COVID-19 IN NIGERIA: WE SAY NO TO CHINA INTERVENTION

Can the world ever trust China again? Would Nigeria romance with the prime suspect of the current global crisis (COVID-19)? How can we? In 2012 China handed over a fully funded and built headquarters building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to the African Union (AU). A great gesture of friendship and solidarity, perhaps. But not long after, it was alleged to have been bugged, leaking vital, confidential information of the Union to China in faraway Shanghai! True or false, the Union had to change its computer servers to check the alleged mischief. But issues of health are different. Misfiring means losing a life, or even lives. On a national scale, that can amount to thousands. Painful loss. Avoidable loss. The authorities must tread with caution here. Face masks, test kits, ventilators, vaccine and doctors - all from or of China. Hmmmm, caution we must exercise. Until now we have been using our indigenous doctors, and they have been doing well. WHY CHANGE THE WINNING TEAM? Please let us DISCARD this idea of Chinese intervention. WE DON'T NEED IT. Let us stay safe Stay indigenous. Stay Nigerian We shall overcome

Thursday, 19 June 2014

Ghana’s Boateng ready for ‘fight to death’ with brother, Germans


Ghana’s Berlin-born midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng has turned up the heat for Saturday’s World Cup Group G match against Germany by comparing it to a gladiator-style ‘fight to the death’.
Boateng1“It’s like in ancient Rome. There will be people around the pitch who want to see how two teams fight,” the Schalke 04 star told German magazine Sport Bild.

“The team who wants it more will win and we will fight to the death against Germany.”

Boateng opted to play for Ghana, the country of his father, in 2009 and will be up against his half brother and Germany right-back Jerome Boateng in Fortaleza.

Germany top their group after Monday’s 4-0 hammering of Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal, while Ghana are third after their 2-1 defeat to the USA the same day.

The flamboyant ex-Tottenham Hotspur and AC Milan star has criticised the Germans in the past, saying Joachim Loew’s squad lacks “characters and leaders” when the going gets tough.

“Whenever things matter, they don’t make it,” he added.

BoatengBut the 27-year-old says he has no worries about his words being used as motivation against him.

“Loew can hang these sentences on the wall with pleasure,” insisted Boateng. “This isn’t a game-related opinion, more like something fundamental.”

(AFP)
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