At last, the three preliminary match days of Afcon2023 have come to pass, albeit with a mixed grill of expectations and surprises. Consequently, upon the announcement of the pairings for the Round of 16, soccer fans within Africa and around the world have rejigged their crystal balls with renewed expectation.
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Ever since we achieved independence on a platter of gold, many Nigerians have been waiting on end for another bloodless revolution. Mostly on account of the many abortive ones of the sanguine kind that have come and gone to no avail. And, perhaps, because they were always masterminded by our uniformed pseudo-messiahs in countless coups…
This is no breaking news. Surely, keen observers of the Nigerian space and species would have observed our undisguised national penchant for passing bucks to the Divine ante. Arguably, no Nigerian lives long enough to outgrow this malignant national malaise till death. No doubt acquired from birth, we most times end up carrying it on…