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Mujtahida:
If you watch Supersport Soccer Africa, you will see him.

Oh, that's good. Nice to hear he's still very much around

superbloke:
Just googled Nkechi Obi and apparently she's the CEO of TechnoOil

I think they are different people o

Mujtahida:
I remember when Mike came on the scene in the early 2000s. Very eloquent guy.

It's been long I saw Nkechi Obi. I remember her from TV during the France 98 days. Was in Secondary school then SS1.

Time don go oo.

Where in the world is that Mike now? He was such an encyclopaedia

Mujtahida:
Mumuni Alao
Yinka Craig
Kayode Tijani
Modele Sharafat Yusuf
Tayo Balogun
Larry Izamoje
Paul Ogazi
Fabio Olanipekun
Aisha Falode
Charles Anazodo
Mike Maiyaki
Nkechi Obi


These guys really tried for football journalism in Nigeria. Anazodo is the bridge between the old guys and the Gen Zs. Fabio Olanipekun, Yinka Craig and Kayode Tijani have passed on. May God grant them rest.


Now Gen Z has Pooja
Mowiz
Victor Modo
Oma
Calister
Victor Ademola and many others

That Mike Maiyaki mouth no be here o, very interesting guy! not forgetting Deji Omotoyinbo and Deji Tinubu of blessed memory.

Enoughpull:
Barcelona interested in Osimhen
https://www.transferfeed.com/transfers/victor-osimhen-galatasaray-fc-barcelona/20553491

With all the revenue Gala is making from Osihmen, I doubt they will sell him, especially if he continues to rake in goals.

elyte89:
My lawyer shld we consider dis option

Coachee, dem no get stadium to play home games o, they fit carry your home game go Egpyt , I say make I warn you

Goodenoch:
Everybody knows that in the speeches by Farage, Badenough and their ilk attacking migrants and gradually turning 'Boriswave' into an epithet, the references to benefits are always said in the context of being on the dole - not contributing and only taking from the government. It's never about the other 'benefits' that are still available to working and reasonably earning families (which SW holders are, by default).


But hey, let the Ostriches keep their heads in the sand.

They actually made attempts, but always met with a huge backlash, hence a no-go area for now

HustlaOfLagos:
Just remembered that they also get one car loan / subsidized car loan stuff.

One of our ex-residents pulled up in a Benz wearing Gucci and a £3K watch and me still dey find school fees



Out of curiosity, how will the digital ID help curb stuff like this? It seems the UK gov will go ahead with implementing the digital ID stuff despite pushback

It will help identify those who are gaming the system and using multiple identities for claims. Some are even claiming number of children that don’t exist anywhere

Goodenoch:
I doubt the bolded, unless it's for much larger families than a single person or a couple like we have been saying. I just checked, and even the housing gets netted against the full UC money, based on my (admittedly very brief) checks just now. ETA: There's a benefit cap as well; far less than that - https://www.swindon.gov.uk/info/20013/benefits_and_swindon_money_matters/681/benefit_cap

But yes the summary is as you've said in the last paragraph. I have never seen anyone who came in as a student or SW who's even remotely thinking about benefits as a goal post ILR.

Me wey I dey hustle so me and my madam can retire at 55 na him I go dey aim for UC? Abeg.

There is a lot of manipulation and fraud going on that makes many folks get so much than the figures quoted. This is why the idea of Digital ID is being introduced, which is also being resisted

omoadeleye:
Only the poor and irrelevant people will be angry about these benefits,

This is why it's recommended that you go to school and go for a good profession and strive hard to be a better person in life

Rather than sitting behind your phone and lamenting that you are hungry that they are giving some people big benefits

If you are a useless person to yourself and society and the type that always say "school la scam" you will only be rewarded with crumbs

abi o, same people will say school na scam.

Mujtahida:
When eating, don't talk 😂😂

You got to observe table manners 😂

When we are supposed to be merging states to be more productive. Bunch of clowns

Is it compulsory they must attend the same events?

I think the former ones always try to avoid going to same events hence the less drama

Mujtahida:
QueenJazz, elyte89, Kog45, Charlesemeka85, Odunayaw, ChrisKels, Joebie, MetalJigsaw, Meliforme, yinkeys, Goke7, forgiveness, BankyGee, lovewins, jieta, jihday and others

This is Chelle's latest interview granted to Odegbami. I'm off to go listen to it now. Come along my people.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7AZVMUhx-4?si=Req_agMMAT9ckulH

Interesting interview so all of Una wey no wan see Nwabali again coach say make Una take Una time o cos he doesn’t want nice guys as his players but warriors who are ready to die on the pitch and if possible beat the hell of any opponent wey Dey misbehave for pitch. He even said he’s ready to get on the pitch himself if possible to slap any anybody that touches his players, Chelle no Dey play o! I say make I warn Una 😂

I actually admire the way he stands by his players!

