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Today marks another stepping stone in the history of our great nation .
As we remember the transition from one civilian administration to another.
Since 1999 till date what fundamental democratic values, cultures, principle have the Nigerian democary been standing.
I consider this 2 points.

Rule of Law
The mantra of Rule of Law that has been the great anchor o the Yar’adua government is a great idea. Ordinarily it should help with institution-building and property rights necessary for economic advance and a just society.

Unfortunately the mode of implementation has left a public impression that the phenomenon was a ruse to allow those who have violated the commonwealth, raped the sensibilities of Nigerians from their positions in Public Office to now act as victims rather than victimizers, in some cases carrying on in a manner suggesting they were robbing it in as clearly stated by respected discussants on the NTA Network News programme Tuesday Night Live just a few hours ago. This perception must be changed quickly or it can spell the doom of our democracy.


Electoral Reform
Inspite of all of these we must hold out hope. That hope must be that Nigerians can reject non-performing governments, providing politicians a lesson that the key to public life is service to the people. So far the electoral process makes that not plausible. The setting up of the Mohammed Uwais Electoral Reforms committee is supposed to address that. We continue to give it the benefit of the doubt and hope for Nigeria’s sake that it produces outcomes that will advance the need for good governance.


What other areas do you thibnk our democracy has flourished and failed.

Abacha of blessed memory.
A football tourney in his memory is good.
May his bad soul rest in perfect peace

I do believe Thabo Mbeki has to call his ignorant ingrates to order. However, apart from these category of South Africans, there seems to be a second and third educated ingrates which must also be called to order. One is external while the other is internal. The external is a long serving president of a neighboring country who believes his citizens in South Africa are those painting bad images about his government. He wants to force them home, give them free lands and get them to vote for him in a run-off election. How else can he do that but to sponsor xenophobic attacks against his own since he has got no good works good enough to voluntarily bring his people home to come and vote for him. The other force is that of a gentleman who is potentially/politically suitable to take over from Mbeki but standing trials for offences ranging from rape to corruption. It is in his best interest to destabilize Thabo Mbeki’s government if that alone will give him breathing space from the battery of charges against him as Thabo is believed to be very interested in pursuing the cases. Ten months to the end of Thabo’s government, they are already calling for his head, advising him to step-aside (not like IBB though).

South Africa is a country, whose people would still have been struggling to eke out a meager existence in the back waters of their own country, had Nigeria not embolden herself and flex her muscles to rescue brother and sister Africans, who were deluged with oppression and humiliation in the southern most tip of the motherland continent. How weird and bizarre and what a horrendous shame that Nigerian citizens would now be repaid with ghastly murder, looting, intimidation, brigandage and untold humiliation of her citizens in a territory, that should solemnly be regarded as a brother African homeland for Nigerians.

How time flies. Who would have imagined, that the land of Nelson Mandela, Govan Mbeki and other great freedom fighters, who gave their all, for freedom, would suddenly be reduced to an anti African gulag for vampire terrorism, lethal purges, forced and fatal deportations, man-made hell on earth, extrajudicial executions, show arsons, and quasi-genocide. South Africans, who has bewitched you with demon polluted 'umqobothi' ? Suddenly the great Thabo Mbeki, has lost his magisterial essence. His presidency now looks as hollow and utterly demystified as a dog house. How are the mighty fallen ? I just do not want to believe, that the struggle by all good men and women the world over, for the freedom of South Africans was in vain. Could it be true, that the White man knew better? Are South Africans really appreciative of their freedom? Did the freedom come too early? Should South Africans be forcibly subjected to a compulsory duration of study, to acquaint them, with the history of their freedom? Should these people, who would not think twice before killing fellow African brothers not be locked up in zoo cages, until their unrefined wild beast essence is exorcised from their psyches and mentalities. I can vividly imagine the great Chaka the Zulu turning in his grave. These rascally murderers and ignorant ingrates have betrayed the great African warrior and hero.

South African Mobs have been hunting, maiming and burning to death African immigrants in that country. These mobsters have been raping, robbing and murdering fellow African brothers and sisters.Many African brothers and sisters resident in South Africa, have been rendered homeless, by arson and left destitute. Many have been hospitalised with stab wounds and bullet holes in their anatomies.How could man be so inhuman to man. Oh civilisation, why hath thou fled from these brutish beasts. It is sad and lamentable to imagine, that these same orangutans and chimpanzees have been dignified with the joy and glory of hosting the soccer world cup.

