EMELIFONWU PIUS BLOG

Traditional rulers are being humiliated left, right and centre and I am not surprised. When SLS said his ambition was to be

  In the wake of the economic suffocation occasioned by Emilokan, Cholera happens! I could not understand it but as a

 Rivers State of Nigeria has always been a hotbed of controversy in Nigeria. Oil rich and votes rich. Rotimi Amaechi from PDP to APC and

 Victor Osimhen is in the eye of the storm because, Coach Finidi George claimed he cannot beg him to play for his country. According to George Bernard Shaw, 'those who can do, and those who can't teach'. Finidi did not beg Osimhen and Finidi did not win. If Finidi could not beg Osimhen, he needed not complain after losing  It is not begging, it is planning and prioritizing. A Coach is a teacher. Teachers are judged by the results of their pupils. It takes skills to manage talent. In the hey days of Muhammed Ali, his coach Angelo Dundee had a way with him. Whenever, he needed Ali to do something like using his left jab, all he did was to say how he loved the left jab. It is a win win situation. The Coach doesn't shout but he gets his message across. Given another chance, Finidi would realize he is no more a player but a coach that needs all available players. His job is to make the players play . He cannot play. He has to get the players to play by all means necessary. I

Eedris of the Remedies fame comes across as any other musician full of controversies. But wait a moment. Eedris deserves his

  Listening to an army Chief list the trouble spots in Nigeria and hearing of secession, I was nonplussed. Honestly, I find it real hard to understand the politics of the South

 When Obj faced Hardtalk, baba was really flustered especially with regards to Iyabo Obadanjo's corruption case. I shudder to think of how Emilokan will handle the foreign press, each time he travels out. Take the case of the inauguration of the South African President. I know corruption knows no boundaries but can one trust foreigners not to kiss and tell? But how many of them can be compromised? So far Emilokan has not granted the kind of interview that will assuage the pains of Nigerians from the assault of the February 2023 Elections. Time they say, heals all wounds but how can you reconcile recalling a 1993 Election and wishing away the pains of a 2023 Election? Honestly this is harder than attempting the ascent of Olumo rock on a bicycle. Emilokan has a big headache. I doubt if it can be cured. Reputation apart. The economy is a festering wound only a turn around can heal. How can there be a turn around where there is no trust? You do not ride roughshod over the people and ex

One thing that really unites Nigerians irrespective of class is football. So far, the way we run our football has been in fits and starts. The problem is government

Robinho of Brazil once called Pele, mad, for suggesting that the Brazilian team in Robinho's time play with four strikers. This same Robinho who in his hey days

 In Literature, we were taught that to know a person's character, you consider three things: What the person does, what the person says and what

 Apologies for my prolonged absence. It was not wrirers' block. No, I was too indisposed to see. To the glory of God, I feel better. For leaders, we have manipulators and