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CabbieAC:
There's a certain Dominic Ayodele Solanke who plays for Vitesse.

Nice CV if you ask me

-UEFA European U-17 Championship Top Scorer: 2014
-England Youth Player of the Year: 2014
-UEFA Youth League Top Scorer: 2014–15
-Chelsea Academy Player of the Year: 2014–15

He's just 18 years old and the juicy thing here is that he's eligible to play for Nigeria Fikayo Tomori and Ola Aina are eligible as well

How come we haven't thought of inviting him?

The boy don score 4 goal already in his first season in the eredivise league. Dem no gree see am. Even Dauda too has scored 3 goal too. Michael Olaitan of Twents still dey there but em no sabi play(yimu). Person keshi no call when he played regularly in UEFA champions league, na now dem go come call am? Not forgetting Funsho Ojo still plays regularly as a box to box midfielder for Willem but dem no go gree call am, na Ndidi(no bad belle) who no dey command regular shirt in the Belgium league Na em dem sabi call.

Na Sidon dey look mode I dey.

interloper:
Of cos their are lotta questions begging for answers as per Nigerian and her constituents parts and of cos how we want to conduct our journey of Nationhood.

My grouse with this "marginalisation tea party crew" is . . . . . when the system favours them albeit temporary, merit is the trump up card and if otherwise they use the "marginalisation" card to play victim . . . .

Why am i saying this now? as per the football gist we are on about, it's definitely paying them and they are singing to the gallery that they are the best and achieved all this constantly by merit (rolls eyes again) but when the next tribalist crew come on board and snuff them all out, bringing his own tribe on board . . . .then we all gonna hear the songs of Armageddon again that xyz tribe is still being marginalised from Nigerian soccer because they are God's given gift to Nigeria and they have always produced the best footballers since the time of John the Baptist!

@bolded is very funny.

ProfShymex:
I basically just listed the teens - I didn't even include the ones in their early twenties playing for Championship clubs. The likes of Semi Ajayi, Tom Taiwo, Tope Obadeyi, Sanmi Odelusi, Sammy Ameobi, Rashid Yussuff, Ade Azeez et al.

Tosin Adarabioyo is also supremely talented and he's being touted to replace Kompany in future. He's the captain of the Man City U-18 team. Ditto the likes of Fikayo Tomori, Marc Bola, Toby Omole, Dennis Adeniran, and Gabriel Osho.

So the question is: if footballers of Yoruba descent are so talented outside the shores of Nigeria, how come Yorubas in Nigeria, where almost all Yorubas live, aren't coming through? Is it cos of the lack of talent, tribalism, or due to parents? We all know Yorubas can play football. Emmanuel Adebayor is Yoruba and he's one of the greatest strikers to ever come out of Africa and the greatest Togolese player ever. Even despite what he's going through now, he can walk into the Super Eagles team. David Alaba is the greatest and most decorated footballer of Nigerian descent. Maurice Edu is the only Nigerian player ever to be selected first overall pick by the MLS, from college. Moses Odubajo, Ola Aina, Dominic Solanke, and Dele Alli can walk straight into the current mediocre Super Eagles team. And the likes of Dennis Aogo and Sidney Sam are better than all the current players playing for Nigeria. All these guys are still active - yet Nigeria keeps selecting mediocre talents, with folks telling us that Yoruba can't play football. Why?

I can pick a Yoruba all-star team that will whoop Super Eagles anywhere in Nigeria.

If you ask me, na who me I go ask?

Yoruba's talent in football can't be everly questioned when it's crystal glaring that Yorubas had produced more extraordinary talented players in the mold of Yekini(once highest goal scorer in the Portuguese liga), Odegbami, Adebayor, Martins, Taye Taiwo and currently David Alaba and Dele Ali etcetera. Do you know that Tiago Ilori played regularly in the Ligue 1 last season but nobody heard of him. He's now on loan to Aston Villa from Liverpool. And do you know one certain Gbenga Okunowo played regularly for Barcelona senior at one time, and even won the LA liga in the 1998/1999 session with them but as usual, he was largely ignored for a long period only to be capped 8 times by the National team.

The other two questions maybe the main reasons many couldn't make it into the National team though the parent part might not likely stop the desperate once.

