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Monaco and an unnamed top German club believed to be Dortmund are the front runners amongst some top league clubs fighting for the signature of Nigeria's most promising winger Samuel Kalu. His Belgium club, Gent values him in the region of 15-20mills.

TheSuperNerd:
Mumu? Bia Chriskels... See this your guy oooo... He is saying a lie o. I only ever remember referring to you as a clown, and elite big head... It is Elder Sir Kog45 who even says you always sound like one who loves to joke around... So why turning it into something serious now and even topping it with a lie? Abi you don't like the thread's jester crown anymore?

Have I ever called you MUMU before? Abeg I wan know

Lol free my paddy. He was only making references in order to calm things down. Nothing serious

ROUND-UP: Ogu Scores In Israeli Play-Offs, Uzoho In Action As Deportivo Fabril Win


 1 April 15, 2018 10:45 pm
By James Agberebi:

Super Eagles midfielder John Ogu was on target for Hapeol Beer-Sheva who fought back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at home to Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Championship play-offs on Sunday.

Ogu scored in the 79th minute to make it 2-1 for his side before an own goal by Eden Ben Basat levelled the score in the 90th minute.

The draw left Hapoel Beer-Sheva at the top of the six-team play-off group on 10 points, three points above second-placed Maccabi Netanya.

In the Belgian Group B Europa League play-offs, Nigeria striker Joseph Akpala started for Oostende who drew 2-2 at home against St. Truiden.

It was Oostende’s third straight draw; they have three points and afe third in the six-team play-offs group.

Akpala was however replaced in the 71st minute of the game.

And in the Spanish Segunda B, Group 1 (lower division), Super Eagles goalkeeper Francis Uzoho was in goal for Deportivo Fabril who thrashed Atletico Madrid B side 4-1.

The game was Uzoho’s 22nd league appearance for Deportivo Fabril so far this season.

Deportivo Fabril top the 20-team lower division table on 62 points with four games left to play.

Martz101:
You see why we never develop as a country, you acted like you are a peace maker with English but then you showed your self as an instigator with igbo

I bunu ofeke ya mere m jiri si ya hapu gi ka I na-ezuzughari. O bu mua kwuru ya, jee choro eriri kwuo udo n'ofia

Some times I wonder why Gent sent a player as prolific as Olayinka on loan and their point man is struggling to score goals

Just imagine if they kept this front line ;

Simon...........Olayinka..............Kalu


It would av been raining goals for them every weekend

Humility017:
the 3 of them plus ajagun and umar should be given a look in.... they should be invited to make up the 35 man list....

Seconded!!

forgiveness:
Peter Olayinka with an assist yesterday. Making it 8 goals and 13 assists.

Cyriel Desserts has 11 goals with 5 assists.

Samuel Kalu has 6 goals with 8 assists.

Whose stats is better?

It's Simon's

OMANBALA1:
Igbo enwe Eze doesnt literally mean Igbos have no king, its figurative. For instance, your Oba has the final say in your village and nobody can contest what he says but the Igbo has a well developed chieftaincy institution that is very powerful like Agbalanze, Nze na Ozo and Ndi ichie...We will question our kings if need be. Again you have no sensible proof to your Olisa claim ...You debate like a little kid,everything is hearsay...lol. I bet you thought its gonna be a walk in the park...no so fast

I bu ezigbo nwafor igbo. "igbo enwe Eze" bu akpala okwu mana igbo si na-atuoro omara, o mara, mana a tuoro ofeke, o fenye isi n'ofia.

Biko nwanne-ukwu m, hapu ofeke ahu ka o were iberibe ya na-eto

Oasis007:
The emboldened should have been basis but it panned out to be......?! We are too emotional to some little Things at times. This Discourse should have been friendly discussed and everyone would have learned one or two things, but alas! We must turn everything to tribal Supremacy.

This is one of the reasonable Threads uniting all Nigerians together, however if we can keep off tribal Ish out of this Thread, then we are calling for the End of this noble Thread.

It really was educative and friendly hence I told the people I was discussing with about the deity my people worshiped and why my people bear the name "Ajala" but out of no where, Martz101 and his friends landed and that Kog45 of a man decided to blame me?

