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TheGoodJoe:

Nigeria is not like other nations. Things don't work they way it operates in other places. Other nations have government supporting local businesses. Providing welfare for growth. Giving tax reliefs to growing companies etc.

That is not how it is here. Things are bad in this side. Remember Siasia feeding the Olympics team from his pocket until his credit card got stolen. Then Mikel, Ekong, and co. came in to help.

I remember Peterside Idah getting to the Nigerian camp in South Africa for CHAN when Oliseh was coach. He said the first thing he had to do was to contribute money for feeding because the boys were abandoned. Oliseh spend thousands of dollars feeding the team.

Due to this challenges, and keep in mind the central control of National resources in this country, we always have a system of using the national sources to help our football.

So serious national input should be made for scouting and exposure until we get things right.

From what you've written you already know that Nigeria can't get things on a national level so state governments, private individuals, private academies, private companies, local governments e.t.c are the ones that can help Nigerian sports.

humility33:

IDENNA come meet your like mind

Most Nigerians like you and many other people on this thread don't know the difference between preferential treatment and bias.

TheGoodJoe:
Whatever that is happening behind the scene can go on but on the National level, there should be some sort of commitment. We need a sound program, support systems for grooming and exposing young players. It is in such state that external sponsors can key in.

Unfortunately, it is just eat, eat, eat going on.

All over the world players and athletes are groomed in local or private academies nothing is mostly done at the national level except for the creation of annual youth leagues and competitions.

kingphilip:
More gifted I understand, that may be your preference but are they better in the position?

I think merit for each position should supercede whatever bias one may have.

The issues people are having with Rhor is because of his bias towards his players (if he is the actual person picking them) and you too it is okay to have your bias but where merit isn't considered even in bias, one tends to fail.

They are both midfielders so both of them have "merit" for the position which also means the Nigerian born players must be given "preferential treatment" over foreign born Nigerians.

It's the same way you'll give your own children preferential treatment over your brothers or sisters children.

TheGoodJoe:
On another note, I believe despite the growth of our players in Europe, I feel we are missing a gold mine because the current people running our football are lazy. They are just in the business to harness what they want.

I will give you an instance.

When Christian Chukwu was appointed coach of the Super Eagles, at a certain period he was on break, he carried out a screening camp for players in feeders of our local clubs.

He went about watching matches of feeder teams and collecting phone numbers of players he saw with potentials.

Then after drafted a list of players from them and invited them to a camp in Ogun State, at Otta to be exact.

One of the players from Sharks FC feeders then made the cut. He said the first thing Coach Christian Chukwu taught them was endurance.

He said he brought axes, machetes, shovels, rakes and other farm tools. Measured a large piece of land in something that looked like a forest and told them to carry out a bush clearing work. (It is football they came to play)

He said they worked all day for days, clearing bush, raking, with not much food to eat. He said after about a week plus, they were done. Well raked pitches, wide and fresh.

He said, they rested, and keep in mind, feeding was not easy. They were supporting themselves and the coach was doing his best too.

Then he gave them a thorough lesson in total-football. He said for days, they did more of theory than field work. They only did intense jogging every morning and then lessons.

By the time they were ready for the field, he says it was nothing like he had ever seen. He said, he learnt things he did not know about football like breaking defences with triangular passes, etc. He said you will pass ball until it became second nature of you. Pass and move.

He said, unfortunately, Christian Chukwu got sacked during their program and he believed if the coach had finished with them, they would have done wonders. The coach wanted to use them for one of the friendly games.

What I am pointing out is that, there is so much work to do in Nigerian football, but this current set have showed extreme laziness. No grassroot work, no grooming of future players. We just wait for players to break through in clubs or some foreign player to do well and pledge allegiance to us.

I hope we pick up from where we are and shoot for our potentials.

TheGoodJoe:

Wow. That would be interesting. A national camp sounds good. The thing is that, I don't think most of the guys running football are interested.

Camps don't have to be "national" and the guys running football don't have to be interested before private individuals or companies organize such camps and academies.

It's because of private academies in Nigeria that you seem not to know about that players like osimhen sadiq onyeka onuachu amoo ndidi iheanacho awoniyi Dennis uzoho e.t.c.. have been trained and groomed in Nigeria.

Sink12sin:
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U1:
If it's still so hard to fully comprehend what I wrote there, I'll simply sign off on this matter by referring you or anyone that cares to synonyms for "just." Do you find anything like "only" there? If yes, fit it into that comment and see if makes better sense.

