NIGERIA TODAY

NIGERIA TODAY

SOME YEARS BACK NIGERIA WAS TAGGED THE GIANT OF AFRICA NOT BECAUSE OF HER CREATIVITY BUT BECAUSE OF ITS ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE TO THE WORLD WHICH IS SEEN IN HER MAJOR COMMODITY “’CRUDE OIL’’. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS SO BLESSED COUNTRY HAS ABOUT 87% OF HER CITIZENRY WALLOWING IN ABJECT POVERTY. LEADERS WERE NOW KNOW BY THE KIND OF CARS, AFFLUENCE AND ILL-GOTTEN WEALTH WHICH THEY PARADE AND USE IN INTIMIDATING ANYONE WHO QUESTIONS THEIR ACTIVITIES.SOON IT GOT TO A HEIGHT IN A NATION AS OURS THAT FOR YOU TO ASCEND TO POLITICAL POWER YOU MUST BE SOMEONE WHO CAN CHURN OUT HUGE SUMS OF MONEY TO BRIBE THE SO-CALLED HIGH AND MIGHTY.

IT GOT TO A POINT THAT FOR ONE TO HOLD POLITICAL POSITION,HE MUST BE A KILLER OR MAIMER.THE RULING CLASS TOOK EVERYTHING FROM THE PEASANT ONES AT HOME RANGING FROM BASIC AMENITIES WHICH OUGHT TO BE THEIR BASIC RIGHT TO THEIR FREEDOM,EDUCATION BECAME SO EXPENSIVE AND FOOD REMAINED A MIRAGE TO THE COMMON MAN.

ONE MAY ASK .WHERE DID WE GET IT WRONG AS A PEOPLE?IT DID NOT START TODAY.LET ME TAKE YOU ABACK TO SOME LINES IN THE INDEPENDENCE SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER TAFAWA BALEWA WHO RECEIVED  LEADERSHIP SYMBOLS OF OUR COUNTRY WHEN DECLARED.

    ‘’TODAY IS INDEPENDENCE DAY.THE FIRST OF OCTOBER 1960 IS THE DATE TO WHICH FOR TWO YEARS,NIGERIANS HAS BEEN EAGERLY LOOKING FORWARD.AT LAST,OUR GREAT DAY HAS ARRIVED AND NIGERIA IS NOW INDEED AN INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGN NATION……. AND IT GIVES ME STRENGTH AND COURAGE AS I DEDICATE MY LIFE TO THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY…………IT IS ALL THE WONDERFUL BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN COMPELLED TO WATCH ONE COUNTRY AFTER ANOTHER OVERTAKING US ON THE ROAD WHEN WE HAD SO NEARLY REACHED OUR GOAL………………IT HAS BEEN THOROUGH AND NIGERIA NOW STANDS BUILT UPON FIRM FOUNDATIONS………..WE ,THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE OF NIGERIA,CONCENTRATED ON PROVING THAT WE WERE FULLY CAPABLE OF MANAGING OUR OWN AFFAIRS BOTH INTERNALLY AND AS A NATION.HOWEVER,WE WERE NOT TO BE ALLOWED THE SELFISH LUXURY OF FOCUSING OUR INTERESTS ON OUR OWN HOMES………THIS IS A GREAT COUNTRY WHICH HAS NOW EMERGED WITHOUT BITTERNESS AND BLOODSHED,FINDS THAT SHE MUST AT ONCE BE READY TO DEAL WITH GRAVE INTERNATIONAL ISSUES…………..WE ARE CALLED UPON IMMEDIATELY TO SHOW THAT OUR CLAIMS TO RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT ARE WELL-FOUNDED.....’’

NOW LETS TRY TO DISSECT THE WORDS OF THE THEN PRIME MINISTER WHO RECEIVED OUR SYMBOL OF INDEPENDENCE FROM THE QUEEN FIRST HAND.

          ‘’……AT LAST, OUR GREAT DAY HAS ARRIVED AND NIGERIA IS NOW INDEED AN  INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGN NATION’’.

