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๐จ| ๐ฅ๐ฃ Konami just turned Arsenal's title-winning season into a cinematic masterpiece.๐ฎ๐
Through eFootball, the club's global sponsor recreated the Gunners' Premier League triumph in stunning fashion โ and fans are loving it. โค๏ธ
Elite creativity ๐
Hausas are actually the biggest victims of banditry.
There is a huge gap between Fulbe elites and the ones in the bush. Elites live in a bubble and are rather detached to what's happening at grassroots level. Should they be criticised for not doing enough? As a general rule, yes, privileged elites could have and should have done more to educate their ignorant folk, condemn jahiliyyah practices, promote lawful opportunities for nomadic communities, and inculcate good character among the youth.
Rural Fulanis have certainly been targeted by bandits also, but Hausa communities have suffered the most.
The insane frenzy to blame an entire ethnic group assumes homogeneity and a grand conspiracy, as though every member of an ethnic group thinks and believes the same thing and get together to plan over Whatsapp or Tiktok every day. People on this app enjoy polarised, binary thinking. Their unfortunately narrow minds ignore that there are also indigenous Fulani Christians in Nigeria and that there are heated differences of opinion even within a single family, let alone within one of the most widespread tribes in West Africa.
This is the translation of the prayer for those who donโt understand Arabic:
Oh Allah, grant us peace in Nigeria.
Oh Allah, grant peace to the Muslims in Nigeria.
Oh Allah, deal with Boko Haram, kidnappers, abductors, thieves, transgressors, the corrupt, the oppressors, and the arrogant.
Seize them with the seizure of One All-Mighty, All-Powerful.
Purify Nigeria from them and from their evils.
Amin ๐๐๐ข
Sometimes I do not understand men. Rice had known this woman since they were kids. She's literally his childhood love.
Became a footballer and married her. She has children for him.
She was obviously not fat when they got married. She got bigger after childbirth which is what happens to most women, probably gives him peace of mind and you're expecting him to stop loving her and go after models who only care for his money?
Break his family, and impact the well-being of the kids negatively.
Just like Declan Rice, I will never do that. I will stay with that woman even if she becomes a whale...
Used to get bantered for 4th, then it shifted to finishing 2nd. Now theyโre trying to turn winning the league and losing a ucl final into banter. Thatโs just the goalposts moving as the level rises. Rival fans are hanging on for dear life, they know whatโs coming.
Emmanuel Petit on Premier League clubs mocking Arsenal after the final defeat:
๐ฃ๏ธ โI have to say, I found it embarrassing.
The second Arsenal lost, some Premier League clubs couldn't wait to jump on social media and remind everyone about their European trophies.
That tells you everything.
Instead of supporting an English club representing the league on the biggest stage in club football, they were busy celebrating Arsenal's pain.
For me, that's not rivalry. That's insecurity.
Arsenal were 90 minutes away from doing something special, and rather than show respect, people were desperately searching through the history books for old trophies to post online.
Why? Because they were terrified of seeing Arsenal join that club.
Let's be honest, some of these clubs spent the entire season watching Arsenal compete at a level they couldn't reach.
The jealousy was obvious.
The moment Arsenal fell short, they treated it like they had won something themselves.
That's the mentality of people who would rather see Arsenal fail than focus on their own success.
The trophy may have slipped away, but the reaction from some rivals showed exactly how much Arsenal still live rent-free in their heads.โ