Saturday, March 14, 2009
NIGERIAN-WOMEN'S PLAGUE IN AMERICA, SPREADS TO EUROPE!
Friday, March 13, 2009
ICHEOKU PHOTOS OF THE WEEK!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
MADOFF, AN AMERICAN 419 CRIMINAL MASTERMIND!
Icheoku says, the moral of this case is principally two-fold:- whenever something sounds too good to be true, watch out; and also nepotism is a social malady afflicting mankind. The promised returns on investment by Madoff was rather too grandiose to make any prudent financial sense but greed possibly drove some of these investors over the Madoff's cliff?
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
SARAH PALIN'S DAUGHTER, NOW A FULL SINGLE MOM!
Many people smelt an "arranged" presentation but decided to give the teenage "couple" the benefit of the doubt. Subsequently, the vice presidential ambition of mother Sarah Palin petered-off when Americans discovered that the beautiful Alaskan governor was just an air-head and soon accelerated to an end. Bristol carried her pregnancy to full term and delivered a baby-boy named Tripp? What a name for a child, following a family name-trend of xxx? Maybe she was "tripping" when she was impregnated? Icheoku remembers that Sarah Palin explained that she named her daughter Bristol because of her love for a city named Bristol in Connecticut, United States of America?
Many body-language experts who watched Bristol and Levi together felt there was some disconnect between them; something was definitely not right as the duo did not share any chemistry whatsoever. This doubt became increasingly manifest when it was revealed that Levi's mother is a crack-head and was arrested for possession of large quantities of methamphetamine? And this is a prospective in-law to the Alaskan governor, Sarah Palin? There is no correlation between apples and oranges but the world decided to wait them out. Today, March 11, 2009 in a well choreographed presentation, the two announced that they have mutually decided to call off their engagement; to which Icheoku says, was there ever an engagement in the first place? Possibly all the world has so far watched, was a Hollywood-like presentation to mask a torpedoing event in the political life of Sarah Palin? What happened to all the protestations of love and intention to marry which the world was inundated with during the hey days of the vice presidential run? How could an engagement of the Alaskan governor's daughter be suddenly called off and why would Levi whose future is not that bright, decide to blow-out a light of hope as represented in marrying a governor's daughter? It is an impossible scenario and hopefully, the details will make the talk-show rounds soon.
The story coming out of Alaska has it that Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin, the teenage daughter of Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska, have broken off their engagement; barely three months after the "couple" had a baby. According to Levi Johnston 19, he and Bristol Palin 18 "mutually" decided "a while ago" to end their relationship. According to Bristol's family statement, "Unfortunately, my family has seen many people say and do many things to `cash in' on the Palin name, sometimes that greed clouds good judgment and the truth." Icheoku asks, what happened to the Sarah Palin's affirmation that "her daughter and Johnston are committed to accomplish what millions of other young parents have accomplished, to provide a loving and secure environment for their child." No matter what happens, Icheoku sympathises with the little angel named Tripp, whose opinion was not first sought before bringing him to this earth? As for Bristol, she will be just fine, after-all she is the daughter of a governor and highly libidous. At worst she can always become another Nadya Suleman? Levi might not find it as easy but hopefully he will collect himself together and pursue a future, which only he can determine. Icheoku wishes Bristol Palin, goodluck and happy life as a single teenage mother!
EMIR OF FIKA TOO, DROPPING LIKE FLIES?
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
ADEBOYE'S REDEEMED CHURCH, A PRIVATE PLANE?
