see something as negative as what was
happening to Jada," Balkam said.
Speaking up may not be easy, he adds,
but it's worthwhile, whether you're a
bystander or a victim of abuse.
As for Jada, supporters are calling her
"brave" and a "hero." And she is beginning
to feel like one.
"Yes, I feel like a heroine, because it takes
courage to speak out and show your face, "
she said.
Source---- www.m.ktuu.com/lifestyle/how-a-teen-turned-online-abuse-around/27024514

Before you read on, let me state that I am
a Christian and I believe in Jesus and the
gospel.I humbly respects all men of God
but I'don't idolize any.
Nigerians are religious people- that may
be a good thing,
but perhaps we may just have taken
religion to an extreme. Why else would
we worship a pastor? We kiss the floor
they step on and bow to
their whims and/or caprices. we so much
believe in pastors that we don't access
their words any longer,sadly this is
disheartening, too many ‘heralded’ men
of God are not as
humble as should be rather they carry
themselves with airs of supremacy and
by extension make
the congregation treat them in the same
regard.
In reality, they are simply vessels of
the gospel just like anyone of us can
be. The anointing the pastor speaks
of; the one with which he performs
miracles did he get it from his
mother’s soup? No, he got it from God
and so when the pastor yells
anointing, don’t marvel at the work of
his hands rather marvel at the God
who makes it possible.
A majority believe that their prayers will
not be answered unless a pastor lays
hands on them, that they will
not have kids till that special pastor
intercedes on their behalf, that they
will not walk down the aisle till the man of
God professes love into their lives. In so
many ways, people allow their faith to be
held to ransom.
Yet in a despised way, maybe some
pastors have knowingly let the trend
continue. Maybe they enjoy the
veneration but it must be said that the
church, regardless of what name is on the
signpost or front entrance,is an extension
of God’s ministry and not any man’s tool
or machinery for
fame and/or fortune.
In the words of 2face Idibia, ‘No be
me Holy pass’, I simply understand
and believe that there should be a
difference between the man of God and
the God himself. We are all
wonderfully and fearfully made, so do
not ascribe divinity to whom you
shouldn’t. The chant goes ‘Jesus is Lord’
and not ‘pastor is Lord’.
Cynically, some questions can be
asked: Why take offering(s) from the
congregation to build universities that the
same congregation cannot afford to put
their kids through?
When high-ranking government officials
show up in church, why not tell them the
truth where it hurts?
Why not preach about the perils of theft
and bad governance instead of ramble on
about the merits of
cheerful giving? Why not say ‘Your
Excellency, things have to get better’
instead of saying ‘We’re honoured to
have you in our midst!’ Why not?
Doesn’t the bible says speak the truth at
all times?
And what if we took our country as
seriously as we take some of our
pastors? The way you admonish that
‘brother or sister’ that missed a day of
church, admonish corruption.Shout
‘enough is enough’ with the same ferocity
with which you would
shout ‘amen’ to a prayer. Hound bad
government officials as though they have
demons that need binding
(frankly, some of them really do).
Hopefully these will work some wonders
for Nigeria and maybe the country may
get her much- needed miracle through
our collective efforts then we can all
shout a mighty Halleluyah.

Any Uniosun fellas in the house?
Pls there may be Eid holiday on 28th,any with info on dat?

