naptu2: Adesegun Musiwa is the Nairaland politics section poster of the year 2009. He is an electricity engineer who graduated from the University of Ilorin. He speaks Batu and a host of other languages.
Adesegun Musiwa is also known as Becomerich 1-100, Eguofor, Complove, Nigeria1, Nigeriaone, Bashali, Tayo4life, Uche 2005, Becomericher, Mapomeji, Are Canada, etc
He works as the chief mapologist at Google. His philosophy is that all Nigeria's problems will be solved if the Western Niger is excised from Nigeria and added to Benin Republic.
He is very influential (more influential than Goodluck Jonathan), knows all the pastors in Nigeria and will win any free and fair presidential election conducted in Nigeria, by virtue of his philosophy as contained in the sacred satellite pictures.
He has been the subject of classic threads on Nairaland such as the threads below.
More photos from the Second Niger Bridge, linking Anambra and Delta States.
“Main Works” (and associated Infrastructure) construction started in 2018, following the establishment by President Buhari of the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund #PIDFund
A @NigeriaGov delegation visited the site of the nearing-completion Second Niger Bridge (“MBB”) today: Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, HM @tundefashola, HM Chris Ngige, MD @nsia_nigeria Mr. Uche Orji, and others.
Ukraine war: Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak who brandished Z symbol at competition says he has no regrets
Kuliak, who was criticised for wearing the sign, meaning "for victory", on the podium in Doha next to a Ukrainian competitor, told Russian state media: "If there was a second chance and I had a choice whether to go out with the letter 'Z' on my chest or not, I would do the same."
Tuesday 8 March 2022 15:00, UK
Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak, who displayed the Z symbol associated with his home country's invasion of Ukraine, has said he has no regrets about what he did.
Kuliak came third on Saturday at a gymnastics World Cup event in Doha, and affixed the symbol to his shirt while accepting his medal on the podium.
The winner of the event was Ukraine's Illia Kovtun.
Z has come to be associated with support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and has been daubed on the side of tanks and weapons.
Kuliak sparked condemnation while wearing the symbol, with the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) branding it "shocking behaviour" and urging the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation to investigate.
However, the 20-year-old has remained defiant in the face of a ban from the sport, telling Russian state media: "If there was a second chance and I had a choice whether to go out with the letter 'Z' on my chest or not, I would do the same.
"I saw it on our military and looked at what this symbol means. It turned out to be 'for victory' and 'for peace'. I just wanted to show my position. As an athlete, I will always fight for victory and play for peace."
From 7 March, Russian athletes and coaches were banned from international events, in line with most other sports' global governing bodies placing sanctions on the country - but Kuliak's appearance at this event fell before that date.
Meanwhile, the various governing bodies of international tennis have teamed up for a campaign that will see them donate $100,000 (£76,300) to humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.
The ATP, WTA and International Tennis Foundation have also donated to the Ukraine Tennis Federation.
The Wimbledon Foundation has made additional donations to the British Red Cross and the Disasters Emergency Committee.
At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, this week, blue and yellow ribbons will be given to players to wear during the competition.
Russian and Belarusian tennis players have been told they can continue to compete on tours as individuals, but they have to play as neutrals without national flags. The country teams have been banned from competing.
Ivan Kuliak was criticized by the International Gymnastics Federation for the act
Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak has explained the motives behind taping the 'Z' symbol to his leotard during a World Cup event in Doha, which was heavily criticized by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG).
The body blasted Kuliak for his "shocking behaviour" on the podium as he picked up a bronze in the parallel bars event alongside Ukrainian gold medallist Illia Kovtun on Saturday.
Head of the Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia (FSGR) Vasily Titov pledged his support for Kuliak using the symbol that has been displayed on tanks during Russia's military operation in Ukraine, and in an interview with RT, 20-year-old Kuliak explained that he used the symbol due to the conduct of some Ukrainian rivals during the recent competition in Qatar.
"Their behavior at some points was completely unacceptable," Kuliak said. "During performances they would shout 'Glory to Ukraine!', or go out on the podium wrapped in the national flag while we were considered neutral athletes, and because of this we felt uncomfortable."
