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BusinessRe: I Have Some Domain Names, I Have Being Trying To Park Them For Sometime Now. Maybe There Is Somethin by akinalabi(m): 11:45pm On Apr 01, 2009
RomanceRe: Pop-corn Begging Ladies At The Silverbird Cinemas by akinalabi(m): 6:43pm On Apr 01, 2009
I go to Silverbird about twice a week but have never
had such ugly experience.

Maybe I should buy a bucket of pop corn next time grin
BusinessRe: Dangote and Otedola - What is the problem? by akinalabi(m): 11:01pm On Mar 30, 2009
What is your own problem with it?
TravelRe: Nigerians Abroad Must Return Home by akinalabi(m): 11:00pm On Mar 30, 2009
How is it a problem for anybody when someone says he prefers
to live somewhere?

If you choose to live abroad and it suits you, great! It doesnt
make sense to start telling them to come back and all sorts of
comments on this thread.

On the other hand, if living in Nigeria is what suits you (like me)
I dont see the sense in trying to ridicule that person and why
he must live abroad.

Settling at a particular location is a personal choice that cant
be analyzed.
TravelRe: Nigerians Abroad Must Return Home by akinalabi(m): 10:55pm On Mar 30, 2009
akinalabi:
Nigeria over populated? I dont agree with that.

Yes, Lagos is over populated but not Nigeria.

Infact, England is more "over populated" than Nigeria
Treetop20:
where are getting your facts from?
or are you chatting out of your ass again
I insist England is more "over populated" than Nigeria

When we talk about over populations, you have to look at
the ratio between the number people and the country's size.

England's size is about 130,395 km2 with a population of
about 51 Million.

Nigeria's size is about 923,768 km with a population of
about 150 million.

Remember this over population discussion came up when we
talked about the availaibility of lands.

So who's chatting out of his whatever?
SportsRe: Nigeria Football(league & National Teams) In The '80s & 90's: Ask Ya Questions by akinalabi(m): 9:58pm On Mar 30, 2009
Akolawole:
@Akin

This is ya thread.

Old school educating younger and DSTV guys?
To be honest, its tough for everyone. Back then, one could
not monitor many teams at the same time.

In this day and age, you can monitor Utd, Chelsea, Real,
Barca, Arsenal all at the same time and suggest their
line up week in week out.

Then, one could not say for instance, who was playing
left back for Calabar Rovers so no be small thing.

But I'll do my best for Shooting.

My favourite seasons were the 1992 (Caf Cup), 1994
(Harris and Udi Combo), 1996 (Champions cup run).
TravelRe: Nigerians Abroad Must Return Home by akinalabi(m): 9:59pm On Mar 29, 2009
Siena:
Right now, Nigeria's over populated, and there's no escaping that fact.
Nigeria over populated? I dont agree with that.

Yes, Lagos is over populated but not Nigeria.

Infact, England is more "over populated" than Nigeria
SportsRe: Who Is Your Favourite Super Eagles Player? by akinalabi(m): 7:22pm On Mar 28, 2009
Mine is The Big Boss Stephen Keshi
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Why Arent People Screamin Guardiola Guardiola Is It B Cos His Not In Premiership by akinalabi(m): 1:59pm On Mar 28, 2009
He has not won a trophy yet. You respect coaches when they
win trophies consistently.

@ dayo,

Fergie took Scotland to to 86 world cup but got bundled out
of the group stages.

Meanwhile, I want to do the champions league chalenge
again. This time, its open to everyone
SportsRe: Nigeria Football(league & National Teams) In The '80s & 90's: Ask Ya Questions by akinalabi(m): 10:10am On Mar 28, 2009
How did I not see this thread? grin

I dont even know where to join in?
PoliticsRe: Global Meltdown Hits Lagos Beggars by akinalabi(m): 4:08pm On Mar 24, 2009
sugabelly:
Proof that people in Nigeria DO NOT live on less than $1 a day. Now the United States Government/ the CIA needs to shut the f uck up.
I never believed it for a second. You cant go hungry in Naija grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Chelsea Fans: Identify Yourselves Here by akinalabi(m): 6:27pm On Mar 21, 2009
BlueDiva:
What a waste of opportunity to close the gap.  angry
Thats what happens when all you think is United and not
face your own game.