Last year,2013,in the course of my
research of a prospective book on the the
evolutionary trend and the travails of
Afenifere,the premier pan-Yoruba socio-
political organization,I was in Oshun
State to speak with key actors in the
Afenifere/AD war of attrition that was
mutually destructive for the combatants
on both sides of the divide.There I
'exhumed' Olugbenga Adebayo,alias
Fryo,here with me in this photo
Fryo was the lead actor in the trial of
Iyiola Omisore and some of his caucus
members in the face off between him,as
deputy governor,and his boss,Chief Bisi
Akande, who was the governor.The
immediate cause of the Osogbo debacle
was the resistance of the deputy against
'political marginalization' by the Akande-
led old guards from the days of the Unity
Party of Nigeria (UPN),1979-1983 when
Bisi Akande was a successor deputy to
Chief Bola Ige in the old Oyo State after
the departure of Chief Sunday Afolabi to
the National Party of Nigeria (NPN).In
1999,when AD came on board in the
South-West geo-political zone of
Nigeria,Iyiola Omisore was relatively new
to Afenifere,an Obafemi Awolowo-inspire
d political sensibility.The reality,however
,was that the Ife Prince,who,on the eve of
military departure had his political
structure primed to contest for the
governorship seat of Osun
State,bankrolled the sponsorship of
AD,and provided the financial and
material logistics for the registration of the
party,so much that the Suites used as
secretariat and accommodation at the
Nicon-Noga Hilton hotel in Abuja by Bola
Ige-led committee were paid for by Iyiola
Omisore.Yet,he was successfully
prevailed upon by his Uncle-in-law,Chief
Bola Ige,to drop his governorship
ambition in 1999 to enabled Chief Bisi
Akande had a shot at a post he showed
no inclination for until prodded by Chief
Bola Ige at Afenifere general meeting in
Ijebu-Igbo.And to reaffirmed his
commitment on Akande's 'enforced'
gubernatorial project Omisore endorsed
the #250k initially paid to Afenifere,as his
own declaration of intention fee for
governor,for that of Chief Akande.I should
know because I was a member of the
political committee,Afenifere Think
Tank,a position that guaranteed me a
seat at the Weekly Caucus meeting of the
elders of the group that met at the Ore
Close,Suru-Lere,Lagos residence of Pa
Solanke Onasanya until the group
secretariat at Jibowu was ready.Some of
the members of the Political Committee
were C.O. Adebayo,as Chairman,Prof
Bolaji Akinyemi,Vice Chairman,Ayo
Opadokun,Mrs Ayoka Lawani,Dayo
Adeyeye and Jimi Agbaje who was the
Secretary.And Committee,alongside the
leadership,led by Pa Abraham
Adesanya,was involved in many trouble-
shooting trips to Osogbo with a bid to
obtain a permanent cease fire among the
principal gladiators in the war of
attrition.The rest,as they say,is history.
Fryo was the guy who appeared in a long
white sutana,with a long cross,made of
wood,adorning his neck and holding a
copy of a bible,as he was led into the
venue of a Press Conference in 2002 by
a Lagos-based lawyer,Festus
Keyamo.Keyamo had before then hinted
the world that he knew 'who killed
Ige',then the deputy leader of Afenifere
and Nigeria Minister of Justice,murdered
in his room in his Bodija,Ibadan
residence on Sunday,December
23,2001.At the Keyamo-organized media
brief the world was made to
believe,throught a statement read to
journalists by Fryo,that Iyiola Omisore
was culpable in the killing of Bola
Ige.Thus began the travails of Omisore in
the evil forest of the Nigerian public, more
secured in the rigidity of its orality.Not
even a favorable judgement after some 3
years trial in a court of competent
jurisdiction would stave off mischief
makers from their well-practiced
engagement,especially for crass benefits
of retain partisan politics.Perhaps,there
was more to it than the trial and
judgement revealed in a 488p Certified
True Copy of record of proceedings
which I sought and obtained for my own
education and deduction.Truth is,short of
under-dealings,in a conspiracy,the trial
had no business going beyond 2
weeks,even before a pupil lawyer.Full of
self contradictions by so-called
prosecution witnesses,especially that of
Andrew Olofu,(PW 1),the gateman on the
day and Muyiwa Ige( PW 6), who was
locked up with others inside her mother's
room as the invaders ransacked the
captives for rob able valuables.It was
clear,from record proceedings,that the
whole evidences were cut and
paste,obtained from anyone who could
be shopped to help nail the coffins of
those put on trial before Justice Akin
Apara.And the learned judge was clear in
his 69p judgement when he berated the
prosecution for doing a shoddy
job,narrowing their investigation to a
single place when the man who was
killed had many 'constituencies' that
ought to be examined for possible
clues.The judge did not know the under
current behind the whole expensive
drama,hence his rightful indignation
Thus,when I arrived Osun,in March
2013,I went in search of Fryo for 'proper'
briefing.I finally 'exhumed ' him.As
expected,I was excited when he
consented to meet with me in my hotel
room in Ife,and true to his promise,after
momentary delay,he showed up.We
sized each other up,part of which was his
refusing an offered meal or drink.As a
writer on political subject of contemporary
relevance,I expected him to tell me that
his denial,under oath,that Omisore
contacted him and offered him #5m to kill
Ige was induced and obtained by the
accused.He simply broke down and
asked me to help beg Omisore to forgive
him,as all efforts to see him and ask for
forgiveness,even while they were in
detention has been unsuccessful.I
promised to do my best on his request,but
I also needed to know what led to the
Lagos media show put together by
Festus Keyamo in which he was a lead
actor.He simply reiterated all that was in
his deposition before the court where he
averred that Keyamo to whom he was
taken by his journalist friends when he
saw his name in the papers as a wanted
person for the death of Ige kept him in a
hotel in Lagos for 4 days,prior to his
public appearance,where he doctored
him on how to implicate Iyiola
Omisore.He said he told him he stood to
gain the money put aside by AD
governors for anyone who could unravel
the identity of 'who killed Ige'.
Hitherto,Fryo was a fun loving merry-go
round guy,known to many students of the
Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile Ife,as the
guy who brought in musicians to play on
campus,from where he made his own
agency commission.Thus,from day
one,the police ought to know that the guy
did not possess the 'CV' to qualify him for
a job of a 'hired killer',something that is
also out-sourced,far from the immediate
location of an intended victim.This is
elementary model that ought to have
been reckoned with.You see,in any
conspiracy theory logic is always the first
causality.Truth is,the Fryo I would meet
some 10years later,after the act,and
under 40 in age,still did not have the
swagger.He is your next door
neighbor,even when he combined greed
with nativity,and in the process caused
the suffering of some innocent human
beings who languished in various
detention centers for some 3 years for a
crime they were not remotely connected

Culled from the Prof's facebook page.

This is Peter Greste,an award winning Aljazeera Journalist,who is now serving 7years jail term in Cairo Egypt Prison.Frankly speaking, Peter's offence to my best knowledge is simply that he works for al-Jazeera. If you are exposing and exploiting the depth of the negative side of the New Government in Egpyt then you are a liar, terrorist supporter. And that’s exactly what
the charges were: supporting the Brotherhood and spreading false news.For those who do not who Peter is ,Peter Greste left his native Australia in 1991, to pursue his dream of becoming a
foreign correspondent. Since then, he has
covered Afghanistan and Central Asia, the
Balkans, Iraq, Latin America and now
Africa where he has lived for the past nine years. In 2011, he won a prestigious Peabody Award for a documentary on
Somalia - a place that has become a major focus of his work since moving to East Africa. The region he covers includes the
Horn of Africa (Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia and South Sudan); Kenya and Tanzania; and the Great Lakes states
(Uganda, Bururndi, Rwanda and the
eastern Democratic Republic of Congo).
Many of us do not know Peter,because he is not a rapper nor an international actor but this is a foreign correspondent who is Just doing his Job.Based on an equal absence of evidence - and an equal disregard for facts - his two co-accused Al Jazeera colleagues, Egyptian-Canadian Cairo bureau chief
Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed, have been jailed for
seven and 10 years respectively.
Has his father James Creste rightly said "Journalism is not a crime, or you should all be behind bars. It's a simple as that," he
told reporters. "Our son Peter is an award- winning journalist, he is not a criminal."
I feel for you and the other Journalists who are dying in prisons around the Globe. Our Prayers are with you Peter.
Journalism is not a crime.
#‎FreeAJstaff‬

