₦airaland Forum

eldee:
I made a silly mistake . . . forgot to put in any Left Backs
Do I have to wait till the next transfer season??

hehehehe. . . . it doesnt matter. . . . the game doesnt discriminate between defenders positions. . . if you like you can put a right-back in CB etc. . . . nor do you have to adhere to a strict 4-4-2. . . . I prefer 3-4-3 cos more strikers on the pitch and strikers score more points. . . .anyway, click on the yellow button next to your player if you want to substitute him or take him out. . .

Whats up guys. Its that time again.

The new season is only 2.5 weeks away and in every workplace up and down the country, people are putting together their fantasy leagues, and as usual we have to have a Nairaland league.

This is a good opportunity to put your footie-foresight to the test, and win bragging rights in the comity of Sports forum acolytes.   


Instructions are simple:


(1.) Go to [size=14pt]http://fantasy.premierleague.com[/size]  (Note, there is no www. in the address)

(2.) Register your team and pick your players.

(3.) Go to "leagues". Enter the private code for the Nairaland League which is: [size=14pt]600109-131685 [/size]


Enjoy the game.

No1 is Gallas crying after drawing with Birmingham.

He seems to be doing Ok in comparison to his predecessor, but the case of the missing N550bn totally rubbishes his credibility.

nex:
@George_D

how will Deltans feel if Ondo state indigenes blow up the PTI Warri in their own show of freedom fighting for the Niger Delta people? After all, the institute is a Federal one.

But do you think it will be fair to the people of Delta state? Do you think they won't look for an opportunity to strike back at Ondo?

I'm not from Lagos state, but the fact that Lagos is the most mature and civilized state among all the rest doesn't mean we should use our madness to put it in jeopardy.

There is no way to justify the Atlas Cove bombing.


Lagos has been the state carrying the voice of the Niger Delta struggle to the entire country and bringing in Niger Deltans to communicate with the entire country and beyond. If the Lagos state government decides to ban all television and radio broadcast on the Niger Delta issue and censor all print media within its borders (which you know the FG will support), how do we get word out?

How do we garner support and sympathy? That is, the real Nigerian citizens from the Niger Delta who are concerned about the situation.

CNN and BBC will not come to stay in the Niger Delta 24/7.

And without adequate media coverage, the Federal government can slaughter 5 militants and 5,000 innocent citizens and NTA will say JTF just completely annihilated MEND. They will dress everyone up in camouflage, with rifles and send the pictures round the world which AIT, STV, Channels, TVC, LTV or MiTV will be there to help deny the claim or refuse to doctor the pictures?

Anyway, like Fashola said, let it never repeat itself.

Will you stop spitting opata?

You're not very bright are you?

I guess Sun News is also Lagos owned.

babaearly:
He has been talking too much recently.

Of course, you dont like to hear the truth.

Soyinka, please carry on. . . . you have always spoken the truth and will never cease to do so. . .

debosky:
This faulty theory has been circulated for ages. When UTD won their EPLs in the 90's with the Giggs generation, how many OAPs did they have?

Barcelona just won the treble - how many OAPs did they have save for Marquez and maybe Puyol? The theory of OAPs doesn't hold water - it may be a factor and we still have the 'OAP factor' right now in Almunia, Gallas and Silvestre.

All those teams had experience in key positions. Even Xavi, Henry, Pallister, Irwin, Cantona, Mark Hughes and Schmeichel are OAPS by Arsenal standards, not to mention peeps like Brain McClair and such.

davidif:
IBIME
Look, if you want more states, then raise money to run the states and don't ask the fed. govt for yearly budget allocations, use tax payers money to take care of operational expenditures.

Is that not the premise of federalism?

As I said earlier in rebuttal to your point, your whole opposition to the creation of new states is prejudicated on the discredited idea that Nigeria should function under a unitary Government where the centre allocates funds to the parts, and not vice versa.

Whilst ALL regional representatives EXCEPT Arewa are calling for federalism, your idea bucks against the only viable basis for unity.

nateevs:
@Ibime

Don't get worked up . . Of course it's all a load of dust. There hasn't been any Chelsea gist in the news lately. Someone had to write something. Chelsea news sells.

