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.
#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.
July 3, 2009 is a date to reckon with in history of Nigeria as the father of Enugu State, Chief Christian Chukwuma Onoh is laid to rest in his country home Ngwo, Enugu State, Nigeria. His loss is monumental to his family and people of Ngwo, Enugu State, Igboland and Nigeria in general. However, we thank God for preserving CC's life to the good old age of 82. We pray that his burial ceremony will go smoothly and without any disruptive hitch. We also pray that the almighty God will reward him according to his good deeds. Bye-Bye CC! We love you, particularly for what you stood for! ADIEU, ANINEFUNGWU OKAA-OMEE 1. Icheoku says, so long Oke-Nmadu!
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Christy 'Apena' Essien-Igbokwe , the wife of Jegede Shokoya of the New Masquerade and Nigeria's lady of songs is dead; she was 51years old. Although her family claimed that "brief Illness" killed her like so many Nigerians; Icheoku retorts that it was most likely AKwa Ibom voodoo and remote control that was used to arrest her. It is on record that she had fallen out with the governor of her native Akwa Ibiom State and have been having a relentless war for political turf with the governor? So who knows whether she was sacrificed to Ekpe cult or even Alusi-Okija as an offal; afterall African science is still very much alive and portent. May her soul rest in peace.
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Onoh to be buried today
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All is set for the burial today of elder statesman and former Governor of old Anambra State Chief Christian Onoh, who passed away in May at the age of 82.
Governors of the South East States were in Enugu yesterday to strategise on the ways of giving the deceased statesman a befitting state burial while all the venues where his remains are to lie in state had all been prepared well ahead of the event.
These include the Enugu Government House, the State House of Assembly, the State High Court, the Enugu North Local Government, and the Enugu Sports Club among others where the remains are expected to make flag stops in Enugu before proceeding to his country home at Ngwo for requiem church service and interment.
A photo exhibition and lecture on his life and times were held yesterday in Enugu along side other activities organised by different groups with which he was associated in his life time.
Prominent Nigerians from all the country started arriving the Coal City yesterday to participate in the funeral activities of Onoh who was regarded as the father of Enugu State.
His one-time political rival and also a former Governor of old Anambra State, Chief Jim Nwobodo who is heading his burial committee expressed satisfaction with the level of preparation for the event and assured that measures had been put in place to ensure that it went without hitches.
Onoh died in his country home at home May5, this year. He was the Governor of old Anambra State between September and December 1983. He was also the first Nigerian Chairman of the Nigerian Coal Corporation and represented Enugu Constituency in Federal House of Representatives of the First Republic.
He was also involved early in his life in the nationalist struggle joining the Zikist Movement as a secondary school student in 1947 and later rising to become a prominent member of the defunct National Council of Nigeria and Citizens (NCNC).
He is fondly remembered in Enugu as the man who championed the cause of the ‘Wawa’ people of Igboland culminating in the creation of Enugu State as a direct response to their agitations. Onoh’s daughter, Bianca, a former beauty queen is married to former Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
Onoh for burial today *Police deploy 500 Mopol
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ENUGU—THE remains of the former Governor of the old Anambra State , Chief Christian Onoh, who passed on May 5, this year will be interred at his Ngwo country home today.
The Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime and his colleagues from the South East Zone had agreed to accord the late statesman a state burial.
The first Republic Governor of the old Anambra State , Senator Jim Nwobodo, who is heading the burial planning committee, said all necessary arrangements for the funeral of Onoh had been concluded, expressing the hope that the event would be hitch-free.
The police said yesterday that it has beefed up security in Ngwo, to ensure hitch free funeral for the late Governor. Spokesman for Enugu State Police Command, Mr. Ebele Amaraizu, said that the Commissioner of Police, who happen to be the chairman of Security Committee for the event had released an operational order for the burial.
