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 Sports › Re: How Many Of These Nigerian Sports Stars Do You Know? by naptu2(op): 7:08am On Dec 27, 2020*. Modified: 8:36am On Dec 27, 2020 |
Sporting Families.
Ndubuisi Okosieme played for the Super Eagles in the 1980s and his sister, Nkiru Okosieme played for the Super Falcons in the 1990s.
Paul Hamilton played for the Red Devils/Green Eagles in the 1960s and early 1970s and his son, Priye Hamilton represented Nigeria in tennis in the 1990s.
Joshua Majekodunmi represented Nigeria in track and field athletics in the 1950s and '60s and his daughter, Olawunmi Majekodunmi was a table tennis superstar in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Walter Obianwu was a Nigerian tennis star in the 1950s and his children, Martin, Nwando, Chike and Emeka represented Nigeria in tennis in the early 1980s (they always won the family tennis tournament at the Ikoyi Club in the early 1980s).
Katya and Tanya Okpala are sisters and they both represented Nigeria in tennis in the 1990s.
Segun and Wole Odegbami are brothers and they both played for the Green Eagles in the 1980s
Emmanuel and Patrick Okala are brothers and they both played for the Green Eagles in the 1970s and '80s.
Omolade and Omotayo Akinremi are twins and they both represented Nigeria in track and field athletics in the 1990s.
Davidson and Osmond Ezinwa are twins and they both represented Nigeria in track and field athletics in the 1980s and 1990s.
Celestine and Emmanuel Babayaro are brothers and they both represented Nigeria in football in the 1990s.
Nwankwo and Christopher Kanu are brothers. Nwankwo Kanu played for the Super Eagles in the 1990s and 2000s, while Christopher Kanu played for the Super Eagles in the late 1990s.
Alloysius, Andrew and Nicholas Atuegbu are brothers and they played for the Green Eagles in the 1980s. |
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| Christianity Etc › Re: Christians And Muslims Celebrate Christmas Together In Kaduna (Photo) by naptu2(op): 5:46am On Dec 26, 2020 |
Mavrick2012:
Kai, you guys ehn,the way you generalise and create wrong impression ehn.
Look at the way op recklessly applied the word "kaduna", you will think it's all over the place.
I was born, brought up and am still living in kaduna.
90% of kaduna Muslims consider it Haram to celebrate Christmas,uptil yesterday Christmas.
Even the remaining 10% that celebrate Christmas are Yoruba, igala and other none hausa Muslims.
Op,the fact that some 20 people,or so, celebrate Christmas in one corner of kaduna doesn't make it "kaduna".lol Kai! Good education is important! OK, It's not Kaduna, it's Pluto. Are you happy now? |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Christians And Muslims Celebrate Christmas Together In Kaduna (Photo) by naptu2(op): 2:44am On Dec 26, 2020 |
When Muslims outnumbered Christians at Christmas service in a Kaduna church
ON DECEMBER 25, 2020. 9:55 PM IN NEWS
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo
The General Overseer of Christ’s Evangelical and Life Intervention Church, Kaduna, Pastor Yohanna Buru, has said that Muslims in large number which included women, children, youth and Islamic scholars were in a southern Kaduna church to felicitate with their Christian friends and relatives during the Christmas festivities
The cleric said that every year, Muslims from various states in the North do come to the church and celebrate Christmas with them.
“Even this year, despite the outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic and economic recession, Muslims in large number visited the church and joined us during the Christmas service to foster peace and unity,” he said.
Buru said this year’s Christmas sermon was focused on religious tolerance, forgiveness, better understanding, peace, love and unity among Nigerians, and the need for both Muslim and Christian clerics to be more committed through prayers for the nation, for peace, stability and the progress of the country;
Muslims scholars, traditional title holders, peace ambassadors, stakeholders on peacebuilding from Katsina, Kano, Sokoto, Zamfara, Zaria, Jos and others from local Government areas in Kaduna state, attended the service.
He said the Muslims that attended the church service were from all the groups of Muslims which include Sunnih, Darikar- Tijjaniyya and Muslim Shiites.
