Mr Olumide's Blog .com |
- Man poses with his topless wife and breast cancer survivor | Mr Olumide's Blog
- Please I Don't Want To Stand Surety for Nnamdi Kanu Again – Senator Abaribe
- Vacancy: KPMG Nigeria Graduate Trainee Programme 2017
- Ooni Of Ife Celebrates His Birthday At His Palace
- Nigerian Lady Rendered Homeless by Benue Flood gives birth to Triplets
- Popular Actor Mr Ibu Celebrates His 55th Birthday
- Beautiful Lady Who's UNILAG Best Graduating Student Dies Few Days To Convocation
- CNN Says Nigerians Are Wondering Why Jacob Zuma Has A Statue In Their Country
- Check Out Beautiful Transformation Of Twins Sisters
- ISIS threatens terror attacks on 2018 World Cup finals in Russia | Mr Olumide's Blog
- Nicki Minaj channels Sade Adu for T magazine,admits she sometimes feels like giving up | Mr Olumide's Blog
- OAP Freeze Calls Out Pastor Paul Adefarasin?
- 88 year-old German grandma is sentenced to 6 months in jail for Holocaust denial | Mr Olumide's Blog
- Businessman defrauds bank of N335m | Mr Olumide's Blog
- Heartbroken man shares photos of his girlfriend alive and dead | Mr Olumide's Blog
- So Sad! MonkeyPox Patient Commits Suicide
- Nigerian Goal Keeper Makes La Liga History
- Why Teenage Girl Stab Her Boyfriend To Death In Lagos
- World Bank Disagrees With FG… "Cost Of Your Debts Not Sustainable"
- Police Officers Redeployed For "Selling Detained Suspects To Ritualists"?
- Police redeploy officers for allegedly ‘selling detained suspects to ritual killers’ | Mr Olumide's Blog
- Mother kills her two toddler kids by placing them in oven | Mr Olumide's Blog
- Olu Famous Blog Opens Comment For Readers
- Okorocha and Jacob Zuma’s statue by Reuben Abati | Mr Olumide's Blog
- I'm dangerously selfishly in love with you-Tonto Dikeh celebrates her son as he turns 20months old | Mr Olumide's Blog
| Man poses with his topless wife and breast cancer survivor | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 17 Oct 2017 04:26 AM PDT |
| Please I Don't Want To Stand Surety for Nnamdi Kanu Again – Senator Abaribe Posted: 17 Oct 2017 04:14 AM PDT  Senator Abaribe, who stood as surety for the IPOB leader has asked the court to be relieved of that role, and also applied to the court to refund the N100 million bond he earlier agreed to be given as part of Kanu's bail condition. It was gathered that Abaribe in his motion, cited what he described as the invasion of Nnamdi Kanu's residence on September 11, during which a confrontation occurred between IPOB supporters and the Nigerian Army. According to the motion, Abaribe said Kanu has not been seen since the September clashes between soldiers and IPOB members. "Since the stated visit of the Nigerian Army to the residence of the first defendant from September 11, 2017, the second respondent in this suit (Mr. Kanu) has not been seen in public, neither has he been reported as making any statement on any issue. "Since September 20, the reports have been that the federal government has proscribed IPOB, and declared it a terrorist organization. "The activities of the Nigerian Army as affecting the second defendant are matters of state secret incapable of being unravelled by the applicant, which activities have put the second defendant out of the reach of the applicant, such that the applicant cannot reasonably be expected to produce the second defendant before this court. "The applicant lacks capacity to produce the person stated by the first respondent (government) as a terrorist or a person who is of interest to the applicant," Abaribe begged. Meanwhile, Kanu's lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, told the court that his whereabouts has been unknown since September 14 after IPOB confrontation with army, claiming that Kanu is in the army's custody. The court session is still ongoing as at the time of filing this report. The embattled leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, was absent in court for his alleged treason trial.  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Vacancy: KPMG Nigeria Graduate Trainee Programme 2017 Posted: 17 Oct 2017 04:14 AM PDT  KPMG Professional Services and KPMG Advisory Services are the KPMG member firm in Nigeria. The partners have been operating in Nigeria since 1978, providing multidisciplinary professional services to both local and international organisations within the Nigerian business community. We are recruiting to fill the position below: Title: Graduate Trainee Programme Auto req ID: 100702BR Location: Lagos Function: Non Function Specific Service Line: Graduate/Campus Engagement Type: Graduate Hire Requirements - Eligible candidates must:
Interested and qualified candidates should click HERE >>  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Ooni Of Ife Celebrates His Birthday At His Palace Posted: 17 Oct 2017 03:39 AM PDT |
