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Better2morrow:
True on the bolded but in this life nothing is perfect. Every football club has something they are lacking or trying to solve. It what makes the team grow. I love that our midfield and defence are properly stacked thus comparing us to other PL teams, we are way better off.

Of course, I'm pleased with how our backline has become a fortress....I'm saying attention should also be paid to our attack so we can have a more balanced team that can always get the job done whether we are facing a defense-minded opponent or a team known for their offensive prowess.

raumdeuter:
This is why anyone who cares about Davido should warn him to avoid politics since he has a thin skin

Even if na for street you get thin skin like this you go don collect many times

You wan come be confra ..

Make he just continue to make his music and enjoy life. Some part of life you have to thread carefully

I also don't see him surviving naija mainstream political scene. He's definitely not cut for it.

iamoyindamola:
Erigga isn't the type he can shut up

Truly Davido behaved like someone on the spectrum. Erigga Wey him mouth no good normally.

iamoyindamola:
Yes you are right, Eze is the LW we were waiting for.
The only department Arteta doesn't risk is the defence

My personal opinion about Arteta and defence is that his tutelage under Guardiola while it lasted rubbed off on him.

Remember back then after Guardiola joined city he was busy buying defenders for 50 million and above in a bid to strengthen the squad.

I think during those period Arteta spent under Guardiola, he saw how those defenders helped Guardiola team dominate the league. I guess the fact that he also watches how Arsenal was always g getting messed up by City and other top teams during the time of dem Sokratis, David Luiz, Mustafi and co actually spurred him to always prioritize our defence.

I would've wished he gives both attack and defence equal attention Sha

MSGAMBLE9:
He has but not official yet...

Gabriel Martinelli has spoken for the first time since joining Al-Hilal from Arsenal.

The Brazilian forward joined Arsenal as a boy and leaves as a Premier League champion and the club's record sale.

Speaking after his move to Saudi Arabia, Martinelli said it was an emotional moment.

"It’s emotional. I came to Arsenal as a boy with a dream, and I’m leaving as a champion. If the decision was completely mine, I would have stayed, but sometimes football makes decisions for you.

I’m proud to have won the Premier League and happy to leave Arsenal as their record sale.

Most importantly, I’m grateful to the fans, my teammates and everyone at the club. Arsenal will always be a part of my heart." -Martinelli

Martinelli leaves after winning the league title with Arsenal and sealing a record move to Al-Hilal.

Courtesy - Arsenal Fanatics

Martinelli didn't say any of the above. I asked Google's Gemini Ai if indeed he said those words and the response Gemini gave was:

"Gabriel Martinelli did not say this quote. The statement is a viral fabrication circulating on social media platforms like Facebook and X regarding a fictional transfer. There are no verified statements from Martinelli or Arsenal confirming these remarks"

It's just the various Fan blogs that are fabricating these things for traffic on their page.

Emaprince:
I will make excuses for Davido here.

The lad have been shaded for coming from a rich pop always. People even try to discredit his hard work and attribute his musical success and rise to fame to his affluent background. It is frustrating to work this hard and earn maintsream success, but some haters wouldnt give him that credit, but rather make it seem like he wouldnt blow without money.

There is only one person that will take Eriggas post wrongly - It is the same person that have been hounded with this narrative of "you made it in music because your dad is rich".

It is also very possible that was a shade to Davido.

Erigga regularly makes post like that either motivating street nigggas or dropping thought provoking streetz orientation. If u go to his twitter handle, u will see countless tweets from him that has absolutely nothing to do with shading anyone, talk more of an A-list artist like Davido.

I can't remember Erigga ever having any issue with Davido, neither has he put his mouth in Davido's business. I don't see how anybody will read that Erigga's tweet and say he meant disrespect to any musician from affluent background. He is simply giving a shout-out to those whose background has already put their backs on the ground, but they still managed to make something out of their musical career na. That should not trigger anybody from affluent background except they have self-esteem issues.

Davido can always have a go at those who disrecpect his craft, but not at those hailing the not-so-privileged who still managed to get their grind going. Davido insulting Erigga's papa out of nowhere is the lowest of low if u ask me. Na him gan gan dey behave like who come from the gutters.

iamoyindamola:
Martinelli haven't conclude his transfer
If they don't want they should return him na

I think Saudi have an extended transfer window, so they will most likely complete the transfer before their own transfer window closes.

