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mine3112:
The match will be one of the easiest matches of the year. Villa doesn't have anything to compete with Arsenal.

GBAM!

We will only have ourselves to blame if for any reason we drop points against this currently weak Villa side. Normally based on our current form we supposed load them with goals and start setting gap at the top with goal difference; we shouldn't be contented with just 2 or 3 goal difference against weaker teams this season.

iamoyindamola:
I hope this obsession with alvarez won't back fire, the guy clearly want barca

I don't really think it's an obsession per se. I think we genuinely wanted him for his skillset and talent, but he was looking at remaining in Spain.

With Athletico blocking his move to Barca (A direct rival), he may have no choice but to move elsewhere. That means he will consider the other teams who are bidding for him & willing to match Athletico's valuation(Arsenal happens to be one of those teams).

I don't see anything wrong with Arsenal getting him eventually if he has a change of heart since he has fallen out with Athletico and their fans seemed to have turned against him.

I don't think he will perform poorly or have an issue if he eventually joins Arsenal irrespective of whatever drama that is happening with his transfer saga currently.

I think we should sell Martinelli to the Saudis for the 60m they are offering and get another attacker to replace him before the window closes in September.

Make Ian go siddon somewhere with his pro-Martinelli agenda. Majority of us are done with the unnecessary over-loyalty to players. The loyalty the club gave to players like Van persie, Fabregas and co in the past didn't lead us anywhere. If Arteta has no use for Martinelli anymore in his team, we should sell ASAP and should not be bothered with whatever agenda Ian Wright and co Wan dey cook on behalf of Martinelli.

izzou:
I think the noblest form of dying is when you know it's coming.

There's time to give one last hug, say one last word, make peace, and all that!

RIP Ogogo

It's unfortunate he had to go this way, but somehow I just feel it's good he finally goes to rest.

This 101 year old great grandma was arrested by NDLEA for selling Canabis in Ogun State.

One thing that caught my attention was that NDLEA boss Buba Marwa directed that she be granted bail due to her age. What do you guys think?

101-YEAR-OLD GREAT-GRANDMOTHER ARRESTED AS NDLEA INTERCEPTS COCAINE IN FUFU

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 101-year-old woman for alleged drug dealing, intercepted cocaine concealed in edible cassava flour popularly known as fufu,… pic.twitter.com/PPQWPLMLET

— UNCLE DEJI™️ (@DejiAdesogan) August 23, 2026

drisham:
The funniest goal scored yesterday

Clever #CreweAlex https://t.co/nm0ip1nFNW pic.twitter.com/uPjn31VI7c

— Jay Hodson (@jayhodson44) August 22, 2026

They should audit the bank account of that goalkeeper, e get reason why!

Ibime:
Tony Elumelu is not a colleague of that young lady, but is a Non-Executive board member.

There is difference between Appointment and Employment. He is not necessarily bound by policy.

This is the point which I expected to be obvious to all dem prospa and co talking about "company policy" blah blah.

Tony Elumelu while Corte ting her told to either call him Mr. Elumelu or Chairman.

Tony Elemulu is the chairman emeritus of the UBA group. He only stepped down as chairman of the board this year after 12 years as chairman due to statutory requirements. Almost everyone within and outside UBA knows he is Mr. UBA

Anybody with emotional intelligence supposed know say when dem dey tell u for banking school to address Ur colleague on first name basis, nobody is telling u to call the chairman emeritus of the bank by his first name. He is definitely not Ur colleague nor member of staff.

I just look Those guys supporting her dey form yeye woke culture. I'm very sure none of them has ever called a director in their work place by his first name if indeed they've worked closely with high-ups before..... Except the person is white man who insists on being called by his first name.

We've scored 6 goals in two games ( Community shield and EPL first game) and none of those goals was from corner kicks.

Suddenly nobody dey talk about us being Corner FC anymore. If next week we score just one corner goal, rivals go begin wail.🤩

Omo! See as Merino use this Coventry guy meat rub ground! 😂

Raya finally makes a save 😂

3-0 it is!

Odegaard with a third goal.

