I can't thank everyone enough for the show of love through the votes that won me this award.
I thank the organisers of the Lagos Youth Awards for finding me worthy of a nomination. I thank my taekwando team, my coaches and the Lagos State Sports Commission.
#ForAGreaterLagos
What is Richard Dawkins scared of?
The Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community previously sent the outspoken atheist a copy of the Holy Qur'an so he could see Islam's beautiful teachings for himself. Yet he refused to engage.
That offer is still open.
I congratulate Nigeria's Super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen, on winning the CAF 2023 Men’s Player of the Year award, the remarkable achievements of Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria’s Super Falcons, who clinched the 2023 CAF Women's Player of The Year for the sixth time, Chiamaka Nnadozie, who was awarded the Woman Goalkeeper of the Year, as well as the Super Falcons for emerging the Women's National Team of the Year at the CAF Awards 2023.
I commend the trio of Osimhen, Oshoala and Nnadozie for their outstanding performances on both national and international stages, and for being sources of pride to the nation and an inspiration for aspiring footballers across the continent.
Watching the great ambassadors of Nigeria stand atop the podium as the African Footballers of the Year, in the men and women categories, on Monday night in Marrakesh, Morocco, has strengthened our belief that with hard work, perseverance, and the help of God, everything this nation needs for greatness is within us and available to us.
I commend Victor and Asisat for not forgetting their roots and days of humble beginnings in the game they love so much and for acknowledging the role of indigenous coaches in shaping their careers.
I join all Nigerian fans in praying that this well-deserved honour will be the beginning of a continued journey filled with success, triumphs, and the fulfilment of all your footballing dreams.
- PBAT
This message by my Israeli friend @AlonLeeGreen from the @omdimbeyachad movement, is the message we must all echo. This is sanity. This is clarity. This is peace. This is the path forward.
Thank you to the “standing together” movement. You do God’s work.
THE BUTCHERY IN GAZA
How can any sane person enjoy or derive satisfaction from the slaughter that is now taking place in Gaza? It is indefensible. It is unacceptable.
It is nothing but state-sponsored terror in its most savage & primitive form.
It is ethnic cleansing. It is genocide. It is mass murder. It is wickedness. It is barbaric. It is evil.
It is the most notorious & graphic example of man's inhumanity to man.
It is unconciable & it is unjustifiable.
All my life I have loved the State of Israel & defended her right to exist.
This is especially so given the fact that I am a Pentecostal Christian who wholeheartedly believes the biblical scripture that says "He who blesses Israel is blessed & he who curses Israel is cursed".
I acknowledge the fact that the Jews have suffered & been persecuted more than any other race in the history of the world & I was one of the first in my country Nigeria to wholeheartedly condemn the frightful massacre carried out by Hamas on October 7th.
Despite that I cannot possibly rationalise what is going on in Gaza in the name of retaliation or the desire to destroy & wipe out Hamas.
When you kill innocent & defenceless Palestinian women & children you are not wiping out Hamas but strengthening their cause & giving millions of people all over the world a reason to support their cause & join their ranks.
Israel is committing war crimes & crimes against humanity.
It is an irrational, unreasonable, emotional & disproportionate response to what was undoubtedly a terrible & unconciable wrong which may win the battle for the Jewish state but will also inevitably cost them support in much of the civilised world.
There is no doubt that Israel has the right to defend herself especially from those who claim she does not have the right to exist but no sane person can applaud the butchering of women and children, the targetting & bombing of hospitals, churches, schools, mosques, universities, homes and ambulances & the wholesale slaughter of 10,000 civilians (& still counting) all in the space of 3 weeks.
Israel is being guided & led by rage and the spirit of vengeance. She has lost all reason & those with a level head are no where near the levers of power. She is now like a wild, wounded lion devouring everything & everyone in its path.
What was once a reasonable, rational, equitable, just, fair-minded, strong, confident & flourishing nation which was the shining light of the Middle East & our collective pride & joy as Christians has now become a rogue killer state which is as bloodthirsty & bloodlusting as the Nazis of Hitler's Germany, ISIS, Hamas, Boko Haram, Daesh & Al Qaeda all rolled into one.
We must have the decency & prescence of mind to condemn the slaughter of ALL human beings whether they be Christians, Muslims, Jews or anything else.
Israel has a right to defend herself but not the right to commit war crimes & crimes against humanity or to wipe out an entire race & displace & relocate an entire people.
Any Christian that believes otherwise in the name of "blessing or loving Israel" is not a real Christian & is not a true friend of the Jewish state.
Why? Because real friends tell one another the bitter truth & real Christians do not support injustice and the massacre of defenceless women & children.
Only demons do that!
If you really want to bless & love Israel then tell Israeli leaders the bitter truth and pray that the lord will deliver them from the madness & unrestrained rage that has seized their minds.
Blessing & loving Israel does not involve encouraging them to wipe out a whole race.
Blessing & loving Israel does not involve supporting them to kill every Palestinian in the Gaza strip in the name of eliminating Hamas.
Blessing & loving Israel does not mean we should support them to target & kill every Muslim & Christian man, woman & child in Gaza.
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It mean 63.39% of votes were not for APC.
If more than half of the total votes cast were not for a candidate, and that candidate still won, it looks like foul play. People would be aggrieved.
The reality is, that candidate, @officialABAT has the highest number of votes. Simple.
rights to vote.
As youth we're expected to shun electoral violence of any sort ranging from being used as political thugs, ballot snatchers among others.
During this election period, what is expected of us is to pose as an agent of positive change, inculcating the spirit of
Wherever Fela Kuti is, if he has consciousness, he would be very proud of Seun. Never realised how deeply intelligent and aware of issues past, present and future Seun is. Very deep and quite cerebral. He obviously spent quality time absorbing from his father.
#TableShaker
In the interest of National Development, Progress, Prosperity & the Desire for Real Change, I strongly urge all Nigerians, home and abroad to be better people.
We must be of a good character for a better Nigeria.
One thing that watching all these campaigns will show you is what a beautiful and diverse people we are.. from the north to the east to the west and south Nigerians are the most charismatic energetic people ever!
I pray we get it right this election 🙏🏾♥️🛖