Ol boy, dont be surprised. . . . Daily Mail are usually on the button with transfer gist. . . . especially when they give the details of the deal so explicitly. . . . the story they published about Kolo Toure yesterday came true within hours. . .

maxsiollun:
State creation is actually very expensive. It actually amplifies financial problems because federal account derivation decreases for each state every time new states are created. The more states there are, the less money each state gets - because there are more states to share the money amongst, not to talk of the extra Governors, Deputy Govs, LGA chairmen, Senators etc from each state that have to be paid out of public funds.

With all deference to your status as our resident historian, this makes no sense.

More states = less money for each state. . . . but each state now has a lower population due to delineation.

Therefore, the division of funds is still the same as regards the money allocated per head of population.

The number of LGA chairmen and senators do not change, regardless of the division of states. Wakirike Local Government area will not be split into two just because Rivers State has been divided.

You post is a mundane argument against the creation of states.

Dede1:
The punk’s time came up after the capture of Port Harcourt by the Nigerian vandals and was led into ambush set by the elements of 15th Brigade, 3MCDO, Nigerian army.

Correction - Adaka Boro was killed during the capture of my hometown, Okrika.

I cannot feign surprise at the utterances of the esteemed gentlemen above.

The fact remains that it is not on every occasion that Igbo and Ijaw interests converge. The fair treatment of minorities under Biafra should not be expected out of a mutual understanding of fair play (as many Igbos argue), but should be enshrined in a written constitution that gives them a say in their own affairs. One does not swap one oppressor for another, because whilst Ojukwu had pleaded with Nigeria to implement the Aburi Accord, he totally refused to apply the same Aburi Accord to Biafra to allow minorities some semblance of autonomy.

The above is a simple statement of fact, and as usual we should look to learn from the lessons of history. There is no doubt that the minorities of the former Eastern Region taught Biafra a lesson about diplomacy and this lesson has been learnt, for no Biafran now talks about Biafra without deliniating the boundaries to exclude all minority lands. Of course, minority lands SHOULD be part of Biafra, but only under true federalism, which is a lesson which is starting to be hammered home to all and sundry in the jungle called Nigeria.

mogentle:
“What has happened was that I wrote to the Lagos State governor, drawing his attention to the fact that both himself and myself have sworn to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of this country.

Sarcasm of the highest order.

The same constitution would land Yar'Adua and most of his political friends in prison, if he was so worried about upholding the constitution. A constitution that no one respects is no constitution. When all areas of the country are calling for a new constitution, this idiot is still worried about the defunct one which was foistered upon all of us.

BlueDiva:
Why do we like old players?
How can we be bidding for Pirlo?

I don't understand our scouts.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1202689/Chelsea-table-Andrea-Pirlo-offer-Pizarro-Mancienne-head-AC-Milan.html

If this is true, then I quit Chelsea till Ancelotti gets sacked.

Hangeland is not suited to Arsenal. Arsenal play a high line of defence due to their lack of pressing in midfield, therefore recovery pace is vital in any defender Arsenal purchase, which makes me question Vermaelens signing. Kolo had the recovery pace, but he was losing it alarmingly over the last couple of years, which would make anyone question his age (as an African). Arsenal fans should see Kolo Toures sale for £16m as a blessing from above.

asha 80:
The problem is that they went to attack a police station and it is quite unfortunate they were mowed down like that.

Only idiots attack a police station with bare hands. . . . for these kind of ethno-religious ideologues, the sacrifice is more important than winning the war. . .

presido1:
You noticed late. The guy/gyl no need to be replied.

Kobojunkie is the most inane of human creatures on NL. Like you rightly said, it doesnt need to be validated by responding to its incoherent and lazy opinions. This is someone whose thought process is twisted out of all human form.

asha 80:
The attacks are against the police and whom they feel are agents of government.It was not targetted against southerners(not yet)

Keep saying NOT YET. . . . . they have already burned a handful of churches and you are saying not yet. . . . our brothers in the North better strap-up.

Basildon1:
This is unnecessary harshness, Ibime said the BEST not the only, i mean,you could have though a bit more b4 calling sum1 an slowpoke, meanwhile,u can check the university rankings online!

Dont worry, Debosky is my boy. . . . trading insults is a common occurrence with that nincompoop

debosky:
Mumu - I said the BEST institutions are NOT in Aberdeen, not that there are NO institutions there.

Bastard! You better disambiguate your comments properly. I see your grammar-writing skills are on the wane!

debosky:
The best schools for studying oil and gas in the UK for example are Imperial College and Heriot-Watt - none is in Aberdeen the centre of the oil industry in the UK.