The above Bible passage and that ensconced in the eight Beatitudes, it would appear do not appeal to these rock-star preachers; otherwise they would have known that their reward is in heaven and not here on earth? Icheoku says, all these worldly things that seek comfort of the flesh are of the Devil and will only ingratiate and gravitate them away from their primary calling to save lives for Christ into a meaningless indulgence. In a country with such suffocating poverty as Nigeria, with some of Redeemed Church parishioners possibly living without basic necessities of life including food, Icheoku says, it is scandalous for the church to chose now to flaunt such extravagance? At a time of global economic meltdown when families are losing their jobs and homes, children dropping out of schools, malaria killing young Nigerians, this church went on a shopping spree? Except there is a compelling reason for this purchase and the church got a deal on the plane, since many owners are shedding themselves of such money guzzling luxurious toys; Icheoku refuses to see the wisdom of such acquisition. Where is the meek in this church headship or the selfless leadership by example practised by Jesus Christ himself? In this regard and notwithstanding its foibles, the Catholic church is still above board; despite being the richest church in the world, yet her Pope still flies commercial on Alitalia airline? Anyway if the Bible is true, which we have no reason to argue otherwise, Icheoku says, the headship of this church has received their reward here on earth. Their argument of easily getting around and away to their various ecumenical centers world-over, does not justify this lavish investment. And this plane cost about $5000.00 each flying hour it is airborne? Put in the local currency, Pastor Adeboye will be burning about N735,000.00 every hour the plane is airborne which forces Icheoku to ask, who is then fooling who with talk of salvation? A caveat however, Icheoku does not begrudge this "Man of God" his earned payment under whatever subterfuge, including the ownership of a private plane; but we disagree with the decision, especially now when the whole world is hurting, economically? It does not show a God-fearing leadership of a church with so many devoted flocks who look up to their leader for direction on their quest to make heaven. Admitted that other super-duper churches, especially in the United States of America and Canada, own private jets but this Nigerian, in a country with such a high poverty rate and over 48million of her youth unemployed, such a vagrant display of wealth will only exacerbate the armed robbery and kidnapping scourge in Nigeria; as more wanna-bes shall become more desperate to try and belong! In their parlance, they have to "kill dead body" (make it) in order to finally join the privileged few, private-jet owning elite Nigerians!
Monday, March 9, 2009
ABIA ELDERS FORUM, TO HELL WITH YOUR APOLOGY!
For apologising to Abubarkar Atiku, because he was called out on his prostitutional visit to Olusegun Obasanjo, Icheoku says, the Abia Elders Forum is the most despicable and destitutional of all associations presently parading itself in the South East of Nigeria. Their beggarly apology amplifies the stereo-typical thinking in some quarters, that the Igbos are their own worst enemies? Can you imagine these faceless a-holes selling out on their own son, Orji Uzor-Kalu for a piece of the proverbial Abubarkar Atiku's poridge; and someone please tell Icheoku that the Igbos, with this kind of attitude, stand a chance at producing a Nigerian president of Igbo origin someday?
Why must it be Orji Uzor-Kalu that should be singled out and persecuted for putting his take on the swirling criticism of Abubarkar Atiku for genuflecting back to his old nemesis, Olusegun Obasanjo? That Atiku's caustic visit to Obasanjo connotes “selfishness and inconsistency” on the part of Abubarka Atiku is without doubt; so where then, is the beef against Orji Uzor-Kalu, that this Abia Elders Forum should open their ever-yawning mouth in such a denigrating way? Who in Nigeria did not criticise the miscalculated move by Abubarkar Atiku, going on all fours before Olusegun Obasanjo and naively thinking that his sins will be forgiven? Does Atiku not know that with Olusegun Obasanjo, forgiveness is for God only, but not him? Icheoku says, at the appropriate time, Olusegun Obasanjo shall take his pound of flesh off Atiku's body and with some blood as Lady Portia will not avail her services to Atiku. From Wole Soyinka to Balarabe Musa to Segun Osoba to every politician/pundit in Nigeria as well as the media including Icheoku.com; the criticisms were firing on all cylinders? So why should Orji Uzor-Kalu's merely adding his voice on a national discuss be deemed as inappropriate and an exception by these charlatans under the aeges of "Abia Elders Forum"?
