₦airaland Forum

oseo1:
What world do you live in? Why do you think hyundai and KIA are both so cheap and have no resale value? Do your research sir.

Not anymore bro... Maybe in the past. U must be way behind time. Lets do a little comparison with mid size sedans.

2014 Hyundai sonata: msrp $21,500- $28,550
2014 toyota Camry: msrp $22,400 - $30,700
2014 Volkswagen passat: msrp $22,000 - $34,000
2014 Honda accord: msrp $$22,000 - $33,500.

You can see the prices are pretty close for cars in the same class. Also resale value of hyundai are pretty decent, go check used hyundai cars and see the % depreciation is not bad. The only cars that have better resale value are toyota and Honda and that is because they have a good history of reliability. Hyundai have stepped up in recent years and sooner or later they will be on the same level.

Similarly if u compare compact crossover cuv

2014 hyundai Tucson/ix35: msrp $21,500 - $28,900
2014 toyota rav 4: msrp $23,500 - $29,700
2014 honda crv : msrp $23,000 - $29,000
2014 ford escape: msrp $23,000 - $30,800
2014 mazda cx-5 msrp: $21,400 - $29,000

Again these are cars in the same class and prices are similar. So I wonder what makes u think hyundai cars are cheap.

SaintNdi:
is Salami better than Sunday Mba? Keshi has lose his mind...

Does salami and MBA play the same wing?

I swear emenike na mumu. Time to take him off and people should stop thinking he is automatic selection.

Havilah93:
Emenike no now

Eme whaat? That guy is overrated, no footballing brain at all. Had a good afcon and suddenly everybody things he's god

IYANGBALI:
They have start and NEPA has tooked light,bad omen

Ur English is bad omen

This is real. I was a little skeptical but I decided to try with 500 naira airtime, I mean what is there to lose. Anyway, I tried with 500 and within 1 minute I got my data. This is real guys.

ramdris:
Highlander no contest.

Are u serious or u are just joking. Puff puff and doughnut which one is better? Lexus rx is an upgraded highlander so how can the highlander be better? If u think it is because of the fuel economy I can tell u the difference is negligible.

Not much difference, the X6 has a much more sportier and unique look. The X5 is roomier. Both rides are targeted at different people. If u are a family man and carry a lot of luggage, X5 would be a better choice.If u want a more sportier ride then X6 is the way to go.

shockwave91:
ah ah guy we dey quarrel? Wat u jst said isn't d same tin i read concernin the matter. Omo calm dan abeg

No be quarrel bro, as a Nigerian I want my fellow Nigerians to succeed, but when we do things the wrong way and get penalized, we all jump on the common bandwagon and call it 'RACISM'. These are words from the Aye Dee, the man behind the fall of Linda's blog

[b]Mukhtar Dan’Iyan, the Editor-in-Chief of US-based The 15 Past Eight Media Group, said he merely spoke up after the blog used his tweets about developments in the war against the Boko Haram insurgency without his permission.
“I spoke up about the unauthorised use of my intellectual property that was taken from my TL (time line),” Mr. Dan’Iyan, who tweets via @MrAyeDee, told PREMIUM TIMES in an interview, Wednesday.
“(I) filed a formal DMCA complaint to Google which hosted her site.
“One complaint is not enough. But safe to assume when Google looked through other examples of unauthorised IP usage and other IP owners filing complaints, it all added up.
“I emailed her (Linda Ikeji) repeatedly. And it was not the first time people had plagiarised my content, but usually, I reach out and they take it down,” Mr. Dan’Iyan added.
A Digital Copyright Millenium Act, DMCA, is an avenue to report content that you would like removed from Google’s services under applicable laws.
According to Mr. Dan’Iyan, Ms. Ikeji had used over 10,000 copyrighted pictures and stories over the past five years without the authorisation of the copyright owners.
Google took down the blog on Wednesday following multiple allegations of copyright infringement.
Ms. Ikeji did not respond to our enquiries Wednesday.