We go burst that obsolete mint with facts na.

interloper:
You just might have a point but am not down with it just yet though . . . .most of those lads whose names featured up here would most likely not play for the British national team not because they are not fab enough but that's entirely another gist, but they would certainly like to play for their second country, Nigeria in this case. . . . .if i may ask you in return, how did you arrive at your findings though?

Did the Nigerian Football academy reach out to them and they declined? Am sure you most have heard about David Alaba and his exploits . . . . . to think a few years ago he was in Nigerian for trials and he as expected never sailed thru (rolls eyes, another gist on itself) but now? his a national icon in the Austrian footballing circle and beyond . . . . the hero worship they give him is positively insane . . . . . .

And am sure you would have heard about similar foreign based athletes who have suffered the same fate like this one . . . . as long as the the Nigerian sporting authorities don't keep their ears on the ground to discover and encourage new sporting talents, the best of them will continuously owe sporting allegiance wholly to their country of birth, and Nigeria most likely wouldn't be for most.

If a private citizen like @forgiveness, @shymex can keep tab of this lads upward footballing career at a very young age, tell me what has stopped the Nigerian Soccer body from doing same and nudging them from time to time not to forget about playing for Nigerian sometime in their footballing career huh? . . . . ........and you and i know the reason for this if you wanna be honest? . . . . . . we never plan long term to build a culture of repository of talent pool to use if and when needed rather we are stuck in our fire brigade attitude to getting the job done and we fail again and again and blame everyone but ourselves regarding preparation.

No Sir, I utterly disagree with your "generational excuse" . . . . ., with that list and believe there's more, if they are approached am sure well over 50% will jump at the opportunity to fly the Nigerian colour if we encourage and reach out to them formally and agree on a "practical working and rewarding terms and conditions' . . . .they will give us their best after all.

Your post just showed that you are a patriotic Nigerian, who is more concerned about the improvement in Nigerian football than siding a particular tr...

In order to achieve or product a better national team, nepotism and those things @cabbies listed most be done away with.

CabbieAC:
Shymm3x/forgiveness/interloper speaking of [b]Dele Alli who plays for Tottenham,quality midfielder anytime anyday.He used to be with MK Dons before he moved to Tottenham for 5m pounds.Scored 16 goals for MK Dons last season helping them secure promotion to the championship and he has played for England U17, U18 and U19 teams.

Tottenham are even trying to offer him a new bumper deal

Early this year,John fashanu tried to lure him to the Nigerian National team but we haven't heard anything since then

This one fit no enter National team due to.......

Lets see whether Oliseh will pull another keshi on us[/b]

This one na em come pain me pass. You're still thinking 'this one fit no enter National team' when he no go fit play again for the National team. While Oliseh and Co was still chasing after an academy player(Alex Iwobi) over an established premier league player (Dele Ali) playing for one of best clubs there, England don do the needful to have made him played in a FIFA recognized matche and that alone has made him ineligible again for selection into the Nigeria National team. The guy even scored against France in their last friendly match. What an irony. Mediocre at the highest...

interloper:
@forgiveness . . . .quite an very interesting expose you threw up there, giving us a live commentary so to say of how our boys have faired internationally nee the UK but get next to nothing in recognition or call up back home and again a shout out to @shymex for digging out this names and clubs which certainly has given us an in-depth pattern of how this dirty behind the scenes football politics is being played out repeatedly for all to see and with all her inherent tribal undertones on full display.

So how then do we correlate this abundance of talents from a certain part of the country and they are literally extinct when it comes to playing for our national teams? I am not subscribing that home based players should be ignored but a medley of home based and foreign based players will certainly help in cross fertilisation of skills, keeping the spirit of brotherhood and friendship alive by playing with team mates from across diverse background which will certainly help in no small way in killing the feeling of mistrust we have for one another in this country and foster more unity. . . . . . .

But a situation where xyz tribe is continuously being featured and headlining all soccer events again ain't cool, after all football in Nigeria still remains a rallying point for all Nigerian citizens and as such team selection should be sacrosanct in my own opinion, so we all get a sense of belonging and a good vehicle for the young ones to know they will always be welcome within the sporting community devoid of all those national fault lines we try so hard to hide like it's never in existence in the first instance.

