₦airaland Forum

ChrisKels:
We once paraded Nnamdi Oduamadi as a striker. Chai we have really suffered

He also played for AC Milan but when people are recalling Nigerians who played for AC Milan they don't remember him.

Fulham will finish in top 6 this season .

Deltamani:
A brilliant hattrick from Folashade Ijamilusi propels the Super Falcons to a comfortable friendly triumph against Algeria. 🦅🇳🇬

🏁 FT; in Onikan 📍

Nigeria 🇳🇬 (4)-(1) Algeria 🇩🇿

⚽️Folashade Ijamilusi 10' (1-0)
⚽️Folashade Ijamilusi 18' (2-0)
⚽️Gift Monday 45' (3-1)
⚽️Folashade Ijamilusi 18' (4-1)

⚽️Alouache Ouassila 42' (2-1)🇩🇿

We have really missed the glorious days of perpetual nwokocha who was constantly banging hattricks those days. Please when was the last time a player scored a hattrick or more in a match for us. God bless aunty mercy akide, those people gave us true joy. No African team was up to us.

AndSunGorilla:
The maestro is back!!!! Happy he finally made his cameo today. Played for the entire duration of added time!!

🤣😭🤣

mostob:
Please how many of the Adetokunbo brothers are atill active (Basketball)?

Cc Danielninho and other BB followers

All

AndSunGorilla:
Tanimu makes the bench today for Crawling after the int'l break. Hope to see the maestro at least listed for Barnsley today, he would have unlocked the Libyan defence easily in Uyo. I hope the maestro continued wilderness us not a ploy by the Europeans to rob us of the chance of winning the world cup.

Charlesemeka85 over to you.

😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Wetin be this one again.

Emmy450:
so much so for Nigeria doing the right thing.. you want Nigeria to do the right thing but this is what you're saying.

So we should just divert the plane of the Libyans from their planed destination "PH" to "UYO"
on a very very normal circumstance?? is that not foolish? We all condemned the diversion of our plane which was on a descending path with limited jet fuel in Libya,

but here you are insinuating that Nigeria should have diverted the Libyans plane to UYO to justify the unjustifiable. o some nigerians Nawa!!!!

Yes to have rerouted their flight shouldn't be any problem. If we hai a bad weather in PH would they not reroute it elsewhere. And if genuinely they wanted them in uyo even while on air they was always gonna be a way. Same as when we were rerouted while we were almost in Bengazi with short fuel. It's all talks and messages. Once the pilot was on our airspace which we had 2 hours to have made the call for such diversion. The idea of landing them in Ph was not necessary.

Ppogbae:
So InterMiami was invited to the Club World Cup? What happned to merit?? Money has ruined this game!

Are you a Ronaldo fan?

Charlesemeka85 your boy is not small. See how his club values him. They tweet on him

JohnBullMySon:
Because they’re likely the ones who should have ensured that there’s clearance.

Although Libya is also at fault for not telling NFF about the denied clearance maybe thinking that NFF was doing it on purpose which I don’t believe to be the case. The permit was denied before they left Libya.

Exactly. I think you are right here. They must have felt it was a deliberate sabotage by the Nigerian authority to deny them access to uyo.

JohnBullMySon:
Man you see why I’m getting frustrated with you. When did I say or imply all this? Ehn?

You keep arguing on things I never said, meant or alluded to at all and by doing that you distort the whole point. I’ve been an MFS player for almost 8 years. Do you think I do not know how flight plans work? Let me break down my points into simple sentence lines

Libya wants to fly to Uyo. They inform NFF

Libyan FA asks their logistics team to arrange the travel.

NFF arranges an Uyo delegation.

Somebody at this point is supposed to sort out issues regarding special clearance since Uyo ordinarily cannot receive direct foreign flights.

Libya is most likely not aware of this fact. Even if they had a team come before, if they aren’t the ones who sorted it earlier, they may not be be aware.

The flight team requests clearance (most likely through a third party) it comes back denied.

NFF were not aware of the denial.

Libya at this point thinks there’s foul play.

Libya is advised to fly to PH instead so the flight is filed to PH.

Since NFF are not aware of the change in plan, they continue with Uyo plans.

Libya lands in PH and cannot find NFF delegation. At this point they’ve fully convinced themselves that it’s all on purpose.

NFF suddenly are surprised to hear that the Libyans are in Port harcourt and scramble to get there.

