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[color=deeppink]What a country!

If it isn't armed robbery, it's kidnapping

Now it's Lead poisoning, talk about hell on earth.[/color]

[color=deeppink]^^What kind of mission has been going on for years?

I just can't wait for the moderators to lock this thread up.[/color]

[color=deeppink]Whose name will be on the new era? This World Cup marks the beginning of a new age. The Era of Zinedine Zidane (1998-2006) ended when the genius from France sullied a comeback for the ages by head-butting Italy's Marco Materazzi in Berlin. Since then, three players have won both Champions League titles and FIFA World Player of the Year awards in the same year: Brazil's Kaká, Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina's Lionel Messi. All three are capable of taking over the World Cup, yet all three will have to shake their reputations for performing better for their clubs than for their countries. Truth be told, Ronaldo's Portugal and Messi's Argentina were fortunate even to qualify for South Africa, and few observers consider them likely to raise the 13½-pound gold trophy on July 11. One player who could crash their party, of course, is England's Wayne Rooney.

2. Can South Africa come up big -- on and off the field? No host country has ever failed to advance from the group stage, and Bafana Bafana may well be the first, having plummeted from No. 16 in the FIFA rankings in 1996 to the 80s earlier this year. But Carlos Alberto Parreira's team will have big local support, and it has now gone 11 games without a loss. Then there's South Africa's organization of the tournament itself, the first World Cup held on African soil. Will it be secure enough? Will it run smoothly? The Rainbow Nation has a giant opportunity here to showcase itself for the rest of the world.

3. Is this finally England's year to relive 1966? The country that gave us the sport hasn't reached the semifinals since 1990, but its Italian coach, Fabio Capello, thinks he has a team that can reach the World Cup final. If England were to win it all for just the second time (the first was on home soil in 1966), Capello would become the first foreign coach to lead a team to the World Cup title.

4. Are three-man back lines the new new thing? The latest tactical trend may be going with three men in the back. Who might try it? Say hello to Mexico, Uruguay, Chile, Algeria, North Korea and New Zealand. It's not necessarily indicative of a certain playing style. While North Korea is ultra-defensive and plays with three center backs, Chile is a group of swashbuckling attackers under coach Marcelo Bielsa.

5. Politics and sports. You always hope that politics doesn't interfere during the World Cup, but the recent surge in tensions between North Korea and South Korea could spill over to South Africa, where both teams will be competing. North Korea's national pride could be in for a bruising in a group against heavyweights Brazil, Portugal and Ivory Coast -- all of which will be trying to score as much as possible in a group that could be defined by goal-differential. That leaves me hoping that 1) North Korea doesn't instigate anything globally during the World Cup, and 2) the North Korean players are treated well upon their return home, no matter how they perform in South Africa.

FIVE TEAMS TO WATCH
1. France. One of the tournament's most talented but unpredictable teams, Les Bleus has been saddled for years with the enigma that is coach Raymond (Crazy Ray) Domenech. What I like: wingers Franck Ribery and Florent Malouda, rising star goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. What I don't like: Crazy Ray and his loopy decisions. Of all the European powers, this is the one most likely to crash out of the group stage.

2. Argentina. Diego Maradona is a deity in Argentina on account of his 1986 World Cup glory, but as a coach Maradona makes Isiah Thomas look like Phil Jackson. What does Messi have to do to get a good manager at the World Cup? In '06 he sat on the bench as Jose Pekerman didn't bother to use Messi in the quarterfinal exit against Germany. And now Messi has to deal with El Diego. Pobrecito.

3. Cameroon. It's the first World Cup on African soil, but which African teams could go deep? Ivory Coast got a terrible draw with Brazil and Portugal. Ghana lost injured star Michael Essien and is in the Group of Depth with Germany, Serbia and Australia. Nigeria was better 10 years ago. Perhaps the continent's best chance is Cameroon. The Indomitable Lions have one of the world's top big-game goal-scorers, Samuel Eto'o, and quality players surrounding him, to say nothing of a good coach in Paul Le Guen. I've got Cameroon dumping Italy in the second round to reach the quarters.

4. United States. Being favored to advance from the group stage is a new position for the U.S., which tends to play better as an underdog than as the favorite. If the Americans really are one of the top 15 teams in the world, then there will be no excuse if they don't advance to the second round in a group that includes mid-level teams like Slovenia and Algeria. If it reaches the knockout rounds, the U.S. would probably be an underdog in a second-round game against a team from Group D (Germany, Serbia, Ghana).

5. Brazil. No, there is no Ronaldinho or Neymar or Alexandre Pato on this Brazil outfit. But Dunga has constructed a highly practical team that could easily win its sixth World Cup title behind Kaká. Whether Brazil's fans would be happy with winning in a less aesthetic style is another matter altogether, though.



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honeric01:
Whatever happens, they know the way back home

[color=deeppink]Something tells me that someone might have used his picture for their own profit . . .

He looks like a nice person who is incapable of harming someone or even trying to cheat his way to sucess.

