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LIGHT OF THE WORLD
Feature
The life of Enoch Adejare
Adeboye is a fulfillment of the
scriptures inZechariah 4: 10,
which declare, “despise not
the days of small beginnings.”
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ADEBOYE’S LIFE AND MINISTRY:
A BRIEF HISTORICAL OUTLINE
the founder left a sealed document
pronouncing Enoch Adeboye as the
successor, his transition into office met
with some resistance.
In 1981 Enoch Adeboye was ordained
the General Overseer of The Redeemed
rowing up as a nominal Anglican Christian Church of God.
(Episcopalian), Enoch Adeboye He started on the first Friday of the
had a vague knowledge that God month, the Holy Ghost Services in
existed in heaven but did not have or know the mid nineteen-eighties, a night of
that he needed to have a relationship with Praise, Worship, Prayer, Soul-winning,
him until 1973 when together with his Deliverance, Testimonies and the Word
wife he walked into a most unimpressive -on a monthly basis. Initially held on the
building seeking divine intervention from premises of the Headquarters in Lagos,
personal challenges.
space constraints required a change in
This was the only premises at the time location.
of The Redeemed Christian Church of This led to the purchase of a massive
God (RCCG). The church RCCG was piece of uninhabited forest land located
founded by Revd. J. O. Akindayomi, a on the outskirts of Lagos, a haven of
man who though was illiterate had been highway / armed robbers and kidnappers
supernaturally endowed with the ability with a great company of pythons and wild
to read the Yoruba (a Nigerian language) animals.
version of the Holy Bible (translated from
the Authorized King James Version). Pastor Enoch Adeboye moved his family
Even though both the environment and to this “wilderness” designating the place
the Pastor (the founder himself) seemed the Redemption Camp, constructed a
unlikely to have anything to offer to a large auditorium and began to hold the
man of his status, Enoch Adeboye was Holy Ghost Services there.
unusually inspired and touched by the To the glory of God, these services have
Word and also by the presence of God. been consistently held for over twenty
On that very day, in 1973, Enoch Adeboye years now and today, the crowds in
committed his life totally to the Lord Jesus attendance run in the millions every
month.
Christ and has since not looked back.
G
Unknown to him though, the Lord had
already informed the founder that “a man
of books” (a highly educated man) would
soon join RCCG and eventually take over
the mantle of leadership from him (the
founder) whenever he passed away.
As Enoch Adeboye joined and became
an active member of RCCG, the founder
began to personally mentor and groom
him for the future assignment he was
totally unaware of.
He initially served as the sermon
interpreter to the founder (from Yoruba to
English) and later was ordained a Pastor
in 1977.
By the time the founder passed away in
1980, RCCG had about 42 Parishes, a
great achievement at the time. Although
Pastor E.O. Adeboye General Overseer RCCG Worldwide
Notable also in Pastor Adeboye’s ministry
is his passion for soul winning, which
in turn drives his far-reaching churchplanting mission.
that in the 2009 Newsweek Elite Edition
(January 5, 2009), Pastor Enoch Adejare
Adeboye, the General overseer of the
Redeemed Christian Church of God was
From that unimpressive building he listed as one of the Fifty Most Influential
walked into in 1973, the Lord has today People In The World.
built a Mission of over twenty thousand Also in that year, Adeboye led a PreChurches all over the world (in Nigeria, General Assembly Prayer meeting at the
almost all the nations of Africa, the US, United Nations head office here in New
the UK, Canada, South America, the York. Besides in the last few years, he
Caribbean, Europe, Australia, India, also introduced a global peace initiative
China, Hong Kong, the Far East and even at the UN seeking to involve international
the Middle East).
religious leaders to be an active
Here in the United States alone, there contributor to the Mideast peace process.
are over seven hundred (700) Parishes Under the “Global Summit on The Road
and counting since the first parish was Map to a Culture of Peace in the Middle
established in year 1992,the RCCG- East,” which he co-chairs, Adeboye has
become a frequent guest in New York on
From the Redemption Camp, Pastor Winners Chapel in Detroit, Michigan. an annual basis in the last three years.
Adeboye has taken the Holy Ghost These parishes are organized into 9
service around the nation of Nigeria and provinces that make up the RCCG North Before that time, he had ministered in
across the world, with miracles, signs America. Pastor James Fadele is the head the city on several occasions including
and wonders! On 18th December 1998, of the RCCGNA, as Chairman of the at the Madison Square Garden, where
the RCCG North Americaheld its annual
he hosted in Lekki, Lagos,the very first Board.
Holy Ghost Festival (open air meeting) in New York is under the Eastern North convention in 2005.
Nigeria with an attendance of over seven America Province 4, ENAP4,covering Recently, in order to meet the social need
the Greater New York, Massachusetts, of the society, RCCG has been involved
million people (CNN estimate).
In addition, Pastor Adeboye hosts on an and other adjoining states, with almost 90 in establishing schools, rehabilitation
annual basis, the Holy Ghost Congress parishes. Pastor Daniel Ajayi-Adeniran is centers, child care and support centers.
held every December at the Redemption the Provincial Pastor with the Provincial Each year more several thousand people
Camp and a SpecialHoly Ghost Program headquarters in the Bronx,supervising attend the annual RCCGNA convention
held in the first weekend of March yearly. more than 8 Zonal branches under which at the over 700-acre camp ground under
the parishes are organized.
active construction in Floyd, Texas.
At each and every one of these events,
As
the
church
continues
to
grow,
ethnic
miracles, signs and wonders have become
commonplace as the power of God moves and racial barriers are being broken in
freely to set free, heal, anoint, deliver, Nigeria, Africa and around the world!
His ministry has become so compelling
bless and empower.
Gov. Obi others escape plane crash
W
hat could have turned to be
another air mishap was avoided
by the experience of the Arik
pilot of Flight W 3788 conveying over 100
passengers from Lagos to Asaba in Delta
State on May 28, 2013.
The flight, which was supposed to take
off at 8:30 am, was delayed in Lagos on
account of bad weather. Though travelers
had boarded the flight, after about two
hours inside the plane, they were asked
to go back to the departure lounge, as the
aircraft could not take off due to what
the pilot called “terribly bad weather
at Asaba.” After about three hours, the
flight was boarded again because weather
reports showed improvement within
the internationally accepted landing
standards. By the time it was boarded
again, many people who sensed the
situation as warning from Providence had
already cancelled their trips.
bad again. Several attempts at landing
proved difficult. Not wanting to take
chances, the pilot promptly returned to
Lagos. On reaching Lagos, the weather
had already gone very bad by aviation
standard with previous day’s downpour.
The plane had to circle around for hours
amid dwindling aviation fuel. It finally
landed at 4:45 pm amid sighs of relief
from traumatized passengers who clapped
in jubilation. The pilot, Captain Sandy
Miller, merely told passengers to thank
their God for His mercies when they got
home.
planned to do so many things at home.
When he was persistently asked those
things, he reluctantly said that he had
projects to inspect such as the progress
of work at Upper-Iweka, the drainage
challenge at Ogidi as well as the site for
the construction of Agulu Lake Hotel
Resort, which, according to him, would
take off in a matter of days.
Obi said that following discussions with
some investors in South Africa that
requested land to build their facility in
Anambra and some existing ones that
want to expand, that he planned to visit
Speaking to Aviation correspondents at the some identified sites for consideration.
Domestic Wing of Murtala Muhammed “More so, I have planned to treat many
Airport, Ikeja, Gov. Obi, who travelled files in the night,” Obi said. On whether
to South Africa and came back to Lagos, he was unsettled, the governor laughed
said he was determined to make the flight and said that nothing again should be
to Asaba en route Awka because he did frightening to a person that governs a
not like staying outside Awka more days state like Anambra. Moreover, he said,
he was always at peace with His God and
than necessary.
fellow human beings to worry over the
On getting to Asaba, the weather became Moreover, he said that he had already
vicissitudes of life.
Gov. Obi
Speaking on the experience, one of the
passengers, Donald Emeh, a lawyer, said
that as a frequent flyer, he was used to such
situations. He nevertheless gave glory to
God for safe-landing at last. He jokingly
described how those on board turned into
emergency prayer warriors, casting and
binding the spirit of plane crash.
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LIGHT OF THE WORLD
LIGHT OF THE WORLD
NEWS
U
S President Barack Obama will
visit Senegal, South Africa and
Tanzania in June, the White House
has said.
Mr Obama is expected to meet lawmakers
as well as business and civil society leaders
and youth on his trip.
The 26 June - 3 July visit will be Mr Obama’s
second to sub-Saharan Africa as president.
He spent less than a day in Ghana in 2009.
Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George
W Bush both visited Africa during their
second terms in office.
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Obama to tour Senegal, South
Africa and Tanzania in June
Mr Clinton visited six countries while Mr cooperation between the United States and
Bush went to five.
the people of sub-Saharan Africa to advance
“The president will reinforce the importance regional and global peace and prosperity.”
that the United States places on our deep and Analysts say such trips are common for
growing ties with countries in sub-Saharan US presidents after they are relieved of the
Africa, including through expanding pressure of domestic campaigning.
economic growth, investment, and trade;
Meanwhile, a developing threat of Islamist
strengthening democratic institutions;
militants in the west African country
and investing in the next generation of
of Mali has raised the region’s profile in
African leaders,” the White House said in
Washington.
a statement.
First Lady Michelle Obama is due to
“The trip will underscore the president’s
President Obama
accompany Mr Obama on his trip.
commitment to broadening and deepening
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LIGHT OF THE WORLD
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News
T
he White House Press Secretary
Jay Carney announced that
President Barack Obama will
be going to three African countries Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa this month. Nigeria is not included in
the travel plan even though it is overdue
for a US presidential visit.
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STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S
VISIT TO AFRICA, BY CANAN
It is such an opportunity to provoke
genuine democratic sentiments in
Nigeria and encourage the country’s
democratic development that the US
government is frittering away with this
decision to isolate Nigeria during yet
another US presidential visit.
No official explanation has been given
regarding Nigeria’s exclusion from what
may be the President’s last visit to Africa
while in office. A previous visit to Africa
during President Barack Obama’s first
term had also left Nigeria out.
A visit by President Obama, based on
the widespread admiration he enjoys in
Nigeria, would have served to mobilize
the Nigerian people and push the country
towards fulfilling its potential, a country
the US government itself has described as
its “African anchor.”
Based on media reporting, it is
reasonable to assume that the President
possibly left Nigeria out because of
the Boko Haram crisis and the recent
declaration of emergency rule in three
states in northern Nigeria.
On several occasions, the US described
Nigeria as one of its three major strategic
partners in Africa therefore the decision
to leave Nigeria out because of a major but
fleeting security challenge could turn out
a strategic mistake.
It is however the opinion of the Christian
Association of Nigerian-Americans,
CANAN, that President Obama’s visit
would have benefited the Nigerian
people more than hurting the Nigerian
government.
In the last three years, the US and the
Nigerian governments have been working
creditably well on the US-Nigeria BiNational Commission, BNC, especially
with the current proactive leadership
of the Nigeria Embassy in Washington
DC. Through the collaboration of both
countries under the BNC, economic
and security cooperation have swelled,
resulting in significant mutual benefits.
hands a public victory to those who only
seek to perpetrate political instability,
socio-economic chaos and terrorism in
Nigeria.
While we appreciate that the White House
may be sending a signal regarding its
dissatisfaction on some issues with the
Nigerian government by this decision, in
this specific case, it is the larger interests
of the Nigerian people and US-Nigeria
relations that should have been given a
greater weight. Nigeria is America’s top
trading partner in Africa, and NigerianAmericans are the single largest African
immigrant group in the US and the most
educated.