Shalom

PS: May I add that it's rude to regard other people's opinions as nonsense and tell them so. You could do better, if you want.

Its not rude to regard other people's opinions as nonsense if that opinion ends up putting them into an endless cycle of mediocrity because they won't know they are in mediocrity and people like you will continue to give them opinions on grace and hope instead of telling them the truth in a direct way and manner you'll tell them to look for synonyms like "just" in a bid to save your face..

learn to be straight and direct with people and stop adding grace, hope e.t.c. ...

therealMcCain:
My opinion is that we should find out what works for us and stick to it. Some persons believe in quantity and they are making a killing while some others believe in quality and they are equally making a killing.

Both route requires work, effort and patience.

Some others are still dabbling and struggling & havent found the one that works for them. Truth be told most of us here cant compete with Auctions and back order due to cash restraint (dollar palava) so we are left with the option of hand reg and ED.

The man who has 2-3 letter domain name or killer 4letter/2worded domain name might not want to agree with the concept of Grace.

Same with the man who has money to go for such names via auction.

Truth be told, where our strength fails us, we fall to what we believe in, hence Grace.

Most of the people on SH that have quantity also have quality in the quantity that they have.

I have only seen 1 person who has only 1 sale and 1 SH approved name out of over 600 names in his SH White Label marketplace..

So it has nothing to do with grace.

Depending on grace means promoting mediocrity and registering low quality domain names that won't sell but due to people like you who promote grace mentality people hope for sales of the low quality names they own..

Most who listens to your kind end up been disappointed because they will keep wondering why their names are not selling.

U1:
I'd assume you were the one that wrote the bold part above. If I'm right, how do you take a part as the summary of the whole? And did I any way suggest portfolio and quality count for nothing?

You may want to re-read the original post again. If you can't come to a different conclusion, good for you.

I don't think it's compulsory to react to any comments that are not direct specifically at you by the way. I once again choose my peace.

NL is a public forum and every comment is directed at everyone who has access to the topic and can click on the reply or quote buttons..

you said "It's not just about a larger portfolio or even the quality of it."..

so yes with the above comment you definitely suggested portfolio size and quality don't matter...

In domaining, quality matters more than size.

the first image below the person has over 140 domain names and has sold only 4 domains worth over $294,000..

the second image below the person has only 2 domain names and has sold only 1 domain name worth over $105,000..

the third image is mine and I have over 120 domain names and sold only 2 domains worth over $3,000..

it has nothing to do with grace... In domaining quality is very important.

Quietmover, what people read or hear on the surface is what they understand If a person has "to Understand his context, the exaggeration used, figures of speech used" in everything someone says then that person is saying nonsense and shouldn't be encouraged to keep saying nonsense...

KoleDgreat2020:
The North cannot depend on d south forever. U guys better grow up because, d only thing that is constant is change

the North has been dependent on the south since 1914 amalgamation and its not going to change because that's how the br:itish set it and even when it changed in 1960 when Nigeria moved to regionalism some Nigerians were sponsored and supported to start a coup that reset things back to how to bri:tish put it.

it is the support the north get from the eu:roepeans and some willing southern Nigerians that motivates them...

spirul77:
please any time you have chance, abeg you can explain what it takes for a name to be brandable, abeg. I yam not understanding again.
Ignorance made me think these names were the best thing after slice bread.

go to the "What To Do To Make Money Online?" thread...

then go to page 659 ..

then read beckplanet brandable tutorial on page 659 his name is the first on that page.

read page 659 first and focus on posts made by beckplanet..

please do not ask me questions as I only started in January 2020...

hahn:
It is not an "opinion". Oprah herself dispelled the rumours.

Just admit you are wrong and move on. It is okay to be wrong

hahn:
Codemaniacs here is a video of Oprah dispelling the rumours herself.



I hope you will now be able to differentiate fact from my opinion

there use to be video of oprah removing her TH sweater and throwing to the ground...

like I said, you are entitled to your opinion, stop trying to change mine...

hahn:
"While it’s true that Tommy Hilfiger did appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show, it only occurred after the controversy had started when Winfrey opened her May 2, 2007 program by directly addressing it.

“Tommy, in the 21 years that we’ve been on the air, have you ever been on the show?,” Winfrey asked Hilfiger. “Unfortunately, not,” he says back with a sheepish grin on his face.

As Winfrey and Hilfiger dove deeper into the pervasive rumor that had followed him for more than a decade, he admitted, “It’s contrary to what my business motive was at the beginning. I wanted to sell a lot of clothes to a lot of people.”

“Big fat lie,” Winfrey barked out to her audience. “It’s a big, fat lie!”

