Emmanuel Umoren

A lawyer seeking global partnerships in Law, IP, Real Estate Devpt, Energy and related businesses. Lover of Nigeria, Arsenal FC, the Law, music, art,

[Emmanuel Umoren @dynamite1010]

@md56fanpage11 I have been a Gunner since 1973.
I have had many moments but none could compare to what I felt yesterday at Milton, Ontario, Canada where I watched the last game that crowned us Premier League Champion again.
COYG

[LagosYouKnow @lagosyouknow]

Have you ever seen a video of a youthful Alhaji Lateef Jakande talking?

Due to how long ago his governance of Lagos was, pictures and videos of his time are rare in this age of the internet.

This is a clip of Baba Kekere, as his fondly called, talking about press freedom in 1975.

[FeelGoodThoughts @feelgoodtale]

For years, people mocked Zanziman Ellie because he looked different. He often escaped into the forests of Rwanda, where being alone sometimes felt easier than being rejected.

Born around 1999, Ellie lives with microcephaly, a condition affecting brain development that can cause significant developmental and communication difficulties.

But some of the hardest parts of his life were created not by his condition, but by the people around him.

According to his mother, villagers mocked his appearance, insulted him and sometimes treated him as though he were less than human.

His mother never saw him that way.

She had reportedly lost five children before Ellie was born and described him as the child she had prayed for. Despite extreme poverty and the difficulty of caring for him, she remained beside him.

For years, Ellie had little access to education and frequently wandered through nearby forested areas. Eventually, viral reports gave him the unfortunate nickname “real-life Mowgli.”

Then something changed.

A documentary about Ellie and his mother reached millions of people online.

Instead of ridicule, help began arriving.

People from around the world donated money, helping improve the family's living conditions and giving Ellie an opportunity he had never had before.

He began attending the Ubumwe Community Center, where people with disabilities can receive education, support and life-skills training.

Soon, photographs showed a very different scene.

The young man once photographed wandering alone was now dressed for school, surrounded by people who were giving him a chance to learn and belong.

But Ellie did not suddenly become valuable because his life improved.

He had always been valuable.

What changed was that people finally began offering him some of the dignity, acceptance and opportunity he should have received from the beginning.

Sometimes the greatest barrier facing a person with a disability isn't the disability itself. It's a world that refuses to make room for them.

How different could someone's life become if, instead of judging what makes them different, we simply gave them the opportunity to belong?

[Odegaard @Martin08fanpage]

Football moves on so fast ...🥺❤️

[Ian Wright @IanWright0]

CAN WE CELEBRATE NOW????❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Emmanuel Umoren @dynamite1010]

GTB was founded by some Yoruba guys. Till date, no non Yoruba MD. Zenith was founded by a Delta Igbo, no non Igbo MD Ditto for UBA
It’s really unfortunate that the only seeming Nigerian entrepreneur is Dangote who has had Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa/Fulani as MD.
YOUR THOUGHTS.

[Emmanuel Umoren @dynamite1010]

THOUGHTS ON NIGERIA.
I have been thinking about our preponderance for tribalism.
We all celebrate our icons of business and denigrate our politicians without seeing that they are the same if not worse.
Look at the private Banks in Nigeria - GTB, Zenith, UBA for example.

[Emmanuel Umoren @dynamite1010]

Most clubs treat their players like horses.
This is very disrespectful and disgusting.

[Football Remarks @RemarksFootball]

Jamal Musiala collapsed on field THREE days ago, yet they decided to play him again tonight and he collapsed AGAIN...

Someone needs to investigate Bayern Munich for disregarding the health and safety of their players. This is DISGUSTING.

[Emmanuel Umoren @dynamite1010]

@piersmorgan Football is supposed to be a Team sport.
That is what we were taught in Primary School in the late 60s to early 70s and in Secondary School in the 70s.
Great work @christos_tzolis

[Christos @Christos_tzoli]

First of the many🤩

[now.arsenal @now_arsenaI]

I died on the hill last season that Martin Odegaard is a world class player, who on his day, will dictate a football match against any opposition.

He’s struggled over the past 12 months, but I never once changed my mind.

He’s the captain and when his team needed him most last season, he stepped up against West Ham.

For his country, he lead Norway to a terrific World Cup campaign.

Now ahead of 2026/27, he’s back to his best and produced one of his best ever performances in an Arsenal shirt to win his side the Community Shield today.

Forever, my skipper.

[Out of Context Football Manager @nocontextfm1]

A Korean university student who loves Football Manager has become the owner of a club in Malawi!

