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Chinom: Mido is a snake. He is convinced that Egypt has a better chance of beating Nigeria than say Ghana or CIV. All this talk of wanting a better and stronger team for Egypt is hogwash. Mido knows that Egypt have figured Nigeria out very well. He wants a team he knows and can deal with.
Egypt is toast if they play Cape Verde.
Mido is not telling us why he really wants Nigeria. I would rather we don't play Egypt.

Thank you. It was a tongue-in-cheek statement joor

Davo93: Thats not a good one for Ghana at this time.

I guess their plan went the wrong way, Ghana's plan was to get a better ranking by playing Japan since they are aware of their poor and recent inconsistent performances. Now, they lost 'heavily' to Japan which might not be too good for the FIFA ranking that will be out on Thursday. Notwithstanding, i don't see them dropping out of the top five if at all there will be changes.

But even with that, they still wont get out of Top 5, as they sit at #2 now. A matche wont land them at 6th.

Former Egyptian International Ahmed Hossam Mido is hoping that the Egyptian National team will be drawn against Nigeria in the African Playoff .

Egypt and Nigeria have both qualified for the last stage of the World Cup African qualifiers along with eight other teams. They will be paired to play two matches. " I hope the draw gives us Nigeria. This will be very good for our National team because Nigeria has a good team and their players a very skilled. They keep improving since they won the last AFCON and it's better for us to play against them and get tested. They play real fast flowing football and that in the long run will only make Egypt better and will make our mission at the end easier" Mido told supersport.com .

" I don’t want Ghana or Ivory Coast .They are not suitable for us this time nor is Algeria because of all the tension and outside drama between the two north African teams in football " the former Tottenham player added. Wael Gomaa seems to be on the same page adding " I don’t want easy teams because Egypt plays her best games against only the tough teams".

" All the players have the big dream to reach the World Cup ,and we are ready to play with any team - big or small." the 38 year old concluded."

another part of me is telling me this is a tongue-in-cheek statement...the guy knows Nigeria is the surest for them, based on records. He wanted Nigeria for other reasons than he stated there.

Other teams (even Senegal with their top Europe-based stars) play typical physical African football, and our advantage with skills has always proved a useful tool in securing victory.

Nigeria is the only African team that play free flowing football, apart from Egypt (and Algeria on their good day). Even CIV with their top Europe-based stars don't play free-flowing. That is why Nigeria is traditionally the most entertaining side in Africa (forget about our poor years of 2006-2012). Go and watch the 1990-96 set, a tradition Keshi has almost restored(obviously being part of that era himself).

He is very correct.

I also see Egypt being the most difficult for us from the unseeded teams.

Egypt also play free flowing football (like us, like Europeans), they are also very skilful (not the typical physical African side). So they will prove difficult for us, like a top European opposition.

I want us to meet them, but not at this critical level. Maybe AFCON 2015 final.

We should also not forget that they have fans that are far more football-crazy than Nigeria's and getting decent result on their home soil is almost an impossibility, especially as they are a wounded lion at the moment (2 consecutive AFCON misses, last world cup miss). Their fans are extremely crazy about football. I remember dicussing with one of them in Dubai early this year. They are far more passionate.

Rossikk: You seem to be stuck in 2006 or whatever. Egypt is nowhere near the level they were a few years ago. You need to keep up with current African football.

No matter how bad they have become, Egypt still remain a danger. They won Nigeria 3-1 last meeting in AFCON. They are also the only African team that have defeated Eagles since Keshi took over (friendly in Dubai late last year I think).

I fear Egypt.

Moreso that they are also rebuilding and to have come this far, with players like Mohammed Salah and co. Also, they also play free flowing football like Nigeria, so, like an European opposition, they will be a tough nut for us.

10 Qualified Countries:

1, Burkina Faso
2, Cape Verde
3, Senegal
4, Ivory Coast
5, Ethiopia
6, Nigeria
7, Ghana
8, Egypt
9, Algeria
10, Cameroon

Top 5 by FIFA August ranking (not likely to change in September)
1, CIV
2, Ghana
3, Algeria
4, Nigeria
5, Cape Verde
(NB: Mali are actually #3, but they didn't make it to this final round of 10)

The Top 5 above, who will be seeded, will take on these five in the second pot

6, Ethiopia
7, Senegal
8, Egypt
9, Burkina Faso
10, Cameroon

Now, which of these 5 do you think will be easiest for Eagles?

