Nigeria

Nigeria Disappointed Rashidi Yekini (1963-2012)

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Adeola Aderounmu

Reports coming from Nigeria state that Rashidi Yekini has died in Kwara State. He passed away on the 4th of May 2012.

I just want to wish the late legend a peaceful transition to eternal glory.

Just last week, precisely on the 28th of April 2012 some friends were still talking about Rashidi at a social gathering here in Stockholm. They talked about his unfortunate situation since he left active football.

His famous quote was “NIGERIA DISAPPOINTED ME”!

One person asked at the gathering “who did Nigeria not disappoint”? We concluded that Nigeria disappointed herself and Africa.

Rashidi is the best goal scorer to have emerged from Nigeria. He scored 37 goals in 58 appearances.

He scored Nigeria’s first goal at the 1994 World cup in the 3 nil bashing of Bulgaria.

But how did Nigeria disappoint Yekini? It would be interesting to know the details from his family, friends and teammates.

Could it be different from the ways that Nigeria continued to disappoint sport men and women in general? I doubt.

The Nigerian government has perfected the act of honouring the dead while ignoring the living in both sports and other human endeavours where certain people have shown exceptional qualities.

Nigeria has disappointed 99% of Nigerians and the whole world.

Rashidi could be have given first class treatment when it was first reported a few years ago that he had some mental issues. Even if he had strained relationships with families and neighbours, the Oyo state government and the federal government could have acted quickly or intervened at the early stages.

I hope we will be told the cause of death in due time and that we can learn some lessons from the loss of this great son of Africa.

Yekini helped Nigeria and he put that name-Nigeria-on the world map in a special way.

In football we will not be able to separate Nigeria’s identity from the game the same way the Brazilians have not been able to escape the exploits of their living legend-PELE.

Rest in peace the gangling one, Rashidi Yekini.

My Arguments About Nigeria Being the Most Corrupt Country in the World

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BY ADEOLA ADEROUNMU

Nigerians don’t like the truth about their country.

I have written and argued several times that Nigeria is the most corrupt country in the world. That is a stance I am not ready to shift away from.

Not when Mohammed Bello Adoke, the dumb Justice Minister, said that it was okay and fine to steal, loot and run the country down. Not in those words but by implications.

There has been a probe and many companies and individuals have been indicted for looting the oil resources of the country and stealing massive amount of cash running into billions of dollars.

Mohammed Bello Adoke, shocked Nigerians (not me) when he said there will be no prosecution for those implicated. Therefore it is ok to steal, loot and enrich yourself in Nigeria just as Jonathan and his cronies have been doing for years.

I still cannot believe that Mrs. Sirleaf Jonathan wrote that rubbish about Jonathan in the TIME MAGAZINE. She must be a crook herself, having sponsored Charles Taylor at some point in time.

It’s just sad that some people will defend Nigeria no matter what.
That is why this type of nonsense will continue.

In a normal situation, as I have also argued many times, Goodluck Jonathan should be cooling off in detention as well. All these people are thieves and looters and they are not hiding it.

There are many corrupt countries and governments all over the world. Many try to hide their corruption and many are exposed.

In Nigeria corruption is not hidden. It is a way of life. In fact the anomaly is not to be corrupt. Otherwise how do you cope with
18 000 as minimum wage? Some do. But many find short cuts and it is ok to do so.

Jonathan is leading a pack that will go down in history as the most corrupt collection ever seen on the face of earth. Nigerian government is so corrupt I can say it is full of shit! It stinks to the highest clouds.

In my opinion Nigeria is the most corrupt country in the world because despite that fact that we know that we are ruled by corrupt people we do nothing to stop them. We have come to accept that you need to “chop your own” in Nigeria.

In Nigeria everything and anything goes, that is why fools are in power.

BOKO “RAMS”-BLOODY EASTER IN KADUNA AND JOS

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By Adeola Aderounmu

Everyone knew that Boko Haram the useless terrorist group from Northern Nigeria was going to kill Christians this easter and they did.

