GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: FOR WHO THE BELL TOLLS NEXT.

Just five people shy of Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting incident that claimed 26 lives, the Uvalde Texas Robb elementary school mass shooting at 21 victims, now ranks among the highest grossing gun carnage in America. It is sad that such frequent blood spilling has tragically become part of our culture as a society. May the souls of the killed now rest.

25th AMENDMENT: ITS NOW ALL CRICKET.

Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi once questioned former President Donald John Trump's fitness to remain in office due to what she claimed was his declining mental capacity. Does anyone know what Madam Speaker presently thinks about the incontrovertible case which America is now saddled with? Just curious!

WHO WILL REBUILD UKRAINE?

The West should convert frozen Russian assets, both state's and oligarchs' owned, into a full seizure and set them aside for the future rebuilding of Ukraine. Like the Marshal Plan, call it the Putin Plan.

A HERO IS BORN.

I am staying put. I will not run away and abandon my people. The fight is here in Ukraine. What I need are weapons and ammunitions, not a ride out of town like former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani - President Volodymyr Zelensky.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

"There is too much hate in America because there is too much anger in America." - Trevor Noah.

WORD!

A life without challenges is not a life lived at all. A life lived is a life that has problems, confronts problems, solves problems and then learns from problems. - Tunde Fashola.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

When fishing for love, bait with your heart and not your brain, because you cannot rationalize love. - Mark Twain.

JUST THE FACT.

In our country, you can shoot and kill a nigger, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings - Dave Chappelle

DO YOU?.

“What you believe in can only be defined by what you’re willing to risk for it." - Stuart Scheller.

HEDGE YOUR CRISIS.

Never get in bed with a woman whose problems are worse than yours. - Chicago PD.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

'The best way to keep peace is to be ready to destroy evil. If you Pearl Harbor me, I Nagasaki you.' - Ted Nugent.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Empathy is at the heart of who we are as human beings. - Cardinal Matthew Kukah.

WORDS ON MARBLE.

"Birth is agony. Life is hard. Death is cruel." - Japanese pithy.

REPENT OR PERISH - POPE.

Homosexuality is a sin. It is not ordained by God, therefore same sex marriage cannot be blessed by the church - Pope Francis.

CANCEL CULTURE IS CORROSIVE.


FOR SAKE OF COUNTRY.


MAGA LIVES ON: NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

TWITTER IS BORING WITHOUT HIS TWEETS. #RestorePresidentTrump'sTwitterHandle.


WORD.

"If you cannot speak the truth when it matters, then nothing else you says matters.” - Tucker Carlson.

#MeToo MOVEMENT: A BAD NEWS GONE CRAZY.

"To all the women who testified, we may have different truth, but I have a great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all of the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country. You know, the movement started basically with me, and I think what happened, you know, I was the first example, and now there are thousands of men who are being accused and a regeneration of things that I think none of us understood. I’m not going to say these aren’t great people. I had wonderful times with these people. I’m just genuinely confused. Men are confused about this issue. We are going through this #MeToo movement crisis right now in this country." - Harvey Weinstein.


RON DELLUMS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADICAL.

"If it’s radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the Vietnam War, if it’s radical to oppose racism and sexism and all other forms of oppression, if it’s radical to want to alleviate poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness, and other forms of human misery, then I’m proud to be called a radical.” - Ron Vernie Dellums.


WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE - STEVE JOBS

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. Memories precipitated by love is the only true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. The most expensive bed in the world is the sick bed. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.” - SJ

EVIL CANNOT BE TRULY DESTROYED.

"The threat of evil is ever present. We can contain it as long as we stay vigilant, but it can never truly be destroyed. - Lorraine Warren (Annabelle, the movie)


ONLY THE POOR WISH THEY HAD STUFF?

“I’m not that interested in material things. As long as I find a good bed that I can sleep in, that’s enough.” - Nicolas Berggruem, the homeless billionaire.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

EASTERN GOVERNORS AT ASO ROCK!


From left to right of the screen, Abia State's Theodore Orji, Anambra State's Peter Obi, Ebonyi State's Martin Elechi, Enugu State's Sullivan Chime and Imo State's Ikedi Ohakim and they all went to see the president on behalf of Ndi-Igbo! Eastern States governors of the federal republic of Nigeria! Why, one may ask? To touch base with the presidency and remind the occupant therein at Aso rock, that the Igbos of Biafra are still part of Nigeria; as it seems that the president by his actions this far, has forgotten and needs to be reminded that Biafra is still only a dream!

