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They will still come good. na football.

debosky:
You answered your own question - A player who can be bought for £5m in 8 months CANNOT be worth more than £12m right now.
Dude I asked you a question a few pages back, let me repeat.
You watch Arshavin week in week out?
Finally someone who watches the Russian league! I've always wanted to know one thing - how does Arshavin beat defenders? Is it with his dazzling footwork or are they simply afraid of his owl-shaped face?
He isn't a work horse? Pray tell us, what is he then? A show pony?

You answered it. yes, a show pony

debosky:
You answered your own question - A player who can be bought for £5m in 8 months CANNOT be worth more than £12m right now.
Dude I asked you a question a few pages back, let me repeat.

you got it wrong. If he was that good. Then buy him outright.

I still maintain that you guys dont need him. How many times have you seen him play? Debo and family, I ask you, how many times have you seen play. He is good no doubt but not the best you can get. Take it or leave it.

If he was that goooddddddddd and you need him that bad, why is Hill-Wood making a take it or leave offer? becos he can buy out his contract?

Need I remind you of some players in europe who recently transfered to bigger clubs and for a large amount. They also had the option to buy out their contracts for lesser amount but clubs still paid big for them. Arsha is good but not that good. Take it or leave.

sowura, you hit the nail on the head. How can anyone say Mikel is overrated? maybe he is not at his best, but overrated? NO WAY.

RSA, I personally do not blame you. We have some nonsense Nigerians saying exactly the same thing you are saying. We assume you are taking a cue from them yeah?

The current/past governments are buffons. While the whole world is searching for alternatives to everything, they are concentrating on oil. must they need someone to tell them? What about agriculture? Oh God, please help us .

and guess what, he has re-taken it.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_oath_do_over

Obama takes presidential oath again after stumble
WASHINGTON – After the flub heard around the world, President Barack Obama has taken the oath of office. Again. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the oath to Obama on Wednesday night at the White House — a rare do-over. The surprise moment came in response to Tuesday's much-noticed stumble, when Roberts got the words of the oath a little off, which prompted Obama to do so, too.

Don't worry, the White House says: Obama has still been president since noon on Inauguration Day.

Nevertheless, Obama and Roberts went through the drill again out of what White House counsel Greg Craig called "an abundance of caution."

This time, the scene was the White House Map Room in front of a small group of reporters, not the Capitol platform before the whole watching world.

"We decided that because it was so much fun , ," Obama joked to reporters who followed press secretary Robert Gibbs into the room. No TV camera crews or news photographers were allowed in. A few of Obama's closest aides were there, along with a White House photographer.

Roberts put on his black robe.

"Are you ready to take the oath?" he said.

"Yes, I am," Obama said. "And we're going to do it very slowly."

Roberts then led Obama through the oath without any missteps.

The president said he did not have his Bible with him, but that the oath was binding anyway.

The original, bungled version on Tuesday caught observers by surprise and then got replayed on cable news shows.

It happened when Obama interrupted Roberts midway through the opening line, in which the president repeats his name and solemnly swears.

Next in the oath is the phrase " , that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States." But Roberts rearranged the order of the words, not saying "faithfully" until after "president of the United States."

That appeared to throw Obama off. He stopped abruptly at the word "execute."

Recognizing something was off, Roberts then repeated the phrase, putting "faithfully" in the right place but without repeating "execute."

But Obama then repeated Roberts' original, incorrect version: ", the office of president of the United States faithfully."

Craig, the White House lawyer, said in a statement Wednesday evening: "We believe the oath of office was administered effectively and that the president was sworn in appropriately yesterday. Yet the oath appears in the Constitution itself. And out of the abundance of caution, because there was one word out of sequence, Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the oath a second time."

The Constitution is clear about the exact wording of the oath and as a result, some constitutional experts have said that a do-over probably wasn't necessary but also couldn't hurt. Two other previous presidents have repeated the oath because of similar issues, Calvin Coolidge and Chester A. Arthur.