Icheoku asks who constitues the membership of this shameless association, the Abia Elders Forum ? Shame on you, Abia Elders Forum and whatever you represent does not include the interest of the Igbo-man. Unmask your ugly self and let us know what you have contributed to the general welfare of the average Igbo-Joe since your inception? Your vituperations on Orji Uzor-Kalu adds impetus to the saying that some Igbos can sell their mother for a few shekels of silver; and also shows that the Igbos are the most disunited of all the people that ever walked the face of this earth. What shall it take for the Igbos to once again become each others brother's keeper? Icheoku says, Orji Uzor-Kalu was right to add his own opinion about the Abubarkar Atiku's infamous visit to the medicine man of Otta and nobody should hang him out to dry or unwantonly criticise his freedom of speech; particularly these lilliputians who purportedly begged Abubarka Atiku to please forgive Kalu? These guys are naughts and out of their freaking minds? They are the men and women every Igboman should beware of! They are the present danger and new-saboteurs of the Igbo struggle in Nigeria. Icheoku says, Igbo people must be ashamed to be so identified, after this shameful condescensional act of unsolicited apology of the Abia Elders Forum.
In their offesive statement, the Abia Elders Forum (AEF) through its Publicity Director Uchenna Kalu, said "it received with sadness the utterance of the former Governor of the Abia State, Orji Uzor-Kalu, on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. We apologise to Atiku over Kalu’s recent statement calling him a “chameleon, selfish and inconsistent. We commiserate with Alhaji Atiku because we know exactly the role he played in moving the country forward and we urge Atiku to forgive Kalu over his utterances and we call on him to continue to associate with the Abia people". Icheoku says if this people are not the lowest of low-lifers on earth, nothing else so qualifies? How condescending and slavish for them to beg Atiku to continue to associate with Abia people and Icheoku asks what is the benefit derivable from such association? When have Adamawa people ever begged to be associated with anybody, not even Olusegun Obasanjo when he was torturing their own Abubarkar Atiku? Who is the chameleon if not Atiku? Who is selfish if not Atiku? Who is inconsistent if not Atiku? Inspite of all his hoofing and puffing against Olusegun Obasanjo, he still crawled back on his knees to beg for forgiveness of his sins? So Orji Kalu was right! Despite swearing to be the symbol of democracy struggle in Nigeria, Atiku abandoned course and without consulting his followers surrepitously arranged to and went to prostrate before Olusegun Obasanjo? And again, Orji Kalu was right on the money! An Atiku's visit founded on his selfish desire to rule Nigeria at all cost, even if it means dinning with the devil Olusegun Obasanjo; and again Orji was right! Peradventure, a big surprise awaits Atiku as Nigerians will resist such a drooling son of a bitch from becoming their president.
Unlike Abubarkar Atiku, Orji Uzor-Kalu had remained steadfast with his convictions and was the first to throw his hat in the ring to stop Olusegun Obasanjo from his third term bid? That he suffered greatly without cowing down to Olusegun Obasanjo was a fact of general awareness; losing his Slok Airlines operating license as well as Hallmark Bank etc as a consequence of standing up to the lunatic of Otta, Olusegun Obasanjo. That Orji Uzor-Kalu fought off Olusegun Obasanjo's machine and got "elected" twice as Abia State's executive governor and topped it all when he was succeeded in office by his own chosen candidate, under his own newly floated political party, PPA; is there for these urchins consituted in Abia Elders Forum to see? Abubarkar could not even win his own state of Adamawa and yet it is the same Atiku that this Abia Elders Forum prefers and is begging to forgive Orji Kalu; and to also not forsake Abia State? What for and wherein is the dividends of such felicity?
Icheoku says, it is regrettable as it is omnious that some Igbo people do not recognise their heros, of which Orji Uzor-Kalu eminently qualifes as one, belonging in the same genre as Odumegwu Ojukwu, Senator Ken Nnamani and Ralph Uwazulike just to mention a few. Icheoku says this, because we recognise where people stand in periods of high adversity and not those story-tellers, like this Abia Elders Forum, who re-appear from their hide-outs after the tornado had already blown away? Calling Orji Kalu a political rascal does not belittle his stature as he, Orji Uzor-Kalu has by his accomplishments during his short life on earth, achieved so much that these rat-packs called Abia Elders Forum can only day-dream about. That Orji Uzor-Kalu is a man is without doubt and a brave man indeed; and to say otherwise will be as pitful as a jealousy-driven denial of the obvious. Aptly described by Orji Uzor-Kalu himself, these folks of Abia Elders Forum are a bunch of irresponsible and faceless political orphans! Icheoku does not care about the veracity of the excahnges between Orji Kalu and Atiku but only mindful that Orji Uzor-Kalu should not be singled out to be crucified, for chastising Abubarkar Atiku's ill-advised, capitulating visit to Olusegun Obasanjo, period!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
GBONG GWOM JOS, MAKES HIS FINAL EXIT!
