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Humility017:
so you will drop iwobi?

Look again. I included him in my midfield because he has a future as a CAM.
In fact for the 2022 World Cup, I see him and Nwakali dictating the pace from the middle of the park in the same way as Iniesta and Xavi did in their prime.

My 23 will be:

Gks: Uzoho, Ajiboye, Ezenwa

Defenders: Ebuehi, Shehu, Awaziem, Omeruo, Ekong, Balogun, Idowu, and Aina.

Midfielders: Mikel Obi, Etebo, Onazi, Ndidi, Iwobi, John Ogu.

Attackers: V.Moses, Ighalo, Musa, S. Nwankwo, Iheanacho, Lokosa.
Yes, Lokosa will put up a decent performance against the English and that will propel him into the final squad

A twitter user claims that the Super Eagles world cup jersey retails for N41,000 at the Ikeja City Mall Nike store...

I disagree with your first point. An older woman, especially a Nigerian woman in her late 20s or early 30s, would want to get married as soon as you start dating her. While a younger lady (in her early or mid 20s) may not be as desperate to settle down with a guy

I think Rohr will field both Ajiboye and Akpeyi in the game on Saturday. This is because Akpeyi, over the last 18 months, has only played 135 minutes for the team; and Ajiboye has not yet played against a non-African team.

The England friendly is obviously the last chance for either goalkeeper to stake a claim in the final squad.

Ezenwa playing all 90 minutes in 4 out of 6 WCQ matches, and Uzoho playing all 90 minutes in the last 3 matches indicates that both players have booked their seats on the plane to Russia.

Meanwhile, the best formation for the Super eagles at the World Cup would be either the 3-5-2 or 4-5-1; with Victor Moses playing on the left side of midfield as the common denominator in either system:

——————————-Uzoho————————-

———Ekong————Balogun——-Idowu———

—Ebuehi——-Mikel—Ndidi—-Etebo——V.Moses——

————————Iheanacho——Ighalo—————-


4-5-1:

———-Ebuehi——Ekong——Balogun——Idowu——

—-Shehu———-Mikel—-Ndidi——-Etebo——V.Moses——

——————————S. Nwankwo————————-

I have a sneaky feeling that the last forward spot will be a decision to take either Simmy or Lokosa. With the way the former rattled the Congolese defense, coupled with a decent outing against England on Saturday, 6’6” Simmy Nwankwo May just sneak into the final 23...

Simmy Nwankwo caused havoc in the Congolese defense today. Let’s see what he would do against Cahill and co at Wembley on Saturday.

Nigerians are so savage
https://mobile.twitter.com/4eyedmonk/status/1001044059526516736

Coach Rohr will drop 5 players after this match, and take 24 on the trip to London.

Odunayaw:
N41k eh?

China where art thou

Subs:
Ola Aina in for Echiejile
Iwobi in for Iheanacho

AIG07:
Is this not thesame stadium that hosted our 2014 WCQs? Chai! Are we progressing or regressing? SMH

Nope
It was Calabar that hosted our home WCQ for 2014.

For those in Naija, you can now buy the Super Eagles World Cup jersey at Ikeja City Mall for N41,000.

Chai
One of my favorite actors, Morgan Freeman, is being brought down by sexual harassment allegations

Off topic:
Morgan Freeman has also been accused of sexual harassment, and VISA have cut their ties with him.
cc:raumdeuter

A federal district judge in New York has ruled that President Trump can’t block people on his Twitter page.

Unlimited22:
O boi I just tire for that super Eagles thread. I tire I swear.

Lol
Why

biacan:
Girl the guys on this forum are angry because a lady played a fast one on their friend.... I think she deserves an accolade

And when she lands in EFCC net, it will no longer be funny

Operations of the proposed new national carrier, now set for December 24, 2018, has rekindled hope for the aviation industry, especially for over 90 redundant Bilateral and Multilateral Air Service Agreements (BASAs and MASAs).

Stakeholders, who welcomed the takeoff date yesterday, said only a national carrier could effectively represent the country, compete on the international front and put an end to rather dismal outings of flag carriers. Besides, Nigerian air travellers stand to benefit from competitive prices and services on several routes where foreign carriers are currently enjoying monopoly.

Several months of planning and paper works by the Ministry of State for Aviation yielded a major result last weekend as the Federal Government okayed December 24 date for the national carrier roll out.

At the end of a “National Carrier Brainstorming” session chaired by the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, in Abuja, “the aviation minister inaugurated a nine-man fast-track task force to ensure the takeoff date,” a source said.

The Managing Director of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Captain Fola Akinkuotu, is to chair the committee. Members are: Director General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Capt. 12Usman; Rector, Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Capt. Abdulsalami Mohammed; Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau, Akin Olateru; representative of Transaction Adviser for MRO & Aviation Leasing Company, Capt. Tilmann Gabriel; representative of National Carrier Transaction Adviser, Layi Are; the Acting Director General for Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Chidi Izuwah; Technical Assistant to the Minister of State for Aviation, Ben Tukur, will serve as the secretary.

