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safarigirl:
I thought he took Kelechi's position

Is he playing from the wings?

Yes, he’s playing from a wide position, and has done some defensive work too.

safarigirl:
3-1


Please, who took Mahrez' position? He started on the bench as well, so who ia playing his wing?

Diabate, who has been tireless in the match

Yup, Man City have sealed up the 3 points.

mrvitalis:
And in your mind you think he is richer than. Wizkid?

Lol very funny

I won’t be surprised if he is richer than Wizkid. Most of these Naija entertainers barely have a million Naira in their accounts after all their expenses.
Iwobi earns no less than £15,000 (N6.7 million) per week after taxes.

The federal government shut down for the second time in three weeks Friday, driven to the brink by acute congressional dysfunction and pushed over it by the objections of a single conservative senator.

The partial shutdown began just after midnight when the government, operating on the latest in a series of short-term spending bills, ran out of money because Congress missed its deadline to pass a new one. But the closure could be brief, with minimal disruptions to federal workers and others.

The Senate was expected to pass a massive spending deal in the early morning hours Friday that would reopen the government. The legislation would then head to the House, but the outlook there was less certain because of opposition from liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans, and quick passage was not assured.

In a brief interview with The Washington Post, White House legislative affairs director Marc Short said the administration was preparing for the possibility of a temporary shutdown, perhaps spanning a few hours.

Last month, the government shut down for three days in a dispute over undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children, reopening after Senate Democrats accepted assurances from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that he would hold a floor debate on immigration this month.

The latest congressional breakdown came amid disputes over a massive bipartisan spending deal that would shower hundreds of billions of dollars on military and domestic programs alike, lift the federal debt limit for a year and speed disaster aid to hurricane-ravaged areas.

Earlier in the week, the legislation had appeared primed for easy congressional passage, as McConnell and Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) unveiled it jointly on the Senate floor Wednesday with a bipartisan flourish and mutual praise.

But it began to run into trouble Thursday as House conservatives rebelled over excessive deficit spending and House liberals fumed that this bill, too, failed to protect “dreamers” who face losing deportation protections under the Trump administration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-leaders-scramble-to-win-support-for-budget-deal-ahead-of-midnight-deadline/2018/02/08/4812e996-0cd9-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?utm_term=.deb08bae9d0c

The draws for the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup were conducted on Tuesday in Tenerife, Spain. D'Tigress, were placed in Group B alongside Turkey, Australia, and Argentina. The women's basketball world cup takes place in Spain from September 22 - 30. The United States are the defending champions, and reigning Olympic champions.

The other groups are as follows:

Group A: Korea, Greece, Canada and France.

Group C: Japan, Puerto Rico, Belgium, and Spain.

Group D: USA, Senegal, China, and Latvia.

Schemerkhiz:
According to some reports the Likes of Monday Gift,, Folashade Ijamilusi,, Peace Efih,, are to be drafted from the U20 team to join the Flamingoes for the return Leg match against Cameroon.

Hmm. I hope the NFF aren’t planning to draft in overaged players into the team, because the Cameroonians will surely find out. And the country could risk a FIFA ban from the competition

TheSuperNerd:
Look no further than Nigeria naa..... Hahahahahahahahaha. They said on twitter that Fifa should dash us the World cup already. Looolll.. Only if it was that simple..

Don’t worry, the World Cup trophy is coming to Abuja in July. Our boys will do it.

Lwkmd

darkelf:
Exactly. He's being quite consistent for his age.

But the Ghost of his performance at the 2002 WC may come back to hunt him

That bicycle kick haunts me

darkelf:
Bartholomew Ogbeche scores one goal with an assist for his club (Willem II) in their Eredivisie home match against VVV-Venlo

Rohr should take note of him

Lawyers for President Trump have advised him against sitting down for a wide-ranging interview with the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, according to four people briefed on the matter, raising the specter of a monthslong court battle over whether the president must answer questions under oath.

His lawyers are concerned that the president, who has a history of making false statements and contradicting himself, could be charged with lying to investigators. Their stance puts them at odds with Mr. Trump, who has said publicly and privately that he is eager to speak with Mr. Mueller as part of the investigation into possible ties between his associates and Russia’s election interference, and whether he obstructed justice.

Mr. Trump’s decision about whether to speak to prosecutors, expected in the coming weeks, will shape one of the most consequential moments of the investigation. Refusing to sit for an interview opens the possibility that Mr. Mueller will subpoena the president to testify before a grand jury, setting up a court fight that would drastically escalate the investigation and could be decided by the Supreme Court.

