Between CAN, the people and the Government.

A showdown is imminent from the stance of the Federal Government on the proposed oil subsidy removal. The people on their part are also not relenting and they are unflinching despite promises of palliatives. Different associations, groups and bodies are taking their positions on this contentious issue.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) headed by Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has been in the news for one or two reasons recently. He recently said Nigerians should be allowed to carry guns so as to reduce this rate of insecurity. I wonder if carrying guns will curb that. Rather it will escalate the insecurity level. Just last week, the association threw its weight behind the proposed oil subsidy removal, arguing that the Federal Government must just convince Nigerians that the gains from the exercise will be judiciously managed for the benefit of the masses. He was represented by the secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Pastor Wale Adefarasin at a symposium on Christian unity.

Truly, I doubt if this is a true representation of Christians in Nigeria. I believe the masses who bears the brunt of previous subsidy removal and who will bear the brunt of the proposed one are unanimous in their total opposition of it.

This is a call for Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor to consult with the people before making pronouncements on issues that affect them.

Gaddafi and Nigeria

It’s no surprise that some Nigerians also celebrated the death of Muhamar Gaddafi, the ex-leader and tyrant of Libya. He won’t be forgotten easily both in Libya and the rest of the world. There are some people who think the dictator did more good than harm to the people of Libya. I look closely at the arguments of Nigerians concerning the dead dictator and all I can see is that this judgement is spread mostly across religious divide.

Gaddafi was said to have killed opposition and wasn’t ready to hand over power but to one of his sons. From all the negatives, I never for once read that he mismanaged or impoverished the people of Libya. When I read some of his achievements within the borders of Libya, including the assistance he provided to some African Countries in paying their debt, I was dumfounded. Libya had a big and good economy with one of the cheapest petrol. Electricity was provided for the people for free. He was a dictator and tyrant and his people and western world did not like that. Sincerely, I think there is an ulterior motive behind NATOs invasion.

I asked myself this question; which Nigerian leader in the past and present has achieved just a little of what Gaddafi achieved. Some have hailed the death of Gaddafi while others have condemned it. But we as Nigerians should reflect on it. Let’s just imagine if we could get just a little of those achievements. How much life would have been easy for us? Just to show how pathetic we are, we prefer a democracy that the only people who benefit from it are the political elites. There are other lessons to learn from his life and death. He ruled for more than forty years. Could he have believed he would die in such manner? This is a lesson to our leaders. One day, Nigerians will be fed up with all their ineptitude. Libyans had a better government under Gaddafi than Nigerian has ever had under anyone. If they can so no to him, then Nigerians too will one day revolt.

Gaddafi was brave and he said he’ll rather die for what he believed in. His final words was ‘do you know what is right or wrong?’. He may not know what is right or wrong, but do we Nigerians know what is right for us? Can we go to any length to fight for what is ours? Do our leaders possess passion to live and die for what they believe in? They’ll rather run out of the country than stay here to suffer like the masses.

I implore us all to sit and think about our lives; what we believe in; to what length can we go to fight corrupt leaders. Like some Lagosians will say’ even if Fashola is corrupt, they prefer his own corruption. I am sure those people will enjoy Gaddafi’s tyranny more.

Lest I forget, Gaddafi is dead and Libyans have enormous task of rebuilding and surpassing his achievement. But we Nigerians too should learn, think and act towards liberating ourselves from the shackles of insensitive government

A country where no one ask questions

The Local Government Election in Lagos has come and gone and most of Lagosians are indifferent about the outcome. There was evidence of voter’s apathy; so much reason why people refused to come out to vote. The closest government to the people which includes the Local government, the Action Congress of Nigeria’s Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) as well as the wards have made no impact on the people. Some have questioned what their duties are and others have called for the scrapping of the Local Governments.

The Local governments ought to be agents of developments in the grassroots, and this ought to be the reasons for the creation of the Local Council Developmental Areas.  The new LCDAs seem to be a way of creating more positions for the increasing number of people seeking political posts. I have never been an advocate of creation of more Local Governments or states because it is obvious some of the States and Local Governments are not self-sustaining but rely heavily if not solely on allocation from the Federal Government.

