Joshua King's Free Press

 Okorocha is Right. Dear Nigerians, Imo governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha has done nothing new to appoint a commissioner for happiness. I have been reading the recent developments in Imo state where Owelle Rochas Okorocha appointed his younger sister as " commissioner for happiness and couples fulfillment. " I immediately burst out laughing. Imo state must be going through the worst time to necessitate this thinking after all, people create solutions to problems or in anticipation of them. But soon afterwards, I recollected that I had read about Sheikh Maktoum's appointment of a similar minister in Dubai. This prompted me to do a quick study on the concept of ministries of happiness. Bhutan created a concept known as Gross National Happiness (GNH) in 1979 as they rejected Gross Domestic Progress (GDP) as the only way to measure progress. Venezuela also created a ministry of Supreme Social Happiness in 2013. There is a World Happiness Report , it measures the happiness...

Retire These Bunch   If it doesn't disturb you that we have consciously allowed the same few people to control policy since 1960, then please wake up. If you think they are from one ethnic group or religion, you also need to repent from racism/bigotry. They are just a few men, about 80 of them from various ethnic groups and religious divide known as the Lannisters of Aso Rock. 80 people determining the future of 180 million since 1960. This is unacceptable. Musicians, Artists, Sportsmen, Entertainers usually dominate for no more than 15 years before bowing out or handing over to the next generation except the really fantastic ones. The Lannisters of Aso Rock are neither fantastic nor exceptional. They talk more than Tyrion without his wit, havng the loyalty of Peter Baelish, the cruelty of Ramsay Bolton and the wickedness of Cersei Lannister. They take turns to accuse "corruption" while they are the usurpers of our rights and profiteers of the system they cr...

 Keep Scoring! Association Football is over 160 years old. In all that time only one (1) goal keeper has ever been offside! It appears goal keepers are being marginalized. Nope it is because they are consigned to guarding goal. Răducanu Necula the only one who got offside. However he managed to score 7 goals during his career.   Also, only one goal keeper has won the Golden Ball award at a World Cup. Oliver Khan in 2002. Oliver Kahn also earned himself a red card for scoring with his hand, I don't want to tell you   when this happened. Goalkeepers are so loved by their fathers hence their jersey of "many colours". Actually goal keepers wear a different jersey because they can hold the ball in the goal area. One goalkeeper has scored more free kicks and penalty goals than all the strikers playing in the Premier League or Serie A today. Rogerio Ceni scored 61 free kicks and 69 penalties (130). That guy is more dangerous than Diego Costa and Ibrahimovic....

It is no news that Vincenzo Montella has been sacked as AC Milan manager. The former Roma, Sampdoria and Fiorentina manager took the Milan hot seat at the start of the 2016/2017 season. He led what has been described as the most average or poor Milan team since the 70s to a 6th place finish in Serie A and the Supercoppa Italiana title. The 2017/2018 season however turned out to be a different kettle of fish for the former Italy international. AC Milan had just been sold to new owners (Li Yonghong) who put a whooping € 220m on the table for transfers. With that much available most fans had expected Milan to return to being a Serie A giant but after capturing the likes of Rodriguez, Musacchio, Biglia, Andrea Silva, Hakan Chalhanoglu, and Bonucci, Milan continue to struggle in the league with 6 wins 2 draws and 6 losses after 14 games. Milan have lost all the big matches this season to Napoli, Roma, Inter and Juventus.  The thrashing at Lazio was also disturbing. What was res...

WHY NDI IGBO MUST IGNORE NNAMDI KANU AND IPOB Political tensions in Nigeria have reached fever pitch. Nnamdi Kanu is notoriously more popular than incumbent president Buhari for championing Biafra’s independence from Nigeria through hate speech and violence.   While his support base continues to grow in numbers, it is instructive to note the following about independence movements and the correct procedure for actualizing statehood in the 21st century. While the United Nations charter maintains that people have a right to self-determination , the process of calling upon that doctrine as a right is not a 100% bet to actualize that ambition.   The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international co-operation and to create and maintain international order.   The United Nations does not rule or govern the world as many Nigerians imagine. Its role is primarily to promote peace and where necessary act as mediator to resolv...

Fleet management has grown to a whole new level. Lensol Nigeria Limited has received approval from the federal government to act as accredited speed limit device installer. Speed Limit devices are installed on vehicles to prevent them from driving beyond predetermined speed limits. Lensol G-Trac is one of Nigeria's leading vehicle tracking operators with nearly two decades experience and unparalleled customer service in the sector.

I saw a headline yesterday Nnamdi Kanu Shocks The World, Releases Shocking Bloody Evidence Against Bola Tinubu. It is probably the the depth to which journalism can sink to in the new quest for traffic. In the piece, the Nnamdi Kanu accused Tinubu of championing the case for a sovereign national conference and then abandoning the conference after they (APC) got into power because he lacks honour. Dear readers this is a democracy, everyone is entitled to hold an opinion but not their own facts. We must share the facts. If we cannot get, state and verify facts, what is the proof of our civility and education? In Obama's voice, now let me clear, I'm not holding brief for Tinubu or anyone in the APC for that matter. The ruling party is a disgrace to democracy. This piece is about stating the facts and the facts are the basis for an informed opinion. Where one has skewed facts or deliberately distorts them, he is guilty of weaponizing the facts and that is unacceptable. Tinubu refus...

 Shun The Hate Game If you have never considered that the joint looters of the common wealth are neither related by ethnic affiliations but by a zeal to jointly pillage and out pillage the rest of us, you need to realize that now. The elites use ethnicity and religion to divide the ignorant populace who will not accept responsibility for their own poverty. They also manipulate the poor masses at will through religion and ethnicity to accomplish their objective: power for economic gain. The elites, are they even elites? Cabal is a better word. The cabal may disagree from time to time but ultimately, they are cordial. No matter how quarrelsome news of disagreement between members of the cabal sounds, they eventually shake hands and drink together behind the scenes. But at the bottom, what do we have? Hate speech to the races and religions. Threats and counter threats. The poor would rather blame anyone but himself for his woes. This makes them pawns on the chessboard. They can b...