He said that over 500 mobile policemen have been drawn from Abia, Ebonyi, Anambra, Imo states squadrons to argument the force on ground, adding that the mobile policemen have since been mobilized to various areas where the funeral activities would take place to maintain law and order.
As part of the programmes lined up for the burial, an exhibition on the life of Onoh and a public lecture were held in his honour in Enugu yesterday.
In a farewell message to the former Governor, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Enugu State Chapter led by Mr. Vita Abba, said it was in deep grief over the death of “this great man, whose life of service had been a source of inspiration to many and an enduring front for the emancipation of the entire Igbo race, most especially the WAWA people from injustice and political imbalance.”
S’East Govs, Igbo Leaders Pay Respect to Onoh
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South East Governors and prominent Igbo leaders yesterday converged in Enugu as the burial ceremony of the Former Governor of Old Anambra State, Late Chief Christian Onoh began with a commendation service held in his honour preparatory to his committal to mother earth today.
The Governors of the South East and Igbo leaders one after the other paid glowing tributes at a well attended service held in the lounge of Enugu Lion Building to honour the late sage who died on May 6, this year, at the age of 82.
The former governor's remains which was conveyed in a white colour escalade belonging to the Ebony arrived the frontage of the Lion Building at exactly 3.15pm honour was received by Governors Sullivan Chime (Enugu), Martin Elechi [Ebonyi], Theordore Orji (Abia), Ikedi Ohakim (Imo) and Peter Obi (Anambra).
Also part of the ceremony were the former Vice President Alex Ekwueme, former senate Presidents Ken Nnamani and Anyim Pius Anyim, former governors Jim Nwobodo, Okwy Nwodo, Alison Madueke, Herbert Obi Eze and Chris Ngige.
Among others were the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, Senator Ben Collins Ndu, Ambassador George Obiozor, Chief Mbazulike Amechi and Chief John Nnia Nwodo.
The former Senate President, Senator Nnamani said that Onoh would be remembered for his dogged fight against injustice, adding that he would be most remembered for fighting the last administration to a standstill.
Nnamani regretted that it was unfortunate that Onoh did not live to reap the benefit of his struggle which has transformed to the good governance of Enugu State.
On the other hand, Nwodo, who spoke on behalf of former governors of the zone, said that all politicians in the zone should learn from Onoh who according to him fought for the down trodden.
Governor Chime in his speech spoke about the pain of losing a great pillar of strength, counselor and ally.
“let me emphasize that with his death, Nigeria has lost an outstanding nationalist; Igboland has been deprived of a selfless leader and Enugu State, in particular, has lost a father and a beacon of hope and inspiration,” he said.“We are consoled by the fact that in his last days on earth, he publicly affirmed on many occasions that even in death, he would be a happy and fulfilled man with the situation on ground in his beloved Enugu State today. We pledge not to let him and our other citizens and friends down.
“I knew that Okaa Omee was ill but like the great fighter that he was, I believed that he would pull through. So, the feelings of bereavement were personally traumatic for me and my family. They were no less painful for the Government and people of Enugu State”, Chime said.
Onoh’s first son, Gabriel however caused a stir at the ceremony when he said that the late father had planned to drag Governor Chime to court over a parcel of land before his death.
“Two months ago before my father passed on, he was in his sick bed when I came in and told him that Chime was clearing an area apparently for some projects.
He asked, is it his own? And I said no. I added that he would likely pay compensation since it was been cleared for the good of the state. But my father turned and looked at my face and said, he would sue Chime as soon as he recovered from his sickness over the portion of land”, Gabriel said
Onoh’s legacies must not die, says Gov Chime
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Ahead of today’s interment of the remains of the former governor of old Anambra State, Chief Christian Chukwuma Onoh, Enugu State Governor, Mr. Sullivan Chime, said the ideals which the deceased stood for during his lifetime should be kept hoisted in order to build a prosperous Nigeria.