Rejecting an interview with Mr. Mueller also carries political consequences. It would be certain to prompt accusations that the president is hiding something, and a court fight could prolong the special counsel inquiry, casting a shadow over Republicans as November’s midterm elections approach or beyond into the president’s re-election campaign.

But John Dowd, the longtime Washington defense lawyer hired last summer to represent Mr. Trump in the investigation, wants to rebuff an interview request, as do Mr. Dowd’s deputy, Jay Sekulow, and many West Wing advisers, according to the four people. The lawyers and aides believe the special counsel might be unwilling to subpoena the president and set off a showdown with the White House that Mr. Mueller could lose in court.

They are convinced that Mr. Mueller lacks the legal standing to question Mr. Trump about some of the matters he is investigating, like the president’s role in providing a misleading response last summer to a New York Times article about a meeting Mr. Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. had with Russians offering dirt on Hillary Clinton. The advisers have also argued that on other matters — like the allegations that the president asked James B. Comey, then the F.B.I. director, to end the investigation into the former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn — the president acted within his constitutional authority and cannot be questioned about acts that were legal.

One of the few voices arguing for cooperating with Mr. Mueller is Ty Cobb, the White House lawyer whom Mr. Trump also brought on to deal with Mr. Mueller’s investigation. Since Mr. Cobb was hired in July, he has argued that the White House should do everything possible to cooperate with Mr. Mueller’s investigation.

But Mr. Dowd has taken the lead on dealing with the special counsel about an interview and has been discussing the matter with Mr. Mueller’s office since December.

Others close to Mr. Trump have also cautioned him against a freewheeling interview. Marc E. Kasowitz, the president’s longtime personal lawyer from New York who initially dealt with the special counsel after Mr. Mueller took over the Russia investigation last May, has also consistently said that the president should not agree to the interview.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/us/politics/trump-lawyers-special-counsel-interview.html

Well, Conte has done his best for Chelsea; after all he won the league last season with a record number of points.

I was initially in the camp of those who wanted him to stay, but his stubbornness in continually fielding Bakayoko baffles my mind.

As of now, it is “Conte out” for me.

Khostlybeauty18:
So.... erhm....there's this guy that approach me for my number sometime back, I didn't give him and I think I responded rudely kind of...I was really tired that day...But since then, I've had this huge crush on him...We make eye contacts alot wheneva we're at the same place, but I can't see him making another attempt to come...Now m leaving the area soon....How Do I Get Him?

You’ve already lost your chance with him. I seriously doubt that he would approach you again.

Next time, be more polite to a guy who approaches you in a polite manner.

Conte is getting sacked tonight.

Cahill is an idiot

Hazard is the main man!!

cococandy:
Lol see? It’s like French to me. No clue.

Besides I was in advanced cardiac life support class almost all freaking day.
I’m glad it’s over. Now we can celebrate normal things like valentines.

Although I’m very glad you had fun

I'll be watching Champions League football (soccer) that day

The advanced cardiac life support class sounds intense, and for only smart folks like you. I doubt I would survive the first day of the class

Icon4s:
Wetin?

Abeg Maroc 2026 Jare.!!!!

The US/Canada/Mexico bid should win it. The big gusrantees FIFA way more commercial revenue than the Moroccan bid.

cococandy:
Just meh.

How was your super bowl weekend? So much hype around here. I don’t even get it.

I had fun yesterday, only because the Eagles won. When they took the lead in the first quarter, I didn’t celebrate much because I knew Tom Brady could do some magic in the 4th quarter and steal victory from defeat, like he did last year.

I ordered some Chinese food with drinks, just to ‘calm’ myself if my team lost, again, to the Patriots. But this time, Tom Brady was powerless.

cococandy:
hey you

What’s up dear

Samusu:
Assuming you received this text from your bank:

"Dear Customer, #5,000 has been deducted from your account 0171****04 for President Muhammed Buhari's trip. It's your donation to support the progress of this expected CHANGE.
Dr: #5,000
Available Bal: #0.25
THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US."

Question: What Will You Do? Let's hear your reaction please!

I’ll write to the bank to demand a refund. Then, if they don’t do so within a reasonable period, I’m suing them.

cococandy:
You probably think everyone else is an idiot like you who can’t see that you have nothing to offer hence have been evading the question and quite embarrassingly too. You could have just searched your mind for anything you think you can offer another person. Anything at all. Save yourself from shame.

Bye. What a disgrace

This is savage as Bleep

Even if the Flamingoes qualify for the World Cup, Bala Nkiyu should be sacked, and Maureen Mmadu should take over the team.