You are an irredeemable slowpoke. Stop spitting bunkum on the internet in the name of information dissemination. Robert Gordon University is in Aberdeen and last time I checked, they do Petroleum studies. 

I vote for DClique!

Although I never venture into this section, I was impressed by the young man when he came to the Sports Section to canvass for votes. I have hereby commissioned several thugs from the Sports section to provide the military muscle needed to intimidate voters and ensure that victory for PDP DClique is assured at all costs. 

I cannot believe these idiots. They have shelved the constitutional review because of some stupid disagreement, now they are fighting over the 18 jeeps bought for the purpose. Can MEND please bomb the senate! Their house is on fire and look at what these braggats are fighting over.

If we cannot agree on a committee for the JCCR, what is the point of even discussing a constitutional review that will allow us to live together as one nation?




[center][size=14pt]JCCR: 18 Prado Jeeps causes disquiet in Senate[/size]
By Adetutu Folasade-Koyi, Assistant Editor, Abuja [/center]

There are rumbles in the Senate over purchase of 18 Toyota Prado sports utility vehicles (SUV) meant to facilitate constitution amendment in the National Assembly.

The federal lawmakers dumped the idea of a joint review of the Constitution by the two chambers after disagreeing on the designation of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Usman Bayero Nafada, on the joint committee.

Before the parting of ways, however, there was a proposal to buy at least 18 jeeps to facilitate the work of the then Joint Committee on Constitution Review (JCCR).

The vehicles were meant for principal officers of the JCCR and chairmen of six sub-committees "to aid the movement across the six geo-political zones during the constitution review exercise", it was gathered.

The purchase was to be funded from the N1 billion allocation specifically appropriated in the 2009 budget for the exercise.

The JCCR has 88 members with 44 lawmakers from the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, leads the upper chamber's team while Nafada is the leader of the exercise in the House of Representatives.

Last month, Daily Independent reported that lawmakers had written to the management of the National Assembly, the custodian of the N1 billion budget, to release the money to both chambers.

The two leaders wrote different memos asking for the release of the fund which, they stated, was meant to facilitate the constitution amendment.

Although the National Assembly management balked, it was learnt that disbursement of the N1 billion has started, part of which was used to buy the Prado Jeeps, now a source of contention.

The committee is divided over the formula to use in sharing the vehicles.

But another round of controversy has ensued as some officials are already being assigned the vehicles much to the annoyance of members.

A member of the committee who declined to be named reiterated that "members are asking questions".

"With the collapse of the JCCR, we believe that all arrangements in that direction had collapsed as well. We were, however, surprised that some Senators and members of the House of Representatives are being assigned Toyota Prado jeeps, while some of us are consigned to using our official cars. We are definitely asking questions," he said.

[center][size=14pt]FG Exterminating Southerners from NNPC[/size]
By Yakubu Lawal, Taiwo Hassan, Sulaimon Salau (Lagos), Mathias Okwe and Collins Olayinka (Abuja)[/center]

http://odili.net/news/source/2009/jul/27/30.html

LAST weekend's retirement and posting of senior officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) by the Federal Government attracted harsh comments from industry operators and other Nigerians.

They said that irrespective of the yardsticks the government used for the exercise, it was devoid of the federal character principle as only a section of the country was favoured by the policy.

The critics of the action said if factors such as age, duration of service, fitness and declining productivity informed the removal of the officers, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua should have balanced the new list in the interest of fairness to all sections of the country.

A senior official of the Fellow Nigeria Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) told The Guardian yesterday that names on the list approved by the President showed that key employees from the Southern part of the country were dropped for those from the North.

According to him, out of 15 key senior managers that were retired, only one could be said to come from the North.

"I have looked at the names advertised by NNPC and conclusion is that the government is out to eliminate the south completely from NNPC," the source said.

Also commenting on the issue yesterday, a former top executive in NNPC said if the whole idea is to strengthen the Corporation for post-reform era as claimed, then those who were singled out for retirement do not merit such treatment. He suggested that the focus should have been how to eliminate waste rather than removing a section of the Nigerian society from the organisation.

Another source said government has by its own action derailed the Nigerian content drive which people have worked on seriously, pointing out that before, there were speculations that there was a calculated attempt to weaken the local content policy in the country, adding that with the removal of all those in charge, the government indeed may have killed the local content drive.

