₦airaland Forum

KingAzubuike:
You know that scoring style yoruba dey call mulegba? I.e ball wey dey scrape ground enter net. Bergstrom go chop am tire.

He took tall to get down

But he fit use leg save ball, na so the leg long reach

A40:
Our players too lie for their age sha. Babayaro wey play Atlanta 96 still dey claim 1978. So he wan tell us now say e be 18 for that tournament

lol. He was "17" in that tournament, yet to turn 18

Baba was 14 when he represented Nigeria at Under 17 World Cup in 1993 and 16 when he started playing for Anderlecht

Allegedly

Omo I shock as I saw Robert Sanchez not even reaching our 3rd goalkeeper Lucas Bergstrom shoulder

I had to check Wikipedia and Bergstrom is 6 ft 9

Caiceeeeedooooo

Emaprince:
This is what I have always expected from sancho. If this unserious boy was always making attmpts on goal , he qould be scoring like Yamal.

Sancho touch and dribble technique is one of the best in Europe, na him box decisiveness be the problem

Anyway his wages are too high, so he should go home to Manure

Leyqute money is sure

Saaaaaaaaaanchooooo

See Jackson. LMAO

But why are we still playing end to end football when in the lead

Godx:
If you are given 1K daily how many years would it take you accumulate 5million. At this point it's obvious you are not really an accountant.

Clown, see the question you were asked, see your response, that's why you are a MassCom student

Everybody with any education knows this a compound interest question over 30 years, but your poorly educated self started opening your halitosis mouth saying it will take 13 years to make $5m from $1k

Well I have given you the AI calculation, go and argue with Zuckerberg

raumdeuter:
I saw a question on Twitter

At age 20yrs, 5m at once or $1k per day for the next 30yrs

Godx:
Just 5% interest on 5 million, and you're getting 250k a year and then also still have the 5m

It would take you over 13 years to acrue the 1k a day to hit the baseline of 5 million. But with the 5% annually, the 5 mil would be 9.5 mil by that point.

Godx:
Why will I apply 5% to 1k per day. Where do people invest 1k and get 5% return daily ? Aba accountant.

MassCom student. Will you not put the $1k in the same bank accountant that returns 5% yearly? Illiterate

raumdeuter:
Okocha carry his stinginess with the ball enter money

Na the real I no dey give shishi and I no dey pass ball shishi

Or rather he is flamboyant on the pitch and Conservative off the pitch

Meanwhile players wey dey boring on pitch go dey flamboyant off the pitch.

Jambody defenders go dey drive Huracan while Okocha dey drive 504, the irony of life.

Godx:
Just 5% interest on 5 million, and you're getting 250k a year and then also still have the 5m

It would take you over 13 years to acrue the 1k a day to hit the baseline of 5 million. But with the 5% annually, the 5 mil would be 9.5 mil by that point.

Go and do your Maths again and apply the 5% to the £1k per day over 30 years vs 5m at 5% over 30 years. MassCom student

We go win

Jackson for hattrick followed by £70m transfer

GloriousGbola:
Another fast way of going bankrupt is investing in a business you know nothing about. And the opportunity is usually brought by one paddy. Look how Okocha put his one million in society generale at the time. A bank that was already dead to most Nigerians.

Apart from that fvck up, Okocha is very successful. He knows how to say no. You will hardly see any ex-player that will say Okocha bailed him out. All of Okochas ex teammates were in dire straits from Yekinis to Oruma and you will never hear Okocha helped any of them.

His brother Emmanuel Okocha who used to play for Super Eagles from 1990 to 1992 used to live in Woolwich, we always see him in Tastys restaurant trying to toast babes and he doesn't look like someone with a superstar brother. The small investment Okocha made by bringing his sister and putting her in one ghetto in East London bore plenty fruit in Alex Iwobi. Okocha was so tight that when big Sam called him to come and discuss Bolton, he drove himself from Paris to Bolton to negotiate while other stars will book private Jet or at least Business class flight. The nigga drove from Paris to Calais, put his car on the ferry overnight, slept in his car then continued his drive the next morning. Okocha got it till today. His daughter Daniella attended Cheltenham Ladies College as a boarder where school fees per term is £18k until about 4 years ago. My in-law was her House mistress there. She did all 7 years at that college, meanwhile all Okocha ex colleagues are starving. Okocha best contract in Europe was the same as Babayaro on that same £40k per week.

liveLongNprospa:
All his good work?
The increase in number of beggars on your WhatsApp nor indicate say wahala dey naija

I don't discuss politics with angry people

A40:
£10k a week in 97 was not child's play. His pay for a year would have bought full estates in Abuja at the time.

