by Eseoghene Al-Faruq Ohwojeheri
…the dead has already met what he or she put forward hence there is no need to speak of its evil. What there is need to do however is to either call the living to an example to live by…
About ten years ago I lost a friend in an armed robbery incident. Obviously the armed robbers were not satisfied with robbing they needed to make a point by harming someone in the house and my friend’s mother was their target. As they swung the axe my friend who was the scholar of our class in secondary school protected his mother with his head…. he died; no national award, no postmortem speech from the Governor and of course no celebrity burial; he was just another guy, the fact that he took a battle axe to his head for his mother was irrelevant.
This and many more of it happens in a country wherein people get millions both in local and foreign currency for playing football; a country wherein comedians shake hands with the President and women who kiss strange men on camera in the name of acting take home National Award and an immoral youth who made fame singing about his private part is given special opportunity to interview the President in a desperate campaign strategy because the thinking is that the community is populated by zombies and bimbos who will vote in a PHD holder on the “honour” of a nuisance whose only relevance to society, apart from lewd music, is competition in air and space. Thus the question every sane Nigerian should be asking is when will this madness of undeserved honour stop?
The death of the musician from Ekiti, Goldie Harvey, and the attempt to make it seem like we lost an icon is another and perhaps the worst of all these madness. I do not believe that death, which we will all face, should make you a hero except you died an honourable death. When people just drop dead we grieve and console the family not tell blatant lies as to who they were. This is why the statement of the Ekiti State Governor is worrisome. Mr. Kayode Fayemi is reported to have described Goldie as a “great daughter of Ekiti State” and one has to wonder upon what was this greatness achieved? Are people now great for singing meaningless songs with promiscuous suggestions or for taking and publishing suggestive photos of themselves?
Since when did we consider it greatness to appeal to the sexual cravings of perverts and run after men on camera in the name of a reality show that is far from reality? Since when did it become great achievement that a lady is even thought of as being a junkie in her life time? How can this be great?
In the past fathers will tell their children “don’t bring shame to this family” but nowadays shame and shamelessness is celebrated with such noise that you think the Devil himself is in charge of people’s life and even he has gone crazy.
Ironically, around the same period this unfortunate death occurred Governor Theodora Orji of Abia State was commending Mrs. Nwanyieze Prosper for winning the Purity Queen title for a lady who kept her virginity until her marriage; surprisingly some Nigerians criticized the Governor and even ‘accused’ him of giving her a car whereas Governor Kayode Fayemi was praised for describing Goldie as a “bright star” among other accolades including that she lived a “fulfilled life”. Indeed the world is upside down.
The problem with giving honour to people who did dishonourable acts is that people will definitely emulate them. The Dolly Parton’s of this world made it a fashion for women to expose their cleavage; years on women have lost their husbands to such exposure and homes have collapsed; the Dr. Dre’s of this world made being “gangster” a fashionable thing and years later the gangsters are increasing and we even have a gangster in the White House killing innocent people with Drones…. Martin Luther’s dreams became a Nightmare. And this list goes on and on; for every irresponsible person you honour you make irresponsibility the “swag”, the same way for every man who dies for his mother you honour you make standing up against oppression and protecting the weak the in-thing…. make your choice.
Lastly, we must clarify two issues. The first one is with regards to speaking “evil” about the dead while the second one is the “who are you to judge” comedy.
Firstly, the dead has already met what he or she put forward hence there is no need to speak of its evil. What there is need to do however is to either call the living to an example to live by if the dead is worthy of emulation or to warn the living to stay away from a wasteful lifestyle like that of the dead who lived life as if death was never going to come and this is the real lesson here; life is short, if you live it like Goldie your death may come and meet you in that state; what will you tell your Creator? We cannot pretend this is not the lesson here; it will be one lie too many
Secondly, they ask us not to Judge and we say to them since we are in the spirit of not judging kindly don’t judge the location of your mouth so that you put your food in your nose. We say to them that in this spirit of not judging please cross the road without judging that a vehicle is close enough to knock you down; maybe when you are in the air you will realise your stupidity.
