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Tessyy1701:
It's also possible since one of the Simoiben academy graduate was not able to make the team due to injury another one must be called up to replace the latter since the owner na OG 🤣🤣

And them dey deliver

TRUTHaDDICTED:
This was exactly the budget for the entire Nigeria in 2011 during GEJ, e reach yellowba people turn it becomes the budget for an already developed city. Tinubu Tinubu Tinubu I'm trying to figure out how God will not punish you even after your existence, you too do.

For those who may want to remind me that Tinubu is not the Governor of Lagos State, I'm aware and we also know that Sanwolu is Tinubu's proxy boy in Lagos.

You're very correct and that Yoruba pastor I can't remember his other name something bakare lambasted Goodluck Jonathan questioning him how he's going to finance the budget.

TheCongo2:
The whole argument summarized:

Congo has a local league of its own to show for it.
Nigeria doesn’t. Without foreign aid, Nigeria wouldn’t even exist on the football map.

No! you are wrong, please go back and do a little research about nigeria local league. We have always produce fine players from our league who have go on to become great players. Some of the players that took us to our first world Cup are all from the local league, even the last Afcon we won is a combination of both foreign and local players.

As bad as you want to paint our local league it may intrest you to know that Nigeria has won both silver and bronze in the CHAN championship, Eyimba won the caf champions league twice, even heartland got to the final losing narrowly to TP mazembe. But we have been coming on a very very slow pace which I agree.

TheCongo2:
Ah yes, let’s reduce decades of Congolese football history to “just winning two CHAN trophies”—because clearly, producing world-class players, winning multiple CAF Champions League titles, qualifying three times for the Club World Cup, and sending talents to Europe is nothing compared to… what exactly?

But by all means, let’s focus only on what you consider “important issues” while ignoring the fact that Congo builds champions at home and Nigeria relies mostly on players trained abroad. Truly, we wouldn’t want anyone to get distracted by facts, right?

And yes, let’s focus on the British league—since that’s apparently where Nigeria’s “local talent” is supposed to grow. Meanwhile, Congo develops players in its own league, and they still make it to top European clubs. National pride clearly only counts if it comes with a British apprenticeship, right?

In short: Congo builds champions at home; Nigeria borrows them. Facts are stubborn like that.

You are not a sincere person, you criticize nigeria for using foreign born and your country is following the same foot step. All the players you use during the playoff are either born in Dr Congo or outside Dr Congo just like nigeria but you are criticizing nigeria. It's because it's not working for you guys it's that why you are hating on us.

This are some of the foreign born players who played against nigeria, I know they are more.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka, a right-back born in England


Michel-Ange Balikwisha, a midfielder born in Belgium


Mario Stroeykens, a midfielder born in Belgium


Matthieu Epolo, a goalkeeper born in Belgium


Axel Tuanzebe, a right-back born in Belgium

Chancel Mbemba, a centre-back born in the Democratic Republic of Congo but has played for Belgium's youth teams


Why don't you use players from your local league since you guys have the best league and have won the caf champions League six time in fact your country could have just use Tp mazembe players since they have more international exposure.

Here is something similar

Emilio Nsue, the top scorer at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, was indeed sanctioned by FIFA for playing for Equatorial Guinea without clearance. He was banned for six months from national team games and fined CHF 150,000. The reason? Nsue had previously played for Spain's youth teams, making him ineligible to switch to Equatorial Guinea under FIFA rules.

FIFA ruled that Nsue was never eligible to represent Equatorial Guinea throughout his 11-year international career. As a result, Equatorial Guinea was stripped of two World Cup qualifying wins, and their opponents were awarded 3-0 victories.

Nsue had played 26 competitive games for Spain's youth teams from Under-16 to Under-21 levels, including the Under-21 European Championship in 2011. Despite FIFA denying his eligibility change in 2013, he continued to play for Equatorial Guinea.

solonnachi:
Could this be true?

My Ai just told me that he is ineligible, that FIFA did not clear him.

TheCongo2:
DR Congo’s football success was built at home.
Nigeria’s football success has mostly depended on players raised and developed abroad. Without this “foreign aid,” nobody would even mention Nigerian football internationally. Meanwhile, Congo’s local league has produced local stars, attracted foreign talents, and even supplied players who represent the national teams of other countries.

DR Congo’s local players have won the CHAN (African Nations Championship) twice, while Nigerian local players have never won it.