Fela’s ex Wife Reveals Shocking Details
About him, Says I Want The World To
Know The Truth
One of the wives of the late Afrobeat
legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Laide
Anikulapo-Kuti, Nee Babayale, has
revealed some shocking details about the
late legend.
How did you meet Fela?
I met Fela at a Sunday Jump in 1974. The
shrine was opposite my house and some
of my friends were selling things in front of
the place, and we were just there doing
our own thing, while Baba was inside
doing his own thing as usual. It was the
boys that made us know him well. They
came to buy cigarettes from my
friends, and wanted to take candy sweets
for free, and I was a kind of person that
would never allow anybody take me or the
people around me for a ride. I protested,
and the next thing I knew, was that a hot
slap landed on the cheek of my friend
selling the goods, and that’s how we
started fighting, that Fela had to come out.
We narrated what happened to him, so
Fela took the boy that slapped my friend
inside and punished him. After that, Fela
sent one of his drivers to me that if I’m
chanced, I should come and see him.
Initially, I didn’t want to go in, because my
people must not see me in that kind of
environment. I was 16 years old as at then
but I had a big stature. When I got in, Fela
said I should follow any of the cars to his
house, but I didn’t go. That was how I knew
Fela liked me, and I liked him too, so every
Sunday jump, I was always going there,
well-dressed. Whenever he was going in,
he always looked in our direction.
However, to cut the long story short, we
eventually began dating.
What was your parent’s reaction when they
knew you were in Kalakuta?
It was a tug-of war. My father never wanted
it, because he thought people who were
around Fela were hooligans, but it was a
lie. Anybody who was a hooligan then was
either a passer-by, or just a shrine-goer,
and not part of Fela’s inner caucus,
because Fela never wanted trouble from
any of his people. Fela fought with his
music, but when people heard the lyrics of
his songs, they thought he was a hooligan,
which he was not. I was actually on break
from school for two weeks when I decided
to go and spend some time with Fela, but
when I got there, I really enjoyed myself
and didn’t want to go back to school again
though I was in Form Four then. My
parents went looking for me in school, but
the Reverend mothers and sisters there
then said they didn’t know my
whereabouts even though all my
properties were still in the hostel. They
began searching everywhere, but they
never thought I could be in Fela’s place. It
was actually Fela’s friend, who happened
to be my in-law, Uncle Tayo Mott, that
informed my parents that I was with Fela.
He was a very close friend to Fela and was
also his DJ.
What were the actions your father took?
He was always coming to harass us
wherever we went. He would send boys
from Shitta, Surulere, to bundle me up
wherever I was, and they would carry me.
My father was a prominent, well-known
and outgoing person, so he knew people
like King Sunny Ade, Ebenezer Obey, and
IK Dairo very well, so he begged the three
of them to go and plead with Fela to
release his daughter. On that fateful day
when they came, I was in Fela’s room, and
we had just finished doing our ‘thing.’
When Fela was informed that the three
men were there to see him, he went out,
and later sent for me that I should dress up
and come out. When I went out, he sat me
down, and asked me if I knew the three
men, and I replied in the affirmative. He
asked me if I knew why they were there,
and I replied that I didn’t, so he told me
they were there because of me. I said why,
and asked them if they knew me, but Fela
calmed me down, that they were sent by
my father to beg me to come back home. I
then told them that there was nothing
happening there that they didn’t know
about because they were also in the music
industry. I told them I was enjoying Fela’s
music and didn’t want to go home.
Can you recollect what happened when
Kalakuta Republic was invaded?
It started like a joke, but quickly escalated
into war. Some traffic police officers
‘Yellow Fever’ came and said they wanted
to see the person who drove a Range
Rover that was in the compound because
it had even numbers on its license plate,
even though it was odd numbers. The
gateman then told them that he was not in
the best position to answer them, because
as someone that wasn’t learned, he didn’t
know the difference between odd and even
numbers. The gateman then went inside to
inform Fela, and he told them that he
wasn’t coming out. The Yellow Fever
officers then went and came back with
some soldiers because we were very near
Abati Barracks then. When Fela was
informed that there were soldiers outside,
he first went into his mother’s room,
because he never went out without seeing
her. Beko was already in the clinic then,
but when he saw what was going on, he
also came into mama’s room. Before we
knew what was happening, the whole
thing degenerated into chaos.
How did the issue of the mass marriage
come about?
When Kalakuta Republic was invaded and
we all had different injuries, mine was on
my navel, and all the other women making
jest of me that I would never have a baby,
even though I was just about 20 years old
then. I really wanted to have children
because of the special treatment Fela gave
his children. I then decided to look outside
because Fela didn’t want to have any more
children then. He went to one Baba JK in
Idi Oro in Mushin to make his sperm
watery. He was always drinking African
medicine there, and that was what
neutralized his sperm. So many women
were always getting pregnant for him that
he was terminating about six different
pregnancies per day. It was Dr. Beko
Ransome-Kuti that used to terminate it
then. They’re all dead now; me too, I’m
going to die one day, but it’s always good
to put things right for the records. There
was another girl then who I was close with,
Adunni, so I told her that we should look for
people who we would have children for.
She had a baby for a taxi driver, while I
had my baby for a journalist, Steve, with
Punch Newspapers. He usually reported
whatever activity Fela was involved in all
round the world. He was the kind of person
I needed at that time. There was a time we
were in Ghana in Hotel Presidential, and
that was the time I went in with him. Shortly
after that, I started experiencing morning
sickness, and when it was confirmed that I
was pregnant, I was very happy.
Soon after that, Fela called me to go in
with him, and I told him that I was pregnant.
He said, ‘What’ and I repeated it. He came
from the third floor to the first floor to
Mama’s room, and he told her, “Maami,
you know what, Laide is pregnant.’ Mama
asked him who was responsible, and he
told her he was the one to cover me up.
Mama then said ‘Fine’ because she knew
Fela liked me and I liked Fela. Mama
never knew that I had intercourse with
Steve, even though his room was directly
opposite mama’s own in Ghana. This is a
true life story. I want you to bring it out and
let people know.
After that time, Fela now called Steve and
the press that ‘these women have suffered
a lot with me, so if anyone of them wants,
they can marry me and be having children.’
Steve said if that was what he wanted,
then, no problem. So Fela put out a
notebook and said that the people who
want to marry him out of all the women in
the shrine should put their names down. In
all, we were 27 that wrote our names, and
Fela told the rest that if they didn’t write
their names, he wouldn’t sleep with them.
On the day of the wedding ceremony,
Fela’s best pal, Tunji Braithwaite, who was
supposed to join us together, ran away
from his chambers, saying that he had
never seen such a thing before for a man
to marry 27 women at the same time. He
had thought it was a joke when Fela told
him earlier. The following day, Fela called
an Ifa priest and they came to join us
together at Hotel Parisona in Anthony,
Lagos. Fela put money on everybody’s
heads and we collected our certificates of
marriage to him.
Can you describe how it felt like being with
him?
Fela was a true living legend. He was the
one and only man that God put in our
midst, but people never knew his worth
until he was gone. Fela was always
chewing music in his mouth whatever he
was doing. Whether he was eating, driving,
or with a woman in the room, he was
always chewing music in his mouth with
his pen and paper with him always. He
was very good at writing in short-hand; in
fact he was good at everything you can
ever think of. There was nothing he did
wrong; except you didn’t know him. He
was a messiah; if we had given him a
chance, Nigeria would have changed, but
people like Obasanjo never gave him a
chance.
Whenever Fela wanted to make music, he
sang about the things around him.
Talking about bedroom matters, how did
Fela rotate between his numerous wives?
Fela always called his wives based on
how he enjoyed them; if he did not enjoy
you, he would not call you. Even after the
marriage, it continued like that.
Source:www.naijists.com/ex-wife-of-late-fela-reveals-shocking-details-about-him/

