₦airaland Forum

lbrichman2:
Shame on them
But I'm more concerned with what CAF will do
They'll reluctantly sanction Libya I know, but mostly to safe face, because of how the matter has escalated internationally

Imagine motsepe begging for us to still play the match

TheSuperNerd:
What is worse than Libya's horror show is some Nigerians taking their side in the matter saying they are justified because Nigeria treated them badly first.

I have done my checks and even the issue of Libya's arrival in PH and hide and seek games was discussed in the media by Ademola Olajire, NFF Head of Communications. Toyin Ibitoye (former Super Eagles Media Officer) anchored that News Central show.

The Libyans were being difficult and pushed a false narrative manipulatively with pictures which are actually a result of their own decisions, refusal to communicate and refusal to accept help from the NFF with respect to reaching Uyo.

semid4lyfe:
Guy, with the virality of this issue and the way the news outlets and prominent and influential peeps around the world are posting about it, the presidency is already involved.

Right now, calls are being made. Phones are being banged. People who are directly and indirectly involved are on their toes and all buttons are being pressed trying to find a resolution to this issue.

NFf
Sports Ministry
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreign embassies

This issue has international dimensions with our foreign-based players who are employees of foreign clubs with some being dual citizens.

A lot is going on behind the scenes., trust me.

We are "outsiders" and its unfair to assume that the presidency is not involved at this point.

TheSuperNerd:
Meanwhile reports from some higher ups are saying they are doing what they can to sanction some movements into the location of the players but their efforts are being botched by the Libyan authorities.

Humility33, perhaps you should free Gusau and Enoh on this one. They are doing all they can and some action steps are already being taken.

The NFF is incompetent in other areas, yes but not in this matter. I understand he (NFF president) is on ground with them and the head of the Nigerian community in Benghazi had to come all the way to where they are at the airport to help them with WiFi and other stuffs. Omo... it is crazy out there.

lbrichman2:
They need to be allowed to leave the airport first

JayromWrites:
E be like you never sleep for bench before. Diplomacy keh

lbrichman2:
Till now

TheSuperNerd:
Ghana and Sudan both landed in Benghazi without any sort of issues. No rerouting. Nothing. But it is Nigeria's turn, and they bring up these technicalities. They release this statement now because they can see how this is being escalated.

When they carried out same thing to Enyimba unprovoked in 2022, it was not escalated in the media.

Below is the Libyan FF Handle on X and their shitty post. Feel free to drag.

https://x.com/Libyan_FF/status/1845770867088699898?t=U5moA-poBHdQfrbVJDO_sg&s=19[/quote]May God punish them, all visiting teams to Nigeria know that our home venue is Uyo and they make all efforts to land there. We have hosted all manner of teams in Uyo including teams from Europe and there were no issues.

This North African nation is a big disgrace and they should hide their faces in big shame, Nff should go ahead and file a complaint to FIFA on the terrorist act of holding our players hostage for hours. Nonsense

minfelix:
Bros if we dash them 3points the will be on 4points..you see that stubborn Rwanda, i go put my money Rohr cannot beat them at home…na draw them go play..infact make i stake 10k ontop😡😠 rubbish…
if we play or not, by the end of october we will still top that group…omo i dey vex bayii

Hotepking:
After Gadaffi died, Libya just became more useless and sunk into more depravity...useless pathetic losers, you can't beat a team fair and square on the pitch and you resort to weird acts...I can understand resorting to casual dark arts as pay-back like giving your opponents a 3 star hotel or unappealing food etc but holding international players on an official fixture hostage for more than 12 hours? that's tantamount to a permanent ban and fine! That's borderline terrorism.

TheSuperNerd:
Remember my post when the AfconQs conclude next month. LIBYA WILL HAVE THE 3 PTS (IF CAF FOOLISHLY DASHES THEM) AND THEY STILL WON'T QUALIFY.

Why the stress? A NT that cannot boast of up to 18 players on transfermrkt.com 😂😂😂


As for CAF HQ being in North Africa as reason for why they would support this nonsense, then it would only confirm that the South African Billionaire who is CAF President, Patrick Motsepe is just another lap dog for the North Africans. This is a good time to confirm that.

