COMMUNITY SHIELD MATCH PREVIEW : Not A Friendly
The community shield might be a curtain raiser for the new pl season. Cards accrued will not have any impact on the season. Teams are permitted to use 6 out of the 7 subs on the bench. The match goes straight to penalties if a winner has not emerged after full time. A win does not count for 3 points. So it is definitely not an EPL match, but it is certainly not a friendly. Far from it. @Chelseafc v @Arsenalfc
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TODAY IN HISTORY 1ST EVER NIGERIAN OLYMPIC GOLD SEE IT AND AS CHIOMA AJUNWA-OPARA RELIVES THAT MOMENT youtu.be/vyL9HQ1igEI
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@DeleMomodu. One of Baba’s most traumatic fiascos was over his handling of the June 12 crisis which angered many youths including me. I wrote several scurrilous articles against his position but Baba took it all with equanimity. As a matter of fact, that unfortunate saga drew us closer. He told friends he respected my guts and steadfastness… #Pendulum
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@DeleMomodu. Baba ran into troubled waters with the Buhari military regime after travelling to Israel with his Siamese twin The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero. It was a most humbling experience but he quickly put it behind him as always. #Pendulum
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@DeleMomodu. He faced many challenges, the toughest being the internecine wars between Ife and Modakeke. It reminded me of the intractable clashes between the Israelis and the Palestinians. It is to his eternal credit that he managed to reconcile with the people of Modakeke after a most fearsome and destructive war. #Pendulum
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@DeleMomodu. I learnt from him that it was not how much money you had but how you spent what you have. He enjoyed life to the hilt while many of his contemporaries were slaves of money who had so much but were too stingy to spend it on themselves or anyone for that matter. #Pendulum
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@DeleMomodu. He had sweet words for everyone. His ability to make friends was legendary. He was fond of saying “Allah dey” in every conversation and you would have thought he was a Muslim. His best friend was The Emir of Kano who joined his ancestors only last year. They were inseparable. He was friends with President Shehu Shagari just as he was with his arch-rival Chief Obafemi Awolowo. As a matter of fact, Chief Mrs Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo (who’s getting ready for her hundredth birthday next November) was decorated as The Yeye Oba (mother of the king) of Ife. He was close to Chief Bola Ige who installed him as The 50th Ooni of Ife just as he was to the man who dethroned him, Dr Victor Omololu Sowemimo Olunloyo. That was Oba Sijuwade for you. #Pendulum
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@DeleMomodu ... one useful lesson I hold very dear to heart till this day; that one must continue to thrive without any excuse for failure... #Pendulum
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@DeleMomodu. Kabiyesi would call me today and shower me with praises and recall me tomorrow for a severe rebuke. If I told him “but, Sir, you told me only yesterday that I was the best thing to happen to the motel”, he would respond that “a star is as good as his last performance.” #Pendulum
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@DeleMomodu. The harder I tried to resuscitate Motel Royal, the more I stepped on toes of some parasites who had fed fat on the place. They did not want anyone to stop the rot. It was similar to the story of the Nigerian nation where people tend to resist change by all means. #Pendulum
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@DeleMomodu ...you won’t be wrong to call me a thorough-bred Ife Boy though my father had migrated from Ihievbe, Edo State. I was born and raised substantially in Ile-Ife between 1960 and 1988, when I moved to Lagos in search of the proverbial greener pastures... #Pendulum
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@DeleMomodu. “Akowekowura (the man with the golden pen), how are you?” Baba asked in his funky fashion. He then poured prayers on me: “Emi e a gun, ayo e a kun.. I’m always proud of you…” (you will live long and your joy will be bountiful). #Pendulum
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