| Nigerian Lady Rendered Homeless by Benue Flood gives birth to Triplets Posted: 17 Oct 2017 03:39 AM PDT  According to an activist and philanthropist, the mother can't even afford clean drinking water or food for her newborn babies.  THE PEAK OF HARDSHIP: MRS. EMBER VITALIS, A FLOOD VICTIM WAS DELIVERED OF TRIPLETS YESTERDAY AT HOME, NO HOUSE, NO FOOD, NO HOPE. They are squatting in someone's kitchen and the newborns took well water today. Please help her condition. Thanks!  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Popular Actor Mr Ibu Celebrates His 55th Birthday Posted: 17 Oct 2017 03:39 AM PDT |
| Beautiful Lady Who's UNILAG Best Graduating Student Dies Few Days To Convocation Posted: 17 Oct 2017 03:14 AM PDT  The brilliant young lady died after she complained of a little pain in her hand.     culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| CNN Says Nigerians Are Wondering Why Jacob Zuma Has A Statue In Their Country Posted: 17 Oct 2017 03:14 AM PDT  The two-day visit happened just as South Africa's Supreme Court ruled that President Zuma should face corruption charges for his actions.   culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Check Out Beautiful Transformation Of Twins Sisters Posted: 17 Oct 2017 03:14 AM PDT  Who ever started this beauty product thing for ladies should really be appreciated. Difference is clear!  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| ISIS threatens terror attacks on 2018 World Cup finals in Russia | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 17 Oct 2017 02:51 AM PDT  The terrorist group have published an image of a rifle-carrying ISIS fighter and a bomb in front of a football stadium. The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be played across 11 cities in Russia from 14 June to 15 July, when the final will be played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Posted: 17 Oct 2017 02:51 AM PDT  Speaking on overcoming hurdles,she told the magazine "Sometimes I wake up and say, 'I don't know if I can do this anymore,' you know? I've had those times. I've had those years where I'm just like, 'Am I good enough?' " But she believes in her "ability to withstand what would break the normal girl," she says.. "I kind of love that I've had to go through so many hurdles to get where I am because I feel like I deserve it. I had so much going against me in the beginning: being black, being a woman, being a female rapper. No matter how many times I get on a track with everyone's favorite M.C. and hold my own, the culture never seems to want to give me my props as an M.C., as a lyricist, as a writer. I got to prove myself a hundred times, whereas the guys that came in around the same time as I did, they were given the titles so much quicker without anybody second-guessing.",When asked who she thinks she's influenced, she recalled that around 2 years ago, Kanye West said to her, " 'Every girl I hear rap, I can hear Nicki in her rap.' I didn't ask him who, but that was such a great compliment. Because sometimes you think you're the only one that can hear those types of things.",  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| OAP Freeze Calls Out Pastor Paul Adefarasin? Posted: 17 Oct 2017 02:44 AM PDT  I just saw a post by popular OAP Freeze calling out Pastor Paul Adefarasin of House on the Rock and I smiled. I've tried to ignore this guy and what he's promoting against the Church and I think others who are true Christians should also ignore him. Because a lady who's not paying tithe made some money he started using it as basis. The rich man who died and went to hell and begged Lazarus to drop water on his tongue, how did he live? People can make money without God but Chris asked, "what shall it profit you to gain the world and lose your soul?" Giving offering, paying tithe and living righteously is SECURING your eternity. Any man who sleeps with ladies who left their husband is "committing adultery" and the same person shouldn't be taken seriously when quoting the Bible out of context. Go to America, they have many churches, yet their government is doing its job. But Freeze is trying to confuse people that it's because of churches in Nigeria that you don't have good infrastructure and all sorts of misguided talk. Are churches stopping Buhari's government from doing its work? I urge Pastor Paul Adefarasin and other pastors who have come under the misguided attack of Freeze to see him as a man who needs help emotionally and spiritually. Simple!  