TheSuperNerd:
WE CAN AFFORD TO DASH THEM THE 3 PTS AND I ASSURE YOU THAT THEY WONT STILL QUALIFY.

Also, maybe it is about time someone starts a petition too against how these North Africans treat their visitors. The day CAF start sanctioning them with points deductions, home ban + match reschedule decisions, they will grow some sense of maturity.

lbrichman2:
A Libyan national hero!!
Omo these Libyans Sabi the game!!!
Oboyyy!!!

Nothing is unconnected my good friend
Its all planned

Mujtahida:
I don't think this would have happened if Ghaddafi was still in charge of Libya.

May God punish Obama, that evil, hypocritical, snake oil merchant and anti christ who deceived the whole world with his sweet talking. He and Hillary Clinton conspired and took out Ghaddafi on behalf of Israel.

Ghaddafi was a pan Africanist to the core and would not have permitted this disgraceful treatment of our team.

lbrichman2:
NFF need to file an official report to CAF
CAF cannot intervene without an official report from the NFF
Any action we take without an official report will incur fines and punishment

Going forward, we need to plan better
Libya gave us clues that they would do this
We weren't proactive enough

charlesemeka85:
they should abandon the match and return home. Caf can award the Libyans the 3 point if they wish

lovewins:
The "plans not communicated" excuse has been used twice now. It happened with South Africa too earlier this year. While it may be true that the persons in charge of the logistics of the away team may be at fault, the NFF should have learnt from the prior experience with South Africa by insisting on itinerary of the visiting communicated via mail so it is properly documented. Now what we have is a case of he said she said since the Libyans are not taking responsibility but her instead insisting that we intentionally diverted them to Port Harcourt.

The incompetence at the glass house is mind m blowing.

lovewins:
Baba, they were locked inside the airport. The pilots who weren't locked in with them couldn't even get hotel accomodation reportedly. The only member of the crew who could get accommodation was the Tunisian.

EEGA:
The above was my post on 6th of October.

The same thing repeated itself.Boniface had a chance in our last game to pass to a free Lookman who would have put us 1-0 up before the halftime break but he did not.He preferred to shoot.

Eguavoen needs to sit Boniface down and school him on the importance of team work in football.The game is not about scoring but getting the needed 3 points.

Osimhen only scored once but he got us to the AFCON finals while grabbing assists and making goal contributions such as winning penalties and forcing an owngoal.

Boniface and Lookman has played in our last two games with no Chemistry between them.Pls they shouldn't start games together since don't seem to understand each other.

Competition is of paramount importance for every successful manager but this two especially Boniface dey play like say the both of them use Super Eagles dey drag APOTY.

We should at least be 1-0 up before you start playing your selfish game.

Boniface should borrow a leaf from Osimhen who despite the criticism from fans and football lovers at home and abroad was still selfless despite scoring only once in the AFCON.

I don't expect Bony to start our next game anyway.

Secondly, for a team like Libya with low block or that loves parking the bus, please start all your scorers in every department of the team.
Especially those who have scored or assisted of recent.

Raphael Onyedika after opening the scoring against Gernot Rohr's Benin deserves to start the game along side Dele Bashiru who got us the equaliser against South Africa and the winner against Libya in our last game.

If your Strikers are finding it difficult to score you must start all your scoring midfielder.

Simon and Chukwueze did well in our last game.A 4-2-4 won't be bad for the next game same with a 4-3-3.

Bony should be dropped.Ejuke should play a part in the away game if not start for his dribbles will help unlock the Libyan's sturborn defence.Our last game favoured the dribblers in our team and Ejuke won't be an exception.

The team that finished the game should start our next game.

A 4-4-1-1 formation will be nice.Raph and Iwobi as midfield pivot with Bashiru ahead of them while Lookman leads the attack flanked by Simon and Chukwueze.It could easily become a 4-2-4 with Lookman and Bashiru operating as false 9's.