Look at the club level:
Congo’s TP Mazembe is one of Africa’s greatest clubs.
– They won multiple CAF Champions League titles.
– They qualified three times for the FIFA Club World Cup.
– And in 2010, they made history as the first African club to reach the final, losing only to Inter Milan.
No Nigerian club has ever come close to that achievement.

Look at the players:
Congo produced world-class talents locally. One example is Mputu Mabi Trésor — a superstar developed entirely in Congo who never went abroad. He won the Best Local African Player award. He was so good that major European clubs, including Arsène Wenger’s Arsenal, tried to sign him, but Mazembe refused, as he was too important to the team.

Recent proof on the pitch:
In the last Congo vs Nigeria game:

Meschack Elia, who scored for Congo, initially joined the national team from the local league and was later recruited by a Swiss club.

Chancel Bemba, captain and scorer of the final penalty, also rose from the local league to the national team before moving to Belgium. Today, he is one of the well known stars in Europe.

Kalala Mayele, whose two goals were disallowed, also came to the national team from the local league before signing in Tanzania. At the CAF Awards 2025, he was named African Inter-clubs Player of the Year.

Meanwhile, in Nigeria, a kid growing up locally cannot realistically expect to join the Super Eagles unless he first develops abroad. This is the Nigerian mentality. Even Nigerians themselves often show little respect for their local league and clubs. On sites like Nairaland, there is a tendency to prioritize European clubs, as if Nigerian clubs and leagues don’t exist. In contrast, visiting a Congolese forum reveals pride in the league and in local players.

I could go on, but I’ll stop here: Nigeria has no better track record than Congo. Only those with low self-esteem who believe anything from Europe is inherently better than what Africa produces would think otherwise. Nigeria relies heavily on foreign-trained players for its football success, and without that “foreign aid,” its football would barely be noticed internationally.

All this epistle is just for winning two Chan, please your one minute fame is over allow us to discuss important issues.

Angola will be without there first choice goalkeeper due to red card.

Now am beginning to believe this drug rumours on tinubu, everybody can't be lieing against him.

comodo:
These one's no be agents of darkness, ?? People dey move round dey find witches and wizards. Nkwocha bad belleism is d only reason she voted her 5th. North Africans won't try this. Black Nigerians with black minds. Anyways wetin I know sef. After all we still hold the record of having a President that voted against his country in OAU. Before they became AU.

Abeg who be the president, make i learn new thing.

Rokiat:
The first step will be to make money, make load of money.

On a more serious it’s easier for men really. Just make sure you keep your hygiene and personal grooming up.

Look clean and always smell good good, oral hygiene matters. Brush twice a day and floss atleast once a day and shower twice a day.

Fix your teeth if it ain’t already and have a teeth whitening schedule. There’s whitening strips you can use at home as well. A nice white teeth plays a huge role in your appearance. So make sure your teeth is right.


Have a maintenance schedule for your hair cut

Keep fit join a gym at least 4 days a week.


Have a basic skin care routine

Face wash
Moisturiser
And sunscreen


And for your body a good moisturising body lotion.


Also build your wardrobe up slowly with only great pieces you really love like that you will have no choice but to look good everyday.


As for the friends part, don’t rush it, I can confidently tell you that friends are overrated. Just look after yourself well love yourself join a gym and take up some hobbies you enjoy doing people will naturally gravitate towards you.


Last but not least self confidence is key you have to build up your confidence. Because you could be the most good looking person without confidence you wouldn’t even know or believe in yourself. Confidence is key.

wow, i think i will follow your advice.

Lol

Promotions:
lmfao 🤣🤣 ... Well analyzed and will probably ask the school to open a file which will cost 1,500 then pay for this and that and yet they won't catch the shooter

We know that our country is corrupt, bad not on same level with the almighty USA, but my curiosity is that how come a perfect country with perfect people still go about killing themselves is there something the US is not telling the world.

Wainey:
Success is sexy and can seduce almost everyone.

My story is about my elder sister who is in a relationship with a man whose financial muscle is average by Nigerian standard, he and my sister are not legally married but they have a child.
Sometime in 2020, he supported her with about 200k with which she started a business and due to her entrepreneurial skills and drive, she was able to make some cash and made some cool cash.
Last year she found this other guy who was in the same business with her and does the business in large scale and is very rich.

