Nigerian forward of 24 years of age, comes from the American Washington Spirit.
Atletico de Madrid Femenino strengthens its offensive line with Francisca Ordega, who arrives from the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League.
The 24-year-old Nigerian footballer is on the front line and will wear our jersey until next March when she will start a new edition of the American competition.
After successfully completing the relevant medical examination, Francisca Ordega signed the contract that binds her to our club and was happy to wear rojiblanco (the red and white).
"For me it is an honor and I am very happy to be here. Atletico Madrid is a great club, internationally recognized, and I really want to start," she told the club's website.
Questioned by how she defines herself as a footballer, Francisca Ordega asserts that as a "strong player, physically, athletic and very fast" and although she recognizes that she will need a period of adaptation, she concludes: "I will make the fans feel proud of me."
naptu2: I've got a confession to make. I didn't know the lyrics of this wonderful song when it was released in 1980, so what I used to sing was
I know Farridah.
Then I graduated to "I know Korea", before I eventually got the lyrics.
This was one of those watch night songs.
You see, although there were power cuts back then, it was quite rare for them to last more than 5 hours. The power was usually back after one or two hours. So, if there's a power cut that has gone on for more than 5 hours (especially if they don't bring back the electricity before nightfall) then we'll know that there's a major fault.
Old Man would bring out his battery powered radio and you'll hear this kind of songs. Then they'll announce that there's a fault and tell us exactly when electricity would be restored. And they always restored it when they said that they would.
I can't find the album version, but this is the closest to it.
Aha! I've finally cleared up the confusion. I remember that this group was called Skyy Port. That's the name that is in my memory. But nobody online calls them Skyy Port. They are called Skyy. So where did I get the name Skyy Port from?
Well, Skyy Port is actually the name of this album.
Says firm remains committed to Badagry deep seaport
Eromosele Abiodun
The founder and majority shareholder of Intels Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s oil and gas logistics giant with operations in Onne, Rivers State, Warri, Delta State and Lagos, Mr. Gabriele Volpi, has apologised to the federal government and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) over the spat that led to the termination of the Pilotage Agency Agreement between his company and NPA.
Speaking exclusively to THISDAY Thursday evening, the normally reticent Volpi, who holds dual Italian and Nigerian citizenship, said he was not involved in the negotiations between his firm and NPA over the disagreement on the pilotage agreement but was apologetic for the misunderstanding that had taken place.
He also resolved to ensure that Intels undertakes a reconciliation process with the NPA and transfers all the revenue collected from the boats monitoring and supervision services in Nigerian maritime waters to the Treasury Single Account (TSA) with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in compliance with the policy of the federal government.
“We want to apologise to the federal government and NPA over this disagreement with Intels. I was not personally involved in the negotiations with NPA, but we apologise for what has happened.
“We intend to comply with the directive of government and transfer all the revenue to the TSA because we are a law-abiding company,” Volpi informed THISDAY on the phone.
Volpi added that his company was committed to co-operating with the federal government and the NPA in the development of the country’s maritime sector, including the construction of the Badagry deep seaport in Lagos State.
“We are committed to co-operating with the government and NPA in the development of Nigeria’s maritime sector and this includes the Badagry deep seaport.
“The Badagry deep seaport is a massive undertaking which will cost billions of dollars and will be the biggest in Africa and would turn Nigeria into a regional hub for ships bringing goods to the continent.
“It will also help to move a lot of shipping activities at the Apapa and Tin-can Island ports and help to decongest Apapa, so we are serious about our investments in Nigeria,” he said.
Efforts to reach the Managing Director of NPA, Ms. Hadiza Bala-Usman, to react to Volpi’s apology were unsuccessful, as her phone was switched off.
Intels and NPA have been engaged in a war of words since the termination of the pilotage agreement by the latter last week over what NPA had said was its refusal to remit the revenue accruable from the pilotage services to the TSA.
THISDAY had exclusively reported that the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), had written to Bala-Usman on September 27, directing her to terminate the pilotage agreement on the grounds that the contract was illegal ab initio.
Malami in the said letter had stated that the agreement which had allowed Intels to receive revenue on behalf of NPA for seven years, was in contravention of the Nigerian Constitution, especially in view of the implementation of the TSA policy of the government.
Drawing the attention of Bala-Usman to the illegality of the agreement, Malami made it expressly clear that the agreement violated Sections 80(1) and 162(1) and (10) of the constitution, and wondered why the parties – NPA and Intels – did not revert their minds to the relevant provisions when they were negotiating the agreement in 2010.