CAN ONE NOT SAY THAT NIGERIA GAINED INDEPENDENCE BUT LACKED SOVEREIGNTY SINCE THE NIGERIAN LEADERS COULD NOT SUSTAIN NOR IMPROVE THE NATION THAT WAS HANDED THEM?IN NOT A LONG TIME AFTER INDEPENDENCE,THEIR GREED,SCHEMING FOR POWER GOT EXPOSED AND IN NOT LES THAN 6(SIX) YEARS,THERE WAS A COUP LED BY MAJ. GEN. AGUIYI IRONSI.

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                                                                                                                EMEKUME VINCENT

RELIGION THE CHALLENGE TO AFRICANS AND NIGERIANS IN PARTICULAR

 RELIGION THE CHALLENGE TO AFRICANS AND       NIGERIANS IN PARTICULAR

GROWING AS A CHILD ONE THING ONE CANNOT FORGET IS THE EMPHASIS TO LIVE UPRIGHT.I CAN REMEMBER HOW OUR PARENTS WOULD TELL US TO DESIST FROM ACTS THAT COULD BE INIMICAL TO OUR LIFE AND THAT OF OUR NEIGHBORS.PARENTS WOULD ADVICE THEIR CHILDREN AGAINST ILL-GOTTEN WEALTH OR MATERIALS IN ALL MANNER. THEY WOULD POINT TO THE NEED TO BE HONEST AND SINCERE IN OUR DEALINGS.WHEN YOU STEAL YOU ARE BROUGHT OUT AND MADE TO SWEAR YOU WILL NEVER DO IT AGAIN.THESE TIME,THE SO MUCH CHRISTIANIZATION AND ISLAMIZATION HAD NOT GOTTEN TO THIS POINT WE ARE

WHY DID I SAY SO?SOMETIME AGO IT IS WITHIN OUR LIVING STYLE TO TAKE A LITTLE WHEN YOU ARE HUNGRY BUT NEVER SUPPORT STEALING FOR PERSONAL GAIN ESPECIALLY IN OUR FARMING LIVES.BUT DUE TO THE RELIGIOUS EXPLOSION OF THE ABANDONED RELIGION OF WHITE MEN BY SAME WHITE MEN,WE SEE CERTAIN NORMS AS UNNECESSARY SINCE THE NEW GOD WILL GRANT US HIS GRACE ACCORDING TO THE ONESIDE TEACHINGS OF THESE WHITEMEN.

IN THE EARLY YEARS OF OUR INDEPENDENCE,HIGHLY RANKS CIVIL SERVANTS WERE PROMOTED AND RESPECTED FOR THEIR LEVEL OF HONESTY DURING THEIR SERVICE YEARS.TODAY DUE TO THE INDOCTRINATION OF OUR PEOPLE BY THE RELIGIOUS HOUSES,PEOPLE ARE CELEBRATED BY THE LEVEL OF THEIR STOLEN WEALTH.IT IS ONLY IN THESE WHITEMEN RELIGION THAT SUCCESS COMES BEFORE WORK AS IT IS IN THE DICTIONARY.THEY EMPHASIZE FAVOUR MOCKING THE BIBLICAL WORDS OF THEIR SCRIPTURE WHICH SAYS THAT FAITH WITHOUT GOOD WORK IS DEAD.

THE WHITE MAN’”S RELIGION CAME ALONG IT WITH IMPERIALISM,COLONIALIZATION AND CONSCIENTIZED EXPLOITATION.THEY MADE US BELIEVED IN THEM RATHER THAN BELIEVING IN US.IT IS IN THEIR TIME ALL OUR PRODUCTS WERE SEEN AND LABELLED ILLICIT AND THESE THEY SENT HOME AND RETURNED TO BE FANTASTIC PRODUCTS.THEY THROUGH THEIR RELIGION,RELEGATED OURS TO GOD KNOWS NOWHERE AND IMPOSED THEIRS AS A WAY OF LIFE.NOW I HAVE PROBLEM!IT IS KNOWN THAT CULTURE IS A WAY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE LIVING IN A GIVEN GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION ACCORDING TO THEIR IMPACTATION.NOW THEY SAID WE SHOULD ABANDON OUR WAY OF LIFE SO AS TO EMBRACE THEIRS.

WHAT IS OUR CULTURE?