“They ate and drank with us, also we prayed for the country together, donated their offering during the servce like every other Christian that attended the morning service did,” he said.
He said the church really appreciated the presence of “our Muslim brethren and sistren that came in large number from various places to join us in celebrating Christmas.”
According to him, “last year, the number of Muslims tripled the Christians, and even this year, the number increased.”
“We are happy seeing our brothers and sisters joining us in today’s Christmas service, and this shows clearly that peace and unity are gradually coming back to the region after series of set back as a result of ethnoreligious, political killing that brought so many backwardnesses to the entire 19 northern states of the region,” he said.
“We must join hands together and pray to Almighty God to bring an end to corruption, banditry, terrorism, robbery, kidnapping and unnecessary killing of human beings in the region.”
“Our education, agriculture, health, and economy are facing a serious threat due to insecurity and other challenges bedevilling peace, stability in the entire region.”
“Until our leaders from the entire region including former heads of state/and various religious leaders and traditional title holders with scholars from various tertiary institutes come together and find out ways and solution to the current situation, that’s when the region would regain its lost integrity.”
In his remarks, a traditional title holder from Kurmin Mashi in Kaduna state, Mallam Rabo Abdullahi, said “we must be grateful to Almighty God for giving us the opportunity to be here today for Christmas celebration.
He called on Muslims and Christians to be peace ambassadors in order to promote peace and stability in the country.
While wishing everyone safe journey back home, he called on Muslims and Christians to pray for the Nigerian Army on peace mission all over the world. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/12/when-muslims-outnumbered-christians-at-christmas-service-in-a-kaduna-church/amp/
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| Christianity Etc › Christians And Muslims Celebrate Christmas Together In Kaduna (Photo) by naptu2(op): 2:27am On Dec 26, 2020 |
Uncle Deji @DejiAdesogan RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE
Muslims in large numbers today attended #Christmas2020 service with members of the Christ & Life Evangelical Intervention Ministry in #Kaduna. Immediately after the service they were hosted to a feast. I believe United Nigeria isn’t an impossible task. https://twitter.com/DejiAdesogan/status/1342539928673071113
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| Sports › Re: How Many Of These Nigerian Sports Stars Do You Know? by naptu2(op): 3:25pm On Dec 24, 2020 |
I've just remembered something very interesting about that list. There are two instances where we have a father and child combination, but the child became famous in a different sport from the one that made the father famous.
In fact, I knew both the father and son in one of those combinations. The father was a superstar player in the 1960s and became a famous coach in the 1980s, while the son was famous in a different sport in the 1990s. The funny thing for me was that the son hated his father's sport and I often teased him with it.
They are both deceased now. May their souls rest in peace. |
| Sports › Re: How Many Of These Nigerian Sports Stars Do You Know? by naptu2(op): 3:09pm On Dec 24, 2020 |
bluefilm:
I know only of Etim Esin.
But not because of anything that has to do with football.
He is said to be a Hardcore Rapist.
Is that true? naptu2:
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Etim Esin
I consider Etim Esin, Jay Jay Okocha and Tarila Okorowanta to be the three most skilful Nigerian players ever. Etim Esin is short and stocky and he has a low centre of gravity that enables him to maintain his balance while performing his crazy tricks on the football field.
However, unfortunately, Etim Esin was also one of the most undisciplined players in the Nigerian national team.
Esin played for Flash Flamingos of Benin and he was their highest goal scorer. He put up a good performance when Flash Flamingos played against Iwuanyanwu Nationale (he scored two goals) and lots of teams wanted to sign him. The two millionaire clubs, Abiola Babes and Leventis United approached him and made lots of promises, but Iwuanyanwu Nationale gave him a Peugeot 505 Evolution and he joined Iwuanyanwu. He had a 505 Evolution at the age of 18! (He later bought a BMW 3 Series).