“People are sending stuff in, but hopefully, when she bounces back, as I know she will, she will be the paragon of accountability when it comes to using material,” he said.
“In other words, she’ll only use that which she got permission for, this way tempers would cool and lawsuit won’t proceed by aggrieved parties (of which I am no longer one).
“Personally, I want Linda to win and win big. Her story is a huge inspiration to many, and should continue to be, as long as she does things the right way.”[/b]

shockwave91:
Africans; blocking each other's progress since egypt. Sad

I really don't know why Nigerians reason this way. Google host Linda's blog and she broke the rules even after being warned several times. Google looked into the claims and saw she truly broke the rules, they kicked her out. What is blocking each other's progress in that? If anything then violating intellectual property is a serious offence and she should be lucky she's not getting sued. Let's stop being too sentimental.

thegoodjoehunt3:
There is a difference between someone exposed to the Ebola virus and someone who has Ebola Virus disease.

Most Nigerian cases were exposures. Most with EVD died. ZMapp is the most potent cure to EVD. It has a 100% effective cure for all who were administered the drug early.

Mr Duncan was denied the drug totally. The tale of the drug being unavailable is a lie. It is unavailable to Africans, not Americans and Europeans.

Nigeria has no effective treat,went for EVD.

And how did u know this, were u there? Or this is just another conspiracy theory.

thegoodjoehunt3:
It does not change the fact that the drug is a potent cure. There is no treatment that is 100% effective. Even anti malaria drug.

It is a potent cure and the Americans are ready to keep it secret. The fact is that there cure is there, there are available samples but America would lie and watch people die.

Some times I wonder who is the true enemy of mankind.

The drug is still experimental. U haven't answered my question, is it safe to say Nigeria has the cure for Ebola since we were able to combat the virus with very minimal fatality. In that case should people from Liberia and sierra Leone start flooding the country looking for treatment?

Etianwanokon:
The man did not just die. Americans must have injected him to death. I know them.

And what makes u think Nigerians did not inject sawyer to death? Sawyer survived just a few days in Nigeria when other patients survived far longer days. Don't throw stones when u live in a glass house. The number of double standard fellows on nairaland is just too much.

thegoodjoehunt3:
The reason why the drug did not work for the Spanish Priest is because it was administered late. If you take the amount of people that have been cured by ZMapp, to those that died, the ratio shows how powerful the drug is.

It is still not 100% effective so it is not right to say they have the drug. The most important thing is intensive care in a well equipped hopsital. If u administer the drug to an ebola patient and leave him unattended to, he will still die. Anyway since Nigeria is also free from the virus, will u also say Nigeria has the drug for Ebola? The answer is no.

begwong:
Oga obama how market? upon say the zmapp drugs you saved for the americans no fit save one of your own this time around.You could have administered the Nigerian pesticide or salt on your citizen nah!
Mumu black pesido!

The man was a Liberian not an American. I guess u now know who the mumu is.

quid:
You should be more worried that USA has a drug for Ebola but is playing serious racial politics with the drug

What makes u think US has the drug? Because they saved their 2 doctors with an experimental drug? The same drug that didn't work on the Spaniard? What the US have is an experimental drug and its potency hasn't been confirmed, it might work on Mr A and might not work on Mr B so it is not safe to say they have the drug for Ebola... At least not yet.

If u think they have the drug then it is also safe to say Nigeria also have the drug for Ebola since we also fought and eradicated the disease in Nigeria. So going by ur logic, are u trying to say it is safe for people from Liberia to start flooding Nigeria because we have the cure for Ebola? If u think the man didn't do wrong for taking the disease to usa then no one should ever cause sawyer as he did the same thing.

PapiWata:
You are so entertaining when you shriek like a baby. When bio-terrorist Patrick Sawyer took Ebola to Nigeria from Liberia, the entire readership of this forum was up in arms, cursing Mr. Sawyer, and bidding him a quick journey to hell. When Nigeria's history is updated post-Armageddon, Mr. Patrick Soiler will be reviled as the most comprehensively evil individual ever to set foot in Nigeria

Now that another IDENTICAL bio-terrorist Mr. Duncan Dickhead did the SAME thing as did Mr. Soiler, by taking Ebola to the USA this time, all of a sudden there is a DRASTIC change in the tune being sung by those who had moments earlier been unified in their condemnation of the bio-terrorist that invaded Nigeria, with the NEW chorus warbling discordantly that it is NOT such a bad thing to infect the United States with Ebola, since that great nation is universally hated by Nigerians with almost the same intensity as the loathing they reserve for Nigerians whose tribal languages differ from their own.