WE BELIEVE IN PRAYING THROUGH OUR ANCESTORS(THOSE BELIEVED TO BE WITH THE DIVINE AFTER THEIR JOURNEY ON EARTH).WE BELIEVE IN POURING LIBATIONS.WE BELIEVE IN CELEBRATION AND THANKSGIVING.WE BELIEVE IN INTERCESSION.AND MOST OF ALL WE BELIEVE IN DIVINITY. WE HAD CHIEF PRIESTS WHO CONSULTED THE GODS AND INVOKED OUR ANCESTORS WHEN NECESSARY. WE BELIEVED SO MUCH IN POWER WHILE PRESERVING OUR HUMAN DIGNITY. WE BELIEVED IN HUMAN SANCTITY AND PURITY.

WHAT IS THEIR CULTURE?

THEY BELIEVE IN PRAYING THROUGH THEIR SAINTS(THOSE CANONIZED AND BELIEVED TO HAVE ASCENDED TO Heaven to be with GOD).THEY BELIEVE IN RADICAL SPEAKING IN TONGUES AND INVOCATION.THEY BELIEVE IN CELEBRATION AND THANKSGIVING.THEY ALSO BELIEVE IN PRAYING FOR ONE ANOTHER(INTERCESSION).THEY HAVE PRIESTS AND PASTORS WHO CONSULTED THE DIVINE AND PRAYED THAT THE ANGELS GUIDE HUMANITY.THEY BELIEVED SO MUCH IN POWER THAT THEIR RELIGIOUS HOUSE DOES NOT TAKE ORDERS FROM GOVERNMENTS BUT THEY ALMOST DICTATES WHO LEADS IN GOVERNMENT NOT MINDING HOW HE GETS THERE.HUMAN SANCTITY AND PURITY

WHAT DO WE SEE TODAY?

WITH OUR WONDERFUL RELIGION REDUCED TO NOTHING,THE SO-CALLED RELIGIONS OF THE WHITEMEN(ISLAMIC AND CHRISTIAN RELIGION ETC) HAS NOT FARED BETTER. THEY NO LONGER PREACH SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE, PURITY NOR PROLIFE. ALL YOU HEAR IS PROSPERITY AND DEATH OF HUMANS TERMED ENEMIES AS AGAINST RELIGION.

NIGERIA’S BOMB BLASTS (OCTOBER 1, 2010 THROWBACK)

NIGERIA’S BOMB BLASTS (OCTOBER 1, 2010 THROWBACK)

SO MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN UNANSWERED IN NIGERIA.THESE QUESTIONS WHICH WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DIRECTED TO RULING CLASS BY THE ELECTORATES AND NIGERIANS KEEP LINGERING AND REOCCURRING. MOST RECENT THAT AM GOING TO BASE ON IS ABOUT ‘THE OCTOBER 1 BOMB BLAST AT EAGLE SQUARE IN 2010’’.

DURING THE NATION’S INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION OF 2010, THERE WAS A BOMB BLAST WHICH HISTORY WILL NOT FORGET IN A HURRY.WE WILL NOT FORGET IT BECAUSE THE LIVES OF NIGERIANS WERE INVOLVED.A LOT OF LIVES WERE LOST ON THE ALTAR OF POLITICS.

THE REVELATIONS FROM THE REACTIONS, POINT TO THE FACT THAT THAT BOMB BLAST WAS FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMP. HOW? IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BOMB BLAST, THE FIRST STATEMENTS FROM THOSE AROUND THE PRESIDENT WERE INDICTING .THEIR WORDS WERE SO INDICATIVE OF THEIR MOTIVES AND INTEREST WHICH WERE TO SWAY THE PUBLIC TO BELIEVE THAT NORTHERN POLITICIANS WHO WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THE EMERGENCE OF PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN DID IT.

WHEN THE QUESTION OF IMPEACHMENT AROSE AND THE THEN SENATE PRESIDENT SAID IT WAS NOT AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE WHAT WAS HE SAYING? WHO COMMITTED THE OFFENSE AND WHAT OFFENSE?

AS A FOLLOW UP TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS, I WANT YOU TO READ THE EVACUATION NOTICE ISSUED AT THE EAGLE SQUARE AFTER THE NEWS OF THE TWIN BOMB BLAST ALONG SHAGARI WAY.

