Kellie069: But that Barcelona match sha! Even my street football pitch better pass am n also the audience was so poor! Nice one girls
A Huleva fan said that the problem is that Barcelona fans are not exposed. He said that the best players can play on all types of surfaces. He posted an old picture of a Boca Juniors vs River Plate match in which Maradona played.
A Barca fan said that this is 2019, not the 1950s and this type of field is not acceptable.
Tendency86: I have never supported PMB's leadership approach but this border closure is the best decision he has taken. If Nigerians want to gain back it respect from committee of Nations and indeed Africa such calculated policies as this are needed. we have this foods been imported obnoxiously, we are just too scared or should I say do not trust our own products. The foreign goods are not better than ours. We need to buy, eat and wear ours. Nonetheless, this policy will be useless if we there is no concerted effort to tackle inflation of prices by Nigerians. To this end I think the government should rejig the price monitoring agencies to get on their toes to forestall exploitative tendencies of the market.
Some people are already re-bagging Nigerian rice as foreign rice in order to make more profit.
Reactions to Oshoala's goal from Netherlands and Barcelona legend and former FIFA Best Women's Player Lieke Martens, Cameroonian star Ajara Njoya, Dare Art-Alade, Kenneth Omeruo, Tony Nwakeme, Craze Clown, Small Doctor and others.
Okobi winner keeps Eskilstuna United's Champions League dream alive Samuel Ahmadu Correspondent
Eight points adrift of Göteborg, the Nigeria midfielder ensured Magnus Karlsson's side maintained their bid for a European ticket Eskilstuna United kept their qualification bid for the Women's Champions League next season on track after Ngozi Okobi's strike inspired a 1-0 win over Limhamn Bunkeflo on Sunday.
With Goteborg's 2-0 triumph over Kristianstad, Magnus Karlsson's side required a win over their visitors in their pursuit of a European ticket and Okobi was the heroine on the day at Tunavallen.
After a goalless first half, the 25-year-old Okobi scored the winner in the 62nd minute with a brilliant shot past hapless goalkeeper Chandra Bednar to keep her side's Champions League hopes alive.
The Nigeria midfielder was a star for Mangus Karlsson's side as they defeated Limhamn Bunkeflo on Sunday evening Halimatu Ayinde marked her 17th Swedish Damasvenkan La Liga appearance for Eskilstuna United with a solid display in a 1-0 win over Limhamn Bunkeflo at Tunavallen.
Mangus Karlsson's side was seeking a win to keep their qualification for next season's Uefa Women's Champions League alive. Ayinde’s brilliance in midfield helped their cause.
The 24-year-old's impressive performance, recording the best passing accuracy, duel success rate and recoveries, ultimately won her the Player of the Match award.
It was a long way to get holes at Limhamn / Bunkeflo in the Rosa band match.
But a wonderfully beautiful left shot gave Eskilstuna United the victory at Tunavallen.
- We had tested many different ways to score, so I thought that now I try to shoot myself, says Sonia Ngozi Okobi, who dotted the Sunday's only goal, it came in the 62nd minute.
It was a bit like a single long press where pink-clad United led the game but had a very hard time finding gaps in the Malmö team's compact defense which often consisted of eight outside players deep on their own half.
So in the first half there was no nettle. However, the feeling was that Felicia Rogic should have received at least one, maybe two, penalties in duels with the away keeper. "Felle" was first on the ball, poked it away and then contact was initiated by the LB goalkeeper. But both times, referee Sandra Almkvist waved an aversion.
After the side change, United increased the intensity in pursuit of a goal and chances were created. Backen Matilda Plan was close a few times, both after set situations and when she took offensive runs in the regular game.
Fanny Andersson had a fine shot that struck tightly outside but did not want to - until Sonia found exactly right with her shot.
- The right is my best foot but now I got to try with the left, she says after the action where she freed herself from an opponent and shot with a screw to the far corner and got to see the ball go in through the bar.
Have you made a more beautiful goal with the left before?
- Yes, but that was when I was still playing at home in Nigeria.
After the lead, Vaila Barsley switched and tried to play in the attack. She also replaced Linn Vickius who got the chance from start for the first time in the OBOS Damallsvenskan and was responsible for a very nice effort on United's central midfield.
Linn and colleague Halimatu Ayinde dominated the middle of the pitch and contributed greatly to the fact that United could so often put pressure on LB. Clearly plus Vickius at the same time as Ayinde received the prize as the best player of the home team after barely losing any close match on 90 minutes.
Defensively, it felt quiet, for a very long time.
- Yes, I think they had a post in the first half that I had to pick down. It was probably nothing else, thinks goalkeeper Emelie Lundberg.
Cool cool then - but it was until the overtime minutes when the big, big receipt situation came. As if almost out of nowhere, Sophie Sundqvist, the Malmö team's clearest goal scorer this year, was completely free and the three Eskilstuna points suddenly hung on a fragile thread.
But Emelie Lundberg made sure that that thread did not burst through a high-quality rescue with the left leg.
- I was just trying to come out and make myself big. I felt that she was right near me and did not have full control so my thought was just "stop the ball".