Source: https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/tommy-hilfiger-racism-scandal/?format=amp

you are entitled to your opinion...

kramer:
Where's the source?

Meanwhile watch this from 3:44

you should read the comment section of the video for your yourself...

from my experience on nai:raland, there are many whyte s:upremacists who defend other whyte s:upremacists on nai:raland so you're one of the whyte s:upremacists..

wendy is not oprah..

iCauseTrouble:
You think you are the only one with a domain idea? So many researched the domain before you and a few after you. The name was registered by the person who took the bold step to register it.

The comment by hyfr directly above yours has answered it correctly.

hahn:
It is an old rumour and Oprah had to invite Tommy to her show to dispel it.

However I think Wizkid should start his own clothing brand. He has the fab base to make it a success.

I'd definitely rock a Wizzy shirt

It's not a rumour.

He said to Oprah on her show * I didn't make my clothes for blacks " then Oprah removed the TH sweater she wore and stopped that episode.

OGUN622:
He is not a foreigner, He is an historian, a world class historian at that, "nor dae spread your ignorance like butter for bread", he used available sources and eye witness account, that is how history is carried out. Lagos was always under the Oba of Benin, There was no history of Lagos outside the Oba of Benin , what we have in our favor is that there are enough eye witness account to buttress this point and we have extensive materials on it in the books. My very last reply to you, I can't be contending what is settled. It is for you to take heart my brother

"The products of the blacksmith guilds were also means by which the Oba
determined the loyalty or otherwise of a vassal states to Benin kingdom. They were
also the means by which the Oba legitimized the rulers in the vassal states. The
“emblem of authority” or “staff of office” sent by Oba Osemwende (c.1816) to king
Akintoye of Lagos in the course of the 1850s symbolized the Oba’s hegemony over
Lagos and the legitimization of the Akintoye’s reign over his people. The acceptance
of this emblem implied the King of Lagos’ recognition of the over-lordship of the
Oba of Benin; with the obligation of annual tributes to Benin (A.F.C. Ryder, 1977,
p.14).

You have the right and freedom to continue deceiving yourself..

OGUN622:
Lagos was part of Benin Empire, Benin handed Lagos over to the British directly in 1860.

Eko was no corruption of Oko, they do not mean the same thing at all and Eko means war camp in Benin. it was not borrowed at all,quarters with Idumu, Eko and others are colonial relics of Edo on lagos. Families like Obanikoro, Olotu Odibu are families that claim descent from Benin.

"The products of the blacksmith guilds were also means by which the Oba
determined the loyalty or otherwise of a vassal states to Benin kingdom. They were
also the means by which the Oba legitimized the rulers in the vassal states. The
“emblem of authority” or “staff of office” sent by Oba Osemwende (c.1816) to king
Akintoye of Lagos in the course of the 1850s symbolized the Oba’s hegemony over
Lagos and the legitimization of the Akintoye’s reign over his people. The acceptance
of this emblem implied the King of Lagos’ recognition of the over-lordship of the
Oba of Benin; with the obligation of annual tributes to Benin (A.F.C. Ryder, 1977,
p.14)."

the foreigner wrote it in 1977 not in the 1800s..

you're quoting a foreigner ... you expect a foreigner to tell the correct history of people the foreigner has no connection with...

In the 1800s, the bri:tish was at war against the Yorubas in Lagos and one of the people fighting them was madame Tinubu, not the Oba of Bini or any Bini warrior..

Years after the death of Madame Tinubu, the foreigners branded her a slave trader in other to demonize her and her legacy....

There is no way any Oba or traditional king or queen in Lagos will accept anything from other Africans as long as it was not a form of trade and they will have to first honor Madame Tinubu before anyone else...

You don't understand the fact that the Bri:tish started the demonizing of Yorubas because of the wars they fought against the Yorubas and attitude the Yorubas had towards the Bri:tish was considered disrespectful by the british...

If Bini empire had influence in Lagos they would have lobbied the bri:tish to build the first school, first college, first hospital e.t.c. in Nigeria in the Bini Empire and also ensured that the Bini empire was the capital of Nigeria..

Don't let foreign revision of history deceive you because it massages your ego...

Yorubas have always had more population than the Binis so it will be foolish for the Binis to try to go to war against the Yorubas whether in pre-colonial times or 2021.

OGUN622:
because we have no history with Kano, we might have with portharcourt but it is not so clear, but there are certainly migrant Edo population in rivers state ( degema and Engenni) they are Edoids group linguistically, and it is in their Orals they migrated from Benin.

