₦airaland Forum

PRESS RELEASE
19TH OCTOBER, 2021

ENDSARS ANNIVERSARY: NO STREET PROTESTS IN LAGOS

Attention of the Lagos State Police Command has been drawn to a post being circulated on the social media insinuating that the police in Lagos have agreed to allow street protests in commemoration of the one year EndSARS anniversary on 20th October, 2021.

On the contrary, the police will only allow an indoor and virtual event in commemoration of the EndSARS anniversary and will provide adequate security at the venue (s) if known. This is in recognition of rights of every Nigerian to express his or her interest.

We wish we could permit such street protests. However, intelligence at our disposal has revealed plans by some faceless groups or individuals to stage an anti-EndSARS anniversary protest in the state same day.

In view of the conflicting interest between the pro and anti- EndSARS anniversary groups and threat to cause mayhem, the Command once again warns both groups against any form of street protest between now and 20th October, 2021 and beyond.

It is acknowledged that citizens have the right to peaceful protests. However, in this instance having carried out a critical security assessment and intelligence report at the disposal of the Lagos Command in respect of the planned protests and attendant implications on public safety, the Command considers it inappropriate to allow such protests to hold. It will not stand aloof and allow breakdown of law and order which the protests may cause.

To avoid a recurrence of the gory protests of last year during which some innocent Nigerians including police officers were gruesomely murdered, private and public property plundered and maliciously destroyed, the police will not abdicate their responsibilities of protection of lives and property by allowing such avoidable incident happen again in the state.

Therefore, in the interest of security and public safety, the Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, wishes to warn the organisers of the protests that the police will deploy all legitimate means to stop or neutralise the planned protests.

Parents, guardians are admonished to warn their children against participating in the protests. Similarly, youths and other individuals or groups planning to take part in the protests are further warned in their own interest to shelve the plan.

SIGNED:
CSP ADEKUNLE AJISEBUTU(ANIPR),
POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
LAGOS STATE COMMAND

2022 Women’s AfconQ: 22 Black Queens Invited For Nigeria Games; Elizabeth Addo Dropped

By Talk Sports Ghana. Published 1 day ago

Mercy Tagoe has named a 22-member Black Queens squad for their 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations first round qualifying doubleheader against Nigeria.

Captain of the team Elizabeth Addo has been dropped again from the team after serving what looks like a suspension over a tweet.

In the said tweet, she was demanding friendly games for the doubleheader qualifying games against the Super Falcons.

She was also dropped from the squad that played at the Aisha Buhari Cup in September.

Tagoe has invited four foreign-based players for the games later this month.

Israel-based defender Blessing Shine Agbomadzi has made a return to the squad.

Sweden-based Portia Boakye and Spain-based duo of Princella Adubea and Grace Asantewaa are the others.

Ghana will travel to Nigeria for the first leg game against the Super Falcons on October 20 and play the return fixture at the Accra Sports Stadium four days later.

The winner over the two ties will progress to the playoffs stage and face the winner of either Niger or Ivory Coast.

Full squad

Goalkeepers

Fafali Dumehasi – Police Ladies

Victoria Antwi-Adjei – Kumasi Sports Academy

Mary Neequaye- Immigrations Ladies

Defenders

Gladys Amfobea – Ladystrikers

Ellen Coleman – Ladystrikers

Nina Norshie – Berry Ladies

Janet Egyir – Hasaacas Ladies

Blessing Agomadzi – Hapoel Beer Sheva

Justice Tweneboa – Ampem Darkoa Ladies

Philicity Asuako- Police Ladies

Midfielders

Naomi Anima – Kumasi Sports Academy

Monica Addai – Berry Ladies

Grace Animah – Police Ladies

Grace Acheampong – Ampem Darkoa Ladies

Grace Adams – Berry Ladies

Grace Asantewaa – Real Betis Feminas

Portia Boakye – Dujarden IF

Attackers

Sophia Agyarkwa – Soccer Intellectuals

Vivian Adjei Konadu – Thunder Queens

Elizabeth Owusu – Ampem Darkoa Ladies

Sonia Opoku – Ampem Darkoa Ladies

Princella Adubea – Racing Feminas

Technical Advisory Group to focus on growth and advancement of women’s football

18 Oct 2021

Competitive balance, increased opportunities for underserved nations, a FIFA Women’s Club World Cup, increased visibility and participation, FIFA international windows, prize money and the possibility of staging a biennial FIFA Women’s World Cup are some of topics included in the discussions held by the FIFA Technical Advisory Group (TAG) led by Jill Ellis.