The Belgian club Genk came to Nigeria on a playing tour and they played against the Flying Eagles. Etim Esin scored three goals for the Flying Eagles in that game and Genk were so impressed by his performance that they signed him up. Etim Esin had become one of the “professionals”. The Nigerian media also nicknamed him the “Nigerian Maradonna”.
All this attention got to Etim’s head. He escaped from camp the night before Nigeria was to play a major game and went to a nightclub. Armed robbers attacked him in Surulere on his way back to camp, shot him in the thigh and stole his BMW.
Etim Esin played for Nigerian in several Nations Cup and World Cup qualifiers, but he never played for the Super Eagles in any major competition partly because he didn’t get on well with the coaches. He played for the Flying Eagles at the 1987 World Youth Championship in Chile, but the team crashed out of the competition at the group stage (despite the fact that we had one of our best teams ever) because the players did not get along with each other. Etim Esin has admitted that his teammates at Chile ’87 did not like him. He said that he feels that his presence was a distraction and that it affected the team.
He did very well at Lokeren in Belgium and scored a lot of goals for them, but his time in Belgium came to an abrupt end when he was accused of raping a girl. Many Nigerians immediately believed the accusation because of Esin’s past behavioural problems, but Esin insisted that he was innocent.
Etim Esin said that the girl that he was accused of raping was his girlfriend. He said that he didn’t have any problems with her, but problems arose when her father found out that they were dating. He said that her father did not want her to date a black man and he did everything possible to separate them. He also said that he thought that his girlfriend’s father was sleeping with her. He said that he did not know that the girl was 16 because she looked like she was 20 years old.
Anyway, Etim Esin was accused of raping the girl and he was detained by the police. The Nigerian authorities were concerned about Etim Esin’s situation. Admiral Aikhomu asked Clemens Wseterhof to assist in the matter (Westerhof is from the Netherlands and the Netherlands and Belgium are members of the BeNeLux group). Aikhomu gave Westerhof $10,000 to take care of the issue. Chief MKO Abiola spent $50,000 to ensure that Etim Esin had a lawyer and he was eventually cleared of all charges and released. He said that he saw Chief Abiola as his mentor and that he was very grateful to Chief Abiola for what he did for him.
Etim Esin is now a motivational speaker and he goes to schools and football academies to advise the kids so that they don’t make the kind of mistakes that he made.
https://naijachronicles./2018/07/28/why-mko-abiola-won-the-1993-election-part-3/ |
| Sports › Re: How Many Of These Nigerian Sports Stars Do You Know? by naptu2(op): 3:04pm On Dec 24, 2020 |
DeRay98:
From the footballers list, apart from the first 5 who played before 1976, i watched the rest play for local clubs and Green Eagles cum Super Eagles...
That is missing Emmanuel and Patrick Okala, Victor Oduah ( the first Green Eagles Captain to life a continental Trophy for Nigeria at the 1973 All African Games, all the first Capt of Bendel Insurance of Benin to lift the most coveted trophy in Nigeria, the Challenge Cup in 1972).
I didn't Chibuzor Ehilegbu, David Ngodigha... Ngodigha is after Humphrey Edobor on the list and the Okala brothers are after Christian Chukwu. I watched most of them play and I knew some of the ones that played in the '50s and '60s as my uncles. |
| Sports › Re: How Many Of These Nigerian Sports Stars Do You Know? by naptu2(op): 10:01am On Dec 24, 2020 |
obiekunie2:
sorry sir i dont get this part.
Is the pic that of Tafawa Balewa??
Are you saying he was once a professional golfer?? No. They are two separate people. The post is about foreigners who had great difficulty pronouncing Nigerian names and I used two examples. The first example is of the most famous Nigerian golfer while the second example is about Tafawa Balewa. |
| Politics › Re: Anthony Adefuye: Obasanjo Is An Igbo Man From Anambra State by naptu2: 9:05am On Dec 24, 2020 |
MyVILLAGEpeople:
But is Obasanjo truly an Igbo man sir ??. Asking because you are very vast in history. This story was started in 2006 or 2007 by Obasanjo's enemies who wanted to mock him. There is no truth to the story. The fact that two people look alike does not necessarily mean that they are relatives. President Obasanjo also debunked the story during a book launch in 2010. However, his enemies continue to use it to mock him. naptu2:
That issue has been flogged, overflogged and reflogged on Nairaland. If I remember correctly, it goes all the way back to 2007. I don't see what it achieves and why people keep going back to it. |
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| Sports › Re: How Many Of These Nigerian Sports Stars Do You Know? by naptu2(op): 8:41am On Dec 24, 2020 |
itsene:
Indeed!