For me, the easiest should be Ethiopia, followed by Burkina Faso. These two are done deals, once we draw them.

The one I dread most is Egypt. Forget about their poor form in recent years, these boys are dangerous, especially on home soil.

Between Cameroun and Senegal, I also prefer Senegal. Senegal are our wives and even with Demba Ba, Mousa Sow, Papiss Cisse and co, I see Eagles pulling through. Cameroun are fighters, I don't pray we meet them.

So here is the order I prefer against Eagles

1, Ethiopia
2, Burkina Faso
3, Senegal
4, Cameroun
5, Egypt

I got my STB bank a/c in 2004.

STB was a great brand, UBA (though a great brand too in the eighties) had actually lost its appeal before the merger.

STB was peopled by young dynamic guys with innovations and all that (in the class of GTB, Zenith), UBA refused to jettison its old school, poor customer service style.

The killer punch was retaining the UBA name, instead of STB.

In any case, I have not operated teh account in the last 5 years.

mencade5: i have 3 words to say.

When will nigeria friendly end?
WHen is the time?
I guess it is nigeria tinz.

Lol @ ETT reworked here

precosmos1: Please be warned about robbers in disguise of mechanics along okada/ehkiadolor road.

I was a victim today, thanks be to God almighty.They operate thus: a guy on a bike will be driving one way towards okada and will be waving at you that your front tyre is shaking, if u ignore him,another person will stand like 1 kilometer ahead and will still do the same sign to you. Like five of them did this to me after one kilometer apart.

I was now force to stop close to a police checking point close to ehkiadolor, beside a vulcanizer stand, immediately the guy came to me that my front tyre is waving,and asked if I had jack,unknowing to me when I was bringing out my jack from my boot,he poured a black oil into the tyre and immediately he came to me that I should come and see the oil coming out of the tyre,though I didn't know about this trick,thank God for my mechanic that I called,he was the who opened up all these tricks to me,he said that has been their way along that axis,that they were formally operating at ore,but the community at ore had to wage war against them,so they have now migrated to okada/ehkiadolor axis.

Guys you need to see the way they were calling supposed parts sellers to come with different parts,amounting to #36,000. Thank God I first of all called my mechanic,he told me that I should just tell them to couple it back that I want to manage it to benin to park pending when I will have money.

After telling them this,they will insist that the tyre will pull on the way and it will cost me a furtune to toll the car to my destination,I just used wisdom to beg one of them to help me couple it back,and I gave him #1000. That was how I drove out of there midst,on getting to custom check point at ehkiadolor,custom guys stopped me for my custom papers,so I just chipped my ordeal to them,immediately they screamed that hope I didn't fall to their scam.

Please read and alert your love ones to stay away from this highway rubbers. MOD please take this to front page.

These ones look like thieves, not robbers.

Channels.

STV, sometimes I feel like slapping someone. Despite trying hard to form class, their presenters spoil it with oversized jackets.

AIT - abegi, ankara

NTA national dey try small.

Zenith.

GTB too dey try small, but na Zenith take the cake.

CLT123: Nigeria Line-up:
Enyeama, Efe, Oboabaona, Egwuekwe, Elderson; Onazi, Mikel, Ogu; Moses, Musa, Emenike

This is our best 11 for now, save Omeruo that is missing.

Wale112: Well it's very sad Naija has only one Moses and one Emenike. With a population of about 170 million, or is it 200 million sef? grin Oh Naija

How many Moses and Emenike do India and China have with their 1 billion plus population each?

Kaxmytex: signing in......

1hr 1min 2 da deal tym

No doubt abt it,d flames iz goin 2 b quenched diz even'ng...,..m 100% sure...i jux pray make dat malawi coach no get stroke 2day

verily verily i say unto u,dese are d teams wey go qualify in dere various groups....

Group A ---- ETHIOPIA
Group B ---- TUNISIA
Group C ---- IVORY COAST
Group D ---- GHANA
Group E ---- BURKINA FASO
Group F ---- NIGERIA
Group G ---- EGYPT
Group H ---- ALGERIA
Group I ---- CAMEROON
Group J ---- SENEGAL

Praying Nigeria meet Ethiopia in the next/final round.

They make internet more fun joor.
We cannot be serious all the time.

I ported to gmail last year, never looked back.

siddiq202: The bolded part is a common practice in town like Offa. I saw things during my stay there. Walahi it was very annoying.
May Allah forgive us and guide us to the straight path

Being an Offa man, if I tell them that Shaytaan is the one deceiving them to do all those things, they will skin me alive. Unfortunate.