Are the Igbos of Biafra still recognized by the other stake-holders of Nigeria as still an integral part of the clobbered-together Nigeria experiment? May be it takes a visit by all the governors of core Igbo States to amplify that to Umaru Yar"Adua. Why must it then take a visit by the governors of Eastern Nigeria for a sick Umaru Yar'Adua to be reminded of the need for his illegitimate government to address some of the militating issues affecting the people of Eastern Nigeria despite the overwhelming outcry? Why is it that the rest constituents of the geographical tripod do not need to traverse the country to Aso Rock to prostrate before Umaru Yar"Adua in order to secure what they are otherwise entitled to? Why is this humiliation the exclusive reserve of Eastern Nigeria?
It is highly commendable that these governors of Eastern Nigeria are now beginning to speak with one voice, harnessing the power and strength of unity of purpose; we the people at Icheoku pray that they make unison the key to achieving anything meaningful within the Nigeria political context! Icheoku further says that the best thing these political players in Igboland will do at this stage, is to start now, to groom a candidate who they consider viable enough for president come 2016; when it will be the turn of the south east to mount the saddle at Aso Rock and run the affairs of the nation. All the pilgrimage to Aso Rock notwithstanding, if come 2016 there is no credible Igbo candidate for the office of the presidency, then all this junketing would have come to naught.
First the Igbos, led by their governors must be ready to produce the next president of Nigeria; secondly, they must choose a viable candidate to stand for the highest office in the land whom they will present to Nigeria in 2016. Therefore, the single most ricocheting question is, will the Igbo governors be able to pick a candidate for the Igbos as Igbo Presidential candidate in 2016? That and only that should be the single most important preoccupation of the governors of Eastern Nigeria, as Aso Rock visits will not necessarily produce the much desired result since the rest of Nigerians are still waging a cold-war with the Igbo peoples of Biafra.
The rest of Nigeria have been making concerted effort at depriving the Biafran Igbo nation of whatever amenities or infrastructures that may be accruing to them, including their petulant refusal to rebuild the decaying River Niger bridge among other deprivations! Enough should be enough and it is about time the Igbos cease and desist from going cap in hand and on their knees to Aso Rock to beg for what is rightfully theirs; after-all they are at the moment still bona fide Nigerians equally entitled to all benefits accruable to other Nigerians. On this note, Icheoku says to the pilgrim-governors of Eastern Nigeria, please start now to do your preliminary auditioning of Igbo candidates from which a real and fanatical representative of the Igbo interest shall be chosen come 2016. Such a candidate must be an Igbo to the core and whose "Igboness" is not in anyway doubtful and who will effectively represent the Igbo interest and will courageously bring to the Biafran Igbo area, their own overdue dividends of democracy. The Yoruba have developed Lagos and the Hausa/Fulani has developed Abuja Icheoku says Enugu needs to be equally developed as a mega Igbo city. Were Icheoku to suggests possible candidates, they include former senate president Ken Nnamani, former presidential assistant Andy Uba, former Abia State governor Orji Kalu and the current NAFDAC chairwoman Dora Akunyili ( see earlier post "aso rock igbo man" )
Lastly like the blacks in America's fanatical support of Barack Obama's candidacy, will that chosen candidate be a crowd-pleaser of the Igbo nation to motivate them into defending his cause, their cause? Will that candidate be the one? WIll he or she be the one the whole Igbo Baifrans were excitedly waiting for? Will that candidate be the Igbo son or daughter in whom the Igbos are well pleased? To summarise, the one million dollar question remains, when 2016 finally arrives, will you guys, the governors of Biafran Igbo Eastern States of Nigeria be ready with a viable Igbo presidential candidate to present to Nigeria in unison? Icheoku says you better be as the stakes will never be higher!

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  1. Group hails S-East Governors’ position on marginalisation
    Written by Chidi Nkwopara
    Tuesday, 19 August 2008
    OWERRI—The South-East Peoples Assembly (SEPA) rising from a meeting in Owerri, has endorsed the position paper presented to President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua by the governors of the geo-political zone, on the collective marginalisation of Ndigbo in the Nigerian project. Apart from expressing satisfaction with the way the governors have tackled the developmental challenges in their respective states, SEPA also noted that the governors were inching towards enthroning effective leadership in the zone.

    Addressing journalists in Owerri, SEPA chairman, Chief Patrick Nosike, said that the body gave the governors a clean bill of health after carefully studying their activities in the last one year.

    “The governors have restored people’s hope in government. They have performed beyond expectation and that is why we are partnering with them on the development of the zone”, Nosike said.

    Answering a question, the SEPA boss lamented what he termed “leadership failure in the last dispensations”, saying that “the group was now preoccupied with rebranding leadership of the zone for effective development”.

    On the crisis that has trailed Ohaneze Ndigbo for a while, Nosike described the Joe Irukwu led executive of the body as “a total failure”, and pleaded with the new leaders of the socio-cultural organization to rebrand and offer quality leadership to Nigeria.

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