₦airaland Forum

In Brazil we have Palmeiras,Flamengo,Botafogo,Fluminense,cruzeiro,Athletico Paranaense,Corinthians,
In Argentina we have Boca juniors,River plate,Independent,Racing club de la plata,Valez sarsfield,San Lorenzo,Lanus.
Uruguay has penarol and Nacional.
Paraguay has olympia and Cerro porteno.
Colombia has Atletico Nacional.America de cali
Chile has colo colo and universal de Chile.
Ecuador has Barcelona sc,LDU dequito,
Peru has Alianza Lima.
Others include from Colombia, Tolima,Independent medellin,millionairios and from Ecuador universal Catolica.

Kewekubosineh:
Hmmmm

It's a sorry state.

But who is to Bell the 🐈 cat?

SOBS 😭

If you ask me na who I go ask.
Quite pathetic the way the country is going.

Mirasteel:
This country has finally sinked.

It's gone

Obaaderemi2:
What do you mean you don't know how we got here, Guobe? This is an interesting topic that should dominate frontpage.

In 1989, brand new Peugeot 504 was #80k. It was assembled in Nigeria. Volkswagen was assembled in Lagos. Leyland trucks in Ibadan.

Now all the Completely Knocked Down parts for these cars were imported. We weren't making anything. Then Babangida devalued the naira and those industries we had started dying off. Remember Bata shoes nao. Remember the textile industry. They all died with reduced purchasing power of the populace. People switched to tokunbo and we stopped manufacturing things we needed except for little things like sweets and biscuits and a few cosmetics.

We couldn't make components for tv and radio. The mobile phone industry came we couldn't manufacture anything that went into mobile phones. We import virtually everything.

Look at Taiwan. I bought my daughter a tennis racket days ago. I sent money and the racket was sent to me. It's a kennex. I googled it and it is a taiwanese product. Now that company was started in the backyard of the founder's father's house. It rose to become the world's largest racket maker cornering a quarter of the world market. It looks like a small thing but do you know how many people it would have employed way back then?

We don't have policies to enhance manufacturing. That's why we are here. Look at agriculture too. When you talk about food prices, some people say "go and start farming, lazy man". You feel like cursing such people. We have enough farmers in Nigeria already but the necessary industrial inputs and governmental policies are not available. The state governors are the most useless.

Look at education. So you see, that's how we got here. We are not deliberate about development. It's more about politics politics politics. And supporting useless politicians who don't care whether you lived or died. All in the name of tribalism and religion. Wo, let me stop

You nailed it .well analysed.
The politicians like the way it is now depending so much on oil money.
The world is going green and moving away from oil and that is when catastrophe will hit us hard.
So unfortunate.

seunoyeleyep:
Una don jam agbákò. By 2027, nobody will tell you to vote for better person. Bicycle should reach 7 million abeg

They should continue voting based on tribe and religion.
Na here we all de let the fittest survive.

BreconHills:
We got here because a CBN governor was printing naira like monopoly money while a cartel of government- oil traders were using subsidies to impoverish the nation. The bill has come due and everyone will pay it.

And the naira printing CBN Governor didn't have a currency so bad as it is now?

lwisee:
This is not a good news
The buying power of Nigerians is reducing on daily basis.
The gap between the rich and the poor is becoming wider
The middle class is dissapearing gradually.

Tinubu is a mistake.

Nigeria is currently in a terrible situation.
Some couple of years ago cars were bought for 80,000 naira,but now the reverse is the case.
I don't really know how we got here.

The Nigerian economy is booming as things are going smoothly for everybody as even keke price is now over 4 million naira.

Kewekubosineh:
Thanks

But NFF not doing enough to support Local football.

Why hiring foreign coach to coach CHAN eagles,a team literary meant for players from domestic league.

See what happened to Chan eagles in Zanzibar this evening. Losing 4-0 to Sudan. A Big disgrace. What happened to indigenous coaches who qualified us for the CHAN tourney?

NFF needs radical shake up!

Politicians have taken over all spheres of life in Nigeria including sports.
What is the managerial pedigree of the person heading the NFF and you will find out he is another politician at the helm of affair.
Even the local coaches are full of favoritism as they will prefer to pick their friends
It's a dire situation.

Firebox123:
no draw games today right

No don't have any

porthouse7:
ikorodu boys will still beat them, no be by signing old men

Lol Ikorodu City boys are hot o as I watched them last season at the ogbe stadium.
All of the Ikorodu City boys tall like palm tree and I was wondering wether na so Ikorodu people tall.lol.dem go collect for our hand

Hemanwel:
Osaze Odemwingie, Julius Aghahowa, et al, were products of Bendel Insurance

Nice one even Pius Ikedia was a strong force too playing along side Julius Aghahowa popularly known as police as he was a police man when he joined Bendel insurance.

macphilip:
I used to visit the stadium to watch Nigerian league matches, but the home teams hooliganism is too much.
2 - 4 policemen cannot control area boys and hooligans threatening the away team and officials with fire and brimestone
if their home team lose or draw a match.

