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Now I know why they renewed Pizzaro's contract, because he speaks spanish.
No problem, though I only wish Gomez doesn't leave the club, he could still hit back at form and become more prolific.
Any news about Gustavo?

Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola concedes he is under huge pressure in his new job and is well aware that coaches are afforded little time to deliver at a club of the Treble winners' size.

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Guardiola, who finally took over the reins at Bayern last month, held just his second press conference on Thursday while the club were in Trentino, Italy for a training camp.

And the Spaniard, speaking in impressive German once again, said he knew he had to hit the ground running, but was ready for the challenge.

"I am at a big club and at a big club there is no time, you must deliver good work from the start," he said. "We have to focus on the future, on what we still can win. We don't want to look back.

"It's like that in every big club, no matter if you're at Barcelona, [AC] Milan or Bayern, you have to win, win, win. There is the possibility that we make mistakes of course. My job is to prevent us from making mistakes."

Guardiola, who spent four years in the top job at Barcelona while cementing a legacy in the process, is hoping to do the same at Bayern.

"I want to stay here for a long time," he said "I not only want to teach, I want to learn."

The former Spain international went on to lavish praise on his new set of players, and says he is particularly looking forward to working with Arjen Robben.

"Robben is a present to me" he said about the winger, who decided the 2013 Champions League final. "I will try to keep him on his level this season."

Guardiola also reserved kind words for Claudio Pizarro, who signed a new contract with the club on Thursday, and believes his language skills could be of great help to him.

"I like Claudio Pizarro, he is a very good player," he said. "He speaks Spanish and will have to translate my ideas in training."

Guardiola, who led Barca to such success while playing attractive football, is confident that his new side will adapt to his style of play quickly.

"Bayern has very intelligent players," he said. "They have been in the Champions League final three times in the last four years, so they will understand my few new ideas."

One man who could go a long way to influencing how Bayern play under Guardiola is Franck Ribery.

The Spaniard revealed he has already tested him in a number of positions during the short time he has had to work with him.

"Franck has always played on the wing," he said. "Only in some matches for France he played central behind the striker.

"During the pre-season friendly matches I want to find out who can play in different positions. We will have to wait and see if I really change their positions in the end. We can play with real strikers, we can play without a real striker [a false nine]. I have a great team here and we can play different formations."

Mario Gomez, who has been heavily linked with a move to Fiorentina of late, travelled to Italy with the squad for the training camp.

And despite reports stating that the striker does not fit into Guardiola's plans, the Bayern boss said he was happy to have him on board.

"Mario is a great footballer," he said. "Mario is a player of Bayern Munich so he is part of the team. I have worked with him for a week now and he has been very professional."

agamenon: George chukwuemeka ugwu: I am against the idea for the removal of the life support machine should be allowed to die naturally,after all,he is still breathing

chei!! See contradic...

Whose picture is that?

[quote author=Skmoda-360]You make a point.[/quote]how you take know?

Okeikpu: GUY NA THE NAME WEY MY PAPA GIVE ME BE THAT O... I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE MEANING

Na your mama go know wetin e mean

Okeikpu: GUY NA THE NAME WEY MY PAPA GIVE ME BE THAT O... I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE MEANING

brownlord: Let the IG of this criminals in uniform men resign, i don tire to hear all this useless people news, police shut, police allege innocent man of murder, police this and that, Nigeria police, may ombatese visit una again, na them be una cure

My oga @the top I dey hail o

ceejayluv: He's already digging $hit with his "device"... What's worse?

eating it.

Lakayanah: This world is so wicked a great man like Mandela would be allowed to lie like bag of gari just to satisfy some people's selfish interest. It is so bad. He was one of the greatest sons of mama African has ever produced please lets give him a befitting burial. So that PAPA can rest in peace.

lol @lie like bag of garri

dayokanu: Young Bayern fans going above and beyond to see the team

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chai! Notin wey we no fit do for this world! Bayern no go kill me

Okeikpu: 14 yrs jail for an ordinary homoseku...3months jail for the selfish corrupt leaders...amnesty for the terrorists... NA WETING DEY WORRY DIS CON3 SEF.... Well done mr hacker..

nna ke kwanu nke wu Okeikpu? Onwe ihe mmadu na agaghi ahu na nairaland.
Chineke anokwam gi na aka.

