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Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by SheikhMuniru(m): 10:28pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
INSHAL ALLAH YOU WON'T REGRET PLAYING FOR NIGERIA JUST PRAY THAT YOU DON'T GET INJURY BECAUSE 9JA GOVERNMENT NO DEY CARE FOR ANY INJURED PLAYER... MASS ALARM |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by ipobarecriminals: 10:28pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
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Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by kuuljay(m): 10:29pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
This guy dey visit mamalawo no wander our prayers are not working for eagles 3 Likes |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by AdaAde(f): 10:29pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
jnrbayano: Yes and no. |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by OEChika: 10:29pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
I think we have to be forever grateful to Keshi for this guy.... Rip that Boss And to Leon...... Call that witch to help you against Iceland oh 1 Like |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by chijindu34(m): 10:29pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
witch kwa?
You think you are doing me
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Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by justtoodark: 10:31pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
ewwwwww...nasty looking thing.... |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by labisibrass(m): 10:32pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
jnrbayano:Light skinned or not, the guy na fine boy |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by justtoodark: 10:34pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
a albino looks better than this thing.... |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by frankIzuchukwu(m): 10:34pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
short parents
and his tall
am going for DNA test |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by bigtt76(f): 10:35pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Is that not Igalo in jersey number 9? With fat tummy? ![]() |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by Boyooosa(m): 10:36pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
AdaAde:Is that all u could say? Person say witch follow am come world cup, na DAT kind person u still dey kiss...smh! 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by deolurexy1(m): 10:39pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Go to MFM my friend 1 Like |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by chiefdiye(m): 10:41pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
no wonder! same witch follow u up to super eagle........... played many friendlies won just one lost the rest even World Cup........ witch product guy........ day see me o |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by XingXhang(m): 10:43pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Hypocrites! They won't doubt that witches exist. They wouldn't dare criticize him for 'talking to the wind' or suffering from some psychological illnesses. If he were to give the same glory to God and His Son Jesus Christ through His servants, the pastors and prophets. Then they would start barking!!! Why won't they? If they did same to Jesus, they would do more to pastors. ![]() 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by bluestone01(m): 10:45pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
[quote author=EmagNig post=68636593]Super Eagles defender Leon Balogun has opened up on an encounter with a witch who put him on the path to reconnect to Nigeria and play for the national team. Born to a Nigerian father and a German mother, Leon Balogun was born and brought up in Germany with little knowledge about Nigeria. In a piece for The Players’ Tribune, the Super Eagles defender opened up how he made the journey to reconnect to Nigeria. The 29-year-old told the story of how his sister led him to see a witch who diagnosed a hole in his aura and how he was still hurting from the death of a loved him. The loved one turned out to be his grandmother from Nigeria, whom he never met before she died. “I was amazed. I hadn’t thought about my grandma that much since she passed when I was 16 years old,” the Brighton & Hove Albion defender wrote on his piece for The Players’ Tribune. “But, this lady was right. My grandma’s death had a huge effect on me, and I had never even met my grandma, who lived in Nigeria. That’s the part that was wild to me. “This woman, though, she saw it. She told me I had to heal my soul, my heart before I could become the player I wanted to be. “After we left, I didn’t completely understand if my experience with her was successful. The most important thing that came out of that day was that it got me thinking about my grandma. When I got home, my mind went straight back to the day my dad told me the news. “Because I had never met her, my dad didn’t tell me right when it happened. He actually waited a few days — that’s how distant my relationship was from her. She only spoke Yoruba. So when we talked on the phone when I was little, my dad would try to translate for us. He had never taken me to Nigeria, for reasons he didn’t make clear to me, and I only ever saw photos of my grandma.” The grief he felt over the death of his paternal grandmother led him to know more and reconnect with his Nigerian roots. Reconnection with Nigeria The reconnection was complete when in 2014 he received a call from the Super Eagles boss Stephen Keshi which turned out to be an invitation to the national team. “Even after I overcame some of the injury issues I had as a teenager and began playing regular minutes in the 2. Bundesliga and Bundesliga, that thing — the part of my soul that I had been told to heal all those years ago — was still missing from my life,” the defender further wrote in the piece. “In 2014, I was coming to the end of my contract with Fortuna Dusseldorf. I wasn’t sure where I would go next. There was uncertainty in my life, and from time to time I would think of the witch. What did she mean, ‘heal my soul?’ “One night in March, my phone rang. It was a Nigerian number … it was Stephen Keshi, the Nigerian National Team manager. I was sweating as soon as he introduced himself. I wanted him to say the words I had thought about for so long. He spoke for awhile about how he wasn’t totally familiar with me, but he liked how I played. “Then he said it: ‘I would like to invite you to be a Super Eagle’. “Those words … they meant so much to m It meant validation for every step of my footballing journey. It meant happiness for my family. Most of all, it meant an opportunity to go to Nigeria. And that … that was everything to me.” Two Hectares of land on a sale at Idi Ayunre Ibadan, #1m/acre. check my signature pls |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by manikspears: 10:45pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
After all these, did his village people give him the nod? |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by Akinpelumusibau: 10:46pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Leon Balogun, God is with U,keep balling for the Super Eagles. May God punish all dis flatinooo boys wey full super eagles squad for nothing |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by Platony(m): 10:46pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
My own be say..... Why dem go shake Buhari b4 dem go Russia. Dem no knw say Buhari badluck na "Follow Come"?? |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by Nobody: 10:47pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
EmagNig: "" She told me I had to heal my soul, my heart before I could become the player I wanted to be"" And he's still playing for that useless team ![]() |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by HomeOfMe(f): 10:55pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
LazyNairalander:Europeans especially ha e witches. Infact there are neighborhoods where you cannot rent nor buy or build a house because only witches recide there. Most of them are white witches who don't just harm you without any reason but they can cast a spell on you if you step on their toes. |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by Follygunners: 10:55pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
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Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by Topestbilly(m): 11:00pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
AdaAde: Olo ju kokoro, I will tell your bf. |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by Rocktation(f): 11:02pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
I was just asking myself the other day, who this afin that has come to overthrow Odemwinge is. It's good you finally got around to explaining yourself, Leon. Just do well sha oo. Because na with naija u go understand proper witchcraft, no b all that aje butter brand wey de get office address... |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by theemy(m): 11:02pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by dominique(f): 11:04pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Striking shaku shaku poses, fighting on social media, typing epistles... Are these players serious at all? |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by olagamalin(m): 11:07pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
OkpaAkuEriEri: Did you bother to even read this?. 1 Like |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by Stanleyville(m): 11:07pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
[quote author=NwanyiAwkaetiti post=68641094]Hope he plays well cos no one cares about his looks. We need results ![]() ![]() |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by Nobody: 11:08pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
GavelSlam:Edo boy |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by TheSuperNerd(m): 11:08pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Lol.... No no no Ma'am. This is actually a personal write-up of a part of Leon Balogun's life as connected to Russia 2018 as seen in the Players' Tribune. Every country has at least a player that writes their story. For Belgium, it was Lukaku; for Iceland it was Gunnarson, their captain I think. Here is the link to Balogun's in the players' tribune. https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/leon-balogun-nigeria dominique: 1 Like |
Re: Leon Balogun: "A Witch Led Me To Play For Nigeria" by PresidentMKO: 11:14pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
XingXhang:WTF you saying ![]() |
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