I love Nigerians because of the very optimistic spirit they possess.
I have been ‘priviledged’ to listen to different set of people analysing the inability of our great country to qualify for the most glamorous and popular sporting fiesta in the world – the World Cup. The school of thought gave us the consolation that it is better to win the Nations Cup than crash out in the first round at the World Cup – my own submission to these funny set of people is that it is better to be in both!

Let’s stop brooding over spilled milk and cracked eggs and concentrate on the Nations Cup in Egypt. I can bet that this year’s tournament will be one of the most interesting and competitive we have seen in years. The fact speak for itself – the giants that crashed out of the World Cup qualifiers have a chance to prove their waning relevance in African football – hence the likes of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon (Experience shows they are not that Indomitable), the Pharaohs of Egypt (Maybe they were asleep in their Tombs), the Terranga Lions of Senegal (E be like dem teeth don weak), the Bafana Bafana of South Africa (Pretenders) and the Super Eagles of Nigeria (Underperformers due to proper planning) have a lot to prove at the competition.

I am optimistic about Nigeria’s chances at the Nations cup and with a stroke of luck, yes luck – we can be victorious at the finals. We have the required talents to do the job, the only snag is in evolving a team out of these talented men at such a short period. All will be clear when the competition kicks of in 2 days time. Monday, Jan 23 will put a rest to all notion of Eagles ability to fly when we take on Ghana.

I am sure of something – I will enjoy this tournament to the full!

Happy new year folks and wishing you many great things for this new year. I have not posted on this blog for a long time, more than a month now. The common reason is always time but I hope to improve on it. Many interesting episodes have passed since I last wrote and I feel bad not writing about them. From Alams impeachment, to the very unfortunate Sosoliso plane crash and many other political trickeries set up by the animal called man. I am sorry to be as blunt as this and note that many progressive young men are disgusted by the sheer insensitivity of our president, the man who is supposed to be the conscience of the nation and the number 1 upholder of our sacred constitution.
I have seen so many of the president’s blunders but yesterday marked a turning point in the history of political mediocrity of our dear nation. Believe me, I am not against the impeachment of any governor in this country because most, if not all of them have soiled hands but I am against unconstitutional and criminal methods of carrying out political persecution. What happened in Oyo State yesterday is a fatal rape on democracy and if not corrected will lead us into a very bad precedence.
Ladoja’s fate was sealed months before his impeachment due to his loyalty to Atiku and I know that if he was loyal to Obasanjo and still don’t bulge to Adedibu; The man in Aso Rock would have silenced Alaafin Molete (Adedibu). Or how can we explain the interview granted by Alli mongo (PDP Chairman), a man best known for his involvements in the death of Nigerian students, notably Kunle Adepeju of UI in the 70s when they were protesting against some of Obasanjo’s policies – Alli Mongo – a short form of Alli Must Go made us believe that Ibadan politics must always be a Godfather affair and that Ladoja must play balls with Adedibu, he even took us on a history course where he cited the garrison nature of Ibadan politics from inception.
I still find it very difficult to believe that a conscious abuse of the nation’s constitution could be so orchestrated by impeaching a Governor with just 18 out of 32 membersof the State house of assembly present while the Nigerian Ploice Force as usual took part in the dirty deal by disallowing honorable members from gaining entrance into the Assembly building; this fell short of the 2/3 majority required to complete such process and our president and the PDP are bold enough to tell us that they followed due process. I am afraid for this country and as denoted by the title of this blog…. I smell the Marshal’s Anthem. Please figure out the meaning yourself!