Make I comment my reserve sha

mazimee:
Actually, Ubina Ukpabi is the main god of Aro people.

Thanks for the correction but the people of obinkita and Abam worshipped Kalu

Kog45:
Thank you.I think we should stop saying a player is from particular part of the country, for God sake why saying a player is from Okija, what is our business with that,how many players do we know their states of origin talk less of villages.

Lol I do that often here but I never knew it doesn't go down well with some people. Other people also do it.

Uv read people calling Musa, Simon, Mikel, Onazi Jos boys.
I once called Ebere Eze Mbaise boy and there was no qualm, I really don't know how this one turned out an inferno. I blame mart101, omanballa and prolong for this because we were being reasonable until they came in. We were actually learning from each other (tbaba1234, humility and myself) until they turned it into a war then I steered clear.

I presume you an elder please always act like one whenever u wanna pass judgments and also beg you to please stop aiming digs at me every now and then, it ain't funny no more. I don't wanna be rude to some older but please stop pushing me. Do have a happy Sunday

elyte89:
I sight u too sir chriskels,I hope u re taking gud care of "our" wife

Our wife? Hmm anyways yes

BascoVanVeli:
I think his point is that Leon should move to a bigger club. Honestly too much relegation fighting is not good for a player.

But Schalke04 reported to be on his case, is big enough club nah.

OMANBALA1:
I dont want to turn this thread into Edo vs Igbo but Edo culture didnt influence Anambra/Omanbala and definitely not Enugu. What you have is Anioma people who moved to Anambra during the brutal agha iduu n'oba. How can you prove Olisaebuluwa is derived from Osanobua. Some of these words are shared among these ethnic groups. And dont make the mistake of thinking Ovie and Osifo are Igbo names because they are not. Those Anioma's that bear those names are Bini migrants. While you are on your Edonization project remember the Igbo language or it variant is spoken through out Anioma. Some of the claims Edo people make are very offensive and annoying. Let me stop here before I get angry

I deliberately ignored him because I wouldn't wanna derail the thread but u just wrote all I wanted to write.

Elyte89 I sight u oo

Bolowolowo:
Just saw the vid. Jesu, this guy can shakara these boys all day long . Kudos to Pinnick et al. for the discovery. We've got a hot commodity on our hands.

When I said boys are coming through, I have my reasons.

I pity Senegal because they ain't doing enough to claim their abundant talents rotting away in far away France

Bolowolowo:
At 29 years of age, Balogun has somewhat passed the half way mark of his career. It would be nice for him to play with a well known European team like Shalke well into his thirties.

And ur point is...?

tbaba1234:
Yep, plays very similar to victor Moses..

Chai boys are coming through. Why can't we organise an U23 team to assemble these boys while we gradually but steadily and carefully promote them to the Super Eagles?

Who else has been keeping tabs on Bright Enobakhare? My boy will be playing in the premier League for Wolves next season. Chai I just hope Dominic Iorfa would be joining him

Nigeria
Ex Flying Eagles Captain Ajagun On Target Again For Belgium Side Kortrijk


Former Nigeria youth international Abduljelil Ajagun was once again on target for modest Belgium side Kortrijk in their 2-0 win over Lierse in the Belgium play-offs.

Ajagun who scored in their 4-1 win over Waasland-Beveren in the play-offs two weeks ago scored the second goal which sealed victory for his team in the. 58th minute.

He also bagged the assist for the opener scored by Jeremy Perebet in the 38th minute. So far he has scored five goals for Kortrijk with three coming in the regular season while two came in the play-offs.

Now 25 year old the former Panathinaikos midfielder, who spent last season on loan to Dutch side Roda JC has emerged as one of the star players for Kortrijk this season.

The former Nigeria U20 captain who also represented Nigeria at the 2009 U17 World Youth Championship is yet to be capped by Nigeria at senior level, no thanks to the options available to coach of the Nigerian team Gernot Rohr.

It will be awesome to have a Champs league defender and a potential Europa league defender (Awaziem) in our ranks


Nigeria
Schalke 04 Favourite To Sign Long Term Target Leon Balogun For Free In The Summer
Mainz 05 and Super Eagles of Nigeria defender Leon Balogun is closing in on a summer move with his contract set to expire in the coming days and no talks about an extension.