We do not judge a person who has faith that he or she will be in the hellfire, we do not Judge that the person’s bad is more than his/her good, we do not Judge if God will forgive a believer…..but we judge that fornication and the promotion of it is EVIL, and that the one who represented evil dead does not make evil good.
Some others will say an adult can do what he or she likes and you don’t have to force your life on others. The question we have for this set of confused mentally colonized perverts is that this same justification is given to homosexuality and it will soon be given to incest so that if a grown up man and his grown up daughter say they fell in love and want to marry your kind will say well it’s their life, it does not affect me…. can you see now that you are sick?
Conclusively, the lessons from this unfortunate incident can be summarized as thus;
1) Death can come at any time; be prepared to meet your Lord.
2) Fame and fortunes are but illusions, what matters is your relationship with your Creator.
3) The enjoyment of this world is fleeting; don’t let it deceive you.
4) Live a good life; one that does not involve promoting lewdness or any type of evil; death and Judgment is real and it is no respecter of status.
5) It was the honour given her musical mentors that led the lady to not just music but a meaningless form upon which her life ended so let’s ensure that we do not turn scum into icons because people will sure emulate them.
May God Almighty give the family fortitude to bear the lost and guide them aright.
– This piece was originally published on RiseNetworks.org
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Eseoghene Al-Faruq Ohwojeheri writes from Benin City, Edo State.
Op-ed pieces and contributions are the opinions of the writers only and do not represent the opinions of Y!/YNaija.
Interesting writeup I must say. The attempt to deal with such issue is courageous but some of your imageries…hum(SMH).You have yet to convince me on how effective your mention of “comedians shaking hands” is relevant of your subject matter. And the attempt at towards the end to justify it is utterly baseless. Best Regards.My name is Lafup,I am a Comedian and I will shake the President Again.
Dear Writer, I will take your piece by paragraphs having read through the whole write up.
Your friend was not known, there was no Facebook, twitter etc at the time. You did him great injustice by not writing about the incident and even attaching the picture of his fractured skull. we probably would have celebrated his heroism.
Your analogy here does not quite fit as we are all given different talents and how we choose to use them is totally upto us. The holy writ said ‘ seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before Kings: he shall not stand before mean men’. ever heard about, ‘for every effort (good or bad) there is a commensurate reward?
On Goldie, hmmn. i am not usually a fan of our genre of entertainment, but when you see people who are making efforts, acknowledge them. that young woman did what she had to do, use her talent whether of excellent grade or not. What’s d beef? did she deprive you or any of your siblings the right of taking over the air waves? He Governor spoke about her, so what? Its because he recognised that she is from his constituency, what constituency re you from? will you be so recognised? I had friends in theatre arts and was told by one of them that life was all about acting and that’s what entertainment represents. Did you see her naked skin? Did you read anywhere that she was prostituting herself? I did not watch BBA, normally do not, but am aware she comported herself decently and in an honourable manner. Or since when has being emotional become a vice? What then has the talk about lewdness, promiscuity got to do with her life style? The autopsy shows she died of health complications which can happen to any of us writing here now. What’s the connection with drugs as you and other low lifers re peddling? I admired her, because the girl I met a sometime ago, Susan Harvey, was a humble, down to earth, unassuming and humane girl next door, not what you or any of the other biased writers are saying about her. For me, that’s all the impression I need to get. What I see on TV is stage show, short and simple.
On celebration of virginity, since when has the man whose brother -in – law participated in the gang rape of a young woman and he did everything to cover it up including use of state force to chase away innocent protesters become a moral voltron? This is simply a conflict of values to say the least. Just hope that the gesture will sufficiently encourage young girls from the east to keep their virginity before marriage and not forced to go on dry run to check how fertile they are before bride price is paid on them.
I will never advocate for negative fashion trends or gangsterism, but these men and women drew attention to themselves through their rt. Refer again to my earlier assertion, ‘ to every effort…..