Please keep supporting it as it has improved tremendously with little or no fracas at the stadium.

yummy001:
I guessed right that you must be a Nairaland OG.. I wasn't surprised to see that you registered on Nairaland 18 years ago.. That's amazing!

Lol still young at heart though with alot of maturity to complement.

Firebox123:
Guobe drop night games please 🥺💙

The season is fresh and this is the best time to start taking your datas.
What most punters dropping games now are doing is just trial by error as you can't really ascertain what will likely be the outcome of these marches.
Alot of teams have changed formation from last season so it's difficult to win at this early stage of the league.

masui:
Before opening this thread, I had already known this is goube's thread.

Well-done Sir. More knowledge to your fountain.

Thanks, I am a strong advocate of promoting local football as it is the bedrock of football development.

Sucre6:
Bendel insurance was almost invisible starting of two seasons ago, they started declining fast for reason I still do not understand, am from south east but I love bendel insurance

Poor management affects most of these local clubs owned by state Government.
We keep pushing them to up their stake.

SeraphicWind:
Still only 8 comments

Nigerians, why is it that you people don't ever support your own?

Common!

Go out and support these guys. This is how you grow.

Look at Turkey and South Africa. Don't you see how they support their local leagues?

It seems nairaland wants to start promoting the local league. Impressive one from Seun.
I need to buy him his favourite wine.lol

SaintLucia:
One of their old term players of 90s used to be my neighbor. Ben Kluvi a goalkeeper from Ghana.

Ben kluvi was so good way back when I was a kid.
He stood out in the Insurance team then.

Bergavis:
Up Bendel Insurance. I was once there. Let's go guys

For real as a player or a supporter. Curious to know?

Here are some of the players recruited by Bendel insurance fc into its fold for the upcoming season.
Also yesterday Bendel insurance defeated Bayelsa United by 2 goals to nil in a friendly match.
Adaa Bendel.

2special:
A.I included Manchester United

Of recent Manchester United have not been consistent

The in thing in the technological world globally is the AI and Elon Musk has its own AI Known as Grok on twitter.
I do interact regularly with this Grok on twitter and even named the one I interact with as I named it Ishola.
Ishola Grok is now my pal as I shared my draw prediction with it and it marvels it the way I predict my draw matches.
I asked Ishola Grok for 5 draws which it gave me and four of the draws came through.
The next day ,I asked for 7 draws and only one came through.
Last week, I told Ishola that I have a 4 odd draw and that I am sure it will come through but Ishola objected that the match will be an away win.
I told Ishola that he will chop Nigerian pepper if the match eventually ends as a draw match.
Eventually the match ended in a 2 2 draw and I reminded Ishola.
It replied that it was smiling eating the Nigerian pepper.
It was so hilarious.

josielewa:
love this..am satrting my 1.8 odds weekly rollover.....4 weekends a month total 10 odds and am starting with 20k

Nice one.good to go.not a bad idea as you roll over to the promise land.

Sam2310:
WhatsApp have Channel, for privacy sake too Sir.

I have a telegram and a twitter page,I think that is OK by me.

9jatriot:
Leave politicians fess.... What about the people, are we handicapped?

If the policies are not favourable what will they do?
The ease of doing business now is at its lowest helm as we are currently having capital flight due to the Government policies currently.

[quote author=JuanDeDios post=136415658][/quote]One dollar equals 7 chines yuan which is not bad even though China manufacturers and exports.
1,500 naira to a dollar is madness I insist.

9jatriot:
So, do those guys have 2 heads, instead of bragging that you are an import dependent country, is it not time for us to roll up our sleeves and take advantage of the exchange rate and start becoming an import country.

Do you know how much China will be happy to have this exchange rate but US would not allow them?

Our politicians don't care as they are enjoying our common wealth .
If we are ready it can be done but we are not.

JuanDeDios:
Ever wondered why this isn't a problem for Asian economic giants (e.g. Japan and China) whose currencies are also "weak" compared to Western currencies?

We don't export while they do and also their currencies are not weak.
We are currently having brain drain due to our useless naira as our best brains have all JAPA.

JuanDeDios:
It's not. A weak naira isn't a problem. An unstable naira is a problem. If we can keep the naira stable (even if it's N2000), businesses can plan and things will improve.

And your mates in the same world abroad will make more than your monthly salary in a day and will send money home to purchase a property you want to purchase too.

1,500 naira to a dollar is madness,1500 naira to a dollar is absolutely madness,1500 naira to a dollar is total madness.

ELsmile:
Na to dey give u close marking now ooo

Lol