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Super Eagles fans celebrated in February, when the long-awaited
announcement that Ademola Lookman's nationality change had finally
been granted by FIFA.
The on-loan Leicester City forward had represented England at junior
international level, but would now be turning out in the green and
white of Nigeria, and could be doing so as early as next month's World
Cup qualifying games against Ghana.
That change was not enough to see Lookman barge his way into this
month's rankings with top performances across the board.
The undoubted star of the show remained Moses Simon, who nearly
held on to his top spot after another month of solid performances,
including a mesmeric performance against Lionel Messi and Paris St
Germain.

1. Sadiq Umar - Almeria, Spain
Four games, five goals, two assists - it is hard to find a Nigerian player
on a hotter streak than Umar.
He struggled a bit at the Nations Cup. It was his first exposure to
senior international ball, but it seems the experience from the
tournament has unlocked new levels for the former Rangers striker.
He won two penalties against UD Ibiza. The first was converted and
the second saved as the game headed to a nervy end, but the
Nigerian popped up deep in stoppage time to turn a defender inside
out before unleashing a long-range effort to seal the win.
He saved his best for that two-goal performance against CD Mirandes,
where he showed his power, skill and efficiency.

2. Moses Simon, Nantes, France
Watching Simon glide his way past Messi was not a sight many
thought they would see soon, but it was a thing of genuine beauty to
see the world's best player undone by the dainty footwork of the
Nigerian.
Simon continuously peppered the Paris Saint-Germain defence,
constantly shimmying his way through a slew of defenders and ending
up with an assist as Nantes whipped the all star PSG 3-1.
Prior to that, the Nigerian curled in a simple but spectacular freekick
that proved to be the winner against Stade Reims.
That goal and assist were to be the only ones he managed in February,
but Simon was arguably Nantes' most dangerous player during the
period. They went for two wins and one loss in the three games he
featured in.
Clearly, the form he took to the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is still
very much in play. Nigerian fans will be hoping that he can keep it
through the qualifiers against Ghana.

3. Anthony Nwakaeme - Trabzonspor, Turkey
How Nwakaeme has only one appearance for the Super Eagles
remains questionable. In February, the wide forward proved once more
that he is one of Nigeria's better players in Europe.
Nwakaeme tallied three goals and two assists as the runaway league
leaders extended their unbeaten run to 11 games in the league and a
17-point lead over second-placed Konyaspor.
Two of those goals came in a 4-0 victory over Alanyaspor and his
month's effort took the Nwakaeme tally to nine goals and nine assists
for the season. With Nigeria's recent struggles in those wide positions,
the Tabzon man could be a viable option for Austin Eguavoen and his
team.

4. Odion Ighalo - Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia
Revenge is a dish best served with goals -- Ighalo proved that when he
came up against his former club Al Shabab, scoring twice against
them in a 5-0 win.
According to Ighalo, to ESPN, the club had denied him a chance to go
to AFCON with Nigeria, effectively causing bad blood and forcing him
to demand a transfer.
So when his old employers came calling for regular league football,
the Nigeria striker punished them.
But those were not his only strikes during the period. Ighalo also
knocked one in a 6-1 win against Al Jazira in the FIFA Club World Cup
and another in the Kings Cup victory over Al Nasser.
- Odion Ighalo reflects on 'dream' spell at Man United

5. Wilfred Ndidi - Leicester City, England
It almost seems to be a given for Ndidi to find his way into this top 10
list, as long as he is fit and playing.
The Foxes midfielder does not score many goals -- not many
defensive midfielders do -- so when he not only scores, but adds an
assist, it is noteworthy. This, added to his peerless work as a holding
midfielder, of course.
Ndidi scored his second of the season -- both goals coming in
European competition -- against Randers in the UEFA Conference
League, finishing off some excellent work by Lookman.
In the return leg, the midfielder was again on hand to set up Harvey
Barnes for the opening goal.
- Africans Abroad: Salah, Mane win first domestic cup with Liverpool

6. Paul Onuachu - Genk, Belgium
He may not be getting the same sort of attention as last season, but
Paul Onuachu has low-key scored 16 league goals this season, among
the highest of Nigeria's strikers in Europe this term.
Three of those goals came in six games this past month, in addition
to three assists in what has been a most productive month for the
beanpole forward after a disappointing AFCON.
His assist against Kortrijk was arguably his best goal contribution of
all, looping a fadeaway header between two defenders and across the
goal into the path of Joseph Paintsil before hitting the post with
another header.
He was just as dominant in the 4-1 win over KV Mechelen, forcing a
tackle from Thibault Peiyre, heading across goal for Theo Bongonda to
tap in before stealing in at the near post to sweep home from close
range.