He travelled to Malawi because he wanted to visit obscure football clubs and ended up at Chizumulu United, a tiny club based on an island of around 4,000 people.

After he returned to Korea, the club contacted him because they couldn’t afford the $300 fee needed to enter their competition.

He paid it. Then he ended up becoming the OWNER of the club.

Since then, he’s documented the journey on YouTube, brought in sponsorship from Korean companies and Puma, and even took Chizumulu’s coaching staff to South Korea to visit professional training sessions.

They finished 6th out of 16 in his first season. Now they’re 3rd and fighting for promotion.

Someone has actually started an obscure Football Manager save in real life.

[Emmanuel Umoren @dynamite1010]

@Big_marvis Do I care?

[mine ❤️ @Emjenny605]

Marli Salmon turns 17 in a few weeks and will sign his first pro contract with Arsenal.

The CB is poised to remain close to the first team and take advantage of any opportunities that come his way.

Marli continues to display maturity beyond his years

What a prospect
#arsenal

[ESPN UK @ESPNUK]

Thierry Henry talking about the 'No.9 position' 🧠

🗣️ "People will talk about how many goals that you score, but the game is so much more. What do you give to your team?

Can you play on the right? Can you play on the left? Can you drop? Can you get that ball from midfield? Can you turn? Can you run at people? Can you ping a ball with your left and your right for your wingers?

Can you slide the ball through? Can you hold it? Can you play alone up front away from home? Can you assist as a nine and not always wait for people to feed you?

It is how a nine must be."

(via Modern 9)

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

The winning penalty 🎯

Summer Tzolstis and a solar eclipse in one night 😍

[AFTV @AFTVMedia]

Sending our very best wishes to Ken Friar on his 92nd birthday. Thank you for your unparalleled dedication and immense service to Arsenal. 🎈

An absolute icon of the club in every single way.

[afcstuff @afcstuff]

Mikel Arteta: “Ethan Nwaneri has been really good. What happened during his loan at Marseille was NOT what was expected, there was a lot of noise & change around the club, but he looks different, he looks more mature.”

“It’s incredible, at that age, what six months can do to you - to be abroad on your own, to go through tough times & to witness that part of football. I’m very happy with what he has done in pre-season.” ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

His family raised him so well.
Little gentleman!

[Goaldata - Arsenal Zone @ArsenalZNE]

Ex-Arsenal goalkeeper Graham Stack explained how David Raya maintains high concentration levels during games, even with little action ✅:

"If you watch Raya really closely, he finds ways to stay busy.

So even if the ball is in and around the opposition box, it'll be close to the halfway line or close to the semi-circle, he’ll be working and moving in relation to where the ball's going to be.

He’ll be anticipating where the ball's going to be played, whether it's down the side or over the top.

He's constantly thinking about the game in front. He's never, ever stood on the edge of his box waiting for something to happen.

He always finds himself in a position where he's on the front foot, expecting what's coming next and sniffs out danger really well.

I think that's probably one reason why he is so good because his concentration levels are so high."

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

I was a bricklayer.

It was how I paid the bills when I first moved to America. Even the biggest title in bodybuilding, Mr. Olympia, only paid a thousand dollars back then. 

It makes me proud that in March, the winner of our Arnold Classic and our Arnold Classic UK took home more than a million dollars. He can focus on bodybuilding.

But in our day, that wasn’t an option. Some guys were teachers. Some sold insurance. Franco and I laid bricks.
We put an ad in the paper and sold ourselves as European craftsmen. We figured if people heard the accents, they would picture old-world masonry instead of two bodybuilders with a wheelbarrow. 

It worked. 

The phone rang. And then we had to go out and actually do the job, which was the part nobody could fake. Luckily, Franco knew what he was doing.

The work was simple. Mix the mortar. Set the brick. Tap it level. Scrape the edge. Then do it again. And again. Nobody claps for you. There is no crowd, no music, no trophy. There is just the next brick sitting there waiting for you.

You can still find some of the walls we built in Venice.
That’s where my lesson today comes from.

One brick doesn’t look like anything. Ten bricks don’t look like anything. A hundred bricks, you’re starting to see something, but it doesn’t impress anyone.

You just keep laying bricks until the job is done.

And you know what happens after four or five hours on a wall?

You are so damn tired, or you feel so great that you stop measuring.

You are not standing back every ten minutes asking how far from finished it is. You are covered in mortar, your hands are raw, you’re schvitzing, and you are happy. The work took the question away from you.

That is the part nobody tells you about hard work: It doesn’t just build the wall. It terminates the voice that keeps asking when the wall will be done.