Start all your scorers in our next game and secure the AFCON ticket with two games left to be played.

Big congrats to Coach Dan Ogunmodede(Ija ball master).He was the mind behind our tactical substitutes for the game.You can see him with his books and laptop as he prepared the trio of Raph,Bashiru and Awo to come on in our last game.

This is no surprise to me because his Remo Stars team has always been known for scoring goals.

Henceforth, I recommend that the assistants to any Super Eagles Coach should always be the winner of the previous season NPFL and his runner up.I thank Eguavoen for this initiative of employing the best of the previous season NPFL as his assistant.

Kudos to Coach Fidelis Ilechukwu for his contribution to the team.We are yet to concede since he was appointed as assistant Coach.If you have watched his Enugu Rangers side, you will realise they really defend well(more emphasis on defensive solidity while being compact at the back).

zuchyblink:
The Brazilian president wants only players playing in the Brazilian league to play for the Brazilian national team.

orriyomi33:
Ade ⚽⚽⚽

jedisco:
Hehe.. with the state of many nations, hard workers choke!
Gimme gist. Na Cana abi na Aussie or is it land of the free?
Finally, finally, I love the UK..reason why I stay put dey wait my kpali. That way, our colobi would be for life

Midex88:
Hi All. Trust we are having a good weekend. a family friend whose visa/brp (husband and wife) is to expire by Oct 2024 just noticed that the brp of their baby girl expired in may 2024.

The recent discovery happened as there were about to apply for PSW for the family.

The family(church members) are presently worried about the child as they do not know the fate of their baby girl.

Will the application for PSW altogether with the child correct the issue?

Pls has anyone been in that position and what advise/step can they take to correct the issue.

Thanks All

jedisco:
Hehe...

Not very low ooo.. even when COS was readily available, it still needed alot of hassle. I agree that finally, everybody go answer em papa name. Reason why when making decisions, one gets dey practical. If not, after Unis chop ur fee, UKVI chop their own, employers take good advantage, landlord collects rent, populace dishes you insults, 3-4 years later you're thrown out to be replaced by another hard worker.

Elsewhere kwa? Are you thinking of japa 2.0?

ReesheesuKnack:
..and yet if you read some Nairaland threads long enough, all you hear is how hostile and racist and ‘anti-migrant’ the out-gone govt was.

The unbundling of the Tier-2 and subsequent creation of the Health & Care visa by the Conservative Government had a lot of Winners from Nigeria. I’m not sure ANY UK government in the last 50 years have opened the door that wide for Nigerian immigrants.

#FactsOnly

jedisco:
True...especially the early ones. Some are already at 3 yrs+, some have switched to other roles. Even those still in care are now getting more shifts thanks to recent government changes.

I used to be strongly against those paying for Care visas until someone told me a number who came in via the student route were also paying to switch into care after studies and regretting all the sums paid. Since then, I toned down. Even when the warnings here were red hot, my advice was to weigh both carefully as the shafting that'd happen to a number of masters students wouldn't be funny.

P.s. I wouldn't wholly blame those who flocked in for the government change in rules. As with virtually every other imigration pathway (both historic and current), the route was only going to remain open so long as there was a need. Once filled, the pathway would be restricted or shut. It was largely inevitable.

jedisco:
Sad to read. It appears many who are unable to secure a job that meets the relatively steep thresholds would have to take another masters (without dependents) or PhD, move into Care (without dependents) or seek clinical roles in the NHS (if qualified). I'd be keen to know what other pathways exist.

The more issues like this come up, the more it becomes clear that the 'winners' of the last immigration 'boom' may be those who came via the care route- most were able to bring in family, didn't have the burden of uni fees on them and are already counting 1-3yrs out of 5 for their ILR while students are stuck in limbo.

Says so much about the effectiveness of the largest immigration system.

jihday:
Boniface will be fine, he probably need to go to a tournament with Nigeria, the players will train more and also spend more time together that will allow both his team mates and the coach to understand him better

Mujtahida:
100% agreed.