It’s disheartening when I see the calibre of people jostling for the positions in the wards and local governments. These positions have been left to the semi-illiterates who have no idea what governance or administration is all about. There is still the question of the legality of the LCDAs and the issue of transparency regarding how the allocations are being shared amongst the LGAs and LCDAs.

(Good) news on subsidy

The minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke has said categorically that kerosene will not be affected in the federal government’s proposed removal of subsidy in the oil sector. Though she said the subsidy on kerosene was totally inefficient. How come kerosene subsidy which is inefficient is left while the subsidy on petrol is been removed? She also said part of the reason the government will keep subsidizing kerosene was that there is no alternative fuel to give to the people. I come to think if there is an alternative to the petrol being subsidized.

We really thank her for shedding some lights on the deceits the government is putting forth to the people. It’s either the government is taking us on a ride or we are just being mocked. I also remember the President, GEJ saying the money which ought to be used to subsidize petroleum product will be used to provide mosquito nets. I am sure the President wasn’t serious about that because I remember we got those nets few weeks ago. And come to think of it, is mosquito net our major problem?

Greatest, biggest football match

The Liverpool and Manchester United match of last weekend was so drab. Even the whitewash of Arsenal by Manchester United was more entertaining. When Sir Alex Ferguson before the match said Liverpool and Manchester United match is the biggest and greatest football rivalry, I doubted him for the first time. Could such a match be compared to Real Madrid and Barcelona matches?

Save for the last twenty minutes with the introduction of Rooney, Nani and Hernandez the match would have ended without any entertaining moment. In my opinion, the Manchester derby coming up this weekend is far greater than the Liverpool and Manchester United match

The real ‘shit’ is taking longer to come

Shit business is truly serious business. Many make a living from the business of human faeces and some get stupendously rich with it. Babatunde Nurudeen Omidina otherwise called Baba Suwe has been in custody of Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for some days. He is suspected to have ingested some hard drugs according to the reports.

The NDLEA boss has come out to clarify some issues. He said they are not interested in newspaper investigation but this has been the case so far. It is reported that Baba Suwe (has the comedian is popularly called) has excreted three times without traces of the drugs. Meanwhile, the NDLEA boss earlier said it takes about three excretions for the drug to come out or in rare cases four. So, Baba Suwe’s case may be among the rare one.

I only hope there are no high powered negotiations going on behind the scene because the wait for this expensive shit is getting tiresome.

The oracle has spoken

Now that the oracle has spoken, your opinion doesn’t really matter anymore. The local government election is almost here and many political parties are fielding candidates for the election. It’s laughable that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is fielding candidates in all Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) which I am not sure of their legality. I expected the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) not to have also fielded candidates in those Local Council Development Areas because they have always claimed to respect the rule of law.

There is widespread discontent amongst the people regarding the under-performance and non- performance of the incumbent chairman of most of the LCDAs. It’s so obvious to the extent that there is internal tussle not to return most of them. ACN which is the most acceptable political party in the south western Nigeria ought to have acted on the people’s opinion but alas all the chairmen were returned.

The chairman of the Lagos State Chapter of the ACN said since the Governor was returned for second term thus all LCDA chairmen too should be returned. So, despite their non-performance they should be returned, but at whose detriment. It shows that the ACN doesn’t even practice internal democracy nor does it value the feelings and opinion of the masses that will vote for it (that is, if the votes actually count). This issue also came up during the last general election where some of the candidates fielded by ACN were imposed on the people.

Just as it has always been, the (most) respected man (the oracle) came forth and told everyone to accept all the candidates. And trust my people, they accepted the oracles verdict. Let’s wait to see if the people accepted the oracles saying and if they will it’s going to be another long years of no-development

Good African culture replaced by western conceited culture

The religious people who think the world is coming to an end are very mistaken. The world isn’t ending any time soon based on our understanding of time. Nonetheless, the world of each one of us is coming to an end. Generations before ours have claimed the world is coming to an end due to the mysterious signs seen such as; man’s inhumanity to man, as well as the prevalence of moral decadence etc. What we have realized is that it is those generation that are no more, not the world.