Stew in your hate, and choke on it, for those of you who condemn the bio-terrorist who attacked Nigeria, while praising the one that attacked the Unite States, are of no greater significance to me than a watery bowel movement performed by a mad hyena out on the Serengeti Plains. In other words, if you think "God" forbids the spread of Ebola in Nigeria, yet you delight in seeing the disease arrive in America, then the very "God" that you purport to worship is none other than old Lucifer himself -- the Price of Darkness, and dispatcher of the the Pale Horseman.

Once again, and with all humility, PHUCK you, and may YOU PERSONALLY rot in hell, if you happen to like the idea of Ebola spreading anywhere on this green planet, beyond its already terrifying footprint of mass death.

You have spoken well. Lots of folks here are double standards, condemning sawyer for bringing Ebola to Nigeria, and then turn around and still blame America for letting Mr Duncan die when he took the virus to America. WTF is wrong with my people?

sultaan:
The ever reliable Camry.

Time to start looking into the Fusion, Malibu and other American models.

Why buys a car you have to budget the cost of engine and transmission into the running cost?

It is not Camry fault its just that a lot of junks are shipped because of cost and our mechs are clueless about 2007 technology.

Yes ever reliable Camry. Are u surprised there are more Camry's and Hondas needing engine and transmission change? The reason is simple, there are more of those cars on the road compared to others. There are at least 500 Camry to one fusion on Nigerian roads. And probably 2,000 Camry to one Malibu, so it is very logical to find broken down Camry before u find ur so called american models. Even a Camry sells more than a ford fusion in America. Let people start buying those models u recommend and by the time they litter our roads, then u will find whole lot of them needing mechanical fix.

@op, at least u can easily get the engine and tranny of ur car at ladipo. Try buying a Malibu and when the worst happens u will need to pack the car at the mechanic workshop because u can't find the parts. I absolutely see no reason bringing a Chevy Malibu into this. People think Camrys are bland, malibus are worse. A 2007 Camry will kick a 2007 mailbu's a$s in every department. That car is ugly in and out.

oluwasegun007:
Why won't they complain....if doctors who claim to save lives earn more than that what about Army who secure lives including properties.

Now are u seriously comparing a medical doctor with a souldier? A doctor that spent 6 years in the university doing intensive study with little time to flex. Then goes to medical school, professional courses etc before becoming a certified doctor. Now u want to compare him with a souldier with SSCE? I wonder how people dey reason sef. If it is easy to become a doctor u should try and become one.

vislabraye:
Some of you here just claim to be wise. Who were our key players then ? Yes Chidi Nwanu was included but he was not an inexperienced player. He was already mature. Can you call that rebuilding? He was a fantastic player no doubt about it but did Westerhoff change the whole setting ? Yekini was still our points man, Amokachi, Okocha, Finidi were amongst our best attackers. That's why the team became so good because the played 2geda for a long time.

My point is, where are the players that won the NC ? Now do you use green horns to execute a match you need to win at all cost ? Even if we have to build a team, this is not the right time.

U are asking for the players that won the nations cup as if they are not the same players in the eagles camp?
Goalkeeper: enyeama
Defence: ambrose, omeruo, oboabona, echiejile
Midfield: Mikel, onazi, mba
Attack: musa, emenike, ideye

Are these not the players that won the nations cup? are they not still the players that played the last 2 qualifiers? With the exception of enyeama that excused himself, ideye that was dropped because u all never liked him, and then Sunday mba. So basically the team is missing only mba and ideye and u all are saying keshi is changing his team? Smh.

vislabraye:
Some of you here just claim to be wise. Who were our key players then ? Yes Chidi Nwanu was included but he was not an inexperienced player. He was already mature. Can you call that rebuilding? He was a fantastic player no doubt about it but did Westerhoff change the whole setting ? Yekini was still our points man, Amokachi, Okocha, Finidi were amongst our best attackers. That's why the team became so good because the played 2geda for a long time.