The Guardian also gathered that the Oil Multi-Nationals might be forced to relocate their head offices to Abuja, the Federal capital, in the mist of controversies trailing the oil industry.

An industry source also said that what happened at the weekend in NNPC was an attempt to position some people for key positions in the post-reform exercise where about five institutions will emerge.

"It is all about positioning, nothing more. Already, the Oil and Gas Implementation Reform Committee (OGIC) are in disagreement over the way things are going, starting from production of three different Petroleum Industry Bills (PIB), appointment of members into NNPC and other parastatals."

It was also gathered that some members of the Committee have accused the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, and the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mr. Mohammed Barkindo, of hijacking the works of OGIC and now running the committee as two-man body.

It was further gathered that two members of the OGIC have in annoyance to this development resigned their membership but pressure is now being put on one of the members with a promise of juicy position if he reconsiders his position to remain in the committee.

The Guardian gathered further that the entire process leading to last weekend's retirement and posting within the organisation was pre-emptive as the PIB which should have given the legal status to re-structuring has not been passed by the National Assembly.

The statement issued by the NNPC Group General Manager, Public Affairs, Dr. Levi Ajuonuma, said the on-going changes are in response to the enormous challenges of survival and growth of the NNPC.

debosky:
Kolo + Gallas doesn't work

Thats because they are both field niggas. . . . as I have said, a field nigga always needs a house nigga to organise the defense for him. . . . Gallas was Chelseas field nigga whilst JT was the House nigga. . . . ditto Kolo and Sol Campbell

tayoccu:
Sharrap!
why didn't you pop the bubbly when they came for terry?

I wouldnt expect less from a Gaynner. . . . I would have been pleased to see JT leave. . . . for £40m, I would have bitten Man City's hand-off. . . . JT staying only shows our next generation of stars that you can use outside interest to leverage for a better deal at Chelsea, and this is a bad exmple for our future generation such as Sam Hutchison etc. . . . compare and contrast JT's slience with Ashley Youngs quick response to rumoured interest from Spurs and Chelsea.

Kolo Toure has always been and will always be a field nigga.

House niggas like Sol Campbell and John Terry stabilise the defence and organise field niggas positioning for them. Field niggas like Kolo Toure only play well when played alongside House niggas. Putting two field niggas together in the same defence is a recipe for disaster and no field nigga should ever cost upward of £10m

Gunners should be breaking open the bubbly at this terrific news that the overrated Kolo Toure is leaving.

asha 80:


Sometimes some of us in the south in the process of sounding politically correct actually sound funny.

I no think say him be South sef. . . . make him check him ancestry

Bloody idiot. . . . no one has to "give them what they want". . . . they can simply opt out of school if them no like Western Education. . . . there are many Madrassas where they can go for their "Eastern Education". . . . the problem is that they want to force the rest of Hausaland to forego Western Education as well. . . .you cannot allow this kind of ideology to blossom otherwise na slippery slope to Afghanistan be that.

nex:
Boko Haram more accurately translates to: Secular Education's an Abomination.

They want the type of education they had before the British came in. Saudis don't attend secular schools, but they're more educated than Nigerians.

Give the people what they want.

I've always thought you were an idiot and now you've confirmed. . . . if na Niger-Delta now, you would say "Crush those cockroaches". . . . but if its Boko Haram, you say "Give them what they want!". . . . e be like say you be Hausa man wey dey pose for Bini sef.

Jakumo:
Charles Darwin, the first person to study, document and report extensively on the process of species evolution, theorized that members of any population of living creatures that are either physically or mentally disadvantaged in comparison to the others, are generally less likely to survive long enough to reproduce.  Over centuries and multiple repetitions , this harsh but necessary "weeding out" of society's less adapted specimens ensures that only the fittest survive to bear future generations of the species.

In northern Nigeria today, hordes of illiterate young men, the majority of whom have fortunately not yet married or reproduced due to the draconian separation of the genders enforced by their religion, have taken to the streets to vent their frustration over not getting laid, and have thankfully died by the score under withering police and army gunfire.  This culling of madmen is a good thing in that it rids society of defective individuals en masse, thus safeguarding the lucky majority who remain comparatively free from the cognitive impairment of theocratic indoctrination so prevalent in northern Nigeria and other hell-holes like Afghanistan.