7. Victor Osimhen - Napoli, Italy
It has been a while since Osimhen has found himself in these
rankings. A combination of injuries, illness and perhaps a bit of poor
luck has hit Nigeria's leading striker.
He returned with some consistency in February after missing nearly
two months of action with a cheekbone fracture.
Osimhen may not be back to his best yet, but he weighed in with two
goals and one assist for Napoli as they made their way back to the top
of the Serie A standings on the back of an eight-game unbeaten
streak. Half of those were in February.
None of those goals were as important as the late one he scored
against Cagliari to rescue a desperately-needed point, which proved
enough to keep their noses ahead of AC Milan on goal difference.

8. Zaidu Sanusi - FC Porto, Portugal
Sanusi returned from AFCON and walked straight back into the FC
Porto team like he never left. And for good reason. The left back has
shown improved form this season, and he continued to do so in
February as Porto kept their unbeaten run to the season, finishing the
month with a six-point lead.
He was particularly impressive in a 2-2 draw against Sporting Lisbon,
making three tackles and hitting the woodwork.

9. Yira Sor - Slavia Prague, Czech Republic
Not many Nigerians would have heard of this 21-year-old former
Nigeria junior international. The forward has featured only 17 times
this season in the league for Slavia Prague, where Peter Olayinka is
the more well known of the Nigerians, and has yet to see a full 90
minutes.
But Sor announced himself in their UEFA Europa Conference league
fixture against Turkish giants Fenerbahce, providing an assist in a 3-2
away win in the first leg before putting a stamp on it with two goals in
another 3-2 win over the Turkish side, this time at home.

10. Ishaq Rafiu - Rivers United, Nigeria
Rafiu has 10 goals so far for Rivers United and is the leading scorer in
the Nigeria Professional Football League with 15 rounds of matches
played.
The United striker plundered three of those goals in February, scoring
a brace in a 2-1 win over Dakkada FC before rounding up the month
by adding another against Nassarwa United.

https://africa.espn.com/football/nigeria-nga/story/4606894/nigeria-power-rankings-red-hot-sadiq-umar-upstages-moses-simon?device=featurephone

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Loewe:
The way Nigerians conclude on certain things without reasoning baffle me a lot.

What if they were assassinated and their naked bodies were dumped in the car to mask the murder?

How 2 people can be having sex and both would die at the same time is what people should ask themselves.

It's simply illogical and highly suspicious. Were they both poisoned? Where were they coming from...

Was it suffocation? If so, they would have been able to roll down the windows and get some air wouldn't they?

A lot of Nigerians won't even question the possibility of other things, they'll just jump into conclusion.

true talk bro

No surprise if you like Blame it on Arteta mean while chelsea the world champions are winning bundles of trophies with huge cash for future shopping

After losses of less than £50m during the previous year, Arsenal
posted post-tax losses of £107.3m, the biggest in the club's history.
The Gunners say as much as £85m of their losses are attributable to
the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Arsenal played just two games in front of a crowd at their Emirates
Stadium during the 2020-21 season.
As a result, matchday revenue fell by £75m to £3.8m.
Overall wage costs came in at £244m - a near £10m increase from
2020 - despite Arsenal's first-team players and head coach Mikel
Arteta having agreed to a voluntary pay cut of 12.5% to help with the
financial impact of the pandemic.
As a result of 55 redundancies, the club incurred exceptional costs of
£6.7m while the total profit on player sales earned the club £11.8m
compared to £60.1m in 2020.
Arsenal's latest financial results were released just hours after they
announced a 4% rise in ticket prices for the 2022-23 season to deal
with "rising costs".
"We recognise that no-one welcomes price increases, and this
decision has not been taken lightly," a club statement read.
"Ultimately in the face of continued rising costs, we need to continue
to drive growth in all our revenue streams - including matchday - as
part of our aim to return our finances to a break-even position in the
medium term."


https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/60562771


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I'm so sympathize with people who lost their family members. This is a signal to the bilnd youths in our country those who called for war. War is a tragedy. Imagine how many lives will be lost; how many properties will be destroyed; how many families will be devastated, War is a terrible tragedy. Shading blood is ungodly and never solution.

Mr Putin will not stop with Ukraine, he
has a bigger picture in his mind. British airlines and now Facebook who’s next?

Russia has restricted access to Facebook amid the
fallout of its attack on Ukraine.
It is not clear what those restrictions – which did not
appear to amount to a total ban or shutdown of the
website in Russia – will actually involve.
Roskomnadzor, the country’s communications
regulator, appeared to have brought in the restrictions
in response to changes made by Facebook’s parent
company, Meta.