“WITH DUE RESPECT TO ALL INVITED GUESTS, DIGNITARIES AND ATTENDEES OF THE 50TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY OF NIGERIA BEING HELD TODAY, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2010 AT THE EAGLE SQUARE ABUJA, THE MOVEMENT FOR THE EMANCIPATION OF THE NIGER DELTA  (MEND) IS ASKING EVERYONE TO BEGIN IMMEDIATE EVACUATION OF THE ENTIRE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THIS WARNING EXPIRES AFTER 10.30HRS
SEVERAL EXPLOSIVE DEVICES HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PLANTED IN AND AROUND THE VENUE BY OUR OPERATIVES WORKING INSIDE THE GOVERNMENT SECURITY SERVICES.
IN EVACUATING THE AREA, KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM VEHICLES AND TRASH BINS.
THERE IS NOTHING WORTH CELEBRATING AFTER 50 YEARS OF FAILURE. FOR 50 YEARS, THE PEOPLE OF THE NIGER DELTA HAVE HAD THEIR LAND AND RESOURCES STOLEN FROM THEM. THE CONSTITUTION BEFORE INDEPENDENCE WHICH OFFERED RESOURCE CONTROL WAS MUTILATED BY ILLEGAL MILITARY GOVERNMENTS AND THIS INJUSTICE IS YET TO BE ADDRESSED’’. JOMO GBOMO

MEND WERE MADE TO ACCEPT THE BOMB BLAST  AND SOURCES FROM THE PRESIDENT SOLD THE IDEA THAT POWERFUL NORTHERN POLITICIANS SPONSORED THE HIT.EVEN AFTER MEND CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BOMB BLAST THE DIFFERENT PRESIDENTIAL REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT THE LIKES OF HENRY OKAH WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO PLAY THE CARD THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY NAIL OR PUT THEIR PERCEIVED POLITICAL TARGET REFUSED TO PLAY INTO A DEADLY DEN DECIDED TO INCITE MEDIA RELEASING SO MANY FAKE INFORMATION TO SWAY MEDIA AND PUSH THE SSS WITH PREEMPTED FACTS.OKAH WHO AFTER ACCEPTING AMNESTY UNDER PRESIDENT MUSA YARÁDUA WAS THEN SACRIFICED ON THE ALTAR OF POLITICS FOR REFUSING TO DO THE BIDDING OF THE THEN PRESIDENT JONATHAN. THE PRESIDENT AND HIS STRATEGISTS DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO HENRY OKAH IN FULL PRESIDENTIAL STRENGTH BY INVOLVING SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT WHERE HE WAS AFTER ACCEPTING AMNESTY.THEY CONTINUED TO SWAY MEDIA AND SENT HIM TO PRISON SINCE HE IS A NOT IN TANDEM WITH THEIR AGENDA.GIVE A DOG BAD NAME IN ORDER TO HANG IT.NIGERIANS LIKE FELA WOULD SAY LIKE ZOMBIES BOUGHT IT HOOK, LINE AND SINKER.
ON THIS CASE OF BOMB BLAST, CHIEF DOKPESI WHO LATER BOWED TO PRESIDENTIAL POWERS AND FORMER CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR TO IBRAHIM BADAMASI BABANGIDA WAS ARRESTED TO  ROPE PROBABLY HIS PRINCIPAL SINCE HE WEIRD SO MUCH POWER PERSONALLY.
TO SHOW HOW INSULTING THE RULING CLASS WAS, THEY CONTINUED SEVERAL MEDIA JINGOISM. GEJ WAS ONLY TRYING TO PLAY SCRIPTS PLAYED BY FORMER LEADERS MOST ESPECIALLY OLUSEGUN OBASANJO WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO EMERGE AS ACTING PRESIDENT AFTER SO MUCH BAGS OF MONIES HAVE CHANGE HANDS AND DAVID MARK HAS BEEN INTIMATED OF HIS GAINS IN THE IN-COMING GOVERNMENT. DAVID MARK WHO HAPPENED TO BE THE SENATE PRESIDENT AGREED WITH HIS FORMER BOSS AND ADOPTED A NEW LANGUAGE THEY TAGGED POLICY OF NECESSITY WHICH WAS NEVER PROVIDED FOR IN THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION.IT TAKES AN OLD BROOM USED TO PARTS OF THE HOUSE TO TELL YOU THE AREA WITH DIRT. OBASANJO HAD TO COME IN AND INTERCEDED
THE PEOPLE WHO CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BLAST WERE NOT ARRESTED EVEN WHEN GOODLUCK CLAIMED HE KNEW THEM. THE ONES WHO ACCEPTED AMNESTY WAS THE ONES ARRESTED AND JAILED FOR NO JUST CASE.
AFTER THE IMPEACHMENT MOVES ,REACTIONS TRAILED THE ACTION OF THOSE IN GOVERNMENT AND IT WAS OPINED THUS ’’ GOVERNMENT CLAIMS TO BE CARRYING OUT INVESTIGATIONS BUT ALSO FINDS TIME TO DRIP FEED MEDIA WITH SUGGESTIVE INFORMATION. SSS IS EVEN GOING AS FAR AS DOING PRESS RELEASES AND "LEAKING" CONTRIVED TEXT MESSAGES TO THE MEDIA. $20M TRACED TO POLITICIAN'S ACCOUNT" ETC. JONATHAN IS PUBLICLY FRATERNIZING WITH SELF CONFESSED CRIMINALS AND HOLDING THEM UP AS VIRTUOUS FOR THE STUPID REST TO SEE. HE HAS JUST EMBARKED ON A WASTEFUL JAMBOREE OF  N10BN FOR HIS EGO AND IS HANDING OUT A PALTRY N10,000 TO FAMILIES WHO HIS RECKLESSNESS HAS COST DEAR. PRAY HOW MUCH DID ATEKE TOM RECEIVE FOR COMING DOWN TO ABUJA? N2/3M? HENRY OKAH, HIS FRIEND AND BROTHER HAVE SUDDENLY BECOME THEIR ENEMY. WHY? HOW MUCH MONEY CAN DOKPESI PROMISE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA CANNOT COUNTER? SUBORNING FALSE TESTIMONY IS A CRIME AND WHEN MATTERS GET TO THE FLOOR OF THE NASS, AND THEN WE WILL REALLY START TO PARTY. RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE HOARDING INFORMATION AND PLAYING GOD. TILL DEM COME. BUT GOVERNMENT AND ITS APOLOGISTS DO NOT WISH ANYONE TO COMMENT. THEY SAY, LEAVE US TO CONCLUDE INVESTIGATIONS WHILE WE CONTINUE TO LEAK ALLEGEDLY FALSE INFORMATION THAT DAMAGE OUR POLITICAL RIVALS. WHO BE MUMU?

FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE TOO YOUNG IN THIS VILLAGE TO KNOW THESE THINGS, WE HAVE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE. OUR SHAMELESS SECRET SERVICES HAVE ALWAYS MADE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO THE POWER OF THE DAY TO MISUSE. OBASANJO CLAIMED THAT BELLO FADILE AND GWADABE WERE USED TO ROPE HIM INTO A COUP PLOT. DIYA CLAIMS HE WAS SET UP BY BAMAIYI. OBASANJO HIMSELF DID IT WITH IYORCHIA AYU WHEN THEY TRIED TO ROPE AYU INTO A BOGUS TREASON PLOT.SO WE KNOW THE SIGNS AND WE SEE THEM AND IT IS ALWAYS THE SAME SECRET SERVICES INVOLVED IN THE COMEDY. THE GOOD THING IS THAT THEY ARE SO BUNGLING THAT IT DOES NOT TAKE LONG FOR YOU TO WORK OUT THAT IT IS ALL CONTRIVED.

EITHER WAY YOU LOOK AT THIS, THE PRESIDENT IS ON A DODGY WICKET:

HENRY OKAH CRIED OUT THAT HE WAS BEING ASKED TO TELL PORKIES. THEY SAID IT WAS A LIE. HEY PRESTO, NEXT DAY A BAND OF TERRORIST HAS BEEN BOSSED INTO TOWN TO COME AND SAY EXACTLY WHAT OKAH CLAIMS HE WAS ASKED TO SAY.

