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LazyGoat:
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Hello sir, although its been long i created this topic but i will create another in the nxt few minutes bcus am having another problem, which is after i created this topic many advised me to go to the gym which i did, but now to make matters worst its more obvious than before bcus my nipple is getting bigger, even bigger than most girls.
Sir will there be any effects if i cut off my two nipples, i have been having that thought for some days now, because its what is making my man boobs more obvious.
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Pls reply me sir.

Also I don't know but it's a suggestion you can use elastic bandages around your chest to tightly cover your protruding nipples or duct tape hope this helps good luck

LazyGoat:
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Hello sir, although its been long i created this topic but i will create another in the nxt few minutes bcus am having another problem, which is after i created this topic many advised me to go to the gym which i did, but now to make matters worst its more obvious than before bcus my nipple is getting bigger, even bigger than most girls.
Sir will there be any effects if i cut off my two nipples, i have been having that thought for some days now, because its what is making my man boobs more obvious.
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Pls reply me sir.

Hi long time and Happy New Year first of all I'm not a doctor the advice I gave you before was based on what I read about your condition and what I have seen in some medical documentaries. I still strongly advice that you try to see a doctor before you do anything they will have the best information to help you treat your condition please don't cut anything yet. Wish you complete healing God bless

i think we are referring to national team. courtois and de gea were doing well over a period of time for their clubs before they broke into their respective national teams. it even took a while before de gea became spanish no.1 even when cassilas was chopping 6 from the netherlands in brazil 2014 del bosque didn't rush and drop him for de gea next game. courtois was\is a very exceptional gk playing for top teams like athletico and chelsea so it would have been easier to break into the belgian national team who do not have remarkable gk.

TheGoodJoe:


Courtois and De Gea were doing well at 18 because coaches believed in their abilities and gave them a chance.

However, if for instance, Alampasu is the Super Eagles no. 1 goalie, clubs and coaches will have the motivation to try him.

It is about the platform to show what you can do. That is why I will support searching for the best. Courtois, De Gea, Cassilas got to where they reached at a young age because of someone not looking at their ages but their abilities. We need to develop that culture of giving our best players the right push at a young age.

The clubs can not do this easily for us.

on the highlighted i've watched ighalo since his u20 days he never really impressed me then so i was suprised when he arrived at watford and started scoring for fun on closer inspection he looked like someone going through a purple patch who once figured out by premiership defenders would become ordinary again sadly i've been proved right so far. that's even more reason why i'm puzzled that during our previous debates you preferred him to ideye

Icon4s:
Experience in my own context goes beyond national team level. It also covers club exposure.

Based on your definition of two or less years it means some1 like Carl Ikeme is in-experienced. It seemly means we have not been seeing "experience" from the same angle.

Experience by any simple definition means continuous exposure over a period of time. Two key words there stand out: "exposure" and "time".

Taking Amuneke's case. He started playing for Concord FC in 1990 and Julius Berger in 1991 both Professional league sides. He represented Nigeria at the 1991 AAG (U23) and moved to Zamalek same year. He was invited to the Super Eagles in 1993, that AFCON you mentioned was in 1994 when he was even 24yrs old. With the level of exposure Amuneke had gotten during that period you cannot say he is green horn in football.

Omeruo joined Chelsea in 2012 and was loaned out to ADO Den Haag same year. He started playing professional football ever since. Also he joined the Super Eagles in 2013. We can also say he is relatively more experienced player than most of his age-grade in the Super Eagles because of the long (time) exposure a both club and national level.

If we get someone like Brian Idowu who started his professional career with FC Amkar Perm in 2010 how would u classify him? An experienced player or a green horn?

But I can comfortable classify Tyrone Ebuehi as a relatively inexperience player or a green horn.

In the case of Iwobi and Iheanacho, recall I highlighted two key words in the definition of experience: "EXPOSURE" and "TIME". These two have gotten so much exposure even within a short period of time. Just like also the case of Neymer.
Iwobi and Iheanacho have played and even scored in the UEFA champions league. This is a situation where a player or players have acquired first class exposure over a short period of time.

I never saw Odion Ighalo as a player that could solve our goals scoring problem because he never had a first class exposure even though he has been playing for quite some time. Recall I also mentioned here that Ighalo does not have the kind of experience to become Nigeria's next goals king. Apart from the exposure aspect, talent-wise he is not up there.

