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Serious questions for us:

When the Anambra airport (or airport city) is completed by 2020, and begins operations, do you think it would be economically viable for the South-east to have two international airports?

Secondly, with the proposed design and facilities for the Anambra airport, would it be wise to move international flight operations from Enugu to Anambra?

With the way Collin Udoh described Ojo’s performance against EQ Guinea, Rohr might consider him for a place, at least, amongst the initial 30-man WC list.

The more quality midfield options, the better for the full Super Eagles. Of course, if he is named in the final 23-man list, he won’t be a starter.

Iwobi is marking Moses

This couple are my role models because I don't plan to have more than 50 guests at my Church wedding, if I will have one.

The prospect of an El-Rufai vs Dankwambo vs Donald Duke contest is mouth-watering!

ARROBA:
On 18th of January, boeing 787-900 dreamliner landed at Enugu airport.

Which other type of aircraft cant land at enugu because of the distance of the runaway apart from A380?

Maybe Boeing's Dreamlifter, which transports parts for its passenger planes.

Interestingly, a B747-8i, weighing 98% of its maximum landing weight needs 2000m or 2km of runway as its minimum landing distance. So, a 747-8 carrying about 350-400 passengers can safely land in Enugu.

^^
The 787 only needs a 1.9km runway, which is its minimum landing distance. The landing distance is always longer than the take-off distance.
And Enugu's runway is about 3km long, so there won't be problems for that plane to operate in and out of Enugu.

The best bet for the likes of Donald Duke to wrest power from the APC is to convince the 77 other parties (APC, PDP and APGA are excluded) to merge into a big formidable party with a progressive ideology. Thereafter, Duke can join the party and run for president on its platform.

The shut down will not affect essential workers ie postal workers, active duty military personnel, prison guards, federal law enforcement personnel, air traffic controllers etc. They will be required to show up for work, but unfortunately, will be working without pay.

Moreover, US federal employees deemed as non-essential, will be furloughed ie such workers will be told not to resume work as long as the government is shut down. As many as 850,000 workers fall into this category.

The current shutdown could cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $6 billion per week. Ouch!

Kophschmerzen:
Thank you for educating this losers, drumpf refused two bipartisan deal. Plus a deal where Chuck schemer even gave a border wall. That would have make the dnc senators unpopular in their base, all we dnc voting folks are against any deal with a wall. The dnc senators still have that out to the egomaniac Man child.

Although I’m against an idiotic wall, I’m all for enhanced border security which would entail hiring more Border Patrol agents and increased surveillance of the border.

And I also want both Republicans and Democrats to craft a clean DACA bill cos this country cannot lose most of the Dreamers who work and pay tax to Uncle Sam.

I don’t get why Trump and Republicans want to deport people who contribute to the federal treasury? It belies logic to me.

Much of the federal government officially shut down early Saturday morning after Senate Democrats, showing remarkable solidarity in the face of a clear political danger, blocked consideration of a stopgap spending measure to keep the government operating.

But senators from both parties were scrambling for a new deal to reopen the government quickly, possibly just hours after the midnight deadline passed.

With just 50 senators voting in favor, Senate Republican leaders fell well short of the 60 votes necessary to proceed on the spending measure, which had passed the House on Thursday. As the clock ticked toward midnight, when funding for the government was set to expire, senators huddled on the floor of the crowded Senate chamber, searching for some way forward.

But even if the Senate had adopted such a bill, it would also have had to pass the House, and lawmakers simply ran out of time. The government shutdown was one year to the day after President Trump took office.

“Senate Democrats own the Schumer Shutdown,” the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said in a statement. “Tonight, they put politics above our national security, military families, and our country’s ability to serve all Americans.”

Democrats countered that Republicans were responsible for the management of a government in their control.

“A Republican president occupies the White House, and Republicans hold the majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate,” said Representative Nita Lowey, Democrat of New York. “It is outrageous that, even with unified control of government, the majority could not chart a course toward keeping the government open, the most basic responsibility of Congress.”

The Senate’s vote, late Friday night, came after a day of budget brinkmanship in Washington that included a last-minute negotiating session between Mr. Trump and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader. The 90-minute meeting produced progress, both men said, but no deal. Just hours later, it appeared to collapse.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/us/politics/senate-showdown-government-shutdown-trump.html

naijapips04:
You never eat you dey buy data.

You dey mind am? Some people just no wan get sense.

Well, the definition of "indecent" dressing is not as clear cut as we think. If a man cannot control his libido because he saw a woman wearing a mini-skirt, and attempt to sexually assault her, it is all on him. The woman is absolutely NOT at fault. Thus, I do not see the reason why Tastebudz should be harassed on social media just because some perverted men, who cannot control their libido, are turned on by her outfit.

By the way, I've already watched a video of Daddy Freeze and his girlfriend/fiancee where she was wearing a skirt. I still cannot see what turns a guy on from her outfit. . "Leading someone to sin" is a very subjective phrase which could be used by rapists to justify their crime to ignorant and unlearned folks.

