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Rashford vs Saka


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AKK Gas Pipeline Project Update


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The same us that were complaining about profiling by the defunct SARS and the attendant consequences that followed suit sees no problem in labelling just because the tag is for others. We can pretend to be objective but our bias will always shine through, I'm not fooled and I know who my friends are.

Itsrm:
Will subsidy removal lead to further fall in the Naira to dollar rate? I'm thinking importers of fuel having to source for the dollar in the black market will put more pressure on the dollar.

What do you guys think?

Meanwhile Federal workers on this thread should do giveaway for the house.

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Talks between Mauricio Pochettino and Chelsea will continue this week to enter into crucial stages 🔵 #CFC

He’s the favourite to get the job since Thursday, Luis Enrique & Nagelsmann are out.

This week, key to make final decision.

Kompany appreciated — but Pochettino is ahead. Fabrizio Romano

De Zerbi-ball

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFMgheDDXqk

Bayern will not change their stance on Thomas Tuchel, no matter what happens in the Bundesliga. Summer transfer window will be planned with him in order to re-start the project next season. 🔴 #FCBayern

Bayern will be busy on the market. New striker, main priority. Fabrizio Romano

On Sudan, and why (Northern) Nigerians study there—a response to some of the condescending, sensationalising and unmistakably prejudiced hot takes trending:

1. Sudan isn’t the collapsible banana republic you assumed it is. It’s not just what you see on CNN. It’s had over a century of health professions education, long before Nigeria had its first medical school, and they have an evolved medical education system that attracts undergraduate and postgraduate medical students from across the world. They had had a university for more than half a century before Nigeria had one.

2. Northern Nigeria and Sudan haven’t only had historical interactions and cultural similarities, but Sudanese tertiary institutions also offer superior specialised training in various fields of Islamic studies. For instance, Nigeria’s former CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, obtained a master’s degree in Islamic Jurisprudence at a Sudanese university in the 90s—and he’s one of the smartest public servants Nigeria has ever had. This Sudanese education you’ve portrayed with contempt guided him in reforming Islamic banking in Nigeria during his stewardship at the apex bank.

3. If your aim was to treat Sudan as a hub of substandard education in a country that rushes to French-speaking Cotonou for months-long bachelor’s degrees, that argument won’t hold water. Your stereotypical point about Sudan being a breeding ground of religious extremism is also your consumption of the wrong news channels. The last time I checked, some of the most notorious international terrorists we’ve seen were radicalised in the West, including Nigerian-born Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who’s studying at UCL when he fell apart.

4. A few months ago, Nigerian students were rescued from Ukraine, a European country, and we didn’t see these epistles about the whys of their choices of unstable and war-prone countries to study. FYI, Ukraine is a third-world country of blue-eyed, blonde-haired people. Or is your outrage because Sudan is an African or Muslim country?

5. Even as I wrote this, there were still Nigerians from all parts of the country studying in the war-torn Ukraine and Russia, two countries locked in the deadliest war in the world right now. Why aren’t you alarmed by the presence of Nigerians in Ukraine, a country that has been at war for decades? I know this because I have friends still studying there. So, let me ask you exactly what you asked northerners: “What kind of people are these people?”

6. You know quite well the reason Nigerians rush to study abroad—this fear of studying a 5-year programme for about a decade. Ironically, Sudan, for the Nigerians there, isn’t just for the affordability of the schools—a lot of our students in Sudan are from comfortable middle-class families that pay huge sums in tuition and other fees to give their children decent education at private institutions in a culturally familiar foreign country close to their home.

7. And, yes, this environment matters to some. The alienation of adapting to a new environment isn’t an easy cultural dislocation for some, and Sudan offers these northern Muslim students that avenue to study without the culture shocks or civilisational crisis, which even cosmopolitan black students experience in the West.

8. I think some of you should take your time and read up on Sudan. If you can’t write Ukraine off as just a place of war, that ancient African country too deserves the benefit of the doubt. It’s more than its war. There are people elsewhere who also wonder why there are still people in Nigeria, believing the entire country is at war. This isn’t even the time to point fingers. Gimba Kakanda

The 5million maybe Lamba but we have large numbers there I know of someone that's there and the same goes for my acquaintances. People normally go there to study they have good schools as I learnt.

iamoyindamola:
Nihili.stjnr
The elephant just scored 2 and assisted 1 against empoli today
When last did Chelsea scored 3 you need the guy back next season, spineless harvertz and Felix ain't the way

Let Arsenal sign him for 150m he will provide the physical presence lacking in the attack and also leadership.

Sporting Lisbon's president, Frederico Varandas, was in London on Tuesday where he met with Boehley.

Rafael Leão was the topic on the table. While he's negotiating a renewal with Milan Chelsea believe they can sign him and pay the £20m he's owing Sporting.

{A Bola}

Ibime:
Oluwa make it happen please

I'm also hearing of Barca interest in Auba and Kante

Looking like Koulibaly was a needless buy. Colwill and Chalobah with Ampadu would have served us better and for less. I read that of Auba and Kante I've been shouting that we need to let Kante go and replace him with another player that will be readily available.

Ibime:
Amoto94, looks like these Sudanese rebels are jãnjaweed as I speculated. He who sows the wind will reap the whirlwind

This is why I'm against arming militias to fight insecurity they always go rogue especially when they have tasted wealth, power and influence. They will always ask for more to stay in line or else they will go rogue

Juventus remain interested in Chelsea defender Kalidou Koulibaly and Massimiliano Allegri has already made initial contact with the ex-Napoli centre-back.