YOUR SUNDAY WITH PROPHET MKO TIBETAN!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
TSVANGIRAI:- ONE SURVIVES, ONE DIES IN AN ASSASSINATION?
Looking at the damage on the SUV carrying the Tsvangirais, it does not appear it was an unsurvivable accident. The pictured accident-vehicle does not look as if there was a tire-burst? Could it be that Susan was possibly not wearing her seat-belt, and was ejected from the rolled-over vehicle, crushing her skull in the process? Icheoku calls on Morgan Tsvangirai to institute a powerful probe to determine how his pillar of strength was taken away from him and so suddenly? Our fear is that Morgan is merely a "ceremonial" prime minister without any real power, none of which Robert Mugabe has yielded. Morgan could not even secure the release of his deputy minister for agriculture Roy Bennett, who is in detention, despite a court's bail order, being tried for treason. Also currently available information has it that the magistrate who granted Mr. Bennett bail, Livingstone Chipadze has himself been arrested for not kow-towing Robert Mugabe's wishes that Bennett does not see the day-light again. The only meaningful advise from Icheoku to Morgan Tsvangirai, is to resign his office in protest against the illegitimate government of Robert Mugabe; then he can reboot his opposition for a more forceful agitation from outside the government for security purposes. Being so close to the government as a prime minister will only bring him too close for the hatchet men of Mugabe to chop off his head. Morgan Tsvangirai, please do not be a seating duck for Robert Mugabe's enforcers, as nothing in Zimbabwe as presently constituted, is worth making your kids orphans. They have already lost their mother and losing their father also might be too haranguing a trauma from which they may never fully recover from? Robert Mugabe has already killed your wife and must be regretting the shoddy job done by his henchmen in not also getting you in their flaky accident?
Susan Tsvangirai, died Friday March 6, 2009 afternoon in a "road accident" that also injured her husband Morgan. The collision occurred about 30 miles south of Harare, between 1600 hours [1400 GMT] and 1700 (about 2.00PM), on the Harare-Masvingo Road. Morgan Tsvangirai and his wife Susan were headed to their hometown of Buhera, south of the capital, from the capital Harare. As their vehicle collided head-on with a heavy truck, Susan succumbed to her injuries and died soon afterwards at the scene. Morgan was conscious and in a stable condition in a local hospital. To complete the "mafia-like hit" drama, the first visitor Morgan Tsvangirai had at his hospital bed was none other than Robert Mugabe himself? And we are talking about "The Godfather movie"! Icheoku asks, how can the trailer of a large truck suddenly and precisely swing out from nowhere, in front of the Tsvangirai's moving vehicle, sideswiped their vehicle with such a great speed that it rolled-over leaving Susan dead with her husband in hospital? It is the stuff, Hollywood movies are made of, especially if that Hollywood movie was out of Sicily-Italy? It requires the total and complete suspension of disbelief to accept such a mirage of a coincidence? Icheoku says, it does not help speculations when several "enemies" of Mugabe's Zanu-PF party have been killed in the past in such orchestrated and staged accidents? According to one observer who raised similar doubt on the accident, "I'm skeptical about any motor vehicle accident in Zimbabwe involving an opposition figure. Robert Mugabe has a history of strange car accidents when someone lo and behold dies; -- it's sort of his modus operandi of how they get rid of people they don't like."