Meta said that it would label the accounts of Russian-
owned media outlets, in what it said was an attempt
to limit the amount of disinformation on its platform.
But Russian authorities said that the restrictions were
“censorship” and accused Facebook of violating the
human rights of its citizens.
Meta has said that it is adding a “number of
measures” that are aimed at keeping its platforms and
users safe as the situation in Ukraine deteriorates.
Nick Clegg, its Vice President for global affairs, said
that it had set up a “Special Operations Center” that
will look for problematic content, and that its teams
would be watching for attempts to “abuse our
platform”.
But it appeared to be those restrictions on state-
controlled media sites that had caused Russia’s
regulators to hit back.

Mr Clegg said Meta would be “taking extensive steps
to fight the spread of misinformation, and labelling
content from state-controlled media and content that
fact checkers have rated false”.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/russia-facebook-ukraine-war-internet-b2023445.html

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/25/russia-limiting-access-to-facebook-over-fact-checking-row

lalasticlala seun mynd44

Ukraine should call for cease fire . At this moment NATO nor Europe will come to their defence. they have betrayed them
so it's better they walk in with talks.

gambojimeta:
Let us start with Benin Republic or Cameroon for annexing Bakassi Peninsula via the courts

true talk bro

reading..

BloomingDale:
Ghana will be the perfect target.

there is no border between nigeria and Ghana but for me Cameroon is the perfect one. that bakasi area handed over to them must be restored.

Nonpartisan1:
Anyway, just confirmed that this a FAKE NEWS! Kindly ignore the op

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60505417
Russia all the way

we need to invade one country here in Africa just to make the world knows our capabilities as the giant of Africa.
Our powerful war jets must be ready for action. That Bakasi area must be restored.

Error401:
subhanallah

so you be Muslim and you are doing ZINA you know the consequences

YinkaOlusesi16:
Oga, ur own matter small, if i tell you my own nah to just dey open mouth. I dont think i can love any nigeria girl again.

more info about your own story bro?

Chelsea the world champions man United fans how market

Chelsea set an English record as they become the first team to win five home games in a row with five clean sheets in European cup history after their 2-0 win vs lille in the champions league last 16.
It was the European holders fifth-
straight home clean sheet in the
competition
Thomas Tuchel's side have denied Real
Madrid, Zenit, Malmo, Juventus and Lille
The European champions remain the only
club from London to win the Champions
League and now Chelsea made more history.
The Blues are in the driving seat of their
last-16 tie with Lille having won the first leg
2-0 on Tuesday night courtesy of goals from
Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic.
And by keeping a clean sheet at Stamford
Bridge, Thomas Tuchel's side became the
first English team in either the Champions
League or European Cup to win five home
games in a row without conceding a goal.
Chelsea have now kept five-straight clean
sheets in the Champions League - an
English record
Thiago Silva was part of the Chelsea
defence that kept Lille at bay in the last 16.

Their run dates back to last season when
they beat Real Madrid 2-0 in the semi-final
second leg to advance 3-1 on aggregate.
Bringing it forward to this season, Chelsea
began their home form in Europe with a 1-0
win over Zenit St Petersburg.
An easy 4-0 win over Malmo then followed
before a jaw-dropping win against Juventus
by the same margin.

The victory over Lille makes it a fantastic five
for the Blues who will look to hold on to
their two-goal cushion when they travel to
France for the return leg on March 16.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10542135/Chelsea-Thomas-Tuchel-set-defensive-English-RECORD-Champions-League.html
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kyber:
Thanks

I hope it's not a bait bro!!

Hanibbal:
As in that Putin knows the game well well. He is very smart. Always outsmarting the West. He used the threat of invasion to distract them meanwhile those region trying to break away is what he had plans for. Sai Putin

ya abin yake ne?

Question…how was it dated?