Iheanacho and Alampasu played U17 together do you think Alampasu is as experienced as Iheanacho in the game? Has Alampasu kept for a Team in the Champions league? Has he faced Barcelona, Chelsea, Manu or Arsenal strikers? He is even playing for a 3rd division Portuguese league side.

And as I always tell you, selection of out-field players especially forwards is way different from selecting a goal keeper especially for a win or burst game.

actually i remember amunike playing for nigeria against the ivorians in the world cup qualifier in 1993. how i'm doubly sure is that amunike provided one of the assists for yekini's goals. other than that i agree 100% with your submission that players cannot be breaking any how into first based just on ''performance in training'' as you rightly said experience and exposure matter alot. on alampasu i like him alot and think he has potential but playing in portugese 3rd division is simply not good enough i would even prefer he move to a place like israel or at worst come back home and sign for an npfl side.

Icon4s:
Which Ivorians? Amuneke did not play that match.

The only match Amuneke played was the final against Zambia.

Amuneke joined the team in 1993 en-route qualification for that AFCON. You think he jst broke into the Team at that AFCON?

Amuneke played U23 in 1991 and then moved to Zamalek of Egypt. His game level at that time was good enough for the national team. Just like comparing him with Etebo of today.

And pls lets not divert the topic of discuss; it is on goal keepers.
Selection criteria for goal keepers are way different from those of out-field players.

A young talented forward for instance finds it a lot easier to fit into a team than a young talented goal keeper.

To be honest I don't buy into the Fabian hype. Still needs to prove himself club wise

Yes Danny Shittu big fan of his. Wasn't the most athletic or technical of players but his work ethic, determination and big heart stood him out for me among the defenders of the mid 2000 era

It's a problem free philosophy Hakuna Matata!

Hello guys happy New Year again great to see Nigerian players continuing where they left off last year with good performances. Nice to see Wilfred gets his debut and from reports it seems he was impressive good to see musa on the scorers sheet too.
Was also impressed watching Alex play for Arsenal yesterday his passing game was decent but he needs to work more on his link up play with his Forwards also needs to improve his stamina I'm glad he got 90 minutes to improve his fitness. I cannot end my post without Hailing our National team captain and Chelsea Legend John obi mikel wish you all the best in China

cheruv:
Yoruba as always
Lying about others to look good

It's your prerogative to leave in denial

cheruv:
Thanks
So keep to your lane and stop mentioning Igbo here and telling lies on our heads just to look good before these East Africans

I will say what I want to say about anyone or any group of people I don't need your permission if it's a lie or not that is your business

cheruv:
We've told you... Leave the Igbo to tell their stories themselves, no wonder IPOB is gaining ground in Igboland bkos foreigners like you can't give it a rest...always trying to show Igbo in bad light to the world.
You're not our spokesperson, if we need your services, we know where to find you

Mr defender of Igbo story land iPod is progressing is not progressing that is your business face your front

cheruv:
Also face your lane and stop discussing about Igbos here kos all you're doing is just tell lies!!

Which hole do you guys crawl out of for the last time spare me all your political bull crap tell your leaders to do the Constitutional needful instead of wasting your lives as internet trolls

vicenzo:
Stay off re writing Igbo history, and we are all go to go.
Meddle into Igbo history with ulterior aim to manipulate facts, mis represent Ndiigbo and assassinate our image before the nations of Africa gathered here, and you will surely meet brutal and unfriendly resistance.

Thanks.

Whatever rocks your boat but neither you or anyone will stop me from stating facts as I see them but you guys have serious Stockholm syndrome you claim to hate Hausa Fulani yet you guys keep voting for them and before you misinform our guests ojukwu was also on the ballot in 2003 and 2007 so stop spewing BS as if you guys didn't have candidates you could have voted for

vicenzo:
This is another jaundiced Yoruba falsehood re packaged to fool onlookers here.

In 1966, Awolowo, the Yoruba and AG leader treachery, left Zik and NCNC with no option but to form an alliance with the Northern NPC.
But AG led with Awolowo, would also form
Alliances with Northern minority party to become the opposition.