I'm not okay with the idea of not signing Martinelli's replacement sha. But Something tells me Arteta wants to play Eze on that LW instead since it appears Eze would not thrive in the AM role with Odegaard suddenly becoming LANS .

pocohantas:
Even if Indrive charges N1000 from Amukoko to VI. I won't enter. They have the most unruly and unstable drivers..nobody should come tell me it is same drivers on all. Uber was my default app, the only ehailing app with my card details. I think with time drivers began porting to Bolt and Imdrive, so it became harder for me to get rides. Pickup time would be almost 25mins. That was when I was forced to use Bolt.

I don't feel comfortable attaching my card to any e-hailing app account sha. I always prefer doing Transfer to the drivers after the trip cos I just don't trust any of those companies with data protection.

GloriousGbola:
Simple clapback - You learnt nothing from yours pops Sha. If he was careless and irresponsible like you, you wouldn't be here.

If you were not guarding social media noise making but those who were meant be guarded the story would be different

Davido is the last person who should be attacking people on social media with all his mess and obvious weak spots.

I really don't understand why Davido is so insecure sha......

I checked Erigga's subsequent tweets, I noticed the guy was equally surprised Davido is crashing out over a tweet that wasn't directed at him

iamoyindamola:
I think they submit after transfer end incase of changes especially if new are in the team

Okay, that makes sense. They can give him the number 9.....I just hope he works on his first touch and his positioning too, he should be fine.

iamoyindamola:
Seems Arsenal not letting Viktor played in the 2 matches was because they want him to take the no. 9 shirt

I thought they already submitted the official Jersey numbers for this season to the FA at the beginning of season and can't change it midway.

Or is it possible for them to change his number now that the number 9 is vacant after Jesus' departure?

What exactly is wrong with Davido? Can't even understand what triggered him in this Erigga's tweet that was clearly not a diss but a shout-out to street hustlers. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Later his stans will claim "they hate him because him papa get money"...... Shey no be him carry torchlight dey hunt for hate all over the internet like this?

izzou:
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That 18k trip you saw on Bolt, would be like 22k on Uber.

I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but Uber has the least occurrence amongst all.

Uber is the most expensive. If drivers are going offline to charge you more for 18k, is it the person that put 13k they will agree?

Uber had its special customers. No be everybody dey use Uber because e cost. If you cancel a trip as a rider unnecessarily, Uber will bill you. Uber will refund a driver immediately if the passenger didn't pay without stories. These are offers that Bolt and InDrive would struggle to do.

Uber just cannot come down to the Agbero level of Bolt and InDrive, and I am guessing that's why they left, because their customers were declining by the day.

Uber and Bolt no dey the same WhatsApp group oh

Well, I don't know much about their policies as it concerns drivers.... I can only speak about their policies as it concerns passengers and I can say InDrive policies favor passengers the most, maybe followed by Bolt sha.

Going by ur explanation, I guess Uber's business model is not designed to thrive in a 3rd world low income earning economy/society like Nigeria. Bolt and InDrive will most likely take over the customers being left behind by Uber.

GloriousGbola:
In 2020 I was taking Uber to gbagada every day. There was road construction and I didn't feel like stressing myself. They mostly hate festac because of bad roads there. One day the driver said he could not go and said we should go offline. This was the first time I had heard of offline.

I went to the Uber thread to complain, thinking the drivers there would say it was a bad practice. See insult . You don't have car and you want to spoil other people's car. That kind of thing. It was very clear that it is a standard for Uber drivers. I sha gave it back to them

Don't know where izzou is getting his revisionism from.

It's bolt and Uber drivers that play the offline care most sef...Most of them will even take u offline without Ur knowledge.

I recently had reasons to go to Computer village, Ikeja during off peak period from VI. When I was done in Ikeja and needed to return to VI, I decided to use bolt......

The driver picked me from pick-up point and few minutes into the trip I noticed the trip was cancelled on my bolt app. I was immediately alarmed and asked my driver what happened. He told me he cancelled the trip cos the bolt rate doesn't favour him and as such, he's unwilling to share his earnings from the trip with bolt in form of commission.

Now my first instinct was to tell him to stop and allow me look for another ride since I don't think it is safe continuing on the trip since bolt can't track the trip on their app. But the fact that he has taken me far away from where I could easily get another ride frustrated me.

So I just maintained my composure hoping he doesn't have ulterior motives and shared my location with my wife via WhatsApp so she can track me should anything go wrong. To be sincere I never enjoyed the trip cos I was on edge all through the trip and was hoping for the worst at every possible turn. When we safely got to VI, I heaved a sigh of relief.

izzou:
Yes.