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| 88 year-old German grandma is sentenced to 6 months in jail for Holocaust denial | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 17 Oct 2017 02:21 AM PDT  Ursula Haverbeck has often denied the mass murder of millions of Jews by the Nazis, which constitutes incitement of racial hatred under German law. And although she has been convicted on several occasions, she has not served any jail time, as the cases are all still under appeal,Mailonline reports. During a public event at the end of January, Haverbeck repeated her claims, saying it was 'not true' that there were gas chambers at the Auschwitz death camp. She also disputed the fact that 1.1 million people were killed at the concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. During her trial, Haverbeck argued that she was only quoting from a book that she was presenting at the event. She also filed an immediate appeal against Monday's ruling. Dubbed the 'Nazi grandma' by German media, Haverbeck is a notorious extremist who was once chairwoman of a far-right training centre shut down in 2008 for spreading Nazi propaganda. She had also appeared on television to declare that 'the Holocaust is the biggest and most sustainable lie in history'.  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Businessman defrauds bank of N335m | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 17 Oct 2017 02:21 AM PDT  The police said Ekuase fraudulently obtained the sum of N335m from a Union Bank branch at Marina Stallion Plaza on the Lagos Island. PUNCH Metro learnt that Henry had acquired the sum as a loan from the bank to trade in beverages. He was arraigned on Monday on three counts bordering on false pretences and fraud to which he pleaded not guilty. The police prosecutor, Inspector N. Peter, said Henry committed the offence sometime in November 2016. He said the offence was contrary to and punishable under sections 285, 314(1)(a)(b)(2) and 322(3) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015. The charges read in part, "That you, Henry Ekuase, sometime in 2016, at No. 36, Marina Stallion Plaza, Lagos Island, in the Lagos Magisterial District, with intent to defraud, did obtain N335,363,146.76 from Union Bank Nigeria Plc. with pretence of trading in Nestle products, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 314(1)(a)(b)(2) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015. The presiding magistrate, Mrs. Y.O. Aje-Afunwa, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N50m with two sureties in like sum.  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Heartbroken man shares photos of his girlfriend alive and dead | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 17 Oct 2017 02:21 AM PDT |
| So Sad! MonkeyPox Patient Commits Suicide Posted: 17 Oct 2017 02:09 AM PDT  It was gathered that the victim hung himself early yesterday. Bayelsa state government confirmed the development at a joint press conference by commissioners for Information and Orientation, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson and Health, Prof. Ebitimitula Etebu, with the Chief Medical Director, NDUTH, Prof. Dimie Ogoina and other senior health officials. Pro. Etebu said that the deceased was among the 21 suspected cases of "monkey pox" being managed at the NDUTH. He regretted that the patient took his life despite speedily recovering from the disease. He said the patient's medical history did not suggest any mental illness or depression. He maintained that the patient did not die of monkey pox. Etebu said the police and his family had been contacted and all due diligence was being followed for his funeral. The Police are also not suspecting any foul play, as there were no visible marks of violence other than the rope the patient tied around his neck. He should have exercise patience and get better with time. RIP!  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Nigerian Goal Keeper Makes La Liga History Posted: 17 Oct 2017 02:09 AM PDT  The 18-year-old Nigerian, who arrived at the club from Qatar's Aspire Academy in January, produced four important saves to help Deportivo claim a point. "A day that will never disappear from my memory – my debut – thanks all for the support," he said. BBC Sport reports that Uzoho is the youngest foreign goalkeeper to ever play in La Liga.  "He is only 18 and he can barely speak Spanish but I know what he can offer this club," the coach says.  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Why Teenage Girl Stab Her Boyfriend To Death In Lagos Posted: 17 Oct 2017 02:09 AM PDT  Reactions from friends of the deceased suggested that they had a history of violence. The tragic death came three days after Akintoye posted a status update on his Facebook page, wishing his girl, Osazuwa, a happy birthday. The post was accompanied by a selfie of the duo cuddling in the doorway, with an inscription, 'she remains my queen.' He wrote: "Baby, on your birthday, I pray that you get whatever your heart desires. May this special day of yours bring with it God's blessings and love into your life…. I love you." On Saturday, a day after the post, Akintoye took to his timeline again and wrote, "Sometimes, a man needs to die to leave (sic) again." Sadly, on Monday, he was allegedly stabbed to death by Osazuwa. A friend of Akintoye, Onyenma Chibundu, stated that he had been warned several times to stay away from Osazuwa to no avail. "Young Tommy, you were told several times to leave this b***h you took as your GF, you disagreed. Now she has taken your life with her own hands. RIP