Finally, we are requesting the US
government to review its half-hearted
approach on the Boko Haram terrorism
in Nigeria. Designating three Boko
Haram leaders as global terrorists while
refusing to do the same for Boko Haram
as a group sends a mixed signal to the
Nigerian people. If the president of the US
considers it too high risk to visit Nigeria,
that only proves the need for concerted
global action to neutralize an international
terror group whose dastardly acts have
already claimed the lives of people from
15 nations.
The President went to Cairo at a time
when dictators were all over the Middle
East and his critical speech provoked
a wind of change whose democratic
fervor is still very much in play in the This decision however flies in the face of A designation of the group as a Foreign
region.
such significant diplomatic progress and Terrorist Organization, FTO, would have
President Barak Obama
sent a clear message to those sponsoring,
supporting and financing terrorism in
Nigeria, and possibly avoided the current
escalation and declaration of emergency
rule.
It is still better late than never!
‘Laolu Akande
Executive Director
Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans,
CANAN
P. O. Box 1041
Bay Shore, New York 11706
CANANUSA.ORG
Preaching hate in the name of free speech
T
HE brutal murder of British
soldier, Lee Rigby, by two
religious terrorists on May 22 is the
immediate trigger for this column.
The murder which for its sheer brutality
has been rightly identified for the barbaric
act that it was has left many wondering
what kind of hatred could have caused
it. It was a throwback to the age of tribal
wars and battles when relatively crude
implements were the preferred weapons
of offence.
and clothes in full view while asking
outraged passersby to take their pictures
and/or call in the police. Well, these
religious showmen never like to pass up
any photo opportunity. Where they do not
exist they create them- they simply must
have their time in the spotlight no matter
how brief.
In the wake of the attack, Muslim leaders
in the UK and around the world have been
loud in condemning a terrible murder they
claim gives a bad name to their religion.
They want the world to believe and accept
that their religion is all about peace. This
may well be the case but these leaders
need to ask themselves why one religion
spawns so many murderous elements
from within its fold or creates room for
people who use its name to perpetrate
unspeakable evil.
The attackers momentarily turned a
space in the 21st century into the age of
head hunters when alike sharp and blunt
knives and machetes came in handy as
tribal groups tackle their enemies. And
so it was that Rigby’s attackers, one of
whom has been identified as Michael
Adebolajo (Adeboloja?), a Briton of
Nigerian descent, set upon their victim The answer to this may not be so difficult
with machetes, knives and a meat cleaver. to arrive at giving the kind of utterances
While meat cleavers may not be very some of these so-called leaders routinely
familiar sight, anyone who has seen one spout. The increasing and misleading
of these instruments of British butchers radicalisation of Muslim youths may not
would know what horror was enacted on be unconnected to the rhetoric of hate
the streets of Woolwich, the southeast some of the people who speak as leaders
London community, where Rigby was of their religion adopt when addressing
hacked down in broad day light and before sensitive issues of religion.
moving cameras.
To make their gory job easier and in
apparent recognition of how uneasy it
would be to take on a soldier straight on
knuckle for knuckle, these terrorists who
tried to pass off their ignoble acts as one
motivated in defense of their religion,
had two things in their favor. One was
surprise. The other thing was that they ran
their victim down with a vehicle thereby
seizing the unfair advantage as they, these
cowardly terrorists always do.
They make it look like the religion is
always in need of defenders whose only
means of operation is violence. We
see and hear these in the utterances of
some of these self-styled leaders of fast
mushrooming organisations that their
founders routinely use as platforms for
spreading hateful rhetoric.
of the activities and, especially, utterances
of their members and others who simply
use the name of the religion for their own
purposes.
One such organisation in my view is the
Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, whose
so-called director, Is-haq Lakin Akintola,
has attacked the Lagos State governor and
the State’s Commissioner of Education,
Olayinka Oladunjoye, as declaring war
against Muslims for restricting use of
hijab in public schools in the state.
Mr. Akintola has probably never witnessed
a riot to say nothing of a war yet he makes
perfunctory statements on war as if he
is ready for one. His belligerent rhetoric,
as reported in the Vanguard of May 23 is
the stuff on which murderous elements
like Adeboloja are weaned. ( And talking
about Adebolajo, it is right that Nigerians
should reject any attempt to link him to
this country.
Lee Rigby
and easygoing. The same thing we heard
about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the
Nigerian underwear bomber, who tried
to blow up American planes a few years
back.
When did people like these get to that
tipping point when they believe they
have to commit abominable acts of
terror against defenceless people if not
by constant exposure to the hateful
utterances of so-called religious leaders
who turn around, Pontius Pilate-style,
to wash their hands off violent acts their
When acts or policies people are opposed utterances caused?
to are viewed in martial terms, as There have been too many hateful
belligerent actions targeted at particular preachers in our midst in recent times
groups/religions or communities rather all making glib pronouncements on
than issues that could be debated amicably, war- from Asari Dokubo, the expired
members of such groups or communities, militia man who blows hot and cold in his
especially the lunatic fringe, feel justified attitude to the Jonathan administration, to
to launch what they consider appropriate the cowardly terrorists who have turned
acts of war in retaliation. The process Northern Nigeria into a war zone. This
for such radicalisation is often subtle and now is time to rein in these preachers of
subliminal but the consequences are not. hate before they bring the house down on
He may be of Nigerian descent but he
is a British product who probably has
never set his foot on any part of Nigeria.
Nigerians are in my view within their
rights to reject any link with this scum of
the human species. We can do without the
negative publicity from him and his likes).
With Nigeria and Nigerians increasingly
appearing on the world stage as terror
artists there is the need for the state and
those genuine Muslims who can truly see The attackers of Rigby claimed they us all.
They proceeded to put on a performance what moral burden their religion is being wanted to start a war. Indeed Michael
for the cameras with their bloody hands put under to be bold in their condemnation Adebolajo has been described as quiet
cont. on Page 18
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LIGHT OF THE WORLD
News
W
ASHINGTON – In an
unprecedented move, the
United States on Monday
posted up to $23 million in rewards to
help track down five leaders of militant
groups accused of spreading terror in
west Africa.
The highest reward of $7 million is
offered for the Boko Haram leader
Abubakar Shekau, who last month called
on Islamists in Afghanistan, Pakistan and
Iraq to join the bloody fight to create an
Islamic state in Nigeria.
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US places $23m reward for Boko
Haram leader, Shekau, 4 others
the spokesman for Mali’s Movement
for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
(MUJAO), were also targeted by the
rewards program, which will give up to
$3 million each for information leading to
their arrests.
“AQIM has been increasingly active in
north and west Africa. They’re one of the
pre-eminent kidnap for ransom groups
in the terrorist world right now,” a senior
State Department official told AFP, asking
not to be named.
The US State Department’s Rewards for
Justice program also targeted Al-Qaeda
in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), offering
its first ever bounties for wanted militants
in West Africa.
“They cause us a great deal of concern.
Anything that we can do naturally to
cut down on the capabilities of AQIM,
anything that we can do to get information
on these people so that we can get them in
front of a court… That is our goal.”
Up to $5 million was posted for AlQaeda veteran Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the
one-eyed Islamist behind the devastating
attack on an Algerian gas plant in January
in which 37 foreigners, including three
Americans, were killed.
The United States has been increasingly
worried about the spread of Islamist
groups in Mali and across the vast and
lawless Sahel since a military coup ousted
the government in Bamako.
Presidents Jonathan & Obama
“They’ve had a relationship for some
Belmokhtar, who was a senior commander time. They send people back and forth
for AQIM, broke away from the group last for training, they’ve done the provision
year to set up his own group dubbed the of arms back and forth,” the State
Department official said.
“Signatories in Blood.”
Branded “the Uncatchable,” Belmokhtar “The links are… not quite as solid as some
also personally supervised the operational of the other terrorist organizations,” he
plans for the twin car bombings in Niger said. “Nonetheless, it’s a dangerous link
that killed at least 20 people late last and it’s something that we feel we should
month, according to a spokesman for his try and stop.”
entire west African region.
Former colonial power France has led a
military offensive since January against
the militants in Mali’s northern desert, group.
as the west African nation prepares for The rewards acknowledged the growing
presidential elections on July 28.
links between AQIM and Nigeria’s Boko
Malik Abou Abdelkarim, a senior fighter There are fears however that the spread Haram, which is under pressure from a
with AQIM, and Oumar Ould Hamaha, of militant groups risks destabilizing the military offensive.
A further $5 million was offered for top
AQIM leader Yahya Abou Al-Hammam,
reportedly involved in the 2010 murder of
an elderly French hostage in Niger.
Shekau, in a video obtained by AFP
last month, claimed his forces had made
significant gains against the Nigerian
army while sustaining little damage since
the start of the military offensive on May 15.
Nigerian parliament bans same-sex marriage
Homosexuals, Lesbians Risk 14-Yr Jail Term
Nigerian Lawmakers Have Approved A Bill Banning Same-Sex Marriage, Setting Jail Terms Of Up To 14 Years For Offenders.
T
HE House of Representatives,
passed for second reading a bill
that sought to outlaw same-sex
marriage in Nigeria, as it proposed
14 years jail term for homosexual and
Lesbian offenders.
The bill, as passed by the House,
is expected to be read the third
time by the Clerk, before it would
be harmonized with the version of
the Senate before the president’s
assent.
The House, at its session,
considered and approved “a bill
for an Act to prohibit marriage
or civil union entered into
between persons of same sex,
solemnization of same and for
other matters related therewith
(HB. 197)” which had earlier
been approved at Committee of
the Whole on November 13, 2012.
Section one subsection two of
the bill expressly stated that
“marriage contracts or civil
union entered between persons of
same gender are invalid and shall
not be recognized as entitled to
the benefits of a valid marriage.” and meetings and also “the
Section 1(3) of the bill also public show of same sex
warned that: “Marriage contract amorous relationship, directly or
or civil union entered between indirectly.”
Another section of the bill added
that: “Any person who registers,
operates or participates in gay
clubs, societies and organizations,
or directly or indirectly make a
public show of same sex amorous
relationship, commits an offence
and shall each be liable on
The new bill also sought an conviction to a term of 10 years
outright ban of same sex unions imprisonment.”
in places of worship or any other While briefing newsmen, the
place whatsoever in the country. House spokesman, Honourable
However, section three of the bill, Zakari Mohammed, maintained
as passed ,sought recognition only that the House, through the
for “marriage contract between passage of the bill, decided to be
a man and woman, either under on the side of God and the people
Islamic Law, Customary Law and was not ready to rescind its
and Marriage Act,” which are the decision.
persons of same gender by
virtue of a certificate issued by
a foreign country shall be void
in Nigeria, and any benefits
accruing therefrom, by virtue
of the certificate, shall not be
enforced by any court of law in
Nigeria.”
laws recognized in Nigeria.
The bill also sought to bar
registration of gay clubs,
societies and organizations,
their sustenance, procession
He added that the House or the
National Assembly could not be
cowed by other countries who
were hell bent on permitting same
sex in their countries, especially
NIGERIA
some of the developed countries.
“We have culture and traditions,
and we cannot ignore that. As
far as we are concerned, we have
done what the people want by
passing the bill,” he said.
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By His stripes
M
edications are used to
treat or prevent illness and
disease. These medications
can however cause problems called
adverse drug reactions including
allergies.
Although allergic
reactions to medicines are common,
most self-reported “allergies ” are
nothing but minor drug side effects.
True allergic reactions range from
mild to severe. The reactions may
also be delayed, occurring 1 week
or more after exposure, or sudden
and life-threatening involving the
whole body. This is often called
an anaphylactic reaction. Drug
allergies are caused by excessive
activity of the immune system. The
immune system become sensitized
by the first exposure to the medicine.
Subsequent exposures to the same
medicine elicits more powerful and
severe reactions that may be lifethreatening.