Plus
Amaechina, Anieke, Olumodeji, Azinge, Oshode , Ezeani, Emetiole, Abana, Rigogo, Opone, Ogboe, Egborge, Eguavoen, Agbonifo, Aghahowa etc.
Kola Abdulahi, Jaiye Abidoye, Peter Okodogbe ,David Ejoke ,Charlton Ehizuluen, Bruce Ijirigho etc.
Tunde Santos, Boladeq Elemo, Mukaila Lawal etc
And many more... Caterpillar! |
| Politics › Re: Anthony Adefuye: Obasanjo Is An Igbo Man From Anambra State by naptu2: 7:51am On Dec 24, 2020 |
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| Sports › Re: How Many Of These Nigerian Sports Stars Do You Know? by naptu2(op): 7:13am On Dec 24, 2020 |
It's good to see that we have good young players that can replace them. There was a time that I was afraid that we would lose our crown as the best table tennis playing country in Africa because I couldn't see enough young players coming through. I'm glad to see that I was wrong. I wrote this back then. naptu2:
Nigeria has dominated the table tennis scene in Africa for a very long time, but I fear that we are about to totally lose our crown and what happened in athletics after the year 2000 is about to happen in table tennis.
We currently have Aruna Quadri, who was declared the star of 2014 by the International Table Tennis Federation, but we have nobody else challenging him. In the past, when we had the great Atanda Musa, there was also a Yomi Bankole to keep him on his toes. When we had Sule Olaleye, there was also a Segun Toriola, but now, all we have is Aruna Quadri.
This is a far cry from the past when there were all Nigeria finals at the African Championships and All Africa Games and we won several Commonwealth titles (Atanda Musa and Segun Toriola).
It's worse in the women's section. Cecilia Effiong is good, but I do not think that she is nearly as good as the Funke Oshonaike, Bose Kaffo, Kuburat Owolabi, Kehinde Okenla and Olawunmi Majekodunmi that we had in the past. And there's no one else besides her.
The Asoju Oba of Lagos, Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas played a massive role in the development of table tennis in Nigeria. The Asoju Oba table tennis championships, which was created and funded by Chief Okoya-Thomas, was the biggest table tennis tournament in Nigeria. All the big names in table tennis in Nigeria played at the tournament. The prize money was mouth watering and Atanda Musa famously beat Yomi Bankole in the 1984 edition to win a Peugeot 504 (Chief Okoya-Thomas always had close links with french companies. Hewas the chairman of CFAO Nigeria, which had a division [CFAO Motors] that sold Peugeot cars. He was also awarded the highest national honour by the french president). Old Man collaborated with Chief Okoya-Thomas on the Asoju Oba competition (I still have a picture of both of them, that was taken at one of the tournaments, but I'm not sure what year), which probably explains why he was at Old Man's funeral. Chief Okoya-Thomas ran that competition for almost 40 years.
Chief Okoya Thomas was also heavily involved in tennis. He sponsored the Lord Rumens Tennis Classics after the death of Lord Rumens, was the vice chairman of the LLTC and was involved in bringing Venus and Serena Williams to Nigeria in 2012.
Unfortunately Chief Okoya-Thomas died in 2015. The Lagos State Government has promised to continue funding the Asoju Oba tournament, but I don't think that will last. I expect that the tournament will also die very soon.
Another person that greatly developed the game in Nigeria is Babatunde Obisanya. This former national team player became the greatest coach Nigeria has ever had and he coached great stars like Atanda Musa, Kasali Lasisi, Ayo Bankole, Segun Toriola, etc.