My point is, where are the players that won the NC ? Now do you use green horns to execute a match you need to win at all cost ? Even if we have to build a team, this is not the right time.

Dude, u all talk as if keshi changed his whole team when he is just tweaking and trying to discover one or 2 players to add to the ones he already have. This is still the same team that went to afcon. Our back 4 has remained unchanged. The midfield trio is still Mikel, onazi and one space for babatunde/azeez/ uchebo/whoever keshi finds. The attack is still musa, emenike and osaze was added for the world cup. So basically only one spot is vacant in the attack . that means keshi has at least 8 regulars in his team, so why do u guys keep saying he is changing his team? I just don't get it. Its not like he changed 5 or 6 players all at once.

vislabraye:
How many changes did Westeroff make in the USA 94 squad? The first 11 in the Nations Cup was the same in the WC. And those were the best we had in the country that time.

That is a silly comparison right there. 1994 was out golden era and we haven't produced real talents since the class of 1994. In fact the only world class player we had post 94 was KANU nwankwo and since then we never had a world class player.

But since u want names, I can tell u that Chidi nwanu never played in the 1994 nations cup but was an integra part of 1994 world cup.

maestroferddi:
There is no point bringing sentiments into the whole issue.

Nobody is denying the fact that Keshi has recorded successes as the national team football coach. However, it is very clear that Keshi has allowed complacency and arrogance to get the better part of him.

Just take a look at the Super Eagles from the World Cup till date and tell whether there is anything inspiring hope and confidence in the team. You keep citing coaches that dropped certain players prior to tournaments, but have you asked yourself whether we have the talent pool to grant Keshi the ill-advised luxury he wants to be enjoying?

You demonise tested players like Ike Uche and Obafemi Martins, prolific goalscorers for the Super Eagles, and in their place you put the likes of Uche Nwofor, Shola Ameobi, Nnamdi Oduamadi and co. What kind of team are you building?

Why hide under technical inadequacy to drag our football twenty years back? Do you watch Keshi in big matches and see that his team is almost on auto-pilot most of the time?

Don't be carried away by our winning AFCON, after all a pedestrian Zambian team won the tournament as well.

What do you say when a country like Greece is making steady progress in football while a supposedly football giant like Nigeria is still mired in stagnation?

Truth be told, ik Uche and martins have NEVER played well for the super eagles. They have been given enough chance and we are the same ones asking for others to be given a chance. England played badly at the world cup because they chose Gerrard even though it is obvious he is finished and he cost them against Uruguay. Now they are going the same downward path by making Rooney their national captain. Rooney being captain means automatic selection , where will he play? Sturridge is a better striker, sterling and Berkeley are better playmakers, chamberlain, welbeck and Walcott will do a better job at the flanks. U can see there is really no space for Rooney but they made him the captain because he is Rooney. This is the same thing happening in Nigeria.

Kingjames: Thank you, I like people that argue with facts but sometimes these facts can be faulted, no player is bigger than the coach talk less of the team-fact,
Was Ik, Osaze, Mba all dropped at on time or the other all because of disciplinary issues? or just to stamp the big boss' authority?
With mata Chelsea won The champions league ,FA cup and Europa league consecutively when He was benched and subsequently sold what did Chelsea win?
The difference is that Chelsea have a better team now but can we really say that SE is a better team now without the ousted players?

Keshi had most of his team that played in the world cup for the last 2 qualifiers. The star players missing are only osazie who is injured and enyeama. The team played like crap. Whether we are a better team now with the new invites remain to be seen. We can only conclude after play a couple of games together, we need to chill, if keshi fails to qualify then they can fire him, but he deserves to be given a chance to do his job based on what he has achieved.

newguy1: One thing i hate about nigerian is dat we r 2 opionated, come on i dont see oda country nag about dir coach as us. U gave dis guy to job because u consider him d best among d lots so y dis. as far as i have seen he hasnt fail on us, won us a cup of nation got us to d 2nd round of wc. If he like let him bring okocha out of retirement to play for him d basics is he must not fail us.all dis ex players coming out to critise keshi, if dey can do better let dem com forward or dey should stop barking inside d fence.....