Anybody can have an adverse
drug reaction and taking 4or more
medicines daily increases the
chances of having an adverse drug
reaction. Nonprescription over the
counter medicines can interact with
each other or with prescription drugs
to cause adverse reactions. Herbal
products, supplements, or vitamins
may also cause adverse reactions
by themselves or when taken with
certain drugs. Some types of food
are implicated in the formation of
adverse drug reactions. Grapefruit
juice, milk products, alcohol and
caffeine, may affect how drugs are
broken down and removed from the
body. This ultimately interferes with
how the medications works.
Medications commonly implicated
in allergic reactions includes
antibiotics like sulfonamides and
penicillin’s , dye/iodine containing
agents like contrasts liquids used
for radiological tests, some pain
medications like morphine and
anesthetic agents. There should
be a high suspicion for an allergic
reaction if certain symptoms are
noted either shortly after taking the
medications or several days after the
exposure. These symptoms include
hives or an itchy rash, vomiting or
diarrhea and facial swellings and
bumps especially around the lips
and eyelids. It may present as facial
puffiness associated with itching.
The sudden occurrence, called
anaphylaxis, may result in swelling
of the mouth and throat leading
to difficulty with breathing and
swallowing. These severe reactions
may become fatal.
In an attempt to manage and avoid
adverse reactions, it’s important to
keep a record of medicines and foods,
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Drug adverse reaction
in addition to the abnormalities
noted . Subsequently, suspected
agents should be avoided and
follow-up with an allergy specialist
recommended if an allergic reaction
is suspected. A test to confirm the
allergy after the reaction has cleared
may be performed. It is important
to confirm that the reaction is an
allergy and not just a side effect to
the medicine.
In allergic reactions, treatment may
include the use an antihistamine.
Immediate medical attention should
be sought if symptoms continue to
get worse, especially when there
is generalized itching, hives and
swellings that continue to erupt
in spite of initial treatment. Other
notable symptoms that indicate
severe reactions include chest or
throat tightness, difficulty breathing,
mouth ulcers or swelling, skin
ulcers, gastro-intestinal symptoms
that includes constipation, severe
vomiting and diarrhea, easy
bruising or bleeding, confusion and
dizzy spells. Hospitalization may
be required. It’s also important
to avoid hot water baths or
showers in allergic reactions. An
epinephrine injection (Epipen)
may be temporarily needed to treat
an emergency allergic reaction.
If there’s confirmed documented
DR. SEGUN APOESO
history of a severe reaction, it
may become necessary to always
carry an epinephrine injection or
anaphylaxis kit as a precautionary
measure.
Vigilance is required in the use
of any medication. Significant
problems can be prevented if
unnecessary use of medications,
including medication sharing with
families and friends, is avoided.
Until next issue, stay blessed and
highly favored.
Immigration: Questions and
Answers on P-1 Visas for Artists
By Safiya Byars, Esq.
e are now officially entering
the summer season and that
means that reggae festivals
and cultural programs will be in full
swing. Renowned international artists
will be coming to the United States to
perform and agents and organizations
are now extremely busy trying to
finalize their artists’ performance
schedule and locations. This article
will briefly answer the most frequently
asked questions about obtaining a visa
Safiya Byars, Esq.
for a performing artist.
W
Question 1: What are the general
requirements for obtaining my visa to
come to the United States to perform?
Answer: The P-1 entertainment visa
is a nonimmigrant visa which allows
foreign nationals who are athletes,
artists and entertainers to enter into the
U.S. for a specific event, competition
or performance. A P-1 visa entitles
the holder to participate in an event in
the US. A P-1 visa is usually granted
to entertainers/artists for the duration
of their specific event only and will
not exceed 1 year. Essential support
personnel wishing to accompany P1 visa
applicants may be eligible to apply for
a P-1 visa if their skills and experience
are essential to the principle applicant’s
performance. Spouses and unmarried
Question 2: I would like to come to
the United States to perform for
the summer. Do I need to have a
performance schedule before I apply
for my visa?
Answer: Generally Immigration does
not require that your performance
schedule be complete. However,
Immigration does require that the
applicant have documentation as to
where the applicant will be performing
and the maximum length of the time
that the applicant will be in the United
children under 21 years of age may States in this status.
apply for the applicable derivative visa
Question 3: The company that wants
(P4 visa) to join their spouse or parent
to hire me to perform wants me to
in the US. Accompanying spouses and
perform for at least two years. Is this
children are entitled to study in the
is possible?
United States but are not permitted to
work in the United States unless they Answer: Applicants may be allowed
have obtain their own independent work to stay in the U.S. for up to five years
visa. Generally the P-1 visa applicant with extensions not to exceed a total
must show that he or she has already stay of ten years. However, please note
received some national or international that Immigration is not going to grant
reputation for his/her talent and the the applicant a 5 year visa when you
applicant must have secured a US first apply for a P-1 visa. The applicant
employer who is inviting them to come will be required to apply for one year
to the United States for a specific time extensions and provide Immigration
period to perform. Immigration does with documentation as to why the
require that the applicant provide the extensions are required.
proper documentation to show his or her Question 4: The company that has hired
expertise/recognition.
me to perform has already submitted
my application but it is taking a very
long time to be approved. Is it possible
to expedite the process?
Answer: Unfortunately the processing
time on a P-1 visa can take several
months. However, Immigration does
provide that applicants can take
advantage of premium processing.
Premium processing service is available
only on select applications. Premium
processing allows Immigration to
review and issue a decision on a pending
artist visa application for an additional
fee of $1,1225. We have successfully
utilized the premium processing for a
number of artist visa cases to expedite
the application process.
Disclaimer: This article is a broad overview of two-year
conditional green card application process (form I-751). This
article is provided as a public service and is not intended to
establish an attorney-client relationship. Any reliance on the
information contained herein is taken at your own risk. The
information provided in this article should never replace
informed counsel when specific immigration-related
guidance is needed.
Safiya Byars is the founder and senior partner of the
Byars Firm. She is a native of Kingston, Jamaica.
Attorney Byars shows her clients the best ways to get
their cases approved the FIRST time while reducing
processing times and avoiding immigration red flags
that result in delays, denials, and deportation. Her office
is now located at 3720 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Suite
D2, Chamblee, Georgia 30341. Attorney Byars handles
all immigration matters, deportation defense, family
law, and criminal issues. Attorney Byars can be reached
at 678-736-5600, 404-992-6506 or via email at sbyars@
byarslawgroup.com.
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NEWS
DNA uncover s Britons buying Nigerian babies
D
NA tests are catching out desperate
British couples using false papers to
procure newborns, writes Sunday
Times of London.
BRITISH couples desperate for children
are illegally procuring newborn babies in
Nigeria and bringing them back to the UK
using false documentation.
A former Oxford University lecturer and
his wife are among 12 British couples
investigated by police for trying to bring
babies into the UK claiming they are their
own, in breach of immigration law.
The couple were caught after the British
High Commission in Lagos introduced
compulsory DNA testing for Britons
applying for a passport for a newborn baby
in suspicious circumstances.
When DNA sample did not match, officials
in Lagos called in the Serious Organized
Crime Agency to investigate.
Bharti Patel, chief executive of Ecpat
UK, a charity that works with victims of
child trafficking, said she believed that
it was likely that many more cases would
follow the introduction of DNA testing at
embassies.
“It is encouraging to see these 12 being
reported,” she said.
The first of the 12 to come to court in Britain
involved Simon Heap, 47, an academic
expert in African studies, and his wife,
Gladys Effa-Heap, 52, a nurse.
The couple, who live in Oxford, pleaded
guilty to a breach of immigration law. They
admitted they had lied when they applied
for a passport for a baby girl at the High
Commission in Lagos in 2010.
The couple had used a fake birth certificate
and claimed the baby, who was just a few
days old, was their daughter. DNA tests
showed the child was not related to either of
them and she was taken away.
Heap, who lived for a number of years in
Nigeria, was previously a fellow in tropical
African studies at St. Anthony’s College,
Oxford. He now works at the London office
of the Japanese government’s aid agency.
The couple were given 12-month suspended
prison sentences and 250 hours of
community service. Next month, a couple
from Degenham, east London, will appear
in court on similar charges.
Detective Inspector Kate Bridger, who
leads the Paladin team, a joint unit made up
of Metropolitan Police officers and officials
from Border Force which investigated the
Heap case, later referred to police suspicion
that there is a trade in babies. “A child
should not be treated as a commodity to be
bought and sold,” she said.
are believed to have been taken at birth
from vulnerable young mothers and sold to
childless couples including foreigners.
According to some Nigerian reports, girls as
young as 14 are kept on “baby farms” until
they give birth. They are paid as little as 10
pounds for their babies. Others agree to sell
their babies to avoid their families finding out
they are pregnant or because they are too poor
to pay for healthcare.
Earlier this month, 32 pregnant girls were
discovered at an alleged baby farm, The Seat
of Happiness Care Centre, in a remote area
on the edge of the city of Aba, in southern
Nigeria.
It described itself as a charitable home for
single mothers and orphans. They were
housed in bungalows with metal bars on the
Andy Elvin, who runs the charity, Children windows behind a tall security fence topped
and Families Across Borders, said some with barbed wire.
British couples were paying middlemen in Commandant Ben Dikuro, from the Nigerian
Nigeria up to 12,000 (pounds) for a baby.
Security and Civil Defense Corps, told
“Sharply-elbowed middle-class parents” Nigerian newspaper The Sun: “Girls who
fool consular officials in Lagos into issuing get pregnant are lured to the home with rosy
passports for the children”, he said.
promise of compensation when they deliver.
In the past, a handful of cases have
emerged after GPs or social services
became suspicious about children already
in Britain. Last October, a High Court
judge ruled that a London couple, who were
unable to conceive, could keep a baby girl
born in Nigeria.
“Also young girls who need money are also
convinced to get pregnant and deliver the
child and be paid some amount of money.”
The owner of the home, Nnenna Mba, denied
she had ever forced mothers to hand over their
babies or sold them.
She told the newspaper the home was properly
The woman’s GP became suspicious after registered and that any adoptions were dealt
they returned home and DNA tests showed with by the authorities.
that they were not the child’s biological
“We only act as intermediaries,” she said.
parents.
“They (the mothers) are all conscious. I did
They successfully argued that they had not force them. I am a qualified nurse.”
been duped into thinking that a Nigerian
witch doctor had helped them conceive. Nkiruka Michael, head of the National
The woman said she had been given drugs Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in
by the witch doctor to stimulate labor pains. Persons (Naptip) office in Enugu, a state
capital in southern Nigeria, said last week that
The British court cases come amid growing Naptip was campaigning for the law on child
concern in Nigeria over an illicit trade trafficking to be tight-ended up.
in newborn babies. Hundreds of childen
Lack of resources was hampering efforts,
however. The agency has only one
vehicle to cover the five states supervised
from her office.
“The situation is terribly bad… baby
factory operators now enjoy free rein,”
she said.
The Sunday Times has learnt that Naptip
is investigating another charity that is
alleged to have put pressure on vulnerable
young mothers to give up their babies.
The Refuge, Girls Home in Calabar,
in the far South of the country, was set
up to help teenage girls with unwanted
pregnancies by Mothers Against Child
Abandonment, a charity run by Obioma
Liyel Imoke, the wife of the governor of
Cross River State.
Imoke described allegations against
the home as “false, malicious and
defamatory” and politically motivated.
“We have never, I repeat never, cajoled nor
enticed nor forced any of our housemates
to give up their babies for any monetary
gains or otherwise,” she said.
The charity says all the girls are given the
option of keeping their babies or handing
them to the authorities for adoption,
which it does not arrange itself.
