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cao:
Don't you mean Monday? Unless, there's actually a film called that...

lol, anyhow it is take it. I liked the movie, I almost cried

I just finished Dark Tower and What happened to Wednesday, exceptional movies

obixcel:
Doctor Strange did superbly, I enjoyed every moment of it on the big screen. But I'm starting to believe that some folks are actually paid to give some certain movies high ratings just to attract more audience.

like wonder woman?

my rummie named his, "EFCC SURVELLIANCE VAN" like wtf

Spylord48:
see road. The roads in the east are nothing to write home about.Most of them are dead trap.

how many places in the "east" have you been to? And for your information, Abia is in the South East

armadeo:
Oh the horror....

I actually enjoyed it

Captain Underpants

what of all these 22 years old girls who have hips of my mother's mates and stomach of 3 people, how will they look when married?
My own is simple, I will meet my wife in the gym and all her life we MUST exercise

this dance old na, its already in Nigeria. Do Nigerians wait for crazy dance moves?

Deicide:
Same thing happens with Top brand like Samsung and iPhones

if I insult you wahala will start... So provide justification for your statement before I type anything else

Derekethan1:
Aba is the dirtiest city in the world

go and die

Elxandre:
My apps go don pass 200 by now. Lol
No wonder my ram don drop drastically.

Meanwhile, I heard Xiaomi is going to put a 3000mah in the note 5.
That better be a joke, else this is probably my last Xiaomi.
I reject the spirit of power bank.

big battery doesn't necessarily mean your phone will last longer, a lot of things come into play like processor, screen etc not just battery

Did Pele, easily the greatest footballer ever, cause ceasefire between the troops of Nigeria and Biafra during the civil war? Is this story real or was it made up?

This is what I found out


The reason why some versions of the supposed
ceasefire story state 1967 could be attributed to an
error in Pelé’s 1977 autobiography My Life and the Beautiful Game. He said in the book that he visited Lagos in 1967 with Santos, but he and Santos didn’t
visit Lagos until 1969. Pelé travelled a lot with
Santos in the sixties so it is no surprise that he got
the dates mixed up. It is interesting that Pelé didn’t
mention the supposed ceasefire story in his 1977
book and yet, he does in his 2007 autobiography Pelé: The Autobiography. He recalls the match taking place at Lagos in 1969. The Benin match isn’t
mentioned in either of the books. It is also assumed in some ceasefire accounts that
the Midwest Governor, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel
Ogbemudia, opened the SaPelé Bridge to enable
Biafrans travel from Biafra into Benin to watch the
match. Actually, the toll bridge was specifically
opened on match day so that fans wouldn’t have to incur extra charges to watch the match not for
Biafrans to have access to the match. It is unlikely that any Biafran would have dared to
travel from Biafra (south-east of Nigeria) to any of
the two Santos matches. The fear of detention or
execution by Federal soldiers would have deterred
even the most passionate Biafran football fan. It
also didn’t help that four days before the Benin match, a Biafran aircraft bombed a village, Obagie,
eight miles from Benin. Four farmers were killed in
the air raid and several were injured. This Midwest
bombing would have made any ceasefire truce
between the Nigerian Government and Biafra
unlikely for Santos’ match in Benin. The Midwest Governor didn’t mention a ceasefire with Biafra in
his account about the Benin match written in his
‘Eighteen Months of Stewardship’ report. This was
published a month after the match. Guilherme Guarche, Santos historian and
Coordinator of Santos’ Memory and Statistics Centre, stated on the club’s website in early 2015 that the original source of the 1969 ceasefire story was a 1990 Placar magazine article on Pelé by Michel Laurence, a French-Brazilian journalist. This story is
mentioned briefly in the article as one of the
interesting incidents that occurred during Pelé’s
football career. “I’m not sure it’s completely true,” Pelé said in his
2007 book about the 48-hour ceasefire story, “But
the Nigerians certainly made sure the Biafrans
wouldn’t invade Lagos while we were there.” He
recalled “a huge military presence on the streets”
and protection by the army and police during their stay in Nigeria. He also said in his book that the Santos’ business
manager assured the players that the Nigerian civil
war would be stopped for their exhibition match
and it wouldn’t be a problem for the authorities. Pelé, however, doesn’t raise his doubts about the
ceasefire story during his 2011 interview with CNN.
He reinforced the ceasefire legend in this interview. Aired April 27, 2011 Excerpted interview transcript: Pelé: Yes, that’s — I feel proud of that. Because, you
know, with my team, Santos — this you have in the
film, my biography — we stop war. Because the
people were so crazy for football — they love
football, they stop the war to see Santos play in
Africa. COREN: Yes, you are referring to 1967, when the
cease-fire — Pelé: Exactly. COREN: — was announced in Nigeria for 48 hours
so that both warring factions could watch you play
in Lagos. I mean, that is just phenomenal. Pelé: All the Africans play — It is different —
because we didn’t expect that. The same what I
used to say, when we travel, where we stay, we try
to give always good message. You know? This is a
big responsibility, but I trust God. Pelé’s global status, as well as the location of the
incident (a civil war ravaged African country –
Nigeria), made the ceasefire story believable. If any
sports personality could stop a civil war in an
African country in the sixties then it would be Pelé.

