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olapluto:
Your arguments are flawed. Even if its 2 hours they spend in camp, the basics of football can still be instilled. They are professionals that play weekly in their clubs. Putting 3 passes together is not rocket science. The coach obviously tried to play long balls to Ihezuo for 90 minutes. Thats daft and very lazy. In the end, Rashidat Ajibade was turned to defensive midfielder and we were hoofing long balls to no one in particular. The players have been in camp for almost a month, and not 2 weeks as you said. Camp opened late september, and they had all of October to train.
I can also assure you Japan did not spend a year in camp.

Why would coach want long balla to Ihezuo for 90 minutes when she was not upfront? Nigerian football has deteriorated of late. These kids do not have the technical awareness of the game and cannot be termed "professionals" by a moderate standard.

Jascon4:
Have you lost memory of the fact that Nigeria was Runner up in the last competition? Have you not also remembered that Nigeria has been a Runner up in the past before the last competition? They came to this competition as one of the favourites. They have not always "pedal backward" when it comes to competition at this level. Nigeria has in recent times almost always performed remarkably.

For a team coming to this competition as a runner up from the previous competition and putting up such an odious performance is worrisome for lack of words to express.... I mean, they could not even make accurate passes throughout, they were utterly non existent in the game...the 6 goals was a huge flatter from Japan.

The bolded intently validated my point on pedaling backward. It was two weeks ago that I read from one of the Nigerian dailies that Nigerian couch has issued a warning of dateline to players required in camp. By that period, countries such as Japan, are in the tournament shape. Nigerians always expect miracle to happen.

SuperS1Panther:
Story!!!!!


We want to read about the massacres of the minorities by the Biafraudster bandits. Especially in the old Cross River, Rivers and Bendel.

We want read about the rap.ing of minority women by your retreating bandits.

We want to read about the looting of CBN in Benin, Calabar, PH and Enugu by your bandit fathers and uncles.

Bunch of jokers!!!!

If you were really bright as you would want us to believe, you would have written account of "massacres of the minorities by the Biafraudster bandits".

soldierkunle:
Eighty-six-year-old Alex Ajayi is the first graduate from Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State. He was also the campaign director to the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo during the 1979 presidential election. He talks about his life with KAMARUDEEN OGUNDELE

How was growing up like?

I was born on June 28, 1930. I was privileged to come from a literate family. My father worked with missionary priests who were Oxford-trained. Ado Ekiti, as a metropolis and occupied by agrarian people, did not develop as fast it should be in the beginning. Many towns and villages near and far from Ado produced graduates decades before our own time.

My father combined teaching with evangelism. He was in charge of three schools and three churches in Ikere in the 1920s. He and one other person established the first Olu Scout Troupe in Owo where I also became a member in 1941. My mother was also trained by the missionaries. My parents travelled to different parts of the country.


Which schools did you attend?

I attended many primary schools because my father was a headmaster and pastor. I started at St Luke’s Ikere and then St. Mary in Ode Ekiti. I later had a stint at Emmanuel Primary School, Ado Ekiti and in All Saints, Ogbonkowo, in Ondo State. I was at St James Igbara Odo, Ekiti, when my father was the headmaster and catechist there. I was at St Patrick, Owo, in 1941. My headmaster was the late Pa D.O Fagunwa who authored Ogboju Ode Ninu Igbo Irumale and later became my class master at Igbobi College. I later went to All Saints, Owode in Abeokuta, Ogun State, which my father upgraded to Standard 5 and 6 till October 1943 when I came to Ado after my father was transferred to Aramoko Ekiti. I finished Standard 6 in Christ’s School, Ado Ekiti.

After leaving Christ’s School, which other schools did you attend?

I attended Igbobi College, Lagos from 1944 to 1949. At the time, the principal was the only member of the Headmaster’s Conference of England. I got sound education from the school. Because I belonged to a group of boys who were adventurous, we begged the school to allow us to sit for a high examination and school certificate when we were in final year.