There was no election in 1983. I guess you were talking about 1979 election here.
The. Igbo were still counting our loss from the war in 1979.
Awolowo after uniting the Yoruba with North to fight Biafra between 1967-70 fell out with his Northern masters, after it became obvious to him that the North won't hand over the leadership of Nigeria to him.
Awolowo felt he can use the Igbos to get at his Northern friends by choosing an Igbo VP, but the North checkmated his move by also picking an Igbo VP.
In addition to this, Azikiwe the Igbo leader was a candidate in the election too.
So the Igbo votes became divided and cancelled itself out, allowing the North under Shagari to emerge victorious.
Of course, Ekwueme, an Igbo, was the VP of Shagari.
It was the power tussle between Awolowo and his Northern masters in 1979 that led to the Emergence of Shagari. It wasn't any alliance between Igbos and the North, as Igbos hated both the North and Yorubas.

1993. Was Abiola vp not a Northerner? Can we now call that a Northern- Yoruba alliance?
2007, this your claim is ridiculous. How exactly was Yaradua-GEJ ticket an Igbo- Northern alliance?
Is GEJ an Igbo, was Yaradua not selectively handpicked by OBJ, a Yoruba man and rigged in using his do or die politics style, after aspirants like Odili had been rejected for being too Igbo, despite being from a part of Rivers state that started denouncing their Igbo identity since 1970.

Please, you lots should leave the Igbo out of your hallucinations.

Listen spare me all this your bs I have no interest in your Biafra political talk face your lane don't ever mention me again

ianSweet:
Well, it depends on the level of your investment. If your investment is into billions or millions of dollars, expect the federal and state govts to vehemently fight on your behalf or seriously dialogue with the community monarchs depending on how powerful and influential these monarchies are and also the issues of contention.

It depends on the kind of civil offense comitted, however, one can plead his case up to the level of the federal supreme court which is supposed to be more even more powerful than the President himself and any other authority whatsoever (but u know amongst we black Africans it is sometimes just paper writing, some people still tend to be bigger than the law). I really don't know how our laws apply to foreigners but a foreigner is definitely to be more respected and softly handled especially depending on one's country's influence and socio-economic status.

It is really really horrendous and lamentable to live in a society of exclusionary social norms especially with the cognizance of one's place among the lower social strata, but the irony is that religion in most cases tend to supplement the inadequacies and due feeling of resentment among the trampled of the society with the thoughts that they were pre-destined to be where they are by God.

However, do u know that In spite of how awful this societal lifestyle is, it has it's own advantages? In Nigeria for instance, crime rates are lower in the north compared to the south. Cases of armed robbery, kidnappings, scamming, blood money and all manners of negative social vices are far far more rampant in the south than in the north because most poor northernerns are very much contented with their state of poverty unlike poor southernerns who would be ready to do absolutely anything to become rich, show off and intimidate each other.
Northern Nigerians also tend to be more humble, simple, trustworthy and easily united more than southern Nigerians who have this prouder, pompous and individualistic attitude without trust for each other, everyone always wants to outsmart his/her neighbour. This is the kind of attitude most of you foreigners see and label all Nigerians as Proud, loud and dubious people.
This simpler attitude of northernerns is what makes them dominate Nigeria politically while southernerns are left divided and always fighting each other.

as a southerner and a Yoruba man I can corroborate what you said up there igbos and Yorubas generally would rather hell freeze than work together politically

ianSweet:
Definitely, u are correct. U cannot expect a comissioner or governor's hand to be cut off if he steals or a minister's daughter stoned to death according to sharia law. It is meant for the poor.

I'm partly from Kogi and Kaduna states but born and bred in Plateau state.

cool I ask because from the picture you posted some time back you look like your typical hausa Fulani Maidens

ianSweet:
Infact, i must confirm to you that this is one of the most embarrasing challenges we are facing in Nigeria. It just seems like a certain region is superior to Nigerian laws, the southernerns always play the victim card here but the truth is that they (southernerns) are as guilty as the northern muslims who practice sharia law against our constitution, because many southernerns (traditionalists especially) do uphold their cultural laws over the national constitutional laws and everyone in their territory (natives and non-natives) are forced to obey them.
The northern muslims tried and are still trying to make sharia law equal to our Federal civil laws (can u imagine?). The move has continually been rejected, so it was taken to the state level in 2001 and about 12 out of the 19 northern states declared sharia law and believe u me that as long as these northernerns are concerned, that Sharia law could be deemed superior over our federal laws. It lead to a very terrible conflict in some of these 12 northern states with huge christian populations (like Kaduna state).
However due to southern social (western) influence, many of the rich and elite and even educated middle class northern muslims find it hard to comply to sharia laws and this is what sometimes kill the vigour of enforcement of sharia laws in the core-north. I think in the heat of the sharia wave of 2001, there was a northern governor's son who went against the sharia law and nothing could be done against him. See our President's daughter's wedding (although it was done in Abuja which is not under sharia), but the president is from a sharia state and there was secular music, performance and dancing in the wedding, infact it was very much a secular wedding.