CHANNELS TV DEBATE: The APC vs
PDP fireworks.
For forty minutes this morning, Osun State
governorship Election took the front burner
on Channels' Television Sunrise
Programme. It was a debate between the
PDP and the APC. The PDP was
represented by Chief Lere Oyewunmi (DG
Omisore Campaign) and Mr. Diran Odeyemi
(Director Media & Strategy) whilst the APC
was represented by Mr. Ajibola Bashiru
( Osun State Commisioner for Special
Duties) and Mr. Bola Ilori ( Special Adviser
on Environment)
It was all fire works. Each side tried to break
the backbone of the other. The APC folks
appeared to be more under pressure as its
representatives, especially Bola Ilori,
fidgeted and I nterjected the PDP
representatives, almost to the point of
disrupting the Programme. The APC
representatives could not define who the
'State Boys' were and their roles in the
polity. Instead, they posited that the PDP
had the control of the DSS, Police and
Army. The question is: Are the'State Boys'
the alternative to these government security
Agencies?
The moderators wanted to know what the
Agenda of Omisore was. And, Chief Lere
Oyewunmi did justice to it. He enumerated
five programmes in the areas of education,
healthcare, employment, agriculture and
infrastructure. The same question was not
put to the APC.
To a large extent, the PDP was able to
puncture the educational reforms of the
Aregbesola's administration; from the school
feeding system ( which they proved started
from the PDP era), to the merger of schools
and same school uniform policy. They
added a clincher promising that all schools
merged will be de-merged and returned to
their former names with their old school
uniforms and beliefs.
The APC wanted to put Diran Odeyemi on
the spot by saying roads in almost every
locality and LG area have been touched. Mr.
Odeyemi said this was not correct even
though there are some on going road
projects here and there. Unfortunately, the
Commissioner could not name a single road
that has been tarred in Obokun Local
Government where Odeyemi comes from
when asked to do so. Mr. Odeyemi added
that no replacement has also been built for
the Schools demolished in his Local
Government.
He was put to test further on his knowledge
of his LG. Bola Ilori asked him to name the
Schools in his Local Governement that were
affected. Mr. Odeyemi named three and said
not a single block has been laid for their
replacement yet and that the students are
cramped in classes like sardines.
Irked by the effrontery of Bola Ilori to ask him
which Local Government he came from,
Diran Odeyemi reminded him that he was a
Prince in Ibokun and asked Ilori: Where are
you from in Osun State. Ilori paused for a
while, obviously dazed, and then muttered I
am from Ondo. What an audacity? How
politically expedient is it for Aregbesola to
send a non Osun indigene to such a
debate? What happens to all the Osun
indigenes in his cabinet?
On the issue of violence, Mr. Odeyemi said
the Osun State Governor has a record and
pedigree in election violence. He reminded
the APC representatives about the 183
"thugs" that the Governor sent to Anambra
for their governorship election but were
arrested before they could wreak havoc and
are facing charges in Court. He also
recalled that the Governor recently asked
his members to go to the polling stations
with matchets and juju. Bola Ilori refuted this
and said the governor asked his supporters
to go with "whatever they believed in,
including Quoran, Bible and traditional
implements to the polling stations".
An attempt to pose a stage-managed
question from Twitter on agriculture
suggesting that over four thousand farmers
were benefitting from the school feeding
Programme of the APC back-fired big time. It
met its Waterloo in the response from Lere
Oyewunmi who reeled out his cognate
experience and pedigree in the field of
agriculture and submitted that it was sheer
Aregbesola's propaganda on the
newspapers and social media networks that
farmers were benefitting and affirmed further
that in his Irewole LG, he was bold to say
not a single farmer has benefitted from any
such agricultural scheme.
It was an interesting debate though a bit
rowdy. It could have been more interesting
and informative if the representatives of the
APC have been as cool and relaxed like the
PDP counterparts who were definitely more
relaxed and composed often smiling and
marshaling their points much better than the
APC guys.
The APC's objective was to paint a picture
that the election was going to be rigged.
Their representatives mentioned some
nebulous groups like Omo Ilu Organisation
going round in search of voters card. This
appeared a wild goose chase and
extraneous to the question of the
achievements of Aregbesola and what the
people would benefit from his reelection.
The APC representatives appeared
confused and poorly coordinated to give a
killer-punch or a juggernaut to the PDP's
face in this debate.
On this occasion, the winner is the PDP no
doubt. If this momentum is sustained, victory
is so so sure for the PDP
On August 9, exactly three weeks from today
because they are able to put the issues at
stake in proper perspectives and this would
help the undecided voters to make up their
mind who to vote for.