That Emmanuel na werey. Nothing wey e no do. Acting, Music. But Cele was the first Super Eagle that touched real generational paper. One would have thought at the time he would be set for life

He used to go out a lot and spend £1k per night, then come home, put his fingers down his throat and vomit everything he ate and drank. He said as a footballer he can't keep such things in his body. His favourite club where he went every week then was Chinawhites. He said £1k was the standard spend on a night out for him. My friend who was his clubbing buddy recounted all these to me, and he and Gallas used to give us their complimentary tickets to Stamford Bridge quite often. Or rather he would give us and collect Gallas own and give us.

Still I can't see where all his money went as his clubbing spend is not that crazy. I think he spent a lot of money on his court case for sleeping with a 15 year old girl. He was lucky he was using football age so the judge looked at him as an 18 year old and the age difference was not that bad so he went Scott free. Still that was his first contract. He still had 2 contracts left to make that money up. I don't know where the rest of his money went except I heard Emmanuel was always coming with different business ideas that kept flopping like music labels etc. His football academy boss Mr Babayaro must have collected as well. Before we knew it, my man has gone bankrupt less than 5 years after retirement.

Amoto94:
Our scouting of players has been good so far . And from what I watched and read of him I cosign

He is decent. At £30m-£40m, we would have conversation. Not £85m

airmark:
I wanted Ibime to agree with John Terry. a legendary defender, and not one unknown Singapore1.

I know Singapore more than John Terry. Singapore has done a lot for me, while John Terry delivered my greatest heartbreak.

BlueRayDick:
He allegedly paid off $3.4b IMF loan and then plans to borrow fresh $21b.

No be juju be that ? 🤷‍♂️

Maybe he paid off the IMF loan just to show credit worthiness, in order to set up the long con

If Tinubu really borrows $21bln he will undo all his good work and knock us back to stone ages

BlueRayDick:
Iamoyindamola that mobland series is the bomb! It has everything one wants in a crime drama; I give it to those UK people dem sabi do crime/gang series with full action. Can't wait for episode 10 to come out.

Bookmarked, let's see if Sodiqi done change

A40:
There's a reason players take on other jobs like management and TV gigs etc.

Only the elite of the elite that made too much to go broke and maybe in this era where the money is the best it's ever been

But we see most of even our Super Eagles that year. They made good money but where are they now? Cele was making $25k a week in the late 90s. Still fell on hard times

It's lack of financial literacy that's really the problem. You can get past the lack of qualifications but when you're not financially literate, nobody will tell you that car you're buying depreciates in value by 25% soon as you drive it off the lot, not all property is good property.

Cele started on £10k a week at Chelsea, his second contract was £20k and his Newcastle contract was £40k. Na Emmanuel bill am to pieces with so many failed ventures

A40:
It's a very wicked reverse. The athlete earnings decline as they age. The others earnings increase as they age. If you're not a 1percenter 1percenter you're basically in the hands of God.

From feeding your entourage (I can't imagine the kin billing person like Osimhen go dey face)

Then the fact that you have to stretch that paper as long as possible to maintain lifestyle will have you taking all kinds of financial risks and you get burned

Osimhen billing is OK because it's Naira based billing, plus Osimhen be like who go quick insult you if you push boundaries

Na those American footballers wey dey carry entourage in dollar billings wey I pity

For Osimhen to settle a relative in one of Jarus duplex in Lekki is N75m (just £30k) but for an American footballer to settle his relative with a house in US in decent neighborhood, he done enter £300k plus. A 10x difference.

TemporaryHansel:
He didn't have access to that as a normal citizen, or are they saying even Tinubu couldn't afford it at the time? It must be either of the two..

The issue was just emerging then and they were probably trying to find the best treatment

A40:
Hell naww. To the naw naw. Hell to the naw. IWW was a failed attempt at pop IMO. I Am is still better. This just tells me you're not someone that really rates Nas if you're rating him with what was definitely not his best work


Naah they just weren't really good albums. Well at least IWW. Illmatic was relevant for the time. By 96/97 it was shiny suit era rap so I don't hold it against Nas for pivoting but I can't think of any track that had replay value. On IWW at least


How can you give a fair or constructive criticism on Nas and you didn't even listen to Untitled, Life Is Good or KD trilogy.

Method Man is a better lyricist? On what grounds? Show me his project let me compare. I'm also a Method Man guy but let's be serious here

Me I rate my rappers by their storytelling and their body of work. Not ability to NL battle rap.

Nobody not even Jay Z has dropped a quality album this late in their career like Nas did.


Lol. You're not a Nas guy. It's better to just admit that.

Nas is not even my favorite rapper but I respect him a lot.

