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OZEKPEDIA STATE OF THE NATION TODAY..........Nigeria And The Nigerien Coup: The Allegory Of The Hunch-Backed Cripple -

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  Mike Ozekhome, SAN Once upon a time, a cripple with a hunchback boasted about leading his people to war. He was warned to keep off because of his visible infirmity. He was asked how he would escape when the war broke out. He said it did not matter. He believed that since he was the king of his village and the neighbouring communities, he had the talisman to succeed. He underplayed his enormous physical challenges. That is Nigeria for you as an epigram. The crippled hunchback or the hunch-backed cripple never reckoned with the wise words of Alexander the Great who once intoned, “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion”. Allegorically and metaphorically, Nigeria is the sheep attempting to lead the ECOWAS Communities which constitute the army of lions to an unholy war against Niger Republic. This poor country has done nothing wrong to Nigeria, or other ECOWAS States, but merely exercising her sovereignty within her territorial do

Philantropist Today.......Senator Ned Nwoko, Chancellor of Sports University of Nigeria Set To award scholarships to 100 students to study at the University.

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  • The word Philantropist can be defined as ~  a person who donates time, money, experience, skills or talent to help create a better world. Anyone can be a philanthropist, regardless of status or net worth ,but here in Africa many think a Philantriopist or humanitarian deeds can only be performed by the super rich class of people. Well that is a story for another day  Our Philantropic case study is the man called Senator Prince Ned Nwoko who has concluded plans to change the life's of no less than 100 young students from this year World Industry Leaders Magazine international can reveal today that Over 100 student-athletes are about now  converging at the Ilaji Hotels and Resorts for the 2023 student /athletes’ scholarship trials. Senator Ned Nwoko, Chancellor of Sports University of Nigeria, Idumuje -Ugboko, Delta State and President, of Ned Nwoko Foundation is awarding scholarships to 100 students to study at the University. The scholarship is worth N2.5 million for each studen

OZEKPEDIA'S STATE OF THE NATION TODAY...NIGERIA AND THE NIGERIEN COUP: THE ALLEGORY OF THE HUNCH-BACKED CRIPPLE (PART 1)

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 NIGERIA AND THE NIGERIEN COUP:   BY: PROF. MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D, D.Litt INTRODUCTION Once upon a time, a cripple with a hunchback boasted about leading his people to war. He was warned to keep off because of his visible infirmity. He was asked how he would escape when the war broke out. He said it did not matter. He believed that since he was the king of his village and the neighbouring communities, he had the talisman to succeed. He underplayed his enormous physical challenges. That is Nigeria for you as an epigram. The crippled hunchback or the hunch-backed cripple never reckoned with the wise words of Alexander the Great who once intoned, “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion”. Allegorically and metaphorically, Nigeria is the sheep attempting to lead the ECOWAS Communities which constitute the army of lions to an unholy war against Niger Republic. This poor country has done nothing wrong