Shakara don end.

SHUT the doors of your ears to tale
bearers. Allow no one, not even your
blood relations, to spread the tale of your
spouse to you. Anyone who noticed
anything bad about your spouse 's act
and is not matured enough to intercede
through constant prayers to God for
intervention and direction is not qualified
to come into your home. protect your
heart and shut your ears against gossip. It
kills friendship, it kills marriage, ministries
as well as leadership and your
reputation. Don't gossip and don't listen
to any. Be mature. Be filled with the Word
of God. Those times you spent watching
Hollywood, Bollywood and Nollywood,
invest the time on studying and
meditating Holy Word of God. The
psalmist says" your word have I hidden in
my heart that I may not sin against You ",
Solomon wisely says " out of the
abundance of the heart the mouth speaks
". You can't be filled with the Spirit and
Life of God's Word in you yet go about
spreading gossip or listening to any. Set
your Standard in line with God's Word
and make your life boundary out of reach
for gossipers and don't be one. You can
always be renewed by the transforming of
your mind and through the help of the
Holy Spirit. Especially sisters, Save
your relationship, family, ministry,
reputation, leadership, friendship by
keeping your mouth safe and your ears
safely shut against any available gossip.
Another thing is don't be in a hurry to
believe any ill words about other people.
Remember that gossipers are fools
irrespective of position occupied
(Proverbs 10:18). It is a sign of spiritual
immaturity. The Bible says the wise
woman opens her mouth in wisdom, and
on her tongue is the law of kindness --
Proverbs 31:26

You'll all agree with me that the drama that played out in the just concluded election in Ekiti have caused a paradigm shift in the South-West, aftermath of Ekiti election a particular guber aspirant have not only ride on Okada,buy guguru in open market but have also wear "Ankara lori Versace" in the name of getting farmiliar with the masses,the result of Ekiti election have also brought forth celebration dance across the S/W reawakening the winning spirit of PDP across the geopolitical zone. Ekiti Election have shown wonders that rice can perform among the Yoruba race either raw or cooked thereby giving rise to "Aregbe rice" "Ajumose rice and Akala rice.
However, of utmost interest to me is the impact the result of Ekiti election have had on governance in the Pace setting state, my fact finding drive through major locations in the state capital revealed that Gov Fayose's victory at the polls have returned Oyo state to square one.
Gov. Ajimobi may have his flaws but I give it all to him on orderliness, sanitation, security and general decorum in Oyo state but after Ekiti election, take a ride from Dugbe, Agbeni-Ogunpa market, Iwo road interchange, mokola,Bere, Oja'ba,Challenge, Apata, Bola Ige market and indeed all other major hotspots in Ibadan, it's free-for-all allover, street hawking has returned, indiscrininate parking of vehicles on major roads ,okada people now have a free day all over,the usual weekly sanitation is no more, a lot of things have gone the way they were four years ago, everything seem to be in shambles,the "YES O Cadet" have gone to hiding, all in the name of seeking the face of the masses, Gov Ajimobi have never been this soft in his quest to introduce decorum and sense of responsibilty in his people, why did he suddenly relax ? In a bid to seek re-election ? If this is the rule of the game, then are we ever going to develop ? Come to think of it, is the second term syndrome a blessing or a curse.
My million naira question to fellow Nigerians this morning is ;
With the second term syndrome, are we ever going to develop in Nigeria ?

Another Sunday is far approaching again and some of us will be
heading out to our various churches for
fellowship and worship. Some of us are
really excited about meeting our fellow
brethren again after a long working week.
Some of us are eagerly anticipating the
praise and worship as an opportunity to
express our love to God. Some are keen to hear what God has to say to them through the sermon that will be preached. Some just want to encounter Christ and have their hearts tuned to His frequency. Others can’t wait to see their Pastor stand on the pulpit and tingle their ears with a well- thought out sermon. I don’t know which category you belong too but there is a clear warning for all of us. DO NOT FALL INTO THE TRAP OF IDOLISING YOUR PASTOR INSTEAD OF WORSHIPPING CHRIST.
Personally speaking, I find my Pastor very inspiring and I look up to him in many ways. I sometimes have to check myself to make sure I don’t elevate him to a place that belongs to Christ in my heart. Whilst we are to appreciate and love our pastors, we must not under any circumstances give them the worship that is due God. In this day and age of celebrity pastors, we have never been more in danger of falling into this trap. We must remember that our pastors are undershepherds appointed by the Chief Shepherd of our souls. Jesus always comes first. Period.

Check your self and understand who you are serving.


Source

www.setwatchman.com/2011/10/23/are-you-worshipping-jesus-or-your-celebrity-pastor/

AREGBESOLA & STATE BOIZ
Leader Arrested, Other Member Dis-
appeared!
It was a joy of song in the state of the
living spring when the news of arrest of
Mr Lawrence Dada a.k.a the "De Law"
who doubles as the leader of Aregbesola
"STATE BOIZ" and Chairman of a Task
Force in Olorunda Local Government
council area alongside with five members
of his notorious gang spread even in all
nooks and crannies of the state.
The arrest is as a result of unrelented
effort of officers and men of MOPOL 39
who storm the campaign rally of
Aregbesola in Ilesa after which Alhaji
Fatai Diekola who is the grand patron of
the notorious group put all machinery
inplace for them to resist arrest after De
law and his men was found with them, a
bus loaded with gigantic arms and
ammunitions at the campaign venue.