I SMH (shake my head) with concern and grief when I watched the video of the child been crushed by a van in China. Passersby walked by without the thought of helping the child. The Chinese Government has a regulation on/against? helping the victim of an accident.  Could it be so bad that because people are not willing to pay a fine illegally charged on them, they decided to leave the child to die? Though this happened far away in China, if we are not careful such may start happening in our society.

We seem to be forgetting our good cultural values of morality and care for our kinsmen. The western culture which we are inculcating makes our neighbours total stranger to us. I wonder how many people know who their neighbour really is. I will find it strange if an elder can correct the child of his/her neighbour. All we fancy is dressing naked, riding in expensive cars and showing-off to others our ill-gotten wealth.

There has been widespread criticism about the event of the child. The child is in coma and lots of questions are been asked regarding the morality of not just the people who walked past the child but the society at large.

Even Fashola has no problem with bend-down-select

Nigerian people just have this love for used things. From cars, airplanes, electrical gadgets and even the popular bend-down-select clothes are what majority settle for.

It was with awe that I read that the Governor of Lagos State defended the procurement of used coaches for the light rail project. He claimed that the government isn’t paying for the coaches but the concessionaire is paying for them. 

The concession itself is a topic for another day because majority of projects in Lagos are assisted projects. I won’t be surprised if his ardent supporters don’t accept we the masses are paying for this directly because we will be the end users. The coaches are 15 years old and are in good condition according to him. The governor said it will take a period of about eight years to build new coaches so the best option is to buy the used ones.

I wish them luck in the purchase and use of the bend-down-select light rail coaches and I hope it would be durable enough for Nigerian environment.

Rape and rape again

Hardly a week goes by and there won’t be news about a new rape case. It’s either an old one is dug up or an entirely new one happens. Many haven’t forgotten about the ABSU rape case and if you are still adamant on watching the video please click here. 

After this case, a lot more cases have come to the fore front. Some NGOs organized peaceful protest and some actors have ridden on this case to promote their movies which relates to rape or domestic violence.

For those who are in touch with the streets, they know that rape cases aren’t new nor strange. It happens like every other day and just a little fraction of it gets publicized. We can all condemn rape but the victims are the ones who can truly help reduce or totally curb the menace. We just need victims of rape to come out to stand as witness not victims against the perpetrators.

Drama of arrest and bail

I have been finding it difficult to write nowadays. I think the inspiration hasn’t been coming. I have been trying too hard not to concentrate on serious issues affecting our society but to settle for humour. However, this is difficult because most things I see have been making me not too happy.

It’s no longer news that three governors were arrested. One of them was actually playing hide and seek with the Economic and Financial crimes Commission (EFCC) until he got tired of hiding. I have been abstaining from commenting on the issue for two reasons. Firstly, I was waiting for the outcome of the drama. Secondly, I did not want to be negative because of my premonition that the whole arrest is a ruse.

The former governor of Oyo State, Alao Akala has been granted bail of N500m. Hours later, the former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel was also granted bail with almost the same bail condition. I have nothing against the decision of the court. My plight is that the accused can easily meet this bail conditions. Chief Olu Falae once said that the political elites have amassed so much wealth and they use the wealth to suppress the masses and they will have this edge over us for a long time.

For a long time to come we are going to witness lots of drama between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and ex- public office holders. But someday, the masses will rise against all the injustice the judicial and law enforcements agency won’t correct.

Mancini lost the game, Tevez was to blame

Roberto Mancini was quick to say that Carlos Tevez refused to come in as a substitute in their loss to Bayern Munich at the Alianz Arena. Roberto Mancini went to Germany with so much confident of winning. Looking at their performance so far in the English premiership, they have been so impressive. But I think he failed to accept the fact that Bayern Munich is also brilliant in the Budesliga. If Barcelona is the team of Spain then it is not wrong calling Bayern the team of Germany.