Raa nshi dia! Otu mma gi wu potopoto.
Common zuzuru si ebe a puo...ewu!

chitoria: O gini ne me na ABA. Everytin dey ABA land kidnapping,dirty dirty,baby factory,plantation of human skull,bad road, giant mosquitoes.ABA BU POtopoto.

Fogman: And so?

ok sorry you be gay. Sorry no vex.

brownlord: Okay just collect from mama bose wit my name, if she get leg fish pepper soup, use am step am down, bills on me

ah! May Jah remember you all the days of your life. You go never lack koko or tramol, may your cup be filled with Alo!

Anikulapo-Kuti musical produced in Helsinki, Finland, is at the centre of a renewed burst of enthusiasm for multicultural interaction,
writes CHUX OHAI The idea to create a musical based on the life and works of late Afrobeat creator, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, originated from Kitari Mayele, the cultural producer of the International Cultural Centre in Helsinki, Finland. By the end of January, the plan to have the musical, which was already titled 'Beats of a BArD's Country', on the stage had been concluded. But there was an immediate challenge: who would undertake the task of writing the script for production? Eventually, the choice fell on Charles Ogu, a Nigerian writer resident in that country. Aware that he had a difficult task in his hands and not knowing how to set about accomplishing it, he was initially confused. "I was totally amiss in which direction to go as the script writer. How do you mount a Fela Kuti production in a society that is totally foreign to English language, how much more the dialect- pidgin?" he says, in an online interview with our correspondent on Tuesday. Ogu's dilemma deepened as it became obvious that no concrete plans were afoot. Moroccan born director, Hossni Boudali (who played Fela), whose knowledge of Afrobeat music was indisputable, blundered and thrashed in every direction as he was made to undergo a short drill in Pidgin English and African spirituality. By the time that hurdle was finally scaled, with some assistance from the producer of the musical, Marjo-Sisko Lindstedt , getting the entire cast still posed a serious challenge. Then relief came after a certain Art school in Helsinki indicated an interest in the production. "Suddenly, we had hundreds of people willing to move their bodies and shake them to the rhythm of Afrobeat. And by the time Aija Kauppanen, the choreographer, began synthesizing and threading the dance steps (in concert with the politically charged lyrics of Fela), a 'comprehensive show' was already on the way, though without the usual 'yabis'. "CAISA created a flavour of African communal life, an exotic mix of Somali, Congolese, Gambian and Nigerian variants, complete with their cuisines in different stands. The result was reminiscent of Kalakuta Republic, where things were shared in common and food was eaten in groups," Ogu says. Most of the volunteers were Finnish students and foreigners - asylum seekers to be precise, whose interests were divergent. While some were genuinely drawn by the desire to learn more about African culture, others saw the show as an opportunity to meet more people and to get integrated in the cultural environment of their hosts. Ogu noted that certain events preceding the final production had already raised public awareness of the musical. For example, the Helsinki Sanomat, Finland's largest circulating newspaper, published a rave review of the final rehearsal and the FaceBook page of the musical, tagged 'Felaway', was daily updated with the events from the rehearsals, even as the public eagerly awaited the show. Still, there was one more hurdle to scale. The organisers of the show realised that there was no official approval from the copyright owners to 'power' the show, as it were. Finland's copyright authority would definitely not allow the show to hold without an approval from from Fela's family. So, Fela's daughter and eldest child, Yeni Kuti, was contacted and a formal request to proceed on the production was put to her. After a while, Yeni finally authorised the show and there was jubilation among the cast and production crew of the musical. Tickets were already sold out and over 680 people missed seeing the show for want of tickets. Ogu enthusiastically describes the opening of the show on Friday, April 26, as signifying the birth of a 'new Afrobeat' in the Scandinavian country. The successful production of the musical and its overwhelming reception, he adds, spells a positive turn in Afro- Finnish cultural relations. "Now, pidgin English has become a common tongue among the cast of the musical, which comprises Finns and asylum seekers, who wanted to find relevance with the immigration authority by participating in a worthwhile project," he notes. Satisfied with his role in installing Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, now known among the Finnish as the 'political musician from Nigeria', as the symbol of a much- needed cultural affirmation in Finland and in advancing Afrobeat as an art form that "voices a unique and powerful African essentialism", Ogu is optimistic that the voice of the late legend will, henceforth, rule the Finnish music scene without end.
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Amaaskia: 'Hmmm' is all I can say.

you can say more if you wish.