Archaeologists from the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu
Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) have unearthed evidence of the earliest
known buildings in the UAE and the broader region dating back
more than 8,500 years — at least 500 years earlier than previously
thought.
The discovery on the island of Ghagha, west of Abu Dhabi city,
revealed stone structures offering a further compelling history of
the UAE.
The DCT Abu Dhabi archaeologists have been conducting scientific
analysis of the artefacts since the structures, and accompanying
objects were unearthed.
The most extraordinary discovery was revealed by carbon-14
analysis of charcoal fragments, which indicates the structures are
at least 8,500 years old – breaking the previous record for the
earliest known structures built in the UAE, which were discovered
on Marawah Island.
Artefacts discovered on the island of Ghagha. Photo: Supplied
It was previously thought that long-distance maritime trade routes,
which developed during the Neolithic period, were the catalyst for
settlements in the area, but the latest discoveries prove that
Neolithic settlements existed prior to the onset of trade, which
means it was local economic and environmental conditions that led
to the first settled life in what is now the United Arab Emirates.
Rather than being arid and inhospitable, the islands were, in a
sense, a ‘Fertile Coast’. This evidence recasts Abu Dhabi’s islands
within the cultural history of the broader region.
“The finds reinforce an appreciation of history, as well as the deep
cultural connections between the people of the UAE and the sea.
We are also reminded that there is still much to discover across
the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and that it is vitally important we continue
working to discover, preserve and protect our invaluable heritage
for current and future generations to learn more about our ancestral
past.”
Discovery on the island of Ghagha. Photo: Supplied
Until the excavations of Ghagha, the earliest known structures in
the United Arab Emirates were found on the island of Marawah,
also off the coast of Abu Dhabi. Taken with the evidence from
Marawah, the new evidence from Ghagha indicates that the islands
of Abu Dhabi were a focal point for human innovation and
settlement during the Neolithic period – a time of fundamental
change throughout much of the world.
The structures that have been uncovered are simple round rooms,
the walls of which are made from stone and preserved to nearly
one metre in height. The rooms were likely houses for a small
community that may have lived on the island year-round. Hundreds
of artefacts were found in the rooms, including finely worked stone
arrowheads that would have been used for hunting. It is likely that
the community would also have used the rich resources of the sea.
How long the settlement existed is unknown, but after it was
abandoned, it apparently remained an important part of the cultural
landscape, as nearly 5,000 years ago, a person was buried in the
ruins of the structures. It is one of the few burials from this period
known on the Abu Dhabi islands.
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/abu-dhabi-8500-year-old-buildings-discovered-watch-video
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This is Obiejwus time to shine. Let the Naira rain continue. Congrats and God bless Ahmed Musa for unlocking the door of fortune

Your second Chance Prayer has been answered. Go and sin no
more, hence make good use of the profit of your second chance, of course third chance is not always there.
If you doubt me, ask OBJ and his third term agenda and where he landed him. I have warned you.
To those who make this second chance a reality may you never lack and remember there are more out there who need your support also.

Good gesture Super Captain

Ahmed Musa , a striker for the Super Eagles, recently performed a
generous act that captivated the hearts of people on social media.
The forward player, gave money to commuters in a tricycle, also
known as a keke napep, who saw him driving his black Range Rover
down the same route as them.
The viral video which is making the rounds on social media captured
the moment Ahmed Musa wound down the glass of his range rover,
stretching out his hand to give wads of cash to the gleeful
passengers in a Keke napep who thanked him profusely.

https://.com/2022/02/19/ahmed-musa-gives-money-to-passersby-while-driving-in-his-range-rover-video/
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May Allah bless you.
Indeed you're a good man, you're a man that wanted to raise Borno, And InshAllah Borno will regain it's peace.
Best Governor Ever.

Anieke77:
Bird's of the same feather except
Musa

African men are always proud, intimidating and underrate poor friends when they (the rich friends) become rich. What an hopeless mentality! His rich friends "snub him". But God didn't. God sent Ahmed Musa, a non Igbo footballer to him. Where are the likes of Kanu, Okocha and the likes?

The issue of ex internationals that fail to meet up expected life desire should not be bordering this nation .....these are people that didn't take this playing for Nigeria as a carrier or a permanent job.....they are been payed there allowance, for matches, transportation feeding and accommodation is taken care of......so if after there careers they couldn't meet up with life expectance its there faith...there is little or nothing any one can do about it......u don't expect his other colleagues to take up his responsibility........ Others have their individual problems too. Why is it that we don't talk about our teachers who thought us in primary, secondary and at the university levels .....why? How about our security agents who put there lives on the line for us to be safe.....who is talking about the once who sustained different degrees of injury and deformities such that they are not able to provide for there families..... Here we are talking about someone that owns a Toyota seana to himself, don't need to make returns to any body and making 7k per trip.

Never blame anyone in life for ur failure, and if pple dunt help u never
means they are bad pple maybe they are helping other pple out there
or their own family responsibility is much for them.
As e hard you, na so e hard others too. Just that not everyone talks
about their problems. We should be grateful to God for those who
helped us and even for those who didn't help us. No body dey owe
you shishi.
God bless Musa for his kind gesture to you

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