AreaFada2:
You have demonstrated a complete lack of football knowledge. How many teams have won Champion's league since 1990? Same clubs often take turns to win

LFC has won Champions League 5 times. 11 European trophies in total.
Last of 7 FA cups was 2006. Lost final to Chelsea in 2012.
Last of 8 League Cup wins was in 2012.

We may not have won premier league/First Division since 1990 but we have won it 18 times. ManU only overtook us a few years back to reach 20.

Many modern football followers are glory hunters, not rooted in the history or culture clubs they claim to support. Abrahamovic money effect.

Liverpool was one of the few clubs to give black players a chance to play football professionally. John Barnes was even made captain of Liverpool. Only very few players like Viv Anderson, Paul Parker, Paul Canoville and a few others came before him. Who were regularly thrown bananas when playing in First Division as Premier League was called then.

It paved the way for all the black players that followed. What you now take for granted to see Lukaku, Pogba, Sterling, Mendy, and Henry, Kanu, Drogba, Mikel, Essien & others a bit earlier.

Thanks for this info but LFC are a HISTORIC team. Slightly worse than Arsenal but with richer HISTORY.
Impressive what the team did for black ballers, I hail...

AreaFada2:
So you were a baby in 2005 when we last won Champions League.

Wow! I knew kiddies abound on NL for sure. But not this much.

Only Chelsea & ManU with copious Russian & American money have managed it just once since then. Liverpool lost another Champions League final in 2007.

so one trophy in 2005 has turned to 'trophies' shey? Hmm when last did you fellows win EPL? How about FA cup? Or Carling cup? Or anything at all?

AreaFada2:
Not just a team. It is the most successful sporting institution in UK. With ManU as a distant second.

Liverpool fans too like history, history of trophies they won before I was born

ololo12:
Can't believe, Arsenal now plays Thursday night football. It's a very shameful thing

dude wtf are you just finding out?

some foolish people will be reading and their eyes will refuse to read "prenuptial agreement" or is it that some of you don't know the meaning?

Cunnilingus:
if i browse with this fone this fone for 1 hr the battery go from 100 go 10

JESUS!!

steric58:
we are on the same boat

finally!!! After three failed attempts

Alariwo2:
Same way NA dealt with Kanu and his useless parents before taking them into underground dungeons

Nigerians dey para now no be small.. oju eje ni efribody wa

why can't you comment without insulting?

no one like you for me o, I did a video for one ex with the song, the babe been cry sha

joeace2020:
Always check your movie ratings in IMDB before watching them. Till today i have not watched this transformers movie and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead men tell no tales. They were destroyed by movie goers there.

movie goers there do not know everything. Unless they know something you don't which I doubt

geoworldedu:
how
What good has church to offer apart from old stories?

church is an exceptional place. Look for one with a gripping basic message. Stop being non chalant about constantly sleeping in church

Lilshorecords:
my nigga. Me still gon sleep! Im always sleeping inside the church! Almost everytime

you and your village people sef, see how they are playing with your destiny

ADEWUMIMichael:
In addition to what the guy below me said,




Most of them especially guys do play to impress girls,



And 97% of instrumentalist are Ashewo!!

Actually their talent automatically makes girls attracted to them whether they are chasing or not.
Also what is it with instumentalists and refusal to ever have offering?

Evaberry:
so this man only gave birth to girls.

no boys

who will bear his name when he dies

who will take over his money making ventures.

why is his sperm so weak that he produces only girls

for a female, you are rather senseless