good one lagos state and imo state, healthy competition

sooner u will reperesent us internationally

Why the competition with the Igbo man?

We already know who is superior at sports. Just look at our national teams.

Eko Ile,

Please see sports competition as a tool for bridging relationships and bringing comminities together.

Do not introduce the American mentality of expressing sports glory as a measure of domination and suPremacy.

I know you are proud of the achievements but we ought to be proud generally and respect the sportsmen and wome in the competition.

Eko Ile knows what he is doing.

Seeing our national teams dominated by one ethnic group is too much for him.

We have always been the best, the over age syndrome is giving the people bordering cameroon on its western side undue advantage. That is why Nigeria can never win the world cup.

seanet03:

We have always been the best, the over age syndrome is giving the people bordering cameroon on its western side undue advantage. That is why Nigeria can never win the world cup.

Jealousy shouldn't be your friend. We already know the people East of the River Niger excel in such activities.

Excelling at sporting activities has nothing to do with your ethnicity, our brothers in the east dominate the national team because they have more people taking up the sport, we have had people from all over the country winning medals for the country, if we put in place proper sporting infrastructure, we will be dominating world sports.

hercules07:

Excelling at sporting activities has nothing to do with your ethnicity, our brothers in the east dominate the national team because they have more people taking up the sport, we have had people from all over the country winning medals for the country, if we put in place proper sporting infrastructure, we will be dominating world sports.

You must not understand genetics. Some groups are are physically superior to others thanks to natural selection.

Eze

Can you list those groups and what they have achieved on the international stage.

Hehe

Karate, boxing and basketball. Three of the most noble sports of men.

We hail thee, brave warriors. A modification of a quote from a famous Nigerian seems appropriate:

Yet they came to the SE, they saw the irresistible defence put up by their opponents, and they conquered impressively, convincingly, and were graceful even in victory!

Could their achievement be paralleled?

Would it not be better for me to leave the answer to the laps of the gods?

hercules07:

Eze

Can you list those groups and what they have achieved on the international stage.

Isi ewu continental trophy

On a serious note though, kudos to Fashola for supporting sports. And nice to see his investment paying off.

Well it is better to do wage war in sports than actual wars.

lol @ Yoruba infantile tribalism. What can Yoruba do w/out comparing themselves with Ndigbo? How many international boxers with laurels have you produced compared to Igbos?lol

Chukwumerije represents us in olympic taekwando with medals to show for it? What have you got except local champions?

Falilat Ogunkoya

hercules07:

Falilat Ogunkoya

Chioma Ajunwa
Mary Onyali
Falilat is third rate compared to those.

Abia State's Own!

We bring glory to Nigeria on the WORLD STAGE!

ZnO = Okafor Chinedu's cousin (the guy who got KOed in the OPs post)

Tell your cousin to protect his chin next time, son

I wish we had a Yoruba nation and a Igbo nation.

Then we can settle this once in for all.

I think we would be in a perpetual cold war.

Everything about Yoruba is at best mediocre, with few rare exceptions (e.g. Soyinka)
From sports, to academics, to brawn, to perfomance, to acting, to music
Even Fasola is one overated fellow as we have read here, with flood menacing him like mad.
See as their fed ministers just they fumble. No tangible achievement compared to others.

See some correct Igbo men here. No equivalent from ya end

One:
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-703232.0.html

Two:

http://www.thisdayonline.com/

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Professor Dickson Ozokwelu, is a Nigerian-born, United States-based chemical engineer and energy expert. Currently a staff of the US Department of Energy(DOE), Ozokwelu is passionate about getting Nigeria's energy crisis resolved. In this online interview with THISDAY, he discusses issues related to how to achieve enduring stability in the power supply sector and the net impact of this on the country's development in general.

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Sir, you are specialized in the area of energy production and its efficient use. Though you are resident in the United States, you have made periodic intervention in Nigeria's search for stable power supply. Please, tell us more about your work in the energy generation and consumption sector?

Although, I haveknowledge of fossil based power generation technologies, my expertise and experience are primarily in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

Overall, I have 35+ years of diversified engineering and management experience, spread almost evenly between entrepreneurship, government, industry and academia. For the past 11 years, I have been at US Department of Energy (US DOE) as the Lead Technology Manager for the Chemicals Portfolio in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. In this position, I play significant roles in reshaping the US government’s energy policy as well as developing and deploying energy- efficient and renewable energy technologies in key manufacturing industries in the United States, including Chemicals, Petroleum Refining and Pulp and Paper Industries. more======online

Zno

Chioma Ajunwa arguably (she was doped), falilat won olympics and commonwealth, there was yusuf that won commonwealth Gold as well, Onyali comes behind falilat (she was good sha)

Chioma Ajunwa (born December 25, 1970 in Ahiara Mbaise Imo State), is a former athlete from Nigeria, who previously played football for the Nigerian women's team.[1] She is the first Nigerian to win an Olympic gold medal as well as the first African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event. [/b]She won the women's long jump at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, with a jump of 7.12m in her first attempt in the final.[2] She was also an officer in the Nigeria Police Force at the time.
[b]
She won a gold medal in the 1991 All-Africa Games.

Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (born February 3, 1968) is a Nigerian sprinter who won the bronze medal in 4x100 metres relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics and in 200 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She also won the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

She performed especially well in the All-Africa Games, winning a total of 7 individual medals in the short sprints. She won 100 metres in 1991, 1995 and 2003 and took a bronze medal in 1987. Gold medals in 200 metres were taken in 1987, 1995 and 2003. Furthermore, the Nigerian 4x100m relay team won all races between 1987 and 2003, at the African Games.

Born Mary Onyali, she took the name Omagbemi when marrying Victor Omagbemi. She is very inspirational for many people.

Her consecutive Olympic appearances from 1988 to 2004 made her the first Nigerian to compete at five Olympics.

D.ic.k Tiger

Obisie Nwakpa

Power Mike

Power Uti

Super Eagles
Super Falcons
Other football categories
95% Igbo
3 % others
2% Yoruba

Zno

Ajunwa was banned for doping, takes nothing away from her sha.

Ogunkoya has won a number of national championships, including a gold medal in 1996 in the 400 metres, gold in the 200 metres and 400 m in 1998, and gold again in 1999 and 2001 in the 400 m. At the 1987 All Africa Games in Kenya she won the silver medal in the 200 m. In 1995 at the Zimbabwe Games she won the silver in the 400 m, and at the 1999 Games in South Africa she won a gold medal in the 400 m.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics she won a bronze medal in the 400 m, behind Marie-José Pérec of France and Cathy Freeman of Australia, in a personal best and African record of 49.10, which is currently the twelfth fastest of all time.

She also anchored the 4 by 400 team that won silver at the olympics (should be gold but politics dey inside)

Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju (born 2 April 1971 in Owo, Ondo) is a retired Nigerian athlete, who competed mainly in the 400 metres during her career. She won 400 metres race in the 1991 All-Africa Games and was second in the 200 metres race. She is married to Adewale Olukoju.
She later competed in the 200 meters at the World Championship in Spain where she ran 22.28. She is also the first African woman to run under 50 secs in the 400 meters. She ran 49.43 at the 1995 African Championship
She competed for Nigeria in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, USA in the 400 meters in which she placed 7th with the time of 49.77 and 4 x 400 metres where she won the Silver medal with her team mates Bisi Afolabi, Charity Opara and Falilat Ogunkoya behind host nation America. She attended Azusa Pacific University.
I believe she won commonwealth Gold as well.

Nollywood
70% Igbo
25 % others
5 % Yoruba

why did this thread turn tribal

we are meant to be encouraging each other