Joshua King's Free Press

What a story we are about to read Of sudden change, lies and half truths, please read How on a New Year’s Day our people were greeted Not with smiles or good news but were insulted Here insults do not go unanswered Not in this clime or time, it had to be answered Men and women took to the streets in protest Peacefully the new regime to contest They pressed painfully and hard for 9 days long In unison, sang a protest song Brought thence by one need Refused to be intimidated or bullied Were never discouraged by the fallen No one said victory would be sudden Did those leaders betray, were they under duress? In the heat of the struggle, asked us to recess But the struggle had taken a new broadness It had gone beyond the anticipated game of chess The cronies appearing on No Truth Available Proved repeatedly that they weren't reliable In the face of this chaos were many silent governors A clueless president, too many confusing ministers and actors Many a tale have b...

Nigeria is in a state of confusion. We have nearly reached a cross roads. The ills of our country have reached unto the heavens. We have reached a point where Nigeria must decide whether or not to continue to be Nigeria, and on what basis. There are calls today, for a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) to discuss the way forward. Its protagonists have assumed that a SNC will cure everything wrong with Nigeria. Yours truly however, is of the opinion that the only permanent solution to the problems of mankind outside of God is a persistent search for one. A SNC like all other conferences is a conference that gathers people to discuss issues affecting the people concerned and make recommendations to the solving of those problems. But who will represent who at such a parley, who will convene it, on what basis will the speakers at such a conference emerge? How will the resolutions be achieved peaceably, when will its resolutions become binding? Who will agree to its convening and why? Th...

Arsenal striker Gervinho has blamed Fernando Torres for Drogba’s penalty miss at the AFCON 2012 Final between his Ivory Coast and Zambia. He said the Spaniard’s loss of confidence is a contagious disease that has infected Didier Drogba and made him miss the all important spot kick when it mattered most. He advised the Ivorian hit man to request for separate training days at Cob ham but warned also that the Torres bug may have infected Andreas Villas Boas whose Chelsea team can’t find a rhythm these days. Onto Chelsea matters, Abrahimovic had a meeting with his well paid underperformers to determine whether or not the crisis in Greece has affected any player’s income and thus a deep in performance on the pitch. The manager had two excuses, the AFCON 2012 which is poorly timed and should be altogether scrapped has 4 of his most important players are out including Drogba and Kalou with Ivory Coast, Essien in spirit with Ghana and Mikel who can’t do well because Nigerians are not happy f...

John Terry has announced to the shock and utter amazement of Chelsea fans worldwide that he will end his contract come summer of this year. He will sign for Nigerian side Enyimba FC of Aba in a bid to prove to the Ferdinands and by extension England fans that he is not racist. Before and after each match J.T. will hug all the Enyimba players and kiss them on the face as he really loves the African. Sepp Blatter has welcomed the move describing the inability of Anton Ferdinand and J.T. to shake hands after the incident as unfortunate. Enyimba fans and followers of the Nigerian Premier League though are optimistic about the chances of seeing former England and Chelsea captain in Enyimba’s blue jersey. There is a serious jostle as a result of this development by Nigerian companies to become Enyimba’s sponsors. The Nigerian Premier League on the other hand has had their offices inundated with calls from companies in Indonesia and China all seeking to sponsor the league. England boss,...

Political ideologies is simply put, a belief based approach to issues on the economy, social order and governance generally. The conviction of a group leads to that group using such belief based approach to address societal problems. When a group of people with similar political conviction come together, a political party is born. Political ideologies have risen and many have fallen. Some are still on the rise while others have neared a hiatus status. There is always need for political ideology as it offers direction and purpose. Where ideologies are absent, ascendancy of personalities takes precedence like we have in Nigeria presently with the ruling party. Cross carpeting is a prevalent issue in Nigeria today because our political elite have never looked up the word ideology before nor have they heard of it. There is one purpose that binds them all; ‘power’. When this power is achieved, they use it for every purpose possible especially the deepening of pockets and widening of their...