"Many different things happened," Kuliak went on. "But most of it all, it was frustrating because they asked for us to be removed from the [tournament] although we did nothing wrong to anyone.
"We came to perform, but in the end we didn't know until the very end whether we would be allowed to the finals or not."
Kuliak stressed that there was no personal aggression towards him at the event, but said that the Ukrainians' general behavior "greatly escalated the situation".
The FIG has also not contacted him yet amid announcing it would launch an ethics investigation, he confirmed. But from Kuliak, there are still no regrets for what he did.
"If there was a second chance and I would again have to choose whether to go out with the letter 'Z' on my chest or not, I would do exactly the same," he stated defiantly.
"I saw it with our military and looked at what this symbol means. It turned out [it means], 'for victory' and 'for peace'," Kuliak pointed out. "I didn't wish anything bad on anyone, I just showed [what] my position [was]. As an athlete, I will always fight for victory and stand for peace. Only [for that] and everything."
Kuliak confessed to suffering mild "jitters" in Doha given he was taking part in his first competition at adult level, but he reassured himself that he was worthy and capable on his way to a bronze medal finish.
"It's a shame that we no longer have the opportunity to continue to perform at international level. I hope everything gets better soon," he said, as per the ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes recommended by the International Olympic Committee (ICO).
"In the meantime, I am preparing for the Russian Championship, which will take place very soon – in three weeks," Kuliak revealed, though he declined to set any goals for the tournament.
"After all, the most important thing is to show everything that you can do," said the youngster, who thinks he performs best on uneven parallel bars where he found success in Doha.
As per increased media attention since his 'Z' tribute, Kuliak claims that it hasn't been too noteworthy or has caused him discomfort. "I try not to attach importance to what is happening around [me]. Everything is fine," he insisted.
(For those of you that don't know, Chelsea before Abramovitch had not won many trophies, and between 1971 and 1999, they won absolutely nothing, and were even , if I recall, relegated at one point.
Them Abramovitch came and bought them good players, and good coaches....
naptu2: This guy does not remember the "United Nations Chelsea".
Before the Bossman Era there were restrictions on the number of foreign players that a club could sign and field. The first revolution in Chelsea occurred at the beginning of the Bossman Era. That was when Chelsea began signing flashy foreign players and at a point they had so many foreign stars that they were nicknamed "The United Nations". Many Nigerians began supporting Chelsea at that time.
It all began when Glen Hoddle was manager of Chelsea (1993-1996). He signed Dutch superstar Ruud Gullit and other stars. Hoddle was made England manager after Euro '96 and Gullit became Chelsea coach. From then onward, in the mid and late 1990s up to the early 2000s, Chelsea signed a huge number of stars and they included:
Celestine Babayaro of Nigeria, Gianluca Vialli of Italy (he later became manager of the club), Gianfranco Zola (part of the Little and Large partnership), Ed de Goey (former Dutch number 1 keeper), Dennis Wise (of England), Pierre Luigi Casiraghi (unfortunately, this Italian superstar suffered long term injury after joining the club and he never played again), Gustavo Poyet of Uruguay, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink of Holland, French legend Marcel Desailly and so on and so forth.
Chelsea were one of the big three clubs in England at that time. The big three were Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea. They were usually in the top three in the league and they won the FA Cup a few times. They were regular campaigners in Europe.
In fact, I remember a crazy tie between Barcelona and Chelsea in the late 1990s. It was the Champions League quarter final or semi final. Chelsea beat Barcelona 3-1 in London and then Barcelona won 5-1 after extra time in Spain.
I can't remember if it was in that tie that Babayaro took one for the team. A striker was bearing down the Chelsea goal. Babayaro came from nowhere, hacked the player down, got up and immediately started walking off the field. He didn't even wait for the referee to show him the red card!
