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To my Peeps in Nigeria... I read with bewilderment comments by Taribo West that late Dodo Mayana (Peter Rufai)'s family struggled to raise money to bury him. WHY? Where did all the money he made in Europe disappear to? Did he not invest some of the money? Did he not have a retirement plan? Peter Rufai had an illustrious career as a top goalkeeper in Europe. It was rumored that he even completed a degree while playing professional football. Peter Rufai played in Europe (Belgium, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands) for almost 20 years from 1986 until 2003. He even opened a goalkeeper school after retiring from active football in 2003. Where did all his money go? I can understand Taribo's outburst. It was not his first. Perhaps he is angry that they did not get as much as the current set of athletes. Or that what they were promised did not get to them on time or at all, as the current crop of athletes gets compensated in real time. Peter Rufai and Taribo West's era was the g...

The revelation that African MAP has been misrepresented for centuries is beyond disturbing and a further confirmation to Africans, especially their leaders who run after Western leaders for help that no one has them on priority list if they don't prioritize themselves. Africa's land area will swallow continental US, Japan, Russia, mainland China, Europe and other countries... Africa is located between the equator, based on the roundness of the earth, Africa's map should actually look bigger than its actual size not smaller... This is mischievous on the part of those who drew the world map initially and those who have perpetuated this lie for centuries.... If they misrepresented Africa's map, what else has been shrunk to make Africa small?

Not long after the new Alaafin of Oyo was crowned, some jingoists started peddling him as the paramount ruler over all Yoruba, citing the mischievous documents from colonial era where Alaafin and all monarchs in Nigeria were placed under civilian governments in contrast to what you find in England, where the reigning monarch is the head of government. In the same ancient document, Alaafin was mischievously made a first class Oba above any other Oba in Yorubaland, completely ignoring history. This same issue was what created decade-long feud between Oba Adeyemi, the late Alaafin and late Oba Olubokun Sijuade, Ooni of Ife.. That died down when Ojaja Adewusi became Ooni. Oba Adeyemi seemed to have sheathed his sword and embraced Oba Adewusi as equal... I warned when these jingoists started fanning this ember of discord as the new Alaafin was installed, calling him the Alaafin of Yorubaland instead of the Alaafin of Oyo. Alaafin's territory does not extend outside Oyoland. I asked tho...