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Nepa as done it again.

Sunshine FC all the way

the Nigeria Football Federation has reportedly opened talks with Sweden women’s national team coach Pia Sundhage to take over as coach of the Super Falcons. Sundhage was on the Swedish bench as the Falcons came back from 2-0 down to force the more-fancied Europeans to a 3-3 draw in their opening Group D game of the 2015 World Cup in Canada. “Top officials are keen to have the highly-rated coach take over the Falcons,” an NFF official was quoted as saying by AfricanFootball.com. “The Falcons have very talented players like (Asisat) Oshoala and (Desire) Oparanozie, but their problem is basically coaching and that is why they opened talks with Pia in Canada during the World Cup.” However, the fate of present coach of the women’s national team, Edwin Okon, is unknown, as officials of the federation did not disclose if he would be given the boot or made to work with the Swede if employed by the NFF. Okon has been criticised for lacking the technical quality to head the technical crew of the Falcons, despite winning the 2014 African Women Championship. After an outstanding performance in the thrilling 3-3 draw against the Swedes, the Falcons’ excesses were exposed in their second Group D game against Australia, which they lost 2-0. The African champions struggled to match the more creative Aussies and were dealt a huge blow, thus putting their qualification hopes to the knockout stage for the first time in 16 years, into jeopardy. “We don’t know yet, if Okon will play any role under Sundhage, if she agrees to manage the Falcons. That has not been decided yet. But the team needs a new coach to manage the new set of young players in the team, who are the future of women’s football in Nigeria,” an official said. If Sundhage gets the job, it will not be the first time the Falcons would be managed by an expatriate coach, though the team’s technical crew has largely been headed by local coaches. Former Super Eagles coach, Bonfrere Jo, a Dutchman, and German Thomas Obliers had previously managed the record African champions. Sundhage, the 2012 FIFA World Coach of the Year, won two Olympic gold medals with the United States women national team in 2008 and 2012. She was also in charge of the American women, when they lost the final of the 2011 Women’s World Cup to Japan. As a manager, she’s also won the Four Nations Tournament (2008 and 2011), the Algarve Cup (2008, 2010 and 2011), while she was named the 2003 WUSA Coach of the Year. The 55-year-old was handed the Sweden national team job in 2012 after agreeing a four-year deal with the Swedish FA. Her first major tournament with the Swedes was the 2013 European championship, which Sweden hosted, but Sundhage’s team lost 1-0 in the semi-final to eventual winners Germany. Copyright PUNCH.

Twinmama:
Up nepa

which side you dey for IB

Nepa why oooooo

Great work here,more of this type of trends should make front page and not all this rubbish tonto and co...
And am also queueing behind someone who said you are the NATIONAL DISCOVERY OF NAIRALAND.......
TnB

lol

More

Everything look calm,people few people
trying to make there last minute move
to there various polling area.
Law enforcement agency are also seen
moving to there duty post for today.
Most of the movements are done on
motorcycle.
#agentofchangereporting

better creature where you dey stay,my light too is off

This is suppose to make front...

Good list

Wittylens:
LOL.. does that thing still work? wanna give it a try tomorrow. 've gotten Glo sim and recharged 1k ..I'm currently looking for BB phone to subscribe with

its still work you can even change the imei to that of bb,so you will be subscribing on it

sai Buhari

one of the best write up I have ever seen on nairaland

there is God

Just from my view
Names in the book( chapter 1 to 5)

Jimi Solade----The story is about him,he was the best student in chemistry and a whiz kid in other subject and debate competition, He was also the health prefect,the athletic club captain and the best footballer.

Wole solade---- Jimi brother 2nd born,bad boy of the family.

Femi solade---- eldest brother his stays in UK and only appears once in the book.

Mr and Mrs solade---- There parent.

Ansa Izaegbegbe---- jimi friend,schoolmate and next door neighbour.

Nene Ekpo---- Friend to jimi and ansa,they have been friend since primary days and live on the same street.

Caro ---- Jim girl.

Mr Mallum---- The principal.

Efua Coker---- The new girl that joined them in SS3.nickname ‘The Witch' because she hardly spoke to anyone.

Funmi --- Efua's mother.

Aunt Moni---- Niece to Efua coker.

Mrs Obange---- Efua former principal, a larger woman with a gruff,friendly voice.

St. Catherine---- Efua former school,in Abuja an all girls boarding school.

Mr Van---- Physics Teacher.