Urhobo and Isoko are Edo groups by blood, linguistically and culturally, they share so much similarity with Bini than anyother group in Nigeria because that is what they are ( Edos by ancestry) They have a local name for Bini in their native tongue (Aka) where they migrated from. They are the ones preaching their descent from Bini not the other way round.

There has been some move to downplay Binis influence on precolonial lagos, up till 1850 Lagos paid tribute to the Oba of Benin that is why there is some reinforcement of Opinions on their part, up till the 19th century, Lagos was an integral part of Benin Empire

Lagos was part of present day Ogun state and part of the Oyo empire and it didn't exist as Lagos before the bri:tish and por:tuguese got there it was called Oko ( farm in Yoruba ) by the Yorubas which the Binis corrupted to Eko ( war camp ) because it was heavily guarded and militarized by the Yorubas..

it is foolish for you to try to revise history and link a part of Oyo empire with another totally different empire in Bini empire.. the binis have never had any influence in any part of the Oyo empire.. the binis only traded with the Yorubas.

ThinkSmarter:
Sorry bro, #lol that's not what i mean

you're indirectly saying no Yoruba person or Yoruba company pays the necessary taxes like like custom duty, import duty, export duties e.t.c..

Awoleesu:
Mr. Masari has a good political argument but a lame economics one!

If we take Democratic economies like India, USA etc for instance, you'll discover that a region like Goa decided to promote economically proactive policies when it became clear she had to compete with regions like Punjab and Central India or fall into the non-viable brackets of regions like Pradesh - note that they all have seaports!
The idea is that the economic less-viable states should rather be challenged to bring to the front burner their economic comparative advantages instead of complaining about being threatened (even as a consumer based economy)!

In Masari's Katsina for example, Sharp sand is in excessive abundance. Why can't he think of generating IGR by 'exporting' the commodity to a predominantly rocky Abuja for an economic exchange?

Utah does not begrudge Indianapolis for being a gateway to the US, nor does N.Dakota feel cheated by the prosperity of Florida simply because they operate within the same federation.
Each state look inward to bring up a competitive advantage...

That's what Wike meant by "putting on their thinking caps..." That's what Masari should be doing, and not arguing about being the "demand aide".

What happened to the Katsina Steel Rolling Mill under Masari? This complex is capable of triggering a multiplier effect of chain markets, but what we saw is that it has gone moribund!

So, Oga no one will lower the bar for you simply because you chose to be unproductive... Get in the ring and compete! That's what Democratic economics is all about!

he has no point...

wellmax:
From Masari to Ipobians, everyone is laying cliams to have developed Lagos. Southwesterns are really taking nonsense from other Nigerians. You think indigenous lagosian are fools?

don't mind them Ooooo... let them continue...

that's one of the reasons they'll keep complaining of no jobs forgetting that at least 60% - 80% of companies in the SW are owned by Yorubas and its the same Yorubas that will provide employment opportunities for them that they are abusing and denigrating...

unfortunately for them, more Yorubas are noticing and won't hire a lot of them and fortunately for Yorubas, more Yorubas will get jobs..

Ijscarface:
This singular thought pattern is why we are where we are today and as long as our leaders reason this way we will never progress

There are advantages that lagos has (populations,ports) etc that it can use to its advantage. So also Katsina has some advantages (arable and vast Land for agriculture).

Every state must learn to use what it has in abundance to facilitate trade and business.

Therein lies the unity in diversity that we profess

katsina and a lot of northern states are suffering the effects of desertification so there are no arable lands in most northern states...

don't be deceived by propaganda...

PDPdestroyer:
Bro you'll be making a grave mistake thinking the Blackfire monicker is that of a Northerner. I can tell you authoritatively, the guy is a confirmed Ibo man masquerading as a Northerner. His lines of arguments gave him out because Igbos are the only ones who hold that line of argument and obsession (out of envy) about Lagos. No northerner gives a fvck about the history or ownership of Lagos, only Igbos from time immemorial, hold this line of argument of Lagos being a no-man's-land and other inuendos just of jealousy. Don't ever mistake this guy for a Northerner!

this very topic and the words of the governor proves you wrong... both f:ulanis, ha:usas, ig:bos and some other ethnic nations are very jealous of Yorubas and Lagos...

ThinkSmarter:
He is saying the truth, Lagos and Rivers have ports, but the people that pays the necesarry tax like custom duty, import duty, export, environmental,etc are mostly Igbos and Hausas from the hinterlands who are mostly into importation, exportation, manufacturing and trade that are mostly from Kano, Anambra, Borno, Abia, Kaduna, Imo, etc

so in other words you're saying out of at least 30 million Yoruba people, no Yoruba person is into importation, exportation, manufacturing and trade......

the weed you're smoking is very strong..