Core-northern Nigerian muslims have refused to face the reality that as long as they share one country with us (christians), they can never enforce sharia law fully or even practice it fully, it will always be watered down.

At that same time of the sharia heat wave in the past, there were 2 muslims who converted to christianity in a sharia state and according to sharia law they were supposed to be killed, but these muslim converts claimed that they were never muslims in their lives and have always been christians and definitely all manners of human right and chrisitian agencies came to their defence and sharia law could not take place.

Nice one very educative if you ask me I would say money is a huge influence for instance when Sharia law is being enforced it's usually affects poor people but when wealthy people like politicians embezzle government funds they are conveniently tried under federal laws where their rights are guaranteed.
Hope you don't mind me asking what state are you from?

Now you get it

Muafrika2:
Another perspective:
- Fulanis and Hausas only vote for their own.
- Yorubas seem to be the guns for hire.
- Igbos will not vote for Hausa or Fulani candidates

Well history has proven your perspective to be false and untenable

1960-66 Igbo dominated NCNC party entered into alliance with the northern NPC party to form government
1983 Igbos tipped the presidential election in favour of shagari a Hausa Fulani over awolowo a Yoruba man
1993 igbos again voted for a Hausa Fulani man Tofa over a Yoruba Abiola
2007 igbos in partnership with their Hausa Fulani 'enemies' voted for yaradua no prizes for guessing where he's from

Muafrika2 guy are you arsene Wenger in disguise that you didn't see the other examples I cited anyway historical Yorubas and Igbos have never really voted en bloc like that any election cycle you see us voting the same it's usually circumstantial. 2011 Yorubas choose Jonathan 2015 buhari. 1983,1993 and 2007 Igbos mostly choose Hausa Fulani candidates 2003 Obasanjo.
Please post the profile of buhari's running mate in 2011

Mtumsuper again I reiterate that as much as ethnic and religious sentiments might play a role in our elections it's not the main determining factor and I will give you three examples to buttress mypoints.
In the annulled 1993 presidential election MKO Abiola a Yoruba man from Ogun state defeated alhaji Tofa a Hausa/Fulani Muslim to the core in his home state of Kano. Second in 2003 in our presidential elections Obasanjo our president then defeated ojukwu in the SE region even though ojukwu was a respected Igbo leader who LED them during the Civil War and lastly in the 2015 elections buhari defeated Jonathan in Benue state even though it's made up of minority tribes who are mostly Christians.

Yes Etebo brings defensive cover on the left side but I'm not sure he will perform optimally as a LWF. On iheanacho I get your point about him not taking iwobi's AM position but the issue I'm trying to raise is I want players in positions they can produce maximally. Even if it will involve tweaking the formation at least now we have more talented personnel to try new things out.

TheGoodJoe:

A three man forward line is ideal and what Icon4s incorporated in his team is an offensive/defensive balance. In the forward line, all have exceptional work rate and help support the defence.

Bringing in someone like Ighalo or Ideye takes that cohesive balance.

Hi Icon Happy New Year great forward line you have there iwobi will eventually end up in the AM role just like his uncle JJ who started on the left before moving permanently to the midfield. With Etebo his versatility as much as it is his strength might be his weakness jack of all trades master of non things. Yes we can move him around depending on the opponent and formation we are employing against them but in the end I see him best operating in the AM/SS role. Iheanacho has been decent in the CF position but I think he would be best playing of a main CF that's why I will not be quick to dump ideye or ighalo at least until osimhen, sadiq, awoniyi etc are ready

Mr mtumsuper you need to study the history of Nigerian elections before you can conclude on anything. Check out our election results from 1999 till date and match them with that so called ethnic map. Our electoral system is structured to prevent the scenarios you are trying to paint. No candidate in Nigeria can win purely relying on his or her ethnic base. One would need to reach out to other regions to stand a chance to win

MtuMsuper:
Oga chrisooblog .Your arguments about the NW, NE, SS and SE negate our opinion. We have been on nairaland long enough to know a thing or two. See @Muafrika2 post on ethnic map of Nigeria and voting pattern for to see what i mean. BTw i detest these patterns. I have argued on Ghana, Angola and Nigeria. Kenya is not exempt.