If a team on top loses, remeber you have to win yours
before you can gloat
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester United Fan Thread: Forever Reds by akinalabi(m): 6:22pm On Mar 21, 2009
BlueDiva:
My team is a goal down.
I don't care if we don't win.
I'm glad to see Manchester is now DisUnited.
What a fiasco

Where are the Scums of self-service Trafford?
I've never heard this type of statement from a true footie fan
WebmastersRe: Affiliate Check Collection Service by akinalabi(m): 5:36pm On Mar 20, 2009
nio68:
Please suggest a mail forwarding company to me, thanks
www.my-uk-mail.co.uk
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Chelsea Fans: Identify Yourselves Here by akinalabi(m): 5:19pm On Mar 20, 2009
The funny thing with Chelsea fans is that you're are forming
that they are tired of playing Liverpool when in actual fact, you're scared.

If you meet a team like, say, Sporting lisbon every year, will you complain you're
tired?
SportsRe: 2009 Champions League Quarter Final Draw: Prons and Cons by akinalabi(m): 4:48pm On Mar 20, 2009
The funny thing with Chelsea fans is that they are forming
that they are tired when in actual fact, they are scared.

If you meet a team like, say, Sporting lisbon every year,
will you complain you're tired?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester United Fan Thread: Forever Reds by akinalabi(m): 4:27pm On Mar 20, 2009
rikkyjen:
Any United man couldn't have asked for a better draw!
You're right. The only thing I fear is over confidence. All
the United fans around me are already talking of a semi
final tie btw us and Arsenal/Villareal
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Champions League Challenge Between Sauron & Dayokanu! Prize: $100 by akinalabi(op): 4:04pm On Mar 19, 2009
tkb417:
Akin Alabi
i was in Primary 6 in 1989 and u were in JSS1 grin grin grin grin
i fit guess ur age be dat na
No prizes for guessing. Early 30s. wink

tkb417:
so Obazu is ur mentor? shocked
we need to talk o.
I used to have stacks of Success Digest in the UNI. I was preparing for any eventuality just in case whote collar jobs wouldnt come immediately.
But, as God go do am, na so one consulting firm just snapped me after nysc
That man is a great man. I surely will love to meet him one day.
I attended one of those sessions (when i was in UNI) i think at Okota.
i really need to meet that man one day. he deserves an award at least MON for what hes done for millions of Nigerians
Yeah, lets talk. . .

He taught me how to do business and thankfully, I've been
a good student. I'm a regular guest speaker at his events.

tkb417:
so Mumini is the CEO of complete communications? is it still under Sunnys business empire or the sport part of the biz has been given to Mumini?
nyways, its gud ure close to these big men.
Success Digest is published by Success Attitude Development Centre
and Complete Sports published by Complete Communications. He
seperates them.

Mumini handles CCL and I think he has a major share there now.
BusinessRe: Intercontinental Bank to Increase Min Bal for S/A to N10,000 by March 31 by akinalabi(m): 2:29pm On Mar 18, 2009
They have reduced it back to N1,000
BusinessRe: Why Can't Nigerians Shop Online? by akinalabi(m): 1:11pm On Mar 18, 2009
Ibime:
Cos the postal service is wack. Everything boils down to infrastructure
They wont be using the postal service will they?

I reckon it should be like the Tesco home delivery method. They'll
have their own vehicles for delivery.

dae:
Yor stuff Might not get delivered! and even if its delivered, hungry pple can commot something b4 it gets to you.

The perosn who put together you order at the store can deliberately remove something and claim it was sent to you, afterall it'll be included in your receipt. In this case, what can you do? you think they gonna give you a replacement?? or u think calling the popo(police) will make any differencehuh? NOPE!!!!! i dont think so, and the simplest explanation as to why this aint possible ------

Yahoo yahoo boyz/girls will show shake your world! grin
Wont you double check your stuffs when you receive them? huh

determined:
I was at Shoprite over the weekend and it was a horrible experience.