Is it not particularly difficult to make such a rescue in the end when you have been idle before?
- Yes, but it is a sign that I am well-trained in my head. It is important to keep the focus up to the end.
How did you experience the game as a whole otherwise, Emelie?
- I thought we played them at the same time as we got nothing from the judge. It is difficult, in some matches one thing is allowed and in the next it is not allowed.
Limhamn's goal drought against United thus continues and the fact is that the team has not yet managed to score against United after what are now six matches in Damallsvenskan.
For United, there is still little hope of being second and reaching the Champions League, but then Gothenburg may not win any of the last two matches.
Otherwise, there is a nice third place within easy reach which would also be brilliant considering the starting position when the series restarted after the World Cup this summer.
Sporting Huelva 0-1 FC Barcelona: Victory against adversity Solitary goal from Oshoala gets the points for a seriously depleted side due to injuries www.fcbarcelona.com 12:45PM SUNDAY 13 OCT FOOTBALL
FC Barcelona have collected a very well deserved three points from their trip to Huelva. Following the international break, and with several key players absent, an Oshoala goal made the difference and leaves Barça tied at the top of table with Deportivo after the first five games.
With María León, Jenni Hermoso, Van der Gragt, Losada, Falcón and Martens all unavailable, coach Luis Cortés opted for Patri and Andrea Pereira in the middle of a defence, while up front Barça found it heavy going against a side that just wanted to defend and try their luck on the counter – none of this helped by the poor condition of the surface.
Oshoala’s winner on the half hour was a cracker, and with the game opened up after the goal, but there was no further score. Job done, and Barça remain unbeaten.
MATCH STATS Sporting de Huelva: Chelsea, Korina, Elena Pavel (Irene, min 62), Cinta Rodríguez, Fatou Kanteh (Peiró, min 70), Mascaró, Castelló, Sandra Bernal, Yoko Tanaka (Princella, min 76), Peace Efih & Alidou (Navarro, min 70).
Barça: Paños, Marta, Mariona, Hamraoui (Melanie Serrano, min 83), Alexia, Patri, Aitana, Leila, Graham (Candela Andújar, min 89), Andrea Pereira & Oshoala (Laia Codina, min 92).
Videos of Asisat Oshoala and Ngozi Okobi’s amazing Goals In Europe last weekend
Super Falcons stars, Asisat Oshoala and Ngozi Sonia Okobi, both scored to help their teams to 1-0 victories in Europe last weekend.
Recreativo Huelva hosted Barcelona on a very terrible pitch (the venue looked like a playground, rather than a proper stadium). The pitch sparked a war of words between Barca fans who say that the pitch should be banned because it is disrespectful to the fans and players to play on that kind of pitch and Huelva fans who say that the best players should be able to play on any type of pitch.
Barca were also missing many key players due to injury. However, Asisat Oshoala saved the day with a phenomenal strike in the 29th minute. It was a very difficult match for Barca due to the pitch, the absence of important players and the fact that Huelva defended in numbers, but Barca fans say that Oshoala saved them from disgrace.
She got the ball, deceived two defenders and bent the ball into the far corner. The keeper was still searching for the ball after it had gone in.
The Samba Princess and Assist Queen, Ngozi Sonia Okobi, scored a remarkable goal in the 62nd minute to give Eskilstuna United a 1-0 victory over Limhamn Bunkeflo. Okobi had a throw in close to the corner flag. The ball was passed back to her and she dribbled her way back into the penalty area and fired a wonderful shot into the goal.
Okobi’s Super Falcons teammate, Halimatu Ayinde was voted player of the match. Eskilstuna wore pink jerseys to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Day.
naptu2: You won't believe what I just found! These are two of the three pioneer Nigerian rap/reggae (toasting) songs that I've been looking for for ages (one of them was even uploaded by someone I know).
This group was the first Nigerian rap group that made sense to me. They weren't pretending to be Americans, their lyrics actually rhymed and the song was very funky. It'd be a hit if it was released today.
If I remember correctly, they released this song a few months before Junior And Pretty released Monica (which is viewed by many as the first major Nigerian hip hop song). I think that this group was better than Junior And Pretty, but J&P went on to become much more popular.
STATEMENT FROM JOINT PRESS BRIEFING ON EXERCISE SWIFT RESPONSE [The joint border security exercise along Nigeria’s borders] | 14 October 2019
4:04 PM • Oct 14, 2019
Some of you will recall that as part of measures to secure Nigeria’s land and maritime borders, the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), in collaboration with the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) as well as the Nigeria Police Force (NPF)
and other security and intelligence agencies commenced a joint border security exercise, codenamed ‘EX-SWIFT RESPONSE’ in 4 geopolitical zones of the country, namely; South South, South West, North Central and North West on the 20th August 2019.
The exercise is being coordinated by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and is aimed at better securing our borders in order to strengthen our economy and address other trans-border security concerns.
Over time, Nigeria has been confronted with numerous trans-border economic and security challenges. These challenges range from banditry, kidnapping, smuggling, illegal migrants and proliferation of light weapons amongst others.