The father of an Australian journalist jailed
in Egypt says his family was stunned by
the sentence as the Australia's Prime
Minister Tony Abbott vows his government
will work quickly to free him
Australian Peter Greste was one of three
Al Jazeera journalists sentenced by a
Cairo court on Monday to at least seven
years in prison on terrorism-related
charges stemming from an interview with
the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
Greste's father Juris Greste told reporters
in the family's hometown of Brisbane on
Tuesday that he was in a state of shock
and was struggling to think straight.
"We're not usually a family of superlatives,
but I have to say this morning my
vocabulary fails to convey just how
shattered we are," Juris Greste told a news
conference accompanied by his wife Lois
Greste. "You can never prepare yourself
for something as painful as this."
"Journalism is not a crime, or you should
all be behind bars. It's a simple as that," he
told reporters. "Our son Peter is an award-
winning journalist, he is not a criminal."
"We're obviously shocked, dismayed,
really bewildered by the decision of the
court in Egypt," Australian Prime Minister
Tony Abbott told reporters.
Mr Abbott said Australia respects the
legitimacy of the Egyptian government, its
justice system and the need "to crack
down on extremism including the Muslim
Brotherhood, but ... it is important that there
be due process, it is important that
decisions be made on a fair and just
basis."
"The Australian government will continue
to make intercessions at every level with
the Egyptian government and elsewhere to
try to ensure that Peter Greste and his
colleagues are swiftly released," Mr Abbott
later told Parliament.

Source
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/10921779/Imprisoned-Al-Jazeera-reporter-Peter-Grestes-father-journalism-is-not-a-crime.html

A day ago a country leader vowed to meet the
aggrieved parents for the first time since the
students’ kidnap in April. He made the promise
while speaking with the honourable guest,
Pakistani rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai
yesterday.
However at the last minute the scheduled
encounter with 12 parents and 5 escaped girls
was withdrawn by parents without them giving
any reason, BBC reports.
Following the move, in a Tuesday statement
Jonathan accused activists of "playing politics"
with the grief of girls’ families.
"Unfortunately, political forces within the
Nigerian chapter of Bring Back Our Girls have
decided to take this opportunity to play politics
with the situation and the grief of the parents
and the girls. They should be ashamed of their
actions. Those who would manipulate the
victims of terrorism for their own benefit are
engaging in a similar kind of evil: Psychological
terrorism."
The detroitnews.com alleges that the
campaigners persuaded the parents of the
victims to call off the meeting with the
president, who was highly criticized over his
slow handling the situation with the abduction.
Source
www.news.naij.com/69749.html

Earlier, the state Deputy Governor, Bala
Ngilari, resigned from office to avoid being
impeached.
Mr Ngilari’s resignation letter was read at
plenary by the speaker of the Assembly, Umaru
Fintiri, after which the lawmakers approved it.
The seven man panel, chaired by Mr Bala
Kaigama, who submitted the report to the
speaker, observed that the panel encountered
initial problem of having a venue for sitting but
eventually overcame the challenge and
produced four volumes of the report on
allegations levelled against the governor and the
deputy.
Both the governor and the deputy did not
appear before the panel, but it continued with
the investigation.
Receiving the report, the Speaker of the House,
Honourable Umaru Fintiri, assured the panel
that the report would be given appropriate
attention, considering the importance of the
panel in shaping democracy in Nigeria and the
state in particular.
One of the accused, the deputy governor, had
expressed concern on the procedure that led to
the establishment of the panel, citing it as his
reason for not appearing before the panel to
defend himself on allegations of improper
conduct against him.
Source
www.channelstv.com/2014/07/15/adamawa-governor-impeached-speaker-is-acting-governor/

Prof. Andrew Uduigwomen, the Cross River
State Overseer of Deeper Life Bible Church on
Tuesday said adequate arrangements had been
finalised for the take-off of the church’s
university.
Uduigwomen made this known in Calabar
during a chat with newsmen.
He said that everything needed had been put in
place in Lagos for the commencement of the
university to be known as Anchor University.
The university is scheduled to commence
academic activities in September 2014.
Uduigwomen, who is also a senior lecturer at
the University of Calabar, said that the
university would be run and managed by the
church.
He said that in the first five years of its take-off,
the university would start with the Faculty of
Art and Humanities, Education, Social Science,
School of Management and Accounting.
Uduigwomen said that negotiations between the
management of the church and the National
University Commission had been concluded.
He said that the university would imbibe
educational and moral values to millions of
Nigerians, while making its charges affordable
to all.
On the issue of security challenges facing the
country, he said that the church as a body
would continue to pray for peace and love to
reign in the country.

Source
www.elotitv.com/entry/deeper-life-church-to-launch-university

The mastermind of the April 14 Nyanya Bomb
Blast , Aminu-Sadiq Ogwuche has been
delivered to Nigeria Security by INTERPOL.
Ogwuche was received in the Abuja Airport
3:150PM today, July 15.
He is currently in Nigerian Security Custody.
FLASH: Nyanya Bombing Mastermind
Ogwuche delivered to Nigerian Security by
@INTERPOL_HQ. Received in Abuja
Airport & taken to custody
— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@
DefenceInfoNG) July 15, 2014
Ogwuche, the Nyanya Bombing
Mastermind was received at the Abuja
Airport 3:150PM today, Now in Nigerian
Security Custody #CounterInsurgency
— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@
DefenceInfoNG) July 15, 2014
Ogwuche was said to have been mastermind of
the bombing which took place at the busy
Nyanya bus park in Abuja on April 14 killing
scores of people.
Details soon…


Source
www.today.ng/news/just-in-nyanya-bombing-mastermind-ogwuche-arrives-nigeria-in-security-custody/