bro; (I) will forever miss you," he wrote. Another friend of the deceased, identified simply as Jnr Slimzy, also corroborated Chibundu's post, saying he had tried in vain to separate the lovers. "I also warned him. Why as I travel this thing con happen? God knows best brother," he stated. In his post, yet another friend, Jeda Harry, said the death was avoidable if Akintoye had yielded to his warning to quit the relationship with Osazuwa. Grieved Sofia Blessing said it was unfortunate that such fate befell Akintoye "after you told her you loved her on her BD (birthday), she stabbed you. Such wickedness!" According to Punch, a police source said there was a disagreement between them around 8am and he was said to have assaulted the suspect. "The suspect retaliated and stabbed him with a pair of scissors in the chest. He was rushed to a hospital, but he bled to death," the source added.   culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| World Bank Disagrees With FG… "Cost Of Your Debts Not Sustainable" Posted: 17 Oct 2017 01:39 AM PDT  "Nigeria has a decent debt-to-GDP ratio, currently about 19 per cent. It is the debt to revenue ratio that is of concern and that rate is a sustainable issue. That is of concern to us and that is also of concern to the government." The World Bank spoke through its Senior Economist, Gloria Joseph-Raji, on Monday in Abuja, saying that the cost of borrowing or paying interest on Nigeria's debt was not sustainable as revenues to make such payment had dried up. She spoke with Punch on the sidelines of the lunch of Africa Pulse, a biannual report on Africa. Mr.s Adeosun had on Sunday at a press briefing in Washington DC, said that Nigerians would have to tolerate more borrowings in the short term for the government to deliver critical infrastructure. But Joseph-Raji said that dwindling revenues had raised a concern both at the Federal Government and the World Bank on sustainability of Nigeria's borrowings as debt-to-revenue ratio had increased by 25 per cent within a period of one year. Joseph-Raji said, "The government is aware that the debt is looking more unsustainable from the point of debt service to revenue ratio. The estimate we had for last year at the federal level was about 60 per cent. That is coming from about 35 per cent in 2015. "That reflects the substantially lower revenues that Nigeria recorded last year. Even among the state governments; we know that a lot of state governments are servicing a lot of debts from their federation account allocation. So, there is really going to be a sustainable issue emerging."  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Police Officers Redeployed For "Selling Detained Suspects To Ritualists"? Posted: 17 Oct 2017 01:39 AM PDT  He said some residents had alleged that some of the policemen in the division had been selling suspects detained at the station to ritual killers for N80,000 per person. CP Ado said this during a visit of the District Governor, Rotary International, District 9125, Mbanefo Nnoka, and his team to the command headquarters. He said although the allegation was was not confirmed ,the command redeployed the policemen to avoid needless rift. He said the police had investigated the allegation and even asked members of the public with credible information indicting any of the police officers to make such available. He added that no one had come forward with information and evidence to indict any police officer in the state for selling suspects to ritual killers. Ado said, "But we have been redeploying the policemen there. More than half of them have now been transferred and soon, the other half will be redeployed so that even if there is anybody who is involved – which no information has established – we will at least remove him from the area." The CP should know no one will be willing to risk his head to come out and testify against his men.  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Posted: 17 Oct 2017 01:26 AM PDT  He said some residents had alleged that some of the policemen in the division had been selling suspects detained at the station to ritual killers for N80,000 per person. Ado said this during a visit of the District Governor, Rotary International, District 9125, Mr. Mbanefo Nnoka, and his team to the command headquarters. The CP said although the allegation was false, unfounded and untrue, the command redeployed the policemen to avoid needless rift. He said the police had investigated the allegation and even asked members of the public with credible information indicting any of the police officers to make such available. He added that no one had come forward with information and evidence to indict any police officer in the state for selling suspects to ritual killers. Ado said, "But we have been redeploying the policemen there. More than half of them have now been transferred and soon, the other half will be redeployed so that even if there is anybody who is involved – which no information has