@muafrica2 and mtumsuper you are mistaken that our recent elections were a tribal gangup between the Hausa/Fulani and Yoruba against goodluck Jonathan. The regions Jonathan lost in 2015 he won in 2011 (except for.two northern regions). Now for convenience of politics Nigeria is usually divided into six geographical regions namely north west, north east, north central, south west, south east and south south.
NW
This zone consists of jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, kebbi, sokoto and zamfara state. This region is president buhari's home state Katsina. They are almost all Hausa/Fulani and Muslim here so it's no brainer they would vote for buhari.
NE
This has Adamawa, Bauchi, bornu, gombe, taraba and yobe state. Though there is a Muslim majority this zone is quite ethnically diverse with tribes like the kanuris, Fulanis, jukuns, safewas to mention a few. Here I guess you can say religion and some tribal sentiments might have influenced votes for buhari but goodluck's mishandling of the boko Haram crises certainly helped his cause.
NC
This consists of Benue, kogi, Kwara, nasarrawa, niger and plateau state. This is the most ethnically diverse zone of the country with tribes like Nupe, igala, tiv, idoma, berom, igbirra, gbagyi, igede, Yoruba among hundreds with a sizeable Hausa/Fulani population. In this zone there was no clear advantage for either candidate ethnic or religious wise. Jonathan won this zone comfortably in 2011 but lost it slimly to buhari in 2015.
SW
Ekiti, Lagos, ogun, ondo, osun and Oyo state Almost exclusively Yoruba with sizeable Igbo, Hausa, ijaw communities. Voted overwhelming for Jonathan in 2011 but choose buhari also by a slim margin in 2015 due to goodluck's poor performance. You might say it was because a Yoruba man was running mate to buhari but a Yoruba man was also his running Mate in 2011 when he lost.
SE
Abia, anambra, ebonyi, enugu, imo state Predominantly Igbo voted massively for Jonathan not because they liked him per se but buhari represented all they disliked and distrust in a Hausa/Fulani Muslim.
SS
Another ethnically diverse region containing akwa ibom, bayelsa, cross river, delta, Edo and rivers state dominated by former president Jonathan's ijaw tribe and others like Bini, urhobo, itsekiri, isoko, ogoni, Efik, Ibibio, ikwerre, ogoja and some Igbo communities among others. The people identified with goodluck as a fellow minority and voted for him massively.
In conclusion yes candidates might have been voted for because of ethnic or religious sentiments (which election isn't like that) but generally speaking the Nigerian electorate made their choice devoid of those factors

Hi everyone just popping in to wish us all a healthy and Prosperous 2017 God bless

Merry Christmas Y'all

Una no dey tire? Merry Christmas Everyone. Merry Christmas to all our Kenyan brothers and fine sistas and Nairobiwalker too

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KevinDein:
AFCON should happen every other four years. As it is now the competition is losing its prestige and in all honesty is seen as a burden by most African footballers and their European clubs.

true nigerians will always try to cheat the system but the MRI scan thing has been a real game changer. i think you feel the scan can't detect older kids who due to malnutrition look younger but i read when doing the tests for the MRI system before it's introduction they used various test subjects including africans before deciding on the final parameters.

you can see for yourself the physical transformation of our u17s since 2013.

as long as a nation we refuse to implement proper record keeping the doubts will still be there for now we can only rely on MRI and the personal history/anecdotes of each player.

komekn:
I remember chukwudi, I also noticed that there has been almost zero change physically with Emeka Omeruah who was purportedly 15 then. You and I know that's not possible for a 15 year old.

Nigerians being die hards will always try to bypass and circumvent the system. A leopard never changes its spots.

Because the MRI covers an age range and is not a specific determinant of age. You can easily cut off 2-5 years off your age depending on your personal physiology.