I think this is a problem of identity theft.[/color]

[color=deeppink]We all knew Nollywood used to produce classic movies before they began pumping out junk

So, what are some of the Nollywood classics?

Mine is Living in Bondage.[/color]

[color=deeppink]Who the heck are they?

Anyway, good for them. . .So, who is their father?[/color]

spikedcylinder:
Close your teeth! Iyawo Gabourey.

[color=deeppink]Something went fishy on the day of his fatal fall.[/color]

SeanT21:
LOL. He's showing his top picks!!

[color=deeppink]Uhhh. . .thanks for telling me.[/color]

spikedcylinder:
https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs601.snc3/31657_396288942820_557622820_4646359_2626751_n.jpg

[color=deeppink]They all look nice.[/color]

[color=deeppink]Of Course, they are not all from Aba.

Some are strangers from other states, it doesn't necessarily mean they are from Abia State.[/color]

[color=deeppink]^^What's with your obsession with this thread?[/color]

[color=deeppink]*Mama-gee punches Ogidiboy on the face, spits on him and then pours sand in his mouth*[/color]

denony:
he said he want to be more popular and recognised than 2pac

[color=deeppink]In his dreams. . . [/color]

davidif:
Some of those people's names self. I don't have a problem with the traditional ones, its the english one's that bother me like "surprise", "method", or "laughter" that make me laugh 

[color=deeppink]Are those names?[/color]

apolonius:
The wind of justice has begun blowing afresh;let the gods of our republic be lauded

[color=deeppink]Is this grammar? [/color]

Creamish:
wow . . do your folks actually want him for an inlaw? or its their way of stopping your wedding?

[color=deeppink]Please ask that again.

Perhaps, her father wants to drive every suitor away so she would live in his house forever.[/color]

[color=deeppink][size=27pt]Enough Already! [/size][/color]

[color=deeppink]They both deserve it. . .

Justice must run its full course.[/color]

[color=deeppink]May I have a glass of Pineapple Juice, please?[/color]

Becomrich0:
the poll on nairaland is rigged, many of this people vote several times is that a vote.

[color=deeppink]Why are you taking the votes on Niaraland so seriously?

These people wouldn't be voting Jonathan into Office and this website wouldn't be considered when electing the new President.

So, cast your vote and stop complaining.[/color]

uyakachi:
dont tell me that you are turning into becoming a vampire
is better u remove it at once before is too late and mind you, aids full naija

[color=deeppink]Rotflmao.[/color]

[color=deeppink]Aki, the miniature in nature comic actor surprised the Nollywood and his fans when he celebrated a tall and beautiful lady at the exotic nightclub in Ikeja called Q Club about two years now. In fact, the stakeholders in Nollywood and lovers of the very funny actor all teemed to rejoice with him when he celebrated his fiancée amidst pomp and fanfare.
The night which turned out to be a night of fun, dance and laughter, which turned out too be a love ground where the proposed to be together for ever and ever, we were told, remains most memorable in their lives.

Having professed their love to the society, the entire lovers of the entertainment industry was shocked when, a couple of weeks after their ‘display of love in public’, the lovers sang a new rhythm. Fresh facts why their affair crumbled like a poorly arranged pack of cards has emerged and if what we gathered is anything to go by, the two loverbirds may never come back again.

We gathered that, Nancy also known as Nkechi’s parent, from the outset, was not in support of their beautiful daughter’s marriage to the ‘dwarf’ actor, the reason, according to the scoop is that they would never affianced their daughter to a ‘dwarf’.

Meanwhile, while Aki was said to be looking forward to a blossom future marriage, the girl on the other hand, was said to have been seeing other guys most especially tall and handsome friends of Chinedu, though, this can not be substantiated.

As you are reading this, the former lovers who were fond of themselves before the crack in their affair have since gone their separate ways. While Aki has moved on with his acting career, Nkechi who had a fatal accident and got her two legs affected, www.nigeriafilms.com exclusively gathered, is doing well with her studies at the Lagos State University.[/color]

http://news2.onlinenigeria.com/latest-addition/29510-Why-Chinedu-Ikadiezes-Affair-With-Nkechi-Crumbled.html

[color=deeppink]The founder of Microsoft and Co-chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr. Bill Gates, has arrived Nigeria.

Gates has already visited Kano, where he held talks with Governor Ibrahim Shekarau; the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero; local government chairmen; and other traditional leaders in respect of the progress made in stemming the spread of the polio virus in the country.

He is expected in Abuja on Monday (today), where he will also hold talks with President Goodluck Jonathan and health officials.[/color]

http://news2.onlinenigeria.com/headlines/29641-Bill-Gates-Nigeria-meet-Jonathan.html

michelin89:
The men are disgusting. They have no shame displaying their inglorious bodies. Seeing those cows make me want to marry myself. They make the male folks look like misfortunes to women.

[color=deeppink]You're one heck of a comedian. [/color]

[color=deeppink]He's not the only one that has problems with Nigeria Culture. . .

I have worst problems with it, too.[/color]