Since the attainment of independence, Nigeria has been in the frontline for the realisation of freedom and total fundamental liberties in every African country, especially in the Southern Africa sub-region. The Murtala Muhammed - Olusegun Obasanjo regime, in a successful attempt to send warning signals, to the whole world, that it would not tolerate, nor flirt with any country doing business with the white minority regime in South Africa, nationalized the local operations of Barclays Bank in Nigeria, after that bank ignored the strong protests by Nigeria, advising it, not to buy the South African government bond,which would be in violation of the economic/trade embargo on the racist South African regime.

Nigeria's Murtala Muhammed - Olusegun Obasanjo regime, nationalized the British Petroleum (BP) for supplying oil to South Africa. This was at a time, when South Africa needed action and not just rhetorics to give momentum to the struggle for freedom from the white masters. These were no mean and easy decisions. These were decisions that carried very enormous political implications. These decisions were capable of attracting serious political, economic and social reprisals. However, for love for our brothers and sisters in South Africa, Nigeria risked all, to help South Africa gain freedom.

Also, to help South Africa gain independence, Nigeria led a boycot of the 1978 Games in protest of New Zealand's sporting contacts with apartheid South Africa, and 32 of 59 nations from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean joined a Nigeria led boycot of the 1986 Commonwealth Games due to the Thatcher government's attitude towards South African .Nigeria, a member of the common wealth mobilized it's diplomatic influence, and led majority of the common wealth countries to boycott these common wealth games as a show of solidarity to South Africa and to send a message to the white country members in the common wealth and in the world generally, that Nigeria will fight with it's all, to set our brothers and sisters in South Africa free. This was a herculean task. The mobilisation for this boycott, deeply tested Nigeria's claim to leadership in Africa and beyond. Alas, the mobilisation was very successfull. And the common wealth games, that year, was a sorry story. From that moment onwards, the whole world took notice and the struggle for the liberation of South Africa was immediately hyper-accelerated. And the rest is now history.

Nigeria is also reputed to have provided secret military training at the Kaduna first mechanized army division and provided other material, financial and diplomatic support to African National Congress guerrilla forces. Who can quantify the millions of dollars, that Nigeria spent on the A. N. C. during the struggle to liberate South Africa ?.

Can Thabo Mbeki please call the ignorant ingrates in South Africa to order. It is important for South Africans to realise, that the sacrifices made by Nigeria and other African countries and indeed the whole world, for their freedom, are historical facts. South Africans seems to have forgotten so rapidly or they have deliberately developed selective amnesia regarding the roles played by Nigeria and others to create a platform for the triumph of good over evil in South Africa.

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Which is your most favorite short-wave radio station for news and current affairs?

Which is your most favorite FM radio station for entertainment?

My most favorite short-wave radio station for news and current affairs is the British Broadcasting Corporation(BBC World Service)

while my most favorite short-wave radio station for entertainment is Radio Taiwan International (RTI)
While my favourite Musical sport FM station is Brila FM Lagos
Cool Fm is also cool for its comical entertainment gists, stories, events announcement and Dan Foster.
93.7 Rhythm FM is my favourite FM news station and jams from the past

I would like to know yours if you don't mind?

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Forasmuch as i love Nelson Mandela's South Africa, i was not pleased that South Africans will soo soon chase Africans off their Country.
Hosting the world in 2010 is a big global event, and i trust that South Africa will be a better host.But the evnts of the past weeks have cast doubts in mind.

So i will only be assured if the "Special One" Nelson Mandela gives an assuring address to Africans and the World that South Africa is safe.
Till i hear from Mandela, South Africa is not a good host.

The opinion is strictly's Akinjide's.
To say Awolowo was a defacto leader is unfair.
Awolowo represented what every progressive leader should be. Its the same note to say , Nnamdi Azikiwe was never a Nigerian leader.

What a loss! May God grant his family the fortitude to bear the loss.

