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[Eastern Heritage Network @heritagenewsnet]

🧠 AN IGBO MAN TOOK ON THE MOST POWERFUL SPORTS LEAGUE IN THE WORLD. AND WON.

Let me tell you about Dr. Bennet Omalu. Born in Enugwu Ukwu, Anambra State. Sixth of seven children. He came into the world during the Biafran War and spent his earliest years running from it.

He eventually made it to America with nothing but his education and his conscience. He became a forensic pathologist in Pittsburgh. Quiet work. Unglamorous. He spent his days studying the dead.

Then one morning in September 2002 the body of Mike Webster arrived at his table.

Webster was a legend. A Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Famer. Iron Mike. But he had died at just 50 years old, homeless, broken, suffering from memory loss, depression and fits of rage so severe his own family could barely recognise him. Everyone assumed it was just the sad end of a hard life.

Dr. Omalu wasn't so sure.

He spent months studying Webster's brain at his own expense, paying for tests out of his own pocket because nobody else believed it was worth investigating. What he found changed the world. Webster's brain was riddled with a degenerative disease caused by years of repeated blows to the head. Dr. Omalu named it Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. CTE.

He published his findings thinking the NFL would be grateful. That they would want to protect their players.

Instead they came for him.

NFL linked doctors called his research wrong and demanded the paper be retracted. They questioned his credentials. They went after his immigration status, knowing he was not yet a citizen and that his visa depended on keeping his job. The pressure was immense. The threats were real. He was a relatively junior Nigerian doctor in a foreign country taking on the wealthiest sports organisation in America.

He did not move.

He kept publishing. He kept finding CTE in more and more former players. He kept speaking. And slowly the truth became impossible to ignore. In 2009 the NFL publicly acknowledged the link between football and brain damage. In 2016 they confirmed it before Congress. That same year the American Medical Association gave Dr. Omalu their highest honour, the Distinguished Service Award.

A film was made about his story starring Will Smith and the whole world watched.

He once said he wished he had never looked at Mike Webster's brain because of everything it cost him. But then he remembers the letters people send him. Former players. Families. People who got answers because of what he refused to let go.

An Igbo boy from a war zone went to America and protected millions of people from a truth a billion dollar industry tried to bury.

That is what we come from. 🖤

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[Tochi @Stochyy]

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[oseni rufai @ruffydfire]

I am not here to popular. I say things as they are. There was no igbo coup. These were narratives peddled by to cause hate.

I have read many accounts of the war

From the Caged bird sang no more, Phillip Effiong’s account of the war to The Nigerian civil by St. Jorre which is one of the most vivid accounts of the war.

The Igbo coup narrative was intended to to peddle hate and which was a sad one.

[Tochi @Stochyy]

@naijasermons Lies and lack of empathy

Nomatter how badly you messed up, don't lie to me because I trust you and nomatter how angry you are or how much I offended you, do not be unkind to me or others around you because you can be angry and still love.

[Rasheedat Ajibade OON, OLY @Rasheedat08]

Psalm 54 is a prayer of deliverance from a powerful enemy. It's a reminder that even in the face of overwhelming adversity, God is our refuge and strength. When you feel surrounded by troubles, remember these words: "God is my helper; the Lord is among those who uphold me."

[Jaypee @JaypeeGeneral]

Prof Lumumba on Nigeria.

Make it go viral again!

[Tochi @Stochyy]

@AndrewBolis Guide

[Instablog9ja @instablog9ja]

This just made me smile
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[Tochi @Stochyy]

An athlete who works out every day would see life as a competition
A soldier who fights wars regularly would see life as war
A teacher who has been teaching for many years would see life as a garden

It all boils down to what we do consistently.

[Inferam @InferamAI]

I wish I could do half of these time savers

[Sam Adeyemi @sam_adeyemi]

Changing the mind of a nation? Listen to what Pastor EA Adeboye said to me. Listen and share.

#leadership
#culture
#nationalimpact

[Psymon_Not_Templar @PryncePsymon]

Make GenZBaddies no catch this woman for here ooo...

Apostle Joshua Selman Israel Ebuka Obi Yemen Durex #GenZBaddie𓅛

[Mr. Láyí @layiwasabi]

pov: state of economy

[Anambra 1st son @UchePOkoye]

There can never be another Michael Jackson!
No pop star will ever come close.

[The Wolf Man @iTheWolfman]

There is always a way!

[Tochi @Stochyy]

Lets go

[SportsDokita (Odogwu ☝️) @Sports_Doctor2]

“The speaker reminded me that I have not taken salary for 4 months, and I will not take for 4years. I have only one wife and 3 children and we can take care of ourselves.”

- Dr Alex Otti Gov. Abia state.