Why I rarely make public comments – Adeboye
G
eneral Overseer of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God, Pastor
Enoch Adeboye, has explained
that he is careful in making public
comments to avoid mistakes.
In an interview with Haaretz newspaper
during a visit to Jerusalem, Adeboye
said he had shied away from speaking
out on national issues in order to avoid
influencing people in the wrong way.
He also said he was aware of the enormous
responsibility on his shoulders as the
leader of a global church with millions of
members.
“At times it’s frightening. In Africa you
have a saying, the man who is carrying
G
roup of elderly ladies driving on the
highway were stopped by an Officer
for driving slow on the highway.
Officer: Do you realize, you’re only going
35 miles/hr? Lady: “Yes I do Realize that;
Officer: Why? Lady: Because the highway
says Highway 35. Officer: No ma’am that is
the name of the highway. Officer: Why are
a basket of eggs must walk gently …
whatever mistakes you make, you affect
destinies,” he said.
Adeboye stated that his transformation
from a Mathematics lecturer at the
University of Lagos to a pastor was a
divine call, noting that he has a mandate
to preach peace everywhere he goes.
“I’ve always said turning a mathematician
into a pastor takes only God. In my work
with God, I’ve learned that he has a sense
of humor,” he stated.
The pastor, who has led the RCCG for
three decades, arrived for a meeting at
the Dan Jerusalem Hotel, surrounded
by an entourage of eight loyal aides,
the ladies terrified looking? Lady: Smiling
said, because we just got off from highway
95....
There is this pastor new in town, going
door to door inviting people to his church.
He knocked on this one door, he could tell
there is someone there but there was no
response. He carefully took a card out and
who treated him with the awe normally
reserved for heads of state, the paper said.
Speaking on the growing global influence
of African preachers, he said the seeds
sowed by missionaries who brought
Christianity to Africa were producing
fruit.
“When you reap, after a certain period you
begin to sow. Today, in many parts of the
Western world, people have gone rather
cold toward the church. Fortunately, the
seed sowed in Africa has germinated and
the harvest is now coming back to them.
So, they are merely reaping what they
sowed.
wrote Rev 3:20. The next Sunday after the
service, one of the ushers handed him the
same card right under what he wrote, was
written Gen. 3:20. Here what it says: Rev.
3:20, “Here I am! I stand at the door and
knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens
the door, I will come in and eat with that
person, and they with me. Gen 3:10, “He
answered, “I heard you in the garden, and
I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
Pastor E.O. Adeboye
we can clone people, transplant heart, do all
kinds of things once considered miraculous.
God said that’s fine my son, but to prove you
don’t need me, Let’s have a man-making
contest. The only requirement is you have
to make man out of dirt, the scientist said,
“That’s great’, fine he quickly reached down
to get his own dirt, God said, “Not that fast,
go get your own dust”.
Olasunmbo Opanike
There is this scientist that says to God, 3475308474
we’ve decided that we no longer need you,
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P
opular actor, Funsho Adeolu,
recently added a year. Unlike many
of his peers in the entertainment
industry, Adeolu didn’t throw a lavish
party neither did he ‘soak’ his friends and
associates in liquor to celebrate the day.
The deeply spiritual entertainer elected to
spend the day quietly with his family.
Baptist Church in FESTAC Town then.
As a choir leader of the church, I later met
Niyi Ojemakinde, the broadcaster, who
also was a choir leader in another church,
also in FESTAC. That was how we met and
started a dancing crew named Monidex.
We gathered quite a number of young boys
and girls and floated the group.
At the time, we were also young, and we
were just enjoying ourselves. But the
passion, the interest later grew beyond
that and we later invited Mr. Antar Tunde
Laniyan to be our trainer. He was to train
us and put us through since he was a
Excerpts:
In the beginning I was born on May 9, over professional.
four decades ago. I hail from Ondo State That was how it all started sometimes in
and I read Guardian and Counseling at the late ‘80s. But interestingly, Antar saw
the Ondo State University (OSUT). But I the talent in me. He noticed the passion that
was already acting before I concluded my drove me and quickly developed a special
university education because of the passion interest in me. He immediately took me on
I had for the entertainment industry even and I became what I am today.
when I was growing up. For me, growing
up was like fun because I had time for Those who made me First, my parents
myself and to the glory of God, I’m able to are wonderful. They gave me the time
achieve what I have set my mind to achieve to express my God-given talent. Antar
Laniyan also played a very important role
in the industry.
in my life. He was like a mini-god that held
Today, I’m one of the Ondo State Cultural my hand and led me to my destiny. At a
Ambassadors for Culture and Tourism. The particular time in my life and career, he’ll
Ondo State government under Governor be there to play the role of this messiah. So,
Olusegun Mimiko honored a few of us he has been wonderful to me.
making the state proud in the industry
and it was interesting that people up there For instance, the first film I featured in
was Ida Oluwa. The late Funmi Martins
could appreciate us.
produced it. Antar Laniyan was the
I feel humbled by the honor.
director. So, he really played wonderful
roles in my life. My wife has been
How I got into acting
wonderful too. She remains my very close
Before I got into acting, my aim was
friend and has played the role of a mother,
to make a name for my children, my
a wife and a friend. We are that close and
grandchildren and myself. I have set my
God has on so many occasions used her to
mind to make a name they can live on,
touch my life positively.
even when I’m no more. I had wished that
my name could help my generation and the Apart from acting…
next generation after me.
I am a total entertainer in the real sense of
So, I developed the interest because of the word.
the passion I have for the entertainment
industry. My secondary school days were I do general entertainment, I have a band, I
at the Baptist Academy. Then, and even compere events as a Master of Ceremonies,
when I was a Higher Student Certificate and I cover events and manage events.
(HSC) student, I used to attend the Baptist And as an event manager, I do all sorts of
entertainment. I’m not an office person. I
Church.
am involved in entertainment at all levels.
I was one of the instrumentalists at the
In this interview, Adeolu, a cultural
ambassador to the Ondo State government
bares his mind on his career, his past, and
his relationship with God among others.
Funsho Adeolu and family
How I get inspired God inspires me.
I’m also inspired by the script from the
director. Let me say for instance, in one
of the movies I featured in not long ago, I
played the role of a blind man. It was in the
movie entitled Agbaakin, a Yoruba movie.
It eventually turned out to be a fantastic role
because I did it differently. In the movie,
as a blind man I didn’t wear eyeglasses.
I opened my eyes and it worked. I did it
perfectly. Most times, I like to be different
in whatever I do. For me, money is not the
determinant factor.
Money matters because I have to pay some
bills, but I don’t see it as the most important
factor to whatever I do in life. I’m not that
rich but I’m comfortable and I enjoy what
I do for a living. That’s where I derive my
joy. So, for whatever role I play in movies,
I’m inspired by God.
I’m invited. What I value most I value what
people say about me when I’m not around.
What people say about me matters most.
So, I make sure that in everything I do,
people must see me as a role model. I want
to be real and original in everything I do.
I don’t pretend and I hate pretenders. My
most memorable day That was the day I
got married. It was on December 18, 2004,
about nine years ago. That was the day I
got married to the only friend I had. She’s
very close to my heart. She’s Mrs. Victoria
Adeolu Adegeye from Akwa Ibom State.
My God and me
I’m a religious person. I attend church
always. I am a devoted member and
worker in a parish of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God in my area. My
wife is even a very active member of the
church. In truth, I don’t joke when it comes
to the issue of my relationship with God.
Sometimes I go on long days of dry fasting
while on location, without eating anything.
It’ll never affect my mood even when I’m
on set.
For instance, if a certain producer invites
me for a role in a movie, I don’t charge
a constant figure. It all depends on my
mood. It depends on how rich I am at that
particular point in time. More so, if I like
a script, I will do it. Sometimes, my fees
are high and sometimes they are not. But That’s me. For instance in my church, we
I thank God that I’m still relevant in the do our annual 21 days of fasting and prayer
and most of the times, it coincides with the
industry.
days I would have to be on location. I don’t
My social life I’m not a party person, but break the fast, and it has never affected the
I do attend parties every weekend as a role I play or how I act in movies.
Master of Ceremonies and Event Manager.
Sometimes, I attend family outings when
DNA test uncovers twin babies “parents”
T
he Special Fraud Unit
(SFU) of the Nigeria Police
has arrested a Nigerian
couple, based in United States,
for allegedly trying to traffic fivemonth-old twins to the US. The
couple are being interrogated at
SFU, Milverton Ikoyi Lagos. The
Commissioner of Police (CP) in
charge of the unit, Tunde Ogunsakin
who paraded the suspects his
office said trouble started for the
couple, when they went to procure
American visa claiming that the
twins were their children.
The SFU Public Relations Officer,
Ngozi Isintume said on April 15,
the American consulate said the
suspects visa application was
differed on the suspicion that the
twins they claimed to be theirs
appeared to have been stolen.
Isintume said the consulate
thereafter ordered a DNA test to
ascertain the biological parents
of the twins. She said during
investigation, detectives traveled
to Port Harcourt where the female
suspect claimed the twins were
delivered in a private clinic.
revealed that the force had declared
a manhunt for the alleged owner
of the maternity home. The man
who claimed to be the father of the
twins said he was convinced that
the twins were his.
“They are mine. I paid N1.8 million
to the owner of the clinic and she
gave my wife some local herbs,
which eventually produced the
babies. “I am a US citizen. So, I
know the implication of stealing
babies. I am only confused about
what the embassy is accusing me
off. My confusion is that they said
the children lacked the genetic
marks that must be contributed to
the child by the biological parents.
The PRO said on getting to Port
Harcourt, the woman said she
could no longer locate the clinic.
According to SFU PRO, the
woman said she paid N1.8 million
to the owner of the clinic. She said
when the DNA result was out, it
was discovered that the babies did
not belong to the couple as both
lacked the genetic marks that must If they had said their genes
be contributed to the child by the corresponded with that of my wife
biological parents. However, she and not mine, I would have said
perhaps my wife cheated on me.
But that the genes did not tally
with the two of us, I think there
is something more to it than meet
the eyes.” His wife said: “I was
given Agbo, and I was pregnant,
I eventually delivered the twins.
I am sure that they are my babies
because my eyes were open when
I delivered them so, the question
whether the twins were swapped
does not arise.” She said she had
been married for over 15 years
without children; hence they went
for the treatment at Port Harcourt.
She said there were over 50
persons having similar problems
of childlessness who visited the
woman from Lagos. However, the
PRO said the suspects would soon
be charged to court.
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interview
T
he appointment was for 12 o’clock, at
his modest home-cum-office in the
Surulere area of Lagos. On the dot
of 12, his office door swung open, and he
emerged with his signature smile. He was clad
simply in a white vest (with the inscription,
Good News Baptist Church), atop a pair of
black trousers. He wore a pair of chocolatecolored leather slippers to match. As he
strutted across the room to formally welcome
the team, we all stood in awesome admiration
for this boardroom guru.
You cannot but marvel at the positive energy
and aura that the man radiates.
This was why we felt the natural point to
start the interview with this rare technocrat
is his life experiences, especially those that
reveal the real man behind the man. And
Gamaliel Onosode, a man of unquestionable
integrity, a man imbued with the fear of God
and an unyielding commitment to principle
and probity, didn’t disappoint. Within two
hours, he gave us a capsule story of his life,
especially those experiences that made him
the phenomenon that he is.
For instance, he gave us a vivid account of
how his eldest sister died suddenly three
months after childbirth in Sapele, only for his
immediate elder brother to bite the dust in the
same town, two years later, also under some
mysterious circumstances. The sister died
at 32 and the brother at 23. So close was the
young Gamaliel to his late elder brother that
the deceased persistently appeared to him
in his dreams every day of seven years! The
deceased only stopped “seeing” his younger
brother the day he got married to his delectable
wife. The deaths, Onosode told ICON, were
so devastating that he not only renounced
Gamaliel Onosode: Trials and triumphs
of a boardroom guru
The book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 or so says,
“There’s no just man. No one without sin.” In
other words, there’s no man who does not sin.