Iamgrey5:
Your argument even as half-witted as it sounds defeats the logic behind the argument.

So can the native americans now claim America from the Europeans that once were settlers as you claim?

Can the Blacks now claim they own Egypt without the Arabs throwing them out?

So what makes you think the original "Edo owners" can chase the "Yoruba from Ogbomoso" away from Lagos today?

Having said that, idumota is not the only place in Lagos

What about Abule Egba, Ikoyi, Epe, ikorodu, Ajegule etc..

What is the Edo names of those places?

you should have the intelligence to know when you're commenting with a paid bigot and divide and rule propagandists on NL...

olasquare:
By all means, the fulanis are looking for massive lands across the states which in the future they can claim to be their ancestral lands. It is very clear buhari is the arrowhead of this plan

dapolaw:
You are missing the point, it's because the people has lost trust and faith in the government... So they don't trust them and every move they make is suspicious no matter how good the FG try to paint it. Fulani Herdmen don open everybody eyes.

Premiumwriter2:
there's nothing not to understand about buharis fixation on land.

He's sole aim is to steal land and give it to his kins men..the fulanis.

He came up with that water way bills which says all lands around the water ways belongs to the federal government.

We rejected it. He came with RUGA. And then grazing routes and now farm estates.

All attempts made with all these policies was to grab land and give to cattle herders... The fulanis.

There's nothing mysterious about buhari other than him being a cheap land thief. But he won't succeed. His tenure will end and he'll go back to daura with his tail between his legs. With southerners becoming even more awoken to the power play of the North.

Sbabanani:
I don't know where this govt lost their sense. this is a development, why can't they just go and build it to every state that needs it i. e to all northern states and leave south. i think is even opportunity for north to get special development .

Apart from land grabbing, since its a federal govt project then its also a means of giving federal jobs to mostly f:ulanis in all states especially southern states... If they get the land they will also need monthly salary ( in the form of jobs or amnesty ) to make it viable.. so its not only about giving lands to them, its about creating a federal institution that supports and finances f:ula:ni he:rders and their unborn generation and not the indigenes...

Olayetan:
O deep mehn

Not deep... It's the truth.

Olayetan:
Where's the oppression here, someone is motivating you to work harder and smarter but you're seeing it as oppression, if such person can oppress you, I wonder how you will feel for people in your family who are successful...

Have you asked yourself if there are any successful people in his family

EagleNest:
Well none of the names you mentioned carried out any coup in Nigeria instead they twarted it. And if all you think is that the current mess in Nigeria should remain as far as Igbos never leads Nigeria, then you are only self inflicting wounds to yourself. Igbos are independent in their mind, and only care for justice and equity for all unlike the deceptive neighbors. So enjoy the mess you are proud of, because in una mind u think you are hurting Igbos.

In 1965 Nnamdi Azikiwe was the president of Nigeria, so you're wrong about the fact that Igbos have never lead Nigeria.

ironsi was the first military head of state of Nigeria and the major coup plotters ( Kaduna Nzeogwu and Emmanuel Ifeajuna ) carried out a coup and put ironsi as head of state and Ironsi made changes that has continued and will continue to affect Nigeria and Nigerians..

Ironsi and the 1966 coup plotters are the ones responsible for Nigeria's current mess...

I don't care who becomes Nigeria's president.

In 1965, Nnamdi Azikiwe was the president of Nigeria, so Igbos were leading Nigeria when their fellow Igbos decided to plot coup that ended up inflicting wounds on their fellow Igbos..

EagleNest:
And what did the north do to restore regionalism if they so much loved regional government. None! Rather they went on "military coup" competition, and deceptively took advantage of other tribes, and rigged the whole system for their own selfish benefits. And today the whole nation is in pain. Hippocrites!

the north saw what the ironsi, azikiwe and ojukwu were trying to do and they made sure they held on to it and kept it that way... they did not owe it to anyone to restore regionalism, If Ironsi and ojukwu coup had lasted for years the same way the northern military lasted for years then Igbos like you won't be saying things like "restore regionalism" because it would have favored Igbos and the whole nation will still be in pain..

Ironsi, Ojukwu through their coup had already rigged the whole system to the favor of who controlled the federal govt.. so all any of the other tribes had to do was control the federal government and in this case the northern soldiers ensured they did...