Michael Ojuroye Initiative (Ngo)

BY: FUNMI OJUROYE President Goodluck Jonathan appears set to boost the strength of the military in the insurgency infested North-east after indications emerged that about 8,000 troops are being sent there. The troops, according to security sources, will form the nucleus of an army division to be established in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. Sunday Vanguard  was made to understand at the weekend that the need to establish the new army division in the stronghold of the Boko Haram Islamist group is to firm up the successes recorded by special forces of the Joint Task Force (JTF) which have reportedly dislodged the insurgents from the forests and mountains of the North-east. The move came to light barely 48 hours after the United States (US) said security efforts were necessary to protect  innocent Nigerians, prevent Boko Haram’s acts of violence, capture and prosecute its leaders. The US Under Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman, who gave the recipe to ending the ins...

BY: FUNMI OJUROYE Femi Kayode I had the ugly experience of reading the infantile postulations of a former minister of aviation, Mr. Femi Fani –Kayode, headlined, ‘The bitter truth about the Igbo’. I wept for Nigeria as I remembered that such a character was once a member of the Federal Executive Council under Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s presidency. Fani – Kayode’s diatribe could be summarised in the following statements, some of which are quoted verbatim. (1(a) “I am not in this debate for fun or for political gain” (b) Fani- Kayode wrote as if he was a spoke person for the Yoruba race. (2) The outrage and condemnation that greeted the deportation of Igbo from Lagos is asinine and uninformed because Lagos belongs exclusively to the Yoruba. (3) The Yoruba has for long been accommodating and generous to the Igbo by allowing them to come back to Lagos after the civil war and allowing them to do in Yoruba land what Yoruba have not been allowed to do in Igbo land. (4) Igbo have a domi...

BY: FUNMI OJUROYE Croatia striker Mario Mandzukic helped Bayern Munich continue their perfect start to the season with the only goal in a 1-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt. Mandzukic struck after 13 minutes as Bayern made it two wins from two matches under new boss Pep Guardiola. Striker Mario Gotze, Bayern’s £31.5m summer signing from Borussia Dortmund, was an unused substitute as he waits for his debut. Victory in Frankfurt saw Bayern’s current crop equal a club record of 27 Bundesliga matches without defeat. Alexander Meier had a goal ruled out for the home side. Guardiola took over from Jupp Heynckes, who won the treble of the Champions League, German Cup and Bundesliga in 2012/13. Mandzukic’s goal was the least Bayern deserved by half-time as he acrobatically volleyed home from Thomas Muller’s cross. But Frankfurt, who lost 6-1 at newly-promoted Hertha Berlin in their opener, improved after the break and spurned a late chance to equalise.