I know quite a lot of people that supported Chelsea during this era. That was the Ken Bates era.
bolabadmus38: I respect the legend. Though I was very young then but he made me interested in watching football matches live. Wow! Nigeria just list another legend in sports commentary especially football. Yes,I can also remember Ernest Okonkwo,who gave Segun Odegbami (mathematical) christian Chukwu (Chairman)..also late Akinloye Oyebanji,Hammered Adio,Walter Oyatogun,Yinka Craig,mainassara Ilo ,Model Sharafa-Yusuf( then Modele Osinaiki) who was the pioneer lady football analyst on NTA then ..... What a sweet memories. Then anytime any local team like shooting stars,Rangers,Abiola Babes,Leventis united if Ibadan was playing any international matches ,the National stadium would have filled up to capacity as 10:00 - 11.00 am in the morning. The NTA will be covering all live activities at the National stadium announcing that people may not bother to come to the Stadium again because it was already filled up NEPA was very effective then. The economy was good. But nowadays,I can even remember more than two names of our premier league team. Up NIGERIA. GOOD PEOPLE. GOOD NATION.
Back then they used to show the stadium on the 12 o'clock news and it would already be full. That's for a match that would start by 4pm!
[quote author=naptu2 post=96575387]It's actually business. That's all it is, crazy business.
A phenomenom swept YouTube in the late 2000s. A lot of young people in America discovered that they could make a lot of money by shooting pranks and uploading them to their YouTube channels. These prank videos gained millions of views and since YouTube paid advertising revenue to people that had lots of views, these people made a lot of money.
Many of these pranks were extremely dangerous and reckless. Some of these pranksters were actually arrested by the police. One of the most notorious pranksters was a guy called Charles Ross. He was arrested many times and repeatedly ordered by judges to stop creating prank videos on YouTube.
What this person did is one of the most famous pranks of that era. The prankster would fill a clean bottle of bleach or cleaning fluid with water or soft drink and then go to a public place to drink it while filming the reaction of people around the area.
Some other famous pranks include:
Pretending to shoot people.
Pretending to be a prisoner
Pretebding to be a ghost, spirit, zombie or some other scary character
Dressing up dogs to look like lions or tigers.
Pranking people in drive throughs.
Etc.
YouTube recently took action against some of the pranksters by making it difficult for them to make money from their dangerous videos.
The pranking wave has now hit Nigeria. Nigerians are increasingly making these prank videos and a person that goes by the name Crackhead Extra has recently become famous by posting videos that show her going to crowded markets and bus stops and shouting the lyrics of famous songs while acting like a mad person.
This guy was one of the most famous pranksters at the peak of the pranking wave in 2010. His name is Garrett Garcia and the name of his channel is Overboard Humour. He made a lot of money from YouTube back then, but he wasted a lot of it and he was badly hit by the YouTube crackdown (his girlfriend also left him). He is now broke and homeless.
Garrett did the prank in this 2011 video. He went to a supermarket, bought cleaning fluid, switched it with another bottle that he brought from home and then pretended to be drinking the cleaning fluid. (He had already planted the bottle and the camera at that spot before calling the store attendant).
But not the face because he was a sports correspondent but never appeared on Tv like Modele-Oshinaike ( Now Sharafa-Yusuff) or Akinloye Oyebanji..
Good ole days of NTA
Good ole Nigeria..
Rest on, soldier!
He appeared on TV and presented a few shows, but by that time he was already in a senior position, so he didn't appear as frequently as Modele or Akinloye (he was their boss). He was already head of sports at NTA by that time.
Beremx: The Fabio guy was cool in commenting. Akinloye Oyebanji’s football commentary can give someone high blood pressure especially when you listen on radio.
I felt really sorry for Akinloye Oyebanji after the final of Canada '87. The man's eyes were red when they went back to the studio after Nigeria lost. He looked like he had been crying.
akins33: NTA aired it...i remember the commentator on Tv telling Nigeria to read some scripts from the bible to equalise.
It was when Luis Figo of Portugal beat us 2-0 in the finals,Raskimono released that song.
Even FIFA U 20 1985,THAT we won,NTA aired it.
Fabio,was a great commentary analyst
NTA showed it at 10pm in the night. The commentator that talked about the bible was the great Ernest Okonkwo on Radio Nigeria. He spoke about Prophet Elijah and the Prophets of Baal (Samuel Elijah scored our last penalty, that's why he brought it up). Radio Nigeria broadcast it live, but NTA broadcast it at 10 o'clock in the night (I posted a clip of the NTA's coverage).
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