On the basis of Malami’s letter, NPA on October 11 terminated the agreement, drawing the ire of Intels, which in a statement sent exclusively to THISDAY, termed the action “preposterous and the consequences highly injurious” to the interests of Nigeria.
Intels also threatened to take the matter to arbitration, but by Tuesday had soft-pedalled on its combative stance.
Intels is Nigeria’s biggest oil and gas logistics service provider, with its operational headquarters in Onne.
It was set up three decades ago by Volpi and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar who has always held a minority stake in the firm.
Company sources informed THISDAY that until recently, the former vice-president held a 17.2 per cent stake in Intels, which he whittled down after he sold part of his stake to former Lagos State governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu.
“It is often erroneously reported in the media that Intels belongs to Atiku Abubakar. But he has always been a minority shareholder in the company. Until recently, he had a 17.2 per cent stake in Intels, but even that was whittled down when he sold part of his stake to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,” explained a company source recently.
lawman88: There could be flood but not in high proportion like that of benue and Lagos and there is no list requested for by the government either state or federal to assuage the suffering of victims
That depends on the state governments and how they choose to respond to the emergency. The Federal Government gave 1.6 billion naira to states that were affected by this year's flood to help them cope with the effects.
lawman88: According to them, it was flood victims of this year during the raining ☔ season
Ok. Back in January Nimet forecasted that there would be flood in Kano this year, but I haven't yet seen any report of actual flooding in Kano this year.
Despite being from Sierra Leone, Bunny Mack rocked the Nigerian airwaves in the very early 80s along with Kris Okotie and London-born Jide Obi who both finished from UNN. Bunny Mack and Kris Okotie even went on a nation-wide tour together.
Bunny Mack's "Let Me Love You" was massive. I couldn't get enough of it then.
I remember the hugely successful OFEGE [Dapo Olumide who was the former MD of Aero Contractors and his other School Boy Band members from St. Gregory's College, Obalende, Lagos ]. They released the massive albums "Try and Love" in 1973 and "Last of the Origins" in 1976.
Thanks for the YouTube video @naptu
naptu2: I remember when we had a reunion (in 2008 or 2009). This song came on and there was a 70 year old man who couldn't control himself anymore. He just had to dance.
CHECK OUT THE RHYTHM ON THIS SONG! I haven't even gotten to the excellent guitar playing, just check out the rhythm!
Now, for those of you that don't know, (1) these were secondary school kids. They were students at St Gregory's College when they released this track (2) This song was done in 1974. (3) They played the instruments themselves.
Ishilove: Now I know music is truly subject to our perceptions. Where I hear cacophony, you hear angels singing.
I studied music, I read music, I play musical instruments, I understand music and I've got an eclectic taste in music.
I love classical music, rap, calypso, highlife, juju, fuji, ragga, reggae, house, electro, chutney, soca, akpala, kwaito, euro-pop, disco, R&B, soul and a host of other genres of music. The only musical style that I was skeptical about was jungle, but I do love Jungle Is Massive.
This is one of the best pieces of music ever composed by a human being.
ENUGU—Members of the Pro-Biafra group, Biafra Zionists Federation, BZF, led by Benjamin Onwuka, who allegedly attacked the Government House, Enugu on March 8 allegedly struck again in the early hours of yesterday at the Enugu State Broadcasting Service, ESBS in an attempt to seize the radio and television station for a broadcast.
The move was however foiled by a team of policemen alerted by some staff of the station who arrived for the morning duty and met their premises under siege.
A police sergeant and a member of BZF were killed in a shootout while a police inspector who led the team was seriously wounded.
The BZF leader, Benjamin Onwuka and 12 members of his group were arrested as they tried to escape from the station after the clash with the policemen and were said to be undergoing interrogation at the Criminal Investigations Department of the State Police Command.
Eyewitness accounts said the BZM members, in an operation similar to the March 8 invasion of the Enugu Government House, stormed the premises of ESBS through the fence at about 5 am and held the securitymen and staff on night shift hostage.
He was also arrested in 2012 when he performed a Biafran Independence ceremony. Pictures of him and his topless followers were used as memes on Nairaland in the past. Many Nairaland threads about him were lost during the Nairaland hack and data loss of 2014.
Music/Radio › Re: The Most Soulful Songs Of The 70s! by naptu2: 6:22pm On Oct 20, 2017
I studied music, I read music, I play musical instruments, I understand music and I've got an eclectic taste in music. 