[quote author=stone-mind]omg i cnt believe i'm 2nd to comment::::: get well soon mandella[/quote]sipping Alomo under hot sun is very dangerous to your health.
Find one mango tree relax under it

What are you people doing here??
Una never hear say dem don hack Nig govt?

brownlord: So every dick n harry they threaten us now? By the time we declare SOE on this people now some jobless amnesty international and Tinubu go come say rubbish, no yawa i just sitdown wit my alomo kasapreko from that country when their economy they compete with lagos state they wait wetin won happen after 72 hrs

abeg biko ejorh pass me just half shot of Alo.. I take koko beg you...

Make the gayhacker go eat sh! t I mean shittt!
Make una no censor my comments again.

uche okpara 100: my question is what is that believe igbo have tht is making thm wnt to get money at all cost, then lets us discourage it and tins 'll be betta, and u poor people stop worshipin people tht has money lik all and all, jst take thm lik ordinary people so tht it wount be a do or die to get money.

what is this? mehn...you are on something. You fit still type in Igbo lang.

The Chairman, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Mr. Ledum Mitee, has said the Niger Delta region will no longer enjoy the 13 per cent derivation that accrues from Company Income Tax if the current Petroleum Profit Tax is replaced with the Nigerian Hydrocarbon Tax as proposed in the Petroleum Industries Bill. He also said the volume of crude oil production might be difficult to ascertain except a new royalty provision was included in the PIB. Mitee made these observations in a paper entitled, 'Some reflections on the Petroleum Industry Bill and the Niger Delta', which he delivered at a workshop organised by AFROFIT Consult in Calabar, Cross River State on Thursday. He said whereas NHT would be subject to the 13 per cent derivation, the CIT would not, adding that this was one of the implications of the proposed changes to the derivation principle. Mitee said, "Section 60 of the PPT Act provides that any dividend paid out by a company from profits on which PPT has been paid is exempted from further Nigerian tax. This provision is retained in Section 350 of the PIB. Hence, dividends paid out of profits that have been subjected to NHT will not be liable to withholding tax, personal income tax, CIT and other Nigerian taxes. "Consequently, the restriction on effects of Personal Income Tax and other Acts of dividends will reduce the revenue under 13 per cent derivation, and which
will have direct bearing on the interests of the Niger Delta states." According to him, Section 304 [1a] states that the NHT will be calculated based on proceeds from sales of oil, gas, condensates and bitumen, a development that "leaves the door open in principle for transfer pricing by exporting crude oil at artificially low prices. Subsequently, Section 315 builds in some protection for the valuation of crude oil and condensates, although rather weakly."
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The infamous borrow pit was bakassi boys waste bin.
Not suprised anyway.

Why can't I create a new topic?
Nairaland server has been overwhelmed since yesterday morning. Nawa o

Carry go PDP!
Sai fresh air!

otokx: Is it American or Canadian jail?

Somalian jail

They are actualy scooping death.

The Super Eagles saw their fortunes tumble after their hectic campaign in June saw them win two, lose two and draw one of their matches
The descent of the Super Eagleson the Fifa ranking continued as the team dropped four spots to finish in 35thplace in the new listing releasedon Thursday.

Nigeria had a hectic June playing two 2014 World Cup qualifiers before heading to Brazil to play in the Fifa Confederations Cup.

Stephen Keshi’s side won two of their five matches last month, losing two with one draw.

The Super Eagles beat Kenya 1-0 in Nairobi and drew 1-1 with Namibia in Windhoek. They won 6-1 against Tahiti before losing 1-2 and 0-3 to Uruguay and Spain respectively.

The team finished in 31stspot in the previous ranking released in June.

Cote D’Ivoire continue to be the top ranked African side staying in the 13thposition while Ghana dropped three spots to 24thand Mali droppedfive spots to 28thto remain the second and third ranked African sides.

Algeria overtook Nigeria for fourth place in Africa as they climbed one place to finish in 34thposition with the African champions being the fifth ranked side from the continent.

Despite losing the Confederations Cup final 0-3 to Brazil, Spain maintained their hold on the top spot as theSelecaoclimbed up 13 spots to finish in ninth position following their heroic run to the titleon home soil.http://m.goal.com/s/en-ng/news/4093489