First of all, not only did it take about an hour through the Ozumba Mbadiwe Traffic to get there, but when I finally got in, parking space was a problem, It was like the whole of Lagos was at the Palms.

Ok. I eventually found somewhere to park and started shopping and at the end of the day I spent more than 30 mins on the long queue to pay for my stuff.

Now I really want to know everyone's opinion, What's the point of all this? Why can't we have online shopping with our interswitch or etranzact cards while such shops have a delivery service plan and whats your opinion about online shopping for places like Shoprite, Game, Park and Shop etc. in Nigeria?
Ozumba? Nightmare!!!! As a regular though, I know the times I
can pass through there without much traffic.

Queing at the checkout is another nightmare. I'll never shop at
weekends there except I go there 9am.

All in all, you're right about the online shopping thingy. They can
experiment with Island before they move into other areas.

I for one, will order online if the service is there.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Champions League Challenge Between Sauron & Dayokanu! Prize: $100 by akinalabi(op): 12:55pm On Mar 18, 2009
tkb417:
yeah i didnt buy that edition.
after that first ISR edition, i never missed any copies of the ISR, CF and CFI
Mumini Alao used to be my favorites then but i dunno why the guy is laying so low in Sports jounalism
The Jenkins Alumona, Michel Obi, Paul Basseys of this world shouldnt be taking all the glory.
some guys were really cool early 90s.
I wont say he is laying low. He is the MD of Complete
Communications, publishers of complete sports. His
"SoccerTalk" column every Monday is still as articulate
as ever.

tkb417:
I think the publisher Sunny Obazu Ojeagbase should be given an award for that.
The man is great. He's my mentor. I owe most of the things I know
in business to him. Spoke to him last week to tap more of his brain.

He doesnt do much of sports anymore. he focusses his attention
on his other publication, Success Digest.

tkb417:
so Oga Akin Alabi, u bought the 89 edition shocked shocked shocked
i never enter secondary school that time grin grin even the 89 world cup qualifiers, na in bits i see the games
saw our game against Angola in Lagos, saw our game against Cameroon in Lagos and i think our game against Cameroon in Yaounde(not sure)
I was also a kid then (JS 1 I think) but my brother was a fanatic
as well so we contribute money to buy.

Eastbay:
tkb,
Nigeria's game vs Cameroun was in Ibadan,Adamasingba stadium.
I think,because I lived there then.
Also I think Mitchell Obi has been around.he was with the Guardian in the 80s.He's an accomplished journalist in his own right.
It was actually the away game that got us knocked out. I
think we had David Ngodigha in goal.

You don live for my Ibadan before? grin

dayokanu:
Okwaraji's incident was on my birthday August 12 1989
Are you sure you did not have a hand in it? grin grin grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester United Fan Thread: Forever Reds by akinalabi(m): 1:12pm On Mar 17, 2009
ndumart:
Man U loses and the noise refuses to die down. [b]The reason being that we hardly lose. [/b]The defeat to Liverpool would only serve as the tonic we need to realize we have not won the league yet. That defeat would only spur us to win the EPL in style.

The league is ours to lose.
Man Utd losing has become such a big deal. Thats a good
thing for us
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester United Fan Thread: Forever Reds by akinalabi(m): 6:35pm On Mar 16, 2009
invisible!:
Rooney took one look at the whole siuation and left the pitch, [b]placed call to Hiddink and requested for move to the bridge, [/b]who will accept the worthless chaff?
In your fantasy
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester United Fan Thread: Forever Reds by akinalabi(m): 6:22pm On Mar 16, 2009
BlueDiva:
A loss is not a loss.
Thats why we have words like narrow loss, spanking, humilation, mauling, disgraced etc etc.
Liverpool humilated MU and disgraced Madrid. . .but beat Chelsea.
So you see  cheesy

Some things are spectacular and memorable.
Like Arsenals 49 unbeaten.
That is something for the history books, even if they won no titles.
A loss is a loss.