The warnings were clear and obvious to everyone except the lame Nigerian security service and the useless drunkard of a president, Mr Jonathan.

How can the signs be so clear and glaring yet the terrorists’ plans were executed?

One of my friends argued on Facebook that Boko Haram is succeeding because the Nigerian government knows the perpetrators and can’t do anything about them. They are parts of the Nigerian untouchables.

Some people argue that Jonathan and Sambo are Boko Harams’ members. What have I not heard about Boko Haram?
What is certain is that the Nigerian government is useless and stupid.Boko HARAM struck in Kaduna and Jos.

Jonathan said that Boko Haram will be stopped in June while one of the security chiefs said that Boko Haram is under control. Then they struck!

There are now reports that Boko Haram will bomb Nigeria massively in June 2012. That is the month that Jonathan said Boko Haram will be history.

We will see who is ruling Nigeria come June 2012, Jonathan or Boko Haram.

But whoever is the sponsor or the brain behind Boko Haram and the “rams” who are used as members are fools, idiots and cowards.

If they are bold enough, they should stop bombing churches and places where innocent people are doing their activities and worship. If Boko Haram is man enough, it should take its fight to ASO ROCK, that is the citadel of mismanagement, similar stupidity as Boko Haram and the headquarters of global corruption.

Stop killing innocent people whoever you are “Boko rams”. Take your fight to the government that you want to overthrow. Stupid idiots!

NIgeria’s President and the Church Gift. What a Shame?

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By Adeola Aderounmu

It is only in Nigeria that a president will accept bribe or gift openly and remain the president.

One day I will be able to complete and publish my articles about the veil of God and Nigeria, Jesus wept still.

But the acceptance of church as a gift or bribe by Goodluck Jonathan is despicable, shameful, irritating and very annoying. It confirms as we know that Jonathan is nothing but a crook. Some have described him as a drunkard.

And Reuben Abati has again defended his master that is was ok to accept the gift/bribe because it has happened several times before in Nigeria.

Then I know that Nigeria is a lost course. That country is irredeemable when those who are supposed to be “intelligent” talk stupidly and foolishly.

These type of things happen all over the world, politicians accept bribe and kickbacks. They lie to the highest heaven. But again the difference remain that in Nigeria it doesn’t matter if you are busted or revealed. The more you steal in Nigeria, the more powerful and untouchable you become.

Jonathan is a bad ruler. I cannot call him a leader. He is a clear revelation of the stupidity of Nigerian politics where touts hold sway, more strikingly so since 1999.

Nigeria remains in an hopeless situation because nothing will happen as far as this case is concerned. The lawmakers are even bigger thieves than Jonathan. All these overpaid, lazy, dull politicians are a big mockery to Africa-the dark continent.

I don’t know what we are going to write to change Nigeria. But I know that it will not change unless some radical actions are undertaken by the less priviledged, the downtrodden, the poor, the helpless and the hopeless people living hopefully on less than 2 dollars/day or on nothing.

For Nigeria, the veil of God remains the greatest deceit on the people who are predominantly Christians and Muslims. For them, Jesus wept, still. For they know not, what they are doing.

The Days Gone By….Muamba, Barcelona FC et al

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By Adeola Aderounmu
It’s been almost one month since I wrote my last blog/article. Time flies, things happen, every second for that matter.

I have tabs on several news/event and I even have newspaper cuttings that I’d saved. But now I decided not to look at the newspapers or to even think about the events of the last one month as it were.

I will just write what comes to my mind.

PATRICE MUAMBA

I remember Fabrice Muamba, his miraculous recovery from a failed heart during Bolton’s game versus Tottenham. Fabrice has made tremendous recovery and he will surely be out of the hospital soon.

The survival of Fabrice says a lot about the standard of hospitals in England. This incident brought out the best in the English health scheme and training.