Libyans are thoroughly pissed as it takes NFF hours to relocate everything to PH. They swear to deal with us.

Now whose fault is it? It boils down to who is actually responsible for making sure foreign team flights can land in Uyo.

I don’t think it’s the Libyans cause I don’t see how Libyans would be the ones communicating with our federal agencies. They only know one contact: NFF

Now note that the minister of sports mentioned that NFF liaises with th NCAA for landing clearance. So did they ensure that clearance was obtained in this case?

Bro when a flight is on air, how long does it take to divert it's landing point if they were on air bound for PH how long will it take to call whatever tower to divert. The Libyans says it cost nothing than an "order from above call" to divert a plane even almost landing in Bengazi to AlAlqad. Do we still think there is no deliberate foul play on our side. There's always going to be contingency. Let's say there is a heavy storm while a plane is about to land in Ph will they not have easily looked for another nearest port to land. Why did we let them go to PH instead of initiating the flight to divert to uyo

Tessyy1701:
Played His best game under "goodevenin" man. I hope Villa signed him.

Ooh. Yes . Exactly

charlesemeka85:
AC Milan could listen to offers for Samuel Chukwueze and Aston Villa are one of the clubs interested.

@fichajesnet

"Good ebening" was his former manager.

Unlimited22:
They're going to rig this thing for this Moroccan, aren't they?

Where is this defeatist mindset coming from., no Nigeria is winning it back to back

lovewins:
A bureaucratic ladder none of the other team had a problem with including 2 clubs from the very same Libya?

I think that's the point he's making.

Because they followed protocols of carrying the host nation along with their plans before moving or boarding flight which will allow them to make the call for the special permit to land. but then when they moved they thought they could probably pull an element of surprise on us. And we said look at this fools, you're rather gonna suffer for your miscalculation. It's either you bear the extra cost, or wait till the next day. But they still insisted on moving that day to uyo. And they had to bear the consequences.

TheGoodJoe:
20 Points of a 20-hour ordeal on Libyan soil Pt. 2

NFF Media
October 14, 2024

11) At past midnight, it was learnt that there had been word from ‘higher authorities’ (Libya is a jurisdiction governed by two different administrations – a UN-recognized cabinet in Tripoli and a self-imposed team over Eastern Libya including places like Benghazi and Labraq) that the Nigeria delegation should be delayed for minimum of 10 hours at the airport for what they falsely claimed was done to their team in Nigeria. (All conversations between the NFF General Secretary and the LFF General Secretary on the match in Uyo, both written text and voices notes, are still in the NFF General Secretary’s phone)

12) The NFF team was shocked because the incident referred to in Nigeria was entirely generated by the Libyans. They informed the NFF that their contingent would be landing in Port Harcourt, and not Uyo, only two hours to the team’s arrival in Nigeria. Despite this, the NFF moved swiftly to get authorities to grant their aircraft movement permit from Port Harcourt to Uyo, but this was jettisoned as the LFF apparently did not cherish the additional fee dispatched by the charter company. They opted to travel by road, refused to use the buses hired by the NFF and instead hired their own, and disrespected advice not to travel by night. When they stuck to their guns to move by night, the NFF provided security. The NFF even provided the team training facility the day after the match and secured direct flight permit from Uyo to Benghazi for the delegation.

13) Infuriated, the NFF President reacted: “We anticipated some shocks here given the false account of what happened in Nigeria as narrated by their team captain. But we did not expect these shenanigans. What I am seeing is despicable and has no place in the game of football which is meant to foster excellent relationships among nations and bring peoples from diverse cultures, religious persuasions and economic and political interests together in an ambience of peace and joy.”

14) The NFF learnt that the Embassy of Nigeria in Tripoli had written, a fortnight earlier, to the authorities in Benghazi that they would want to welcome the Nigeria delegation on arrival. This application was said to have been rejected outright.

15) In a conscious effort to play down their frustration, anger and hunger, players and officials resorted to playing games, listening to music, chatting themselves up, scanning through the airport exit door to see if any vehicles had arrived, and generally looked forward to daybreak, which they hoped would bring much-sought-after relief.