We really need to do something about Ben White.

Can Timber come back from injury already?

This Tzolis dey put body for game no be small!

Saka makes it 2-0 😎

Starboy for a reason! 🌟

I repeat : I love Tzolis attitude to the game, he's always ready to ginjah!

It was his charging that led to that goal. That's the kind of attitude I want at this club

Havertz scores the first goal of the season!

Nice assist from Calafiori 😎

Welcome Ezri Konsa!

Make Eze no come infect Konsa with his Yori-yori football Sha

yewit37486:
Yes, they reward people who are daring, not those who are full..lish and lacking in emotional intelligence, such that they don't know what is appropriate when.

Board chairman openly reprimand person, my guy say she go collect award 😂

odizeey:
She'll probably get to meet Mr Tony more in the future. Banks reward people who are daring.

Na so! 😂

Tony will even make her face of heirs holdings 🤡

odizeey:
Seems you don't even understand this whole thing. You just dey para cos them call person Tony

Para keh? 😂

I'm not the one getting popular for the wrong reasons na, why I go Para? 🤷‍♂️

Shebi all the people that asked question before her that said "Good morning sir" are fooolish, na she wise pass. Issokay!

liveLongNprospa:
Oga.
You have not answered the question.
What is the need for using your head when policy and training by the same bank states otherwise?

Again wetin deh happen here?
Wetin different between this your position and people wey dey talk say you suppose thank your employer for paying your salary.
Or query junior HSE staff say "how you go tell oga say make e wear PPE?!"
Or tell person say "oga never commot office but you dey go house"

Loool Jesus take the wheel

No be fight baba, shebi the company policy say make she call the chairman of the board "Tony"..... Make she continue jàre.

liveLongNprospa:
I'm sorry but if they want to do mental gymnastics then please let UBA stop the act of training people on first name basis. People have confirmed that they usually imbibe this from their GT programs and it is part of their policy.

So what exactly is the need tk start jumping mental hoops?

If UBA is trying to be on a global standard for HRBP then why is she expected to use her head when the bank trained her to do what she did.

What stops Tony from also saying he is bigger than the HSE Policy of UBA then?
Or any other policy

Okay bro, she's free not to use her head.

When she starts managing high networth customers of the bank, she should refer to Otedola as "Femi" when she gets into a meeting with him.

izzou:
Yes oh.

Make I no go talk down on Elumelu, thinking say na Blueraydick

😂

Funny thing be say that same girl cannot call a graduate assistant or assistant lecturer in the department she graduated from in the the university by his first name o.

Na "Good morning Tony" she wan use tear eye for woke culture 😂

Spy360:
First the lady does not look like she is an abroadian based on her phonetics. Again, she looked very much embarrassed by the scenerio.

She looks to me as a victim of poorly structured corporate culture at UBA.

She's a victim of lack of emotional intelligence.

If she's placed on the relationship management team that manages Dangote's account with UBA,.....will she say "Good morning Aliko" the day she goes to meet him for a resolution meeting?

If your answer is no, then that should tell you she just chose to be unintelligent in tha her conversation with Tony Elumelu.

Bluelines69:
I go join elder sef, very simple don’t do the whole first name thing if it’ll not be implemented all round, all this common sense talk and read the room na why police go put bail is free but if I go there to bail somebody for free my fellow Nigerians go dey call me mumu, don’t put it there nobody go beat you

You guys are funny Sha.

Even the current MD of UBA bank not open mouth and call him "Tony", but Una dey gas Graduate trainee say she is right to call person wey get the bank by his first name.

Issokay o.

GloriousGbola:
a very bad way to start your career

al that can work in small tech startups where ceo is under 30

but in your traditional organization - anywhere in the world, your entry level employee is NOT going to address the oga at the top by his first name.

infact sometimes your paddy from before before - if he climb pass you when you meet him you will not address him by name if you no dey sure where you stand with him

you think people who worked sjpulder to shoulder with sanwo in lspppa back then can all meet him and address him with the same familiarity as before

age and position comes with an expected level of respect - unless you are doing agbaya with small girl

Exactly, it's a terrible idea calling a business leader by his first name without his expressed permission.

