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Sports › Re: Chiamaka Nnadozie Saves 2 Penalties & Eliminates Arsenal From Champions League. by naptu2(op): 7:05pm On Sep 09, 2023*

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Sports › Re: Chiamaka Nnadozie Saves 2 Penalties & Eliminates Arsenal From Champions League. by naptu2(op): 7:05pm On Sep 09, 2023*

Arsenal knocked out of women's Champions League by Paris FC

Reuters
September 9, 20236:02 PM

Sept 9 (Reuters) - Arsenal suffered an early exit from the Women's Champions League on Saturday after losing on penalties to French side Paris FC in the first stage of qualifying.

Arsenal, who won the competition in 2007 and reached the semi-finals last year, scored late goals through Alessia Russo and Jen Beattie to cancel out Mathilde Bourdieu's quickfire double and take the match into extra time.

After Louise Fleury scored in the 106th minute, Russo bagged her second to force a shootout, but Arsenal's new signing had her spot-kick saved by Chiamaka Nnadozie as the English side lost 4-2 on penalties.

Arsenal, who finished third in the Women's Super League table last season, begin their domestic campaign at home to Liverpool on Oct. 1.

https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/arsenal-knocked-out-womens-champions-league-by-paris-fc-2023-09-09/

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Sports › Chiamaka Nnadozie Saves 2 Penalties & Eliminates Arsenal From Champions League. by naptu2(op): 7:05pm On Sep 09, 2023

Highlights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIn4EyL9rH0?si=ezggZ_0UppTBQXpT

UWCLQ: Nnadozie saves two penalties, eliminates Arsenal Women

Super Falcons captain and shot-stopper, Chiamaka Nnadozie saves two penalties which ensure that Pasris FC progress and Arsenal Women are eliminated from the UEFA Women’s Champions League (UWCL) Qualifiers.

Chiamaka Nnadozie continued her rich vein of form from the just concluded FIFA Women’s World Cup, saving two penalties from Norway’s Frida Maanum and England’s Alessia Russo as Paris FC won 4-2 on penalties to progress to the next round of the UWCL Qualifiers.

Nnadozie kept a clean sheet before the Arsenal game and was en route to doing the same as her team led the tie 2-0 on the hour mark. But changes from the Arsenal bench meant Alessia Russo, who left Manchester United Women for a chance to play in the Champions League with Arsenal Women came on and scored.

The match ended 2-2 in regulation time but Paris FC once again went ahead in added time to make it 3-2 and Russo once again found the back of Nnadozie’s net to level things up as the match ended 3-3 in extra time.

It was then time for a hero to step up and shine as Nnasdozie made two penalty saves from Maanum and Russo ensured her side progressed to round two of the UWCL Qualifiers.

https://www.aclsports.com/uwclq-nnadozie-saves-two-penalties-eliminates-arsenal-women/

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Politics › Re: The Movement Of The Federal Government From Lagos To Abuja (Videos & Photos) by naptu2(op): 6:39pm On Sep 09, 2023

drmorphine:
God bless naptu2 for us. He had been delivering rich Nigerian histories back to back. However, one important piece of information he left out of the ceremony is the name of the band that played their. To help out, I think the band is the classy Wura Fadaka Band who rocked the musical scene in the 90s

Yes.

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Politics › I Speak For Myself, Not Prof Osinbajo - Laolu Akande by naptu2(op): 4:54pm On Sep 09, 2023

Laolu Akande @akandeoj

I am aware some people think my comments since after May 29 were on behalf of my former boss, VP Osinbajo who I worked with 2015-2023 as media aide. It is now important to say I now ONLY speak for myself & those views I have shared & will share going forward are ENTIRELY mine.

See previous thread here: INEC’s Failure To E-Transmit Results Has Broken Nigerians’ Trust – Laolu Akande

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Politics › Re: The Movement Of The Federal Government From Lagos To Abuja (Videos & Photos) by naptu2(op): 1:09pm On Sep 09, 2023

BluntCrazeMan:
That's just it..

Abuja cannot be cheated on all sides.