established – we will at least remove him from the area." Nnoka who oversees Rotary Clubs in 23 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, said Rotary had spent about $7.3bn globally and N300m in Nigeria to fight polio. He urged parents to continue to immunising their children against polio, saying it was sad that there were still some resistance against polio immunisation in Nigeria. Punch  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Mother kills her two toddler kids by placing them in oven | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 17 Oct 2017 01:26 AM PDT  Lamora Williams, a mother of four, was arrested on murder charges after 1-year-old Ja'Karter Penn and 2-year-old Ke-Yaunte Penn were found dead in their Atlanta apartment. The two boys, who were placed in the oven sometime early Friday, were found dead with burn marks on their bodies when cops arrived at the home, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported. Williams called Jameel Penn, the father of her three youngest children, on Friday night to tell him his kids were dead, and he immediately notified the police after seeing the two boys on the floor during the video chat. The father, mourning the loss of his sons at a vigil on Saturday night, said, "I ain't got no soul no more." Williams and Penn's 3-year-old son was found unharmed inside the apartment, and her 6-year-old daughter was not home at the time of the deaths, the AJC reported. Friends and family said Williams suffers from undiagnosed mental health problems and should be put on suicide watch while she remains in jail.  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Olu Famous Blog Opens Comment For Readers Posted: 17 Oct 2017 01:14 AM PDT  For the sake of my calling as a Pastor, I had to spend serious time in the presence of the Lord and I had to limit my access to the internet, due to high rate of nudity and immorality online these days. Good news is, OluFamous.Com is back to full operation. I've opened the comment box and I won't even approve comments again. From now, immediately you post your comments they go live. Also, from time to time, we'll be giving gifts and cash to appreciate those who make good comments.  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Okorocha and Jacob Zuma’s statue by Reuben Abati | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 17 Oct 2017 12:51 AM PDT  South Africans had opposed the idea of the statue since it was first proposed in February 2017. When it was eventually unveiled, and labeled a monument, the attendant outrage was bitter and loud because it was actually a glorification of Zuma, disguised as a tourist project to preserve the site where Zuma and 45 others were arrested by the apartheid police as they travelled out of the country for military training in 1963. The Premier, Supra Mahumapelo who commissioned the statue was accused of bad governance and insensitivity. The Zuma statue at Groot Marico has a borehole attached to it, whereas there is no potable water in the city in which it is located. Aggrieved South Africans recommended that the Statue should be pulled down, with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) offering to take the lead. Jacob Zuma is not one of Africa's most loved leaders despite his having won election twice and leading one of Africa's most historic political parties; the African National Congress. His Presidency has been scandal-ridden, from allegations of abuse of office to a personal life characterized by much burlesque. The biggest threat to state reconstruction in Africa has been the ego and misconduct of African leaders. Compared to those he succeeded as South African President, it is hard at this point to imagine Jacob Zuma's eventual place in South African history. This is the same man that Rochas Anayo Okorocha, the Governor of Imo State in Nigeria has chosen to honour. In the course of a just concluded two-day visit to Imo state, Nigeria, Zuma received the state's highest honour, a traditional chieftaincy title- Ochiaga (Great Warrior), a street named Jacob Zuma Road, and wait for it- a life-sized statue! Governor Okorocha may not be able to convince anyone that he is not aware of the controversy over the Zuma statue in North West South Africa, and yet another piece of art that showed Zuma scantily-clad. The Premier of North West South Africa, actually wanted a life-size statue of Zuma in bronze, but public objection compelled him to rename the project a monument, but it remains a statue because the only man it celebrates is Zuma, whose obelisk is projected skywards over 6 metres. Okorocha probably decided to embark on his own project in Nigeria to tell the anti-Zuma South African crowd that if they do not appreciate Zuma, he would be celebrated abroad; after all a prophet has no honour in his own home. The monument in Groot Marico is reportedly a R1.8m bronze structure; the one in Owerri, Nigeria is a N520 million bronze statue, both standing