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| Music/Radio › List Of 150 Of The Greatest Nigerian Songs By Naptu2 by naptu2(op): 5:10am On Nov 01, 2016 |
https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14907072_1807559249501374_805996164084884199_n.jpg?oh=8db75ca1a630076c9489ed0005b8aec7&oe=589B9F52&dl=1 1) Sweet Mother - Prince Nico Mbarga 2) Sawale - Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson 3) Baby Jowo - Dr Victor Olaiya 4) Love Adure - Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson 5) Erora Feso Jaiye - I.K. Dairo 6) Mo Sorire - I.K. Dairo 7) Salome - I.K. Dairo 8 ) Omo Laso - Odus And His Morning Star Orchestra 9) Joromi - Sir Victor Uwaifo 10) Guitar Boy - Sir Victor Uwaifo 11) Ketekete (The Donkey, The Man And His Son) - Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey 12) Board Members - Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey 13) Oni Dodo Oni Moin Moin - Fela 14) Viva Africa - Fela 15) Omo Pupa - Dr Victor Olaiya 16) Nike Nike - Eddy Okonta 17) Otanjele - Eddy Okonta 18) Taxi Driver - Bobby Benson 19) Army Arrangement - Fela 20) Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense - Fela 21) Zombie - Fela 22) Beast Of No Nation - Fela 23) Eddie Quansa - Peacock's International Guitar Band 24) Gbeyo Gbeyo - King Sunny Ade 25) Syncro System - King Sunny Ade 26) That Hausa song whose name I still do not remember 27) Mamausa - Nelly Uchendu 28) Waka About - Nelly Uchendu 29) Love Nwantintin - Nelly Uchendu 30) Try And Love - Ofege 31) Wizzy Ilabo - Ofege 32) One Early Morning - (I can't remember the name of the artist) 33) I Need Someone - Kris Okotie 34) Kill Me With Love - Jide Obi 35) Fine Mama - Kris Okotie 36) Goodbye Teacher - Kris Okotie 37) Cock Crow At Dawn - Bongos Ikue 38) Country Boy - Harry Moscow 39) E Je Ka Jo - Xtasy (Murray-Bruce) 40) Isale Eko - Xtasy (Murray-Bruce) 41) When The Going Is Good - William Onyeabor 42) Loverboy - Felix Lebarty 43) The Way We Are - Dora Ifudu 44) Baby Kilode - Dizzy K Falola 45) Dance Afro-Beat - Orlando Julius 46) Identity - Oliver De Coque 47) Osondi Owendi - Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe 48) Nigeria Go Survive - Veno Marioghe 49) Seun Rere - Christy Essien Igbokwe 50) One Love - Onyeka Onwenu 51) Onyiora - Charlie Boy (This is not the actual title of the song. It's the chorus. I can't remember the title) 52) Ifeoma - Felix Lebarty 53) Ngozi - Felix Lebarty 54) Mother And Child - Sonny Okosun 55) Fire In Soweto - Sonny Okosun 56) Which Way Nigeria? - Sonny Okosun 57) You And I - Onyeka Onwenu 58) Oko Mi Ye - Stella Monye 59) Oro Re - Roseline Ogunro 60) Mother Africa - Jambos Express 61) Fuji Garbage - Sikiru Ayinde Barrister 62) The City Called Sodom - Tera Kota 63) Send Down The Rain - Majek Fashek 64) Redemption Song - Majek Fashek 65) Sugar For Mi Tea - Ras Kimono 66) Natty Get Jail - Ras Kimono 67) Rat Race - The Mandators 68) Obaro - Evi Edna Ogoli 69) Happy Birthday - Evi Edna Ogoli 70) Jealousy - Evi Edna Ogoli 71) Ten Commandments - Orits Wiliki 72) Ose O Jesu - Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey 73) Madawonlohun (Let Them Say) - Onyeka Onwenu ft King Sunny Ade 74) Wait For Me - King Sunny Ade and Onyeka Onwenu 75) Omo Laso - Funmi Adams 76) Bubble - Adewale Ayuba 77) 1990 - Charlie Boy 78) Big Bottom - Charlie Boy 79) Alagbon (Prison Experience) - Orlando Owoh 80) Kangaroo - Orlando Owoh 81) Majek Fashek In New York - Majek Fashek 82) Do It In The Name Of Love - Alex O 83) Banana - Alex O 84) Back To The Basics - Esse Agesse 85) Rosie - Blakky 86) Bang Belly - Blakky 87) Blakky's House - Blakky 88) Blakky Skank - Blakky 89) Nigeria My Beloved Country - Funmi Adams 90) All We Need Is Love - Funmi