Tevez has for some time made a requested to leave the club. That was the reason Mancini bought Sergio Aguero to replace him. He also bought so many other stars which to my opinion have covered up for Tevez if he insists on leaving. I now find it strange if Mancini can’t accept he failed to win that game instead of blaming a Tevez who hasn’t made any impact this season.

This may be the beginning of problems to come in the Mancini project.

Questionable patriotism of the eagles

One thing that keeps us going as Nigerians is the ability to accept fate no matter how bad it is for us. Though, we did not qualify for the nation’s cup, I still believe we can qualify and win the European Champions League.

After the last qualifying match which we lost, blames have been traded. The man who is to blame, our able Prophet has clarified issues. He said he only predicted we won’t qualify. I hope the football governing body in Nigeria will save us so much money of hiring coaches and just stick to the prophet’s vision. At least we’ll know which matches to play or not to play since he knows the ones we’ll win. Please NFF or NFA, save us some money and employ the prophet full time.

The friendly match against Ghana according to the NFF was supposed to be a consolation. I wonder if they realized majority of Nigerians are not interested in the match. But what really interested was the timing of Osaze Odemwingies’ departure. I received it with raised eye brows. I was not surprised when Roy Hodgson the boss of West Bromwich Albion denied the reports that the striker was undergoing any surgery.

The Nigerian coach Samson Siasia claimed the striker was leaving the London camp to undergo a surgery which has now been debunked by the strikers club. This calls to question the patriotism of some of Nigerian players. Obviously, some of them feel they are doing the nation a favour by playing. I pray the NFF looks into this and necessary disciplinary action is taken against the coach and player for deceiving Nigerians.

Starting out late in life

Our society which is unfair to all and sundry has taken its toll on people. The education system is below par.  Students who are supposed to be in school for a particular period of time end up spending more years than expected. Industrial /labour actions like strike is so prevalent, coupled with maladministration in the tertiary institution. And this goes on.

The age barrier is usually used by employers of labour to reduce the number of applicants for applying for job openings . A lot of people are finding it hard to secure their dream job. Even the available jobs cannot go round when compared with number of graduates that are been churned out into the labour market.

A lot people in the labour market realize after some years that their dream jobs may not be forthcoming. Thus with these and other reasons, a lot of people start out in life pretty late. The ladies are mostly affected by this. It’s so depressing for some, while others turn to vices to make ends meet.

The lots who turn to vices find it hard to start legitimate business in a small way. Even a lot are even scared of starting at all stating stigma as reason. For any reading this that falls into any of these categories, it is never too late to start from somewhere.

Perhaps, may be you have to work harder and be more creative to meet up with those who are lucky to secure that job early. Life gives each of us a lot of opportunities and this situation which looks bleak is your opportunity to create so much from nothing. Let’s not forget those who find it tougher in the beginning get it right and get it better in the end.

When religion restricts us

The relationship between the two major religions in Nigeria has always been a precarious one. Both are wary of each other. The international community believes the north is populated majorly by the Muslims while the southerners are mostly Christians.

The traditional indigenous religions are almost forgotten, but to some extent they hold sway in some areas. The followers of the two other major religions have always accused each other of excesses ranging from violence to noise pollution.

But it is unacceptable when activities of the traditional worshippers affect our lives adversely. This is the case of the ORO festival which is still been practiced in some parts of Lagos state and other western states. Restriction is placed on movement of people within a whole community irrespective of how sensitive a person’s job or purpose of going out is.

It is so sad that people are told not to put on lights in their various homes. In most instances women are told to come out of their homes. This is too much as a particular religion cannot place ban on movement of people who don’t believe in their doctrine. The various governments have supported the moves of such religious bodies by allowing them to have their way.

It is high time the government bans such moves by the traditional religious worshippers. So many productive hours are lost when such ban takes place. People can’t continue living under the shadow of such traditional religions….

London riots; Federal Government ought to have issued travel advice

It’s actually not strange to hear of pockets of violence in at least one part of the country on at least a daily basis and it doesn’t stop an average Nigerian from visiting such place if a business opportunity surfaces. I have never been out of the shores of this country so don’t know if it is peculiar to Nigeria.