99% of the time, the drivers will refuse the pricing and take you offline

Well, this has not been my experience.

I've always gotten good/reasonable price negotiated strictly via the app which is far better than the fixed fare bolt offers on their app for the same trip. For all the times I've used InDrive, the drivers have not refused the pricing and resort to offline trips.

It's on bolt and Uber sef the whole offline trip thingy is a common feature. Let me give an example.

Let's say u want to move from VI to Ilupeju on the mainland and you check bolt and the cheapest base rate is 18k. If u check same trip on InDrive, you will see the cheapest base rate as 13k. Most drivers would not accept the trip at 13k on InDrive so u will have to increase Ur offer. By the time u increase Ur offering to 15k on InDrive app, u will see a driver that will accept to embark on the trip officially without asking to go offline.

Whereas, the bolt fixed base rate remains 18k for the same trip (and may go higher depending on traffic situation on the road).

PS: This is my own personal experience o ; I know experinces may differ from one person to another Sha

izzou:
Uber has shutdown their operations in Nigeria

I guess competition from alternatives like InDrive made their business model not sutainable and they just decided to move.

From a consumer's viewpoint, I think InDrive having that feature that allows consumers negotiate the cost of ride with willing drivers definitely puts brand like Uber and bolt at disadvantage.

izzou:
I am not surprised, as long as it's Soludo.

I guess he transformed from a technocrat to a typical Nigerian politician that doesn't care about optics within the shortest possible time frame. That's the only explanation for what Soludo has become.

If he wants to appoint a politician in to be in charge of security matters in the state, couldn't he have looked for someone other than the man mentioned in such heinous crime?

Omo! 😲😲😲

Nigeria is a crime scene 🤦‍♂️

this is the funniest voice note you will see online today 😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/0VZfRTFvHd

— Omo Kogi (Yagba) 🌍 (@harrysone9) September 2, 2026

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izzou:
Aptly put.

What's more worrisome is that an LGA Chairman is elected. His people chose him. How can a governor remove an elected official and put a Councillor?

In the end, all that matters to both the sane and insane is the numbers.

Whether people are beheaded or sacked or killed or coerced isn't a problem

As much as politicians pay lip service to "Local government autonomy", the sad reality is that local government remains an extension of state government that is firmly under the control of state governors. They do whatever they like with it and decide who is "selected" as local government chairman.

The Eboyin governor will most likely cary out his threat and nothing untoward will happen as a consequence.

The current political system we are operating in Nigeria has failed, but the politicians who are beneficiaries of the dysfunctional system(and their supporters) will argue otherwise. Last 2 weeks I read that the new Electoral Act passed by the national assembly and signed into law by the president has casually removed certificate forgery as a grounds for challenging the outcome of an election at the election petition tribunal. Just like that! Not much fuss about it.

Nigerian politicians are the luckiest in the world sha, they hit a jackpot with the kind of electorates we have in naija.

raumdeuter:
I am not a sex therapist, but you likely will find that most of the stress is not physical its mental. The same woman who is stressed and cant do will do it when they meet another man who dey catch their fancy.

Provision is not the only thing. Let me use this extreme case of Ned vs Regina. If Regina is telling Ned she is stressed its not because of money or food. Its because she no dey feel the guy. The same Regina fit sneak out risk dangers to go nack Somadina. Just like the man wey dey complain say he is tired to nack the wife go still dey check out baddie on IG

Also attraction is not forever, e fit wane with time or with certain issues that come up in marriage

You are right, for some people societal pressure forced them to marry whom they are not sexually attracted to and it later leads to issues in their marriage.

A man or woman who is constantly being reminded that he or she is not getting younger after crossing the age of 30 may marry whom they are not necessarily sexually attracted to, they have one or two kids in the marriage and the urge to have sexual inteecourse with that spouse dies off.

Also, the need to meet up with societal standards and social climbing moves lead people into enstarnged marriages. Like the case of Ned and Regina, one doesn't need an Einstein level brain to forsee what happened between Ned and Regina. The young lady and her family were on some social climbing shiiit going into the marriage and it was only a matter of time before she grows out of whatever love she was professing for him at the time of marriage.

We've seen ladies who would marry the trader /business man who sponsored her through university, only for her to be cheating on him with her university boyfriend she is genuinely sexually attracted to.

