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Nigerian players always seeking the easy way out.

One is more likely to See Senegalese or Ivorian player in top flight European league than a Nigerian at same level.
Too bad

oluwaahmed:
Their problem is not more world class stars, their problem is playing as a team or relying heavily on KJ to deliver them. Look at the Houston team, James Harden though A Star played with the rest of his team mates that almost knocked out GSW. KD was in Oklahoma Thunder with Russell Westbrook but Russel was so selfish that they won nothing and KD left him to GSW. Have u watched GSW play almost everyone can shoot a 3 pointer from everywhere. To make it in d finals everyone has to get good, then The Star players distract the opposition while the rest of their team mates do the rest.

And where did James Harden's Team work lead to?

Where did Boston Celtic's team work lead to ?

One can never underestimate the importance of having a "deep bench " in the NBA and that is what the Warriors have above other teams

Follygunners:
GOAT? Really? I nvr think MJ would be swept 2ce in his career... MJ has a 100% NBA finals record.. 'Bronny only has a 33.3% NBA finals record... so great stat for a GOAT?

Can you in your widest imagination compare the Bulls team of MJ with the CALVs?
With Scottie Pippen and Denise Rodman ?

It's obvious James is been over stretched due to a lean roaster

I weep for King James



The Calvs team has not depth ... They need additional two "world- class" players so that all the burdens are not left for James.

The moment the Houston Rockets could not stop the Warriors, I New the title was theirs to lose

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This panic measure was as a result of the usual trauma which Radio Nigeria Management Staff often pass through each time there was a military coup d'‚tat in Nigeria. The first target usually is the FRCN Broadcasting House. The management and staff on duty usually pass through hell in the hands of the military boys in their desperate effort to gain entrance into the studios at record time for the usual "Fellow Nigerians" broadcast.

That 419 statement that Abokies have used to deceive us all

Jamboree!!!

WizzPoll:
anyway me am waiting for that first world cup starting line up against Croatia, then I will know if to take this world cup seriously or not

If I don't see Etebo, Musa and Ebuehi in the starting line up then I will just forget the world cup!

Musa ke?

The one that runs ahead of ball and then forgets why he was running

So many lazy leaders.
Michael Opara single-handedly develop the entire South east Region ,from Calabar to Owerri ,From Aba to PortHarcourt but today we have governors that can be in office for an entire eight years period and can't make any significant impact"in one state"

HigherEd:
Reason why I have objected to the unilateral secession of any southern state. Our almost equal population is our saving grace in Nigeria. If by chance the east or south south leaves Nigeria. That shake in population balance would spell doom for whatever non Muslims are left in the nation.

Unfortunately most Christians are so called progressives and it would be too late to even push back the Islamic agenda when they eventually wake up... Islam has no other pathway to proliferation except it cojoins herself with politics/governance. Which means govt got to build the mosques, fund the hajj, create shariah law, create Islamic police etc.

Got nothing to worry... infact we need " the spell of doom" so that every region and tribe can be on it's own. It will be " to thy tent oh Israel"
Even if we disintegrate into one thousand divided nations ,it's okay

Koolking:
Vice President had to step in to address the issue. The Police did nothing wrong inviting Saraki for questioning. It's only in Nigeria that we protect wealthy men from police interrogation. Am not with the prof on this

The Vice President intervention shows the politics behind it.
The police should be doing their constitutional duties without outside influence

luvmijeje:
Oga calm down. Two wrongs don't make a right. Saraki wasn't accuse of sending them on an operation. He was being accuse of arming those thugs. Unfortunately for him, they have confessed to killing 33 Nigerians in that operation. That's accessory to murder.

Just because the IGP was wrong earlier doesn't excuse what he did. We need to make him a scapegoat so that other politician will be carefully next time.

We are talking about the safety of our lives. It's not politicking time.

You are the one that needs to calm down.

If he is been accused don't you think" he is innocent until you can prove him guilty?"
Why are you rushing to make him a scapegoat when you haven't convicted him?

This just confirming how politicized our Police has become.

After Saraki apparently met with Osibanjo , the police decided to change "an invitation to a written statement of response"

Probably if Saraki can meet further with Buhari, all charges against Saraki would be drop ?

Everything is about negotiated settlement.

" THE NIGERIAN POLICE FORCE SHOULD JUST TRANSMISSION TO A POLITICAL PARTY"

The 57 LCDAs in Lagos have come to stay... there's nothing INEC can do about it?

Individual states should be allowed to devolve power for ease of Administration without Federation interfarance

Affordablerent:
Igbo ladies love marrying outside their tribe because their tradition considers them worthless, it's unfortunate

For those quoting me can you please answer this question; do your ladies have right to inheritance? If no, do you males have right to inheritance? If yes, then you've proved me right.

The women don't care much about inheritance, they hustle for their own money...

saaron:
Could it be that Ofa Bank robbery that led to loss of over 30 lives was hatched, organized and executed by buhari's destructive govt to frame Saraki? APCs' pathetic govt headed by buhari can do anything for power.