We also sat for the London matriculation examination and many of us passed. I was able to teach my own mates while they were still in school because I left school months before them. I later gained admission into Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone, an affiliate of University of Durham in England. The college produced Bishop Ajayi Crowther and all the great men of letters at the time. The first Nigerian Vice-Chancellor of University of Ibadan, Kenneth Dike, attended the university. I skipped the first year and spent only three years and that gave me a lot of advantages. Many of my seniors in grammar schools started working and could not continue with their education. That was how I became the first graduate in Ado Ekiti.

Can you give insights into your career in the civil service?

I was the principal of Fiditi Grammar School, Oyo State, at age 26 in 1956 and produced the first set of students in 1959. I ensured that the school was stabilised before I joined the West African Examinations Council. I also established a football team and the late Teslim (Thunder) Balogun came from Ibadan to train my boys. They went on to win all their matches in the western region and even defeated the University of Ibadan football team 12-0. With that level of achievements, I joined the West African Examination Council as a pioneer staff. I was the first substantive Nigerian Assistant Registrar. I took over the control of the examination from the University of Cambridge. I took examiners to Cambridge for training across 10 years and trained them in Nigeria. I had the opportunity of issuing WAEC certificates to three former Heads of State: Buhari, Abacha and Babangida in the 60s. When I was in WAEC, I was put on the council of the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1966 by the national government of Aguiyi Ironsi. I was put on three important committees. The vice-chancellor and others were interested that I became a full staff of the university which I was not really keen about. But I finally accepted out of pressure. When I was serving on the council of the University of Ife, I was among the three-member committee selected by Chief Obafemi Awolowo as the first chancellor. I was on the council that installed him in 1967. From the early days of my life, I never applied for jobs. I was just invited. I stayed at the University of Ife before I left for an examination correspondence college as a director and controller producing lectures for professional courses and involved with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Institute of Insurers and Institute of Bankers. I had the joy of launching these new lecture courses in the universities in Lagos, Ife and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Thereafter, I went into private business with the late of Oni of Ife and Leventis. I established a factory at Ibadan where I was a director and subscribing shareholder.

In those days, we produced carpet used by the Senate, the Nigerian Stock Exchange and others. The carpet companies in Lagos then were just distributors; we were the real manufacturers.

Did you hold any public office?

I served as the local government chairman of Ado Ekiti between 1973 and 1983 first under the military and again invited under the civilians without receiving a kobo. That was when I gave out my house as Senate to the then Obafemi Awolowo University, Ado Ekiti. I’m used to giving to charity. I have instituted a scholarship for the best final year student in Christ’s School since 1967. These are just some flashes of my public and private life.

How did you meet your wife?

It was during independence in 1960. We had a ceremony at a Race Course which later became Tafawa Balewa Square. A lot of my friends came all the way from Freetown to watch the independence ceremony in Lagos. So, I decided to take them out. They gave me an address. But when I got there, maybe they were not so sure of the address, there was no sight of them. I met a young lady in front of the house. I asked for direction and she tried to explain to me whether it was another street or so. That was how we met. The friendship flourished. We married six years later. She is a brilliant, healthy and virtuous woman. She was the captain of netball in her school and later captained all Lagos netball teams that toured the whole of the West.

How do you unwind?

I enjoyed dancing a lot. In those days, we had jazz, jive, swig; these took us to different parties and restaurants in Lagos. In the university on Saturdays we had hops and dancing in the theatre. In my days in London we had Saturday hops. I am a life member of Lagos Island Club. I was a founding member of Ado Ekiti Inland Club. I was the launch chairman of scouting movement in the University of Ife in 1971. I am a life patron of Boys Brigade in Ado Ekiti. I compose hymns and write poems. I am a life patron of the choir in St Francis in Lagos; a patron of the choir in All Saints, Yaba and in Emmanuel Cathedral in Ado Ekiti. This gives me enough time to relax and enjoy hymns.

Tell us about your relationship with the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo.

