Google Remembers Stephen Keshi, Honours Big Boss With Customised Doodle

Late Super Eagles captain and former national team handler, Stephen Keshi is being honoured today, Tuesday, January 23 by Google.

The ex Super Eagles captain and coach, Stephen Keshi, has been honoured with a Google doodle on his posthumous birthday on Tuesday, January 23.

Popularly called the ‘Big Boss, Google honoured him on its search page with a caricature wearing the Nigerian number four jersey and another wearing a face cap depicting his role as captain of the Nigerian Super Eagles and Coach of the team.

Also in the image are medals with ’94 and ’13 inscribed on them apparently showing his achievements in 1994 Africa Cup of Nations as player and as a coach in 2013.

Born January 23, 1962, Keshi earned 60 caps for the Nigerian national football team, making him the nation’s second-most capped player at the time of his retirement.

The football legend represented Nigeria from 1982, at age 20, till 1994, most of the time captaining the Super Eagles and scoring vital goals from his position as a central defender.

He led Nigeria to qualification for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations becoming only the second person to win the trophy both as a player and a coach after Mahmoud El-Gohary of Egypt.

Keshi died on June 8 in Benin City at the age of 54 and was buried in his hometown, Illah, Delta State.

The author of Things Fall Apart, Late Chinua Achebe was also another notable Nigerian honoured by Google in the past.

Channels TV

Comments

#RamadanDailyDigest: Breaking Bad Habits With Sunnah - Why Ramadan Is The Best Time To Turn New Leaf (Ramadan Day 15)

Just as #RamadanDailyDigest has given different insights into different aspects of Islam from Ramadan Day 1 to 14, it will continue with Ramadan Day 15, which makes it half of the sacred month of fasting. We have reached the middle of this blessed month. We have arrived at a powerful checkpoint for self-evaluation. We have ascended to a spiritual position that should make us closer to Allah. Have we reduced our bad habits ? Have we strengthened our Sunnah practices? Have we increased in more acts of worship? READ THIS TOO: #RamadanDailyDigest: Do You Know The Beautiful Names Of Allah? Daily Reflection For Every Muslim (Ramadan Day 14) Ramadan is not just about fasting; it is a divine opportunity to reset spiritually, mentally, and behaviourally. It is the best time to break away from destructive habits and replace them with the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Why Ramadan Is the Best Time to Break Away from Bad Habits Allah says in the Glorious Qur'an (2:183): “O you who believe, f...

#RamadanDailyDigest: Knowing The 5 Daily Compulsory Prayers Time Table

As Day 2 of Ramadan fasting for this year has been completed today, Ramadan Daily Digest will briefly look at the 5 Daily Compulsory Prayers time table in the month of Ramadan. The 5 Daily Compulsory Prayers are sacrosanct on all Muslims, who have reached puberty just as the Ramadan fasting is obligatory all physically okay Muslims. There are other factors like maturity, state of health, embarking on a journey, age, among others which are considered before a Muslim participates in Ramadan fasting. A Muslim who adheres to fasting Ramadan, without saying the 5 Daily Compulsory Prayers should forget about getting access to paradise on the Day of Judgement. No Muslim should joke with or neglect the 5 Daily Compulsory Prayers. READ THIS TOO: Significance of moonsighting and commencement of Ramadan One thing about the 5 Daily Compulsory Prayers is that it is not seasonal like Ramadan fasting, which is once in a year. The 5 Daily Compulsory Prayers can not be substituted with any other a...

#RamadanDailyDigest: Muslim Wives Are Supporters, Not Slaves

Muslims have completed fasting Day 4 today, as they look forward to Day 5 fasting out of the 29 or 30 days fasting; it is important to highlight the roles Muslim wives play in the family. Muslim wives are supporters, and not slaves, and should be treated with utmost dignity. In the religion of Islam, the roles and rights of Muslim wives are copiously written and spoken about. How husbands should relate with their wives are clearly stated. In the Glorious Qur'an, to show the love Allaah has for women, chapter 4 is also called 'Suuratu Nisaa' which translates to chapter of the women in English language. Interesting to know that there is no single chapter out of the total 114 chapters of the Glorious Qur'an named after men, further showing that Muslim wives, daughters, mothers, and all groups of females are held in high esteem by Allaah. It is a sad tale to see what happens in the present day world, whereby some women are maltreated and abused by the society and their part...

Naijaloveinfo

Search This Blog