Mujtahida:
I dey tell you oo. In my line of work I don see things oo and I know it's not unique to me. Any one who is in government or deals with its agencies or officials can testify.

So I often say that the Nigerian who preaches against corruption and I will believe him, is the one who has gone there and comes out with his integrity intact.

Any other person, na theory you dey oo. I go just dey look them dey laugh. Country wey 9 out of ten times, if your phone fall inside can or just miss, e don go be that.

That’s why you will see so many critics of govt just go quiet of all sudden 😂 na that time you go hear e don collect one govt job or contract Dey clean mouth. You no go hear pim for their mouth again

Chai Bassey o

Mujtahida:
Please what do you mean by good people? Do mean people who will not 'chop' or people who will chop and still work?

Because - make una no vex - I don't believe that good people as people who are incorruptible exist in naija oo. They might exist when outside government but once inside, na choppings oo. So goodness will be a matter of degree of the choppings.

No be lie o 😂 you’re only good when you never see govt money

jedisco:
My brother/sister I greet.

I prefer to have conversations here to preserve my anonymity a make others fit chip in. Alternatively, u fit quote me on a forgotten thread on a remote section of Nairaland

dem don dey impersonate you? 😂aaah you have made it in life bruv. Congratulations! Can I have you as mentor? How much is your fee? 😂

Cocony:
Argentina placed 3rd in our group not Bulgaria as we all ended on 6pts but we had +4 goal difference while Argentina and Bulgaria had +3goal difference and Argentina lost 2-0 to Bulgaria in their 3rd group match.

Thanks for pointing this out, further confirms how solid the Bulgarians were while Argentina were the best losers from the group

Mujtahida:
Sometimes teams tick off slowly. I think Bulgaria qualified as best losers from our group. They went all the way to the semis. Remember in 06, France struggled to get out of their group but eventually got their grove in the second round.

Your favorite 2013 set too na higgedly piggedly dem take enter second round but their engine roared into life in the game against CIV. Thereafter na cruise dem cruise till they won the tournament.

So it's not necessarily that a team is poor. Sometimes they don't gell quickly or tactical set may be a hindrance.

Bulgaria was an excellent team, remember our group was one of the toughest with Argentina so our beating Bulgaria 3-0 with the likes stoichov, balakov, and all the other kovs was a shock to many so they coming third was a just a reflection of the group as all three countries had 6 points each with us topping the group by just goal difference. Bulgaria also beat Argentina we lost to confirming how strong they were. Compared to Italy who only got 4 points in fact all the teams in the group all had 4 points with Italy scrapping through on goal difference. I watched the games in that group. The Italians were just lucky getting out of the group stage. For me they weren’t that inspiring even after eliminating us. Na experience carry them all through. The same score line they beat Spain and Bulgaria to get to the final. If they met more experienced sides they would have been eliminated much earlier.

Starboytwo:
bros, he dey pain me like say I watch the live match 2 hours ago...

See as I shout when Yekini loose guard that chance... Damn...

But the person wey Okocha no dribble for that field dey bench. That guy is a maverick. Slick, confident. Oboy, una enjoy wella, una wey watch prime Okocha. And the 5th ranked team in the world.

No be all these ones wey dey draw 5 matches in 9 games. Drawing Zimbabwe and Lesotho.

For instance, if we had beaten Italy, who we likely to meet... Damn.

Can we ever get to that level.
One more thing, is Kanu not in that team??

We would have met Spain in the quarterfinal, and who knows, the same Spain we beat in 1998

Okocha was a delight, I think what annoys people the most about him is when he balloons the ball and starts smiling, That thing dey pain sha I no go lie.

I think the catch of the '94 team was the completeness from defence to attack, including the bench; it was a very lucky team.

Kanu was from the U-17 World Cup-winning team of 1993 with teammates like Oruma and Babayaro. There was no one they could bench in the '94 team. In fact, many believe Okocha is the reason we never get to see much of Oruma in the Eagles

Starboytwo:
Wow, I watched that Okocha clip...

Damn, baba dey gba balluuu...

See as dem dey comot for road. Damn...

Okocha na baller.

And why did Yekini not score that ball see as I shout 🙆🙆 (something of 1994, na how he dey pain me like mad) I trust Osimhen.

Imagine, Italy got to the finals.
Another person we beat enter semi final...

Oboy, we Bleep up. We miss better opportunity.

Imagine we got to that final, the trickle effect to this day self will be maaaad.

South Africa hosting the world cup in 2010 is the direct result of their improved fortunes till now...

I wonder how people will feel that day Italy beat us.

