Amotolongbo: I wish Noni Madueke of PSV and Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze can have the rethink on their decisions to star for the 3 lions and play for the eagles.
The only Nigerian player best served playing for a European country is David Alaba. He is even the captain of the Austrian National team
Many Nigerians are doing well in football abroad. And those we see in European clubs are not the only players Nigeria have. Some play in US, Asia and Africa. And believe it, they are also good! In Fulham, I feel Tosin is also a good defender. He showed it against Liverpool. Eagles need strong central defenders, the present pair doesn't look convincing
Karlovych: Their counterparts in other countries get paid and respected by their country but only in a zoo will such thing be occurring. I pity anyone joining the Nigerian army, only brainless zombies like vulturebbqrillz and Helinus deserve to fight for their darling daddy.
Unemployment is driving people to join the military. Not passion to save the country. Unfortunately, the corrupt leaders do not care.
Check next army recruitment, you will see thousands of our youths there.
MansoryMX: Not even that! These boys are so myopic in reasoning. You will see them living together in multitudes, their destiny tied down to hotels and weed houses! Small money dem don buy car, no investment and you are driving a car of more than 8 million naira. It’s so easy to catch them! I won’t say I know a lot of yahoo boiz who are big in this country with companies and investments both home and abroad, let it not look as if I am encouraging fraud or know them make man nor go enter wahala. It’s still illegal in the eyes of the law but do we really live in a law abiding country? A country where few are selected and arrested to make it look as if they are working. The real yahoo boiz can’t be caught by Efcc, they are even protected by them! They don’t even wear jeans or drive Benz or Lexus! or Toyota!!
Some of them have help political positions. Some of them have won elections Some of them will contest in 2023... Some of them have investments (e.g. Invictus)
Don't think all of them live the way you think.
But still fraud is fraud. And should be condemned totally.
Ok.. but the spinal cord injury should not prevent him from answering to the corruption charges. With this evidence, any medical personnel that issued a document confirming his 'spinal cord injury' should be exposed and persecuted. He/she is also corrupt.
Xucxex1997: Swears we get players but I no understand wetin dey sup for our national team If Rorh get sense the best formation to dey use na 442 make Iheanacho and Osihmen dey start ball upfront with Ndidi and Aribo or Iwobi for middle
When a surgery went wrong at Belgian hospital AZ Sint-Jan, Ajima Ogbole’s desire to birth a child was thwarted, prompting her sister-in-law to act as a surrogate. But Susan Ogbole, the surrogate, became crippled after giving birth at the same hospital. With one unable to ever carry a pregnancy and the other potentially unable to ever walk again, the Nigerians are tossed around in Belgium, the hospital unwilling to take responsibility for the traumatic, life-defining alterations to their lives.
Hours after the surgery to remove fibroid from Ajima Ogbole’s uterus was completed at the Obstetrics and Gynecology unit of AZ Sint-Jan Hospital in Bruges, Belgium, she woke up believing that the obstacle she was told could prevent her from having a child had been surmounted. But she was wrong; her cervix was amputated during the surgery. Problem compounded.
In early 2017, she had been diagnosed with uterine fibroid by doctors in Belgium. According to Ajima’s medical report, translated from Dutch and seen by FIJ, a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan confirmed the presence of multiple subserosal fibroids – grows around the uterus. It is “without signs of complications”, the report stated.
Before Dr. Van de Vijver performed the surgery to extract the fibroid in November 2017, Ajima was prescribed medications to reduce the size of the fibroids. The surgery was successful; about 13 fibroids were removed.
THE TRAUMATIC POST-RECOVERY JOURNEY[b][/b]
During a post-surgery checkup in January 2018, an MRI scan was done, but the cervix, a tiny passageway linking the uterus to the vagina, was not found.
“I checked and I think it is blocked. We’ll need to put an Intrauterine Device (IUD) to keep the hole open,” Ajima said, recalling what the Belgian doctor told her.
But when she returned to the hospital few weeks later, expecting to have an IUD insertion, Dr. Van de Vijver, without prior notification, performed laparoscopy, a diagnostic medical procedure to examine internal organs such as the uterus and the cervix. She was deceived; her right as a patient to not receive treatment she did not give informed consent to was breached!
“They put me under anaesthesia and when I woke up, I had four holes on my tummy, which was a laparoscopy and I didn’t know at the time,” she told FIJ. “I remember asking my husband if IUDs were usually sewn on the skin and from inside of the uterus. For me, it was strange.”