Adams 91) Ina Gizo Yake - Funmi Adams 92) Ace - Sir Shina Peters 93) Shinamania -Sir Shina Peters 94) Authority - King Sunny Ade 95) Baby Jowo - Lieutenant Shotgun 96) Tickle Me - Alex Zitto 97) Mr Ragamuffin - Danny Wilson 98) Time Na Money - Mike Okri 99) Sawale - Feladey And Friends 100) Hello Africa - Dr Alban 101) Monica - Junior And Pretty 102) Wonder Wonder - Femi Anikulapo-Kuti 103) Africalypso - Lagbaja 104)Coolu Temper - Lagbaja 105) Scatta Head - Femi Anikulapo-Kuti 106) Consolidation (Show Colour) - KWAM 1 107) The Way Forward - Sunny Ade 108) Congratulations - Daddy Showkey 109) Dyna - Daddy Showkey 110) Denge Pose - Baba Fryo 111) It's My Life - Dr Alban 112) Hallelujah Day - Dr Alban 113) Guess Who's Coming To Dinner ? (Carolina) - Dr Alban 114) Allen Avenue - Weird MC 115) Love Me Jeje - Seyi Sodimu 116) Shake Body - Trybesmen 117) Shako Mo - Remedies 118) Alo (Story) - Maintain 119) Maintain In India - Maintain 120) Catch Cold - Maintain 121) Suuru Lere - Lagbaja 122) Konko Below - Lagbaja 123) Nothing For You - Lagbaja 124) Let's Stay Together - Kush 125) Don't You Know - Plantashun Boiz 126) You And I - Plantashun Boiz 127) Knock Me Off - Plantashun Boiz 128) Plantashun Boiz - Plantashun Boiz 129) African Queen - 2Face 130) If Love Is A Crime - 2Face 131) Ijo Ya - Weird MC 132) Swo - Marvelous Benji 133) Olufunmi - Style Plus 134) Imagine That - Style Plus 135) Yahooze - Olu Maintain 136) Tongolo - D'Banj 137) Fall In Love - D'Banj 138) Olorun Maje - D'Banj 139) Jailer - Asa 140 Fire On The Mountain - Asa 141) Gongo Aso - 9ice 142) Busy Body - PSquare 143) Temptation - PSquare 144) No One Like You - PSquare 145) Nwa Baby (Sawale) - Flavour 146) African Rapper Number 1 - M.I. ft Flavour 147) Dami Duro - Davido 148) Don't Dull - Wizkid 149) First Of All - Olamide. 150) Oliver Twist - D'Banj |
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| Politics › Re: Rescued Chibok Girl, Blessing, Speaks At Trade & Investment Meeting, USA (Pics) by naptu2: 3:31pm On Oct 31, 2016 |
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| Politics › Re: Rescued Chibok Girl, Blessing, Speaks At Trade & Investment Meeting, USA (Pics) by naptu2: 3:06pm On Oct 31, 2016 |
Context.
CANAN is the Christian Association of Nigerian AmericaNs. The event was CANAN's annual dinner. It was held at the Marriot in Houston. The theme of this year's event was Trade and Investment (how Nigerian-Americans can invest in Nigeria). The special guest of honour was Vice President Osinbajo.
The girl is Nigerian, a christian (many of the abducted Chibok girls were christians) and she is now based in America, so she was invited to the event.
Notable Nigerian-Americans who have accomplished great things in the past year were given awards at the event. |
| Politics › Re: Rescued Chibok Girl, Blessing, Speaks At Trade & Investment Meeting, USA (Pics) by naptu2: 2:43pm On Oct 31, 2016 |
AnonyNymous:
Hmm, interesting. . . I haven't seen the interview yet though [size=14pt] Nigeria's Chibok Girls Find New Start In US[/size] by simongonner(m): 9:55am On Aug 31, 2015 simongonner:
WASHINGTON — Lily had sworn never to go back to school. After being kidnapped from her high school in Chibok, Nigeria, by armed group Boko Haram, the 18-year-old planned to leave education behind and do what her family had been doing for generations —
farming. School was not safe any more.
Boko Haram kidnapped Lily and 275 other
schoolgirls one night in April 2014. In a
remote town in northeastern Nigeria, the
radical fighters grabbed Lily and the others as they slept inside the local high school’s
dormitory. They stuffed them into trucks and drove off into the night with a convoy of
squealing, terrified high school students.