We mess up no be small, in fact, watching that clip today finally made me convinced why Westerhof had to go. The man sabotaged us true true. We had a solid bench, no matter who was injured, but the coach blew up our chances

Mujtahida:
To think that Italy had ace defenders like Maldini and Baresi and others drilled in the Italian science of Catenaccio and yet we broke their lines, disorganized them several times, razzled them speaks volumes of the quality of our players.

Italy went ahead to play in the finals.

That Italian team was also poor before meeting us. During the first round, they also struggled in the group stage with teams like Ireland, Norway, and Mexico, and they came third in the group, qualifying as one of the best losers. It would have been some form of joke if they won that World Cup. Our inexperience was just our bane!

9JAMac10:
Bought and read Sunday oliseh book. Audacity to refuse. Interesting read. Oliseh head butted sia sia after a lunge during a training session before the Italy game at USA 1994 World Cup . Behind the scenes stories of the national team are juicy details

If these players are still friends till today dem try, na men dem be 😂

Kog45:
We lost that match due to what happened between Siasia and Oliseh during training.It was normal training bust up but Westerhoff didn't managed it very well....Siasia was dropped from starting XI and Westerhoff vowed not to use him in that match...after injury to Amunike and Amokachie, Westerhoff brought in Adepoju and Oliha,left Siasia on the bench.

Westerhof missed an opportunity to cover himself with glory with those silly errors, leaving out skillful players like Siasia and Ikpeba in such an important match. Those defence-splitting passes from Okocha would have been better utilised if we had both players on the pitch, who would have also assisted Yekini. What a waste of Human resources.

Cocony:
I do not think it was Oliseh's inexperience because it would have shown in the group stages of USA 94. In retrospect the Azzuris led by Arrigo Sacchi did some chess moves on us and even with 10men crippled us. When Amuneke was injured and YEKINI somehow phagocytosed in that game reasoning was not to feature Oliha but bring in Ikpeba or Even an Ekoku to create more instability for the Italians. We rather opted for a defensive approach and if you remember that game yes Oliseh seemed like the culprit but twas really our dear Austin Eguavoen's wing that was exploited.

That Oliha substitution till today I don't really understand, as we had an Ikpeba on the bench, I think this was when everyone got fed up with Westerhof, as folks started suspecting foul play by the coach.

But the Italians sha they quickly figured us out by injuring both Amokachi and Amunike. These are lessons we should take to heart when attending any World Cup. A solid plan B when our key players are out, because even in 2018, the French folks took Onazi out, and that's when we crumbled.

Kog45:
Yes Ola Aina and Victor Osimhen of this generation made my XI...ON Ola Aina I used his versatility on both wings to pick him over Austin Eguavoen,Efe Ambrose,Childi Odia,honestly i would have picked Childi Odia

Chidi Odiah is another unsung hero, a player who won Europa with CSK Moscow, omo we don get players no be small!

daveP:
What i think about this is that the fact that no midfielder have tried to close down this record is one thing that makes him even more indispensable in that XI. The teams he faced those years in those AFCONs.....
If e easy make dem do am. I think he's a victim of his own talent to many Nigerians that vexed that he dribbles too much and trophies no dey especially with the Dinho comparism. Plus our disappointment started at the peak of his Super Eagles days when many were depending on "senior man" to lift the team out of the underwhelming streak. His near goal freekick vs CIV made many conclude the hate and degrading, however not justified.


Oro por sha.



Till midfielder clear that afcon record....

Yekini's retirement was the beginning of that decline, as we had no striker who could fill his shoes. Now we have a striker, but we don't have a midfield.

TheGoodJoe:
Contrary to your take, Jay Jay Okocha was up there in talent and understanding with the likes of Xavi and Iniesta. Just that he did not play in the right system to bring the best out of him.

This clip below, will give you an idea. As much as I prefer Mikel Obi's approach to the game, no denying Okocha is the greatest footballing talent to play for the Super Eagles.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jGC9lQPHsA

We suppose flog this Italian team like 3-0 if only our strikers had utilised some of those passes from Okocha

lbrichman2:
Go watch any highlights of okocha, anyone at all, after you notice all the tricks and flicks, the next things you will notice is a lot of misplaced passes..
Unfortunately he only began to mature towards the end of his career..
Post any of his highlights here and prove me wrong

No matter what we feel about okocha and I too have my reservations about him but he’s still our second top scorer in Afcon after Yekini. As a midfielder that’s massive and I think he will continue to have a shot in our best 11 ever until we see another midfielder overwhelming better.

junnyjake:
Important Notice to all those who would like to sign VO from Galatasaray.

😂 make Gala stay humble, na only dem waka come?

Lungs:
Cubana chief priest you met the president of a French country you should put in suit. No dey look davido step 😅

Great observation, even when Mark Zuckerberg met Osinbajo, then as VP in Nigeria, he was in a suit. Funny enough, the other guys are in suits apart from Davido, whose dressing even looks more corporate than Cubana's. We learn every day, sha