THERE IS ALSO CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THERE ARE MEND MILITANTS STILL OPERATING FROM THE CREEKS OF THE NIGER DELTA EVEN THOUGH GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO DENY THEIR EXISTENCE. SO THE GOVERNMENT IS TELLING PORKIES WHEN IT SAYS MEND IS FINISHED.  NOBODY CAN POINT TO ANY HONEST ENTERPRISE THAT THE LIKES OF TOMPOLO OR ATEKE TOM OR BOYLOAF HAVE EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN. BUT THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WITH ACCESS TO OUR PRESIDENT FOR WHOM HE ACTS AS SPOKESPERSON AND CHARACTER REFEREE. ALLAH YA SAUWAKA!

FURTHER WHEN GOVERNMENT SAYS IT HAS 15,000 EX-FIGHTERS IN THE AMNESTY PROGRAMME, WHO IS CHECKING THIS? HENRY OKAH SAYS THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 500 REAL EX-MILITANTS IN THE AMNESTY PROGRAMME. SO TIMI ALAIBE IS AGAIN HELPING HIMSELF TO THE MONEY FOR 14,500 PEOPLE? S

"IF THESE MEN ARE NO LONGER IN MEND, HOW WILL THEY KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE ORGANIZATION? IF MEND HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY, WHY IS THE PRESIDENT SO EAGER TO EXONERATE THEM? DOES THE PRESIDENT KNOW WHAT THE NATION DOES NOT? IF SO, AT WHAT POINT DID THE PRESIDENT KNOW WHAT HE KNOWS? IF IT IS BEFORE THE BLASTS, WHY DID HE NOT ENSURE THAT THEY WERE PREVENTED? IF IT IS AFTER, WHY IS HE NOT TELLING THE NATION WHAT HE KNOWS?" - BUHARI CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION

"OKAH IS BEING VINDICATED BY THE PRESIDENCY. IF THE PRESIDENT IS INVITING ALL SYNDICATE GROUPS TO ABUJA TO COME AND SAY MEND HAD NO HAND IN THE BLASTS, DOES THAT NOT FURTHER CORROBORATE THE CLAIM BY OKAH THAT THEY WANTED TO USE HIM TO IMPLICATE NORTHERNERS?" - ACTION CONGRESS OF NIGERIA

CHIEF BEATRICE UBEGE OSHILIM(POEM)

CHIEF BEATRICE UBEGE OSHILIM

Charged to provide the best for her home

Happy to see her children see her build their Rome

Investing all her effort to achieve her family stands

Enduring so much to keep the home in good hands

Fearing not to be derailed in her dream to a dreamland

Beautifully created in time to share

Expensive yet always attending to people’s welfare

A special breed of her set in a glare

Time and tide she says wait for no one

Raised as a queen second to none

Instilling discipline in her subtle tone

Cheerful and determined to build whether alone

Enjoy Watching her young’s grow through her guild and under her bet

Unique and lively when met

Brilliantly thanking God her creator for her birth

Endearing her family to remain devoted to their creator and victories

Getting others in without boundaries

Encouraging all who encounters her not to build enemies

On to us a daughter is born

Struggled to give us the best even in torn

Happy daily not minding the past pains

Indeed relying on GOD for gains

Loved dearly Mary her model

In good and bad she hope to be in eternal bethel

Minding her deeds to humans

DEDICATED TO MY MOTHER

EMEKUME VINCENT OMOJEVU (SON)

WRITER

©EVO2017

VICTORS: FITNESS FOR MEN

VICTORS: FITNESS FOR MEN

FITNESS FOR MEN

Warm up with the mobility and dynamic flexibility moves. Then perform the 1-minute drill. Rest 15 to 30 seconds, then do the strength circuit. Rest 1 minute. Repeat the drill and strength circuit sequence three to five times. After the first round, try to work at an effort of 7 or 8 (on a scale of 1 to 10) each time you perform the 1-minute drill.

MOBILITY AND DYNAMIC FLEXIBILITY

Perform the following exercises as fast as possible with good form. Rest 30 seconds between exercises and 1 minute between rounds. Perform 2 rounds.

3-Step Lateral Run and Pause (5 reps)
From a strong tall posture, perform a high knee run sideways taking three total lateral steps, running on the balls of your feet, driving the elbows back and maintaining good upright posture. Do not cross your feet as you run. On the third step pause and maintain balance for at least 1 to 2 seconds before running in the opposite direction. That's one rep.