Aydeggy:
our Government has already started thinking of an alternative means of income, there is serious pressure on Nigerian custom to intensify checks on vehicles roaming interstate borders without custom duty certificates government is looking at making income from this exercise, so guys ensure u carry ur custom papers while traveling from state to state or else ur car will be collected from you.

for real? are you serious? and how much will they generate? get serious pls.

he was refering to putin(russia), mugabe(zimbabwe), china.

21/01/2009 22/01/2009

Mali vs Ghana (3pm) South Africa vs Nigeria (2.30pm)

Rwanda vs Cameroon (1pm) Egypt vs Cote d'Ivoire (12.30pm)

24/01/2009 25/01/2009

Rwanda vs Ghana (2.30pm) Egypt vs South Africa (2.30pm)

Mali vs Cameroon (2.30pm) Nigeria vs Cote d'Ivoire (2.30pm)

The Team

[quote author=A_K_O link=topic=222448.msg3372086#msg3372086 date=1232615813]Exactly, they were both nervous because of the auspiciousness of the moment.[/quote]No Obama was not that nvervous. He did sense that the judge was wrong and that was why he paused. He must have recited that oath several times and the moment the judge made a mistake, he knew.

But like folks said, he is now the Commander in Chief of the USA. Besides he became the president even before taking oath. Once 12 nack, gbam, oath or no oath, he is in charge. All those ones na formality.

Twenty-four hours after Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States of America, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has warned that the energy policy of the new administration may spell doom for the Nigerian economy. 
He said Obama’s proposed vigorous search for alternative energy to drive the world's largest economy poses “great dangers” for Nigeria whose economy is highly dependent on revenue from oil.

Nigeria is the fifth largest exporter of crude oil to the US. 

Soludo said although the global economic recession which began in the United States had started to take its toll on Nigeria in terms of the crash in the price of crude oil, declining revenue, depleting foreign reserves and pressure on the exchange rate, Nigerian banks remained “robust enough to withstand the shock waves hitting the economy”.

Soludo, who gave these explanations at an interaction with the House of Representa-tives Committee on Banking and Currency, said the impact of the global economic and financial crisis would have hit Nigeria harder if the central bank had not initiated the consolidation of the banking sector two years ago.

He spoke to an obviously sceptical audience as most of the lawmakers kept prodding behind the economic policies of the apex bank.

He, however, said the Nigerian government must take urgent measures to diversify the economy especially towards agriculture since the crash in the price of crude oil in the international market may worsen if the search for alternative sources of energy begins to bear fruit.

Soludo said with the limited foreign trade finances being witnessed by Nigerian banks, credit lines may dry up for some banks and Nigeria may return to the scenario in the early 1980s  when government at all levels was broke and unable to pay salaries. 

According to Soludo, the recent downturn witnessed in the Nigerian capital market as a result of the divestment by foreign investors may subsequently lead to possible second round effects on the balance sheets of some banks and decreasing profitability, “but the banks are not significantly under threat and are not likely to witness large scale losses.

"With the Obama government proposing to invest heavily on alternative energy sources, there is a permanent threat to oil as mainstay of the Nigerian economy. Unless we take urgent steps to address the situation by also finding an alternative to oil as the mainstay of our economy, we might be back to the similar crisis we witnessed in 1982 when  the price of oil crashed, government revenue declined and it became difficult for government  at all levels to pay salaries. There was also the abandoned projects syndrome, increased import of almost anything until government was forced to place a ban on foreign currency trafficking because it was being abused," he said.

Owing to the falling commodity prices abroad as well as declining freight costs, Soludo explained, Nigerian businesses may find increasing appetite for foreign and imported goods which will threaten the domestic industrial productive base.

Other threats include the fact that the declining oil price might be worsened by the militancy in the Niger Delta with its attendant shut-in of oil production and possible political pressure to spend the "excess crude" earnings.

He said although Nigeria's foreign reserves currently stood at $52billion, the Nigerian economy like other economies of the world would be exposed to more risks if the United States dollar which serves as the global reserve currency begins to experience “spiral inflation” and triggers off a global currency crisis.