Some even claim they saw Bulala is Saudi.

I know bulala personally as a kid that grew up in Offa and I had personal encounter with him. I remember going to school one day (shortly before he died in 1989) when me and my primary school friends saw him on our way to school and he gave us banana. I dare not tell my people this, but truth, with the kind of behaviour exhibited by him during his lifetime (walking around the community like a deranged person, locking himself in his room for many days without going to mosque, and other strange practices), I'm convinced, from my later understanding of Islam, he was possessed by jinn, which misled millions of people, and still misleading them today, 24 years after his death. Allah knows best.

deols: You have to believe to see?

It is in your head bro.


This reminds me of the story of the garment that only the wise could see. The king wore it but was actually naked. He could not admit that he was unwise.

Nothing more than a psychological play.

If at all they saw something, then it's Jinns.

A dead person can never come back to life (until resurrection), but it is possible the jinn(working with qareen) takes his shape to deceive and mislead people.


If at all they saw something, then it's Jinns.

A dead person can never come back to life (until resurrection), but it is possible the jinn(qareen) takes his shape to deceive and mislead people.

I remember the story of Imam Ibn Taymiyyah that one of his students said he had problem in Damascus while Sheikh was in Saudi, he called Sheikh and he appeared to him and solved his problem. When he narrated the story to Imam Ibn Taymiyyah on his return to Damsacus, Imam told him it was not him he saw, Jinn must have taken his form to deceive him.

maclatunji: Hmmmm... I don't like the fact that you want to "try" them on Nairaland.

Salaam ya akhi, can you suggest an alternative medium of 'trial' after all the avenues explored earlier (countless emails, phone calls, physical visit to their office)?

Like sauer said, it is easier to get their attention here, especially after we have exhausted all the options before us. At least they know they have at least 2 million potential customers here.

El Guapo: [color=#0066ff]I know of a Boss who's scared of hurting his employees' feelings, he wouldn't drop a sack letter or announce it verbally to u...

He would travel out of town and text this trash to ur cellphone ''You've been sacked, i hope u do find a place in ur heart to forgive me'' [/color]

It can be very tough I tell you.

REALITY101: I guess those lines are for Naija. I hate firing an employee. Most of the times all I have to say is " ma'am, sir, buddy" I'm sorry I am terminating your assignment with the company. Not until the day I fired 1 Mexican and Cameroonian lol. Since then I dey divert the firing thing to my younger bro.

But seriously it's a sad moment though not all of them.

It can be tough. Especially when you remember you are throwing one more person (and his/her dependants) into labour market again. As another man's employee myself, I sometimes myself into that position.

I have had cause to fire three people, here is how they happened

First, a personal driver that bashed my car in three consecutive days within one week of employment: Mukaila, bring the key and go home. Just go home. See me in the evening for your salary. I'm tired. (right inside traffic on Ajah-VI road )

Second, another driver that didn't show up at work: (By text) I don't want to see you again; just come and collect the salary for teh 9 days you worked. Don't bother coming again.

Third, the project supervisor for a project I am part of (and the project manager): KB, we cannot continue with this contract. We have exhausted our budget for supervision. Please hand over the equipment to me by weekend. Thanks.

From my sister:

"If you are used to online shopping, you will observe that once you pay for something, your payment will be confirmed shortly afterwards, then you will get the service or product you paid for. In DealDey, their operation is different, they require you to transfer or pay into their bank account. Then someone will reconcile the payer with the dealdey account holder, and if it is settled, they will credit your dealdey wallet on their site. Only then will you be able pick and enjoy teh deals they have from time to time.

My grouse with this system is, Dealdey never reply emails, their phone number is unreachable with GSM, only landline, and they almost often don't pick their calls. I paid for something last week, I immediately transferred teh funds to their GTB account, generated receipt,and attached it to an email and mailed them. I told them to quickly credit my wallet so I wont miss the deal i was interested in. Can you believe that till today, no response or feedback from them?

Of course, I missed that deal. Several mails I sent to them demanding my refund, no response from them. Holding on to people's money without without immediate refund. This is poor customer service. The good is a massage therapy. I went to their office in Raymond Njoku, where they told me to send email. I sent several emails and reminders. Still, no single email from dealdey. Not even a phone call or email to acknowledge and apologize. It's like I have been emailing ghost. lol. They even claimed to have one online chat forum on their site. I went there and chatted with one Kehinde Lawal. He wasnt of mcuh help.