Lateral Speed Lunge (8 reps)
From an athletic position, take a lateral step to the right. Quickly and with good squat form, touch your right hand (outside your right leg) to the floor and immediately drive your body up and shuffle one step over to the left touching the floor with your left hand. Your body should be completely extended (tall) when you move from side to side. (For a variation of this side lunge,

Spiderman Climb (10 reps per leg)
Start in the top of the pushup position. Keep your abs braced, pick one foot up off the floor, and slowly bring your knee up outside of your shoulder and touch your foot to the ground. Slowly return your leg to the start position and repeat with the opposite leg.

1-MINUTE DRILL

Perform the following exercises for 15 seconds each. (And if these aren't intense enough for you, try this

Jumping Jacks
Start with your feet hip-width apart and hands at your sides. Simultaneously raise your arms above your head and jump so you can spread your feet shoulder-width apart. Then jump again to lower your arms and bring your feet together. Repeat.

High Knees
Run in place, with knees driving toward your chest.

Side-to-Side Hops
Starting with feet together, push off with your right foot to hop laterally to the left about 3 feet. Land on your left foot and follow with your right. Hop back, this time pushing off with your left foot. Repeat.

Mountain Climbers
Start in a pushup position. Keeping your head in line with your body, bring your right knee to your chest, then back to starting position. Alternate rapidly with the left leg.

STRENGTH CIRCUIT

Complete as many repetitions as you can of each exercise in 20 seconds. Rest 20 seconds, then move to the next exercise.
Jumps
Dip down at the hips and knees, and then explode up.

Pushups with Row
Get into pushup position with your arms straight and your hands resting on light dumbbells. Squeeze your abs and glutes as you perform a pushup. At the top, pull one dumbbell off the floor and toward you until your elbow is above your back. Slowly return the weight to the floor and repeat with the other arm.

Two-Way Lunges
From a standing position, take a large step forward with one leg, then immediately lunge backward. Switch legs after 10 seconds.

Single-Leg RDL
Stand with your feet slightly more than shoulder-width apart. Raise one foot and extend it behind you, just off the floor. Contract your glutes, brace your abs, and keep your spine naturally arched. Focusing on balance, lower yourself until your torso is parallel to the floor. Initiate the movement by pushing your hips back. Push back up to the starting position. Switch legs after 10 seconds.

Glute Bridges
Lie on your back with your knees bent, feet flat on the floor. Squeeze your glutes and raise your hips so your lower back is off the floor. Hold for 20 seconds.

JOY OF EARLY MORNING SEX

They say having sex first thing in the morning not only improves your love life, it is also beneficial to your health.
Early morning sex puts a smile on your face, boosts your health, looks and relationship.
Scientists say people who start their days by having sex are all-around healthier and happier than those who don’t.
According to Debby Herbenick, Ph.D., author of Because It Feels Good, having sex in the morning makes you stronger and more beautiful.
She said: “Having sex in the morning releases the feel-good chemical oxytocin, which makes couples feel loving and bonded all day long and climaxing releases chemicals that boost levels of estrogen, which improves the tone and texture of your skin and hair.”
Some other benefits of morning sex include:
1. Apart from the fact that regular morning sex makes you feel upbeat for the rest of the day, it also helps in building a stronger immune system.
2. Believe it or not, it makes you less susceptible to catching a cold or flu and can also improve the quality of your hair, skin, and nails.
3. Having morning sex three times a week lessens the risk of a heart attack or stroke.
4. You aren’t bothered by the responsibilities of the day yet and your mind is clearer.
5. You’ve just been sleeping and are hopefully well-rested and can devote more energy to sex.
6. Sex is relaxing and can help manage stress.
7. You start the day more in sync when you’ve pleasured one another both physically and emotionally.
8. You show your spouse that he/she is a priority, and so is your sex life.
9. Sex is exercise. It’s a great way to work up an early morning appetite as breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
10. Early morning sex can be a great incentive to wake-up and put you in a more positive mood. Wake-up sex will help you feel happier and healthier throughout the day.
Research from Nottingham University also found that men who kept up a regular sex life in their 50s were also at lower risk of developing prostate cancer, while a 2009 study found that having sex every day improves sperm quality and could boost the chances of getting pregnant.