@bolded on your first quote has already began. How many Yorubas do we see as National coaches from the junior to the senior National teams for both the male and female teams? None.
Are they not qualify enough? No..
Mutiu Adepoju and Henry Makinwa are both equally qualified to coach any of the National teams if having a UEFA pro license is the determinant factor used in hiring national coaches. How many Yorubas do you see in the National teams? Very few. Are they not talented or playing in top European leagues? That's not true. We have a load lots of them playing regularly for top clubs in Europe. But why are they not looked upon for the National teams? I believe you already know the answers hence your submissions in the last post.

Shymm3x:
This is the list of Yoruba boys I found playing for different football academies in the UK. They're all U-18, apart from Oduwa. I purposely left out a few established ones like: Ola Aina, Dele Alli, Moses Odubajo, and Dominic Solanke.

Considering how difficult it's to get into football academies in the UK - especially when you have gone past the "schoolboy" age. These guys are talented. Coupled with the fact that, when you're not white, it's more difficult. So you have to be supremely talented and composed when you go for trials. And once you flop one chance during trials, you may not be able to get another one.

Chelsea
Fikayo Tomori

Arsenal
Tolaji Bola
Nathan Tella
Toby Omole
Marc Bola

Liverpool
Sheyi Ojo
Bobby Adekanye

Manchester United
Tosin Kehinde

Manchester City
Tosin Adarabioyo
Nathaniel Oseni

West Ham United
Tunji Akinola
Emmanuel Onariase

Crystal Palace
Jason Akiotu
Fisayo Adarabioyo

Fulham
Elijah Adebayo
Dennis Adeniran

Charlton Athletic
Ademola Lookman

Leicester City
Andre Olukanmi

Leeds United
Moses Abioye
Dipo Olaosun
Nicky Ajose

QPR
Olamide Shodipo

Reading
Daniel Akinwunmi
Gabriel Osho
Hammed Lawal

Sheffield United
Emmanuel Adebowale

Southampton FC
Olufela Olomola

Stoke City FC
Shola Ayoola

Sunderland
Avis Ganiyu

Tottenham Hotspurs
Daniel Akindayini
Emmanuel Sonupe
Nathan Oduwa

Wimbledon FC
Toyosi Olusanya

Cardiff City
Adedeji Oshilaja

Burnley
Olatunde Bayode

Bradford City
Kesi Omolokun

cc: aareonakakanfo/CabbieAC, tupacshakur, forgiveness, raumdeuter, interloper et al

P.S: you can highlight the names you feel aren't Yoruba names on the list.

Thank you sir, you've really done well to dig out these talented players for the world to know that Yorubas will always perform better on a level playing field.

I have been following the progress of these players I highlighted for the past 6-7 years now. I remembered when nicky Ajose moved from Manchester United to Bury on loan, he eventually became the highest goal scorer for his club and his goals led Bury to promotion making him the hottest under 20 Nigerian player at that time but as usual he was ignored. The thing pain me die.

I remembered when Liverpool beat off competition from top Europe's clubs to sign Sheyi Ojo from Milton Keyness Don with undisclosed fees believed to be in the region of $2 million. When he was just 14 years old. He is now one of the key players in wolverhampton-wanderers-fc in the Championship but as usual they will prefer an academy player(Alex Iwobi) to a Championship player. that is Nigeria for you oo.

Bobby Adekanye was formerly an Ajax academy player before he was lured to Spain by Barcelona at the age of 12. I even saw his skills on YouTube at the age of 12, it was awesome to see an 11 years old boy displayed such abundant skills. He left Barcelona early this year for Liverpool because of FIFA sanction on Barca for under age transfers. He is also a left footed player like Sheyi Ojo. This one too no go enter Nigeria team due to.......

ProfShymex:
I already posted the names.

The spambot banned the post.

But I'll see if I can devise other means to post them again.

I see. Why now? It seems something is amiss......make no talk.

Anyway, I will gladly wait to see it.

ProfShymex:
It never made frontpage.

The thread doesn't need the toxic folks on fp cos they'll mess the thread up

OK. I see. I just wanted to know because the rate at which the thread went from 100 - 200 within that 6 days I didn't follow the thread got me wondering, if it made the front page and the conversation I heard about moving back the thread to political section.

