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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Thursday, June 23, 2011

ISLAMIC BANKING IN A SECULAR SOCIETY, AN AFFRONT TO NON MUSLIMS!

Icheoku is highly alarmed by the decision of Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi's controlled Central Bank of Nigeria to venture into Islamic Banking, so called? What is the need one may ask, of setting up a parallel Islamic banking system in a country that is supposedly secular and already operating a world standardized banking policy; and at this time of great turmoil in the land with Boko Haram murderously trying to forcefully Islamize the whole Nigeria, with other disparate nationalities within the geographical entity vociferously agitating for separatism. It is crass stupidity except that this particular man is not stupid but had carefully chosen this very opportune time to impose his Islamic agenda and/or banking policy on Nigerians for maximum impact. 

Icheoku is convinced that this is yet another smart by half ploy by Northern Nigerian Islamists to impose their way of life on the rest of the country, and to them it does not matter whether or not other non Muslims Nigerians like it. The previous Arabic words on the Naira having been successfully removed therefrom, this Imam serving as governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, on behalf of his fellow Northern Nigeria Islamists, is now trying to smuggle Islamic influences on our monetary policies and on a grander scale. Icheoku queries, why have an Islamic parallel banking system when there is no Christian Banking system or one designed specifically for Atheists and other denominations, including non-denominational Nigerians. 

Millions of Nigerians would like to know who the sponsors of this religious banking system are and why President Jonathan is still keeping quiet over such a highly sensitive case. Our suspicion is that it is the usual Islam propagating suspect, Saudi Arabia, that is behind this latest attempt by the Muslims of Northern Nigeria to force an Islamic Banking system on a country which is not an Islamic Republic. Were Icheoku President Jonathan, this arrant nonsense of a parallel Islamic banking system would not have see the daylight but nipped in the bud earlier. If Mallam Imam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi does not like it or says or thinks anything otherwise, just fire the SOB. Admitted he could still be fired for trivializing his office and using it to pursue a sectional and parochial Islamic religious agenda against the general interest of all Nigerians irrespective of their religious inclinations or lack thereof. 

President Jonathan should speak up now and call his Central Bank governor to order or strip him of the position for deviating from the course of what is normal for a secular country. If Islamic Banking was that so good, why did Somalia economy fail? Why is it not solely practiced in Islamic Pakistan, Indonesia. Iran as well as other Islamic republics. Icheoku concludes that the introduction of Islamic banking in Nigeria is ominous and would be used as a conduit for both money laundering operations for religious propaganda and manipulation of the Nigerian economy by the Middle East. 

Central Bank Governor of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, should resign now or be fired for playing religious politics with his office, mixing banking with religion. If Sanusi wants to become an Imam, so be it; but he must first resign his office as governor of Central Bank of Nigeria and desist from the control and management of Nigeria's secular financial system. But to continue to insult our general sensibilities, using the instrumentality of the state as governor of Central Bank to pursue a parochial Islamic agenda in Nigeria is highly unacceptable. His job is a regulator of Nigeria's fiscal and monetary policy but not an advocate or campaigner for Islamic causes including the establishment of an Islamic parallel monetary policy in a secular Nigeria. Icheoku calls on Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to just quit the office now as he has wandered off the reservation!