Well that was fun. After a month of fierce
competition, it all came down to Mario Götze’s
brilliant winning goal as Germany claimed a
fourth World Cup crown in Rio. But with the
dust now begining to gather on the memories of
Brazil 2014, here are a few reminders of some
of the statistics that have illuminated the
tournament, courtesy of Opta.
There were fewer red cards at the 2014 World
Cup than any other edition since 1986 (.
The 2014 World Cup saw a joint-high
number of goals scored (171).
Germany reached the World Cup final for the
eighth time; more often than any other side in
the history of the competition.
Germany scored 18 goals – the last team to
score as many in a World Cup tournament were
Brazil (also 18) in 2002.
Argentina trailed for just seven minutes in the
entire tournament (excluding injury time).
Belgium reached the quarter-final stage,
despite only holding a lead for 52 minutes in
their five matches combined.
Brazil committed 31 fouls in their quarter-final
win over Colombia; the most fouls that they had
made in a single World Cup game since records
began in 1966.
James Rodríguez became the first player to
score in his first five career World Cup
appearances since Peru’s Teófilo Cubillas
(across the 1970 and 1978 tournaments). Gerd
Müller in 1970 was the last player to do it in a
single tournament.
Miroslav Klose became the top scoring player
in World Cup history with his strike against
Brazil in the semi-finals (16 goals).
This was the first time that three sides from the
Concafaf region made it out of the group stages
and into the last 16 (since the format began in
1986).
Costa Rica knocked out Italy, England,
Greece and beat Uruguay, four sides placed in
the top 12 positions of the Fifa Rankings
(Uruguay – 7th, Italy – 9th, England – 10th,
Greece – 12th).
Only six European nations made it to the last
16; a joint-World Cup low since the round of
16 was introduced in 1986.
All eight group stage winners progressed to
the quarter-finals stage for the first time in
World Cup history.
One point was England’s lowest-ever return in
a World Cup group stage.
This was the first time that England have been
eliminated from a World Cup at the group stage
since 1958.
Three of the last four teams to win the World
Cup have gone out in the following group stage
(France 2002, Italy 2010, Spain 2014).
There were more goals scored by substitutes
in this World Cup than in any previous edition
(32).
Silvestre Varela’s goal for Portugal v USA
was the latest during normal time of a World
Cup finals match since 1994 (94min 33sec).
Tim Howard made 15 saves in the USA’s
quarter-final defeat to Belgium – no goalkeeper
has ever made as many saves in a single World
Cup game (1966-2014).
Three of Holland’s five outright victories in
this World Cup tournament were from losing
positions in normal time.
Italy have exited at the group stage in their last
two World Cups. The last time they managed
this was in the 1960s (1962 and 1966).
Germany are the first European team to win
the World Cup in Latin America.
Teams from Uefa have won the last three
World Cups, the first time a single
confederation has won three in a row.
Germany’s 7-1 win was the biggest margin of
victory ever seen in a World Cup semi-final.
With their destruction of Brazil, Germany
became the top scoring nation in World Cup
history (223), overtaking Brazil in the process.
Germany ended the tournament with 224 goals,
three ahead of Brazil.
Luke Shaw was the youngest player to play at
this World Cup finals, when he played for
England v Costa Rica (18 years 348 days).
13.3% of shots have been scored at these
finals; a higher proportion than in any other
World Cup tournament since records began in
1966.
There were only three direct free-kicks scored
at these finals, the fewest since 1986 (3). In
2010 there were five scored, while in 2006 and
2002, nine were scored.
The only World Cup to see more own goals
than this tournament (5) was the 1998 finals (6).
Switzerland’s Diego Benaglio was the only
goalkeeper to register a shot at the 2014
tournament, thanks to a late effort v Argentina.
The Algeria goalkeeper Rais M’Bolhi created
two goalscoring chances; only three of his team-
mates managed more in the tournament.
Brazil have topped every group they have
played in at a World Cup from 1982 onwards.
Spain conceded 5+ goals in an international
(5-1 v Holland) for the first time since losing
6-2 to Scotland in June 1963.
That four-goal margin is the biggest losing
margin by a defending champion at a World
Cup.
Brazil’s 7-1 defeat to Germany was the
biggest losing margin by a host nation at a
World Cup.
Tim Cahill has scored in three World Cups for
Australia; no other Australian has done so in
more than one tournament
Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan (6) overtook
Cameroon’s Roger Milla (5) as all-time top
scoring African player at a World Cup.
Algeria became the first African team to score
four goals in a World Cup game when they beat
South Korea 4-2.
England’s Wayne Rooney recorded his first
World Cup assist in his team’s opening game v
Italy and his first goal in their game v Uruguay.
Keisuke Honda became the first Japanese
player to score at two different World Cups.
Switzerland’s Xherdan Shaqiri scored the first
entirely left-footed hat-trick at a World Cup
(1966-2014).
His treble was also the 50th hat-trick in the
history of the World Cup.
In losing 4-0 to Germany, Portugal conceded
four goals in a World Cup for the first time in
their history.
Clint Dempsey’s goal (29 seconds) v Ghana
for the USA was the fifth fastest in World Cup
history.
The England goalkeeper Joe Hart made only
one save in two World Cup games.
In his 126 minutes of World Cup action,
Diego Costa failed to muster a single shot on
target (only five shots in total).
In winning Euro 2008, World Cup 2010 and
Euro 2012, Spain conceded a total of six goals,
one fewer than they did in their three matches at
World Cup 2014.
Alex Song picked up Cameroon’s eighth red
card in their World Cup history. His cousin
Rigobert Song is one of only two players (along
with Zinedine Zidane) to be sent off twice at
World Cups, meaning the Song family is
responsible for three of Cameroon’s eight reds.
Olivier Giroud’s opening goal v Switzerland
was France’s 100th goal at World Cup finals.
Neymar scored the 100th goal of the 2014
World Cup in Brazil’s 100th game in World
Cup finals history.
Against Japan Colombia’s substitute
goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon became the oldest
ever player to feature in a World Cup match, at
43 years and three days.
Honduras have now played nine games
without a win at the World Cup (D3 L6). They
have played more matches at the World Cup
without winning than any other side (New
Zealand, El Salvador and Bolivia – all six).
Ghana went out in the group stage for the first
time ever (in their third World Cup). Now only
three teams have never exited in a World Cup
opening group stage: Germany, Holland and the
Republic of Ireland.
Fabio Capello has won one of his seven
World Cup games as a manager.
Mexico have been knocked out of the World
Cup finals at the second-round stage in all six
editions since 1994; no team has been knocked
out at this stage as often as this.
Nigeria have lost all three of their World Cup
second-round ties (0-2 v France in 2014, 1-2 v
Italy in 1994 and 1-4 v Denmark in 1998).
Ángel di María’s goal v Switzerland was the
latest ever scored by Argentina at the World
Cup (118 minutes).
Switzerland have failed to score in their last
three World Cup knockout matches, last scoring
in one in 1954.
Belgium conceded only three goals in five
games at the 2014 World Cup.
Holland progressed to the semi-finals for the
third time in their last four World Cups.
Costa Rica’s Keylor Navas saved 21 of the 23
shots on target that he faced at this World Cup
(91%).
Thomas Müller has scored 10 goals and
provided six assists in just 13 World Cup
matches.
Against Brazil in the semi-final, Germany
were 5-0 up faster than any other team in World
Cup history (29 minutes).
The 7-1 defeat to Germany equalled Brazil’s
all-time biggest margin of defeat (lost 6-0 to
Uruguay in 1920).
Germany scored two more goals v Brazil than
England have in their past two World Cup
campaigns combined.
Argentina have progressed from all four of
their World Cup semi-finals.
Argentina v Holland was the first World Cup
semi-final to finish 0-0 (including extra-time).
Lionel Messi did not touch the ball in the
opposition box in the entire 120 minutes.
Nine of the 14 goals Brazil conceded in this
World Cup came in the first 30 minutes of their
games.
Brazil conceded 10 goals from 14 shots on
target conceded in the semi-final and third place
play-off game combined.
Mario Götze is the first substitute to score a
winning goal in the World Cup final.
Mario Götze is the youngest scorer of a goal
in a World Cup final since Wolfgang Weber in
1966 (22 years, 33 days).
Sami Khedira is the 10th player to win the
European Cup/Champions League and World
Cup in the same season.
Source ----- www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jul/14/brazil-2014-stats-world-cup