It is not strange when this western world issue travel advice to its citizen against visiting Nigeria whenever there is a reported case of violence. Whenever I read of such, the impression passed to people outside this country is that Nigeria is a war zone. Our successive government has done little to stop this negative PR and our press also takes a big chunk of the blame in it’s over zealousness in passing messages across to the outside world.

The London riot was bigger than how the BBC portrayed it. They made it look minimal. I was thinking at the time of the riots the Nigerian Government will issue travel advice to we Nigerians against visiting England. No, they did not. Though you and I know we would not have heeded the government’s advice. Government doing this would have succeeded in not advising us but letting the western world know that we too are capable of negative PR for their country too.

For those of you with valid visa to the United States or any European country, if you hear of any reported violence there don’t hesitate to throw the visa in the trash can. Don’t wait for our government because they will never tell you not to visit Afghan even with the spate of insecurity there.

Labour unions and its bluffs

It would be shame on me if I let the government’s plans of removing subsidy go without voicing my opposition to it. As long as you don’t belong among the corrupt class who take their position high up there, you will be adversely affected by this. It’s still very strange to me that the government that claims to come to power with the vote of the people will not listen to our cries.

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) over the weekend said it would accept the subsidy removal based on certain conditions. This position is not strange to me because I never believed the differing labour agencies are sincere in the struggle for the common man. I am certain they are in this country all these years to witness the previous subsidy removal and the failed promises of government of improving life of its citizenry. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on its part said it would under no circumstances accept the removal of the fuel subsidy. I won’t delve into what constitutes the said subsidy such as freight, insurance and demurrage has it makes no meaning to the common man.

I wait to see if the umbrella bodies of our labour unions will at this period prove to Nigerians that they are truly on their side. I doubt it but will wait to see the outcome of their bluffs to the government.

Self-immolation (a better way for Boko Haram and MEND to pass their message to the government)

Many groups of people who feel they have been marginalized or treated unfairly by government can go to any extent to correct the injustice. When I read about what these monks do to themselves I was shocked. Read the third paragraph below.

The Boko Haram sects are so vicious that they can blow up everyone just to get a sharia state. The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger-Delta will kidnap even an albino just to get ransom. There are many other groups with different methods but unfortunately have been quashed by government.

Buddhist Monks in a Tibetan part of China set themselves ablaze to protest lack of freedom of expression and worship. The monks believe the Chinese authority is suppressing the Tibetan culture. How I wish Boko Haram will use this method to attract governments attention rather than killing innocent people. And I can assure (pronounced a-ssu-a) you, our government will pay more attention to their plight.

Palestine Statehood (How will Nigeria vote?)

“As a non-permanent member of the 15-nation body United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Nigeria will cast a vote on Palestinians’ bid to have a nation of their own. This vote may be the decisive vote that will free Palestine from humiliation, oppression, pain and death. Although the Obama Administration has promised a rogue veto once the voting is in favor of Palestine, US and Israel have been putting enormous lobbying resources and crude pressure on the members of the UNSC, including Nigeria, to prevent the need and shame of using the veto. At this crucial time, the Nigerian government, media and people must do the right thing; we must remember the glorious role we played in supporting the victims of the racist policy of apartheid in South Africa, examine our conscience and do the right thing again. There is no reason for us to behave differently now because the policy that Israel pursues in the occupied territories is similar to that of Apartheid. President Goodluck Jonathan must consider very seriously the choices that Nigeria has to make: support the oppressed in throwing off the yoke of oppression or turn her face away from oppression. If Nigeria opposed apartheid in the 80s, why should she tolerate it 20 years later? Nigeria already recognizes the Palestinian nation and voting against its legalization at the UN will be a direct contradiction to our foreign policy objectives in relation to the conflict. As it did during the dark era of Apartheid, Nigeria must now show its true friendship towards the oppressed and not succumb to the tremendous pressure that the US will put on the administration to vote against the bid or abstain. Nothing will benefit Nigeria by abstaining or voting against freedom for the oppressed. It is clear to the whole world that US is a partner-in- crime to Israel. Such a blatantly biased party cannot claim to be a peace broker and convener of any credible negotiation that the Palestinians should commit their future to. The Jerusalem Post ( 20/09/11 ) reports that “Ehud Barak has convinced Nigeria to not support the Palestinian statehood bid, statement from the Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday. As part of the lobbyi ng efforts, Defense Minister Ehud Barak met in New York Tuesday with President Goodluck Jonathan. The meeting was set up about a week earlier, and – according to the statement put out by Barak’s office – was coordinated both with Netanyahu and the US.”