Qelvin:
Bros firstly Yakubu Aiyegbeni is from Edo state...but let me quickly correct one anomaly in your post(I think this is for Major of Lagos) who ignorantly mentioned that Igbos are built for sports that require more brawn than brains..that in itself is the dumbest thing I have read all day..first of all sports require a degree of technique or skillset...and for one thing we all know Igbos dominate sports especially in soccer(football if you may)..football itself as a sport has its grey matter of technicalities, and its no surprise Igbos seems to churn out the most technically gifted players in that department(Okocha, Kanu, Mikel, Henry Nwosu, Mikel Obi, Nacho,most recently Chidiebere Nwakali of the U17 winning team etc) even in the so called boxing you hype yorubas for, not one of them comes close to Ike Ibeabuchi...a bull of a boxer who was tipped to be the greatest of all time had drugs and frivolous lifestyle not ruined a promising career, the reasons for this preponderance of Igbos in this area of sports isn't far-fetched...we are the creative engine... statistically right now all the major sports in the USA and most parts of Europe from high school to college level are dominated by Igbos(mostly second and third generations born abroad)...we do have some outstanding yoruba athletes like you mentioned, but if we are to draw a database of numbers...Igbos will sweep the laurel both in Nigreria and abroad,and this includes education as well.

Bros, I was expecting you to give me some names of athletes from your own database that you supposed will sweep the laurel for Igbos both home and abroad but as usual, you failed to back it up. What you just wrote now is an unproven hypothesis.

Present your submission with tested and proven facts and I will forever remain silent. But please kindly do that on another thread. Shalom

Aareonakakanfo:
The children of hate were just doing what they know how to do best

We had to substitute the HOME AND THE DIASPORA Part for POLITICS so they won't give us any excuses

Hmm, just like that? Strange and ulterior motive is the best words to describe it

Where did they place it? Romance section, I guess!

I just dey play ooo.

Ritchiee:
It is his observation but it is largely flawed if we look at the almost fragile make up of the white man physique and they still hold the ace in football worldwide...
Pele,Ronaldo etc cannot be categorised as being sturdy but they are some of the greatest footballers in the world...

Rightly said, 'his observation'. Even, Neyman, Oscar, Kanu, Klivert etc are not sturdy but we know now.....

Aareonakakanfo:
Haha! you want the enemies to destroy it bah

We haven't even gotten to 500 pages yet and I already lost count on the number of derailers

This is a long-term thread remember.A discussion thread

OK. I see but why was it moved from politics section, as I read in one of your post

Aareonakakanfo:
Loool the thread moves very fast

I don't understand the emboldened

This thread now.

CabbieAC:
Topic wey we don discuss finish

Check the previous pages Sir

if I dare check, I go grow grey hair on top.
Really, I was not around for two weeks and by the time I checked then it was 200 pages. I weak. Did it make front page?

Shymm3x:
Compiled the list that I can get, from the UK. I know there should more all over Europe. And they are all U-18s.

Should post it and get the topic started when I get home.

That will be great.

MayorofLagos:
We need to be truthful to ourselves. What is sports to a Yorubaman? Where in our history have you read about domination in sports?

Lets put things in perspective....amongst the Negro race Yoruba is far advanced in practices demanding cerebral energy than physical energy. Our physiological makeup is tailored for thoughts, observation, reflection and innovation.

Ibos are excelling in sports because its in their history and they are physically endowed for it. We need to find our comparative advantage and dominate it....in fact monopolise it for its rewards!

Yoruba is world best in Table Tennis. We have consistently dominated Table Tennis in Nigeria and Africa because its a game of calculation and strategy. If Ayo was a international tournament we'd be top rated because it fits in with our makeup - calculation and strategy! Ive been playing snooker and billiards since I was 16, at one time it was my source of income....and I find it muvh more easier to coach a Yoruba person than any other ethnic group because of the ease with which they lock in.

Heroism in Yorubaland is perfected throuvh acts of shrewdness and decoy...hiding your play hands from the opponent! Think of the range of sports that need that skillset...physical sports do not make it.

Heroism in Iboland is recognized in acts of physical bouts - wrestling! The wrestling champion is the village hero. Hence they are built naturally for physical sports and require zero thought process or calculation to win.

Lets give them what belongs to them. Lets find ours and champion it!