If you've not even listened to Life is Good and the KD trilogy then any opinion of yours on Nas absolutely has to be taken with a grain of salt

lol. I'm a mad Nas guy in the 90s. But the truth is when you personally reach a level of expertise in something, you cannot go back to the building blocks that you used to first learn basic structures. cos they are basic and they can't add anything to your learning anymore. 2001 to 2008 is a long time to be releasing garbage and expect me to jump back on like you never left. Same reason I left Eminem behind after Marshall Mathers album

The truth is, I look for wit and comedic value in my rappers first and foremost, then I go into intricate rhyme schemes, then how the music sounds sonically. When Nas was busy taking his wack hiatus from 2001 to 2008, I mostly pivoted into mixtape rappers like Saigon, Crooked I, Royce da 59 and now I follow the likes of 38 Spesh. These are guys who are way advanced lyrically and in flow structure than what was fresh about Nas in the 1990s. Every generation innovates, even Eminem's flow develops every time while Nas is sounding like the lazy version of his 1990s self. The reason I name checked Method Man is because he has been featuring with all these new rappers and holding his own, he worked on his pen. I listened to some part of King Diseases and Nas flow is choppy like the worst of Nas, not as clean and crisp as it was on I am. I am should be his pinnacle of landing every bar on beat but throughout his career (and even on I am), he has too often slipped into choppy flows that don't land crisply at the end of the snares. Reason I like IWW is cos he landed crisply too.

TemporaryHansel:
Funny how Tinubu’s health suddenly did a 180 - No more trembling hands, no more “wet patches,” everything’s just magically fine now.
You have to wonder: why didn’t he sort himself out before running for president?
Are we seriously supposed to believe that a man of his wealth couldn’t afford the treatment earlier?
Or is there some secret elite clinic that only opens its doors to sitting presidents?

You can bring Afrodoc2 into this but I suspect he is having periodic stem cell treatment in France cos his condition looked degenerative.

LordAdam16:
https://nairametrics.com/2025/05/27/president-tinubu-seeks-senate-approval-for-21-5-billion-new-external-loan/

Ibime, this requires your attention.

External debt stock as of Dec 2024: $45B.
https://www.dmo.gov.ng/debt-profile/external-debts/external-debt-stock/5210-external-debt-stock-as-at-december-31-2024/file
We've paid down that debt since Dec.

City boy wants to borrow $21B + €2B + $100m (in Yen) in one year.

Does this not count as fiscally absurd?

-Lord

That's nuts after paying down a decent chunk of the previous loan. Maybe he has given up, cos that's inexplicable. Let's wait for further confirmation

raumdeuter:
I saw a question on Twitter

At age 20yrs, 5m at once or $1k per day for the next 30yrs

$1k per day easy

Assume bank interest rate of 4% which is the current rate in the money markets

Case of $5m: Compound 5m over 30 years at 4% interest is $16.22m

Case of $1k: Compound the first $365k over 29.5 years, the second $365k over 28.5 years and so on in an arithmetic progression and you land at $20.88m after the 30 years.

I use 29.5, 28.5, 27.5 etc to bring approximate linearity to the calculation as the interest on your $1k on 1st Jan is not the same as the interest accrued on 31st Dec, so use half years for the first year of investment

The only reason to accept the $5m upfront is if you can guarantee a return better than the bank by 0.9% (so 4.9% return) - and assuming you cannot also throw your $1k per day into the same 4.9% yield investment. Let's say there is an instrument with a minimum investment requirement of $5m

zeusis:
Moses Simon
Here look like kano pillars?

lordfalcao:
A.i.r.m.ark wants us to sign Guirassy who is using football age like he claimed Jackson is using.

Guirassy used more than 8 years of his career to strenghthen his legs and start scoring in his favorite burnthisleaguedown.

If he is in charge of our transfer, we will be sharing position with man united now.

Guirassy is France born, his age is legit. I supported his signing for just £13m

A40:
IWW I don't consider a good album

But the fact that you skipped Illmatic and Life is Good? KD 3 and KD 1? Skipping Life is Good is unforgivable

That just tells me you no like Nas at all at all.

It was Written is probably Nas best album - tied with I am

The "real Hip Hop" crowd didn't like it cos he used smooth and melodious and soulful beats and developed the Escobar persona. They wanted the ear scratching hardcore boom bap of Illmatic and gave it a bad rep. It was Written is actually one of his best works, but aggravated his core fans. Not me - a beat must not be horrible before I rate a lyricist

I don't listen to all those KD1, KD2, KD3 shits. Nas fell off lyrically in recent years, or let's just say lyricism has developed crazily (for those who know where to look) while he is standing still, and even regressing slightly. Sorry to say, Method Man is a better lyricist than him today, something you couldn't say in the 90s, and that's cos Method developed his pen while Nas got lazy

I actually dropped Nas after God's Son album followed up by HipHop is dead due to his wack beats. I only clocked back in for Distant Relatives with Damian Marley because of Damian