The Permanent Secretary of Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has denied this report. Palestinians have endured over 40 years of the most brutal occupation, including 18 years of useless negotiations- a theatrical exhibition organized by the U S to provide excuse for Israel to intensify and consolidate illegal settlement expansion activities. Palestinians have carried out peaceful protests to shake off a long running oppression and acts of racism. Thousands of their sons and daughters are in Israeli jails for no other reason than their refusal to be slaves in their own homeland. The people of Gaza, still living under siege, have become guinea pigs for Israel to field-test and eventually market new horrific weapons specifically designed for powerless urban populations, such as white phosphorous bombs, and remote controlled predator drones which it used purposely to target children playing on roofs. During Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in December 2008 , U.S-supplied F-16s rained hellfire on a trapped people and ethnic cleansing became full scale genocide. On October 4, 2006 , 135 former presidents, prime ministers, foreign and defense ministers, congressional leaders and heads of international organizations issued a joint call for urgent international action to end Palestinian misery. In their statement, they declared that the conflict must end in order to assure “security and full recognition to the state of Israel within internationally recognized borders, and end to the occupation for the Palestinian people in a viable independent, sovereign state, and the return of lost land”. The World Conference against Racism (WCAR), an international event organized by UNESCO, in the edition held in Durban (31 Aug-18 Sept 2001 ) themed “World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance”, declared Israeli’s state policy of Zionism and treatment of the Palestinians as racism. It was at this event that Nigeria led other nations to demand for apologies (from countries responsible for slavery, recognition of it as a crime against humanity) and for reparations. These are some of the facts that Nigeria must remember at this crucial time that God has placed it in a position to set a whole nation free from tyranny and oppression. These are the important things to remember when taking decisions on the crucial vote at the Security Council. The United States and Israel know they are playing a losing game. They have placed themselves on the wrong side of justice and have refused to take important lesions in history. Majority of world nations support the Palestinian right to statehood. It is in our national interest to stand for justice at this junction in history. Nigeria now has an important opportunity to make its voice heard through its vote at the UNSC and make a difference. Let us change the world together and grant to the Palestinians, Christians and Muslims, the promise we all need as human beings: The promise of dignity.
By Disu Kamor
Culled from the Vanguard

Airline Operation in Nigeria - Delayed Flights

Alright, I do not claim to be a frequent air traveler and neither have I travelled out of the shores of the country.  But on behalf of the frequent air travelers of our nation, I voice out.

Is it fair? Every time I get to the airport on time to catch a flight, the airline *intentionally* delay the flight for at least 45 MINUTES! Sometimes, it could be worse; I have been delayed for as long as 1HOUR 30 MINUTES–3HOURS for a 45MINUTES (approximately) flight to Lagos or Abuja. Really, if it would take an airline approximately 5HOURS to commute to Abuja/Lagos, I wouldn’t mind settling for a EKENEDILICHUKWU which commutes for like 8HOURS and are always Just-In-Time.

There are also times, when I get to the airport late- due to no fault of mine, but because of traffic- that I miss the flight. WHAT? And I am just about 5-10 MINUTES late! The airlines are always so pleased to inform that you have missed your flight and are more than eager to refer you to their booking/ticketing section where you pay almost the same amount to reschedule your flight. Seriously, if the airlines don’t respect their scheduled flight time, why should I?

No doubt, the most frequent air travelers are business men, who have time-critical appointment to keep, time-sensitive clients to meet and hectic schedules that demands being on time. Our airlines don’t seem to understand that, it is much more than comfort that make travelers board an airplane to their destination. Some just want to be in time. Of course, time is money. Seems most of our airline staff need to attend a class in time management to appreciate being on time just like this business man do.

