₦airaland Forum

TheGoodJoe:
Bloody Liar.

Kelechi Iheanacho joined Taye Academy as an under 10 player. Are you saying he was 17years old playing in an U10 team with Children of ten years?

You guys can lie. Tufiakwa.

so? Did he tell you that was his real age then? Is like when chima played for taye youth teams when we all knew his real age just because he looks small

TheGoodJoe:
That Jos indigene is a bloody lair. Lies more than the serpent in the garden of Eden.

Macauley Chrisantus is still active in football today and in a respected team. If he was thirty in 2007, he will be 38 years now in a respected team like AEK Athens in Greece. He has played 24 games for them in 2015.

Let those guys rest with their lies.

donato and giggs were still playing for their clubs deportivo la coruna and man u respectively at the age 39 so what gives?

safarigirl:
mbok tell me another lie. I'm Abuja based, Omeruo was found in Abuja, but I never heard of him till 2011.

Being based in a place doesn't mean you know people, you probably know only 3% of people in Owerri. First someone from Jos told you Chrisantus is 30, now you know Iheanacho is 26 because you're Owerri based, the other dolt on a separate thread said Iheanacho turns 23 this year, his claims are based on the fact that Iheanacho's Academy is on his street.

So which of you liars should be believed? I swear, y'all pray I never become a lawmaker, I'll make sure every single one of you spends at least a week in jail for all your useless lies. You could get sued for such slander in the western world.


That is why nobody in the European countries or the America's accuse their players, because they be laws to ensure that such ignoramuses are jailed where there is no solid proof

do you know about taye youth team in owerri? Have you heard of pakat? I just pity your lame defence...why would western europeans accuse their players of being over aged when their ages are documented at birth(for those born there)? Or you think they are like us that dont document important things? Have you ever lived in western europe before?..continue wallowing in ignorance

safarigirl:
my friend don't be stoopid.

Your arguments that FIFA which is headed by mostly Europeans, would allow Africans and S/Americans cheat while denying their own people that option is even dumber than the usual '...my 22-year old cousin applied for U17 and was rejected for being too young'

So this Uncle was 17 like this?

before you ignorantly call someone stupid which countries do you understand by western Europe?

Secondly that the fact you stated that oh because south Americans and Africans are 'allowed to cheat' means western European people who man these bodies would also allow their people cheat shows how the dishonesty which is naija induced is clouding your system...if the western Europeans cheat are you say why is it that they find it hard winning u17 and the likes while African trams sweat to reach quarter final of world cup?

By the way the Swedish guy you posted there have confirmed if he was actually born I Sweden or a child of a migrant who carried him and then naturalized as swedeish?hope you know there would be no birth record of him aside what he or his parents say?

safarigirl:
why are you calling Chrisantus? Was there MRI then?

I speak on behalf of the boys I'm familiar with. I speak for Kelechi Iheanacho, Taiwo Awoniyi, Chidera Eze, Musa Yahaya, Zaharadeen Bello, Akpan Udoh, Kekechi Nwakali, Victor Osimhen.

I will not sit by and allow misinformed people kill these boys' young careers by lumping them with guys that played when they were in Primary School. If tomorrow, you're denied a Visa because Nigerians are drug dealers, how will you feel?

Your own son could be a member of the Nigerian U17 team in years to come, how do you think your 16-year old will feel when he wins and is accused of being older because of a certain Chrisantus he barely even knows?


Forget Chrisantus and Stanley, focus on this new generation. You all forget that we missed the 2011 edition of the U17, why? Did we run out of over aged players? Did it not occur to you that maybe we missed it because we were trying to build a young team?

kelechi iheanacho was 26 when he played that u17..i am owerri based

safarigirl:
who told you they are older? Based on what?

I saw a guy on Twitter who said he knows Osimhen PERSONALLY and that the BOY is actually 17.

this was after his true age was questioned. You don't know any of these boys personally yet you have the guts to make flimsy, unfounded accusations.


Who are you? Who do you know in any of our terms? on what grounds do you accuse them of age cheating?

I swear, if I ever become a law maker in Nigeria, one of my first bills will be to jail your likes that go about making accusations they can't prove against members of our football teams. You all are the disgraceful elements we need to get rid of in this country.