Balogun is in the final year of his three years deal with Mainz 05 and his form especially for the senior national team of Nigeria has provoked interest in his services from some clubs in Europe.

However Schalke 04 are the favourite to clinch his signature on a free transfer after a failed move to sign him last season, Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal.

Schalke 04 are pushing for a spot in next season UEFA Champions League and they view the 29 year old Balogun, who will represent Nigeria at the World Cup later in the year as a bargain signing as he will come for free.

Talks will reportedly get underway after the end of the current German Bundesliga season where Balogun has played just 13 games, with many suggesting his contractual situation led to the decision to play him less.

Nigeria
Obinna Nwobodo Shinning In New Role Behind The Striker At Ujpest, Scores Again


Former Enugu Rangers forward Obinna Nwobodo was once again on target for Hungarian side Ujpest in their 4-2 win over Vasas in a league game in Hungary.

Nwobodo played in his favourite role behind the striker, and the 21 year old who operated mainly from the flanks last season, and as a playmaker earlier this season opened scoring for his team.

His goal sparked them to their first win in five games which saw them suffer two losses in the league, one in the cup and two draws. The win propelled them to third on the log after 26 games.

Personally the goal was the second goal of the season for the failed Liverpool target who is into the second year of a five year deal at the modest Hungarian side.

I pray Awoniyi and Hillary Gong join Anderletch next season as Olayinka returns to Gent. Belgium is really helping us develop our boys.


http://owngoalnigeria.com/2018/04/14/anderlecht-intensify-push-to-loan-red-hot-liverpool-loanee-awoniyi-next-season/

Humility017:
Ajala has always means....traveller in Yoruba...
buhari was nicknamed that by SR during his first 2 years of always travelling..round the world

It's a yoruba meaning doesn't make it meaningless in igbo.

Ajala (aja-ala) means the ground soil where I'm from. It is the name of a great deity worshipped by my people hence when u come to isuikwuato local government of abia state, u see surnames like, obiajala (the palace of ajala), Ajala (the deity) and kindred such as umuajala (the children of Ajala), ihuajala etc. I succeeded Emeka Ajala as the senior prefect of my school back then in secondary school.

We learn everyday

tbaba1234:
There are overlaps in culture. Osayi is an Edo name as well... Also Edo people (and delta) are fond of giving English names like, Bright, Friday, Amen .. as first names.. If i am to take a guess, I would say Edo based on the name structure.

Thanks for enlightening me bro. We learn everyday.

Until we get the full details, we can never tell where he's from, all the same, I'm happy he's Nigerian and he identifies with the GWG

tbaba1234:
I think he is Edo.. The name combination is typical Edo... I am Edo myself

U might be right but just know that as Okoro is a common name in igbo land, some people in Edo also bear Okoro e.g osas and Stanley Okoro. Same thing with that "osayi" it's common in Edo but Ebonyians and Ananbarians (mainly okija) bear it also.



Did u know that until yesterday, I didn't know Ajala is also a yoruba name. I had always thought only igbos bear the name because I came from a place where our main god is Ajala just as Kalu is the main god of Ohafia, abiriba, Item and Arochukwu people.

Farzat:
You are very correct. Osayi is a very common name with Okija people but normally a nickname for names like Samuel and Simon.

Chukwudi Godwin osayi, Chinyere osayi, Emeka and Simon ogornna osayi are people I know too well and they have no link with Edo people.

Whatever happened to Fred onyedinma. Chai I had high hopes on him kwanu

I have got my eyes on Raba Maja too. He and Asoro are progressing really well.

Humility017:
He is from edo state...also a Spanish citizen.
he moved to England with his family when he was 10.

Brother he isn't from Edo State. He is an omanbalan (anambra man). The name osayi is prominent to both ebonyi and Anmbarians and that boy was born in Okija in Anambra State before his family relocated to Spain.

Joebie:
It's almost halftime in Loftus Road. The Championship encounter between QPR and Preston is currently 1-1.
Ebere Eze started for QPR side-by-side with fellow Nigerian descent Bright Osayi-Samuel

That Okija boy is another quality player that I have been tracking his development

Joebie:
Dessers just completed a hat-trick!!!

Where and when bro?