We are all given the will to choose right or wrong, your ability to sieve the information you receive and make good out of it depends wholly on your moral gauge. If you are susceptible to processing only negative information and thereby churning out bad character, then check yourself. The same celebrities and national icons have produced in some of us values that have yielded good results. What about those of them who show and teach good morals on TV, yet have very terrible attitude off screen? What are they teaching those who see them daily? Talk about ‘follow my words, not my actions? Teacher, teach me nonsense.
I choose not to join words with you on issues around judgement, for the Bible says, ‘For with the judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with the measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again’.
Bottom line is:
i appreciate the fact that you thought it necessary to point out the fast decline in our moral values as a people, but totally reject your analogies without touching on the issues that are more pertinent like the continuous looting of our treasury and making political appointments a lucrative pastime.
If you talked of our media content not having qualitative information that will better develop our children’s’ intellect and strengthen their abilities to lift this nation higher, I would have agreed, but making innocent citizens who through their arts, are making a living, creating visibility for the country and even attracting tourism, then I disagree with you again.
Honestly, I would have preferred that you used this space to celebrate our living legends, celebrities who are doing well and encourage them to do more while they are still with us instead of waiting till they die to start berating them and talking about their private lives which does not really concern you as it seems.
WELL SAID AUNTY OR UNCLE!!!! u just made my day wiv ur comment, and its pointed out intelligently, thumbs up ma/sir!!!
Mr Writer,
I think u have too much anger in u, and dat has affected d way u see things. of course, Nigeria is a country where it seems we have deranged leaders, but this young lady made something b4 she died; maybe wrong choice of music, and wrong style, but she DIED. were u not there when lagosians and some Nigerians rushed to snap pictures with Kim kardashian, i think Nigeria is still where it is 2day because of people like u that act all righteous in public only 2act different behind closed door. if u are a christian as u claimed 2be, u need to go read ur BIBLE…Thats why d western world is far ahead of us, they accept people for who they are and for their choices, stop forcing ur beliefs on oda people. I am a mother insult me if u like, but i will stand by my daughter, if she is woman enough to say she wants to stand out like goldie did!!! she deserves any praise she gets today….do something different and see if people would applaud u, rather than insult people that have taken bold step….Do u know what martin luther king dream was? m sure u never listened to d speech…..u r just one of those people think Obama got the presidency on a platter of gold…..
I read through various comments here and I wonder if some people ever passed their WAEC english xam – simple comprehension I mean. Forget religion, forget where you hailed from.
Goldie or what is not the subject matter here, she is just one of the case studies according to the writer. The real subject matter are Nigerian leaders, and really all their accolades and award does not move me a bit because I know they are vain words that holds no water. it neither increase you nor add to you – they only bring you public view and land you in more trouble when you are alive or pay eye-service if you are not.
Nice 1 bro…… I pray we all don't get lost in da crowd…..
Food for thought for Nigeria award and honour bestow- ers, I think they should throw caution in the air because most times when I hear of some award/honour bestowed I wonder what the goal is. What actually did we want to achieve by honouring ridiculous things and turn Nigerians youth to NFAs and sombies.
I feel this piece is very very un necessary, she lived the life she wanted and doe am not 100percent sure but I belive she was happy wif it. Doe am not even close 2 being a fan of Goldie but, not withstanding she had fame and she was going places, places some ppl will never get to till dey die. Whether she was known 4 good or evil she was @least a name dat will be metioned when dey r listing out naija muscians. Haba d gurl was an human being naw and she died like every1 will even doe she did some bad shits like u myt call it, we need to respect the dead, if some nigerians decide to praise her, dats dere opinion and every 1 has a ryt to fink whateva or say. If u have noffn Good 2say about her den u keep mute and say somfn else not condemn or try to start forming over sabi 4here. If she was alive naw dats undastandable but she's dead now, GOD give d dead some respect let her sleep in piece kiloooooode! And ppl like u r worse abeg!