16) Many calls were made to higher authorities in Nigeria to apprise them of the situation, and these persons all expressed fears for the safety and security of the team. These fears were real and justified given the plethora of threats thrown by the Libyans on legacy and social media in the days before and after the match in Uyo. At 2am, Captain William Ekong met the NFF President in the company of the NFF General Secretary to inform the President that the team may not be able to go ahead with the match, due to trauma, fatigue and body aches that resulted from lack of food, dehydration and very cruel and unimaginable treatment, which had led to some players falling ill.

17) The NFF repeated calls to officials of the Confederation of African Football, Nigeria’s FIFA Council Member Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick and higher authorities in Nigeria. It dispatched a letter to CAF in which it detailed the antics of the hosts and hoped that the continental governing body would go ahead to “punish this rare bestiality visited on the beautiful game.” It noted that the Super Eagles had traveled hoping to enjoy a great game of football but had been sorely disappointed and frustrated by the unprecedented level of hostility and poor attitude of the hosts.

18) At daybreak, Mr. Maurice Eromosele, president of the Nigerian community in Eastern Libya, arrived with words of empathy from the Ambassador of Nigeria to Libya, His Excellency Alhaji Muhammad Muhammad. He expressed shock at the treatment meted out to the Nigeria delegation, who were made to spend the entire night inside the departure lounge of the Al-Abraq Airport. He said His Excellency ordered him to get a few things for the team, and he later returned with plastic bags loaded with croissants and drinks. These served as breakfast for the team.

19) More calls were made and eventually, it was agreed by all parties that the team should not go ahead with the match, but return to Nigeria to await the decision of CAF (who were briefed in detail on the situation) with regards to the un-played match.

20) After spending many more hours waiting for the Al-Abraq airport authorities to sell fuel to refill the chartered ValueJet aircraft (which was initially proving to be some sort of robotic engineering), the Nigeria delegation departed the Al-Abraq Airport (not worth the toga of ‘international’ by any scale) at exactly 15.05hours, bound for the city of Kano, and onwards to the Federal Capital, Abuja.

We have all seen this like two days ago. Was it because you hadn't seen it yet that made you choose to make us cringe at your thoughts and opinions on the NFF

TheGoodJoe:
However, not much diplomatic headway was made during the meeting with the Acting Charge of Affairs, Imad Mohammed Matooq Aboud, as they insisted that it was not under the jurisdiction of Tripoli, which they represented, but that of the Eastern Government in Benghazi.

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It is not by abuse.

We went for a meeting with people that had no jurisdiction to help us because of lapses in our protocol arrangements.

Finito.

Good for the Eastern Government of Benghazi. Now the Nigerian government have their contacts. Their infamous action have been recognized but never forgotten. While the central government at Tripoli is the official one recognized by UN . We can't fault the Nigerian foreign affairs ministry for dealing with the UN recognized authority. At the end it will shape the two factions in their local politics. A big miscalculation for the Eastern Government of Benghazi.

I saw the spurious video put out by the libyan federation in a bid to save face of what they went through in Nigeria. frankly, it was their initial error that caused them that unnecessary hitch. But then their vindictiveness was a tad more extreme.

I also think they owe us an apology. But an apology means conceding to your wrong . And they are obvious hefty price for them. They will not want to accept it for one who couldn't even afford the extra cost of flying from ph to uyo

Odunayaw:
You tell us. Since you already have a conclusion that it was retaliatory. You should answer your questions

Odun if you read the first paragraph well it's an open question I have asked. Then my other paragraph says let's even say they were not properly treated based on the official report of the libyan federation, they did not also envisage Nigeria's counter reaction through social media and this is not good for their country's waning imagine as a stable and peaceful country. At the end they lost the battle

charlesemeka85:
Crawley Town follow send their private jet to fly to Libya to evacuate Tanimu? 😏

🤣🤣🤣 Leave this boy , na because u yab am him club change name
From ihefu to arrows
You still yab am he leave Africa go England.
Now he dey England u still dey yab am if he club send PJ to claim their player 🤣🤣

Goke7:
@M7even this is what am taking about ok?

Leave all this. So when they finished the match in uyo did their plane pick them from uyo port or they still traveled back to ph. if they traveled back to ph and under what circumstances, was there proper security and logistics.

