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  • Beautiful police officer forgets lyrics to national anthem at public event

    Beautiful police officer forgets lyrics to national anthem at public event

    During a conference and retreat for senior police officers in Imo State, a policewoman was assigned the task of reciting the National Anthem.

    The event, attended by dignitaries and politicians, including Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma, was broadcast live on various TV stations on Monday, October 30.

    At a certain juncture in the proceedings, a policewoman was seen taking the stage to recite the National Anthem, but she encountered difficulties and made mistakes in her rendition.

    A video of this incident, showing the police officer singing incorrect lyrics, has since gone viral on social media platforms, with Nigerians sharing their perspectives on the matter.

    The Nigerian national anthem has two stanzas. Here are the lyrics for both:

    First Stanza: Arise, O compatriots, Nigeria’s call obey To serve our fatherland With love and strength and faith. The labor of our heroes past Shall never be in vain, To serve with heart and might One nation bound in freedom, peace, and unity.

    Chorus: Oh God of creation, Direct our noble cause; Guide our leaders right; Help our youth the truth to know In love and honesty to grow And living just and true, Great lofty heights attain, To build a nation where peace and justice shall reign.

    Second Stanza (Rarely sung): O sons and daughters of Nigeria Now is the time to stand To serve and to build our nation With love and strength and faith The labor of our heroes past Shall never be in vain, To serve with heart and might One nation bound in freedom, peace, and unity.

  • Hong Kong enraged after a protest song replaces the China anthem at a match

    During the 2019 mass protests, the slogan ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ was nearly banned in Chinese territory.

    The Hong Kong government has condemned the organisers of a rugby tournament in South Korea after a democracy protest song was played before the territory’s team played a match instead of the Chinese national anthem.

    The players appeared perplexed in a video shared on social media as the song Glory to Hong Kong was played ahead of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series final instead of the Chinese national anthem.

    The Hong Kong government “strongly deplores and opposes the playing of a song closely associated with violent protests and the ‘independence’ movement as the National Anthem of the People’s Republic of China,” it said in a statement.

    “The National Anthem is a symbol of our country. The organiser of the tournament has a duty to ensure that the National Anthem receives the respect it warranted,” a government spokesperson said.

    Glory to Hong Kong was written by an anonymous composer and became an anthem for the pro-democracy movement during protests in 2019, which attracted huge crowds but became increasingly violent as the months dragged on.

    The organisers of the tournament in Incheon, South Korea, issued an apology and played the Chinese anthem after the match, which was won by the Hong Kong team.

    Hong Kong authorities said they had ordered the city’s rugby union body to conduct an investigation and convey its “strong objection” to tournament organiser Asia Rugby.

    In a separate statement, Hong Kong Rugby Union expressed its “extreme dissatisfaction” with what had happened.

    The organisation’s preliminary investigation found that the Chinese anthem had been given to the organisers by the team’s coach, and the protest song had been played by mistake.

    “Whilst we accept this was a case of human error, it was nevertheless not acceptable,” the HKRU said.

    The Chinese national anthem, March of the Volunteers, has been played at international events where Hong Kong has competed since the British handed the territory back to China in 1997.

    Playing Glory to Hong Kong in the territory is now all but illegal after Beijing imposed a national security law on Hong Kong that rights groups say has “decimated” dissent. It is also considered unlawful under Hong Kong’s sedition law, according to the South China Morning Post.

    In September, a harmonica player who played the tune to a crowd commemorating Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II was arrested.