THE FRUITLESS SEARCH FOR HER CERVIX
She did not know the complexity of her situation when the doctor informed her that her cervix could not be found. Medical report described her cervix as “sharply altered”. Ajima was subsequently referred to a professor of Gynaecology at UZ Leuven, an academic hospital, who could re-create her cervix.
At UZ Leuven, before agreeing to help her, the professor said he would take her off the medication Dr. Van de Vijver had placed her on to cease menstruation. The professor thought it was strange that the doctor kept her on the medication after the surgery, Ajima said.
About five weeks later, she had her period in severe pain and blood did not flow out of her vagina — it flowed backward. The professor told her that the retrograde menstruation puts her at risk of endometriosis (which causes pelvic pain) and slim chances of cancer if her body continues to absorb the ‘bad blood’. She was given two options: continue taking medications to hold off her period or remove her uterus.
The professor then examined her reproductive system with a medical device hoping to find a bubble, which would mean that there was a connection between the vagina and the uterus. But he did not find it. The complexity of the situation became clear when Ajima and her Belgian husband talked to the professor.
“What the doctor asked me to do can never be done,” she recalled in tears. “A cervix has never been successfully re-created medically.”
Even if one was re-created, there were risks: when pregnancy becomes heavy, there could be a tear. Or there could be other complications, including infections. He warned her to not allow anyone cut her open, as such efforts would be “trial and error”. ‘YOU CAN’T GET PREGNANT AGAIN’
L-R: Susan Ogbole, Ajima Ogbole. Photo credit: Ajima Ogbole “In fact, he said I could’t get pregnant naturally or artificially because the connection between my cervix and my vagina was gone and that my best option was surrogacy,” she said.
Ajima returned home that day, switched off her phones for three weeks and wept.
“I never believed that this was what my life had turned into. I knew I wanted kids more than I wanted to get married. The possibility of becoming a mother had been taken away from me,” she lamented.
Together with her husband, she travelled to Nigeria to be with family. While in the country, she sought opinions from two experts in Abuja and Plateau State. Both told her to forget about getting pregnant.
MENSTRUAL HAPPINESS
After six months of waiting, another professor of Gynaecology who specialises in reconstructive surgery at the University of Ghent performed a laparotomy – used to diagnose or treat abdominal health conditions – on her. But it was unsuccessful. Ajima had been told the chance of success was slim.
“By chance of success, he (professor) didn’t mean to get pregnant, he meant to successfully re-create the hole that connects to the vagina first so that I can at least have my period and then try to see if they can help me get pregnant. So, when I was told that it was not successful, I could not cry; I was just numb.”
Two weeks later, she decided to take up the professor’s offer to try another reconstructive surgery. After the procedure, she had her period. “I never knew I would be so happy to see my period,” she said.
Her period flowed for three months and then it gradually stopped and began spotting (A period is spotting when there is hormonal fluctuation and bleeding is lighter than a normal flow.).
FOUR SURGERIES IN TWO YEARS
The four surgeries she had within two years still cause a lot of discomfort to her entire being.
She said: “At a point, I recovered physically but internally, I still feel pains. I am not in a good place mentally, psychological and emotionally. I can’t fully perform my matrimonial duties as I am always pained, bruised or with blood.”
Ajima’s career as an architect, fashion designer and entrepreneur have also suffered. Her plan was to shuttle between Belgium and Nigeria because of her business, but surgeries and constant visits to hospitals have made that impossible.
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When FIJ contacted Meysmans Saartje of Ethias, he said the firm does not comment on medical treatments. “This is forbidden in respect to privacy,” he explained.
However, a medical expert who did not want to be named told FIJ that the removal of subserosal fibroid is not difficult.
“So, for the cervix to be cut during the surgery, that worries me,” he said. “However, it depends on the location of the fibroid. It is possible that it happened while the doctor was removing the fibroids close to the cervix.”
He noted that Dr. Van de Vijver went against the ‘universal law’ of the profession when he performed a surgical procedure on Ajima without informing her of details such as what would be done and why.
“You are not supposed to cry and complain of pains during an epidural. It means the needle went amiss,” the expert said about Susan’s reaction to the procedure. “The skin is usually anaesthetised so that as the epidural is done, there won’t be pain.”
He agreed that something was not right with the epidural anaesthesia she was given, but noted that the tiny epidural needle, even if it hits a nerve, “will be transiently traumatised and the nerve will recover”.
“It is not supposed to paralyse a person for a long time,” he added.