It is instructive to note that "car accidents" took the lives of the estranged Defense Minister Moven Mahachi in 2001, the former Employment Minister Border Gezi's in 1999 and former minister and regional governor Elliot Manyika, last year December 2008? And car accidents never saw these men while they were still in the good books of Robert Mugabe until they became "renegades"? Icheoku says, it is such a big coincidence that each of these three deemed "disagreeable" men and now Susan Tsvangirai all died in car crashes?
A full independent investigation is what is needed to get to the root of this one murder too many! Despite all the present Zimbabwe's government-kites being flown to the world as to the possible cause of the accident, from the driver of the semi-truck possibly sleeping on the wheels, to a possible tire-burst of the Tsvangirai's vehicle etc , Icheoku says, only Robert Mugabe's exit from power in Harare can solve this riddle. Until then, and as the world joins Morgan Tsvangirai to mourn the loss of his wife, Susan Tsvangirai, Icheoku wishes the Prime Minister God's protection as the vermin of Harare will surely make another attempt to stop his crusade to better the lot of the Zimbabwean people. Please accept our condolences, Mr Prime Minister and may your wife's soul find peace with the Lord! Adieu Susan Tsvangirai!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
SUDAN, OMAR AL-BASHIR SHOULD SURRENDER NOW!
Icheoku says, Omar al-Bashir should be humble enough to start discussing terms of his surrender, indictment and possible imprisonment for war crimes against his people of Darfur origin. At least he stands to get a fair trial which he denied his people of Darfur who he summarily executed just for their skin color? An Arab killing real Africans just because he is a bigot and now that his hour has come to face his nemesis, he is hoofing and puffing at the international community? The International Criminal Court is a fair court as recently demonstrated when the former president of Serbian President Milan Milutinovic was found not guilty of war crimes by that court, which had earlier indicted him. So, Omar al-Bashir, if you have nothing to hide, begin your defense at the Hague today and right now by turning yourself in!
Omar al-Bashir and his apologists can call it whatever they like, but those people of Darfur who he sent to their early graves; decimating their villages and towns in the earth-scorching policy of his killer-government, are not White people but Africans. It therefore flies in the face of reason, for his government to tag the warrant for his arrest as a "neo- colonialist" move to destabilise Sudan; a Sudan which Omar al-Bashir had personally and single-handedly destabilised when he choose to exterminate a part of its population simply because they are blacks? The risk of such a warrant destabilizing Darfur is a levitating argument since Darfur has since been destabilized by the action and/or in-action of Omar al-Bashir himself. Such sentimental argument has since become mute and should not be factored in, in prosecuting the warrant for Omar al-Bashir's arrest. What is of consequence here is that the ICC has the backing of the United States of America and her European allies; so the so-called African Union can shout all they can or throw all the tantrums they want but Icheoku says, shame on them for waiting this long, until the ICC did a job they could have themselves since done. With over 300,000 Sudanese people of Darfur ethnicity killed and millions more displaced by Omar al-Bashir's government, who in his right mind will argue against bringing this bloody Dracula of Khartoum to justice?