{Gazzetta via
@footballitalia

Larride na Rugged gentleman him dey allow Shaykh Oasis receive koboko buh na him cook pass

Ibime:
Make dem just close eyes offer Pochettino now. It would be a blessing in disguise

Pochettino is not a good tactician he will develop the players especially the raw ones but when it comes to tactical battles he seems lost, also he lacks the personality needed in a top team ( we are no longer one for quite sometime and we needed an elite manager to take us there).

🚨 Julian Nagelsmann speaks : "In order to cancel something, you have to first commit to something” (
@SkySportDE
)

Nagelsmann felt there were fundamental, structural, recruitment and process decisions at Chelsea that don't best serve his approach. (
@SkySportsNews
)

The Rivers State Government has agreed to an out-of-court settlement with the Federal Government on the backlog of stamp duty owed to the state.

The approval for the state to withdraw the case was granted by the state House of Assembly during plenary on Thursday.

This came as all 36 states of the federation are exploring out-of-court settlement over a case filed at the Supreme Court on the refund of funds collected as stamp duties from the state governments and the payment of five per cent consultancy fee.

The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Ikuinyi Awani-Ibani, on Thursday, read a letter from Governor Nyesom Wike seeking the approval of the House for the payment of the consultancy fee which will be deducted from source.

The lawmakers said the approval for an out-of-court settlement would help to fast-track the refund of all funds collected as stamp duty.

The leader of the House, Martins Ameawhule, explained that the approval would be beneficial.

He stated, “We have looked into the merits and demerits of this. I think that if the consultants were engaged and they need to be paid, we can go ahead to pay the consultants; so that we can access our funds. They would have played certain roles that would make them be in a position to receive the percentage of the funds accruing to the state.

“Mr Speaker, I want to say that we proceed to grant approval for this request so that our state will be part of what other states have agreed to enable these funds get to Rivers State as quickly as possible.”

I like how the best candidates are pulling out of the job if you know your worth dont take nonsense from clueless would-be bosses

An expert opinion : Nagelsmann was described “too similar to Thomas Tuchel” in terms of how he worked. The current hierarchy want a different profile with a more holistic outlook beyond just working on the training ground. (
@MiguelDelaney
)

popizaino:
This just shows our scouts are very lazy. What on earth is stopping them from going outside the popular league to unearth a gem?

They rely on data

Ibime:
Vincent Kompany wey chop am for Anderlecht?

The owner is looking like a fraud now

EXCL: Understand Chelsea maintain heavy interest from last summer, in Raphinha.

Deco is key & been in constant contact with Chelsea’s technical directors since January.

Barcelona need to sell players & Raphinha would be a sellable asset.
Deco is working with Chelsea to workout best proposal to Barcelona.

Potential Azpilicueta part of the deal, who Chelsea won’t stop from moving this summer.

Exclusive: The Times understands that Chelsea have been seriously considering Vincent Kompany for the vacant permanent managerial position. The 4 candidates are now Julian Nagelsmann, Mauricio Pochettino, Vincent Kompany and one other.

Unlimited22:
Lol
Barka de Sallah, my chief

I have aspirations in the tech space viz the digital health niche, particularly
I'm trying to stay on top of recent happenings like the evolution of AI etc and thinking of how they can be applied in the healthcare field

Don't worry, my head dey there

I appreciate

Thank you. May God see you through

Na game majority of the companies dey play na who dey catch dem go use as scapegoat for playing too much

Unlimited22:
VC's have been bankrolling our lifestyles for years as interest rates were kept at or near zero and many people are just finding out.

Even Amazon's core business is still unprofitable, most of their profit comes from AWS and other factors like lower net comp than other companies of their size, high turnover etc.

The tech world Is and has been run on the greater fool theory for a very long time.

Get lucky with an idea, find VCs to fund and sell to the next fool down the line.

Tesla became profitable in 2021 and the world has wisened up to the fact that It is A CAR company, not a tech company.

SpaceX might not even exist without government contracts (read: taxpayer money)

Check them Uber, Lyft, Doordash etc and see how many Unicorns are actually profitable.

The steps it'll take to make Twitter profitable might end up killing it, but we hope to God they don't.

Everything is a subscription and it is turning customers away from most things.

Btw Twitter was profitable in 2018 and 2019.

This man switch career you can take inspiration from Doc. Ola Brown's journey, you know this much about economics you shouldn't waste it away. Ibime and Raumdeuter, Roland17 hold this guy tight if you haven't already he will blow in 5years time

Julian Nagelsmann🇩🇪:

“When the lads see that the coach loves football and believes in what he says - he'd really prefer to be playing with the team - that creates a sense of enthusiasm among the players and trust in the coach. They notice that you're one of them”.

Nagelsmann on managing a top club :

“They only want to see victories every game, titles, Champions League trophies. If you don’t win, you can’t say ‘but I’m still young, I’m still developing.’ It’s not that easy”

When I analyse an opponent I do not look at the results. I try to find out how they score goals, concede, build up play, counter attack, counter-press, other things. So the result doesn't count for much.

Julian Nagelsmann

For those calling for military involvement tune in to any news channel and watch the development in Sudan where military and paramilitary forces are engaged in fierce battles to gain control, continue calling for military maybe they will answer you and perhaps you'll be around to regret the resultant effects of your request.


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