But Soludo's testimony before the lawmakers was not all gloom as he announced that  unlike in 1982, the Nigerian economy, though not insulated from the global crisis, was  better prepared to withstand the shock.

He said with the debt relief effectively saving about $4billion in annual debt service payments, a banking sector consolidation that has increased competitiveness, robust external reserve, a liberalised  and private sector-led economy, an active capital market as well as better fiscal and monetary policy regimes, the country has great opportunities to scale the hurdles posed by the global recession.

“The challenge we have is to get agriculture to boom. We have huge growth reserve to be exploited - about sixty per cent of arable land for agriculture remains fallow; solid minerals and gas are yet to be fully harnessed. Nigeria may continue to attract Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) particularly in the oil and gas sector and portfolio inflows due to high returns on investment.

“Lower world prices will benefit Nigeria because of her large imports. This time, we should target strategic capital investment in sectors where input prices are depressed globally with lower freight costs.  Our banks are Nigeria's multinational companies and have become increasing dominant source of financing for the economy giving more credit to the private sector than the Federal Government and also supporting the state governments. Banks constitute the engine of the economy for the near term which must be guarded," he said.

On the way forward, the CBN governor said that the apex bank would remain committed to stable exchange rate regime and monitor developments in the capital market as a stable exchange rate would continue to be a major shock absorber for the economy to maintain its internal and external balance.
Meanwhile, President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua has joined the world to congratulate the new US President.

Yar’Adua spoke through the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, who led the Nigerian delegation to Obama’s inauguration.
At the inaugural ball organised by Washington, DC-based NGO, “Africa Aspire,” President Yar’Adua, praised the “inclusiveness, solidarity and generosity” of the American system, which produced the first African-American president of the country.

The minister told the audience that the people of Nigeria and Africa rejoice with America on this historic swearing-in ceremony.

“We are proud that America gave this opportunity to the son of an African immigrant. We want to say in the same spirit that Africa supports Obama to succeed. His success is ours,  Africa has taken a turn for the better,” he declared.

http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=133654

can't we also look for alternatives in this age and time? Must we always depend on oil?

They guys was under emotional stress. He never believed Obama will actually be the president.

Nigeria needs a re-orientation. We find it easier for us to talk Nigeria down. Yes, things aint going right but NO ONE is doing anything to make it right. I wonder what they teach in history classes?

how manage he is still in charge of INEC?

Way to Go boyz, Flying Eagles of Nigeria.

nedujizzy:
@ FBS
ofcourse i support them because they are my fellow citizens,but i will like to see a situation where we take younger players to such competitions,such players will definitely go all out to give us the much needed glory at the senior level because they would have naturally graduated into the future without falling apart along the way due to age.

agreed but what gives you the impression that these boys are not U-20? And if them lie, they will only have themselves to blame. you remember the saying about lieing to ppl all the time?

Leading by example. Way to go Barack Obama.

And to think he worths only 1 mil? thats sad. Who will be the second choice then? Hilly? no offence to the guy but lets get serious.

victory to T'Ham but all credits to Burnley. Football can be so cruel

and personally I will like to see him back in post. Cudi is good. Why would chelsea want to sell him?

way to go Flying Eagles.

at this moment, this hour, these boys are doing good. Can't we just support them?

Safin needs to win cos he is likely to retire after this tournament. It should be interesting.

bawomolo:
o lord, you got some issues

you will be suprised that Michelle Obama has Nigerian links.
Her uncle Nomenee Robinson served with the peace corps in india for 2 years: later moved to Nigeria where he met his wife. The couple now live in Chicago.
How about that for a piece of history lesson?

Thank you staloone.
Majority of "sports analysts" here just like complain-is it jealousy or what? The boys tried and won yet some ppl still dey complain that they over 60 yrs old. Was it not most of this guys that won the U-17 world cup?

Had they lost, it is the same buffons that will still complain. Instead of them to give these guys some credits, na so so complain, HABA!!!

Way to go Flying Eagles.

Plus, whatever happened to mutual understanding?