Icheoku says, some pontificators who are arguing that the ICC is selective in its decisions on who to prosecute should read history. Unlike President George Bush who was prosecuting a war against a foreign sovereign, Omar al-Bashir was waging a war of extermination against his own people of Darfur, Sudan. Omar al-Bashir directed attacks on his unarmed civilian population, which population he had sworn an oath as president to defend and protect. The people of Darfur were not collateral damage to the conflict raging on in Sudan. No, they were victims of Omar al-Bashir's deliberate, intentional and calculated act of aggression on a civilian populace. Omar al-Bashir according to the warrant for his arrest, is being sought for "murdering, exterminating, raping, torturing and forcibly transferring and displacing large numbers of Darfur civilians and pillaging their property". Also, after Hitler's maniacal attempt to take-over the world failed, a subsequent war crimes tribunal en-panelled, tried some of his cronies for their role in the genocide. They were tried principally for exterminating their native as well as other civilian Jewish population and not necessarily for bombing London to near smithereens. The implication is that act of war is recognised by the international community and so Hitler was legally engaged in act of war with Britain; but his conduct of deliberately targeting Jews was what was frowned against? Therefore, to state that the ICC is selective by not indicting President George Bush on Iraq is stretching the parameters and hence, over-reaching. President George Bush did not deliberately target Iraqi civilian population for extermination, as most of Iraqi war-dead were victims of collateral damage occasioned by the armed hostilities between two nations? We all must be able to distinguish the two scenarios and accept that what Omar al-Bashir did against his people was heinous as it was horrendous; so his sentiments of "neo-colonialism" should not be allowed to fly. It is a plebeian argument meant to evoke an unfounded emotional passion of patriotism in the masses of Sudan and some faceless African nations. Look at Egypt being "greatly disturbed" by the ICC's decision when they could, but chose not to stop the carnage of Darfur simply because it was a fellow Arab that was perpetrating the "genocide"? Also it was their crony Omar al-Bashir who had fought alongside Hosni Mubarak in their war against Israel in the 1970s? Further, Mubarak is a fellow dictator like Omar al-Bashir, and sees nothing wrong in his friend trying to wipe out real Africans from their land in Africa's Sudan? That the African Union said the ruling could strike a fatal blow to faltering peace moves in Darfur is a testament that this union has no moral basis for its existence. Icheoku asks, where was this African Union all these years since the mayhem in Darfur was taking place or were they hijacked by the Arabs thus rendering it impotent and hence being used as a mere tool? According to one commentator, by this warrant of arrest, Omar al-Bashir is now a wanted man; which Icheoku rephrases to read, Omar al-Bashir is now the world's most wanted genocidal criminal.
Icheoku congratulates the ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's for bringing this warrant of arrest against one of Africa's bloodiest despot. We pray that the international community will give him the necessary back-up muscle to prosecute and put away this vampire of Khartoum for good. Icheoku says, the good news is that precedents favour the current position of the ICC, the good people of Darfur, Sudan, Africa, and the entire world. We have previously seen such grandstanding by other despotic African-terrorist-leaders eventually come to naught and this donkey in Khartoum will not be an exception? From Idi Amin Dada of Uganda to Libya's Ghaddafi to Liberia's Charles Taylor, it has been the same conclusion - they all capitulated and so shall this soon to be former president of Sudan. Saddam Hussein once taught he could take on the world and his epitaph in Tikiriti now possibly reads, "here lies the lunatic of Baghdad who killed and buried his own people in their thousands and in mass, unmarked graves".
Icheoku says, the present action of the International Court of Justice (ICC) has our full support and we pray that all the dictators of Africa should meet similar fate as befits every crazed-out lunatic of this world! How Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, a potential "indictee" of this court, escaped prosecution for the Odi and Zaki-Ibiam massacres is yet to be determined. Icheoku calls on Omar al-Bashir of Sudan to save himself and the world further pain, and immediately hand himself over to the ICC to be prosecuted for his crimes against humanity of Darfur!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
A NIGERIAN, SENT AWAY FOR 188 YEARS!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
VIEIRA & WAIE OF GUINEA-BISSAU, WHAT A DOUBLE TRAGEDY?
The Guinea-Bissau armed forces spokesman Samuel Fernandes, spoke well when he vowed that they "are going to pursue the attackers and avenge ourselves." Icheoku says, now that they have avenged the death of their chief of staff, may they allow democracy to continue to flourish in Guinea-Bissau and remain the brave custodians thereof, which they are! Be that as it may, Icheoku commiserates with the people of Guinea-Bissau on the double tragedy of their army chief of staff and president's violent deaths.
Monday, March 2, 2009
JACK BAUER & 24, THAT WAS OVER-BOARD!
We understand that the whole episode was intended to make us stand on our toes till next Monday, but slapping of an American president was a disrespect to all Americans and that president, being a woman, in lieu of the recent Chris Brown roughing-up of Rihana, fortifies the stereotype of humiliating women in a masculine world! Icheoku condemns this scene and hopefully we are not the lone voice in denouncing this humiliating slap of an American president by the rogue General Juma of Singala.