My working relationship with Chief Obafemi Awolowo started with my father. In 1954, my father became a member of the House of Assembly in Ado Ekiti. Then, Awolowo was about founding the Action Group. At the time, not many people knew the difference between Awolowo and Nnamdi Azikiwe. They saw Awolowo as co-runner to Zik. Many people in the West then were Zikists. When members of the assembly were elected, it was on the day the assembly was going to open that Awolowo announced Action Group and started calling people to join him. I advised my father to stay with the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons because I belonged to a group referred to as Zikists Movement. Although I had just left secondary school then, Lagos gave us much political maturity because as students, we were allowed to attend public lecturers by the likes of Nwafor Orizu Zik, among others. Awolowo put my father on a very important committee. As principal of Fiditi Grammar School, Awolowo wanted to land his helicopter on the school’s field, but I insisted that the Premier must write a letter of permission, which he did. He wrote the letter and we allowed him to land the helicopter on the school’s field in June 1959. And he campaigned. I started visiting his house. Later on, Awolowo gave the first set of 200 scholarships. Before that, he gave out 40 to graduates and post- graduates students whom I was among. He wrote us letters personally at different locations to congratulate us. I replied his letter and thanked him. He was very pleased. I later became his campaign director under the United Party of Nigeria for the 1979 election.

You were Awolowo’s campaign director in Borno State for the 1979 elections. Do you share the belief that UPN was a party for westerners?

The intention of the founding fathers was to build a national party with branches all over the country. I had my office in Maimalari in Maiduguri, Borno State. Awolowo had his men all over the country. It was just the reception that failed. There were people that wanted to work with him in the North but they were in the minority. They were people that were anti-establishment who would rather be on their own. There was acceptance but not enough to change the status quo. But we still won a seat in Biu senatorial district. However, there was still rigging.

If the election was not rigged as you said, do you think Awolowo could have won the election?

No, he could not have won. There was suspicion in the North that the first coup plotters of 1966 wanted to make him the prime minister. There was so much distrust of him in the North because many leading northern leaders were killed in the first coup. So, they didn’t want him to become the president. But some still believed in him and worked for him. We still won a seat in Biu senatorial district.

http://punchng.com/issued-buharis-waec-certificate-ex-registrar-86/

These people and their conjectural crap are pitiful. There was no House of Assembly in Ado Ekiti in 1954.

BiafraudExposed:
So your'e ipob right. Why do your organisation like lying

I guess you have issue with compression. How does mere suggestion of having opinion equates to being a member of IPOB?

At this day and age, I am surprised that a group of people are dead drunk over NDDC when a section of the country has Abuja or Lagos. What stops Bori from becoming Abuja or Lagos?

Thanks to the Federal Republic of Northern Nigeria.

drss2:
they have d right to protest just as Donald Trump has d right to be sworned in as president elect.

There is a difference between protest and riot. The political protest does not include wanton destruction of properties.

Only a fool will castigate someone for having expectation.

AIG07:
Japan6:0Nigeria. This is a total humiliation. Though I didn't watch the match but from what I can gather so far t will take a miracle to get out of dat group.

I'll keep saying t our local female coaches are bunch of crap.

They can't diff between an Africa championship n a world cup. This is what u get wen u think world football is about physicality n height.

Well this result didn't come as a suprise to me. That Ihezuo or wetin be her name is average. She has been costing us so much since her u-17 champs.

To me the best set of u-20 we've had so far is d one comprising of Oparanozie, Esther sunday, orji n d likes. The rest are just average who were just lucky enough to showcase what de got @ international level

Even the so-called Satan cannot whip these kids into a soccer machine in two weeks to tackle a team like Japan that has spent a year preparing for this tournament.

Jascon4:
The performance of the Nigerian team today transcends blunder.....their performance highlighted gross ineptitude and inefficiency. They were profoundly deficient in every single sphere of the game of football. The point is, they are probably the wrong people to represent Nigeria in this competition.

I may disagree with the bolded statement above. In every human endeavor, Africans seem to pedal backward. There is little individual efforts can afford. Nigeria is a complete joke in the tend of organizational acumen.

There is more way to contribute to a political campaign fund than personal contribution. Madam you have done a good job fooling undiscerning Nigerians as usual.

Oche211:
IPOB always give out press statements that makes you question the sanity of these guys.
Wetin person wan talk abt this. Shey the almighty chest beater are afraid or what. By the way, where's the source of their intel.
foolishness nd stupidity are very cheap nw adays.