Lily said her heart was pounding, and she
closed her eyes and prayed. Hours after her
capture, she found the courage to jump out of the moving truck; a friend followed her. She ran through the bushes in the middle of the night, and made her way back home.
After that, she resolved never to return to
school.
The mass kidnapping of almost 300 Nigerian girls captured the world’s attention. Boko Haram had rampaged across northeastern Nigeria for five years, but the Chibok kidnapping gained the group worldwide infamy and revulsion. Boko Haram, a phrase that loosely translates as “Western education is forbidden,” aims to a government rule by an extreme interpretation of Shariah law.
Since 2009, the group has spilled blood across the region, bombing, looting and kidnapping. Activists in Nigeria birthed the Bring Back Our Girls campaign, demanding the Nigerian government to find the schoolgirls who were still missing. Only 57 of the girls had escaped, and they did so with no help from the Nigerian government.
The likes of First Lady Michelle Obama,
celebrity TV personality Ellen DeGeneres, and Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai carried signs marked #BringBackOurGirls.
Meanwhile, Emmanuel Ogebe, a U.S.-based
Nigerian human rights lawyer collaborated
with a couple in Nigeria to help bring some
Chibok schoolgirls who had escaped from
Boko Haram to the United States.
“Schooling is an incredibly high-risk activity in northern Nigeria,” Ogebe said, explaining that girls freed from Boko Haram captivity could face security risks, survivors’ guilt and
discrimination from their community.
“Most had been stigmatized as a ‘Boko
Haram’ wife, which further traumatized them,” Ogebe said.
Lily was made fun of after her escape; leaving Nigeria offered her a chance to change the course of her life.
Lily and nine other girls arrived in the U.S.
last year, between July and December.
The three Nigerian activists, who later formed Education Must Continue Initiative, helped them obtain U.S. visas so they could attend
reputable private schools that offered
scholarships for them. Initially they attended
two different schools, with some of the girls
on the West Coast, but now all are attending
the same school in Virginia.
Lily was back in school.
“I know I said I would never go to school
again but things have changed,” Lily said with
a smile. “I am in America!”
The girls recently went back to class after a
summer break that included trips to the White
House, museum and a national tour with a
church choir. Host families housed the girls
during the summer vacation.
Murna, 19, discovered she has motion
sickness and cannot sit in a car for long. Lily
has not acquired a taste for American food.
Sometimes, Lily’s mind wanders to Nigeria, to
Chibok, to Boko Haram, to her best friend
Dorcas, who was abducted with her and is
presumably still in the clutches of Boko
Haram members. Dorcas and Lily grew up
together as neighbors.
“She is still inside Sambisa,” Lily says. “I miss
her so much. She is a very good person.”
Sambisa Forest, a 40,000 square-mile stretch
of nature reserve in northeastern Nigeria, is
believed to be Boko Haram’ main hide out .
Many believe it’s where the 219 Chibok
schoolgirls still missing are being held. More
than 700 captives have been freed from Boko
Haram, according to the Nigerian military.
Amnesty International estimates that Boko
Haram has abducted more than 2,000 people,
mostly women.
The group has formed an official alliance with
the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL,
also known as ISIS), calling itself the Islamic
State West African province.
Murna, 17, says she used to have nightmares
about Boko Haram.
“I had a dream that Boko Haram came to
America on a plane and entered into the
house to kidnap us and take us back to
Nigeria,” she said. Murna, a tall and animated
teenager, said she had several similar
nightmares and is only recently beginning to
cope with the trauma she endured.
Murna often spends her time braiding
extensions into her hair. Lily and Lovely, 18,
like to sit together and watch Nigerian movies
on the iPads they borrowed from their school.
They are acquiring new skills: learning to play
violin, becoming tech-savvy and logging into
Skype to video chat with friends, improving
their use of American English.
“These young ladies immediately impress with
their effervescent personalities and sweet
dispositions. After simply giving them a ride
in the car, they thanked me,” says Deanna
Gelak, an education specialist who is hosting
one of the girls. Gelak describes them as
young ladies with a “special grace, good
nature and wit.”
Lily, Lovely and Murna do not yet know what
the future holds for them. They think often
about their friends and families they left
behind in Nigeria, but are uncertain of
returning to live in their home country.