@bolded

First of, you asked what sports is to Yorubaman and I will simply say sports means a lot to these present generation than the past generations, then Yorubas priorities education than others(military, police, sports etcetera). Although, many Yoruba parents still holds tightly unto that archaic philosophy or traditions(this one self just started 200 years ago) of 'you must go to school' but boy Don sabi say no be only book fit bring ruch or pepe come. Or do you think Yorubas don't see Obafemi, Mikel, Adebayor and Co, we no go school but dey live large?

Bros, Your second question is strange to me and to those who are aware of Yoruba's exploits both in cerebral energy and physical energy sports. How soon have you forgotten that the likes of Kareem Abdul Jabber and Hakeem Olajuwon had once dominated the world in basketball, that the likes of Rasheed Yekini, Emmanuel Adebayor, Segun Odegbami, Yakubu Aiyegbeni had once dominated Africa and European football and even David Alaba is currently dominating all Africans put together in the European leagues, he was selected twice for UEFA first eleven(the regetted stone becoming the corner stone). have you forgotten so soon that Deji Ali, Deley Thompson(top 3 greatest decathlethes ever), Olusola Fasuba( the ninth fastest 100m ever), Femi Ogunode(fastest Asian 100m ever) once dominated Africa, Asia, Europe and the world at large. Time will not permit me to mention Yoruba's dominance in boxing(Areaonakakanfo and Sir Shymm3x na oga for this one) , hockey, American football, etcetera.

Are all these sports not part of physical energy sports?

Sir, permit me to humbly say that your submissions are not cogent enough to dismiss the facts on ground. I rest my case. Shalom

Shymm3x:
Topic is coming soon.

I'll tag you.

Ernestly waiting bros.

Shymm3x:
Uneasy about discussing sports? Why?

Obviously, questions have to been asked about why Yorubas in Nigeria aren't excelling in sports like the ones in diaspora.

Sir Shymm3×, I think this is a very interesting topic and very very important but disturbing question. I have always asked this question whenever people say Yorubas don't excellece in sports than ......you know now, when i know it's not true. Why? We set football as the only benchmark for achievement in sports in Nigeria, whereas we have other sports where Yorubas are doing even better.

Nevertheless, We can't ignore or pretend Yoruba's are not doing well in football only in Nigeria. Why? I think we should start with football. Shalom

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Wich of these should lead the Yoruba Nation or you think can lead a Yoruba Nation: Tinubu, Fashola, Fayose, Adebanjo, Osibanjo, Obasanjo, Soyinka, Aregbesola, Alaafin, etcetera?

As for me, Tinubu! Tinubu! Tinubu!

@Gbawe Pls, do you know if Tinubu believes or is interested in regionalism? Or do you know what he thinks about the system of Government we practice?

IlekeHD:
Dude, Nigeria is underdeveloped period.

I think it was Shymmex that described Nigeria as a nation where poor pathetic subgroups compare their pathetic lifestyles with each other.

Yes, we do want regionalism. And Yes, we would also prefer our own country.

I don know that one te te, no bi today. But believe me, i was not comparing Yoruba development with other places in Nigeria. Haba! You should have catch the drift now.

My comparism is simply based on what you and i are craving for, a prosperous and powerful nation per or above international standards. Abi no be wetin you want be that?

So, comparing Yoruba nation to other Nigerian region is ........

Shymm3x:
However, there has to be a way to at least make things work a little bit in the current quagmire.

At the end of the day, what makes a man is how best he can make use of his survival instinct regardless of the situation he finds himself in.

I honestly don't think Nigeria is stopping folks from being selfless.

Sorry, i could not reply you. My battery energy was down and i was already in my bed.

Back to the topic.

What do you suggest?

First off, What should we consider as ' at least work'?
Education, Health, Housing, Employment, Power, Security etcetera.

Pls, kindly, tell how you can make these things work when the Federal Government is in control of all these sectors?

As for me, the country is programmed for failure. The state government seat down every month waiting to receive monthly allocation. How then can they be creative?

How long do we wait for things to work a bid, like a snail travelling from lagos to Accra? When it's better to use missile. Before that time go come my grandchildren go don start to dey commot teeth and com get bald head.

Katsumoto:
I agree partially with this. I continue to maintain that in a yoruba only nation, old feuds and rivalries will resurface. We are talking about a yoruba nation where osun and oyo had to be given separate states, where Ijebu agitates for its own state. The same Yoruba that the most it came to being unified was during Awo's time which ironically was also a combustible era.