The medical expert explained that surgeries, even those that are seemingly not risky, could go wrong at any time and that allegations of negligence would require in-depth investigations. But no investigation will occur with the hospital and its insurer ignoring the family.
“In a medical process, you may do harm while trying to do good; it is not intentional. When issues like this happen, we can only hope that people will speak the truth and live up to the scrutiny of their good conscience if they have anything like that,” he concluded. NOT THE FIRST TIME
There are many cases of life-altering medical errors in Belgium. Most times, victims do not get justice because medical workers are treated like ‘demigods’ who cannot be questioned.
The country’s health system is structured such that medical workers are shielded from being held responsible for errors that occur while performing their jobs. Left unprotected, medical error victims bear the brunt of this system.
The system gives medical workers the impression that even when they do tawdry jobs, they will get away with it. And they do get away.
FIJ got reports of two other people who are victims of medical errors in Belgium. In one case, a woman who was given an injection became paralysed; she subsequently died. In the other, a woman’s legs were mistakenly amputated at a hospital in Bruges. The woman is currently seeking other victims of medical error to fight alongside her because on her own, she cannot afford the legal costs, with Belgium’s health system positioned to protect medical personnel from being held accountable for on-the-job errors. AJIMA OGBOLE’S DEMANDS
Ajima wants Susan, who can’t travel, to be reunited with her family. She also wants the hospital to apologise and take full responsibility for the fatal results of the treatments she and her sister-in-law had. And she wants the Belgian health system to be overhauled to protect patients.
“If it happened to two family members in the same hospital, then we are hundred percent positive that it’s not just us,” she said.
“It’s not just about us, but people coming after us as well as the people before us who didn’t get the justice they deserved.”
robosky02: Super Eagles keeper Maduka Okoye wanted by Ajax
Maduka Okoye wanted by Ajax - Transfer with loan-back an option?
Maduka Okoye was careful about making any statements after his club's 2-0 victory over RKC Waalwijk. Just ahead of the game RTV Rijnmond (cited by fcupdate.nl) has reported that Ajax want the 21-year-old Sparta Rotterdam keeper. A few days later, now equipped with a deeper knowledge of what happened, Okoye has confirmed the rumors that Ajax have phoned Sparta Rotterdam to Transfermarkt.
"It was all swift, but it is true," Okoye said in an exclusive interview with Transfermarkt. "Ajax has phoned Sparta but not me or my agency Prime11. I haven't talked to them directly." Ajax boss Edwin van der Sar—one of the best goalkeepers in history—has phoned Sparta's sporting director Henk van Stee. "I have a very close relationship with van Stee and my coach Henk Fraser and I am sure that should it become concrete with Ajax, I will be the first to find out about it," Okoye said. "A rumor of this magnitude reflects my current performances. I give everything in training and during games. I do it for the team, the fans, and the people around me. We have one common goal: to stay in the league. And should I benefit from my performances then that is a bonus."
Okoye has every reason to be confident. Born in Düsseldorf, Germany, the goalkeeper first reached prominence when Gernot Rohr—after being recommended by the former Fortuna Düsseldorf sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel—nominated him to the Nigerian national team in October 2019—he then made his debut in a friendly against Brazil (1-1). Nine months later, Okoye joined Sparta Rotterdam, where he conquered the number one job from Benjamin van Leer.
"Prime 11 opened the door for a transfer to Sparta. The owner Wessel Weezenberg has good contacts with the club and is also well connected both nationally and internationally," Okoye said about the transfer. Weezenburg, among others, also counts Ajax's super talent Perr Schuurs to his clients. "A lot of agencies and agents promised me all sorts of things without keeping their promises. Prime 11 acted and brought me from the Regionalliga to the Dutch first division."
In the beginning, the keeper, whose father is from Nigeria and the mother from Germany, played for Sparta's second team in the Tweede Divisie (third division). "I think that went down very well with the 1st team," Okoye said. "I worked hard and they had to give me an opportunity, which when it finally arrived I made the most out of it." Okoye certainly impressed and the Dutch national team coach Frank de Boer and former Ajax legend, who still has quite a bit of influence at this former club even called him one of the best keepers in the Eredivisie.
Transfer to Ajax for Okoye too early? "Have everything I need right here" The five times Nigerian national team player now has to debate whether a jump to a top club like Ajax is coming too early. Would he be ready to play at a top club? "Here at Sparta, I really have everything you could wish for as a young player, both in terms of sport and people. I have a great coaching team and a great squad," Okoye said. "We all work very hard together and are like a family. The club management is 100 per cent behind me. I've been the number one for over 20 games and I won't give up this position without a fight until the last matchday and beyond."