Don't mind them. For 19 years we never won the nations cup. Since 1998 we have never won a game at the world cup not to talk of making it out of the first round, even with foreign coaches. Now someone came, an underdog, won the nations cup after 19 years, won a game at the world cup and the qualified for the second round. Got beaten by a tactically better team in France and we all come here and say he is clueless. We are expecting magic when we don't have the right players always looking for the slightest opportunity to sleign the coach even when our superstars like emenike, onazi etc under perform.

Keshi is trying to build a team with players that will be loyal to him and play to instructions. If y'all don't like that then let them fire him and start again from square one, I am 100% sure his successor will be fired after the nations cup.

hydrocarbon: ....I see u don't understand nigerian football,,who are the guys he's callin up for the games when we'v got better and more experienced players,I do agree with ikpeba,he has lost it

Can u tell me who the better and experienced players are? A team is not built on individual effort, all players have to be in sync and if the coach feels a particular player will ruin his flow of football or dressing room, would u rather he use the player and disrupt his pattern of play or bench him? No player is bigger than the team.. it took Low 8 years to build the German team that won the world cup. You seem to forget we didn't smell AFCON for 19 years until keshi came . Keshi deserves to be given enough chance dude.

Mourinho sold Mata (who was their best player in 2 years) because he thought he does not fit in his team. Redondo was dropped from Argentina team from 1998 world cup even though he was one of their best players. My point is no player is indispensable, a good coach has stamp authority and discipline into his team. Let them sack Keshi and employ whoever, I can tell u its back to square one and that new coach will be sacked after the nations cup and the cycle will just continue.

Wheellz: cm yo tink of it. keshi has been building since 2012. WEN R WE GOING TO SEE A DECISIVE TEAM?
if he is dat gud afta d nations cup, confederations cup and worldcup wat v we seen in d team to recognize.
TRUTH B TLD. HE IS AVERAGE. OUR QUALIFIERS NEVA SHOWD POSITIV IMPACT R TEAM DAT KNWS EACH ODA VRY WEL.
I PRAY HE UPS HIS GAME
AFRICAN COACHES LAKS TACTICAL KNWHW.
DATS Y WE APPEAR STRNG TO EUROPEANS ND DEY JST CHNGE D GAME IN D NIK OF TYM.
BY NW WE r SUPPOSED TO B HITING DEM HARD I MEAN VRY HARD.

How are we supposed to be hitting them hard? How many genuine talents are in Africa? How many African players are world class? We don't even have a single world class player in Nigeria at the moment. U think football is only all about brute force? No wonder emenike is the best striker we have.

Goke7: emenike, onazi, omeruo, oboabona, ejide were all woeful especially against congo but because these players are Nigerian fans favourites, keshi was blamed instead, apart from ejide these are all our so called regulars that if they were dropped keshi will be beheaded, still most nigerians including so called big sports journalists ignored their performances and blamed the coach.

Enyeama was our best player at the world cup no doubt but the crucial goals we conceded against france and argentina were caused by him, keshi was objective enough to admit enyeama's mistakes but Nigerians will have none of that and heap insults on keshi.

Posterity will judge all of us soon!

Gbam. Until we start appreciating what we have, our football will never move forward. Our players are mediocre, but everyone puts the blame on the coach. The same coach that won the nations cup after 19 years of bareness. Everyone wants osaze. Onazi, omeruo, ambrose emenike,etc to play but nobody days anything when they play bad, its always 'blame it on keshi'. Keshi this, keshi that.

We have been sacking coaches since 1994 (20 years now ) with nothing to show for it. Recently Mikel has been made a scapegoat. Musa was hated by most Nigerians even when he puts up his best.. Not until his 2 goals against Argentina. But emenike, osaze and co are fans favorites and cannot be touched. This is the same problem with England national team. The likes of lampard and Gerrard where untouchable, thereby not giving others a chance. Instead of building a team around youth, they played the old players and this is why England can never win anything. Isn't it obvious Gerrard cost them against Uruguay, and now they have appointed Rooney ( another overrated spoilt brat) as team captain. With Rooney as captain it means he's automatic first choice even though they have better players to play his role ( sturridge is better striker, sterling and Berkeley are better no 10). How can they win?

