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AgentGoat:
what's the issue with this merchant navy stuff @naptu2

Ishilove:
Na these ones go enter bus and no go gree pay.

Oops! Sorry, I missed this.

(I think the death of the NNSL is one of the reasons for this controversy).


A merchant navy basically consists of a country's commercial fleet. This was the way that I understood it when I was a kid; Nigeria's military air service was the Nigerian Air Force and its civilian air service was the Nigeria Airways, while its military maritime service was the Nigerian Navy and its civilian maritime service was the Nigerian National Shipping Line.

A merchant navy consists of cruise ships, cargo ships, fishing trawlers and other such large civilian commercial ships. They can be utilised by the government during war or national emergency, for example, the British Merchant Navy was used to evacuate allied soldiers from Dunkirk during World War 2 and ships of the Nigerian National Shipping Line (NNSL) were used to transport soldiers to the Niger Delta during the Nigerian Civil War.

Cause of the controversy

The Nigerian National Shipping Line was an important source of training and structure for the Nigerian Merchant Navy, but the company was liquidated in 1995. The controversy between the Nigerian Navy and the Nigerian Merchant Navy then began in the early 2000s, after the transition to civil rule.

Although every country has a merchant navy, there is no single recognised body in Nigeria known as the Nigerian Merchant Navy. There is no law that sets up an organisation known as the Nigerian Merchant Navy. Furthermore, although civilian seafarers (just like civilian aircraft crew) wear uniforms and have ranks, there is no civilian non-governmental organisation that is authorised to bear arms. There is a government owned and recognised training institution for civilian seafarers, but it is called The Maritime Academy of Nigeria (not the Merchant Navy Academy).

However, some people have created organisations called The Nigerian Merchant Navy. They wear uniforms and organise training camps and also allege that they have the backing of government. The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) investigated these claims in the early 2000s and said that there is no law establishing such organisations and that they do not have the backing of government. The Nigerian Navy said that the people in those organisations were impersonating naval officers. In fact there were several clashes between those organisations and the Navy and some members of the organisations were arrested by naval personnel.

Since then the organisations have insisted that they are legitimate and are recognised by the government, but the police and the navy regularly arrest their members for impersonating naval officers and running an illegal organisation. The organisations claimed that they were approved by Presidents Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan and Buhari, but there is no evidence of such approval. A bill to establish the Nigerian Merchant Navy was introduced into the House of Representatives, but it was never passed (the Nigerian Navy opposed the bill) and the police and Navy continue to arrest members of the organisations and to destroy their camps.

Here is the website of one of the organisations. https://nigerianmerchantnavy.com/

The women's positional awards was dominated by Barcelona and PSG. I guess it's because of Barca's performance last season.

Barcelona Femeni only lost one game last season and that loss was due to poor administration. It wasn't due to any error by the team.

A lot of Barcelona's matches were postponed due to Covid-19 outbreaks in their opponents' camps. These matches were then piled on near the end of the season. Barca was playing like 4 games a week. To make matters worse, Barca won the Copa de la Reina final in Madrid, then had to travel back to Barcelona to play their biggest rival, Atletico Madrid 2 days later. There was a snow storm, so the Madrid Airport was closed, but the Spanish Federation refused to postpone the game. Barca had to travel by bus to the nearest open airport and then fly back home. The result was that the players were tired and Atletico won the game 3-4. That was their only defeat throughout the whole of last season. They won the treble of the Champions League, the Liga Iberdrola and the Copa de la Reina.


The only none Barca player on the list is Christiane Endler, the PSG goalkeeper, while Irene Paredes was the PSG captain, but she moved to Barcelona last summer.


Goalkeeper: Endler

Defender: Paredes

Midfielder: Putellas

Forward: Oshoala

Next should be Noel and Liam Gallagher.

Sunisonflex39:
I disagree. She should be in the top 5

pellummy:
The babe suppose dey first 3

That babe nah goal machine

It might be because Arsenal didn't play in the Champions League last season. Miedema is the only person in the top 20 who didn't play in the Champions League last season.

pellummy:
Where is arsenal female no 11, medi

Sunisonflex39:
Biased list..

Were is meidema of Arsenal women's team..

At number 9.

Kings of their positions.

Goalkeeper: Donnarumma

Defender: Hakimi

Midfielder: Kante

Forward: Messi.


Queens of their positions.