My friends and I remember how Sam Oparaji died at the National Stadium in Lagos in 1989 while playing a tensed game against Angola.

One Nigerian player also died recently in Sudan. These sad occurrences may have been prevented if the health system in Nigeria and Sudan are in top form. But we will never know..! This is just the way some things are, inconclusive.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Yesterday I switch off then I changed the channel to Movie channel after the referee gave Barcelona its’ second penalty against AC Milan.

I cannot imagine watching such a useless game to the end. I don’t think the referee is normal. He needs a medical check up. But many people think that Barcelona is UEFA team.

It is possible. I remembered I didn’t watch the champions league for a whole season after Barcelona were favoured against Chelsea in one game where a Barcelona player had handled the ball and a penalty was not given.

Maybe it’s time to take another break from stupid games where the referees and possible UEFA are cheats. It’s hard to tell, really. And considering also the bettings and gambles behind the scene, then impossible is nothing!

THE TROUBLE WITH NIGERIA

It’s hard for me to not write about Nigeria. What is also hard is to live with the mentality of an average Nigerian that complaining about Nigeria isn’t worth it. Just try to make it and live with it. It’s a mixed feeling not having to live in Nigeria and then trying hard still to “see” if what I write can help change some situations.

Indeed sometimes what I write about gets through and some positive outcomes do take place from time to time.
Still it is even harder to hide from the reality that corruption and stupidity is the order of the day when it comes to Nigerian politics. The people I write about don’t read my blog and the people who read my blog thinks that it is just another ranting Nigerian.

It always seems that ranting Nigerians are looking for entrances to main stream “looting” Nigerian. And when they do, their lives change like Reuben Abati and Segun Adeniyi.

Sadly, and true 99% of the times-Nigerian public office holders are the same (looters and thieves).
But when the president is a crook-accepting bribe for everything and spending Nigeria’s money as if it is his father’s inheritance, what moral compass are we going to use to gauge the performance of the people and country.

When the senate president is a well-known junta and looter, any expectation of the eradication of poverty is like building a house on sand.

When all those who have stolen are our brothers and sisters and they are free to oppress us with the monies they stole, what legacy are we leaving to the generation after us?

Nigeria is rotten, inside out, from the top to the bottom. It remains an aggregation of familiar enemies fighting for the common resources and looting the proceeds without fear or hindrance.

Nigeria is lost! Boko Haram is an offspring of a lost course. Many more bastard associations will be revealed in the months ahead.

It’s not easy to face anyone in Naija and ask for a change. Almost everyone and everybody in infected with the corruption virus and the cut corner approaches.

School children have failed in national exams in what appears to be the last phase of the collapse of public schools. Nigeria jaga-jaga was an under-statement.

Yet, we remain proud..! It is good to remain nationalistic. But it is almost criminal to pretend that all is well, or that all is going to be well when all the indicators are otherwise.

In federal and state governments, sanity is lost and accountability is akin to shooting yourself in the foot if you ask for it.

I have been constantly reminded that those in governance have only one head. Therefore the time will come for others to be part of government and do their own looting.

Jagajaga, I repeat is an understatement. Everybody is doing anyhow and anything. Government is so far away that hope is like a death sentence.

In addition to the dead educational system, health, and other social infrastructure are like luxuries. Power supply is a forgone issue, it will never happen in Nigeria. Power generation is rubbish..!

Generators will be in Nigeria for several years to come.

All these things are sad and they remind us that even though we claim we are intelligence, the results are telling the opposite.

Intelligent people and intelligent countries have power supply all year round and transient interruptions are due to unpreventable or unexpected circumstances.

GLOBAL MADNESS

THE DAYS GONE by are the same globally. Nothing has changed. Social injustice is everywhere and political groups have created more problems that they have solved. World powers are silly, they fight stupid wars. On one side they fight terrorism, on the other side they install terrorist to lead. Sometimes I just conclude that man is a crazy animal that does not know what he wants.