Super Eagles’ Prayer

OLULANA asked me to tell you that there shall be a way for you where there seems to be no way,

OLUPESE says He shall provide for you,

AIKU says you shall not die,

ARABA-RIBITI says He is bigger than your problems,

ALAABO says He shall protect you from all evils,

IYANU says your miracle has started,

ALAGBARA-NLA says, He shall strengthen you in your weakness,

ATOFARATI says you shall not be disappointed,

OLUWOSAN says He has healed you,

ATOBAJAIYE says he has enough for you to enjoy.

Congratulations God is for you, who can be against you?

I rejoice with you!!!!!

…… Anonymous

I think the Super Eagles of Nigeria deserves this kind of prayer at times like this, also to football- loving Nigerians out there.

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When Is A Deal Not A Deal?

Yar’Adua Meets Shell CEO - Jeroen van der Veer

Awash this week on the Nigerian dailies was the meeting between Nigeria’s President Umaru Yar’Adua and Mr Jeroen van der Veer of Shell.

We are being told that the doomsday for the multitude of Shell workers in Nigeria have been temporarily averted but not completely shelved.

As a matter of fact, we have not been let into the details of the discussions and (agreement); however, it is indicative that Shell may have walked away from that parley much happier for the deal they have cut for themselves than the generality of Shell workers in Nigeria.

I do not intend to go back and forth the issues of work ethics, corporate and social responsibilities of the multi-nationals operating in Nigeria; but, i am very much interested in the defenders (protectors) of the common man in Nigeria.

The defenders (politicians) as we have come to realise have been the worst enemies of the common and ordinary Nigerians to whom they have sworn to serve and protect. As darkness turns into light, Nigerians are slowly coming to terms with the lopsidedness of some of the deals the last adminstration of President Obasanjo consumated on behalf of Nigerians.

I do sincerely hope that whatever agreement President Yar’Adua has entered on behalf the the Shell employees in Nigeria is ‘in their best interest’ and nothing else.

The days ahead will be very revealing to the Shell workers and Nigerians if the deal reached with Shell has been entered in good faith or not. We have learnt over-time that, most deals in Nigeria are consumated with selfish intents rather than the benefits as orchestrated.  GHANA 2008 is a revelation that is unravelling. The NFA, Dr Adamu, Betti Vogts and their cohorts will have a lot to explain to Nigerians should it all go wrong later today when the super eagles meet Benin. I hope the eagles will mount on wings today like the eagles they are. Good Luck, boys!!!

Which brings me to the question; When is a deal not a deal?

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Nigeria Rules the World

Victory has many offspring, siblings and a host of relations. Nigeria stamped her authority on the round leather game on the 9th of September with an emphatic victory over Spain.

Like an elephant killed by a lone hunter, Nigeria’s victory at the just concluded FIFA under 17 World Cup in South Korea, has brought a lot of shareholders and some are more greedy than the hunter.

The Nigerian Football Association (NFA), who has been comatose are claiming it is her administrative wizzardry that resulted in this victory. It is helpful to remind NFA that the Nigerian League has not started, while their counterparts in Eu, and other African nations are way into their 5th marches. The problem is the inability of NFA to manage these resounding victory(s) at the FIFA age championships to the bigger stage. At the median edition in China 1985, Nigeria beat Germany 2 goals to 1. This is 22years ago and Germany has gone ahead to win the World Cup, while the best result Nigeria has achieved is a rusty second round. NFA, should re-examine herself, compare notes with other nations who started this battle 22 years ago.

Africa nay Nigeria, is a land riddled with superstition.Where none exist, they create one. Through out the eight years of Obasanjo administration, Nigeria never won any major tournament. The Yar’adua administration’s spin doctors have gone to town that this latest victory, is a sign of good things to trail this administration. It should be remembered that the two editions won by Nigeria (China 85 and Japan 93), were under miltary dictatorship. One has gone done the drain of history as an epitome of corruption, while the other is refered to as the darkest period in Nigerian history, where human and ethnic rights activists were extrajudicially murdered. That the victory came with the celebration of Yar’adua’s 100days in office, is not a pointer to good things to come or is it a mark of divine endorsement of the administration. Read more

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