I hope the rampaging South Africans will remember that Okosun also contributed his little quota in seeing that apartheid was dethroned in South Africa

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THE passion, enthusiasm, indeed the frenzy that the European Champions League final, on Wednesday, between Manchester United and Chelsea football clubs threw up among Nigerians is a comment on the deep and continuing Eurocentrism of Nigerian football fans, in the absence of a similarly engaging local football league. About the same time as the Champion league final in Moscow, Glomobile, the telecom company that sponsors the local league was sending, via SMS, a Predict and Win promo in which it asked Nigerians to predict the winner of the Nigerian Premier League involving such teams as Bayelsa, Pillars and Heartland. This did not generate any excitement at all.

The English Premiership and European leagues have since filled the vacuum that exists at home. This much was clear on Wednesday, May 21. Very early in the day, the streets of Lagos had been taken over by Manchester Red and Chelsea Blue colours. Football fanatics decorated their cars with the colours of their favourite teams. In Mushin, young boys wore Chelsea Blue and they dared anyone in the neighbourhood to show up in Manchester Red.

In Nigeria, supporters of English clubsides have associations with presiding Chairmen and Secretaries; they have special uniforms and it is not unusual to run into a big owambe party, with a musician on the bandstand, all put together by fanatics of English football celebrating their club's victory. In Ikeja, on Wednesday, some streets had red or blue banners flying in the sky. By 7.30 p.m Nigerian time, about fifteen minutes to the kick-off of the match in Moscow, Lagos streets had been deserted. Ordinarily at such an hour of the day, Lagos roads are congested with traffic.

And on Wednesday evening, he almost had a heart attack. First, he could not touch his pepper soup. His beer went cold and flat due to neglect. His eyes were glued to the TV set as if his life depended on it. When Man U missed two great chances in the first half, he slumped in his chair. When Chelsea equalised through Lampard in the dying minute of the first half, he was so sad, he blamed Man U defenders. He kept insisting that Sir Alex should take out Rooney who in his estimation was not playing well. We had to keep reminding him that Chelsea is not in Moscow to allow Man U run away with the prize. And besides, Moscow is home more or less to Chelsea with Russian owner of the club, Roman Abramovich, in the stands, keeping an eye, like Mike, on his investment.

As it turned out, Chelsea dominated the second half, sending Mike into paroxysms of fear. Two deadly shots one of them designed by Didier Drogba bounced off the bar in front of Man U's goal. But our Man U supporter was confident. Again he drew attention to the fact that Sir Alex had changed from a suit to a track suit. "Now, the war will begin", he boasted. We had to point out to him that the man was actually wearing a rain coat because it was raining heaviiy in Moscow. When Ryan Giggs was brought in to replace Scholes, Mike and the Liverpool fan who was now rooting for Man U, said: "Baba is here. Baba will change the game!"

Didier Drogba nearly spoiled the fun when in the later part of the match, he slapped Vidic. The red card that threw him out of the match and the stadium (he didn't show up to collect his medal) gladdened our hearts. Drogba is richly talented, but he is too much of a prima donna, and this stands in the way of the spirit of sportsmanship. And then the penalties came. The rain and passion-soaked match ended with Van der Sar saving Nicholas Anelka's final attempt for Chelsea and the Red Devils breaking loose in a celebration dance across the world. In all parts of Lagos, there were victory dances. Even yesterday, MBI, a Nigerian TV channel showed images of parties thrown by Man U fans. Our friend Mike ordered a round of drinks to celebrate the success of his investment: "by tomorrow morning, in fact even now, Man U stocks will go up," he said. On my way home, I saw Chelsea fans holding on to their jerseys as if a tragedy had befallen them. Man U fans from Obalende all the way to Campus Square and in neighboring areas spilled onto the streets and did victory laps. By now, it was around 12 midnight and it was instructive to see Nigerians expending so much energy on something that does not really concern many of them.

There are business opportunities involved also: all those traders selling Man U T-shirts and emblems can do a lot more selling the jerseys of Nigerian football teams if they are given the chance to express themselves locally. The private sector used to be actively involved in Nigerian football: sports-loving companies can be encouraged to explore the business potentials that have been demonstrated. The Moscow final was a great moment for English football, and for the European Union: a thriving local league can provide great opportunities for national branding and even foreign relations. Beyond all of this is the human dimension of the Moscow event: the bitter rivalry between Manchester United and Chelsea, the competition, the contrasts of victory and defeat, the unraveling of Drogba, John Terry and Ronaldo when it mattered most and the heroism of Van der Sar: all of which is a beautiful reflection of the depths of the human essence.

