SERENA WILLIAMS TAKES THE SECOND SET!
Williams comes back from 1-3 and 3-4* down and then saves a match point in the tiebreak vs. Maya Joint.
Still alive.
3-6, 7-6(6)
29 year old Alexander Zverev is FINALLY a Grand Slam champion after defeating Flavio Cobolli in the final 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-1 to win #RolandGarros.
First German to win RG in Men's Singles
First German man to win a Slam since Becker in 1996
This guy posted a video of himself playing chess inside the Louvre Museum in Paris, wearing his agbada, and called it a proud moment saying he was the first Nigerian to do it.
Immediately, people started dragging him hard: “Is that even an achievement?”, “He’s just playing by himself”, “How do you know you’re the first?”, “Clout chasing”, all that kind of talk.
What you guys should understand is that personal wins are personal.
What looks small or unnecessary to someone else can be a really big deal to the person who did it.
For Tunde, walking into one of the world’s most famous museums and setting up a chessboard there might have felt like a meaningful milestone.
He’s been pushing chess from the slums, teaching kids, holding a real Guinness World Record. So maybe in that moment he thought, “Let me add my own small chapter here.”
If he searched online and didn’t see any other Nigerian claiming or posting about doing the same thing, why shouldn’t he say he’s the first (at least the first one he knows of)?
And let’s be honest: we see white people and folks from other countries do this kind of thing all the time.
Someone from abroad travels to Nigeria or any other country, does something simple like visiting a landmark, trying local food, or even just sitting somewhere with a unique vibe, and they post it as a big personal achievement or “bucket list” moment.
Nobody drags them or says it’s not valid.
So why is it suddenly a problem when a
Nigerian travels somewhere and does something like opening a chessboard in a famous museum? It’s the same energy.
We should celebrate small wins too. They can inspire others, especially young people. Life is already hard, let people enjoy and share their moments in peace.
I don’t quite understand the backlash on Tunde. Celebrating whatever personal milestone he believes he has achieved is valid na. Allow the boy enjoy his moment.
Let’s be very clear. There is no legitimate construct known as a “rape festival.” That is not culture in any defensible sense of the word. Any so called practice that extinguishes a woman’s agency and strips her of the right to informed, voluntary consent is not tradition. It is nothing more than coordinated sexual violence and aggravated assault.
Invoking culture as a shield for such barbarity is both intellectually dishonest and morally bankrupt. Culture is not sacrosanct or immutable. It is a human creation, and as such, it is subject to scrutiny, reform, and outright abolition where necessary. Any custom that is repugnant to natural justice, equity, and good conscience forfeits any claim to legitimacy. Furthermore, any practice that is inconsistent with extant Nigerian law or violative of public policy is null, void, and of no legal effect.
This is not heritage. It is a grotesque perversion masquerading as tradition, weaponized to legitimize the systematic violation of women.
Law enforcement must respond decisively and without hesitation. Every individual complicit in organizing, enabling, or participating in such acts should be apprehended and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.