The man alleged to be behind the Wednesday’s night fire outbreak which some decribed as an explosion was today caught in Awo hall while wandering about with explosives, as a
Babatope described. He was said to have been caught by a
conscious Awoite this morning while trying to break into one of
the rooms. Rasaki was caught with petrol and a stove with some
newspapers in a sack. Mr Rasak, in a video interrogation (which
we can get our hands on now) confrimed to be behind the Awo block 7 outbreak. Full name, “Adedayo Razak Daniel”, a non-student and a former
Police officer as some claimed. Rasak is said to be popular
wanderer in the streets of Ile-ife. A Micheal Turner described him
as a “Mad man” and confirms his popularity in the streets of Ife. Mr Rasacki was battered and now in the custody of the security
operatives.

There are no black players
on Argentina's roster. Actually, there are
hardly any black people left in Argentina
period.
In a recent article in the Huffington Post, Rachel
Décoste argues that the reason why no black
men play on the Argentine team is because
Argentina’s black population has either been
decimated through participation in various wars
or has been thoroughly ignored through various
policies. These are so ingrained in the Argentine
imagination, and having such a societal dislike
or disregard for blackness is so common, that
even if Argentines have African blood, they
suppress this knowledge. So it stands to reason
that though it can be seen that a good cultural
mix creates better football teams, Argentina has
not bowed to that trend. She writes:
It should be expected that the “rainbow nations”
which were conceived by the blend of
American-Indians, Spaniards and enslaved
Africans would reflect their diversity in their
soccer clubs.
South and Central American clubs representing
Colombia, Honduras , Costa Rica, Ecuador,
Uruguay , Chile all showcase the diversity of
their nations. Despite their enduring
racialdiscrimination problems, they have
leveraged black athleticism to carry their teams
to contention in the Copa del Mundo.
Curiously, Argentina’s club does not follow the
trend.
There are no black players on Argentina’s
roster. Actually, there are hardly any black
people left in Argentina period.
In colonial times, the proportion of Africans
hovered around 50 per cent in half of
Argentina’s provinces. General José de San
Martín, the revolutionary who lead the charge to
gain independence from Spanish rule, estimated
that there were 400,000 Afro-Argentines who
could be recruited to his armies. Black men
made up 65 per cent of his troops.
The 2010 census puts the Afro-Argentine
population at 150,000, or less than half of one
per cent.
How did the Africans disappear?
Although slavery was abolished in Argentina in
1813, many Afro-Argentines were still held as
slaves. Emancipation was promised to those
who would fight in Argentina’s wars. Most
African men signed up with hopes of winning
their freedom. They were sent to the front lines.
Most perished while fighting for a country that
did not recognize their rights or humanity.
Until 1853, the law forced slave owners to cede
40 percent of their slaves to military service.
The promise of manumission was offered to
those enslaved persons who completed five
years of service — a promise rarely kept.
Over the years, overt and covert government
sanctions promoted ethnic cleansing
and, some say, genocide. Argentina is now
South America’s whitest country (97 per cent
according to the CIA World Factbook).
Argentinians themselves have purged their
African roots from their socio-historical
landscape and conscience.
What you won’t read in the tourist tomes like
Fodor’s and Lonely Planet is that the country
was built essentially by slave labour. Countless
edifices, including the Estancia Santa Catalina
of Cordoba, a Jesuit estate founded in 1622
now part of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites,
were built and maintained by enslaved Africans.
This particular estate still has the slave quarters,
small mud structures, outside the compound. It
is one of few pieces of evidence of slavery
remaining.
As Argentina refuses to authenticate the dowry
which transatlantic slaves bequeathed to their
nation, the truth cannot be contained. Historians
uncovered that the tango is an Afro-Argentine
endowment as well
.
There is a theory that diversity is good for team
performance in soccer, and in the overall health
of any society. Whether Argentina is an outlier
is still up for debate

Source
www.thisisafrica.me/lifestyle/black-men-playing-argentina/