Rio Ferdinard, he's more outspkoen than Terry.His style is good, but he will always be suspect when he plays quality oppostion.

For John Terry he's more commited than either Ferdinard or Gerald.
His contributions to matches are great.

Steven G by far the most influential of the two during matches, England needs a player like Lineker , somobody who score goals, create and defend.Gerald is better palced.

England have always loved Midfileders/Attackers as its capatain, Shearer, Platt, Lineker etc

I am surprised that nobody has mentioned the rabid tribalism, hate mongering, and ignorance that Reuben Abati has largely contributed to the public space.

For those who do not know. The likes of Reuben Abati are exactly the problem with Nigeria. People with his mindset has ensured that Nigeria remains stuck in the past, with all the attendant injustices, and misrule.

That we are saddled with a useless president like Yar, Adua today is also part of the handwork of blind tribalists like Reuben Abati. Obasanjo's regime had one unusual blessing of bringing out many incorruptible technocrats who performed excellently.

In other parts of the world, the press and public opinion would have ensured that one of such star performers would have come to power, and Nigeria no doubt would have been making better progress.

But thanks to the likes of Reuben Abati, he was more interested in campaigning against a certain ethnic group producing the president than in having a president who can perform irrespective of his or her ethnic group.

This is the simple greatest reason why Nigeria has continued to fail.

Ironically the same Abati would insist on one Nigeria, but his idea of Nigeria is of course a Nigeria where there is no justice, equality, and where one ethnic group sits on the head of another.

I am yet to read any of his articles where he has called for a sovereign national conference where an equitable constitution can be negotiated, neither have i ever read him campaigning for justice for other groups as the ebullient Dele Shobowale of Vanguard often does. All he has done was support the status quo as represented by Obasanjo, and in the process urge the government to "cut off the heads" of those engaged in legitimate protests against the unjust Nigerian state, or support all kinds of injustice including celebrating such blatant acts of injustice as the killing of Saro Wiwa etc

Perhaps Nigeria's recent history has still not taught him that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, or that those who ride on the back of injustice against others would sooner be consumed by the same acts of injustice. June 12 and all the saga that accompanied it should be an eye opener. Except Nigeria becomes a better place for all, there would be varied dimensions of June 12 in future.

Abati has never represented the Nigerian masses. He has served only his selfish interests and abused the noble proffesion of journalism by using it to propagate hate and sustain the marginalization or exclusion of some groups, rather than engaging in a honourable struggle for social justice.

If Nigerians do not get rid of the likes of Abati, they will forever remain stuck in the past, in an increasingly failed and unjust nation that will spare no one in the long run, untill the nation breaks into its natural homogenous units.

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My greetings to my senior colleagues in the house, lets allow peace to reign again.
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So lets keep the flag flying.


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Written by Sabella Abidde
Wednesday, 21 May 2008


Pat Utomi and Reuben Abati in Nigeria’s Public Discourse
About four decades ago, Professor Ali Mazrui -- one of the world’s leading intellectuals -- defined intellectual as a person “who has the capacity to be fascinated by ideas, and has acquired the skill to handle some of those ideas effectively.” Today, intellectuals are thought of as those who have “shown distinction in their own field along with the ability to communicate ideas and influence debate outside it.” Some may not know it, but Nigeria once had a rich reservoir of first-rate intellectuals. The social psychosis, economic deprivation, authoritarianism of the state and the political instability at the tail end of the twentieth century sent the majority of the intellectual class into exile. There they have remained ever since.

Today, intellectualism is no longer a craft many Nigerians are eager to engage in. The pursuit of wealth and the maddening pursuit of banalities are now at the apex of most people’s list -- leading to a mammoth vacuum in the richness, rigor and versatility of public discourse. That said, there are some intellectuals, at home and abroad, who still influence public conversation. I do not have a definitive list, but there are people like Omoyele Sowore, Sonala Olumhense, Wole Soyinka, Okey Ndibe, and Abubakar Umar. And then there is Reuben Abati and Pat Utomi.