Everybody is entitled to his/her opinion.

Jascon4:
I agree that preparation may be part of the reason for such a horrible performance. Nevertheless, if they were skillful players, they should have been able to push the ball around even if they couldn't defeat Japan.

They were so obnoxious that, through out the match they could not make at least 3 - 5 flawless passes. Skillful players would make a better performance regardless of the preparation. There was not a slightest pointer to any skill in those players.

If skillful athletes do not train together for a long period of time in team sport, they are bound to commit untold blunders in a tournament against another skillful team of athletes that has jelled while in training camp.

enomakos:
how do you know she is badluck?
Pls do not say that again

Have you heard about the outcome of the match between Nigeria and Japan?

It is funny how most Nigerians formulate their thought. How could any reasonable person blame the coach or player when the preparation for this tournament started two weeks ago? The awareness of pitch situation by the Japanese kids is overly in contrast with the Nigerian kids. The level of display in that department of soccer shows that Japanese horned their skills during preparatory period.

Jascon4:
The most terrible performance by Nigeria under 17 female team...No coordination, no direction, can't make two flawless passes...what I'm saying is, every single department of the team is dysfunctional.


Whoever selected this team must have an alarmingly poor sense of judgement. I don't know if they are truly a weak team, however, the next match would tell.

If they are fortunate to maintain the 5 goals against them, then they have been flattered by Japan.

The problem is Nigeria not the person who selected the team. No reasonable country expects to win world class tournament with only two weeks of preparation. The kids have skills but Nigeria and the team handlers lacked organizational acumen.

Aigbofa:
There's no country on planet earth called Biafra. It came in the 60's and died a violent death. All this Biafra has come to stay is just to keep yourself amused and biafra is not trending anywhere except maybe on nairaland.

Sir, these above statements of yours seem to contradict each other. There has been a country on earth named Biafra for sure.