It's a case of do me I do you. But they underestimated the power of Nigerian cry. For a country that has been plagued with many years of civil war, whatever goal they have for international acceptance as a peaceful and progressive society have been scruffled by Nigeria's social media power

For what it's worth we are lucky to have Ekong as our captain. He is a true leader. One can barely fault his actions through his communication and disposition towards this melee

Goke7:
We have never had that reputation of being bad hosts, it's teams who know they can't compete with us on the field that come up with these schemes and it's high time nff begins to make public all arrangements they normally make for host teams to avoid these chickens and cowards of nations who can't compete when they come to Nigeria to play. The see finish is becoming too much

Why should they make arrangements public. Relax you really need to understand security management. That's not how things work. Recently a super sport staff was killed, and you saying logistics should be given to the public. I guess you are not experienced when it comes to such

[quote author=Goke7 post=132424033

The Libyans overdid this one and they will pay for it seriously. They forgot that dual citizenship part of which Captain Ekong is one. They underrated the influence of our players in the international sphere of things. For as long as Nigeria refuses to play tomorrow they are done for. Whether they have 3 points or not. Even their press release reeks of fear on their part.[quote]What has Ekong's dual citizenship and the others got to do with this. even iheanacho is a British citizen. Abi u think say na so dual nationality dey work

Odunayaw:
How Libya no go see us finish. Is it not the same country it's citizens choose to go through hell to pass through Libya with the hope of Europe?

Man, this thing de vex me. This country has lost it's standing in the committee of nations.

Exactly how I feel. Libya is really looking down at us . and it is good our government feels this too . They are hostile to the ordinary Nigerian crossing their country. They think everyone in Nigeria is like that. Our government must shake them up. This is ridiculous.

JayromWrites:
E be like you never sleep for bench before. Diplomacy keh

You have a limited understanding of this. It goes beyond football. And Boniface wants to cruise. There are more Nigerians locked up in Libya than libyans locked up in Nigeria. Nigerians crossing the Mediterranean sea are treated as nothing. And you want to talk about the experience of sleeping on a chair to the harsher experiences our people can suffer from his own cruise. He called someone aboki and he was warned for that, that he quickly had to retract his statement by removing the post. What has happened is beyond him. It is our national issue. Don't be the face to it. We can resolve this with our government, our football association ànd caf. You don't wanna be walking around in Leverkusen and be attacked by a knifer over a stupid comment

Pls tell Boniface, he understands nothing about diplomatic tactics and gimmicks. He is a whole brand that can be picked out . It's a game between nations. Let the ordinary fans do the social media banter on this. Why post one of those Arabs and say he looks like a dragon. Grow up Boniface. It's a national issue. And you are not to cruise with such. You are an easily identifiable target, it might be a joke to you, but it will not be to them. Arabs are wired weirdos.

TheSuperNerd:
A tale of the last 2 lads to wear the #10 GWG Jersey.

Joe Aribo - 2 goals in 34 caps.

Fisayo Dele-Bashiru - 2 Goals in 5 caps.

Fisayo's ball striking is shouting!!

However Aribo's 2 goals came in his first 2 matches. Against Brazil and Ukraine

Please tell NFF and NIKE that that jersey is Damn Pretty Ugly.

Our goal keeping crisis lately.
We took a shaky Daniel Akpeyi to AFCON 2019- He lined up his wall, for a last minute Riyad Mahrez free kick. You were quite sure were Mahrez was gonna hit the ball at. He failed.

Took Okoye against corona virus ridden Tunisian side he failed.

Back again to Uzoho who was in goal at the 2018 World cup under Rohr for our penultimate match against Ghana. He too failed.

Of the aforementioned, they've all had time to adapt and adjust but they just could not.

Then comes Nwabali, straight away into AFCON and we will end up playing at the finals

Nwabali has helped give us a balance ,it is only fair that Okoye should keep on fighting for this position, as there is room for competition.

zuchyblink:
Ovie Ejaria agrees move to Zamalek SC. 🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

The 26-year-old formerly played for Liverpool, Sunderland, Rangers and Reading.

He has already arrived in Cairo.

#Transfers
#AfricanFootball

He can also play for Super Eagle team B since he now plays with an African team. That's good news too.

Odunayaw:
Nigeria’s Super Eagles B have been drawn against Ghana in the qualifiers for the African Nations Championship, CHAN.

The winner over two legs in December will qualify for the tournament meant for players in the African leagues, hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

I wish Nwakali was playing in the Nigerian league. He would have been a sure banker to play
Ahmed Musa come and deliver us.

isan:
If someone like Tosin later play for Nigeria he will be selecting matches to play and might even refused to travel for away qualifying games

Wilfred Zaha of Ivory Coast vibes.