What happens to the Government Licensing Pistols and Ak47 for us to protect ourselves?
If all of us in Nigeria have guns do you think anyone will come and escape?
WHEN CITIZENS BECOME UNPAID DISTRIBUTORS OF TERROR
Someone comes on social media and posts that abducted children are being butchered.
A horrific claim.
A claim that should make any decent human being pause.
Yet what usually follows is even more fascinating.
Nobody asks:
* How do you know?
* Who confirmed it?
* Who witnessed it?
* What is the source?
* What evidence exists?
Instead, people rush to share while screaming "Jesus!"
One thing we all need to know about terrorism is that it is only about violence but also a psychological warfare.
The objective is not simply to kill people. It is to terrify everyone else, make communities anxious, reactive, suspicious and perpetually afraid.
The terrorists can only be in one location at a time. Fear, however, can be everywhere at once. That is why fear is one of the most powerful weapons they possess.
And every time unverified horror stories are amplified without evidence, ordinary citizens may unknowingly become part of that delivery system.
We tell ourselves we are "creating awareness."
But awareness requires verification. Without verification, what exactly are we spreading?
Responsible citizenship in the digital age requires more than good intentions. It requires discipline.
If a post is designed to make your pulse race, that is your cue to slow down, not to hit the share button.
Pause.
Ask questions.
Consider the outcome: does sharing this provide actionable help to victims or does it simply spread panic to thousands of people who have no way of confirming whether it is true?
Before sharing the next alarming message, ask one simple question:
"How do we know this is true?"
If you cannot answer that question, perhaps the most responsible thing to do is not to share it.
I know you some of you want the public to know you care but in the process do not make yourself a forwarding and clearing agent of terrorism.
Jay-Jay Okocha did something at the World Cup that Messi, Ronaldo, Maradona and Ronaldinho never did.
He did not win the match.
He did not lift the trophy.
But for 120 minutes against Italy in 1994, he made football history with his feet.
Meet Jay-Jay Okocha.
- Nigerian football icon
- Super Eagles legend
- Olympic gold medalist
- AFCON winner
- One of Africa’s most gifted ballers
- Owner of the most successful dribbles in a single World Cup match
The stage
- Nigeria vs Italy
- USA 1994 World Cup
- Round of 16
- Italy had Maldini, Costacurta and one of the most respected defensive units in football
- Nigeria were still new to the World Cup stage
- But the Super Eagles were not playing like visitors
What Okocha did
- Attempted 16 dribbles
- Completed 15
- Against Italy
- In a knockout game
- On the biggest football stage
- Still the highest ever recorded in one World Cup match
That is not normal football.
That is a man turning a World Cup knockout game into street football.
The painful part
- Nigeria still lost 2-1 in extra time.
- That is why many people don’t talk about the performance enough.
If Nigeria had won that game, this would probably be one of the most replayed individual performances in African football history.
But football can be unfair like that.
Sometimes the result buries the art.
What makes it special
- Okocha didn’t do it against a weak team.
- He did it against Italy.
- He didn’t do it in a friendly.
- He did it in a World Cup knockout match.
- He didn’t just entertain.
- He set a record that still stands.
That’s why Jay-Jay is different.
Some players need trophies to explain their greatness.
Okocha only needed the ball at his feet.
When a football fan says:
“Football is not that deep.”
What he really means is:
“My team has disgraced me and I don’t have strength to open WhatsApp tonight.”
Because before kickoff, he was the one sending lineups, predictions, and laughing emojis.
Now match don finish, he has turned motivational speaker.
PSG stole Super cup from Tottenham (London)
PSG stole UCL trophy from Arsenal (London)
Now, the Pride of London stole FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP trophy from PSG (Chelsea)
We know who rules the World from London.💯
🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Days since last Champions League title victory:
• PSG: 3 hours ago
• Real Madrid: 730 days
• Manchester City: 1095 days
• Chelsea: 1825 days
• Barcelona: 3652 days
• Manchester United: 6570 days
• AC Milan: 6935 days
• Arsenal: Never Ever Kpatakpata
Man Utd: That Night In Barcelona
Chelsea: That Night In Munich
Liverpool: That Night In Madrid
Man City: That Night In Istanbul
Arsenal: Goodnight
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