at over 25 metres! President Zuma could not get exactly what he wanted in South Africa, a sculptural piece that was meant to show him in his full height and majesty. He now has it in Nigeria, even if the imbecilic artist did a bad job. Standing in front of that towering Owerri statue, Jacob Zuma must have indeed felt like a giant. In his mind, he must have like Ozymandias said to himself: "I am a god! Go and tell them on the streets of South Africa!" But his compatriots back in South Africa are not impressed, except may be the compromised South African Presidency which enthusiastically celebrated the deification of Jacob Zuma in a corner of Nigeria. Nigerians and the people of Imo State are unimpressed too. The Owerri statue has only achieved the effect of focusing attention afresh on the shortcomings of the two men at the centre of the drama: President Zuma and Governor Okorocha. "Instead of a statue", wrote one South African, "Nigeria can keep the real thing". Well, we don't need your President. We have our own and nobody has erected a giant statue of his. Another South African wrote: "It's only fair that Nigeria built a statue of Zuma. After all, under his leadership, we took in a million of their citizens". Point of correction, sir: Governor Okorocha, not Nigeria, built the statue with public funds. You "took in a million Nigerians?" Or South Africans killed hundreds of Nigerians due to xenophobia? Your statement is actually part of the reason Nigerians are angry: why honour a man under whose watch South Africans are killing Nigerians in South Africa? If you must know, like your Premier of the North West, Governor Okorocha has been accused of wasting public funds on a statue of the South African President when Imo state teachers and pensioners are being owed salaries and arrears for months. To worsen matters, Governor Okorocha is setting up in Owerri, the equivalent of a political Jurassic park. Alongside Zuma's statue are other statues, draped in national colours of Nigeria and other African countries. My personal worry is that when those other statues are unveiled, we may just discover that Governor Okorocha has included in this emerging park, statues of himself and his wife! African leaders who erect statues are ever so tempted to erect one or two of their own. Okorocha may even one of these days have a brain wave and erect a bronze statue of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe on Nigerian soil. You have your Zuma. We have our Okorocha. He has tried to justify the present gaffe but his explanations sound hollow and false: "We in Imo State have chosen to identify with this great leader who meant well for his people…" We? Which we is Okorocha referring to, please? Did the state House of Assembly deliberate over the decision to establish a political Jurassic Park in Owerri? And who discussed and approved the honour's list? We? Is Mr. Okorocha referring to his own sycophantic State Executive Council or the local government staff called traditional rulers who gave Zuma the title of Ochiaga? Many Nigerians in fact believe that Nelson Mandela's statue would have been preferable, especially as Governor Okorocha praised President Zuma as "a great leader who meant well for his people, who had to toil, struggle and fight for the liberation of his people, not minding the consequences thereafter. This to me is courage. This to me is strength of character…" Who are the brainless speech-writers penning these cliches? Nelson Mandela is the one whom these words best describe. President Zuma is the one the South African system is accusing of Constitutional violations, 783 corruption allegations and wanton abuse of the people. The Governor in the long run pretended that there was something positive out of the entire show. In a press statement, we are told: "President of South Africa, Mr. Jacob Zuma has said that a South African must not kill a Nigerian and a Nigerian must not kill a South African, adding that the relationship between Nigeria and South Africa should be stronger than any other part, for the sake of the continent of Africa." Nobody should kill anybody, Nigerian or South African, in the first place. Murder is inexcusable. Xenophobia defeats the goals of African integration. President Zuma is very adept at telling people what they want to hear. What did he do while South Africans killed Nigerians under his watch? How many South Africans have been convicted for promoting xenophobia and taking the laws into their hands?  