gbengress1:
I've seen so many (annoying) posts in the wake of the Trump victory but the ones that irk me the most are posts by Nigerians living in Nigeria saying that they are happy Trump won BECAUSE he will send Nigerian (brains) in the US home to (develop) Nigeria. Some have even gone as far as posting "requests" for Trump to do just that. I think these posts, jokes or not, are ignorant at best, obnoxious, malicious and infuriating at worst, and show what poor sense of reasoning and judgement some Nigerians have.
This isn't the first time I've been in conversation with people who honestly believe that the Nigerians in diaspora are "part of the problem because they ran away" and should come home to develop Nigeria. My first response is usually, "a lot of them are actually part of the solution, especially if they still have family members in Nigeria," and my first question to such people is usually, "come home to do what?" Thankfully, I know quite a number of friends who have done exactly what these ignorant Nigerians are asking and have completely regretted their actions. A friend of mine returned to the country to "contribute to its development" after his masters in the US despite warnings from family not to return. After struggling to land a job at an IT firm, he was excited at the prospect of putting his vast knowledge of cyber security to use at his job. His first obstacle was jealousy by his (fellow Nigerian) colleagues stemmed from inferiority complex that he had an international degree and was therefore "better" than them. Despite going out of his way to be very friendly and courteous to his colleagues, he still ended up being the victim of intense workplace gossip and bad mouthing to the bosses even though all this guy wanted to do was work, come up with innovative ideas and help BUILD the company in his capacity as a staff member. His next obstacle was antagonism at work stemmed from the fact that he did not want to be involved in corrupt practices and tell "white lies." This led to a lack of promotion despite hard work and obvious merit for it. This young programmer got so frustrated and when we spoke he said, "All I wanted to do was come home and contribute, but obviously Nigeria isn't ready for such. I'm returning to the States."
Another friend came home recently after his communications degree to start a business. He got married and had a lovely baby girl and kept trying to run his business in Lagos. Just yesterday, he told me he had renewed his visa to return and that this "Buhari change isn't working for his business at all."
A young vibrant friend who left a lucrative job and decided to join grassroots politics in order to effect meaningful change was mysteriously killed. HE DIED. My guess is he paid that price because some people currently benefit from the status quo that is a failing Nigeria and do not want that to change. Or maybe he didnt have strong juju power.
Another person came home to start a lecturing job at his undergraduate institution and and was constantly treated like crap by senior lecturers and professors who had taught him as an undergrad. All his Ideas for departmental improvement fell on deaf ears and whispers of "who does he think he is? This one that just got here yesterday?" Needless to say, he's tired and also planning to leave.
I even have my own experiences to narrate, but another time.
I could go on and on with stories of people I KNOW who have come home only to realize that the Nigerian climate is not even conducive for its own development from within, talk less of by investors from without, which is what these diasporans coming home would be. For people to come in and "develop" the country, certain BASIC infrastructure need to be in place. Despite this, I know Nigerians who work hard abroad and pump money into their family businesses here. They work and send money home, adding to the economy. They do what they can to improve what they can without being in Nigeria where they are likely to die of frustration. They are starting NGOs, small and medium scale businesses and hiring managers here to handle these businesses in their absence. They are spending sabbaticals and summer months at their alma maters teaching pro bono. They are developing the best way they can. They are excelling in their fields and gaining global recognition. And until Nigeria is ready for REAL development, I say kudos to these wonderful people doing well abroad and allowing the world recognize that Nigerians are more than just Internet scammers.
Nigerians at home are better off directing their lamentations at their political leaders who were ELECTED to cater to national development yet travel abroad at the slightest cough or earache but come home and do nothing about the dilapidated state of our hospitals. These are the same hospitals doctors abroad should come and work in right? Or develop for you? Rubbish! These same politicians, senators, ministers and law makers will ride trains and and buses abroad but will disregard our bad roads and poor transport network. Smh. Yet you Nigerians are crying for people like yourselves, whom the government did next to nothing for--people who had dreams that Nigeria would make hard to realize, who struggled, did what they had to do and ventured out, often by very difficult means--to come and be your savior? Mtcheew. What are YOU doing to develop Nigeria?
The MIT grad building a STEM school in Nigeria is already under fire by the very Nigerians he wants to help. Nigerians are already picking his project apart: why must must he build the school in Abuja? Can't he build It elsewhere? Can't he build it in his hometown instead? It's only rich people that will attend that one jare! These are comments I've seen with my own eyes! Without even knowing his full intentions, they are already gnashing their teeth, foaming at the mouth like rabid dogs. I just hope the young man isn't so frustrated that he ends up taking his idea to Kenya or South Africa. Smh.

https://www.facebook.com/maureen.onyeziri/posts/10154052034887654

The writer of the above crap is a dumbass loser. The only barrier to progress in Nigeria in particular and African in general is lack of critical thinking. Africans feel rather than think.

SkytrendNews:
Former Senior Special Adviser To Ex President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr Reuben Abati has said described the recently concluded US elections that gave Republican Candidate, Mr Donald Trump victory against Hilary Clinton as “shocking, unbelievable and unthinkable”.

“The outcome of the 2016 Presidential election is so shocking, unthinkable and unbelievable…the triumph of Trumpism, a byword for incorrect conduct, misogyny, hate, racism, nativism, isolationism, anger, and defiance is sad news for the world. It is an assault on the ideals of American democracy”, he added.

In a 2-page article he wrote titled “ The Sad News Of Trump’s Triumph, By Reuben Abati “, the former Presidential spokesman what happened on Tuesday was unthinkable, adding that Donald Trump, the Americans’ just elected 45th President, was a complete outsider who stumbled on politics and turned it into a celebrity show.

Abati said the American general election should inspire a deeper interrogation into the nature of democracy and its many pitfalls, adding that the people of the United States had a plain choice between good and bad alternatives.

http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/11/trump-victory-shocking-unbelievable-abati/

Another bloody dingbat from the zoo punching above his weight class.

Aigbofa:
Foolish comparison. You would have made a lot of sense if the protesters in Lagos were asking all non Yorubas to leave. It is perfectly legitimate to ask a hostile guest to vacate your space.

Only a foolish fool will regard a compatriot in any part the of Nigeria as a foreign guest.