Whoeva wrote dis post must be sick in d head cz u've jst achievd notin
Nice one
Dear Writer, I admire your courage to express your view but you are bickering for nothing because all the accolades (national award, postmortem speech from the Governor and celebrity burial) that you feel goes to the wrong people are all vanity. It suggests to me that you crave for them but they are only meant for people of a certain trade and earthly status; they don't make such people greater than others in the real sense. am no fan of Goldie, but I believe she was a source of happiness to her fans and they will miss her because she touched their lives in a certain way. if she made you "unhappy", it will be wrong to have her on your mind likewise other people you think they are not worthy of what they receive because you will only remain unhappy, try to think of only the ones that make you happy for peace of mind.
I hope you read this with an open mind, else you wont get the point I ve put across.
Though you were a tad sanctimonious, the bulk of your tirade was on point.
I can believe that in this modern day, people find art difficult to understand . I’m not the greatest fan of our president opting for a Dbanj interview instead of that of professionals during elevtion campaigns. However, it makes us an ungrateful lot(Nigerians) if we do not acknowledge the great job our artist are doing! Nollywood without government and access to fund is the third biggest in the world. Can they improve or do better? Yes! But we can’t discount their contribution to this great nation. This line of reasoning makes even Obama unreasonable for associating with Jayzee and Beyonce! The most successful couple in entertainment.
Goldie is a great daughter of Nigeria!! If the issue is social decadence we are all guilty of it and it cannot be addressed by “self righteousness” rather a national shift starting from you and I!
Even if the writer has a point condemning the ills of the Nigerian society, he needn’t have written ill about the dead. May GOLDIE’s soul REST IN PEACE! Amen!
I haven’t heard truer words yet. Great piece. High time someone spoke the truth. I refrained from speaking much about the death and all on twitter lest Voltrons have my head for supper. I didn’t know her before BBA and I didn’t like what I knew, however, it was a human life lost.
To those who disparage the writer and the article, isn’t it time you removed your rose colored spectacles and read the article with a little less animosity? Y’all are not speaking like primates here.
Honestly I think the writer of this article is a total pig. Did Michael Jackson not sing songs bout sex, did Rkelly not? Aaliyah dressed more like a modern day whore yet people celebrate them. look mr. writer, you will not die well. mark my words.
While I appreciate your write up, it is very pertinent to make the writer note that we are created in different ways and designed to influence this world in different ways. We do not all have to be a Pastor, Engineer, Politician, Scientist, etc before we can become a hero.
I do not share of your perspective of classifying Goldie as a scum. Better read her husband’s comment about her and you will know you have seriously misjudged her. Note that you also goofed about your point concerning the man in the White House. To counter terrorism is war and at war is not only soldiers that dies.
That you see and know Goldie from the angle of an Entertainer is not enough to judge her personality or her relationship with God. Moreso as an Entertainer I do not see anything that she did that was out of the way in her way of life.
At times some opinions are made because one is deprived of some opportunity in life or because of one’s naivety and level of exposure or basically because one has been so brainwashed not to see anything good in what other people does than what we have been made to believe. I see the author as a victim of one of these diagnosis. Purge yourself of idiosyncrasies of religion.
Na wa ooh. So if i act porn and give some money to charity….its okay. All these people sef. I may not know much but i am sure that most of you dont have kids. Tell me how many of you want your daughter to be just likr goldie. Thinking now abi? The point of this write up i think is exactly that. Sha..it only shows how deep the decadence goes. Well if you think she is an icon, fine and good
..make sure your kids can follow suit and enjoy their future
This is a magnificent piece!
However, since u were focusing on societal values, I think your write-up would have been more objective if you had steered clear of religion, heaven and hell. The controversy that one would spark will likely overshadow the real issue u wanted to get across.
Having said that, I think there’s absolutely no other way this piece could have been done better than it was…..a country where even the supposed useless&ill-mannered singers of past-times were wise enough to sing with proverbs and parables that would impart some sense into their listeners has become the same one where our so-called sensible singers now have nothing to say more than: “Aboki shine my shoe”, “Ilefo Illuminati”, “merin odo, odo eta…..” It’s as bad as hearing “introducing brother Pasuma” in Gospel songs!