Another passage says: “All have sinned and
come short of the glory of God. For there’s no
one righteous, no, not one.” So, the scripture
is very clear on that. And that is why Jesus
came because not one of us is so righteous
that he has not committed sin. And the Bible
says, “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.” So,
if I was 99 percent good and you were only 25
percent good, we shall both go to hell because
the soul that sinneth, it shall die. Unless there’s
someone who hasn’t sinned and who is willing
to pay the penalty of your sin and my sin. This
is exactly what Jesus Christ did. The Greek
word for sin is Armatano, which means: “I
missed the mark.” So, when you sin, you miss
the mark.
Specifically, how did you miss the mark sir?
I was trying to tell you a story. David was
described as a man after God’s heart. You
couldn’t have a greater or better qualification
than that- a man after God’s own heart. But
you know how he (David) missed the mark.
Nathan went to him and condemned him. He
(Nathan) looked at him and told him the story
and David was furious and said whoever did
this surely deserved to die! And Nathan said to
him: “Thou art the man.” But after seeing how
penitent David had become, Nathan further
said: “Okay, you shall not die. Your sins have
been forgiven you but this child shall not live.
The sword shall not depart from your house.”
So, sin has been forgiven but the scar like this
one on my leg remains (pulls up his trousers
to expose the scar). I got the injury when I fell
down in the Baptist Church, Sapele in 1938.
The sore healed but you can still see the scar.
It is still there.
The scar is ugly, isn’t it?
So, sometimes even forgiven sin can leave a
scar. Scar is never beautiful, it does not matter
how much grace has covered it. So, even
though I’m being seen or presented today as
a very nice person, I’m still a human being,
I must have had my faults. I must have made
some mistakes. But Jesus himself said by
their fruits ye shall know them. If someone
told you a lie yesterday, you would be wrong
to conclude that the man is a liar. But if that
particular man told you a lie last year, told
you a lie early this year, told you a lie in
March, told you a lie last week, told you a lie
yesterday, then you can reasonably conclude
that the man is a liar. You might even say that
he is a compulsive liar. You can say that once
Onosode @ 80
he opens his mouth, do not believe anything
he says, for the simple reason that his lifestyle
his sobriquet of “Sapele”, he also boycotted and character are defined by lying. But the fact
the town for many years, until, he says, God that you have lied does not make you liar.
ministered some sort of divine reconciliation
to his troubled soul. Prior to that, he saw So, how did the Onosode phenomenon
begin?
Sapele as a harbinger of death.
Gamaliel Onosode
night of seven years, I saw him in my dream
until I got married on October 29, 1960. For
Did the name connote any negativity?
seven solid years, that is, from January 1953
No! No! No! But later in life I did develop till October 1960, he appeared to me in my
an aversion for Sapele, even though that was dream every night.
where I was born. And the reason I did was
Which meant you were soul mates; and
because of my recollection. Any time the name
he probably decided to let you be when he
Sapele was mentioned, what I remembered
discovered that you now had a new soul mate
was what Sapele did to my eldest sister. It
(your wife)?
wasn’t a happy experience. Any time Sapele
was mentioned, I also remember what Sapele Yes. Maybe. So, you can understand. My
did to my immediate elder brother. Again, it brother was buried in Sapele where he died.
wasn’t a happy experience. My eldest sister My sister was brought to Eku Baptist Hospital
died at the age of 32. She was trained at Idi- after she took ill. The hospital was just starting
Aba Girls’ School in Abeokuta and was very then. Not what it is now. She died and was
advanced. My immediate elder brother died at buried in Eku.
23. So, you can see. My eldest sister died at 32 How did your brother die?
and my elder brother at 23. Both of them lived
Some conditions of illness. It could have been
in Sapele.
yellow fever. I was told that the eyes became
Sorry to interrupt you, sir, but were these two yellow and jaundice started and he died.
deaths of natural causes?
That night you read the letter announcing
Yes. They were of natural causes.
the death of such a close brother, where did
you get the inner strength to continue with
How did they happen?
your meal because the reaction of the natural
Well, my sister died shortly after childbirth.
man would be to breakdown instantly?
That child is alive and married with many
children and grandchildren. In fact, the only Well, that’s my character. I’m a strong person.
mother that child knew was my mother. That’s I’m a rational, logical person. And that’s why
her grandmother, because her biological I quickly describe myself upfront when I meet
mother died when she was barely three months people the first time, that I’m a very difficult
old. She took ill after childbirth and later died. person but I’m also a very nice person. People
do object, saying, “You are not a difficult
But three months after delivery is such a long
person. You are only a principled person.”
time to have associated the death to childbirth
So, how many children did your parents
complications. Or don’t you think, so sir?
have?
Exactly, but you know I cannot point my finger
at anyone and say you killed my sister. No! I Eight of us. Four boys and four girls.
can’t. That won’t serve any useful purpose, How did the deaths hit your parents?
anyway.
My father took it philosophically. He carried
How did the death of your brother happen?
on as if nothing happened. But my mother
The last time I saw my brother was late really refused to be comforted. For you to
September 1952 when I was going to the understand her feeling, my eldest sister died in
University College, Ibadan, now called 1950 and my brother died in 1953. The second
University of Ibadan. You know at that time death occurred when she had not recovered
there was no bridge across the Ethiope River, from the first. You can imagine the agony of a
so I was in Pontun and he stood at the other mother. And the two persons were really stars,
side of the river and was waving to me. That very brilliant in their own right.
was the last time I saw him alive. In December As Africans, was there no tendency to ascribe
1952, my immediate younger sister wrote those deaths to some witchcraft or diabolical
saying my brother was not feeling well. So, powers?
one evening, I think on January 2 or 3, 1953,
we were in the dining room when a letter was No. My parents were really Christians;
handed to me. I read it and the letter announced thoroughbred Christians. I told you my father
that my brother had died. I tucked the letter was a pastor. So, I never heard one day any
into my pocket, finished with my meal and suggestion that someone somewhere killed
went to my room. In my room, I broke down my sister or my brother. Not at all!
I was born in Sapele. I didn’t resent it.
I was born at 4 o’clock on Monday, May
22, 1933, to the family of a very dedicated
Baptist pastor – Reverend P. E. Onosode and
a mother, who was not literate in English. She
was only literate in Yoruba because she could
read her Bible in Yoruba only. She was able
to do that because she accompanied my father
to work at Baptist College and Seminary at
Ogbomosho in the 1920s. They (the wives of
pastors) were taught in Yoruba. So, she could
read her Bible in Yoruba until she died. The
family returned to Sapele in 1932 and in the
following year I was born. All the adults of
that generation knew me as “Sapele” and
they called me “Sapele”. But I didn’t admit
Sapele into my name. So, you would never see
G.O.S. Onosode anywhere in my documents.
Just as my elder brother was known by that
Please, enjoy the interview:
generation as “Ogbomosho” because he was and cried. He was not just a brother. We were
You are a very successful man and also a
so close to each other that we were like twins,
born there and named by it.
well-respected clergyman. Can you tell us
even though we had two years between us. So,
about your childhood pranks or were you a Why did you resent being called Sapele?
it was a great blow to me emotionally. And to
“gentleman” from the beginning?
No! No! I didn’t resent it. I simply didn’t see show the intensity of the sense of loss, every
why I should admit it as my name just because
To many Nigerians, Onosode, who turned
80, on Wednesday, is the undisputed master
of the boardroom. But unknown to them,
he almost met his death in a boardroom. He
was suspected to have been poisoned and he
not only suffered many dizzying spells, he
also, actually, passed out several times. His
condition was so terrible an air ambulance had
to be sent from Britain to fly him to Germany
for a life-saving surgery. The emergency
operation was just one of the 10 serious ones
he had. He showed us some of the scars to
convince us that he wasn’t kidding. Many,
indeed, were the travails of this exceptionally
good man but the Lord saw him through them
all.
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Does it mean they took it as an act of God?
Oh yes, they took them as an act of God. They
just accepted it. But when my mother was
carrying the pregnancy of my younger sister,
between 1937 and 1938, there was some rabid
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LIGHT OF THE WORLD
Gamaliel Onosode: Trials and triumphs
of a boardroom guru cont’D
politics in Sapele. You may also think that was
part of the reason whenever the name Sapele
was mentioned it rang a negative bell in me.
There was this group of people, supposedly
members of the church, who did not want
my mother to deliver safely. I’m telling you
a dramatic story of how this set of people
would go to the river bank and be chanting
a diabolical song that the sea current should
take my mother away. I can even sing the song.
But against all odds my mother delivered
safely. Mysteriously, the child was very black,
charcoal black, when he was born. But to the
glory of God, the blackness cleared within
a couple of days. In other words, there was
evidence that some evil forces were actually
put in motion to work against my mother but
man pass man. As a local saying goes: One man
plus God is equal to thousands. So that was the
experience. That was way back in April 1938.
So, I had the story at the back of my mind
until 1950 when my sister died and barely two
years later, my brother died also. So, I became
allergic to Sapele psychologically. In fact, the
depth of (that allergic) feeling was such that
whenever I was coming home to my village
– Igu Waterside, which used to be known as
Kokori Waterside, instead of just crossing
the Ethiope River straight to Igu, I would go
from Benin through Agbor to Abraka and then
come down to Igu. I did all that just to avoid
Sapele.
Do you do the same up till today?
No! No!
How did you overcome it?
allow myself to be fired; it depends on who
is smarter. Each time I throw in the towel, I
thank God for giving me the strength and
courage to do so. And whenever I was fired, I
also was grateful to God for my being counted
worthy to be sacked because I always know it
was not of my misdeeds or malfeasance but
because people were not comfortable with me.
How many times were you sacked in your
active working life?
The only occasion where I was sacked,
dramatically so, was when I was sacked as the
chairman of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas).
How did it happen?
Well, the minister (in charge of petroleum),
Professor Jubril Aminu, told the president
(President Ibrahim Babangida) that he wanted
to re-organise NNPC (Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation). I wouldn’t know what
transpired between the two of them but I had
information, which enabled me to speculate,
based on which I publicly challenged Professor
Jubril Aminu to please tell the world why he
sacked me. This was done in a newspaper and
the following week, he appeared in the same
column I used, saying that I was fired because
the government had the right to do so. I was
his friend, and we remain friends. So, you can
see that he didn’t really throw any light.
What were the things you did that unruffled
the people?
My own speculation was that the system was
not comfortable with the fact that we purchased
three LNG carriers (vessels) and nobody
benefited a kobo from the transaction. So, the
problem was: How can we accommodate this
kind of man? And when opportunity came I
was laid off.
Onosode
where you would behave exactly the way a
reasonable man would behave when a sand
or foreign body enters his eye. Certainly, he
would carefully remove it or wash it off. So, sin
to a man or woman is exactly what mud stain
is to a cat. Cat would find a way to clean off
the mud stain. It would not rest until it clears it,
unlike pig that would find a pool of water, turn
it into mud and keep swimming in it. So, sin is
a foreign body. I am not a saint but having said
that, there are certain things I will not do. Let
anybody try to offer me billions of dollars to
do certain things I’m not supposed to do, that
person will not succeed. Jesus said by their
fruits you shall know them. Christianity is
not a theoretical thing. The reason you cannot
be saved until you profess the faith is that you
are then suggesting that you may be judged by
your profession. Besides, you have established
to that extent your reputation, and God uses
reputation, which is one of the means he uses
to keep us in the straight and narrow way.