Speaking at the reception of the remains of the late governor on Thursday, Chime stated that the ‘Okaa Omee of Ngwo’ might have passed on but his “legacies will live on forever in our hearts, in the lives he touched, in the institutions he built, in the illustrious sons and daughters, he mentored and in the Enugu and Ebonyi states that he fought for and realised.
“Let us resolve today to keep the flag that Chief Onoh and other heroes hoisted, flying even higher. We must not let the light that they handed over to us go off. We will be doing justice to their memories and legacies if we join hands together to build a prosperous Nigeria, a more united and dynamic South-East and a new Enugu State of our collective dream.”
The governor maintained that Onoh’s quest to have more states created in Igboland, made him to make heroic sacrifices, which led to some personal pains he suffered. He added that until his death, he remained undaunted in his campaign to have another state created out of the Igboland.
He continued: “Although his reign as the governor of the old Anambra State was cut short by the military, he continued to fight for the emancipation of his people by ensuring that subsequent leaders were always put under check and their perceived excesses exposed. In this regards, he was simply a one-man riot squad.”
Chime declared that people were consoled by the fact that Onoh’s last days on earth publicly affirmed on many occasions that even in death, he would be a happy and fulfilled man with the situation on ground in his beloved Enugu State. In death, according to the governor, the candle lit by the deceased continues to show them the way.
He described Chief Onoh as a finest patriot, excellent example of a fearless leader, who spent his life fighting for the downtrodden, the less privileged, the powerless, the poor and sometimes, the oppressed rich.
The governor, however, thanked all the governors, the burial committee headed by Chief Jim Nwobodo and other distinguished sons and daughters of Igboland, as well as other Nigerians for their support and prayers throughout the processes leading to today’s interment.
Onoh buried amidst tributes
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Thousands of mourners, well wishers and political heavyweights defied heavy showers, yesterday, to attend the state burial of late former governor of old Anambra State, Chief Christian Chukwuma Onoh at his country home in Ngwo, Enugu State.
The roads to Ngwo were crammed with vehicles as mourners, among who were very prominent citizens from all over the country, trooped to the venue of the burial to pay their respects to the late statesman.
The remains were taken to the grave amidst tight security and were accompanied by members of his family as well as close associates and government officials.
Speakers at the various events that preceded the burial had poured torrents of tributes to the departed politician, lawyer and businessman, who they said had devoted his life and resources to fighting the cause of the oppressed and underprivileged.
At a valedictory court session held in his honour at the Enugu High Court, the state chief judge, Justice Innocent Umezuluike described him as a true patriot.
He noted that the deceased statesman devoted his life to the pursuit of progress, justice and equity among all the peoples of the country, adding that his legacies were worthy of emulation by the nation’s current and future leaders.
He noted that Chief Onoh’s universe extended beyond the confines of Enugu State and included all parts of the country and the entire world, where people suffered all forms of oppression and injustice.
"Chief Onoh was a patriot and nationalist, who would be remembered for his dogged pursuit of justice and equity for everyone and he was an indefatigable advocate for good government," Justice Umezuluike said.
Also speaking Enugu state governor, Mr. Sullivan Chime, described Chief Onoh as one of a kind, adding that the people of Enugu state would forever be proud that he was born in their land.
He added that Chief Onoh had inspired thousands of young Nigerians to read law and engage in other meaningful endeavours.
The governor who was represented at the function by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Martin Iloh, thanked all the prominent Nigerian citizens, who joined efforts and resources to ensure that Chief Onoh was given a befitting burial.
A special church service was also held in his honour near his country home, with the officiating priest and Archbishop of the Enugu Province of the Anglican Communion, Rev Maurice Madu, urging Igbos to close ranks and ensure that they got their rightful share in the country.
Earlier at a public lecture organized in his honour, many prominent Nigerians, including former Vice President Alex Ekwueme, former Senate President Chief Ken Nnamani and Chief Jim Nwobodo all paid glowing tribute to the late statesman, stressing that the ideals for which he had lived and died should always be remembered and emulated