A correction though, while u were right to doubt the reasoning of people eulogizing her, the attack on her life was too harsh. Of course she was utterly morally bankrupt, but if u’ve never been in a person’s shoes, you can’t really say if their character was formed because they were inherently bad or because they took the best out of utterly deplorable choices. Next time, let’s just focus on the idiots who’d change our idea of a hero from someone who honestly returns 300,000 dollars to the owner to someone who sings rubbish and promotes moral decadence.
Nigeria is going to the Dogs and it’s left to only a few people to bring it back!
How did this get here
I agree with some points here. I am a Christian and strongly believe in my faith. however the writer sounds like a 1200 BC individual. Martin luther's dreams to drones? Really? Dolly Parton & Dr. Dre, Cleavage & Gangsta? Really? Do you know how NGO's these guys have and how many lives they eventually touch with their wealth. Who is this writer? You judge the fornication? Really? In the bible, when Men wanted to stone the adulterer to death, what did Jesus say? "He without sin cast the first stone". Meaning we are not meant to Judge, leave that to our maker. I PITY the sect of Christians that put this up. You all should study the christianity like learned people and not like Illiterates from the stone age. Utter Insanity…
You got it all wrong, this is hypocrisy of the highest other. The writer made himself very clear may be you need to go over the piece again with a neutral mind ready to seek the truth.
Jamiu are u a muslim or a christian? No wrong intentions here, the reason i asked is if u were a christian, then u would know exactly where this writer went wrong. And my brother honestly, after reading this articles and how people support its content, i now realise why our beloved country nigeria is still shackles… We are in 2013 for christ sake, and people still say we have lost the morals of our forefathers? IN 2013??? … Jamiu, if you travel the modernised world and see how modern people pray, worship, live, when you look back at nigeria you will shed tears. Stone age is what that country is… Only in nigeria and a few stone aged african countries do u still see people shouting and rolling on the floor in the name of worshiping… i wish you could understand my point, I am a nigerian as well and had that shallow thinking, until when i saw how the world is in different regions… I pray and believe you will understand soon enough as well.
Hi Okpuvo..I commented and got a couple 'liked' notifications, so it brought me back to this entry a few times the past 24 hours. I won't want to pick you up on the specifics of your point of view – i mean they're urs, but there's something ur getting wrong "generally".
I'm a christian; not the best…but I'm honest enough to admit what's not right, no matter how garnished…is not right. I'm sure u'll agree with me that the God we serve has not changed. 120,000B.C or year 6013, His standards are the same. My brother, there is NOTHING stone age about the way Nigerians worship, neither is there anything tuush about the way the British do it.
However, if you proceed along the lines of your argument, you will get to a point where you will start to wonder what u're saying yourself.
You and I know what is ABSOLUTELY right, we also know those things we find PARTIALLY right, we know those things that are WRONG too…we're humans, we came up with those…but with God, if it's not right, it's wrong.
A great percentage of what the modern world dishes out is just pure vanity…yes, we know this too.
The writers point stays valid though. "Goldie is not a National hero."
Hello Dahzle… Thanks for your point.
1) Believe when i say nigerians still worhip like stone age (rolling on the floor and all) i mean it. if you take a look at any place of worship in a modern/civilized culture, this never happens.
2) The creator is the same, YES i agree, however, the way we worship him changes with time. Example, MOSES was a good prophet right? He converted many and made them belivers in yahweh. Now in moses' time, his laws were an eye for an eye, however, when Jesus came, he acknowledged all previous prophets, however, he changed some of the ways in which people worship and some of the laws as well. YOU WANT PROOF, Please read John Chapter 8.(Please read it before you write back)
3) As you know, the catholic church (One of the oldest) has been one and the same for about 2 thousand years. You can search for the list of catholic popes and see that the first pope of the church was PETER (Disciple of Jesus) and you can see all the rest that followed Please read Matthew 16:18. Moving further, The catholic church in 1962 also set up what is called a "VATICAN II" that addressed relations between the catholic church and the Modern world. (Please do some research on the VATICAN II as well).
