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carbonado:
... No actually, the super eagles were once ranked 5th in the world...

I know. I am referring to current ranking

D’Tigress end year ranked 15th in the world!

They should be the highest ranked Nigerian national team in any team sport..

Cameroon is having difficulties hosting AFCON as one their stadiums isn't ready and their security has been stretched thin by insecurity.

Hosting it in Qatar is NOT OFF THE TABLE for event organizers and CAF

Oh my Africa!

Lukaku’s 1st touch sha

Guys,
If you are traveling from Naija to the UK as from Tuesday, you will have to quarantine in a hotel

This Covid - 19 no wan comot sha

How did Jota miss that

Emirates has revealed that it will return to Nigeria with flights to Lagos and Abuja starting back up from Sunday, December 5th. The news comes as the country lifted its ban on operations by the Dubai-based carrier that had been in place since mid-March.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to many travel restrictions around the globe. However, most of these have been targeted at stopping the spread of the virus. Earlier this year, Nigeria banned flights by Emirates, but not because of virus fears. Instead, it was because the country called the UAE’s COVID-19 restrictions “discriminatory.”

As of Sunday, Emirates will be resuming flights to two Nigerian destinations using its Boeing 777 aircraft. Flights will operate daily from the airline’s Dubai hub to both Lagos and Abuja as follows,

EK 785 – Dubai International Airport (DXB) 11:00 – Abuja (ABV) 15:40 – 07h40m
EK 786 – Abuja (ABV) 19:00 – Dubai International Airport (DXB) 04:35+1 – 06h35m
EK 783 – Dubai International Airport (DXB) 10:30 – Lagos (LOS) 15:40 – 08h10m
EK 784 – Lagos (LOS) 18:10 – Dubai International Airport (DXB) 04:15+1 – 07h05m
Passengers traveling to and from Nigeria can connect to Emirates’ global network by changing planes at the airline’s Dubai home

https://simpleflying.com/emirates-nigeria-return-december-2021/amp/

Good or bad idea?

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/59461288

The use of technology to help officials make more accurate offside decisions will be tested at the Fifa Arab Cup, which starts on Tuesday.

"Semi-automated offsides" work using between 10 and 12 cameras which collect up to 29 data points for every player 50 times per second.

If it spots a potential offside an alert is sent to the video assistant referee (VAR), who has the final call.

The technology could be used at the 2022 Fifa World Cup.

"VAR has had a very positive impact in football and the number of major mistakes is reduced, but there are areas where it can be improved - and offside is one of them," said Pierluigi Collina, Fifa's chief refereeing officer.

"We are aware the process to check offsides can take longer [than other decisions], especially when it is very tight. We are also aware that the positioning of the lines may not be 100% accurate.

"For this reason Fifa is developing a technology which could offer faster and more accurate answers. This is known as semi-automated offside.

"For offside the decision is taken after analysing the position of players, but also their involvement in play. Technology can draw a line but the assessment remains in the referee's hands. This remains crucial."

Since the introduction of VAR in Europe's major leagues, offside decisions have been among the most controversial, with some goals being ruled out by the smallest of margins. Roberto Firmino's strike for Liverpool against Aston Villa in 2019, for example, was ruled out because his armpit was offside.

Planned trials of the new technology during 2020 were disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, but tests have taken place in England, Spain and Germany.

The Arab Cup, which features 16 teams and is staged across six stadiums in Qatar, is the most significant trial for the technology yet.

"It is based on limb-tracking technology," said Fifa's football technology and innovation director Johannes Holzmuller.

"Software is processing this data and, in case of an offside offence, an automated alert is sent to the [quote][/quote]video operations room. That's the reason we call it 'semi-automated' - at the end it is still the VAR who has to validate and confirm the proposed offside. Then the VAR informs the referee on the pitch about the decision.

"There are two focus points. The first focus is on the kick point - the moment the ball is played - and the second is which body part is closest to the goalline, the defender or the attacker. We hope with technology that we can be faster and more accurate."

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/59461288

How the mighty have fallen

The Federal Government has budgeted N500 million in the 2022 budget for the ongoing construction of the international terminal at the Enugu airport

lovewins:
Final Score

Nigeria 72pts Mali 70pts

NB:

Really impressed at the comeback. The boys rose to the occasion and clinched the needed win. Still a long way to go, but good job guys

Thanks for the updates!

Qatar Airways flying to Enugu will give Ethiopian a much-needed run for their money! I can’t wait also for Air Peace to launch international flights from Enugu

The Federal Government on Thursday announced that beginning from next week it would start sending out Request for Proposals to investors interested in owning shares in the proposed national carrier.

It also expressed hope that the carrier, Nigeria Air, would be quoted on the stock exchange, adding that Nigerians would be allowed to buy shares in the airline that was being planned to commence operations with three leased aircraft.

