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.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

NIGERIAN ELDER STATESMAN CHIEF CC ONOH SPEAKS!

The father of Enugu State and the man who led the effort to make that state a reality has spoken! Elder statesman and former Governor of old Anambra State, Chief (Dr) Christian Chukwuma Onoh, Aninefungwu 1 and Okaa Omee of Ngwo, Enugu State blamed the numerous problems facing Nigeria today on an existing structural imbalance in her 48 years of existence.
Chief CC Onoh who was speaking on the occasion of Nigeria's 48th Independence anniversary remarked that not only did the British unwillingly grant Nigeria Independence in 1960, it went on to rig the 1962 election to produce a Northerner as Prime Minister, whereas the Sardauna of Sokoto Ahmadu Bello, leader of the North then, never wanted one Nigeria!

The Sardauna's position, the 80 year Octogenarian said, was contrary to the vision of one Nigeria promoted by other founding fathers, including Nnamdi Azikiwe and Obafemi Awolowo, of blessed memories. Chief CC Onoh, who blamed the structural imbalance in Nigeria on Northern domination of power, spoke to a correspondent at his country home in Ngwo, Enugu State, Nigeria.

Chief CC Onoh recalled that, "three parties emerged then - namely the west's party Action Group (AG) led by Chief Obafemi Awolowo with slogan of 'More Abundant', the north's party Northern Peoples Congress (NPC) led by Sardauna of Sokoto Ahmadu Bello with slogan of 'One North, One People, One Destiny' and the east's party National Council for Nigeria and Cameroons (NCNC) led by Dr Nnamdi Azikwe, later National Council for Nigerian Citizens) with the slogan OF 'One Nigeria'.

According to Chief CC Onoh, it is obvious from the northern slogan that the Sardauna never believed in one Nigeria, but in 'One North, One People, One Destiny'. The British was forced to grant Independence to Nigeria and Zik also said that we got Independence on a platter of gold. No sooner we got the Independence in 1960 than trouble started in the North in 1962, and 'Operation wetie' between Awolowo and Akintola that prompted the re-alignment of political parties. Continuing Chief CC Onoh said, we must remember that Sardauna said that if for any reason the British go, the North will continue their uninterrupted conquest to the sea. The British prepared the way for them and they rigged the election. And when you talk about election rigging today, it is the African perfecting what the British taught him. They (British) rigged the election to ensure that the North produced the Prime Minister. They rigged the election because they did not trust Zik and Awolowo. It was as a result of the trouble in the West that got two political incompatibles to unite, Zik, Okpara and Ademola or so. With this, the British were hoping to come back and this led to the 1966 coup. At the heat of the coup, Gowon said that the basis for unity of the country does not exist. Since then, 48 years after, the Igbo have been at the receiving end," Onoh said.
According to Chief CC Onoh, since the murder of Aguiyi-Ironsi, no Igbo man has tasted power, while the military oligarchy from the North that held onto power over the years made sure they favoured their area more than other sections of the country on issues like state and local government creations that formed the basis for revenue allocations. Chief CC Onoh said that before oil was discovered in Nigeria, the North insisted on 50 per cent derivation, all targeted against a section of the country and through the back door, with the creation of local governments by the military and revenue allocation formula, carted away everything.
Continuing Chief CC Onoh said that when oil was discovered in Oloibiri Rivers State, Shell BP and the North conspired to change the horse in the middle of the stream. They slashed the hitherto 50% derivation and introduced a new 33.3 per cent derivation and by the time former military head of state Sani Abacha died, it went down to as little as 1.5 per cent derivation.

On the possibility of the proposed constitution review by the National Assembly to address these issues, he said the legislators lack the credibility to embark on the exercise, having all emerged through the most fraudulent elections in Nigeria. Chief CC Onoh advocated the use of a plebiscite in producing a new constitution for Nigeria; Chief CC Onoh also described the newly created Niger Delta Ministry as a mere palliative that cannot solve the problems of the region.

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