That’s one of the important things in the life of
a Christian. On the top of Press Academy was
written in Greek: Goothi sauton, meaning:
Man know thy self. The reason people do
wrong is that they forget who they are at that
moment. If I forget who I am, you can imagine
so many wrong things I could do in a single
day!
I think I overcame it by the time I was about
35 years or so. My first job took me to the UK
(United Kingdom) and I returned in 1959.
Even so, I was still going through Agbor. I
think it was just a mere passage of time. I just Was it that some people had expected that
said to myself: How long would you continue something would accrue to them but the way
to avoid Sapele?
the transaction was carried out, no one got
Did the deaths mark any turning point in anything?
your life? Did they shape your life in any Exactly!
way? Helping you to become what you later
Are you saying that in all your working
became in life?
life, you never used your official position to
I don’t think so.
obtain gratifications?
As close as you were to your late brother?
No! Not at all. I’ve never done it and will not
No! I don’t think so, because all the children do it. My Bible says my God shall supply all
were of the same mother. It’s a close-knit my needs according to His infinite riches in
family to a great extent. The eldest girl died, glory by Christ Jesus; and God has remained
the eldest boy died, leaving three boys and faithful to His saying in my life. He has been
three girls. I have just told you something so faithful I have never lacked anything in my
that I have never told anyone before, because life. So, why should I do it?
I have never shared this aspect of my life in How could anyone have traversed as many
Sapele. But let me quickly say that the bridge, boards as you did without compromising one
newly constructed then by Chief Osadebey, way or the other? Or are you a saint?
helped my healing process. It helped remove
my allergy for Sapele. It played a major part in I built my life on God. If you build your life
making me give up the idea of having to go all on God you cannot be unstable. So, God is my
the way from Benin through Agbor to Abraka sustaining power.
Before you became a Christian, did you not
and down to my place.
In all the boards that you have served, which
Sir, a while ago, you talked about Armatano do those things that most businessmen do?
(how I missed it). What were the childhood But we just talked about the kind of one did you fight the greatest battle?
background I came from. I was brought up in a Well, you heard about Commerce Bank.
pranks you played?
In my childhood, I can’t remember any pranks. very orthodox Christian family. So, you would But you may not have heard about Dunlop.
not have found me as a rascally boy. Same There was an issue in Dunlop Board where I
I think I was a good boy.
with my other siblings. We had the benefit of
You were not chasing girls? Not stubborn? God-fearing parents who brought us up in the was isolated, where I was the only one who
voted against a proposal. But I did not resign
Never engaged in any vice?
ways of the Lord. If you must know, I became because the shareholders were going to have
Well, I was a bit stubborn. As a child, I had to a Christian at the age of 10. I was baptized on the last say, it was an issue, which immediately
fight. But my mother, at one time, described the 13th of March, 1943. The commitment, could not be disposed of at board level. So, you
me as a coward. The event was when one therefore, had been there for a long time. cannot be holier than the Pope. I did not own
boy was always attacking me unjustly and I And any aberrations would be the kind of the company. If I owned the company that
was always crying to my mum. My mother aberration that you saw, not every day in the means I was going to have the last say.
got angry one day and drove me to go and life of Peter (who had to deny Jesus at a point
fight it out. In effect, she was accusing me of in time but repented). Years later, the same What was the proposal all about?
cowardice. Recently, when I was reflecting on Peter was castigated by Paul who accused him I don’t want to go into that again: I have
it with my wife, I concluded that if my action of being hypocritical, saying when Peter was put everything behind me. But there was
(running away from the boy) was cowardice, with the Jews he behaved in a particular way a proposal and I didn’t like the proposal
I better remain a coward. The situation I and when he was with him (Paul), he behaved but the proposal could not be disposed of
was actually discussing with wife when I in another way. So, Peter did not become Paul at board level. So, it has to go by law to the
reflected on my childhood experience was because he was a dedicated apostle. So, am I. shareholders. If shareholders are quite happy
when to throw in the towel in a job. When I You don’t graduate to a point where you with the proposal, why should Mr. Gamaliel
cease to enjoy a job I throw in the towel or I become sinless but you graduate to a point Onosode lose any sleep over it? It’s their
property. It’s their business.
What about Commerce Bank?
Oh! Everybody knew about that. I was the
chairman. They felt I was asking too many
questions concerning the business and they
decided that I was too old to further lead the
bank. That was in 1993. Whereas there was
nothing in law or in the understanding we
reached at the time I was invited to lead them
to the establishment of the bank about age;
nothing whatsoever about age. So, I told them,
“If I’m no longer good enough to remain in
the chair, I don’t see how I can be that useful
to the company in the boardroom. Therefore,
I will not only vacate the chair but I will also
vacate the room.” And I left. As I left, I forgot
that that company existed. The rest is history.
How did you survive negative boardroom
forces – diabolical attacks, etc that people
often talk about? Have you ever been struck?
Well, someone did say to me many years
ago: “You mean you didn’t know that they
tried to kill you?” You would recall that in
1979, an (air) ambulance came from London
to pick me up from the teaching hospital and
flew me to West Germany, precisely to the
University of Hamburg Hospital. I passed out
several times at the hospital. The illness was
so serious I thought I was about to die. But,
again, to the glory of God, I didn’t die. What
really happened? I suddenly took ill. I was
bleeding internally. This was in June of 1979.
Remember I had retired in March (of the same
year) but I had no reason to suspect anyone.
I retired on my own free will as chairman
and chief executive of what is now known as
Sterling Bank in precisely at the end of March
of that year. So, I have been jobless since 1979.
Years after, someone came to tell me saying:
“You mean you did not know they tried to kill
you?” To tell you my attitude, I didn’t even
ask who they (the forces) were. I couldn’t be
bothered, because if you try to kill me, you are
only wasting your time. You can only kill the
body, you cannot kill the soul.
What did the doctors diagnose?
Gastric ulcer. Doctors would not tell you
what caused it. My colleague died of the same
condition at the age of 63.
LIGHT OF THE WORLD
FEATURE
My parents once deleted my name from their Will but
today I’m the center of it –Panam Percy Paul
B
akulipanam Percy Paul Mokungah
is one of the celebrated gospel
singers today. In this interview
with SEYI SOKOYA, he speaks on his
greatest challenge in life and his take
on the Nigerian gospel music industry.
Excerpts:
God has been faithful to me. I am blessed
with a good family. My wife, Tina, has
always been supportive. We have been
married for over 33 years and at this point,
we have about 18 grand children. We have
four children, inherited four and adopted
six. It has always been a full house, but
You are one of the most celebrated right now it is only my wife and I that
Nigerian gospel singers in the world. are at home because every one of them is
What exactly is the secret of your youthful married. All members of my family are
into music.
look?
I am 50 years old and I don’t really look it.
In the first place, I will say I love myself
and I also love what God has given to
me. The best I can do to myself is to take
good care of myself. More so, I am very
physical; I am an engineer so I really
work out every day. Besides, I think I
eat well and the grace of God has topped
everything.
Many people take you as a non-Nigerian.
father embraced you and was also proud
of you, but the moment you switched to
gospel music, he disowned you. What
exactly happened?
What is you assessment of the Nigerian
gospel music industry?
I have always lived as a foreigner. While
in Nigeria, I was raised by the North
American Baptist Mission so I was a
foreigner even before I left the shores of
the country. I am the son of the soil; I am
from Adamawa State but I was born and
grew up in Kaduna. I currently live in Jos
and I have been living in Jos for about 34
Why did you leave secular music for years.
gospel music?
Your style of music is different from the
Why? It was not a choice but a new life lot. How have you been able to do this?
style. I gave my life to the Lord Jesus I think it is the culture with which I was
and so there was nothing else to do than raised. As I said earlier, I was raised up
to testify of the goodness that I have with an American mentality; so I was
experienced. To me, it was newness trained to do everything with precision. I
of life; my life became different. I was was also influenced by the music of Cliff
transformed, so there was nothing else to Richard, the Heavenly Brothers, Sam
do than to propagate the good news.
Cook and James Brown. Obviously, I
While you were in secular music, your couldn’t express myself in any other way.
The reason was that in secular music,
I was paid every weekend from the
clubs. He was very concerned about my
economy and about the life I was going
to live. He kept asking me if anybody was
going to pay me for what I was doing and
later suggested that I should start working
as an engineer. He recommended that I
could still sing as well as practice as an
engineer. But I was just overwhelmed by
the passion of what God has deposited
in my heart so I could not just put my
profession and the ministry together. I did
practice for a while, but it was engineering
at the background and music at the top.
At the end of the day, I had to make just
one choice and that was music. Obviously
I still practice engineering when I am
called upon. I practice as a consultant.
Knowing how much you travel, how have
you been able to handle the home front
and that of your ministry?
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gate Lift Up your Hands. Then in 1982,
I released Don’t You Cry, later I came out
with the Bring Down the Glory series and
Glory 1 was record in 1986 and released
in March, 1987. Glory 2 followed in 1991,
then Glory 3 was released in the US in
1993. It was released in Nigeria in 1995.
The Master of the Universe was out in
1997; Don’t Give Up in year 2000; Glory
4 in 2004. In total, I have 13 albums to
my credit.
Among all, which is your favourite?
I can never have a favourite. Each one of
them is a landmark in my life and they all
tell stories. For me, it is like choosing out
of your children which is the best. What I
would say is that all my songs have their
qualities.
But which one stands for your defining Panam Percy Paul
moment?
spend a week in one city, visiting seven to
It was Bring Down the Glory 1. That was eight churches in that week. Then on the
when the whole nation was singing one last day all the churches will come in one
song. Everybody in Nigeria was singing arena and we share unity and build the
“I am serving a living God”, “Jesus your body together. In a nutshell, this is what
name is a miracle” and “Hold somebody, I am doing to be able to unite the people.
tell him that you love him”. For me, that What are the challenges like in your
was the turning point and it made me to ministry?
realise that you can actually influence a
Nobody lives without challenges; they
nation that was a defining moment for me
are just part of life. My greatest challenge
and once I got it right at that moment I
was the rejection I had from my parents,
couldn’t change anymore and I continued
especially my father who deleted my
with Glory 2, 3, 4 and I always go back
name from his will and I don’t think
to check and study my previous works on
there is anything as painful as that. But
Glory 1 that made it successful. I try to
thank God we reconciled in 1997 and we
replicate it in my subsequent songs. My
eventually moved on with life.
last album is “Destiny” it has a singular
message; it was released in 2010, but Has your name been restored back in the
currently we are working on two albums. will?
One is Bring Down the Glory 5 and we (Laugh…) Right now I am the will of the
are yet to fix a title for the other album.
whole family and my parents are really
Right now, I will say that there is a
deficiency because the content is very
shallow and poor; our expressions are not
convincing enough. We are not telling
stories and able to express ourselves well.
It is only when we sing in our dialect that
we become creative and have adequate
information to pass across. When we sing Do you have a record label?
Yes. I produce myself. I am my own
in English, we become deficient.
producer and I run my own studio at the
How do you get inspired?
College of Music Ministry; I teach people
I am gifted and I know it is a gift so I just and train engineers, musicians and run
create as well as build on it. I don’t need to my own label called Panam Music which
start telling stories. I get inspired from the is based in Jos.
happenings around me. I talk to encourage
people. I comment on governance. I have You live in a part of the country where is
long discovered that music is the energy crisis has become a daily routine. How
that keeps a very lasting impression on much of your music are you using to
the soul of people. For me, it is the best address this?
It will interest you to know that I started
tool of communication.
How many albums do you have to your touring the country three months ago and
we went from state to state. We started
credit?
with Benue State; we preached unity first
My first album was released in 1976 and in the church. We shall be in Kogi from 3rd
was titled Dynamic Good News. It was to 9th of June and whenever we travel, we
followed by Beautiful People then O’
proud of me. They are always joyous to
describe me as Dr Panam Percy Paul.