Jolly---- He was a big boy,an arts student, he liked wearing chains on his trousers...

we are now becoming OVER vigilant,about anything religion

bro latunji,you have been following this trend since sept 2011 thats awesome

Evening motivational Naseehah (Advice).
Don't let anyone see you, except that
you are happy.
•Let people always see your smile.
•If things get difficult, the Qur'an is your
Paradise.
•If loneliness starts to hurt, send your
supplications through the heavens.
•When people ask how you are, praise
Allah by saying Alhamdulillah and smile.
•When you see an ant on the road
sidewalk, avoid stepping on it, seeking
therein the Face of Allah; for perhaps He
will have mercy on you as you had
mercy on it
•Remember that the ant glorifies Allah,
so don't cut of it's glorifying by killing it.
•When you pass by a bird drinking from a
pond, don't go so near so as to scare it,
and seek therein the Face of Allah;
perhaps He will spare you being terrified
on the Day when the hearts will reach the
throats.
•When a cat gets in your way on the
road, avoid running it over, and seek
therein the Face of Allah; perhaps Allah
will save you from an evil end
•When you are tempted to throw away
left over food, let your intention be that
some creatures (animals) will eat it (and
place it somewhere they can get to it),
seeking therein the Face of Allah;
perhaps Allah will send you provisions
through means you never imagined.
•Remember to do good no matter how
insignificant it may seem to you, for you
never know which good deed will be the
reason for you entering Paradise.
May Allah accept our good deeds and
forgive our shortcomings, Allahummah
Aameen.

