In Nigeria We Trust: Obasanjo, Buhari and God
On Sunday, January 20, 2019, former president Olusegun Obasanjo wielded his letter-writing skills again. He fired shots at the Buhari-led administration, calling the government “another Abacha Era”. He then called on Nigerians to “cry out to God to deliver” the country. What’s fascinating about that long and boring essay (yeah, another lazy Nigerian youth) was where the former president wrote: “God of Nigeria is a living God and a prayer-answering God.” Begs the question, who amongst you Nigerians have been blocking prayers for an increment in NYSC allawee?
The Presidency goes for Obasanjo’s jugular
After the scathing criticism the former president shot at President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Presidency turned in a savage-style reply. Here’s what they said: ‘Our first message to the former President is that he needs a good doctor for good treatment and to say to him, “Get well soon.”’. Lobatan! Such savagery. But the Presidency didn’t say if he should try out a hospital in London, à la you-know-who. Ahem.
Two-horse presidential race? Well, Atiku thinks so
After boycotting the presidential debate, presidential aspirant Atiku Abubakar issued a statement saying he didn’t show up because ‘the man at the helm of the affairs of the nation’, President Buhari didn’t show up,too. So, the other contestants that turned up have two heads ba? If this doesn’t tell about the sorry APC-PDP tug of war that Nigerian politics is, then what else will?
Is Maurizio Sarri a firespitter or is he just playing with fire?
After Saturday’s disappointing loss to Arsenal at the Emirates, Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri lost his cool and put his players on full blast. He said ‘it appears this group of players is extremely difficult to motivate,’ and that ‘they don’t have a ferocity in their mentality.’ Nice one, Coachie. But a Good Samaritan should have told him Chelsea players have PhD in getting coaches sacked (e.g Jose Mourinho, Antonio Conte, Andre Villas Boas, etc.). Or perhaps the venom in his words is the engine oil the players need to repair their heads?