I am for regionalism/conferedation. The most progress the Yoruba made was in the 12 years it was a separate region.

@bold is true. But after i read the rise and fall of Oyo Empire, Fulani etcetera. I discovered that the only unifying factor for a united Yoruba Nation is when they have a common enemy. Because past histories showed that whenever they were faced with a common enemy then you will see every Yoruba's regardless of where they come from united and puting away old feuds and rivalries to tackle their common enemy e.g after the destruction of Oyo Ile by the Nupes, all Yoruba's came from every quarters to volunteer in Oyo army, they forgot they are Ijebu's, Egba's, Ijesha's etcetera. And the rise of Ibadan(composition of every Yoruba's from Ijebu, Egba, Ijesha, Ekiti, etcetera) to fight against Fulani invation. One of the reason i said from Jebba down to delta state no Yoruba land will be left out. You know what that means right, creating enemies from the North to the East. Then, you can't elude wars. The fears of defeat will surely make us united. All this is if we opt for a Yoruba Nation.

Note; I could finish my sentence because my battery energy ran down and i was already in my bed.

superstar1:
Yeah today's most valuable resource all over the world is the human capacity of any nation. That is the strength of Germany Korea, Switzerland, Israel and even India now.

As a Yoruba Nation we can never be found wanting in this arena. People on this thread have posted profiles of yorubas with incredible and rich profiles, both at home and in diaspora.

Before this can be tapped and harnessed effectively, a system of governance that makes us to be in control of our destiny must be in place first. How many of those YID (Yorubas In Diaspora) would like to come back and serve Nigeria in this messed up state.They might be more than willing to serve a Yoruba Nation/Region because that is their root, even if they will not be paid.

@bold is the koko. Without Yoruba's in control of their destiny, Yoruba will be a based nation/region soon.
The solution is either Yourba's vigorously push for a Yoruba region or a Yoruba Nation. We will soon be a backward and underdeveloped Nation. Forget about Lagos. Other parts of Yoruba cities are underdeveloped
when compared to international cities/nations. But i don't think our leaders are really serious about it. Na minister position we wan chop. Mtchewww!

Shia! How dis thread don reach 200 pages?