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirka, disclosed this at a briefing in Abuja, where he explained that 46 per cent stake in the airline was exclusively for Nigerians, five per cent was for government, while 49 per cent was for strategic equity partners, which were assumed to be foreign investors.

Sirika said discussions with prospective investors had been ongoing and that Request for Proposals would be sent out next week.

He said, “We will release what is called Request for Proposals very soon, I believe next week. And this Request for Proposals will describe what and what we are asking for.

“You will now go and send us a document that you are proposing to partner us and this is what you are giving us. Then we will sit down, evaluate, discuss and choose a strategic partner or partners for this airline.

“So Request for Proposals are going out next week and by the grace of God we will continue to pursue that and people will show up.”

Responding to a question on how the 46 per cent stake to be owned by Nigerians would be acquired, Sirika said, “It will be purchased exactly the way you buy shares in every company.

“This is because Nigeria Air is a limited liability company for now, registered under the law of the land and structured in a PPP (public private partnership) manner.

“So you purchase it the same way you purchase shares in any company and later it is our hope that it will be listed and go through IPO (Initial Public Offering) and so on.”

The minister explained that the airline would start operations with three wet-leased aircraft, as it would take about three to five years to take delivery of an aircraft that was ordered for.

“They will start with wet-leased aircraft and that’s how 90 per cent of airlines in the world would have started. So they will start with a wet-lease of three aircraft and then continue to expand, place orders and then get deliveries,” he stated.

https://punchng.com/nigeria-air-fg-to-float-ipo-begins-operations-with-three-planes/?utm_source=auto-read-also&utm_medium=web&amp

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
I hope y’all had a fun day

According to this article

“NAIA Abuja, however, topped the chart for domestic air travellers with 1,974,249 passengers, closely followed by Lagos airport with 1,786,236. Others are Port Harcourt 377,679 passengers; Enugu 231,669; Kano 225,870.

The report indicates that Lagos and Abuja airports alone accounted for 3,760,485 out of a total of 5,513,098 or 68.2 per cent of all domestic arrivals and departures. Both airports also accounted for 896,923 out of a total of 907,722 or 98.8 per cent of all international passengers.“

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/business-news/495338-nigerian-airports-record-6-4-million-passengers-in-six-months.html

Just like that, we have seen the last appearance of Haaland in the UCL this season

sandymikky:
It's called a national carrier and yet the govt has just 5% stake in it?
It's well.

The FG do not want to repeat the mistake of the defunct Nigeria Airways, where the government owned it 100%. We are all know how it ended as government officials and their cronies ran it aground.

Now, the FG wants this airline to be propelled by private investors to ensure there is no repeat of the NAL episode.

carbonado:
.....watched this on the FIBA youtube page. I sincerely believe we can beat China, basically, it can swing anyway, Well as regards Mali.....

Yea. I see them garnering at least 5 points in that group.
But I also believe D’Tigress can even beat France with a little luck.

Danielnino00:
Na Mali go suffer am

Hehe
They are sure to be the whipping girls in the group.

All hail Baba TT!!

Lukaku needs a roving midfielder who would be always 5-6 yards behind him when he is receiving long passes in order to shine, just as how Drogba and Lampard combined to devastating effect for a long time.

But our midfielders prefer to start deep and occasionally drive into the box.

D’Tigress 2022 WC qualification schedule:

February 10: China v Nigeria
February 11: Nigeria v France
February 13: Nigeria v Mali

The draws for the qualification tournaments of the 2022 FIBA Womens World Cup were held earlier today.

D’Tigress were drawn into Tournament B alongside France, China and Mali. The top three teams in each group advance to the World Cup in Australia.

The qualification tournaments run from February 10-13, 2022. Tournaments A and B will be hosted in Belgrade, Serbia; Tournament C will be hosted in Osaka, Japan; while Tournament D will be hosted in Washington D.C, United States
The other groups are as follows:

Tournament A: Australia, Serbia, South Korea, Brazil

Tournament C: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Japan, Canada, Belarus.

Tournament D: Russia, United States, Puerto Rico, Belgium.

lovewins:
They currently pay Rohr more

Or do you mean $150k?

Sir, forget their propaganda. NFF no get money to pay any coach $5k/month, let alone $15k or $20k.

Is it not the same NFF that is almost always perpetually broke

cromz:
I want NFF to hire Andre villa Boas

Can the NFF pay him at least $15,000/month

Kinkinatus:
Have you travelled on KLM recently? I was on a flight two weeks ago and all their air hostesses look to be late 40s or early 50s.

I’m not surprised at all. US/European carriers cannot intentionally discriminate based on age, so there is no way they will fire a 50 or 60 year old FA unless it’s due to misconduct.

AroOkigbo:
Fly united airlines from Houston to LA. Na grandmas full there.

I had the same experience on my flight from Houston to San Diego.

perambulator:
many ugly old air hostesses on british Airways!!!

Chai
You wicked o

Here in the US, a good number of Flight Attendants retire in their 60s or 70s