At his age it is important to play as often as possible—that might not be possible at a club like Ajax. "I need to further cement my position at the national team," Okoye said. "As long as I have enough to eat, have a roof over my head and stay healthy, it is enough for me to just play. The rest will come. I feel fantastic at the moment and I don't take anything for granted but I also work very hard for my success. I was never given anything and there were never many who believed in me."
Okoye found that after his breakthrough, many agents and people from the football business all of a sudden want to have contact with him. "Now many people write me, they find me great and that big teams are looking at me, they always knew I would be a star, it is typical for this business," Okoye said. "I don't let that blind me, however. I am not a little boy anymore and I can differentiate between real and false promises. I am focused and believe in God, my family, and my friends and I have a super management thanks to Prime 11.
Sparta-Coach on Ajax's interest in Okoye: "I would be happy for him" Sparta head coach Henk Fraser did not want to deny a potential transfer—despite the long-term contract. The Rotterdam-based club has a two-year option for the contract that will not expire until 2022. "I would be happy for him," Fraser said to ESPN (cited by fcupdate.nl). "But for now, he is our keeper. And the reality is that he has a long-term contract." That, in turn, guarantees that Sparta will receive a significant transfer fee. "I hope so because it would mean that we could sign a few players," Fraser said.
Okoye takes those quotes as a compliment and has suggested a potential transfer model. "I think it would be a good idea for a big team to buy me but then loan me back for one or two years to Sparta," Okoye said. "That way Sparta could earn some money and I can continue to play regularly, to develop my game. When the new club is ready to hand me the number one spot then I could move there—similar to how Chelsea has done it in the past."
Ajax just one of many clubs: Interest also from England, Italy & Belgium The goalkeeper maintains that playing time is the most important aspect at the moment. "Right now my focus is on staying in the league and qualifying for the Africa Cup with the national team," Okoye said. "I will fly to Africa next week and together with my Nigerian brothers I will give everything for the country and our fans." But should a club like Ajax make an offer, then he will discuss it with Sparta and his agency.
Ajax aside, there are several other clubs interested. "The press found out about Ajax and this is now a public topic but there are also big clubs from England interested and one great club from Italy as well as Belgium, both have talked to my agency already," Okoye said. "But until the summer I will focus on playing, there is work to be done and goals to be achieved."
Ajax will be without star keeper André Onana until February 2022 because of a doping ban. Kjell Scherpen and Dominik Kotarski are two talented young keepers in the squad. Both keepers will be playing at the U21 European Championships in the upcoming weeks—Scherpen for the Netherlands and Kotarski for Croatia. Okoye has other prospects. Nigeria's national team coach Rohr has banked on Okoye and and is likely to use him in the upcoming Africa Cup qualifiers against Benin and Lesotho - even if rival Uzoho is back in the squad. "I am very happy for Francis to be back and to train with him and to step on the gas. We all love our national team, our fans and only want to give the best for our country."
Okoye will talk to Rohr about Ajax transfer - "Has to be ready" Rohr will also have a big word when it comes to a potential transfer. "I will be with the Nigerian national team and have a conversation with him," Okoye said. "I have a close relationship with him. He gave me a big chance against Brazil when I was still the goalkeeper for Fortuna's second team. I am very thankful towards him, and his opinion matters. Gernot Rohr has often backed me up, especially after the 4:4 against Sierra Leone, after which there was a lot of talk and doubt. But I feel very strong mentally and physically and I'm going to the national team with a lot of self-confidence."
Rohr gave him a great chance: "He let me play against Brazil when I was still goalkeeper of the 2nd team of Fortuna Düsseldorf. So I owe him a lot and that's why his opinion is important to me," says Okoye, who hopes that Rohr, who at the age of 67 is still under contract with the Nigerian Football Federation until the end of 2022, will stay on for a long time: "Not only because I'm currently playing, but because he's very good for our team, does a very good job and we can and will still achieve a lot with him."
"I have to be ready for a big step," Okoye said about a potential big transfer. "It would help," Okoye said when asked about staying at Sparta for one more year. "I will talk to my agency and then decide in the summer." It was the same when Okoye moved to Sparta despite having offers from Besiktas, Atalanta, and Sporting. "The most important thing in my age is being able to develop." Without a doubt, Okoye made the right decision when he joined Sparta. "With my family and with my management", as Okoye points out - now he is sure he will do it again.
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