My brother, abegii help me o."

And I know Nairaland is the public court I can use to help my sister.

And has anybody experienced similar treatment from Dealdey?

No time to waste time.

WildChild00: You are not far frm the truth, early this year, I lost one of my very good friend, close to container bus stop, Green Springs School Awoyaya, the problem of that road is that, it is too narrow, and cars can easily, leave their lanes, wen face with break failure. My friend's car tumbled twice, wen a taxi driver suddenly stopped to pick passenger, and he suddenly left his lane, and an incoming car hit his car n dat was it, according to an eye witiness.

My own accident (July 2009)was also almost on that spot. I lost control and thought the car was going to somersault. It skidded off the road. I was lucky no oncoming car that morning. There was a loud bang that threw the whole place into confusion. People said it was miracle I came out unscathed.

talktimi: Got into ph this afternoon & was involved in a conversation where gist was how one lg chairman here in Rivers bought a 6 million naira wrist watch for his babe & his brothers have been complaining bitterly... Smh @ crazy politicians

Most times, people exaggerate. It may not be 6m.

solapex: PDP candidate rejects Offa rerun victory against KWASIEC's announcement
2013-09-04 12:57:41
A councilorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Shawo South West ward in Offa Local Government of Kwara State, Mr. Afolabi Olawole has rejected victory at the election. He was declared winner of the ward election by the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission(KWASIEC) in  Saturday’s rerun election. He stated that he did not win in the election. According to him, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Adefioye Kayode won the election.

He spoke during APC’s media briefing in Offa on Wednesday. He stated that he rejected his announced victory based on his religious belief of not cheating. He added that his stand was also to ensure that his community did not witness violence and retrogression. He stated that he was not influenced by anybody. Also one of the presiding officers, Oyetunji Akin  said the APC won in  the councillorship and chairmanship elections in Shaw Central ward where he presided.

KWASIEC had announced that PDP won the ward. According to him, APC polled 1,213 to defeat PDP he said had 568.

http://mobile.punchng.com/output.php?link=http://www.punchng.com/news/pdp-candidate-rejects-offa-rerun-victory-against-kwasiecs-announcement/

Kayode was my mate in secondary school.

I knew PDP can never win Offa.

10 Tips to Navigate the Politics of Office Email
http://www.jarushub.com/10-tips-to-navigating-the-politics-of-office-email/


1. Never reply an email when angry; take your time for your adrenaline to drop before replying.

2. Read your composed email at least three times before clicking ‘send’.

3. Decide whether to use ‘reply’ or ‘reply all’ by asking yourself, what is the relevance of this email to each of these persons.

4. If you must reply all, ensure you know all the recipients; if you don’t know, you can ask a colleague, ‘please who is Robert Alabi?’



5. Knowing the people in the email will guide the tone of your email. Imagine if a GM is in the email trail, compared to when all the recipients are your peers. The tone may be different.

6. No problem in asking a colleague to help you go through your composed email message before sending, especially if the information is not critical and the recipient(s) is(are) top level people.

7. If an email trail within the company must be sent out to an external party (e.g your banker or consultant) by you, make sure you leave only the parts that are harmless to be sent out and relevant to the external recipient in making decision. Read through the trail and make sure you delete any confidential internal communication in the mail trail.



8. There is nothing wrong in running a message by your boss before putting into email. If you and your boss are in the copy of an email and you need to reply, you may first walk to your boss and tell him what you want to send out, else you run the risk of sending out information that runs contrary to your boss’ understanding. And knowing when this is necessary and when it is not, is another thing you must know.

9. You get result fast when you copy a colleague or external recipient’s boss, but never abuse this. Don’t copy bosses just anyhow, you may make enemy for yourself.

10. Never use direct strong words in your email. If you can’t control your strong emotion at that time, use phone call. . There are some words you can use verbally and escape it, but when they are written down, they are unimpeachable exhibits that will easily land you into trouble.



See also: The Politics of Office Email
http://www.jarushub.com/the-politics-of-office-email/

azeezengr: By the nature of my work(Electrical Construction), am usually on the field. I love to contribute more but seems time is always not enough...to the likes of maclatunji and Jarus, how are you combibrings on Nairaland with your vocation/other activities? In brief, will like to know your field and your advice on time mgt for Muslim professionals. jazakumllah Khaeron.

You dont need to be ever present on Nairaland. Checking two or three times a day is enough. You can do that from your phone.

Salaam alykum.

walkover