All those words are for the press. Apart from the bragging and
taunting between these teams, it just like we lost to any other
team.

3 points dropped but at a very comfortable postion.

I never thought we would win till the end of the season and as
a bookmaker myself, United beating Liverpool was not a sure
thing.
PoliticsRe: Nigeria's Greatest Living Legends by akinalabi(m): 6:16pm On Mar 16, 2009
I dont understand how Balarabe Musa is a Legend shocked
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Champions League Challenge Between Sauron & Dayokanu! Prize: $100 by akinalabi(op): 3:57pm On Mar 16, 2009
youngies:
@akinlabi

I still have in my archives a copy of Mumini Alao's Complete Football post tournament anaysis after the Dream Team won gold in Atlanta '96
96? Thats recent grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester United Fan Thread: Forever Reds by akinalabi(m): 3:25pm On Mar 16, 2009
invisible!:
And Vidic caused 3 goals!
So?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester United Fan Thread: Forever Reds by akinalabi(m): 2:41pm On Mar 16, 2009
Eastbay:
akinalabi,
ok.
You seem very unpertubed.
How is that possible?
grin grin grin

Let me ask you. . .

When it comes to rallying his troupes to go to war, do
you know anyone better than Sir Alex?

Just take a look at the table once again. . .

Ask yourself, if you would have taken this if you were
offered it at the start of the seaon.

Would Chelsea and Liverpool have taken it?

We had a bad day. A day to forget. It has brought us
back down to earth.

It's all fair as far as I'm concerned.

I feel like I felt after Santa Cruz broke VDS's clean
sheet. No more counting and pressures.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester United Fan Thread: Forever Reds by akinalabi(m): 2:14pm On Mar 16, 2009
@ Eastbay,

Yeah, we need a response but we dont need to prove anything.

We are the world champions you know? And of course the league
table says the title is heading to OT
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester United Fan Thread: Forever Reds by akinalabi(m): 1:39pm On Mar 16, 2009
It seems I'm the only one that wasnt bothered about the
loss.

The only thing I wasnt comfortable with was that the defeat
came from our bitter and eternal rivals. Now, those scousers
have the bragging rights.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Champions League Challenge Between Sauron & Dayokanu! Prize: $100 by akinalabi(op): 1:33pm On Mar 16, 2009
tkb417:
yeah. i think i started buying in February 1993. My first copy was the first edition of ISR. The one that had Okocha at the cover page. I think Okocha was in Frankfurt then, and the whole edition was on the African Natiions cup qualifiers and Okochas exploits in the Bundesliga.

Guy, i hit my mum like hell buying all sorts of things. At a point, i had a heap of those mags and i thought of renting it out for awon boiz that wanted to read. Another venture i did then was renting out my Game boi (super mario) grin to my classmates. I think that was 93 also.

Nostalgic moments man.
Those days were good o.
You came to the party late. wink

That means you missed the Senegal 92 special edition where Mumini
Alao had an exclusive interview with Stephen Keshi.

Let's go back a bit. cheesy

The Westerhof interview in 1989 after we got bundled out of the
world cup qualifiers.

You're right. Those days were great.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester United Fan Thread: Forever Reds by akinalabi(m): 1:25pm On Mar 16, 2009
Eastbay:
Rude wake-up call.
Don't even know what to say.
My vacation begins today and I don't like the way my team made it start out.

Question is,where do we go from here?
United hasn't been quite humiliated like this in all my years of watching the team.I mean,1-4 at OT is the worst kind of beating we could take.
And to add to the fact that its our worst rivals,Liverpool,and we  feel the pinch.

But it's not the end of the world.We can turn things around,and we've got the squad for it.
I feel we got caught on a bad day.
Fergie himself was lost.Making triple substitutions is a gamble,and my hunch told me he was going to screw this up,

A bad weekend, all haters have earned their say,though most of it has been the usual dust.
We go on to WIN THE LEAGUE.

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