As for people who married "the love of their lives" only for them to suddenly find out they have low libido after marriage, I think for that the signs were always there(especially if they dated for a year or more)

As a man, if Ur spouse has low libido u would've seen the signs when u were dating.....the only reason u didn't think much of it is probably because u were getting sexual action elsewhere while u guys were dating. The moment u decide to respect the sanctity of marriage and stay through to Ur marital vows u will then see it bright and clear that Ur gf not giving u much sexxx during Ur dating days was not wickedness but a serious issue u overlooked.

Transfer deadline is 11pm, anything can still happen.

raumdeuter:
Why will anyone want to have sex with a person who doesnt consent. If you believe the money spent means consent and he/she says No, then collect your mony back

I co-ask o.

I always wonder how do rapists even get erection in the first place? How do you they manage to have an erection and keep it when their victim obviously doesn't want them nor consent to the sexual intercourse?

You want to have sexxx with a lady and she obviously doesn't want to.....how do u even manage to keep erection and force urself on such lady be it Ur spouse or some random lady?

I feel people who have non-conensual sex are definitely 4cked up in the head Sha

iamoyindamola:
Amen to your prayers
I have been looking for Ebele Jnr page to swear pray for him incase he want to forgive her

As I was watching her video, anger just dey boil inside me.

Chai! She even tagged the guy's club in her video just so they can take disciplinary action against him.

If the guy ever forgive her, he will get injury wey pass Aaron Ramsey broken leg! Ase!

iamoyindamola:

"Victor Jr Ebele did not r@pe me, I was going through a difficult time and so frightened I took laws into my hands and wrongly accused him"

~ Lady retracts her r@pe allegation against footballer Victor Ebele pic.twitter.com/HlTuTlsi7p

— Nigeria Stories (@NigeriaStories) September 1, 2026

If this girl no do jail, God will punish Ebele Jr and his family ! Ajeh!

She should not be allowed to make this tongue-in-cheek apology and get away with her crime.

If I am a member of Ebele family , even if my brother she accused does not want to pursue a case against her, I will take it upon myself to make sure I go to any length to have her punished severely . How can she drag our entire family and think making this smug video is all the consequence she will ever face?

Better2morrow:
Honestly, this is the main point! I see ALOT of so called Arsenal fans on YouTube calling the performance(Arsenal's) terrible and I wonder what wrong with people. Arsenal literally controlled the game, and proved one more time that they have the best defense in the world. Hopefully a showdown against Chelsea will shut em up especially if we don't concede. I prefer winning 1-0 than 4-3 any day and this is not me being biased.

Some Arsenal fans don't really know what they want. They probably want us to play an open ended game against good ebening who wouldn't hesitate to punish us , they forget all that matters is securing the maximum 3 points while neutralizing our opponent's tactics.

I will not fault the team's conservative approach provided it yields necessary results against our opponents. Gone were the days we would play 7-5 against Reading, play 3-4 against Newcastle and struggle to defend against top 6 sides.

As it stands, we need our attackers like Havertz coverting their chances and we would cause most teams great pain.

FUN FACT: Aston Villa didn't even have a shot on target yesterday night.

Imagine playing on someone's home turf and tbey couldn't manage to put shot on target past your defence and goalkeeper 🤗.

This season go long for our opponents and Those attempting to hate-watch us o

Players like Havertz are just frustrating to watch most of the times. He would score difficult goals like the one he scored against PSG in the champions league final, only for him to lose a one-on-one vs Goalkeeper with the keeper off his line like this evening.

Hopefully we add that Bournemouth striker Kroupi Jr to our attack options Sha

PDPGuy:
The truth is, a lot of Nigerians in the diaspora may not actually be ready for a functioning Nigeria. For some, living abroad is mainly about earning a better living, not necessarily because they prefer a more organized society.

Deep down, some are still comfortable with the same disorder, dishonesty, toxicity, and chaos they grew up around. The difference is that they want to return with enough money and status to rise above the dysfunction rather than change it. They don’t necessarily want the system to work for everybody; they just want to be in a position where the broken system works in their favor.

That’s why I sometimes wonder: if Nigeria suddenly became as organized, accountable, and structured as the countries many Nigerians migrate to, would everyone genuinely be happy about it?

It’s deeper than this, though. One day I go explain am well.

Factos! 💯

I enjoyed how we frustrated these losers till the dying minutes of the game. I like how we match their agrressiveness with even greater physicality.

Bruno Guimaraes is a great addition to this team ; I'm glad he's out of the tough players arsenal players will have to play this season.

Maximum 6 points from our first 2 games with 4 goal difference is not a bad way to start our league title defence at all 😎

Eze and his Yori-yori football no go kill us Sha 🤦‍♂️

See wetin Havertz lose 🤦‍♂️