List of African table tennis champions.
2006
MEN
TORIOLA Segun NGR (champion)
WOMEN
2004
MEN
TORIOLA Segun NGR (champion)
WOMEN
2002
MEN
TORIOLA Segun NGR (champion)
MEROTOHUN M. NGR (runner up)
WOMEN
OSHONAIKE Olufunke NGR (champion)
OFFIONG Cecilia Otu NGR (runner up)
2000
MEN
SALEH Ahmed EGY (champion)
LASHIN El-Sayed EGY (runner up)
WOMEN
EL-ALFY Shahira EGY
NEBIYAT Ahmed ETH
1998
MEN
TORIOLA Segun NGR (champion)
LASHIN El-Sayed EGY (runner up)
WOMEN
KAFFO Bose NGR (champion)
OWOH Atisi NGR (runner up)
1996
MEN
KAZEEM Nosiru NGR (champion)
SOBHY Ashraf EGY (runner up)
WOMEN
OWOPETU Bimbo NGR (champion)
BOUAZIZ Nacera ALG (runner up)
1994
MEN
OLALEYE Sule NGR (champion)
TORIOLA Segun NGR (runner up)
WOMEN
KAFFO Bose NGR (champion)
MESHREF Nihal EGY (runner up)
1992
MEN
HELMY Ashraf EGY (champion)
TORIOLA Segun NGR (runner up)
WOMEN
OSHONAIKE Olufunke NGR (champion)
ODUMOSU Abiola NGR (runner up)
1990
MEN
MASSAAD Adel EGY (champion)
MUSA Atanda NGR (runner up)
WOMEN
KAFFO Bose NGR
MAJEKODUNMI O. NGR
1988
MEN
MUSA Atanda NGR (champion)
OMOTARA Titus NGR (runner up)
WOMEN
OWOLABI ADUKE K.NGR (champion)
KAFFO Bose Olateju NGR (runner up)
1985
MEN
MUSA Atanda NGR (champion)
BANKOLE Yomi NGR (runner up)
WOMEN
MAJEKODUNMI O. NGR (champion)
OWOLABI ADUKE K. NGR (runner up)
1980
MEN
EBOH Sunday NGR (champion)
MUSA Atanda NGR (runner up)
WOMEN
LAMPTEY Esther GHA (champion)
MAJEKODUNMI O. NGR (runner up)
1976
MEN
LASISI Kasali NGR (champion)
AYINDE Fatai NGR (runner up)
WOMEN
MAJEKODUNMI O. NGR (champion)
JACKS Ethel GHA (runner up)
1974
MEN
EL-KABBANI Farouk EGY (champion)
SUNMOLA Lateef NGR (runner up)
WOMEN
JACKS Ethel GHA (champion)
MAJEKODUNMI O. NGR (runner up)
1968
MEN
QUAYE Emmanuel GHA (champion)
WILSON Lassey NGR (runner up)
WOMEN
JACKS Ethel GHA (champion)
EL-DARWISH Inas EGY (runner up)
1964
MEN
EZZ GALAL Fahmi EGY (champion)
EL-ABRASHY Fawzi EGY (runner up)
WOMEN
JACKS Ethel GHA (champion)
AKUETTEH Ernestina GHA (runner up)
1962
MEN
QUAYE E. GHA (champion)
EL-ABRASHY Fawzi EGY (runner up)
WOMEN
EL-DARWISH Inas EGY (champion)
JACKS Ethel GHA (runner up) |
| Sports › Re: How Many Of These Nigerian Sports Stars Do You Know? by naptu2(op): 6:17am On Dec 24, 2020 |
Bnladan:
Emmanuel only won a silver � medal in pre-olympics games. His olympics profile says a lots He won silver at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. I watched it live. He lost to a Korean in the final. It's listed that way in the website you quoted because Taekwondo was a demonstration sport at that Olympic Games. Check out Nigeria's position on the Taekwondo medals table. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taekwondo_at_the_1992_Summer_OlympicsCheckout the Heavyweight (+83 kg) result. |