Lily watches a video message from her
parents, sent to her via Facebook. She listens
to her mother pray for her in her native Kibaku
language. The sight of her elderly, white-
haired father makes her cry. She turns her
head away and sniffles. When asked what her
mother said in the video, Lily says, “She told
me that Boko Haram came to attack Chibok
again but that I should not worry. They are
fine.”
Murna prays every day for the safety of her
father who is a police officer in northeastern
Nigeria. Lovely’s father was recently killed by
Boko Haram. She was not able to attend his
funeral.
The girls sometimes feel they are too distant
from their loved ones. But, they are carving
new relationships in the United States.
Inspired by Ogebe, the Nigerian lawyer who
helped bring them to the United States, Lily
and Lovely have decided to become lawyers.
Murna wants to be the first medical doctor in
her family. They all hope for a Nigeria free
from Boko Haram, where all girls will feel safe
enough to go to school. http://www.america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/8/30/nigerias-chibok-girls-find-new-start-in-us.html https://www.nairaland.com/2565560/nigerias-chibok-girls-find-new |
| Politics › Re: Rescued Chibok Girl, Blessing, Speaks At Trade & Investment Meeting, USA (Pics) by naptu2: 2:20pm On Oct 31, 2016 |
AnonyNymous:
Hmm, interesting. . . I haven't seen the interview yet though I watched it on the news yesterday night. That's one of the Chibok girls that escaped. Remember that they were given scholarships in the US in 2014. She has been based in the US since then. There's even an old Nairaland thread about a documentary that an american did in 2014 or 2015. The american interviewed them to find out how they were setting down in the US. I'm still searching for the thread about the documentary, but this is the thread about the scholarship. https://www.nairaland.com/1872318/57-escaped-chibok-girls-gain |
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| Politics › Re: Obasanjo Makes Order For Made-In-Aba Shoes (Photos) by naptu2: 10:54pm On Oct 29, 2016 |
jumobi1:
So presidents create billionaires? I thought they just create an environment for businesses to thrive rather than set a number of billionaires. Yes, that's what he meant, that he created an environment for Nigerian businessmen to thrive, so he couldn't have set out to frustrate Mrs Alakija. It's the same way that governments do not necessarily go out to employ all the unemployed, but the set targets regarding the number of new jobs they want to create. |
| Politics › Re: Obasanjo Makes Order For Made-In-Aba Shoes (Photos) by naptu2: 10:52pm On Oct 29, 2016 |
Tosinayoko:
Can we get more about what transpired? I didn't see much of Mrs Alakija's speech, but she basically accused Obasanjo's government of revoking her oil prospecting license. She was giving the young entrepreneurs an example of challenges that they might face and she said that she and her family invested everything they had into that oil block and it took them 15 years to discover oil and just as they made the discovery, the government revoked their license. She had to go to court and it took several years to get it back. People who watched that part told me that she threw shades at Obasanjo. I watched Obasanjo's speech and it was very entertaining. Obasanjo was very direct, but he softened his blows with humour. He said that he doesn't know her from Adam, so why would he want to victimise her? He said that she probably didn't understand what happened and why she lost her license. He then went on to explain why she lost her license. She was making faces at him while he was explaining. He said that he is satisfied with what he did, but she is free to keep it in her heart if she wants and God bless her as she does so. He concluded by saying, "I am very happy when Nigerians become billionaires. It makes me happy when Nigerians succeed. My mission when I was in office was to create 50 billionaires. Unfortunately I failed. I created 25 billionaires and you madam, I'm sure, are one of them". Then he dropped the mic as the hall gave him a standing ovation and the young entrepreneurs chanted "OBJ! OBJ! OBJ!" |
| Politics › Re: Obasanjo Makes Order For Made-In-Aba Shoes (Photos) by naptu2: 9:38pm On Oct 29, 2016 |
This panel was very entertaining. Did you see the clash between Obasanjo and Folorunsho Alakija? Wow! I bet that she'll never ever try to take him on in public again!
"I don't know you from Adam, so how can you say I did it for no reason?"
"You can twist your face if you want to. I'm very when I see Nigerians become billionaires. I set a target that I would create 50 billionaires when I was in office. Unfortunately I failed. I created 25 billionaires and madam, I'm sure you are one of them".
And the hall gave him a standing ovation and the kids were chanting "OBJ! OBJ! OBJ!" |
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| Sports › Re: Childhood Pictures Of Iwobi And Akpom At Arsenal In 2003. by naptu2(op): 10:40am On Oct 29, 2016 |
[size=14pt]Chuba Akpom[/size]
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Chuba Amechi Akpom (born 9 October 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Arsenal. He has represented England at youth international levels.