Goalkeeper: Endler

Defender: Paredes

Midfielder: Putellas

Forward: Oshoala

Women's list

1) Alexia Putellas - Midfielder, Barcelona and Spain

2) Irene Paredes - Defender, Barcelona and Spain

3) Asisat Oshoala - Forward, Barcelona and Nigeria

4) Lieke Martens - Forward, Barcelona and the Netherlands

5) Sydney Lohmann - Midfielder, Bayern Munich and Germany

6) Caroline Graham Hansen - Forward, Barcelona and Norway

7) Mapi Leon - Defender, Barcelona and Spain

8 ) Kosovare Asllani - Midfielder, Real Madrid and Sweden

9) Vivianne Miedema - Forward, Arsenal and the Netherlands

10) Lina Magull - Midfielder, Bayern Munich and Germany

11) Pernille Harder - Forward, Chelsea and Denmark

12) Ingrid Engen - Midfielder, Barcelona and Norway

13) Fran Kirby - Forward, Chelsea and England/Team GB

14) Jennifer Hermoso - Forward, Barcelona and Spain

15) Linda Dallmann - Midfielder, Bayern Munich and Germany

16) Patri Guijarro - Midfielder, Barcelona and Spain

17) Aitana Bonmati - Midfielder, Barcelona and Spain

18) Ji So-yun - Midfielder, Chelsea and South Korea

19) Ashley Lawrence - Defender, PSG and Canada

20) Magdalena Eriksson - Defender, Chelsea and Sweden

21) Sam Kerr - Forward, Chelsea and Australia

22) Mariona Caldentey - Forward, Barcelona and Spain

23) Saki Kumagai - Defender, Bayern Munich and Japan

24) Marie-Antoinette Katoto - Forward, PSG and France

25) Esther Gonzalez - Forward, Real Madrid and Spain

26) Hanna Glas - Defender, Bayern Munich and Sweden

27) Khadija Shaw - Forward, Manchester City and Jamaica

28) Svenja Huth - Forward, Wolfsburg and Germany

29) Christen Press - Forward, Angel City and USA

30) Cristiana Girelli - Forward, Juventus and Italy

31) Caitlin Foord - Forward, Arsenal and Australia

32) Christiane Endler - Goalkeeper, Lyon and Chile

33) Lucy Bronze - Defender, Manchester City and England/Team GB

34) Lynn Williams - Forward, North Carolina Courage and USA

35) Wendie Renard - Defender, Lyon and France

36) Debinha - Forward, North Carolina Courage and Brazil

37) Ellie Carpenter - Defender, Lyon and Australia

38) Kadidiatou Diani - Forward, PSG and France

39) Caroline Seger - Midfielder, Rosengard and Sweden

40) Becky Sauerbrunn - Defender, Portland Thorns and USA

41) Grace Geyoro - Midfielder, PSG and France

42) Dzsenifer Marozsan - Midfielder, OL Reign and Germany

43) Sam Mewis - Midfielder, North Carolina Courage and USA

44) Eugenie Le Sommer - Forward, OL Reign and France

45) Vanessa Gilles - Defender, Bordeaux and Canada

46) Crystal Dunn - Midfielder, Portland Thorns and USA

47) Kadeisha Buchanan - Defender, Lyon and Canada

48) Sandy Baltimore - Forward, PSG and France

49) Stina Blackstenius - Forward, BK Hacken and Sweden

50) Nicole Billa - Forward, Hoffenheim and Austria

Men's list

1) Lionel Messi - Forward, PSG and Argentina

2) Cristiano Ronaldo - Forward, Manchester United and Portugal

3) Robert Lewandowski - Forward, Bayern Munich and Poland

4) Mohamed Salah - Forward, Liverpool and Egypt

5) Kylian Mbappe - Forward, PSG and France

6) Erling Haaland - Forward, Borussia Dortmund and Norway

7) Karim Benzema - Forward, Real Madrid and France

8 ) N’Golo Kante - Midfielder, Chelsea and France

9) Kevin De Bruyne - Midfielder, Manchester City and Belgium

10) Neymar - Forward, PSG and Brazil

11) Luis Suarez - Forward, Atletico Madrid and Uruguay

12) Romelu Lukaku - Forward, Chelsea and Belgium

13) Angel Di Maria - Midfielder, PSG and Argentina

14) Bruno Fernandes - Midfielder, Manchester United and Portugal

15) Joshua Kimmich - Midfielder, Bayern Munich and Germany

16) Paul Pogba - Midfielder, Manchester United and France

17) Son Heung-min - Forward, Tottenham and South Korea

18) Harry Kane - Forward, Tottenham and England

19) Gianluigi Donnarumma - Goalkeeper, PSG and Italy

20) Edouard Mendy - Goalkeeper, Chelsea and Senegal

21) Achraf Hakimi - Defender, PSG and Morocco

22) Jorginho - Midfielder, Chelsea and Italy

23) Phil Foden - Midfielder, Manchester City and England

24) Jan Oblak - Goalkeeper, Atletico Madrid and Slovenia

25) Federico Chiesa - Forward, Juventus and Italy

26) Pedri - Midfielder, Barcelona and Spain

27) Lautaro Martinez - Forward, Inter and Argentina

28) Riyad Mahrez - Forward, Manchester City and Algeria

29) Ruben Dias - Defender, Manchester City and Portugal

30) Giorgio Chiellini - Defender, Juventus and Italy

31) Mason Mount - Midfielder, Chelsea and England

32) Kai Havertz - Forward, Chelsea and Germany

33) Memphis Depay - Forward, Barcelona and Netherlands

34) Leonardo Bonucci - Defender, Juventus and Italy

35) Keylor Navas - Goalkeeper, PSG and Costa Rica

36) Raheem Sterling - Forward, Manchester City and England

37) Ilkay Gundogan - Midfielder, Manchester City and Germany

38) Lorenzo Insigne - Forward, Napoli and Italy

39) Jack Grealish - Midfielder, Manchester City and England

40) Emiliano Martinez - Goalkeeper, Aston Villa and Argentina

41) Dani Alves - Defender, Brazil

42) Christian Pulisic - Midfielder, Chelsea and USA

43) Luke Shaw - Defender, Manchester United and England

44) Koke - Midfielder, Atletico Madrid and Spain

45) Nicolo Barella - Midfielder, Inter and Italy

46) Gerard Moreno - Forward, Villarreal and Spain

47) Hulk - Forward, Atletico Mineiro and Brazil

48) Burak Yilmaz - Forward, Lille and Turkey

49) Mohamed Sherif - Forward, Al Ahly and Egypt

50) Takefusa Kubo - Forward, Real Madrid (on loan at Real Mallorca) and Japan

D'Tigress of Nigeria and Landerneau Basketball Club of France point guard, Ezinne Kalu will be out of action for 6 months due to an injury.


Official Page of Ezinne Kalu @_the9jaqueen

Tore my PCL/MCL in a game on October 30th, I will be getting surgery this coming Thursday! I will return back to the court in 6 months maybe sooner! Please everyone pray for a successful procedure. Thank you.

https://mobile.twitter.com/_the9jaqueen/status/1460678106931474436