BascoVanVeli:
I saw the WAFU list and I was just in shock. U are right, the NFF gets extra petty when the SF are involved. They cost the country the 2016 Olympic ticket because they wanted to phase out players they felt held loyalty to Edwin Okon after they sacked him. A lot of players took that personally and stayed away from the team.

To be fair to the NFF, the WAFU tournament is only for home-based players, just like the men’s version. So, they were in order to invite only home-based players.

Anyway, I think the issue of the NFF leadership taking SF protests more personal, has to do with cultural orientation. It’s still considered “un-ladylike” for women to openly protest for payment in public.

My favorites on this list are Donald Duke, Dankwambo, and Fela Durotoye.

Joebie:
I prefer Amazons. But they should get more creative with the names.

True
The whole “babes” and “queens” concept is overused

Joebie:
Queens, Angels, babes

I love the babes and angels

International airlines sold tickets worth $1.4 billion to Nigerian travellers in 2017 despite the economic recession that impacted negatively on individual income during the period.

This was disclosed saturday by the President of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA), Bankole Bernard.

Bernard explained that the revenue generated by these airlines was evidence that Nigeria’s economy was on a rebound, adding that foreign airlines that cut back their operations and those that reduced their frequencies due to low passenger traffic occasioned by the recession are now increasing their capacity.

During the recession, Iberia and United Airlines stopped their operations in Nigeria and those foreign carriers still operating serviced the Nigerian destinations with smaller aircraft. Emirates, which hitherto operated three frequencies daily reduced its flights to one daily but it has now restored its operations of a daily flight to Abuja and two flights to Lagos from Dubai, its operational hub.
There are also indications that Iberia and United Airlines may return to Nigeria, just as Delta Air Lines would launch its Lagos-New York flight in March.

The President of NANTA, who spoke during breakfast meeting with newsmen, urged the federal government to review its Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) in a way that it would also protect the interest of domestic airlines, just as other countries introduced policies that encourage and protect their own local carriers.

Bernard also disclosed that soon, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) would introduce new system for financial settlement by travel agents to replace the Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) introduced in Nigeria in 2008.

The new system is known as NewGen ISS, which is a program launched by IATA to deliver faster, safer and more cost effective and relevant financial settlement services and solutions to airlines and travel agents that rely on the IATA Settlement Systems (ISS).

IATA said that airlines would benefit from the new system because it means faster settlement, safer funds and a lower cost of distribution and also for travel agents, NewGen ISS would offer more personalised products and services, enhanced customer support and more cost-effective solutions as well as providing an enhanced 24/7 customer support to better address the needs of airlines and agents.

The NANTA President also said that IATA and NANTA had reinforced their relations. He said the association now collects charges paid by members to the global body, adding that in order to prevent non professionals and touts from masquerading as travel agents, the association has decided to introduce identity card with electronic chips that would be used to separate the real practitioners from interlopers who are largely responsible for many frauds recorded in the sub-sector.

“We, at NANTA, will be most delighted to see the ID Scheme come to reality when it’s launched in March for NANTA approved and NCAA (the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority) endorsed operators only. This would not only change the perception of the general public, but give a sense of belonging to the practitioners within the industry and be seen as true professionals that we are, which will automatically eliminate fraudsters.

“The immediate and future gains of this scheme are numerous and in due course, we shall unveil this strategic security product that will question and check the prowling of our business lines by fake and fly-by-night operators. Let me state earnestly that with this card, which has the backing of government aviation regulatory agencies, the days of spoilers in our midst are over,” Bernard said.
He also said that soon the association would have the NANTA Act, which would give legislative backing to the body.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/01/28/foreign-airlines-rake-in-1-4bn-from-nigeria-in-2017/

Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says Nigeria will soon have a privately-owned national air carrier.

Sirika disclosed this in a chat with journalists in Addis Ababa on the sidelines of the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, AU.

Sirika said the government would provide an “enabling environment and support”, and would take advantage of the Single Air Transport Market launched by the African Union on Monday.

He said apart from Nigerian entrepreneurs, the African Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank and the Chinese Exim Bank as well as countries like Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Rwanda, Namibia, and Niger Republic would participate in the initiative.

“We are very close to having a national carrier at the moment. We are at the stage of transaction services.

“We have affiliations which will be dealt with. I hope within this week, you will hear from me on where we are. It will be soon,” the minister added.
http://dailypost.ng/2018/01/30/nigerian-govt-reveals-plan-establish-new-national-airline/

A Man City fan said if his teams wins the UCL, De Bruyne should win the Ballon D’Or

I won’t argue against his sentiments because to register THIRTY-EIGHT league assists since September 2015, ain’t easy at all.