I fear for her career honestly especially in corporate naija

odizeey:
I'm not misleading anyone. Anyone can call my name. Just as I don't care if you give me something from left or right hand.

Those things don't make one respectful.

Alright bro.

izzou:
Nigerians will trample upon anything about their culture like it's a burden.

The same people trolling Tony for copying a white man's greeting, may probably have their own culture, prostrating, bowing, doing frog jump, etc to greet the elderly.

I never knew a time would come when to add "Mr" would be an issue

As in.....I don't even know in what world a youth in her 20's will think it's a burden to address almost 4 decades older than her with courtesy. Let's even forget the person in question is the chairman of group of companies.

odizeey:
I've worked in numerous corporate organizations. And this is the norm. First name basis. In one of my former organizations, because the MD sir was too much, the MD adopted to be called by the initials of his full name and that was enforced.

Make no mistakes, I'm not even comfortable with calling someone who is 5 years older than me by name. Not because of respect per say, but because of the way we were brought up. But that doesn't equate to respect. If that person tells you to do something, will you do it?

Title means nothing.

Baba mi, even if UBA says "address every staff by their first name" during banking school , trust me nobody will sit you down and tell you to call the chairman of your company group "Tony" 🙅‍♂️

She lacks emotional intelligence and for that she's trending for the wrong reasons

By the way, since u are not comfortable.witj what she did why are u defending/playing advocate for her? Don't u think u will mislead a younger person reading this thread?

odizeey:
Poverty in india is still a major challenge. We have the richest black people in africa from Nigeria, but we are one of the poorest countries in the world.

We have the highest number startups in Africa, even Moroccan startups are looking up to us, but we are still poor as a nation. When majority of your population is poor, your nation is poor

There's a global generally acceptable measure of poverty and by that rate Nigeria is still poorer than India. But somehow you believe Nigeria is better than India?

E be like say u never travel commot major cities in Nigeria make u go see poverty in real life. The part of the north wey I serve, if u see the kind tattered naira notes people spend....Nobody bothers rejecting mutilated notes like we do in major cities, they simply collect anything that has semblance of CBN note no matter how tattered it is. That was at a time Dollar dey exchange around N150 o. Imagine how things will look like over there now. I do mistake carry some of those naira notes come Lagos, I later threw it away after some months

odizeey:
First, respect in Nigeria is to shut up when elders are talking. That's the problem. Anything elders say, you do. No questions. Respect. Asia dey do am?

As regards POTUS, Donald does not work in UBA or have any affiliation to the company.

You say some companies, those companies are not UBA. I'm speaking about UBA.

UBA is a bank and most Nigerian banks dress corporate. I honestly don't see the corellation u are trying to draw between dress code of an organization and addressing people with respect sha.

I don't think UBA tells their graduate trainees in Banking school to address a customer or prospective customer by their first name despite the noticeable age difference. That is where emotional intelligence comes into play.

Don't be offended by this question bro, do you currently work in the corporate space in Nigeria or have worked in the corporate space before?

odizeey:
I'm not playing devils advocate. My problem is selecting when to import culture.
- We wear suit to work everyday when we have our cultural wears that fits our weather.
- They trained her to call everyone in the organization by first name but why does he want to exempt himself. Let them scrap that culture. It doesn't work in Nigeria.


Finally, we show too much respect in this country that's why we are making slow progress. "Respect" culture is why we are where we are.

There are countries where they show respect and things go smoothly for them far better than Nigeria. No be respect dey spoil Nigeria, na corruption and not doing the right things.

You said tbey trained her to call people by their first name, but u forget there's what is called Emotional Intelligence. I'm sure if she finds herself one on one with POTUS she won't say "Good Morning Donald". She will definitely remember who he is and not casually address him by his first name.

There are organizations who wear whatever they like to work from Monday to Friday. Since COVID, a lot has changed in the corporate world.The company I work with, there's no dress code in our handbook ; HR just expects you to dress well. It doesn't stop people from showing respect to colleagues, superiors and other stakeholders.