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.

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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

NUHU RIBADU, WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND!

Icheokudotcom is revisiting this subject once again, principally because of the varying positions people have taken on the matter of Nuhu Ribadu, depending on which side of the isle they are - the pro and the anti Nuhu Ribadu. We are non-partisan since we have no dog in the fight between Nuhu Ribadu and Umaru Yar'Adua's government, but that the truth be told.
Nuhu Ribadu has become the talking point of all commentators and news analyst world-wide particularly in Nigeria because of the dehumanising treatment he has been receiving in the hands of the Nigerian authorities. Some of his critics said he deserved all that he got because he once mistook tinsels for gold and forgot that one day a king who does not know Joseph will rise and call for rendering of account. He is a lawyer, by training, who abused the legal process by rail-roading suspects without any justifiable cause or much regard to due process whatsoever. He was so efficient in carrying water for his master and mentor, monster Olusegun Obasanjo that he received accelerated promotions jumping his seniors and colleagues in the process - from assistant superintendent to Assistant Inspector General as a reward for a job well executed - haranguing opponents of Olusegun Obasanjo, out of peaceful existence. Like a hit-man, Nuhu Ribadu held sway and every knee trembled at his name's mention. However, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu was oblivious of the the fleeting nature of power! That power was very ephemeral indeed, made no sense to his deafened-ears! In his take no prisoner style of his newly acquired authority, Nuhu forgot that the yesterday's terrorist-oppressor could become today's haunted and vanquished! This gives credit to the vanity of man!
Nuhu Ribadu is not the only pawn ever to be used by men of power in Nigeria. Akilu and Togun were used by Ibrahim Babangida! Mustapha was used by Sani Abacha! So many people have equally benefited for being "good-errand boys" to the men in power, including the current Inspector General of Police in Nigeria, Mike Okilo, who was promoted ahead of his superiors to be the IG of police in Nigeria. Who has not benefited from past despots? Umaru Yar'Adua was a product of the criminal machination of Olusegun Obasanjo who single-handedly imposed him on Nigerians without any proper election; yet he presides over Nigeria, sitting in judgment over the likes of Nuhu Ribadu, his co-beneficiary of Olusegun Obasanjo devilish magnanimity. Who made Umaru Yar'Adua a judge over Nuhu Ribadu when they are both guilty as charged of illegality?
Our commentary therefore is, if the Nigerian authorities want to redress all the wrongs of Olusegun Obasanjo, they should be comprehensive about it and not embark on a mere witch-hunting escapade against a particular individual called Nuhu Ribadu. What about conducting a fresh elections for the presidency which is presently being occupied by a very sick-man who never contested nor won any election in the first place? Yet still, they can tell the IG to go back to his former rank and make the rightful heir to the IG of police, Ogbonnaya Onovo, the new IG of police? You want to right the wrongs? What about holding Olusegun Obasanjo responsible for the massacres of Odi and Zaki-Ibiam? Also has the murderers of Attorney General Bola Ige been found? Talk about putting Nuhu Ribadu back to the rank where he rightfully belongs? What is good for the goose is also good for the gander!
This will be our last devotion to the mongrel Nuhu Ribadu since there is no love lost between him and Icheokudotcom. We witnessed him get drunk on power hence tasting a little bit of his portion ordinarily wouldn't have been a bad idea. Our position however is that justice must not only be done but must manifestly be seen to be done. Singling out Nuhu Ribadu as the only beneficiary of Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo "mala-benevolence" deserving to be punished, is not just fair. Nuhu Ribadu dutifully prostituted for his new rank of AIG by bending over backward without question for Olusegun Obasanjo; and should be left alone otherwise no "dutiful" ass-licker will ever emerge in Nigeria again. We believe that Umaru Yar'Adua has promoted some people un-meritoriously too and state that he will not like to see such promotion debased by a future incoming administration? On a final note, the Nigerian authorities should leave Nuhu Ribadu alone, believing that he as well as other Nigerians have learnt a lesson of the transient nature of power; in any event let there be a total reset of the Nigerian button from the presidency downwards! Salut!