Sirika, after the inauguration of the committee, gave a charge that they should do everything legally and procedurally to make the project a success.He said the government wanted the project fast-tracked and done well with adequate support for the Transaction Advisers that had earlier shown that the carrier could be delivered earlier than December date.

The National Carrier Transaction Adviser is made up of a consortium include: Airline Management Group Ltd, Avia Solutions Ltd and Tianerro FZE.Sirika earlier in the year had said that plans for a new national carrier were already at an advanced stage and its set up will drive several bilateral and multilateral pacts, including the open sky treaty recently signed with 22 African countries.

Unfavourable BASAs that allow foreign airlines access into the local market is costing the Nigerian economy and her ailing aviation sub-sector billions of naira yearly.The loss, in excess of over N200 billion, follows the perennial inability of the nation’s flag carriers to reciprocate and compete with their international partners on the BASA routes.
Nigeria has three airlines — Arik Air, Med-View and Air Peace —designated on few of the BASA routes. Except for Air Peace that is making waves on the West Coast, others have been woeful in international operations.

Currently, Arik Air has abandoned its New York, London, Johannesburg and West Coast operations. Ditto for Med-View Airlines on the London, West Coast and Dubai operations, that was only launched last December.
Secretary General of the Aviation Safety Round-table Initiative (ASRTI), a think-tank group of the industry, Group Capt. John Ojikutu (rtd), believed that[b] a national or flag carriers owned by Nigerians and not controlled by government[/b] will end the travails of the private airlines on the international routes and reduce the incursions of foreign airlines into the domestic routes.
https://guardian.ng/business-services/aviation-business/fresh-hope-for-90-basa-pacts-as-new-national-carrier-debuts-december-24/

Nigeria will get its first nuclear energy plant by the mid 2020s.

The President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (Nigatom), Simon Pesco Mallam, made the disclosure at the just-concluded 2018 AtomExpo in Sochi, Russia.

Mallam told The Guardian exclusively: "We have a roadmap and that is by the mid 2020s. We hope we can get a commercial plant and add three more in five to 10 years."

As to whether Nigeria would be partnering with Russia or not, he said: "We have a good agreement with Russia, but we have not signed any contractual agreements yet. We have signed operational agreements, project development agreements, but not any commercial contractual agreements."

On when the deal could become reality, he said: "I can't give a particular time, so you don't come back and say I promised you so and so date. But just know that it is in the works, and in a few years, we will all see the results."

Mallam refuted reports that Nigeria had signed multi-billion dollar agreements. "Some newspapers (not The Guardian) have been claiming that we signed a $20 billion contract with Russia. But I want to tell you categorically that this is not true. We have only cooperation agreement with Russia, and we are hoping that if all works well, we would develop the infrastructure and eventually sign a contractual agreement with them. But we are not closing our doors to other partners that may be interested and are ready to work with them. If we work with Russia, fine. But if we need to work with others, we are fine with that as well," he said.

Mallam's rebuttal was of the story that Nigeria in October 2017 signed a deal with Russia for the construction of two nuclear power plants. It claimed: Nigeria began talks with Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, in April 2015 to collaborate on design, construction and operation of four nuclear power plants by 2035, the first of which will be in operation by 2025. In June 2015, Nigeria selected two sites for the planned construction of the nuclear plants. Neither the Nigerian government nor Rosatom would disclose the specific locations of the sites, but it is believed that the plants would be sited in the states of Akwa Ibom and Kogi.

Nuclear energy is the future for Nigeria, said Mallam. "Power generation is still very poor in the country, and even gas that was touted as better has now become problematic. We can't supply gas to our IPPs and gas pipes are being sabotaged daily. We need to move from the former way of doing things into the future," he added.
https://odili.net/news/source/2018/may/18/18.html

It’s so harsh on Marcos Alonso to be left out of the World Cup. But I expected Fabregas and Morata to miss out; they’ve been borderline average this season.

Still on the “US is overrated matter”

In the US, if one doesn’t have a college degree, that person is much more likely to live in poverty than one who has a college degree.

The poverty rate amongst non-college graduates is 30%, while that of college graduates is less than 5%.

damtan:
First kiss?? I'm sure he for don kiss down there self

The poster meant to say “first kiss as a married couple”.

Happy birthday, Safarigirl!

If selected, 6’6” Simmy Nwankwo would be the tallest player ever to play for the Super Eagles at a word cup.

safarigirl:
too many entrants, more trouble than it is worth

The US is definitely home to one of the largest immigrant populations in the world. Every year, close
to a million people immigrate over to this country.

Even at that, I wouldn’t want to immigrate to a particular city just because it has a huge Nigerian population. I’d prefer to live in an area with a relatively low African-immigrant population

safarigirl:
US is another overrated country

Anywhere Nigerians easily flock to, I no dey like am

How exactly is the country overrated?

Yet another mass shooting. What on earth is going on?

Do schools now need to hire more armed guards?

Elder001:
go to igbo land women don't inherit any properties.. same with Hausa/fulani and even south south tribes I don't know about Yoruba..

so who the hell implemented that law you're talking about?

Well, it has been case law since 2013, I think. The plaintiff in that case was an Igbo woman who sued late father’s relatives because they sought to deny her inheritance to some of her dad’s properties.