By: eeNDee; A guest blogger on Truth_Hurts.

I know something Samsom Siasia doesn't know

Everyone just realized there is something wrong with football administration in Nigeria. The players played lazily and truly we deserved the result we got. Sir Alex Fergusen is never blamed for Manchester United woes; instead it’s his players that are to be blamed. Wenger is always to be blamed because he is stingy and won’t buy quality players. Abrahamovic is always to be blamed because he is never patient enough with the managers.

Who do we blame for the woes of Nigerian football? I used to think Samson Siasia coaches to make our players play entertaining football. I did not see that in their performance on Saturday against Guinea. He used to be successful but I did not see any brilliance within the ranks.

I have just one advice for him; if he should be retained as the national team coach, he should settle for players without a name because he is more successful with such players. If Siasia ends up reading this, I want a ‘thank you’ from him. Now I am a football coach….lolz

Relationship doctor is here

If you pay some amount of money into my account and you answer some questions I ask about your relationship, I can tell if your relationship will last or not. Some will say it’s not possible. It’s actually possible, but I won’t tell you if the relationship is meant to be or not if you can’t see that yourself.

It’s easy for outsiders to predict if a relationship is heading for the rocks or not. I have always advice people to take a look at their relationship as an outsider; this will give them a good evaluation of what they are really into. A guy or lady forcing himself on another will one day get heartbroken.

In as much as we should be tolerant, there is no reason hanging on to a person who possesses traits we can’t cope with. Hoping to change a person won’t ever work. They will remain who they are, or will only change for just a short time.

There are a few people out of relationship. Some are very desperate for one. The key is to be calm about it because lots of guys out there will do anything to get between pretty ladies legs. It’s funny that some ladies too are out to massacre guys too.

Tolerance; never seek for perfection because it doesn’t exist; forget that dream tall handsome guy in your dreams; be down to earth; money isn’t everything; you can never hold him or her down with sex no matter how powerful; expect little and give what you can; be concerned with every aspect of your partners life; never be too busy; and most importantly, hold on to your ideals

A change is going to come...

For how long do we have to wait to enjoy the basics of life? For how long do the poor have to pay for the inept of the rich? For how long do we have to make the sacrifice?

Government for the umpteenth time plans to remove the subsidy on petroleum, products. Since the 1970s when the pump price of petrol was as low as 8kobo, Government have been removing subsidy and till now we have nothing to show for it. For every time there has always been a promise of providing palliative measures which we never see. The subsidy being removed is promised to be used to provide more infrastructures. We never see that too.

Any economist or elite who supports the fuel subsidy reduction is either benefiting from it; will not be adversely affected; or is totally ignorant of what people go through.

The government must be WICKED or ignorant of the repercussion of this impending action. The N18,000 minimum wage is still being argued upon after several years. The said minimum wage is only for the public sector workers. So what happens to the private sector workers? What happens to the unemployed who are even more?

People around the world are now standing to challenge government. From the Arab springs to the European nations and even the United States, it is obvious there is going to be a class war. The elites, the politicians will be on one hand and the suffering masses on the other. Any other class of people who feels the government is on the right path is definitely against the masses.

It’s time we stopped listening to big grammar and go back to the days of stones, bottles and destroying the elite’s property. I know for sure, if the average politicians who benefits from impoverishing us is targeted then they will know we mean business. I’m sorry if this incites violence, but we need more than that to get what we want because our pleas and arguments are not heard.

naija people love Steve Jobs more...

"Steven Jobs rest in piece'. Haba! Imagine a post reading such. Is it by force to show that you are in tune with reality? Steven Jobs, Haba!


This is a name so many haven't heard not to mention the personality behind the name.
How come everyone is saying something about this man. Is it because we all love to be part of his success. If this were as it is the reason, it would have been a little understandable. Some people just say something, anything or just type his name re-christened  just to pass a message to friends that they are in touch with happenings. Mscheew.

Just like 'my learned colleague' said 'i dont have an Iphone,Ipad, I don't shop from Itune all because Ibroke.


However RIP Steve Job.