As a Kid He could not even run an errand

Following a couple of disappointing performances from Nigeria’s most established player in the current squad at the world cup in Brazil, Mikel, has come under massive scrutiny from football loving Nigerians including a surprising critic in form of flesh and blood.
Mikel’s own mother was speaking to FNN Sport when she was spotted boarding a plane from Brazil back to Nigeria and she was asked why she was not waiting to see monday’s crunch tie with France and she responded saying ” biko nu, for what enh? You no see as France dey pieces other people? Nna I am a mother and the thought of my boy gawking when his mates and even juniors (Musa) are playing football”.

Continuing, she said, “it is very painful when you spend money to come to Brazil to watch your own pikin





turn up but in my mind I was not too surprised because even as a kid, Mikel could not even run errands for me, his speed in buying me maggi for soup was not even average that time so why are Nigerians expecting more? I still love

Electricity: Protesters hijack IKEDC customers' meeting

Aggrieved residents on Saturday 22 March stormed the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, IKEDC, customers’ meeting with the Ikotun community residents to express their displeasure over the non supply of electricity by the energy company to their communities.

Residents, mainly youths from the Oke-afa area and Diamond Estate stormed the hall at the Samkoll Gardens venue uninvited raising placard in protest, and marching round mounting their displeasure to the energy distribution company.

In the Business Manager, IKEDC, Engr. Ifeanyichukwu Ifeacho’s address delivered before the protest highjack, he acknowledged that the quality of services has not hit the expected levels, since some area are suffering from lack of energy supply for days.

He said, “ it is worthy of note  that our quality of service has not hit the most expected level as there were numbers of occasions when some areas suffer from lack of electricity supply for hours, days and weeks.”

Ifeacho, however, attributed disruption to energy supply to natural occurrences and activates of vandals that has not been put under check.

On the plans of the company to improve power supply, the power manger informed of the immediate plan to step up the transformer at Ejigbo and other areas.

 “ I must let you know that the problematic 30M.V.A transformer in Ejigbo whose capacity weight can no longer carry the now expansive network has been replaced with 100M.V.A and will be commission by month end.

“I must confess to you that the good times are here already. The management procured some transformers to replace the failed ones at the following locations recently…the long time benefits of these laudable projects cannot be over-emphasized,” he said concluding that he believes the communities will reciprocate these gestures by paying their bills promptly.

Engr. Ifeacho, afterwards, informed the customers that they still have huge debts profiles, which most customer have refused to pay under the guise that power supply has not improved.

According to him, “we still have a debt profile of 56 million naira and NON MD- of over 3 billion. Most customers have come under the cover of erratic power supply and have over