payless: Michael Essien enstranged father also claimed Essien is 37 years old. Imagine Samuel Eto claiming to be 30 wheareas he played at USA '94 at the age of 17. Kanu Nwakwo graduated from secondary school in Owerri in 1989 but he claimed he was 16 during Under 17 World Cup in Japan 1993. All these Nigerians and African players need to stop cheating.

iker: I remember Yakubu Aiyebgeni joined Everton at age 24 , and left to play for Leicester City as a 23 year old

goldfish80:
Oga you can lie for Africa sha. So ure saying you enrolled into primary school at the age of 2-3yrs old. Kai! Even the genius of Isaac Newton/Shakespare/Einstien didn't achieve this in their life time!

dayokanu:

If you enroll in Primary 1 at age 4, That means you finished Primary 6 at age 9

goldfish80:
No, 4 ± 6=10

uncle u: You sounded so sure I thought you had your facts right. Kanu Nwankwo could not have left secondary school in 1989 because nobody in the old Imo State graduated from secondary school that year. The set started the 6:3:3:4 system in Imo state and spent six years in secondary school instead of five. They graduated 1990. Nwankwo for your information graduated 1991.

ozodigboo: When i was at the Fed.Govt College, Enugu - i had an encounter with JJ Okocha.
This was early 1985 - i was in Class 2 [ JSS 2, whatever ] & a few weeks to my 13th birthday.
The occasion was the All Nigeria Secondary Schools Football tournament,. Anambra State .
Then, there was nothing like Enugu State.
FGC Enugu vs Nike Grammar School.
JJ came as a member of their school team [ he wasnt even their best player ] - but he was flamboyant because his elder brother was already playing in Germany, so he was comfortable financially.
I was one of the ball boys- i can say without any fear of backlash that JJ was about 4 - 5 years older than me.
When i later heard he claimed he was born 1973, i was like . . . SMH.






Kanu Nwankwo did his WAEC at the Holy Ghost College, Owerri in June 1989.
My cousin [ RIP ] was his classmate - he wasnt even the best player in his set.
That glory belonged to one NDIDI ANUMUNU, and possibly, EMEKA NWANNA.
[ smh at great players never to have played for Naija ].
I can say here, without any fear of backlash, that Kanu was born cc. 1971/72.


When JJ just broke into the USA 94 team, Taribo was known to have told the press that he saw it as a duty to protect JJ as his kid brother, to guide him to gradually find his feet in the Super Eagles.

uncle u: You sounded so sure I thought you had your facts right. Kanu Nwankwo could not have left secondary school in 1989 because nobody in the old Imo State graduated from secondary school that year. The set started the 6:3:3:4 system in Imo state and spent six years in secondary school instead of five. They graduated 1990. Nwankwo for your information graduated 1991.

musiwa20: taribo did not lie.. that is taribo correct age.. take my word for it..
why would taribo lie over his age..

he is telling you his true age..


they were not telling lies.

this is why they perform well, it is call eba, it has high rate of Carbohydrate , so it makes them strong and play longer on the field of play..
food in north america make people weaker .. compare to eba.. it make people feel strong..


I became weaker when i stop eating eba.. even when i eat, i know it in my body..
www.nairaland.com/attachments/288033_eba_and_egusi_soup_jpg384b9bf2fa7b0cdd05c2092f8d9b877e

logica: You probably got it wrong. The last set before 6:3:3:4 actually graduated in 1989 and not 1990.

uncle u: No. The last set was 1988. My set was the second to do 6:3:3:4. We graduated 1991. No set graduated 1989.

dayokanu:

Raheem Sterling the Liverpool youngster is only 17 and has 2 children from 2 different women

dayokanu:


Primary 1 - 4yrs, 2 - 5yrs, 3 - 6yrs, 4-7yrs, 5-8yrs, 6-9yrs

JS1 10 JS 2 11, JS3 12 SS1-13 SS2 14 SS 3 15.

Given my birthday is August and my own WAEC Ended June 17. That meant I finished SSCE before my 15th birthday

During my time. The Federal govt changed education calendar from Janury-December to September to June

So in 1991 we spent 7months January to July. and started the following session in September

uncle u: You sounded so sure I thought you had your facts right. Kanu Nwankwo could not have left secondary school in 1989 because nobody in the old Imo State graduated from secondary school that year. The set started the 6:3:3:4 system in Imo state and spent six years in secondary school instead of five. They graduated 1990. Nwankwo for your information graduated 1991.

payless: Pls, stop arguing for God sake! I graduated from pry 6 to JSS1 in 1989-90. 6:3:3:4 started in 1990. I was part of the set that sat for the first common entrance examination in Nigeria. You claimed Kanu did not graduate from secondary school in 1989 with your bogus proof. He graduated in 1989 and I heard him say it to Larry Izamoje in 1996 interview on NTA.

uncle u: http://m.facebook.com/pages/Holy-Ghost-College-Owerri-Imo-State-1991-Class/124338444295540?id=124338444295540&refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FHoly-Ghost-College-Owerri-Imo-State-1991-Class%2F124338444295540&_rdr

Ngwakwe: However, the Coach agreed that he played well and there was no need of debating his age.

End of discussion

Andre Uweh: Lets get this right.
There was no WAEC in Imo state in 1989, as the state started implementing the 6334 education system that year. That means that the set in 1889 class 5 went to ss3 in 1990.
But it was not implemented nationwide. My elder brother was transferred from Imo state to IBadan in Oyo state and in that 1989, he sat for his WAEC at Emmanuel college, Samonda, Ibadan.
So, it is wrong for anyone to have accused Kanu of writing WAEC in 89. False

dayokanu:

If you enroll in Primary 1 at age 4, That means you finished Primary 6 at age 9

Osama10:
Na today them know?