You are obviously handsome. How
have you been able to cope with female
advances?
Temptation is a basic part of life; Jesus
said in the scriptures that in this world,
we will have temptations and tribulations,
but we should be of good cheer for he has
overcome the world. There are times that
you have to physically run and that I do
always.
Where next are you heading for in terms
of your career?
I think this is it for me. I am just building
the next generation and my dream is to
raise people that will be better than me.
Nigeria: Hezbollah armory discovered in Kano city
A
n armory belonging to the Lebanese
group Hezbollah has been discovered
in northern Nigeria, the West African
nation’s army and spy agency has said.
Three Lebanese nationals have been arrested,
an army spokesman, Brig Gen Ilyasu Isa Abba,
said.
The cache, including rifles, anti-tank weapons
and an RPG, were found in a warehouse in the
city of Kano, he said.
Nigeria’s State Security Service said they were
intended for use against “Israeli and Western
interests”.
“This is the handwork of Hezbollah,” Bassey
Ettang, director of the State Security Service in
Kano said.
“What has just been discovered is a cell of
Hezbollah and what you have seen here is a
Hezbollah armory,” he told journalists in Kano.
Brig Gen Ilyasu Isa Abba said 11 anti-tank
weapons, four anti-tank mines, a rocketpropelled grenade (RPG) and 21 RPG missiles,
17 AK-47s, two sub-machine guns and 76
grenades had been amongst the weapons found.
The Lebanese owner of the warehouse where
“the weapons of mass destruction” had been
stored in sawdust was out of the country, he said
There is a large business Lebanese community
in Kano city, the commercial hub of in northern
Nigeria.
Kano and north-eastern Nigeria has suffered
multiple attacks in the last three years since
Weapons of mass distruction
the home-grown Islamist militant group Boko
Hezbollah
is a Shia military and political
Haram launched an insurgency.
movement based in Lebanon considered by the
Mr Ettang added: “You can also be sure that if a US to be a terrorist organization.
group like this is existing then it may even lend
support to some of the local terrorists we have Boko Haram, whose name means “Western
education is forbidden”, says its quest is to
on the ground.”
overthrow the Nigerian government and create
an Islamic state.
There has been growing concern that Boko
Haram could be receiving backing from alQaeda-linked militants in other countries.
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Nigeria held by 10-man Mexico
igeria were held to a 2-2 draw by 10-man the most of that reprieve when Hernandez
Mexico in a friendly played in Houston, equalized in the 70th minute, tapping in an Angel
in front of a mostly pro-Mexico crowd of Reyna cross.
62,107.
Manchester United’s Javier Hernandez gave
Mexico a 1-0 lead in the 21st minute, taking a
cross from Pablo Barrera and sending a low line
drive inside the near post from 9 yards.
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi played down the
fact that the Super Eagles played for so long with
an extra man.
“We should have won convincingly because they
had 10 men and we had 11? It doesn’t play out that
Brown Ideye converted a penalty in the 29th way,” Keshi said.
minute to equalize, with Barrera being sent off “You have seen many games I’m sure where
for handball in the box.
you have seen 10 men come back to win a game
Nigeria capitalized on being a man up, taking the against 11.
lead in the 40th minute as John Ogu shot from “It’s just how guys pursue yourself, how you
outside the box was deflected by Mexico’s Diego address yourself on how you played.
Reyes and into the goal.
“We were up, and we were thinking that was it.
Nnamdi Oduamadi had his shot bounce off the We lost our focus and concentration, and they
crossbar in the 63rd minute, and Mexico made came back to score.’’
Brown Ideye’s penalty kick
Mexico coach Jose Manuel de la Torre said he “It’s always important that your team be able to
was happy with how his team handled being a adapt to any circumstances,’’ de la Torre said.
man down.
``You have to be able to focus on what you can
make a change on, and that’s what my team did.”
Fifa elects Burundi’s Lydia Nsekera as first woman executive
Burundi FA president Lydia Nsekera has been
elected as the first woman to Fifa’s powerful
executive committee in the governing body’s
109-year history.
Nsekera, 46, will serve a four-year term on the
committee after winning the vote at the Fifa
congress in Mauritius.
She collected 95 of the 203 votes ahead of
Australian Moya Dodd and Sonia Bien-Aime,
of Turks and Caicos Islands.
Nsekera said: “I will inspire women to believe
they can lead and I will support women in
member associations.”
Nsekera, who last year became the first
woman to be co-opted to the executive
committee, has been head of the Burundi “I will push for more women to be elected
FA since 2004 and was a member of Fifa’s and ask parents to let their daughters play
organizing committee for the 2008 and 2012 football.”
Olympic football tournaments.
Dodd, who secured 70 votes, and Bien-Aime,
A member of the International Olympic who won 38, will both serve a one-year term
Committee, she is also on the independent as co-opted members.
governance committee set up in 2011 to tackle
And former Australia international Dodd says
corruption within Fifa.
the election is a landmark moment for the
Nsekera told BBC Sport: “I am very happy game.
to be the first woman elected. It is important
“It’s a historic day for football and a great day
for Africa, it is important for Burundi, it is
for women,” Dodd said.
important for women.
“Football is the sport everybody loves; no“In the executive committee, we work as a
one should be excluded. And we should not
team, but personally I will carry on working
only protect the game, but also fight against
in order to have more women as coaches in
discrimination outside of football.”
grassroots football.
Lydia Nsekera
Nigeria ‘must prioritize World Cup’
N
igeria’s technical director Shaibu
Amodu insists that the Super Eagles’
main target should be qualifying for
the 2014 World Cup, rather than trying to win
next month’s Confederations Cup.
“The fans and media expect Nigeria to win the
Confederations Cup, but it is less important to
the team and country to be honest.”
The Super Eagles are level on points with
Malawi at the top of their World Cup
The African Champions will face Tahiti, qualifying group and face away trips to Kenya
Uruguay and Spain in Brazil in the June and Namibia next month.
tournament which doubles as preparation for Amodu wants to ensure the team is focused on
the South American country for the hosting of those matches.
next year’s World Cup.
“There are tricky games ahead in the World
But Amodu, who was in charge of the Super Cup qualifiers and one slip can easily change
Eagles when they finished fourth in their the complexion of the group,” he said.
maiden Confederations Cup appearance
in Saudi Arabia in 1995, told BBC Sport: “Every game now is a cup final for them and
“What’s the point in winning a World Cup people should stop piling undue pressure on
dress rehearsal and missing out on the big the team.”
party next year?
Amodu’s comments seem to conflict with the
“The World Cup is a crucial one for the view of coach Stephen Keshi, who told BBC
country. For us, it is the most important Sport after the Nations Cup success in South
Africa that playing at the Confederations Cup
tournament.
was his main target.
“While preparing the team, I had my eyes set
on Brazil,” he explained.
“I was confident we would get there but
my players felt I was drunk or acting like a
comedian - now they believe.”
Amodu wants Keshi and his players, who are
thrilled by the prospect of competing against
some of the world’s best teams, to put the
tournament into perspective.
“Yes, it is good to test yourselves against some
of the best teams in a competitive level but it is
not a competition to prepare the Super Eagles
for better assessment,” he said.
“When you qualify for the World Cup, which
is on a global stage and biggest tournament in Shaibu Amodu
the Fifa calendar, you will come face to face
2014.
with the best teams from around the world.
“No-one remembers who won the last
“Kenya, Malawi and Namibia all want to
Confederations Cup because the World Cup
stop Nigeria, we should focus our energy on
quickly erases everything. That is how big and
beating them and secure a ticket to play in
important it is.”
Jose Mourinho says Chelsea return was ‘easy decision’
J
ose Mourinho said it was an “easy The Portuguese manager, who also helped
decision” for him to return to Chelsea the Blues to two League Cup wins and one
FA Cup triumph, takes over from interim
for a second spell in charge.
boss Rafael Benitez following a three-year
It was announced that the 50-year-old had period in charge at Real Madrid.
signed a four-year deal to manage the club
he had previously helped to two Premier He said that he would be looking to “improve
the team” but not by spending millions in
League titles.
the transfer window.
“It was an easy decision,” ex-Real Madrid
“By that, I mean work with the team. My
boss Mourinho told Chelsea TV.
work has to improve the players and the
“I asked the boss ‘do you want me back?’ team,” added Mourinho.
and the boss asked ‘do you want to come
back?’ - after a couple of minutes the “If I don’t do that I won’t be happy with
myself. If after that we can further improve
decision was made.”
the team by buying couple of players, then
He added: “I’m very happy. I had to prepare fantastic - but I have to improve the team
myself to not be too emotional on my arrival with my work.”
at the club, but obviously I’m very happy.”
Mourinho, who helped Real to the
Spanish league title in 2012 and has won
two European Cups with Porto and Inter
Milan, said if it was up to him he would
like to begin training with
the squad
straight away.
“I don’t need a holiday,” he added.
“I’m sorry that we aren’t beginning training
tomorrow. I say to the players during the
season when they are tired that victories
make miracles.
UCHE
“When you win, win, win, you are never
tired. In my case, it’s about moving to a
place I love. Happiness is stronger than
tiredness.”
Jose Mourinho
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LIGHT OF THE WORLD
Bor Dortmund 1 Bayern Munich 2
Arjen Robben’s late winner
exorcised the demons that
have haunted him and Bayern
Munich in the Champions
League as they won a pulsating
all-Bundesliga
encounter
against Borussia Dortmund.
T
he tournament’s recent history has
offered little other than unrelenting
misery for Robben and Bayern but the agony is over after a colourful,
enthralling final that confirmed Germany
as the new power base of European
domestic football.
Bayern had lost two finals in three years,
including defeat on penalties to Chelsea in
their own Allianz Arena 12 months ago, but
on this occasion they cast off the tag of losers
to claim the crown for the fifth time.
Only Real Madrid (nine) and AC Milan
(seven) have won this tournament more times
and the taste of victory was even sweeter for
29-year-old Robben and veteran Bayern coach
Jupp Heynckes, who steps aside to hand over
to Pep Guardiola at the end of this season.
Heynckes will have the chance to bow out
with a Treble; Bayern have already won their
league and face VfB Stuttgart in the German
Cup final.
Robben was reduced to tears at the final
whistle after playing in Bayern’s losing finals
against Inter Milan and Chelsea, when he
missed an extra-time penalty, and also losing
semi-finals to Liverpool in 2005 and 2007
during his Stamford Bridge career.
And for 68-year-old elder statesman
Heynckes, this was the perfect parting gift and
proof of his enduring powers. He has provided
a hard act for Guardiola to follow, even with
his outstanding track record of success at
Barcelona, which included two Champions
League triumphs.
Robben, however, was the central figure as he
set up Mario Mandzukic’s first for Bayern on
the hour but Dortmund, under the guidance
of charismatic coach Jurgen Klopp, quickly
equalised through Ilkay Gundogan’s penalty
after Dante fouled Marco Reus.
And Robben finally had his revenge on a
competition that has been so cruel to him in
the past, showing great composure to taken
Frank Ribery’s flick in his stride in the 89th
minute and beat Dortmund’s outstanding
keeper Roman Weidenfeller.
Robben’s goal was the decisive moment
of a Champions League final that saw the
Bundesliga come to London and deliver a THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS
powerful statement of intent about its current
Neuer made five important saves in the first
status.