What has President Zuma done in concrete terms to promote bilateral relations and people-to-people diplomacy between our two countries? Governor Okorocha may have been trying to be a good host but to import a bronze statue of President Zuma, which South Africans rejected, and then physically implant him on Nigerian soil is an insult and overkill! Mr. Okorocha is of course, a master of the overkill. He does everything, good and bad, with the same level of enthusiasm. When he followed President Muhammadu Buhari to the United States in 2015, and got a sideline chance to shake the hands of President Barrack Obama, it became what seemed like the biggest event of his life. Billboards of him and the two Presidents suddenly started popping up all over the state capital with the inscription – "Behold the new faces of change". How? Please, how does a mere handshake with Obama translate into change in Nigeria? In a particular billboard showing Okorocha and President Obama, he is described as "a true Igbo leader". The same Okorocha who cannot even say a kind word about his own brothers who are asking for equity and justice for all Igbos? He was also once accused of naming a government building after his own daughter, that daughter's husband is reportedly a member of the Imo State cabinet. When the Governor turned 55 recently, 27 women representing the 27 local governments in Imo State serenaded him with 27 cakes as gifts. Okorocha obviously has enough cake to last him till he leaves office, but he should be careful because too much sugar is not good for anybody's health. This same Okorocha -when journalists asked him to publicly account for the state's revenue and expenditure since 2011 when he assumed office, he threatened to deal ruthlessly with the journalists and chase them out of Imo State. President Zuma and Governor Okorocha obviously have a lot in common. They both love entertainment. They both think they are smart. They both don't like criticism. They consider themselves very good politicians. They both like to be celebrated too. On this latter score in an official citation, Okorocha is described hyperbolically as a "Professor of Philanthropy!" But I must pause a little, here, to say this. I don't have any personal axe to grind with either President Zuma or Governor Okorocha. I am in fact aware that Okorocha has been described by Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana - "Grand Counsellor of Imo State" - as "a gift to humanity". Of him President Olusegun Obasanjo, Chairman of the Rochas Foundation, has also said: "Rochas does not only love education, he has passion for the education of the underprivileged… I doff my hat for him for his great strides in education." President Obasanjo made this statement at the 10th graduation ceremony of the Rochas Foundation Colleges. In 1998, Okorocha established the Rochas Foundation to provide free education to the children of the "poorest of the poor". President Jacob Zuma has a similar Foundation known as The Zuma Foundation. This is what brought the two men together in the first place. President Zuma visited Nigeria to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the Zuma Foundation and the Rochas Foundation. He spoke about the need to support the African Child. Between 2011 and now, the Rochas Foundation has established a total of five colleges – 2 in Imo state, one in Ibadan, one in Jos, and one in Kano. Tagged Project #55555, this free education programme, targeting orphans and the displaced, has reached about 15, 000 children from 55 African countries. The students' population at the Rochas College in Kano alone is over 500. In the course of his visit to Nigeria, President Zuma interacted with Rochas Foundation students. Both men claim that they are determined to give to the African child, the same privileges and opportunities that they could not have, in the belief that it is better to use one's achievements to raise the underprivileged. Zuma is a man of little education. Okorocha used to sell second-hand clothes while his mates attended school. He got to where he is by practically hustling through life. On the surface of it, both men can be said to mean well.. But the tragedy of their recent meeting in Nigeria is that nobody believes the nice statements they both made. Africans no longer trust their leaders even when they openly profess good faith. They have learnt to suspect every move that they make. Across Nigeria, it is not surprising that the question is being asked: what is Okorocha's next game? In South Africa, the same question is being asked of President Zuma. The people are no longer as stupid as African politicians assume. They are tired of being used as stepping-stones. I put myself in their shoes and I share their pain. Let Zuma and Okorocha stay away from funny billboards, the casting of bronze statues and castles of personal glorification. When in doubt, let them read Percy Shelley's sonnet – Ozymandias. Statues will crumble, brought down by the opposition or ruined by the vagaries of weather and the ravages of time. But good deeds will endure and history will speak.  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Posted: 17 Oct 2017 12:51 AM PDT  Dear Lord Jesus thank you for the best 20months of our lives...  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| You are subscribed to email updates from Mr Olumide's Blog. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States | |
Post a Comment