CONCLUSION: I have tons of examples i could give to you to prove that, although God remains the same, how we go about our worship changes with time as well. My Point stated in No.2 & No.3 Proves that. If you want more, i will be more than happy to share. And just so you know, i also got a couple of likes on my first comment. 🙂 … Thanks for your points stated though.
I have thought about this silently in my heart. I can see the focus of your argument, it may not be perfect based on some statements but it is quite true. People will ridicule this article which of course is normal because we live in a world where Grey is the main colour, there is no black or white.
You can save the world from cancer but if you are doing something else immoral that is affecting the world then there is a problem. Doing good works is not a part time job but full time work.
He made a point and should not be swept under the carpet. I do not blame Fayemi. He probably does not know the lady..somebody must have done ‘copy and paste’ for him…
I'm glad I came across this piece…cos for days (up to the point I forgot about the goldie death), I couldn't piece together what represented GREATNESS worth emulating from the "public" life of the late artiste.
It's time we all take a step back, look around, and redefine the benchmark for a "Nigerian National icon".
I am appalled that we share a name.Your examples of the term 'Judge' are shortsighted, maybe in your avid attempt to prove a point, you lost sight of what this article should really be about. You have mentioned some relevant points but in order to do that you took details of a person's life you know little or nothing about so you could sound 'intelligent'. Pity…
This is a very useless article..look at you contradicting yourself..who made u judge of how she lived her life or who gave u the right to call people names…This is not what God is about,you want to make ur point,do it in a very reasonable manner and stop acting lyk someone hurt you!!
Thank you Ese Grage, finally somebody with some sense!
I agree with you both as well…The write up must have been made by a pre existing stone aged man/woman… 12000 BC thereabouts…I put up a long comment and hope to be contacted by the writer. Arrant nonsense. This article is what the world gets when an illiterate studies Christianity… Ignorant Believers…
Can u tell us what else know about the person in question?
really I read this article from Sahara reporters the first time, and I was greatly amused at his deductions, yeah I agree we should not centre on materialism as a point of talking about people being great or not, but when you talk morals yeah goldie in her music shows up as a free spirit but look back to her days in Big Brother Africa, she exemplify what we lack in this country when talking love (though we are told it was all part of the script) Prezzo did everything to hurt her but she kept going back to him, while other people were showing up naked Goldie nevere did anything immoral in the house, and from the people that are close to her Goldie is said to have a good heart which is what God looks at, she was able to separate her real life from what we all knew and Goldie for all I know is a person young girls should look up to she might have made gestures that seemed to have sugested something else but we know for real that she avoided scandals and no one has come to say otherwise.
As per the writer after reading his article I got to know the angle he was writing from, the writer from his name suggest to me that he is a Muslim ( Obama being ganster and killing peeps with drones) haba na wa o' for real ? you serious ? please go find another example to drive home your point.
true to all you said..
Firstly, I admit that while there are valid points contained in the article, the writer must seriously learn to apply caution especially because he’s equally human and thus full of flaws. However, that we aren’t in a position to judge doesn’t then mean that we should condone degradation of values seriously lacking in the world of today. We must strive towards achieving nobility and fairness in all.
I go on to say that while I mourn the loss of a sacred human life such as the late artiste (which, and as with every other human life, has the potential be lived either as a life worth emulating or otherwise) I would also ask that she shouldn’t also be casted as an ICON. No, she was no icon. She did what she ‘believed in’ to make something for herself but her death doesn’t automatically turn her into a societal icon. (I’m referring to a society that still believes in fairness and noble values.)
What I’m saying is, let those that know her & perhaps those who were touched by her life eulogize her if they so wish, but let the burden of eulogizing her not be imposed on others such as to make her appear as what she wasn’t while she was alive. That would be unfair.
Food for thought.
I tend to agree with all the things that has been composed in “Opinion:
The Goldie Harvey situation – Lest we immortalize nuisance | YNaija”.