35 minutes as Dortmund tested Bayern in a
As well as the quality of the football, which was manner that proved way beyond Barcelona
truly exceptional, the supporters of Dortmund when they were humiliated 7-0 over two legs
and Bayern splashed their yellow and red in the semi-final.
colours spectacularly across Wembley’s
canvas and the dignity and grace in defeat He thwarted Robert Lewandowski twice and
and victory of Klopp and Heynckes only saved superbly at his near post from Reus,
confirmed this was an occasion that did great who saw another shot blocked. Neuer was also
tested by Sven Bender.
credit to these two German heavyweights.
Heynckes cut a mellow figure beside the
animated Klopp in Wembley’s technical area
but Dortmund’s coach, with his flamboyant
gestures and trademark grin, has established a
reputation as one of football’s most significant
figures.
Reus then tested Neuer once more as
Dortmund poured forward, urged on from the
technical area by the animated Klopp as he
delivered a constant stream of encouragement
and applause in the direction of his players.
And he will know, just as much as his players,
that this was an opportunity missed by
Dortmund. They paid a heavy price for failing
to capitalise on a first half hour in which they
dominated Bayern and were only kept at bay
by the brilliance of Germany keeper Manuel
Neuer.
Bayern - finally emerging as an attacking
force - may have had the feeling it was going
to be another night of Champions League
final misery when Weidenfeller touched
Mandzukic’s header on to the bar and denied
Robben one-on-one before unwittingly
blocking another effort from the eventual
match-winner with his face.
The intense pressing style that is the trademark
of Klopp’s team pushed Bayern on to the back
foot in the opening phases and left Dortmund
regretting they did not take at least one of a
succession of opportunities.
The Bundesliga champions had been a growing
threat after a poor start and the breakthrough
finally came on the hour when Ribery played
in Robben and his cross gave Mandzukic the
simplest of tasks to finish from six yards.
Dortmund required a swift response and it
came inside seven minutes - thanks to a piece
of recklessness from Dante.
The Bayern defender, who had already been
booked, needlessly raised his foot and caught
Reus in the stomach. Gundogan stepped
forward to score coolly from the penalty spot.
It took a magnificent piece of last-ditch
defending from Neven Subotic to keep
Dortmund on terms. Thomas Mueller rounded
Weidenfeller and his shot looked destined for
the net until the lunging Subotic somehow
recovered to clear, prompting a fierce fistpumping response from Klopp.
Both goalkeepers had been outstanding
throughout and it was Weidenfeller’s turn
to demonstrate his ability once more with
fine stops from David Alaba and Bastian
Schweinsteiger as this enthralling final drew
towards a climax.
It was Robben who made the decisive
contribution and when Italian referee Nicola
Rizzoli sounded the final whistle to start wild
Bayern celebrations, he was reduced to tears
as he finally realized his dream.
Fifa racism measures could see teams
expelled or relegated
T
eams could be relegated or expelled
from competitions for serious
incidents of racism after tough new
powers were voted in by Fifa.
“Sexwale says (the) 1% vote against
demonstrates how football still has to
fight against racism.”
Webb said of the vote against the measures:
First or minor offences will result in either “I would like to think it was a mistake but
a warning, fine or order for a match to be I’m glad it wasn’t the other way. I’m glad
played behind closed doors.
only 1% went that way.”
Serious or repeat offences can now be Nonetheless, Fifa president Blatter
punished by a points deduction, expulsion accepted more must be done to eradicate
or relegation.
racism.
Jeffrey Webb, head of Fifa’s anti-racism He said: “We need zero tolerance and strict
task force, said the decision was “a punishments everywhere. We must lead.
defining moment”.
We must set a tough, uncompromising
He added: “Our football family is fully example.
aware that what is reported in the media is “We can make a difference. We can send a
actually less than 1% of the incidents that strong signal to the racists that their time
Ghana’s AC Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng, who led his team from the
happen around the world.
is up.”
“We’ve got to take action so that when we
look to the next 20 or 50 years this will
be the defining time that we took action
against racism and discrimination.”
Fifa, world football’s governing body,
passed the anti-racism resolution with a
99% majority at its congress in Mauritius.
Richard Conway, reporting for BBC Sport
at the congress, said a concern was raised
over those who voted against the tougher
racism measures.
“Former South African apartheid prisoner
Tokyo Sexwale, now a Fifa member, urged
congress to check cameras to see who
voted against racism rules,” he said.
field in protest at racism from supporters at a friendly game, is a taskforce
Fifa commissioned a task force to address member
the issue of racism after a friendly game
between AC Milan and Pro Patria was commits a racist offence banned from
stadiums for a minimum of five matches.
abandoned due to racist chanting.
Their verdict includes putting an official The five-match suspension is one that
inside the stadium to identify potential has been introduced by the Football
acts of racism and ease the pressure on the Association, whose chairman David
Bernstein sat on the task force in
match referee.
Mauritius.
The new rulings standardise punishment
across the members, meaning federations Also on the task force was Kevin-Prince
will lose the power to impose their own Boateng, the AC Milan player who led the
walk-off in the game against Pro Patria in
judgements.
January.
Further to the regulations that relate to
clubs or international teams, the new Former England international striker
measures will see any individual who Luther Blissett, an ambassador for anti-
racism charity Show Racism The Red
Card, admitted to reservations about the
new measures.
“You’ve got to applaud them for doing
something about it, my thing is when
they talk about the ‘level’ of racism,”
he told Radio 5 live. “To me, racism is
racism.
“Fifa have to let it be known where they
are going to start this from. Any form of
racism is serious enough for the bans to
start, they should hit people hard straight
away.”
LIGHT OF THE WORLD
help us
V
ETERAN
actor,
producer,
director, author and architect
of the national distribution
framework initiated by the National Film
and Video Censors Board (NFVCB),
Yinka Ogundaisi, is in pains at the Ward
B of the Lagos State University Teaching
Hospital (LUTH).
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Veteran Actor, Ogundaisi,
Down With Spine Ailment
make it difficult for the patient to stand
and walk’’. Another radiologist report
from LUTH describes Ogundaisi’s
illness as ‘metastasis spine disease and
intervertebral
osteochondrosis
with
osteoporotic fractures’.
Medical experts therefore advice
that Ogundaisi undergoes surgical
Medical experts in Nigeria, India and decompression and stabilization of the
the United Kingdom who have been on spine at the earliest.
Ogundaisi’s case since February 2013 “I had hernia and then enlarged prostate
when his health condition became life which is understandable because one
threatening, say Ogundaisi needs about is 60, but the surgery on the hernia has
N8million to get back on his feet. The been done. Much of the problem is with
various tests conducted and the most the spinal fracture’’ Ogundaisi said on
recent radiology report indicate that the his hospital bed. “It gets complicated
Ogundaisi is suffering from ‘pathological daily just as the pain gets more severe.
fracture of 1.5 causing significant spinal I have been on the bed for weeks now. I
canal stenosis’. The implication of this can’t even lie on my back. I have to do
ailment, according to Dr. Vidyadhara, the everything I have to do in this position. I
chief spine surgeon at Manipal Hospital seriously need help. Serious help. I don’t
in India, is that Ogundaisi would suffer want to die,’’ He pleaded.
‘significant instability (and) back pain by
Although he noted that he has been
virtue of having a spinal fracture’’.
assured that his case can be handled in
In addition, a patient affected by spinal Nigeria at a much higher cost, Ogundaisi
canal stenosis, based on a review said he has been advised to travel to
conducted by Dr Vidyadhara, would India or the UK so his condition can be
suffer ‘significant pain, numbness, stabilized before it gets out of hand. “I
weakness in the lower limb which will want Nigerians to come to my aid. I am
appealing to my state government, Oyo
State, to come to my aid. I …also want
the Lagos State government not to allow
me die. I have spent all my adult life
here working and paying my
taxes… I have received help from the
Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) and the
National Film and Video Censors Board
(NFVCB). They sent something to me,
which is what I have used to offset some
of my bills here at LUTH. But the more I
stay here without any plan to undergo the
surgical decompression, the more bills I
will incur and the more complicated the
case will become. I have spent all my
savings and have sold all that is to sell just
to be taken around, but I need the help of
my colleagues in the industry, my friends
at the Ikeja Country club and the help of
organizations like the BOI and NEXIM
that would still need my expertise when
I am fully recovered to come to my aid.”
Ogundaisi is a member of the prestigious
Lagos Country Club and Founder of the
Global Children’s Theatre, which was
launched with fanfare in 2002. He’s
also a member of numerous professional
associations, including the Nigerian
Institute of Management and an accredited
Yinka Ogundaisi
management trainer with the Centre for
Management Development.
Help can reach Ogundaisi through:
UBA Savings account- 2000204307 and
Cell phone number: 08023244456.
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It is our obligation to inform kindhearted members of the
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‘Why I dumped three degrees
for cooking’
D
espite
obtaining
three
university degrees, among
which is a Masters‘ degree,
Mrs. Adebunmi Adebusuyi returned
to her first love – cooking. In this
interview with BLESSING EKUM,
the manager of African Kitchen and
co-owner of Rotbum International
Catering Services, Ibadan, Oyo State,
shares her experience in the kitchen
and her love for a native dish in Ogun
State.
Of the meals in your menu, which is
your favorite to prepare?
I enjoy preparing amala with gbegiri
and ewedu. Is that also your favorite food?
I love amala and ewedu or okro soup.
What state are you from?
I am from Ogun State but my husband
is from Ondo State. People from Ondo State love pounded
Can you share your journey into yam. One would think this would have
rubbed off on you. catering?
I did not actually start out as a caterer. I am not that keen about pounded yam.
I read Guidance and Counseling I prepare it mainly because of my Continental Porridge
Education for my first degree; I obtained husband. the first time you prepared it? another degree in Psychology and went Do you pound? on to study for a Masters’ degree in Yes I do. I actually had to learn how to Yes. A friend who is from Calabar,
Managerial Psychology all from the pound it like Ondo State indigenes do. Cross River State, taught me the recipe
University of Ibadan, Oyo State. But
and after preparing it, they were excited
I had always known I loved cooking. I How do they pound it different from that it turned out well. never went to any catering school, but others? Do you eat as much as you cook? as a child, I always spent time in the The way an Ondo person pounds
kitchen with my mother. Some people yam would make you fall in love with Interestingly, I don’t eat much. I think
keep telling me I can make more money pounded yam. The method of pounding the saying that when you cook, the
if I work with my certificates. But my makes it have a different texture and aroma fills your tummy, applies to me. motive for opting for catering is not so level of succulence when compared to What are some of the local dishes
much about the money but more about others. prepared in Ogun State? my passion for cooking.
What is your disposition to the use of There is ikokore, ebiripo and ofada rice. A lot of people feel intimidated cooking processed flour?
Are these still regularly served in
for a good cook. Do your friends and I feel it is not real. The texture, taste
homes?
family feel this way?
and aroma are nothing compared to
Sure. Most Remo indigenes in Ogun
I don’t condemn other people’s food no that pounded in a mortar. State can’t do without ebiripo. matter how it tastes. I might just give an What is the latest meal you’ve learnt
How is it prepared? advice if needed. But when it comes to to prepare? joint cooking, I usually take over and
You will need cocoyam. There is the
encourage others to leave the cooking That is edikang ikong soup.
red and the white species. You can
for me. Were you satisfied with the outcome make use of either, but the red variety
tastes sweeter than the white.
You grate cocoyam and add a bit of
salt and seasoning to taste. A little
water to soften the consistency will be
necessary if it is too thick. You then
wrap in moin moin leaves and steam
for some minutes. You can serve with
any soup or stew. Which soup do you prefer it with? I prefer it served with ata dudu, which
is prepared by chopping atarodo (fresh
pepper), which is poured into bleached
palm oil and fried for a while. Locust
beans is added to it and stirred. This
would be ready in some few minutes. How often do you prepare this meal? Because its preparation involves
grating, which is time consuming, I
prepare it occasionally. My family,
especially my kids, enjoy it.
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