Unless there are no aborigines there though..

Abuja won't be made a state because of the kind of problem that happened between 1979 and 1983 (I witnessed this problem).

The Federal Government was in Lagos and there was also the Lagos State Government. The Federal Government was controlled by the NPN, while the Lagos State Government was controlled by the UPN.

Lagos State Government created a TV station, Lagos Television, on Channel 5, Federal Government also created a television station, NTA2 Channel 5 on the same channel.

There was a lot of friction between the Federal Government and the Lagos State Government because they were being controlled by different parties.

Abuja indigenes have campaigned for democratic rights for a long time, but people don't want to give it to them because of the potential for conflict.

President Babangida gave it to them in the 1989 constitution (there was a provision for an elected Mayor of Abuja), but that constitution was never used. The Mayor of Abuja idea was not in the 1995 constitution.

In order to compensate them, previous governments have appointed FCT ministers from states that border Abuja, but FCT indigenes have often campaigned for a minister from the FCT. This is the first time that their wish has been granted (but he is not FCT minister).

Imagine if the Federal Government is controlled by APC and the Abuja Government is controlled by Labour Party.

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Politics › Re: The Movement Of The Federal Government From Lagos To Abuja (Videos & Photos) by naptu2(op): 11:21am On Sep 09, 2023

RenaissanceGuy:
Thank God you said you didn't if what you said is true. It's not the reason. He was referred to as military president because he didn't dissolve the national assembly, so it was somewhat like a quasi-democracy govt. We link the US to almost everything that happens in Africa that it becomes stale and tiring.

The National Assembly was dissolved after the 1983 coup and there was no National Assembly from 1983 till 1991.

There is no special reason why he has the title president. He said that it just happened on the day, he picked the title without any special reason. He is not the first military officer in the world to have the title president. There have been many military presidents.

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Politics › Re: The Movement Of The Federal Government From Lagos To Abuja (Videos & Photos) by naptu2(op): 10:05am On Sep 09, 2023

Klass99:
Abacha took over by coup?🤦‍♀️ Gosh my memory of historical events is fuzzy and so are my history/government lessons from school.

I knew that something was wrong when I heard the announcement. I was watching the 7pm news and the NTA announced that General Sani Abacha was meeting with military commanders on Victoria Island. That was very strange to me. General Abacha met with military commanders all the time, it's never announced. I knew something was wrong, but didn't know what it was (I now believe that the NTA knew that a coup was in progress, but they couldn't say it).

We had rented lots of movies and we were watching movies (instead of the 9pm news) when my brother walked in and said that Shonekan had resigned. We thought that he was joking, but he seemed serious, so we turned off the VCR ad tuned to the NTA. Sure enough we saw Shonekan's resignation speech.

It was days later that I heard the details of the coup from soldiers.

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Politics › Re: The Movement Of The Federal Government From Lagos To Abuja (Videos & Photos) by naptu2(op): 9:58am On Sep 09, 2023

Lagosians were very happy when the Federal Government moved to Abuja.

Firstly, people were thankful that they wouldn't have to deal with presidential motorcades any more. Marina and Broad Street where the central business district of Lagos when I was a kid. But many companies began moving from the Marina area to Ikoyi and Victoria Island around 1988. Victoria Island became the business district, but it was not designed for that, so there were traffic jams. Add presidential movement to the traffic jams and you had a recipe from hell.

President Babangida attended an event at the Nigerian Institute for International Affairs in 1990 and the short movement from Dodan Barracks to Kofo Abayomi Street brought the whole island to a standstill.

It got worse as President Babangida's bodyguards became more paranoid. Before the road closed only affected cars, but in the late 1980s they began preventing pedestrians from crossing the road after the road closed vehicle had passed.

Lagosians were happy to be rid of that problem.

Secondly there was the very violent coup in 1990. There was a time on that day that the explosion was so much, so loud that my house shook. Lagosians were happy that such things were no longer their problem.

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Politics › Re: The Movement Of The Federal Government From Lagos To Abuja (Videos & Photos) by naptu2(op): 9:50am On Sep 09, 2023

There is another event at the tail end of the second video.