If you didn’t know it, you’d think Dr. Reuben Abati is the only voice in the Nigerian media. He is everywhere: from print media to the radio and from the internet to the television. On a consistent basis, he whips up his wisdom and declarations on virtually any matter under the Nigerian sun. There are those who think Abati has a lot so say, but without depth and consistency to the things he says. Not one to rock the boat or swim against the tide, he feels safe and secure and content in the calm harbor; not for him the probing and passionate style of Okey Ndibe; and certainly, not for him the investigative and Jihadistic style of Dele Giwa.

Some of his critics averred he doesn’t even have the truth-seeking style of Sonala Olumhense, but he has two things going for him: (1) his populist and pandering style; and (2) his copious submissions. But above all, he has the survival instinct of a fox. It is uncertain whether he is afraid there might be a can of worms waiting to be pried open. Still, it is difficult to begrudge a man who is as smart as he is and has such staying power. He seems to understand quite well the need to survive in Nigeria ’s ocean of malfeasance.

And then there is Pat Utomi. Professor Utomi’s latest salvo, “Nigeria’s Public Space And Reason Embattled” (The Guardian, Tuesday May 20, 2008) is an interesting read. It is difficult to know his mindset at the time he composed the piece. What is clear from the tone of his rendition is that he was irritated. His displeasure was directed at a number of groups: the newspaper reporters who are not “deep enough to see beyond black and white…the Diaspora based internet warrior raining down vituperations from the comfort of American suburbia” and the “beer parlor pundits.” He posits that the “ Nigeria ’s public space has a character of the simplistic, devoid of capacity to deal with nuanced engagement, and very often leaving reason embattled.” How ironic; “if you live in a glasshouse don’t throw stones.”

Was Pat Utomi expecting the Reporters who recorded his statements to read his mind? He said what he wanted to say and what he said was what was reported. He could have said he was misquoted. But to say the reporters couldn’t read between the lines or that they couldn’t see beyond black and white is, in my view, irresponsible. Essentially, he was shifting culpability. He should have taken responsibility for what he said. If he misspoke, he will be forgiven; but shifting the blame for his utterances is uncalled for.

His jabs and uppercuts at “Diaspora based internet warrior” was careless. If he didn’t already know, well, this is the time for him to know: billions and billions of information are online; millions of people around the world conduct businesses online; thousands of schools and institutions are internet based; and indeed, because of the continuing integration of global systems, millions of people, on a daily basis, go online to do what needs to be done. Until the last decade or thereabout, the preferred place for gathering information was the physical library or field work. Today, the internet holds much more information than any physical space in any library can ever accommodate. And so, there is no shame being an “internet warrior” safely ensconced in the safety and “comfort of American suburbia.”

Utomi blames everybody but himself. He went on to say “the central truth of my public life is that democracy is about accountability, not just in terms of financial propriety, but also in terms of stewardship for responsibility…The more irritating part is that anybody who is familiar with my views will know I have always worried about obsession with yesterday to the detriment of tomorrow.” Wow, this is clearly a man who is worried about and has his mind firmly set on the judgment of history and posterity. That being the case, a simple advice is in order here: he should be careful of his pronouncements. He cannot have it both ways: he cannot say and unsay, he cannot seem to be endorsing corrupt practices and at the same time condemn it.

To the extent that Professor Utomi is calling for civility and liberalism in public discourse, he is correct. No one should ever advocate or acquiesce to destructive and iniquitous public discourse -- discourses that are not likely to add value to our national culture and political space. That said, we cannot, in the name of civility and open-mindedness allow doublespeak, hypocrisy or self-serving and calculated speeches meant to deceive the uneducated, the unsophisticated and the gullible. We cannot, as a young and growing society frown on or berate those who question their leaders or doubt their truthfulness even if from intellectuals like Chief Patrick Okedinachi Utomi.

No one has a monopoly of wisdom. And no one should be afraid to speak up if and when they sense misdirection or duplicity in the public discourse. No society can thrive without its intellectual class. At the same time, no society can prosper without those bold enough to question, to doubt and to call to order the misplacement of thought by its learned. As James Baldwin intoned, “The obligation of anyone who thinks of himself as responsible is to examine society and try to change it and to fight it -- at no matter what risk.” An earlier essay may be deemed unpleasant to the learned Chief, but it was necessary for the sake of our country. No aspersions or disrespect was intended.