We don't need your flimsy support. Save it for yourself and your fellow underperforming relatives, enough of us already support those boys. People like you with no achievements and whose relatives have no achievements cannot support anyone who is doing great because envy is in you

chisantus Macaulay was 30 when he played under 17..a Jos indegene who knows him personally told me then

adioolayi:
The truth is no saint of Age cheat in football....South Americans and Europeans are even more into it compared to Africans.

western European countries dont cheat in age group competition if you know how their countries operate

MathsChic:
Wow! Eye opener.
However the case, I don't think Nigeria's dominance results from using over-aged players. Has anyone heard of the any players in the Swiss team that won the tournament back then in Nigeria?
The quality of football in the u17 category is just enough to allow Nigeria win. Higher quality football at the senior levels requires more playing/training hours with specifics on tactics and strategy. Nigeria hasn't got its head around this.
If anyone should want to raise flags about age cheaters, it should be with the Brazilian team that hasn't won the cup again post-MRI.
Whatever the case though, I believe there's high likelihood the Nigerians are older than 17. MRI doesn't put a cut-off at 17. It will still allow 18, 19, 20 and sometimes 21 pass. Is this enough to invalidate the Nigerian victory? I don't think so. You have to consider that even the other teams are not completely innocent of age cheating. Plus, stature-wise, the Nigerians stand on equal footing with the other teams from the rest of the world. And this is where i think the focus should be.
True 15-16 year old boys from Nigeria are too tiny to give the other teams any competition.

For that Swiss under 17 winning team google the names Ricardo Rodriguez and Granit Xhaka

Igbonazy:
Show us proof the almajiri were attacked in Igweocha?We have countless proofs of attacks and slaughtering ndi igbo in the North. Where is your proof you mole?

call me mole,sabo or idioot the truth is that some northern traders were attacked in diobu..

Igbonazy:
Blood thirsty Jihadists are scheming again to slaughter Igbos in the North. In case they means business, one of the safest things to do is to move down to Middle-belt esp where there are are high concentration of Middlebelt Christains except TIV dominated areas. Some TIVs are sworn enemies of ndiigbo for unknown reason.

A PRESS STATEMENT
RELEASED IN KADUNA BY
NORTHERN ANTI-CORRUPTION FRONT IN RESPONSE TO THE PRO-BIAFRA PROTEST; OUR
STANDS
15/11/15
It is no longer news that the
pro-biafra agitators have
stretched their demands beyond the limit of tolerance,
as they attack innocent
citizens of Northern
extraction for a no justifiable
reason. This has started in a
similar manner in which the Biafra war started in 1967, as
well as Boko haram in 2009.
We will not in any way hence
forth tolerate this form of
rascality coming from
criminals in the name of agitation for freedom.
In as much as we seek for a
one united Nigeria, we will
not regret the secession of
Igbos from Nigeria as long as
that is what they want. We will even encourage and
support them with strategies
to succeed if their agitation is
done lawfully without
harming innocent people from
other parts of the country. We do not wish for any form
of reprisal attack by anybody
from any part of the country
hence, Igbos living in other
parts of the country, most
especially in Northern Nigeria must come out in strong
terms and disassociate
themselves from the activities
of the so called Biafrans and
the attack on Northerners, if
not, their silence will be read to be a nod to the treacherous
activities of Nnamdi Kanu and
his co-travelers.
OUR RESOLUTION
Igbo communities in the
North should as matter of immediate effect rebuke and
disassociate themselves from
their kinsmen in south-east
and south-south calling for
war and attacking innocent
northerners residing there. We call on south-east and
south-south governors,
leadership of igbo traditional
council and Ohaneze ndi Igbo
to distant themselves from
the violent and unlawful activities of this so called
Biafrans, which is capable of
disrupting the peace and
stability of the whole
country.
Igbo owned media outfits are advised not to promote the
activities of these criminals in
the name of Biafra in any
guise, and should immediately
initiate programs that will
help deradicalize the ignorant followers of the fraudster
called Nnamdi Kalu.
We call on the federal
government to treat these
miscreants with the same
gloves Boko haram is treated in order to avoid escalation.
Our demands are to be met
within the next 7 days to
avoid further action.

this northern group should take a rest though ippb guys were senseless in attacking Hausa traders in diobu

ZUBY77:
I.m curiously wondering what NCC would do if MTN refused to pay.

1 - shut MTN down? Who bears the worst consequences? MTN or Nigerians with MTN lines?

both

ziccoit:
Correct guy. I learnt CBN just seized one state September allocation when the governor was unable to give account of how Salary bailout fund was spent. That was in variant with my earlier belief that FG has no such power.

I thought tsa is only compulsory for fg parastatals and not state or their own parastatals?

Ikpeazu if sanitizing aba means those stalls have to go down then go ahead

ayindejimmy:
So these countries are not pleased that we want to start growing our manufacturing industries?

They better deal with it. Some thing has got to give

you think they are interested in your manufacturing abilities especially indigenous to improve or wake up? America always complain about china for their own selfish gain..America and Europeans also did the same thing when Japan started emerging as economic power house

Some people erroneously believe all those big empty mansions in Abuja belong to politicians not knowing a lot of those houses belong to senior federal civil servants

Kestolovee95:
The fulanis have bern choosing your leaders for you for ages. Even if an messiah comes your way, the fulani won't let him touch power with a long pole. You are already damned in this DamNation except you start thinking #Biafran

fulanis chose ta orji for abians?are you not ashamed of even saying that?