ElekeNtioba:
Lol bt Trump doesnt give a crawling half-fụck abt Igbos

This is your bloody opinion.

ba7man:
See what Donald Trump had to say about people likely to support him.

Just replace Fox news with Radio Biafra and you'll spot the similarities.


https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/4471466_fbimg14788425236285576_jpeg870a21409e24f341726765fbd54f1952

Have you heard about "Testing political waters"? I guess most Africans are not home to critical thinking.

Aigbofa:
Anything to justify the absurd and the foolish sense of euphoria the Biafrans are having for the past few days.

It is a sad day when the KKK and the Biafrans are on the same side. Only the the ku klux klan is more excited than the Biafrans.

The Yoruba in Lagos with placards that read "Igbo leave Lagos" are worse than KKK.

drss2:
liberal hypocrites doing wat they know how to do best - their way or d highway. n they call demselves liberals some clinton fans ar fanatics. very intolerant.

Bros you cannot differentiate liberal hypocrites and most Africans. Both have head case.

Dcomrade:
https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/4470330_fbimg1478804621850_jpegc951b7979739e2b962460cffb817a94e

Can you think to save your sorry life?

olapluto:
Final 21. Some very interesting players in the team.

Goalkeepers: Sandra Chichi (Sunshine Queens); Christy Ohiaeriaku (IFKO Stersund, Sweden); Onyinye Okeke (Edo Queens);

Defenders: Kemi Famuditi (Confluence Queens); Ugochi Emenayo (Nasarawa Amazons); Esther Elijah (Osun Queens); Mary Ologbosere (Ibom Queens); Lilian Atule (Bayelsa Queens); Glory Ogbonna (Ibom Queens); Patience Kalu (Bayelsa Queens)

Midfielders: Tessy Biahwo (Nasarawa Amazons); Ihuoma Onyebuchi (Sunshine Queens); Adebisi Hameevah (FC Robo); Rasheedat Ajibade (FC Robo); Ogechi Ukwuoma (Delta Queens); Patience Kalu (Bayelsa Queens)

Strikers: Chinwendu Ihezuo (BIIK Kazygurt, Kazakhstan); Yetunde Adeboyejo (Bayelsa Queens); Chinaza Uchendu (Nasarawa Amazons); Charity Reuben (Ibom Queens); Aminat Yakubu (Minsk FC, Belarus); Joy Bokiri (Bayelsa Queens)

The Falconets have already started on the wrong foot with the alleged inclusion of Rasheedat Ajibade on the team. She is a loser and tends to spread bad luck to any team she has been a member. By the way, the team cannot have two Patience Kalu (Bayelsa Queens).

dsdarksite:
Good, the government must be tough and send an unmistakable message to any rebels against Nigeria. We should put the fear of God in these militants. Crush them and those that support them. Niger Delta must belong to all Nigeria. The oil belongs to the country, and no militant rebels should have anything to gain by their traitorous actions against the state!

Who are the "WE" in the above crap?

limeta:
Rear Adm. James Oluwole.
Yoruba,s are bringing war to the Niger delta
We will not forget
We will not forgive

Yoruba have always been in the forefront to lead the fight when the Hausa, Fulani, Kanuri and Nupe want to bring war to southern Nigeria.

thedarkside:
that is a lie...


i know its a lie..

dont insult me.. ...i am not a zoo-animal... ..


stop insulting me,that i may stop insulting you too.. ..

islam prohibits making fun of any type of prophet in the entire world... ..

the shias know,the sunnis know and other islamistic organizations..

stop insulting us...we nigerians are not stvpid... >: (

I do not know much of a thing but do know there is no group on earth more stupid than Nigerians.

CFCman:
Falconets coach, Peter Dedevbo, says the team is only 40% ready for the World Cup
https://nigerianobservernews.com/2016/11/ahead-of-u-20-world-cup-dedevbo-rates-falconets-40-percent/#.WB5oiLVHbYU

One wonders why the Falconets should even venture to Papua New Guinea when the team is 40% prepared for a tournament that kicks off seven (7) days from today. Nigeria is a bloody joke. It is shame the country does not get wiser with the years.