Thank you for pretty much all the actual tips.Thanks a lot,Leo
At least someone stepped out and aired his opinion in a country of this much. I salute your courage and integrity, it is some of those attributes that unfortunately is lacking in a great many of us. And to say that, some will stand up and defend it with all the audacity that it does not deserve is to say the least, it indeed tell and show you the direction in which the majority of the people of this world are heading.
If there’s anything to hold responsible for the mess we find ourselves, it is the fact that we’ve relegated integrity and hardwork to the background and upheld mediocrity and laziness. The fact that moral education is seen as having colonial ideas is a pointer to the rubbish. People who come out to show their true worth are insulted, stoned and humiliated, but, those who come out to give us a fake expression of who they are, we glorify. So it is not surprising, to read tirades coming from people who you would expect to be learned but turned out to be fakes and promoter of mediocrity.
Mr Al-Farouq, I admire your courage and keep it up.
Well said AbMalik.
I love dis writeups..I realy learntt frm it nd am so touched
Your write up is indeed thought provoking. If we were to take a poll now on the deceased girls likely eternal destination; can anybody boldly say she made it to Heaven? However i think u went to far to describe Obama as a gangster
Hold ur horses pips I think there is a lesson to b learnt here, both for Amina and the Writter #esp with the Super Eagles# ……………………n also everyone is entitled to their opinion, as learned individual u all should b tolerant .
Why should YNAIJA publish this sort of article that disrespects the death and does no honour to haer name..who is this silly writer moralising about other peoples life. Let who is guilty cast the first stone. Please live your own life the way you want it lived and stop preaching or imposing your stupid morals on others. Who the hell are you to judge how Goldie lived her life? Goldie went through a lot while she was alive and she came out a success. It is not in your place to act holier than thou..to hell with you and your sermon. Young Nigerians know what is good for them..Goldie lived a good life..Rest i piece..Ynaija should please spare us the agony of these silly write-ups like the one Samuel Olatunji a few days ago. Thank God it was brought dowm…I end with this quote ”the death of any human being diminishes me..because I am involved in mankind. We love you Goldie.
Exactly. Amina, u are a disgrace to yourself. Hide your face in shame. Why all the insult?
Amina ua just 2 caustic and rough against Eseoghenes candid presentation. Ese is entitled 2 his openion. Rather than express yr own openion on issues raised u went all out against Ese with abusive language. Amina, u need 2 know dat ua nt inteligent & matured but brutish in yr reaction. U sld b disciplined by 30 strokes of koboko in d market place-Walai. Uwenwen nia o Aminatu. Bulshit U.
What are we saying,the whole nation literarily stood still for these boys on that faithful naija vs burkina-fas day and in d end they did us proud and you say that's not honourary enough ? Pls take your piece to the dogs
… is that d only thing u read from this comparative article?… and for that the piece should be taken "to the dogs"? You just demonstrated how we easily loss sight of the main societal issues confounding our nation! I suggest you read it again.
Its all boil down to the facts that in the writers attempt to disagree with the action of the Gov. Fayemi he steps on the toes of the Honourable Men that made us proud as a nation.. though its a norm in Nigeria to celebrate nuisance and some political thieves… I will want to say that despite the facts that the write up mean alot to the sane in one way.. the so-called celebrity will never find time to read it and put it to corrections… Lets build our home and the life of our Children
… may God give us the insight to always separate the seed from the chaff, lest we get carried away by sensationalism. Your piece is sound and thought-provoking. If only your readers will learn and abide.
This is a very stupid article written by a complete idiot. A fool is also entitled to his opinion anyway. Easy to sit on your throne and spew rubbish. If your life is placed under a microscope you would certainly fall below short. Brainless Twat
My dear Amina, You may disagree with the writers opinion but do not insult the writer’s personality. It goes a long way to show your intelligence!
To d writer..I respect ur point of view n I commend u for stepping out to speak frm d heart..Nigerians in particular av embraced d spirit of materialism n illussion thereby giving rise to crime among d youths whom r suppossedly d future leaders of dis gr8 west african country…our elders pls step up to ur responsibities n teach family values to those below u
I'm always proud of u, my Hero u av written well.