They started dating and he told her he wants to marry her, he was madly in love with her and spends on her.
Now everyone in my family quickly got attached to him except my father who doesn't even flinch, he doesn't really care who she marries though and the wealth doesn't get into my father like it did to my mother and my two elder sisters.

When I heard about it, I expressed my displeasure about it cos I really felt her first guy has been there for her and what my family is doing is nothing but gold digging , ofcos except my dad

You can skip this paragraph below, it's just me praising myself, nothing else
Don't get me wrong, I like wealth and money but I don't lose my humanity over it, when I left school and got a job which pays just 35k, I was seduced to join my friends in cybercrime (Yahoo Yahoo), but I turned down the offer not because I do not like money, but the process doesn't entice me, there are other circumstances where I have have chosen my humanity over wealth, so u can say I am a proponent of anti-corruption.

So earlier this month, my sister asked me to help her deliver something to the guy, when I got to where he was, he told me he was building a house and that is his third house.
My friends, just by looking at the house, it could easily be worth around N70m to N100m,
Immediately, the hatred I have for him completely disappeared and I was full of admiration for such a young man in his early forties to be this successful and still be calm and cool headed.
Within myself, i began to see reasons why my sister should leave her former boyfriend and marry this new guy ASAP.

Omo ehn, success is attractive, I no go lie

If you are a sincere human being put yourself in the first guy shoe and tell me how you feel. I pray you don't experience this kind of situation in your life.

BascoVanVeli:
No disrespect to Morocco but is a Brazil without Neymar really Brazil?

This is very wrong coming from you. So if Nigeria for example beat Brazil you will make this comment. Brazil is Brazil, if there are feeding handicap or amputees all Brazilian teams are dangerous and should be taking serious.

pansophist:
It would be hard, but visiting her is easy.

But If you will like to visit her, I can advise you on how to get a visa under "directive 2004/ec/58", without paying anything, except for Uber when you go to submit and pick your visa after two weeks,

but that's only if you guys are truly married or for those that have other kinds of relationship with Europeans (eg parents and kids).

Please what about brother, like if your brother has a European passport.

Hanibal:
The thing is your track record here ideally shouldn't give you the moral right to compare Osimhen with anyone...

When this Osimhen was at Wolfsburg getting sub in to get 3, 4, 5minute cameos, you said he was no good and wouldn't make the academy of championship teams, if he was any good, he would get game time at " lowly Wolfsburg"

He went to Chaleroi got to start a run of games and today the rest is history .

Baba I when you look yourself in the mirror, what do you see?

He See's a cretin who never see anything good in home grown players.

oloriooko:
Exactly!
He was specifically instructed by Mou to do everything to unsettle Osi anywhere
Gr8 goal by Sim

It's like you did not watch the first leg.

Just watch the goal he scored against Roma in the first leg.

komekn:
In your quest to give a narrative, i.e. "yeye deh smell" it's incomplete and no names and or dates. This was in 2018.

Here is a 25 year old who fraudulently took on the name Rashun Richardson and claimed to be 17. He was able to succeed for 9 months. How did he do it see below.

It turns out he was able to evade traditional background check procedures by claiming he was a refugee of Hurricane Harvey. Gilstrap-Portley learned the area's schools were accepting evacuees with minimal paperwork because of their circumstances. He also claimed, according to The Washington Post, to be homeless and have an absentee mother.. Courtesy the Esquire.

It's good to give the full story otherwise it's taking the text out of context and can create misinformation. We have one case of attempted age cheating at high school basketball game and he was caught.

What's your point exactly ❓

Just look at the length you can go to paint the white man as perfect. Oga there are human like us.

Wow!! This is indeed huge.

mjuvey3:
It's not been easy....Not like I'm lazy or something but everything just seems like a force is against me succeeding.

You are not lazy but your parents buried your placenta in lagos that is why you will die in lagos.

Clint02:
We might not drop to 35 actually,as it is just a friendly game.

So how did we drop to 32 in the first place? It's it not because of the lost to Algeria.

Clint02:
Seen it, It is indeed accurate.

I wasn't even aware we got to 30th in ranking,wow.

If we lose to Portugal next month again we will drop further.

businesshub101:
You’re inquires are welcomed.


mcjonessarah@gmail.com

How is the value of naira to the cedi?

Somebody here on nairaland said a bottle of coke is four hundred naira in Ghana how true it is?