incredible

Dame Patience, our president’s
darling wife
The Guardian Thursday, 27th Aug
2010
Opinion – By Reuben Abati
DEMOCRACY is readily associated
with freedom: the freedom to be free in
many respects and increasingly in
Nigeria, many of our compatriots,
particularly persons in positions of
privilege and authority confuse this
with the right to be disagreeable. The
sober truth is that democracy is about
rights and responsibilities, a
democratic dispensation therefore
cannot be a licence for disagreeable
conduct as a norm; just as the
possession of power in any form does
not guarantee the right to be reckless
or to ignore the etiquette required of
office holders. Anyone in the corridors
of power, either by chance or right, or
appointment, is expected to behave
decorously.
Dame Patience Jonathan, as she is
now referred to, our President’s wife,
failed the test this week in Okrika,
Rivers State. It is trite knowledge that
there is a critical difference between
Yenagoa and Abuja, and a world of
difference between being the wife of a
Deputy Governor/Governor/Vice
president and being the wife of
Nigeria’s No 1 citizen. When people
suddenly find themselves in such
latter position, prepared or
unprepared, anywhere in the world,
they are taken through a crash
programme in finishing and poise and
made to realize that being the wife of
an important man comes with serious
responsibilities lest they sabotage the
same person that they should be
supporting.
If Dame Patience went through such
re-orientation, the course was
incomplete. This week, we got a
feedback drawn from her visit to
Rivers state to launch her NGO – the
Women for Change Initiative, when
she ended up in Okrika, her home
town. This homecoming became an
egoistic show-off as she openly
contradicted the state Governor,
offering him unsolicited lessons on
how to develop the Okrika water front
and school system, in addition to
pointed comments on the use of the
English language. The Governor had
reportedly insisted that his
administration must demolish some
houses which adjoin the schools in
Okrika in order to create a proper
learning environment. Dame Patience
disagreed.
She then gave an unsolicited lecture
on the land tenure system telling the
Governor: “I want you to get me clear.
I am from here. I know the problems
of my people so I know what I am
talking…” The Governor tried to explain
his administration’s policy and the
larger public interest. The Dame
reportedly cut him short: “But what I
am telling you is that you always say
you must demolish; that word must
you use is not good. It is by pleading.
You appeal to the owners of the
compound because they will not go
into exile. Land is a serious issue.”
Wao! “that word must..is not good.”
We must all commit that to memory
as we re-learn Practical English
according to Patience Jonathan!
If it is in the place of the President’s
wife to teach a state Governor how to
run his state, it is definitely not in her
place to veto a state policy (the reason
the governor used the word “must”),
not even her husband has such
powers. It seemed as if Dame
Patience Jonathan was determined to
impress her kith and kin. She told
them she had directed the governor
not to demolish their houses. Then,
she left straight for the airport
obviously having overstayed her
welcome and having behaved like a
bad guest. She was scheduled to visit
the prisons to grant amnesty to some
inmates (is that really her duty or
something that should be in her
itinerary? ); she was also meant to
commission some projects. The face-
off between her and the governor put
paid to all that.
On the eve of her arrival, a group
which calls itself “the Okrika Political
Stakeholders Forum” and “the people
of Kirikese” had actually placed an
advert in the papers welcoming “our
amiable daughter and sister…to Rivers
state and your home town Okrika.”
They also brought up the issue of “the
land reclamation and shore protection
project at Oba Ama, Okrika being
undertaken by the Rivers state
government.” (Daily Sun, August 23,
2010, p. 2). Either on the strength of
this advertorial or private
consultations, Dame Patience must
have felt compelled to be a partisan
stakeholder and intercessor. She
needed to put Rotimi Amaechi, the
state Governor in his place and that
was what did. She recommended
“pleading,” – that advice is actually
meant for her. A state Governor is a
duly elected official; and in a Federal
system, he is not answerable to the
President, and nowhere is the
president granted the powers of a
Headmaster over state governors. In
Okrika, Dame Patience behaved so
impatiently and spoke to Governor
Amaechi as if he is on the staff of the
Presidency. It may not be her fault
though. Amaechi caused it all by
bringing himself to such level by
undertaking to debrief Dame Patience
about his administration’s
programmes and activities in the
misguided hope of getting cheap
political endorsement. He should have
asked his wife to attend to her. On the
issue of land, Dame Patience should
be reminded that the Land Use Act,
Section 1 thereof, says the state
Governor holds the land in trust for the
people. Land matters in the state are
beyond the ken of the wife of the
President!
The wife of the President of Nigeria, or
a state Governor, or a local council
chairman, is not a state official. The
same applies to husbands if the
gender is reversed. He or she is
unknown to the constitution or the
governance structure. Recent history
has however made it a convention to
have the spouses of persons in such
positions under the guise of providing
support, play some ceremonial roles.
This has been routinely abused. Under
the Jonathan presidency, Dame
Patience Jonathan even got a special
allocation in the original budget for the
2010 Golden jubilee anniversary
whereas she has no official, financial
reporting responsibilities! The
international standard is that spouses
in these circumstances must not only
appear but be seen to be above board
like Caesar’s wife. They must not
misbehave like Marie Antoinette.
When Cherie Blair, wife of former
British PM, Tony Blair started buying
up houses, apartments and antique
furniture, the public raised questions.
It didn’t matter that she was a
professional in her own right, a
Queen’s Counsel with a traceable
source of income. There were also
questions about the scope of Hillary
Clinton’s influence during her
husband’s Presidency: Americans
wanted to be sure that it was the man
they elected that was in charge, not
his wife. A couple of weeks ago, the
American public was up in arms
against Michelle Obama and her poll
rating dropped drastically after a visit
to Spain where she and her daughter
reportedly stayed in a $7, 000 a night
hotel.
Much earlier, Nancy Reagan was also
the butt of public criticism, with people
asking: who is she? And this is not a
female thing. In Britain, Prince Phillip,
the Queen’s husband, is constantly
criticized for putting his foot in his
mouth. He once said for example that
“British women can’t cook.” He told a
visiting Nigerian President, all dressed
up in babariga (name withheld): “you
look like you’re ready for bed.” During
a state visit to China, he told British
students: “if you stay much longer,
you’all be slitty-eyed.” Prince Phillip’s
supporters insist that he is honest, but
the majority ask: how is the Queen
coping with such a man who is
perpetually saying something
offensive? There may be persons who
defend Dame Patience’s aggressive
style, but some of us ask: how is the
President coping?
Since Dr Jonathan assumed office, he
and his wife have been practically on
the road. The Dame has travelled from
one state to the other, under the
auspices of the Women for Change
Initiative. In every state she tells the
women to vote and “make sure your
vote counts if you like my husband.”
Is she now a partisan politician? The
Jonathans must be told that Nigeria
does not have a co-Presidency. We
have only one president and his name
is Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. And by
the way, what does Dame Patience
Jonathan do for a living? She
obviously does not have to deal with
the challenges of rotation and zoning
in her home, unlike the three wives of
the Adamawa Governor, Murtala
Nyako for whom zoning and rotation
have become topical subjects or the
wives of South African President
Jacob Zuma – that is why she can
afford to be so meddlesome!
When she misbehaves as she did in
Okrika, she creates the impression
that her husband is not in control of
his own home. First ladies are
prominent figures but their conduct is
an eternal subject of public interest. In
Nigeria, there was Victoria Gowon,
there was also Ajoke Muhammed:
dignified and restrained. There was
Maryam Babangida – she was
influential but no one could accuse
her of verbal recklessness; Mrs
Abdusalami Abubakar was a court
judge, totally self-effacing, No major
social party was complete without Mrs
Stella Obasanjo, yet she controlled her
tongue. Mrs Turai Yar’Adua was
described as the power behind the
throne and she proved that during the
period of her husband’s illness but
she was carefully reticent. At the state
level, there was Remi Tinubu in Lagos
state and Onari Duke in Cross River
state who have both conducted
themselves responsibly in and out of
office. The new First Lady likes to
travel, party, and talk outside the
script. People are beginning to learn to
read her lips in order to understand
her husband. Dame Patience must
not push her Goodluck.