We are watching.

My take on this ...

The so called arrest is faux ... those arrested are not the real perpetrators of the crime ,they are just "random picks"

The speed at which these arrest are made should tell one there's something fishy

dealslip:
Abeg you have started changing mouth. Local content wasn't your initial converse. So you guys expect NIKE to move machinery to Aba. To be used by tailors who have no knowledge of how to operate the machines to make 3 million Jerseys. They will now spend millions on diesel and power. The reason why FDI is unavailable in Nigeria is because you guys don't have the necessary environment for development when Asia would offer them better environment. Your senators will now ask for bribe before they can take off. Who has time for that. BMB is only playing to the gallery.

I never started this particular conversation with you, so it's erroneous to claim what I have said and what I haven't said.

As far back as 2015 i devoted an entire page regarding this very issue on this Forum , that was before any NIKE chose to design Eagle's Jersey...that was before this APC government came to power.

If you are on Twitter ,drop your handle let me point you to a chart I had with a Special Adviser to the Abia State governor regarding this matter, there I clearly urged him to explore the possibility of inviting Nike , Wrangler or Mark and Spencer to set up in Aba an harness the long dexterity of cloth making in Aba...and this happened" on the 24th of May " ,way before Been Bruce came up with the Idea

So is very wrong for you to make such sweeping remark about me changing the conversation

Why are they buying from Brazil, thought there is bus assembly plant in Lagos?

ziryboy:
then show us the screen short of the tweet..online warriors, you guys think you can change anything in this country? 2019 will make you understand where you belong if 2015 doesn't show you guys. Get your PVC and send Buhari back to Daura everywhere, we are waiting for your 5 percent vote.

Is this twit so vague and ambiguous that you people can't comprehend?

Can't you separate sponsorship from local content which Ben Bruce is advocating here?

dealslip:
You need to stop this argument. The guy is very right. Nike is a business and not a government institutions. The NFF is paid to allow Nike use the Eagles as a platform to showcase their products to the world. It is just like Gucci paying modelling firms so their models can display their products. The Nigerian government should create a good platform for Aba tailors to be able to compete internationally. The grievance should be directed to the Nigerian Gov. not NIKE.

What nonsense grievance exactly are you talking about?

Someone made a statement predicated on certain scenario and you are talking about grievance? Who is grieving who?

This one is not prophecy but permutations

SalamRushdie:
Where did anyone say anything about Aba traders sponsoring the eagles ...open your mind man ..

It's just amazing how people refuse to reason with their brains.
Someone is talking about the possibility of manufacturing and brain dead fellas keep talking about "sponsorship of Eagles"

I don't tire for them

grandstar:
America's largest capitalised firm, Apple Computers makes its best selling product, the Iphone not in America but in China.

The world's manufacturing order is quite far complicated sir. Expecting Nike to make shirts here is a bit more like expecting your Iphone to be made in America.

Companies are only interested in getting the best value for their money and nothing else matters. If making the shirts here was the best value for money, they'd have bought from Nigeria.

Nigeria is not even known for manufacturing garments, talk less of being a hub for West Africa how much more Africa!

The business world is ultra competitive and companies will do whatever it takes not only to remain in the game, but be competitive and highly profitable at the same time.

China presently isn't any longer the cheapest place for producing goods but what it lacks in price it makes up for in efficiency.

I am sure if Nike wanted 3,000,000 shirts designed and delivered and in spotless quality in a week to America, Chinese firms can meet the order.

One day, the Chinese will have factories outside China making products destined for China.

Wrong comparison.

First, the iPhone is an American Brand but NIKE is not Nigerian brand.

Some components parts of the iPhone are currently made in USA, not every part are made in China

Nobody is compelling NIKE to set up in Nigeria,it's only a proposal

That nobody knows Nigeria as a manufacturing hub doesn't mean it can't be done

Sequel to the write up you quoted , I had posited several points regarding Making such dream a reality, so it's not just "wishful thinking"

PVision2020:
Arguing with you is a vicious cycle, because your reasoning is limited and myopic.
Sit your azz Down and let me tutor you neophyte.
1. Nike is a business oriented company with profit as it ultimate goal, so the development of Aba/Nigeria vis-a-viz other Third World countries is non of their business. So Nike reserves the exclusive right to determine who/where they contract their business to.
2. Please can you name one Tailoring firm in the whole of Aba with the technological know how, ISO certification and Funds to produce sportwears of Nike's specification and standard?
In your words :
"If NIKE sets up manufacturing in Aba, they are inadvertently doing "technological transfer" with the abundant artisans in Aba, because they come with machinery and technical know-how...is that beyond your reasoning?"
3.So you think Nike will come to Nigeria to set up a sportwear manufacturing firm... lol, you don't know nothing. Nike only contract to well established tailoring firms, with the technological capability and capital base across over 41 countries, not some people expecting Nike to set them up.
4. Let them receive the contract to Sew/manufacture Eyimba's sportwears first. At my "last check", Umbro the kit sponsor of Eyimba of ABA did not contract any firm in aba to make their jersey. Charity begins at home. If they cannot be trusted with the kit of a local club how can they be entrusted with that of a national team?
5. Manufacturing of military wears is quite different from sportwears for clubs and national teams.
Most countries produces their military wears but only few countries (even developed countries) produces their sportwears.