Eddygourdo:
many are on covet operation. Look at his unprovoked attacks, it's either he Biafran or he has a crush on me, he must be pained cos I have absolutely no interest in Biafra or gayism

sagamite Na Yoruba guy..you must be new to nairaland not to know that

Eddygourdo:
apparently this is how a pained Biafran looks like, since you easily barger your betters with no reasoning with regards civility or decorum, I will ignore your insult. lest I make ur stupidity popular

sagamite biafran?are you sure you know the handle you are quoting?

Yanks101:
I haven't seen him in any list. That is the one of the most important portfolios and nobody is talking about it.
No single thread about it on the frontpage.
BTW, If that is the case, i hope he knows what he is doing. I wouldn't advise him to leave his job for the Nigerian ministerial appointment.
Not everybody would be as lucky as NOI.

check the ministerial thread on front page..well his firm is the one handling the Onitsha shopping mall (capital alliance) so he should know what he is doing

Yanks101:
Kemi that shallow greenhorn is the minister of finance? And she is supossed to do a better job than NOI.
Enemelah is absent. Very good.
Just stay away from this govt before they ruin your hard built reputation.

enelamah is trade and investment

MadCow1:
What it was built for is not important.


The Port currently receives vessels but most of them are filled with oil field equipment.

All they have to do is open up the ports, clear out the waterways, dredge it if needed and give the state some degree of control on the port.. If we drop import duty in Rivers State Port to be lower than Apapa and Tincan, omo vessels will start entering the port.

See, the Customs gusy for Port Harcourt port are like vultures, if you dare import anything into that port, they will pounce on you and suck you dry before your goods can come out of the ports because no be everyday dem dey see ship. But the moment incentives can be put in place to encourage importers to use the port, trust me, vessels will divert.[/b]


For example, it makes no sense for a product heading to the north to be imported into Lagos when Calabar port is there.

yes I agree with you..maybe that ayade's calabar port and road linking to north really has to be commended and it should done to specification and timeline..also that proposed port in akwa ibom(if the site is really deep sea) has to be looked into(since alongside lekki port) is one of the ports this govt is to look into..port activities in the eastern flank has to be revived to reduce this one way traffic to Lagos

Hameed alli needs to look into those ph port guys and flush the fools out

MadCow1:
Intel (Problem) - Consultants/research/e.t.c (Solution)

ok...though I remember reading somewhere that port harcourt port (cant remember the exact one now) built before the war was specifically for export and that import was lesser compared to apapa and that it was functioning well then..problem is Nigeria now is more of and import country..really don't know the ports in port would feature in these scenario

MadCow1:
Shallow Nature (Problem) - Dredging (Solution).



Piracy (Problem) - Improved Inland waterway security (Solution)




What next?

Intel Atiku

MadCow1:
Rivers State cant afford to be at odds with the center..


Please vte Dakuku and maybe with Amaechi lobbying at the top, we can bring Rivers State Ports (Both Sea and Air) back to life and pum some economic life into the state.

I thought ports in rivers are not functioning because of shallow nature and pirates?how would buhari reverse that?

Ofodirinwa:
no less effected than federal neglect and marginalization

federal neglect our people also helped perpetuate

PointB:
The fact of the matter is that you don't know for certain where I am based. So quit your unnecessary speculations and discuss things you are very certain of. I recall saying telling you this a while ago.

I know for a fact you are not based in the east..to be factual you are based in lagos( at least before elections) and i am not speculating

PointB:
And you know this how?

because you are not based any where in se.

PointB:
Freedom is more important than money.

I have seen countries shut down for weeks to drive home their point.

When Lagosians wanted to die for free petrol,they were at Ojota for days, and Lagos didn't collapse!

problem is you are not feeling the pinch..

Ofodirinwa:
Rochas believes he can become the president of Nigeria by pandering to the North and making gestures like this to show he's 'on top of the matter', when in reality, he's just giving them more power over his destiny by believing it's in another man's hands

guy aside what rochas has in mind this protest has stayed on enough..the economy of the states is affected more in this

FrankAba1:
Then give/support their right for self-determination, so they can get good education that eluded them as a result of wasted years in Nigeria.

not sure their governors all these yrs were outsiders other than fellow igbos

athaboi:
Unlike the ewu hausa of imo state who is planning to run for presidency in 2019. He is said instead of protesting for biafra that it wld hv been reasonable to protest for bad roads bt i want to tell him that wen the time for that come it will be to kill all his likes in igboland and not to protest because it is pple like him that hv been drawing us backward by embezling all d funds made for road constructions in the region. #freennamdikanu

and ta Orji,orji uzo kalu ,Andy uba did not embezzle money right? Ihedioha a la omerelu rd did not embezzle money right?

EasternLion:
Why?

well he said that he is not bothered about the protests and marchings as far as the lives and economy of the state is not disturbed...but he would not find it funny if security and economy is threatened