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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Sunday, April 5, 2015

GOODLUCK JONATHAN SACRIFICED, A JESUS WHO SAVED NIGERIA?

Icheoku says as Christians of Nigeria join other world believers to celebrate the sacrifice made by Lord Jesus Christ to save mankind from eternal damnation, it is good for them to also specifically remember the sacrifice made by Goodluck Jonathan to save Nigeria from a bloody conflict from which they might never have recovered from. Icheoku is emphatic that without this selfless sacrifice, there will be no Easter to celebrate in Nigeria as the country would have since March 29 been in flames, engulfing every tom, dick and harry therein. So this particular Easter, it should not only be about the Jewish Jesus Christ of Nazareth, but also the Jona of Otuoke, who gave it up in order to save Nigeria from an eclipsing conflagration, the end of which no one could have safely predicted or projected. Possibly Nigerians were saved from the American predicted disintegration 2015 by the awesome sacrifice made by this man and for this reason, he should be remembered by all with bountiful gratitude as the man who saved Nigeria. 

Yes, you heard Icheoku right that but for the magnanimity of President Goodluck Jonathan, who faced with international and domestic conspiracy to torpedo his second term ambition, which ambition was both within reach and realizable if he stubbornly wanted it that badly enough, decided not to fight it but to walk away. A sacrifice no known Nigerian would have readily made, but which only a man of peace, whose love for country and country men and women supersedes the allure of power, could make and made. It is a well know refrain of his that no office or ambition in the land is worth the shedding of any Nigerian blood and he walked his talk when it mattered most, putting his money where his mouth is. The result, this Easter, Nigerians are celebrating the crucifixion and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ in relative peace and tranquility,  a situation made possible by President Goodluck Jonathan, who had the power and opportunity to say no to all those Nigeria-hating conspirators who wanted him out of Aso Rock by all means necessary; but instead he said nothing bad should happen to his country and country citizens and ponied up his second term presidency in order for peace to prevail. 

Therefore since the story of Jesus Christ was founded on sacrifice, the reason for this season, it is appropriate to similarly also acknowledge in this season, any other person who similarly made great sacrifice for the love of his people as Jesus's, for his love of the world. At least Jonathan  could have consequentially stirred the hornet nest but chose not to; and for Nigeria's safety and in order to preempt all those vultures wishing Nigeria ill, some of who had predicted a disintegrated Nigeria by 2015, he surrendered and walked away. He boldly decided to quench the needless tension, purposely generated by these fifth elements and which kept Nigerians guessing and panicking until the last minute.  Regardless of what pin-head haters of the president might wish to say or delude themselves with, a sitting president can cause much harm if he decides to and Nigerians have seen it happen before and nothing could have stopped it if he wanted. So today as the world is acknowledging the president's sacrifice, Icheoku prays that Nigerians would equally accord it the highest honor it deserves. Like Jesus resurrected in three days, Jona of Otuoke shall rise again, may be in three years time, prelude to election 2019 to lead in some fashion. So, admitted it is presently finished for his second term presidency ambition, but Nigerians and the rest of the world have not heard the last of the man from Otuoke, who walked away instead of plunging the country into eternal conflagration and this message is imperative this Easter. Happy Easter to all those celebrating and who believe in the story for the season.