We have passion in this country, but lack real talents, just like England. Sacking the coach will not solve this. I think keshi is trying to build a team to his taste, with players that are loyal and willing to play to his instructions. I think it is the way forward, no player is bigger than the team. This will take some time but the problem is we are all looking for instance success.

Lamborghini aventador? Lol. Op u funny die I swear. That does not in any way look like an aventador. In fact that is a first generation Lamborghini gallardo (2003 model). Great car though but the price is below $100,000. A brand new g wagon costs more than that car and we see them everyday on the road. I can get that same model of Lamborghini for u for 25 million naira.

thegoodjoehunt3: It is funny how easy it is for people to criticise Coach Keshi and put the blame on Mikel.

Let me start with Mikel, he was clearly Nigeria's best player on the pitch. Explain to me why Coach Keshi should criticise him to make Mikel haters happy?

As for Emenike, he was terrible. As for me, he was our worst player on the field.

If Coach Keshi complained about Emenike's performance, Emenike should hit the training field and improve his game.

Coach Keshi criticised Moses for losing form. Moses hit the training pitch and today, he is one of the best wingers in the English Premier League. He has been recalled by Coach Keshi.

Going to the media and complaining and threatening quitting is not the solution. Emenike should train, improve his game and team work play and the Coach will sing praises of his improved performance.

#TeamNacho.

I couldn't have said it better. Nigerians see emenike as a 'God' and that he is indispensable. So they always blame the coach when the team is not performing. He ad a good afcon but since then he has really dropped form and his ego on the pitch cannot be over emphasized. He sees himself as an automatic selection and that is affecting him. Its time he gets the stick so he can sit up and play at the level we all want. We can't keep defending underperforming players. Mikel has been made a scapegoat, but Mikel is not the only underperforming player in the super eagles.

No manager, I repeat.. No coach will do wonders with this set of players. Ever since the class of 1994, we haven't had a solid team. It has been from one manager to another , always blaming the coaches and we haven't kept a coach for 3 years. Tell me how can we build a team? The likes of lagerback, bora milutinovic, siasia, onigbinde, etc were all fired. It is time we give coaches a chance and accept we do not have the right players to make us play the way we want. For 20 years now we have put the blame on coaches, how about we accept the players are the one underperforming. Sack keshi today and we are back to square one because the next coach will be sacked after the nations cup and the cycle continues.

No player is indispensable. Redondo was dropped from the 1998 world cup squad for Argentina. I can remember Ferguson dropping Rooney to favor welbeck in champions league. Even Joe Hart was dropped by by pellegrini and it made him sit up and come back stronger.

mechanics: dats true, Keshi is a cameleon, wen a player does well, he stil use dat player, wen dat player does nt perform well, he abandons d player, or mayb because he discover dem he can use n abandon dem, i disagree wit keshi 4 abandoning Victor Moses, dis a prolific player dat can cause upset to d national team, Keshi keeps fighting one player or d oda, i hp NFF we see to dis attitude of coaches, i just pray we qualify.

So he should keep playing moses even when he is match rusty huh. Same people will complain that keshi should give others a chance.

Elnino4ladies: The motherfvcker shld jst quit, no body give a fvck. Striker that is on goal drought for twelve matches..let him go abegi!

Only u reason here. That dude has dropped form since afcon success. Now he feels he is big and he's even no longer a team player, shooting when he should have passed and making a useless run when he should shoot.

No doubt he had a good afcon and won the heart of many Nigerians, but since he came back he has been poo really. Even at the world cup, his body language towards players like Ramon azeez and babatunde shows he is very proud and thinks the team is all about him. Our opening game against Iran is a good example. That evil look on azeez when he misplaced a pass. And then he had an argument with babatunde and others in subsequent matches. Abeg make him quit if he want. Terrific player but bad attitude.