Finally, it needed to be pointed out that there was an air of contempt, of deplorable hubris in the totality of what Pat Utomi said. That he roams the Nigerian political/intellectual landscape unchallenged, does not give him the license to speak condescendingly to those who disagree with his position. He may be used to reporters kowtowing to his every wish; he may be used to his domestic audiences’ silence and acceptance of his blanket assertions, but he should not expect the same of “Diaspora based internet warrior in the comfort of American suburbia.” To be a big fish in River Benue is not the same as being a small fish in the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean .

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Judas i ve heard .
Who has heard this name Maryrose?

Please i need more info on the nation of Israel.

How did they settle in there present location?
Where were they before the settlement?
is it possible to hold Jewish nationality as a Nigerian?

Its our day.
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Your case is a peculiar 1, as you said you don't have a personal bank statement.
If you need assistance as regards your bank statement , you can contact me on the email.

The immigration guys at the airport are crooks .

They sometimes look at the face b4 asking for settlement.

If you are travelling for the 1st time its a tug of war, because they know you are naive and excited they will capitalise on it, to intimidate and threaten you.

My last experience with 1 was a drama, he asked for dollars from me, i told him i can't give him.He delayed me and we exchanged blows, i was subsequently arrested,I indentified myself and i reported him to his superior, i later heard he was transfered from the airport.

You have to know your ground and be bold when they ask you stupid questions.

They are crooks at the Lagos international airport , i don't know of Abuja.

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The basis for the refusal sounds inconclusive.
Were you the one sponsoring yourself?
If not was there any other statement used ?
Were u applying for masters or Degree Course?
How much did you pay to the school?
Was there right for a full appeal?

If these questions are answered , am sure i can proffer a solution.

Its true, a cousin of mine just returned with serious bodily injuries, he was stabbed severally on the stomach and chest.He survived by the skin of his teeth.
Its a season to be patriotic, be a true Nigerian by voicing your compalints about the South Africans treatment to Nigerians.

I suggest a protest letter be written and sent to all south african representatives in Nigeria from MTN , dstv , embassy
No wonder the govt came the last month to warn Nigerians about travelling to SA.
More measures should be adopted to wade off the Mandela people.

Long live 9ja

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Since the announcement by the Ekiti State government that Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, will be directing an epic historical movie on the 19th century Yoruba civil-war, the centre seems not to be holding among the stakeholders in the Nigerian Motion Picture industry otherwise known as Nollywood.

While a few perceive the development as welcoming, others hold a contrary view as they accuse Soyinka as never being a believer in Nollywood. But what may be hidden under the guise of annoyance towards the Nobel Prize winner, Trends learnt, may be fear for the high international profile Soyinka has. They are however maintaining that he should follow due process in procedures guiding the movie industry in order to excel in the film he is about to direct.

The Ekiti State government through its Senior Special Assistant on public communication, Mr. Moses Jolayemi and the producer of the film, Chief Jimoh Aliu announced some few weeks ago that Soyinka is to direct and act as the principal consultant to the production team that would produce Kiriji, a movie about the Yoruba-civil war of the 19th century being sponsored by the Ekiti State government.

Soyinka, it was gathered, would not only act in the film, he agreed to write the English sub-title of the film as well as provide the foreign actors and actresses who would act the roles of European colonialists in the movie.

To show the extent of involvement of the prolific writer, he has put a stop to his personal projects to make sure that the film would be one of the most celebrated epic films about the Yoruba race in history.

Soyinka, who has on a number of occasions both at home and abroad berated Nollywood once referred to it as the N-word. He said he decided to take the offer due to the level of passion and interest shown by the sponsors of the film.

“I don’t want to leave you with any doubt about my commitment to this project. The history of the black people is paramount to me. This is because the history of Africa has not been told by we black people, but rather it has been told through the eyes of other people who use it to suit their own purposes,” he said during the meeting with representatives of the state government but the battle line seems to be drawn by die-hard Nollywood stakeholders as they say Soyinka should not expect the project to be all rosy considering the hard criticisms and utter disregard the Nobel laureate has for the industry.