Club career[b]
[b]Arsenal
Akpom joined Arsenal at the age of six.[6][7] He made his debut for the Arsenal U18 side at the age of 15, and signed his first professional contract with Arsenal on 10 October 2012, a day after turning 17.[7][8] In December 2012 Akpom received his first call into the Arsenal senior squad, when he was an unused substitute for a 2–1 Champions League defeat to Olympiakos.[9] He made 20 U21 Premier League appearances during the 2012/13 season and scored 13 goals, including 10 goals in 10 games in the Elite Group stage. In the lead-up to the 2013/14 season, Akpom was selected for Arsenal's pre-season tour of Asia and scored once in a 7–0 win against an Indonesia Dream Team, two more in a 7–1 win against Vietnam[10][11][12] and another in Arsenal's final game of the tour against Urawa Red Diamonds.[13] Akpom made his competitive debut in a 3–1 Premier League win over Sunderland on 14 September 2013. He came on in the third minute of injury time as a substitute for the injured Olivier Giroud.[14] Akpom was an unused substitute for the following game against Marseille in the Champions League. Akpom's second Arsenal appearance came in a League Cup third round tie away to West Bromwich Albion on 25 September. He replaced goalscorer Thomas Eisfeld after 82 minutes and with the scores at 1–1 at full-time, the game entered extra time. Akpom played the full scoreless extra time period and scored Arsenal's third penalty in the ensuing shootout, helping Arsenal to a win. Akpom was an unused substitute for a 2–0 Premier League win over Liverpool on 2 November. He scored three goals in four UEFA Youth League appearances towards the end of 2013. Akpom scored a hattrick in a 6–1 FA Youth Cup fourth round demolition of Peterborough United on 6 January 2014.[15]
Brentford (loan)
On 30 December 2013, it was reported that League One sides Brentford, Peterborough United, Leyton Orient and Milton Keynes Dons were in a four-way battle to sign Akpom on loan.[16] Brentford emerged as the favourites to land Akpom, due to club's head of recruitment, Shaun O'Connor, having originally signed Akpom while working for Arsenal.[16] The loan was thrown into doubt due to injuries suffered by Arsenal strikers Theo Walcott and Nicklas Bendtner in early January 2014,[17] but was completed on 9 January, with Akpom signing for a month.[18] Manager Mark Warburton said "Chuba is strong and quick, with a very good first touch. He's greedy and enjoys scoring goals. It's his first loan spell and League One is tough, so he might take some time to adapt. It's a big jump from Under 21 football".[18]
He missed the first match of his loan through illness[19] and Warburton stressed that Akpom would have to "work hard and earn his place like everyone else".[20] Akpom made his debut in a 1–1 league draw at Walsall on 19 January.[21] He came on for Will Grigg after 68 minutes and provided a cross for Clayton Donaldson in the dying moments, which went unconverted.[22] After making four substitute appearances, his loan spell ended and he returned to Arsenal.[23] Following the return to Arsenal, Akpom appeared on Arsenal Magazine about his time at Brentford for the March issue.[24]
Coventry City (loan)
On 14 February 2014, Akpom joined League One side Coventry City on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season, with an agreement that he would rejoin the Arsenal squad for games in the FA Youth Cup and UEFA Youth League during the course of the loan.[25]
Return to Arsenal
Akpom began the 2014–15 season by scoring a hat trick for Arsenal in an Under-21 Premier League Division 2 game against West Bromwich Albion at the end of August.[26] On 23 September 2014, he made his first senior appearance of the season, replacing Héctor Bellerín for the last four minutes as Arsenal lost 1–2 at home against Southampton in the League Cup.[27] He made his first Premier League appearance of the season against Southampton on New Year's Day 2015.[28] Akpom made a telling contribution to Arsenal's 5–0 home win against Aston Villa, coming on as a second-half substitute and winning a penalty, converted by Santi Cazorla, his first assist for the club. On 4 February 2015, Akpom spurned the interest of a number of other clubs from the Premier League and across Europe to sign a new 4 1/2 year contract with Arsenal.[29][30]
Nottingham Forest (loan)
On 26 March 2015, he joined Championship club Nottingham Forest on loan till 31 May 2015.[31]
Hull City (loan)