As part of a wider comprehensive consultation process, FIFA is also meeting with other women’s football stakeholders including the member associations, confederations, clubs, leagues and teams.

The TAG, which comprises players, coaches, referees, administrators, sports scientists and executives, features representation from each of the six continental confederations, held its second meeting on Friday 15 October.

“I’m honored to be chosen by FIFA to lead this project,” said Jill Ellis, who is heading the FIFA Technical Advisory Group for women’s football. “The growth of women’s football is a key objective for FIFA. Like any initiative, the first step is to gather all of the information and start to make next steps for how this advisory group can be impactful for tangible change for the growth and advancement of the women’s game.”

“It’s time for women’s football to definitely assume the importance it has at all levels and create its own path of growth and advancement, notwithstanding the obviously necessary coordination with the men’s game namely to avoid calendar overlaps.

Ellis highlighted that, “We will take the information gathered from the Technical Advisory Group and a wider consultation group to take informed ideas to a broader audience”.

Jill Ellis, a former FIFA World Women's Coach of the Year recipient, is the current President of the San Diego NWSL club set to begin play in 2022 and she is the only two-time FIFA Women's World Cup winning manager.

List of women’s TAG participants


Deyna Castellanos (VEN) - Current player
Desiree Ellis (RSA) - National team coach
Laura Georges (FRA) – Administrator / former player
Emma Hayes (ENG) - Club coach
Lindsey Horan (USA) - Current player
Karina LeBlanc (CAN) - Former player
Kristine Lilly (USA) - Former player
Alex Morgan (USA) - Current player
Doreen Nabwire (KEN) - Administrator
Asisat Oshoala (NGA) - Current player
Mark Parsons (ENG) - Club coach
Ricardo Rambo (BRA) - National team coach
Wendie Renard (FRA) - Current player
Ali Riley (NZL) - Current player
Lotta Schelin (SWE) - Former player
Dawn Scott (ENG) - Sports scientist
Kelly Smith (ENG) - Former player
Bibiana Steinhaus-Webb (GER) - Referee
Pia Sundhage (SWE) - National team coach
Jorge Vilda (ESP) - National team coach
Sun Wen (CHN) - Former player

Full profiles and biographies of the women’s Technical Advisory Group (TAG) are available at the following link

Redcrafton:
We have seen many people, even the educated, laugh, joke about size of a state or region compared to other states in Nigeria.

We have all seen that size of a state, region or country has absolutely nothing to do with the wealth, well being of the people of the area.

Though Kaduna is larger than the SE, but what has that got to do with the economy of the area in real terms?

Lagos is smaller than SE, but it has more wealth than SE region and the big Kaduna state.

Also Lagos as small as it is, has a population more than Kaduna state.

SE as small as it is has more than 50% of diaspora remittance of about $20 billion per year, greater than all 19 northern states put together, with their massive size.

So what has land size really got to do with it...

Mocking and joking with land size is at best...childish.

naptu2:
Spin.

Someone might make an important pronouncement, but a journalist might believe that the pronouncement was not sensational enough, or he might not like the person making the pronouncement, so he'll tweak a few words here and there, or select a headline that focuses on a minor thing that was said, and boom, he has completely altered the public's possible reaction to the pronouncement.


El-Rufai said that Kaduna state was bigger than the entire south-east, but you need to understand the context in which he made that comment. The important thing that he was saying is that the territory of Kaduna is too big for that number of policemen to effectively police. He didn't say that Kaduna was better or worse than the south-east and his pronouncement should not be a cause for stupid bragging and arguments.

These kind of comparisons are done all the time. For example, many international news outlets always say that Boko Haram once controlled an area of Borno that was bigger than Belgium. It has never been taken to mean that Borno is better than Belgium, so why the controversy over El-Rufai's remarks?

naptu2:
Oops! I was going to post this link as an example. Notice their reference to the size of Borno and Belgium https://www.cfr.org/blog/borno-state-increasingly-isolated-boko-haram-threatens-roads