After saying goodbye to President Babangida at the airport, Lagos State officials got on a chartered plane and flew to Abuja for the commissioning of Lagos House, Abuja. That is the liaison office and governor's lodge. The top of the building was designed like an Eyo Masquerade. The deputy governor supervised the project and Governor Rasaki praised her for her work.

You can see the entire ceremony in the second video.

Politics › Re: The Movement Of The Federal Government From Lagos To Abuja (Videos & Photos) by naptu2(op): 9:46am On Sep 09, 2023

Rushed movement?

Some people say that President Babangida hurriedly moved the Federal Government to Abuja because of the very violent SAP Riot of 1989 and the 1990 Coup.

I lived near Dodan Barracks, so I didn't suffer the effects of the SAP Riot (the Ebony Magazine riot), but much of the rest of Lagos was on fire. Protesters actually crossed Independence Bridge, chased away the policemen at the checkpoint and were on their way to the NTA before soldiers at Bonny Camp stopped them.

I will never forget April 21st and 22nd 1990 for as long as I live. The explosions woke me up (some thought that it was exploding compressors from the fire at NEPA Building, but I knew that it was something else) and there were explosions and gunshots till late afternoon.

The other reason that people say that it was rushed is because there were many things that were not ready.

When they say that the Federal Government moved to Abuja, it was mainly and basically the President and Vice President that moved to Abuja. The Vice President's house was not even ready.

The Supreme Court and Chief Justice were still in Lagos, so they gave Vice President Aikhomu the Chief Justice's house to stay in.

Aikhomu, Diya, Akhigbe and Atiku Abubakar stayed in the vice president's house. It was during the dispute between Atiku and Obasanjo that Atiku was asked to leave the vice president's residence. He was told to move to Aguda House, but he chose to move to his personal house instead.

There was an attack on Dr Goodluck Jonathan's house in Bayelsa and the National Security Adviser advised President Obasanjo to move him to Akinola Aguda House (the presidential guest house). All vice presidents have lived there ever since.

The Supreme Court, Defence Headquarters and many ministries continued to operate in Lagos till the Abacha era. It was General Abacha that ordered all ministries and government agencies to move their headquarters to Abuja.

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Politics › Re: The Movement Of The Federal Government From Lagos To Abuja (Videos & Photos) by naptu2(op): 9:35am On Sep 09, 2023

There are two more posts that I wanted to create. I guess I'll create them anyway.

Politics › Re: The Movement Of The Federal Government From Lagos To Abuja (Videos & Photos) by naptu2(op): 9:08am On Sep 09, 2023

planetx:
The Abacha coup was basically a palace coup.

Exactly, it was a coup, just like the 1983 and 1985 coups.

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Politics › Re: The Movement Of The Federal Government From Lagos To Abuja (Videos & Photos) by naptu2(op): 8:59am On Sep 09, 2023

planetx:
IBB moved the capital to Abuja primarily because of the 1990 Okar coup, he was lucky to escape with his life because the coupists actually entered his bedroom in Dodan Barracks and sprayed his bed with bullets thinking he was still there, but his Adc Colonel UK Bello was killed .The movement to Abuja effectively ended coups in Nigeria.

Not exactly correct. Here are the two errors.

1) President Babangida left Dodan Barracks before the coupists gained complete control of the complex. The coupists knew that he had left and they didn't enter his bedroom to spray it, rather they blew down the entire house with heavy calibre weapons (it had to be rebuilt). I lived near Dodan Barracks and the explosion woke me up.

2) The movement of the capital to Abuja did not end coups. General Sani Abacha staged a successful coup on November 17th, 1993.

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Politics › Re: The Movement Of The Federal Government From Lagos To Abuja (Videos & Photos) by naptu2(op): 8:39am On Sep 09, 2023

Christistruth03:
Please let them know that the FCT was at Lagos Island and not Lagos State

I hadn't finished it when the moderator moved it to the home page. I have finished it now and it is there.

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