chesterlee:
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the names of the new Permanent Secretaries for the Federal Government. His announcement was made through his spokesman, Femi Adesina, through a press released obtained by SaharaReporters moments ago.
Muhammadu Buhari
The total number of new appointees is 54, including 18 placed in the Federal Civil Service. The statement noted that their appointment takes immediate effect.
The press release and names of appointees can be read below:
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
PRESIDENT BUHARI APPROVES APPOINTMENT OF NEW FEDERAL PERMANENT SECRETARIES AND DEPLOYMENT OF PERMANENT SECRETARIES
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of the following as Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service:
1. Mrs. Ayotunde Adesugba
2. Alhaji Mahmoud Isa-Dutse
3. Mr. Taiwo Abidogun
4. Dr. Bukar Hassan
5. Mrs. Wakama Belema Asifieka
6. Mr. Jalal Ahmad Arabi
7. Mr. Sabiu Zakari
8. Mrs. Obiageli Phyllis Nwokedi
9. Mr. Aminu Nabegu
10. Mr. Bamgbose Olukunle Oladele
11. Mr. Alo Williams Nwankwo
12. Dr. Shehu Ahmed
13. Mr. Ogbonnaya Innocent Kalu
14. Mrs. Nuratu Jimoh Batagarawa
15. Mr. Christian Chinyeaka Ohaa
16. Mr. Bassey Apkanyung
17. Mr. Louis Edozien
18. Dr. Ugo Roy
President Buhari has also approved the deployment of Federal Permanent Secretaries as follows:
1. Dr. Shehu Ahmad-Fed. Min. of Agric & Rural Development
2. Arch Sunday Echono-Fed. Min. of Communications
3. Alh. Sabiu Zakari-Fed. Min. of Transportation
4. Mrs. Ayotunde Adesugba-Fed. Min. of Information & Culture
5. Amb. Danjuma Sheni-Fed. Min. of Defence
6. Dr. Shade Yemi-Esan-Fed. Min. of Education
7. Mrs. Fatima Mede-Budget & National Planning
8. Alh. Mahmoud Isa Dutse-Fed. Min. of Finance
9. Amb. Bulus Lolo-Fed. Min of Foreign Affairs
10. Dr. Amina Shamaki-Fed. Min. of Health
11. Mr. Aliyu Bisalla-Fed. Min. of Industry, Trade & Investment
12. Mr. Bassey Akpanyung-Fed. Min. of Internal Affairs
13. Mr. Taiwo Abidogun-Fed. Ministry of Justice
14. Dr. Habiba Lawal-Fed. Min. of Science & Tech.
15. Dr. Clement Illoh-Fed. Min. of Labour & Productivity
16. Dr. Jamila Shu'ara-Fed. Min of Petroleum Resources
17. Mrs. Binta Bello-Fed. Min of Women Affairs
18. Dr. Babatope Ajakaiye-Federal Capital Territory
19. Mrs. Rabi Jimeta-Fed. Min. of Water Resources
20. Dr. Bukar Hassan-Fed. Min of Environment
21. Mrs. Wakama B. Asifieka-Fed. Min. of Niger Delta Affairs
22. Mr. Istifanus Fuktur-Fed. Min. of Solid Minerals
23. Mr. Christian Ohaa -Fed. Min of Youth & Sports
24. Engr. A.G. Magaji-Fed. Min. of Works & Housing
25. Mr. Louis Edozien-Fed. Min. of Power
26. Mr. Jalal Arabi-State House
27. Mr. Mohammed Bukar-General Services Office, OSGF
28. Mr. Abbas Mohammed-Ecological Fund Office, OSGF
29. Dr. Ugo Roy-Council Secretariat
30. Mr. Aminu Nabegu-Special Services Office, OSGF
31. Amb. Bamgbose Akindele-Political Affairs Office, OSGF
32. Mr. Alo Williams Nwankwo-Economic Affairs Office, OSGF
33. Mrs. Obiageli Nwokedi-Special Duties Office, OSGF
34. Mr. Innocent Ogbonnaya-Career Management Office, OHCSF
35. Mr. S.K.Y. Adelakun-Common Services Office, OHCSF
36. Mrs. N. Batagarawa-Service Policy & Strategies Office, OHCSF
The new appointments and deployments are with effect from today, November 10, 2015.
Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
November 10, 2015

Source: www.saharareporters.com/2015/11/10/president-buhari-names-new-federal-permanent-secretaries-and-their-portfolios

Where is the permanent secretary of Federal ministry of Defence from?

Where is the permanent secretary of Federal ministry of finance from?

Where is the permanent secretary of federal ministry of foreign affairs from?

where is the permanent secretary of petroleum resources from?

Hmmmmm! i just dey observe.

DikeOha882:
Don't like replying a clown

Callest thou me a clown? if i have lied, point it out but if you can't then you bear witness that the records are facts, and you can't dispel it.
Shalom.

DikeOha882:
Did he win more? Check again. profiling an austrian

Do you mean more than Kanu and Mikel? of course. yes! or do you mean if he's still going to win more, the league, Dfl- poscal cup, Champions league, UEFA best team of the year? of course, yes! Just check the Bundesliga and you will know.

Austrian! Of course, yes! Austrian by Nationality and Nigerian through his father.
Nigerian rejected him when he craved to play for his Father's land due to .......complete am. shalom.

DikeOha882:
You are a joke

As in, the thing shock you? abi na wetin?

Bros, google is ya friend.

DikeOha882:
You misunderstood me, I meant current nigerian players, ok let's assume that you include alaba, how many trophies did alaba win

1, key player in one of the best and biggest club in the World. Bayern Munich.
2, Won Bundesliga 4 times
3, DFB-PoskaL 3 times
4, UEFA champions league once
5, Dfl- Super cup 2 times
6, Fifa club world cup once
7, UEFA super cup
8, Austria footballer of the year 4 times
9, Austria personalty of the year 2 times
10, UEFA team of the year 2 times
11, ESM team of the year once and......still counting.

DikeOha882:
Which tide is changing? Is there a footballer of nigerian origin who has achieved half what Mikel has? Igbos still holds the mantle till tomorrow

@bold is the question. and the answers is David Alaba. he don even pass am.