On 4 August 2015, Akpom joined Championship side Hull City on a season-long loan.[32] Akpom made his debut for the Yorkshire based club on the opening weekend of the 2015–16 season scoring the second goal in a 2–0 home win to Huddersfield Town on 8 August.[33] Akpom made his second appearance from the bench replacing Nikica Jelavic in the 60th minute in the League Cup first round against Accrington Stanley. He scored in the 92nd minute in the first half of extra time and netted a penalty in a 4–3 shootout win for the Tigers.[34] On 30 January 2016 Akpom scored his first senior hat-trick in the FA Cup match away to Bury that Hull won 3–1.[35] Akpom was part of the 2016 Championship play-off final Hull team up against Sheffield Wednesday at Wembley, thus earning, with the Tigers being victorious upon that day, a winner's'medal as well.[36] Akpom was later returned to Arsenal where he is currently a member of the side's first team outfit.[37]
International career
On 15 February 2011 Akpom made his debut for England U16s in a friendly match against Slovenia, which ended in a 0–0 draw.[38] He second and final game for the U16s came in a 3–0 2010/11 Victory Shield win over Northern Ireland on 23 March 2011.[39] On 2 August 2011 Akpom made his U17 debut, scoring once in 4–0 win over the Faroe Islands.[40] He played in all six games and scored two goals during England's unsuccessful 2012 European U17 Championship qualifying campaign. He made 13 appearances in total for the U17s and scored five goals.[39] On 6 September 2012 Akpom made his England U19 debut in a 3–1 defeat to Germany.[41] He scored his first goal for the U19s on 26 September 2012, in a 3–0 2013 European U19 Championship qualifying win over Estonia.[42] Two days later, he scored two goals in a 6–0 win over the Faroe Islands. He played in five of England's six 2013 European U19 Championship qualifying and elite stage games and scored three goals, as England failed to qualify for the finals.
On 11 October 2014, Akpom scored his first goals for England U20 coming on as a 87th-minute substitute to score a brace against Netherlands U20 in a 3–2 victory.[43] On 13 October 2015, Akpom made his England U21 debut playing 90 minutes and scoring with the last kick of the match in a European qualifying win over Kazakhstan.[44] He scored again for the England U21 team in a UEFA Euro Under-21 Qualifier against Switzerland. England U21 won the match 3–1, with Akpom scoring in the injury time of the second half.[45]
Akpom, who is of Nigerian descent, is still eligible to represent Nigeria. In May 2016, it was reported that he was one of three players formally approached by the Nigeria Football Federation.[46]
Akpom has recently been selected for the England under 21's' for the Three Lion's UEFA European Championship qualifier against Norway on Tuesday 6 September 2016. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuba_Akpom |
| Sports › Re: Childhood Pictures Of Iwobi And Akpom At Arsenal In 2003. by naptu2(op): 10:30am On Oct 29, 2016 |
[size=14pt]Alex Iwobi[/size]
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Alex Iwobi (born 3 May 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger and a striker for Premier League club Arsenal. He also represents Nigeria national side.
Early and personal life

Iwobi was born in Lagos before moving to England at the age of four.[3][4] He is the nephew of ex-professional footballer Jay-Jay Okocha.[4]
Club career

Iwobi joined Arsenal while still at primary school,[5] and was first involved in a first-team match as an unused substitute in a League Cup match against West Bromwich Albion on 25 September 2013.[6] He signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal in October 2015.[5]
2015–16 season

On 27 October 2015, Iwobi made his first-team debut for the club, starting in a 3–0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday in the Round of 16 of the League Cup.[7][8] He made his Premier League debut four days later in a 3–0 win against Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium, as a stoppage time substitute for Mesut Özil.[9] Iwobi made his Champions League debut as an 85th-minute substitute in a 5–1 defeat against Bayern Munich. Iwobi started in the first team for the 2015–16 FA Cup 3rd and 4th round home wins against Sunderland and Burnley respectively.
After getting a first Champions League start in a 3–1 away defeat to Barcelona,[13] Iwobi went on to score two goals in his first two Premier League starts in wins against Everton,[14] and Watford, respectively.
International career

After playing youth football for England,[16] Iwobi elected to play for Nigeria and made his senior debut on 8 October 2015, replacing Ahmed Musa in the 57th minute of a 2–0 friendly defeat to DR Congo in Visé, Belgium.
He was selected by Nigeria for their 35-man provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Alex_Iwobi_20150814.jpg/220px-Alex_Iwobi_20150814.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Iwobi |
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