Meanwhile, the preference for foreign goods, especially food items like rice has continuously impoverished our farmers and adversely affected domestic government policies supporting the agricultural sector to enhance food security.
It is however disturbing that some neighbouring countries circumvent the ECOWAS protocol on transit.
For clarity, the ECOWAS protocol on transit demands that when a transit container berths at a seaport, the receiving country is mandated to escort same without tampering with the seal to the border of the destination country.
Unfortunately, experience has shown that our neighbours do not comply with this protocol. Rather, they break the seals of containers at their ports and trans-load goods destined for Nigeria.
The partial border closure has so far curbed the smuggling of foreign rice into the country, in addition to other prohibited items.
Our series of interactions and engagements with Rice Millers Association of Nigeria since the commencement of this exercise, has shown that the border closure has enhanced more production and milling of Nigerian rice.
Patronage of Nigerian rice has increased and farmers are expanding their farms as well as engaging more hands.
Furthermore, the border closure has impacted positively on revenue generation of the Federal Government which in turn will be used to build more infrastructures and develop critical sectors of the nation’s economy.
The border exercise has also curbed diversion of petroleum products from Nigeria to neighbouring countries.
In the area of security, the ongoing exercise has recorded a number of seizures and arrests that would have had grave security consequences. So far, 317 suspected smugglers and 146 illegal migrants have been arrested.
Also, items seized include; 21,071-50kg bags of parboiled foreign rice; 190 vehicles; 891 drums filled with PMS; 2665 Jerri cans of vegetable oil; 66,000 litre tanker of vegetable oil; 133 motorcycles; 70 Jerri cans of PMS & 131 bags of NPK fertilizer used for making explosives.
The estimated monetary value of the apprehended items is about N1,429,562,315.00.
It is important to note that 95 percent of illicit drugs and weapons that are being used for acts of terrorism and kidnapping in Nigeria today come in through our porous borders. However, since this partial closure, the acts have been drastically reduced.
Our conclusion is that, the arms and ammunition these terrorists and criminal elements were using are no longer gaining access into the country. In addition, the illicit drugs which affect the health and the wellbeing of Nigerians have equally been reduced.
The Government of Nigeria, through diplomatic channels, will continue to engage our neighbours to agree to comply with the ECOWAS Protocol on Transit.
Goods that are on the prohibition list to Nigeria, such as rice, used clothing, poultry products and vegetable oil should not be exported to the country.
As a result of this closure, Niger Republic has already circulated an order banning exportation of rice in any form to Nigeria.
In addition, the National Assembly has supported the executive directive on the border closure & the efforts of security agencies in executing the task.
Exercise Swift Response has provided a unique platform for the various participating agencies to jointly operate together thereby strengthening inter-agency collaboration and reducing animosity.
It is also necessary to place on record that this is the first exercise in recent times, that military, paramilitary as well as intelligence and security agencies have come together to conduct such an exercise which is akin to a National Security exercise.
We will continue to seek the support of all and sundry including the media to ensure that the desired objectives of this exercise; to promote a secured, peaceful and prosperous Nigeria, are fully achieved.
While we call on Nigerian local rice consumers to be patriotic by patronizing Nigerian rice, as this will further help the country in reaching self-sufficiency in local rice production and boost our economy, ...
... we equally appeal to the business community to see the exercise as opportunity to further create a conducive environment for local businesses to thrive in the interest of national security and development.
Finally, let me thank you all for attending this press briefing. We continue to count on your support throughout this exercise, which is critical to our national interests and by implication national security. //
Statement delivered by Comptroller General of @CustomsNG, on behalf of Exercise Swift Response and @NigeriaGov.
The next round of fake news is already being cooked. A Kenyan tweeted a video of wharf rats removing tyres at a Kenyan port and some Nigerians are now tweeting the same video and claiming that it happened at a Nigerian port.
Nigerian Embassy in Benin Republic not attacked, Ambassador says
By NAN 13 October 2019 | 11:33 am
Amb Kayode Oguntuase, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Republic of Benin has said that Nigeria’s embassy in that country was never attacked.
Oguntuase debunked the rumours in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday.
“My office has been inundated with telephone calls regarding an attack on Nigerian embassy in Cotonou.
“There have been insinuations arising from a video clip now in circulation, claiming that the embassy was attacked by hoodlums,’’ he said.
The ambassador described the video clip as false and fake, saying, “the embassy is not under any form of attack’’.
He also stated that Nigeria’s embassy and its diplomatic personnel were safe and free from any form of danger.
“The Embassy wishes to state that this news is fake; the embassy of Nigeria in Cotonou was never attacked and the embassy is not under any form of attack.
“The Embassy premises and its personnel are currently safe, well protected and free from any form of threat or danger,’’ Oguntuase said.
The incident was on Nairaland's home page when it occurred in Senegal in 2013. I don't know why people resurrected the video and gave it a false caption (some people claimed that it happened in Benin, while some others claimed that it happened in Senegal on October 1st, 2019). People have been creating threads on Nairaland with that false headline since October 2nd and it has gone viral on Twitter.
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