I hope I've lectured you enough.

Who is asking for NIKE's contract , you just can't reason beyond your stuffy nose?

You keep talking about ISO...what do you know about ISO...is ISO your personal WAEC certificate?
Do you know hundreds of Nigerian companies that have got ISO?

According to this Oyibo on Twitter, England players should do a quick swap after today's friendship match so as to grab the highly sought after Jerseys

PVision2020:
Boy, stop arguing blindly. Who/Where a company contract it business to is non of your business. Who are you to decide for Nike mbok?
Nike is not only after cheap labor but after quality. Nike have a name to protect. A disorganized, Fake/counterfeit oriented, non quality certified Aba tailors earning a contract from Nike is daydreaming.
Let Aba tailors start by kitting Eyimba FC in their backyard first, then we can take them serious.

You sound very confused

Nike is after quality, and who says they can't get quality in Aba, which quality are they getting in Bangladesh and Burma that they can't get in Nigeria?

The Guinness Nigeria product that are been exported across the globe ; ain't they quality enough?

You talk about Enyimba jersey been made in Aba means you are all the more confused ... if they are made in Aba ,who pays for the sponsorship fees?
The reason Enyimba can not source for jersey from Aba is that they need money that goes along (sponsorship) with the jersey

Is it that difficult to separate sponsorship deal from manufacturing?
If NIKE sets up manufacturing in Aba, they are inadvertently doing "technological transfer" with the abundant artisans in Aba, because they come with machinery and technical know-how...is that beyond your reasoning?

Talk of Enyimba jersey...let me also tell you that the Nigerian military and para-millitary wears are been manufactured in Aba... What other prove of quality do you cry for?

Been Bruce never asked NIKE to contract production to Aba boys as you erroneously claimed ...he is suggesting that Nike be encouraged to set up it own production line in Aba...is that beyond your reasoning

gurnam:
The follow up was an after thought, after his intitial foolishness was pointed out, more like damage control

Encouraging NIKE is different from questioning the rationale for not giving the Aba Tailors the business of making the jerseys thus “the economy losing money” he put at #100 M

No sir , it wasn't"an after thought" ...I read the complete thread on Twitter

PVision2020:
Lolzzz... Nike, Adidas etc. are business firms after profit making, they're not responsible for the development of Nigeria. who/where they contract the sewing and manufacturing of their sportwears to is solely their prerogative.
Sponsoring/kitting Nigeria doesn't compel them to contract their production to some Aba boys without a corporate tag or ISO certification.
Even Eyimba FC of ABA no dey use Aba designers... lol, they're being kitted by Umbro (England).
Your Arguments lack common sense.

You lack comprehensive reasoning.

Did Ben Bruce ask that NIKE be compelled?

and who says they can't make profit if they manufacture from Aba?

The biggest comparative advantage Nike has by setting up in Asia is cheap labor and don't they have cheap labor in Nigeria?

PVision2020:
You're a lady, so I guess you know little or nothing about sport merchandise.
Even far developed countries either opt for Nike or Adidas, puma, unbro, Reebok or other well known sport designers. In the world of football wears, its Nike, Adidas and the rest.
No up coming companies can beat them in sponsorships. And in sporting world it's all about the money and not some primordial sentiments or lame analysis you're trying to put up.

Ben Bruce should learn to keep shut on issues that he lacks knowledge of.

Oga you misfiring.

NIKE , ADIDAS ,PUMA sports wears are made in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Burma... which of these countries are better than Nigeria?

There's a difference between domestication (local manufacturing) of product and sponsorship of a team.

The guy na mumu

There was a follow up twit where Been Bruce simply asked that NIKE should be encouraged to set up it's manufacturing business in Aba , and thereby start a local production

Heffalump:
Just make it simple this time: Assorted wines for her dad and give the mum some cash in an envelope when leaving the house; anything like 30k - 50k is ok for now. Don't be too flamboyant with cash this period even if you can afford it. Give the siblings a token too.

Goodluck!

30k-50k ?
Is that the bride price?

Take style ask your girl ,she might have a clue

gurnam:
Well, it’s obvious here who have a comprehension problem here.

Nike cannot be burden to turn Aba tailors into Global brand! Once you mention Aba made, the common denominator that runs through people mind is inferior product!

I don’t think Nike will want to put money to market such item with bad reputation.

You are Ibo and that is why you are arguing in this subjective manner, you will only appreciate what is involved if you are objective.

Start creating the right image and branding for the tailors in Aba and see if reputable sport wears marketing firms will no come.

Quality and perfection is not a destination but "a work in progress"

The perception you have of Aba product is your mindset , and Aba is beyond your mindset.

There has been ongoing deliberate attempt by the present government in Abia to rebrand Aba products which is already churning results.