Ishilove:
Please tell me you're kidding...

You are aware they have a child together, right?

Well, it is not really our concern if they have a child or not. But my point still stands, no one should project their super-righteous beliefs on others.

Ishilove:
And the other part of her criticism?

The so-called critic has ZERO evidence of 'fornication' on the part of Daddy Freeze. People staying under one roof doesn not automatically mean that they are fucking their brains out.
We should stop generalizing things without adequate proof.

gidob:
Freeze is not a pastor and never claimed to be one..so notin is expected from him.

Help me tell some unmitigated idiots oh. The holier than thou prognosticators are nothing but incurable scallywags and demented dimwits.

The so-called critic is a confirmed loser and an irredeemable idiot. What business does she have with Tastebuds’ dressing? And can she categorically give a universal definition of “decent dressing”?

We should stop projecting our moral proclivities unto others. Yes, in some of the pics, the lady’s boobs are half exposed; but so what? She is free to wear whatever she wants in her home.

Shayneward1:
Likewise all these hoes on nairaland calling guys broke.

One was caught begging for #500 recharge card.

“Hidden” Hazard saves Chelsea again

The ABBA system will be used for the shootout .

5 draws in a row!! What the heck is happening at SW 6?

gift01:
Away goals count in extra time right?

Nope.
It is only a replay, so away goals do not count extra

@ safarigirl: now that the FG wants to spend N43 million on them, the likes of Dalung and Lai Mohammed will use it as a justification to take pictures with them, should they return to Naija with medals

Nigeria’s contingent to this year’s Winter Olympics Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, will need the sum of $120,000 (about N43 million) to compete for medals, the president of the Nigerian Bobsled Federation, Chief Solomon Ogba has said.
This year’s Winter Olympics will hold between February 9-25, and Nigerian women’s bobsleigh team will be making history as the first African sled to compete at the Games.

Former sprinter, Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere and Akuoma Omeoga qualified for the bobsled event last year, while Simidele Adeagbo also made the team in the women’s skeleton.

Speaking with The Guardian yesterday, Ogba, who is the immediate past president of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) said that the money would be used to take care of financial needs of the athletes, adding that the federal government, through the sports ministry had promised to assist them.
Ogba hinted that the team just finished its last phrase of camping at Lake Placid, New York, and that the athletes are expected to hit Lagos ending of this month for an elaborate send forth before their final departure to Pyeongchang.

Adigun will pilot the Nigerian sled in South Korea with either Onwumere or Omeoga to be selected as brakewoman.

The fourth competitor, Adeagbo, 36, only took up skeleton four months ago. She finished third in her two races at the North American Cup in Lake Placid, New York to pick her qualification ticket for the Games.

The Canadian-born slider – a former triple and long jumper – first expressed an interest in bobsleigh but was encouraged to try skeleton instead.

Africa was first represented at the Winter Olympics at Sarajevo 1984 by Senegalese alpine skier, Lamine Gueye.
At Sochi 2014, Togo and Zimbabwe were the only nations from the continent to send athletes to the Winter Olympics.

A Ghanaian athlete had also represented Africa at the winter Games.

https://guardian.ng/sport/nigeria-needs-n43million-for-winter-olympics/

top picture: Akuoma, Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere
bottom picture: Simidele Adeagbo

The inflation rate is still unacceptably high.

Ideally, a sound economy should have an inflation rate in the single digits i.e. not more than 6-7%.

Donald Duke’s ambition will make sense if he runs as an independent candidate.
But unless the independent candidate proposal is ratified as a constitutional amendment, he would have to contest under the platform of the PDP or APC. So depressing.

Nihilist:
Raumdeuter aren't you forgetting something?

You haven't asked Airmark how Krychowiak's last game went?

olapluto:
Which coach should the NFF get for the falcons? I would suggest a foreign coach that allows players to express themselves while also keeping organisation. Defensive organisation is what the falcons lack for now. Midfield and attacking is coordinated because we have individually talented players there.

Yes. Your key words were "individually talented players". On the evidence from the last AWCON, the new coach would have to get the players to improve on their midfield to attack transitions. On a lot of occasions, the midfielders had difficulty in creating chances, or were too selfish in their play.

Maureen Madu or Oliseh can do the job. Madu already has experience in coaching teams in Norway, and has a UEFA coaching license.

Nigeria's women's bobsleigh team will make history in Pyeongchang as the first African sled to compete at the Winter Olympics.

Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere, and Akuoma Omeoga hit the qualifying standard in November but needed to maintain their world ranking until 14 January.

Nigeria will be represented for the first time at the Winter Olympics.

Simidele Adeagbo will also fly the West African nation's flag in the women's skeleton.

All three bobsledders were once track and field athletes before switching to winter sports, with Adigun competing in the 100m hurdles at the London 2012 Olympics.

Adigun will pilot the Nigerian sled in South Korea with either Onwumere or Omeoga to be selected as brakewoman.

"It's surreal," said Adigun, speaking in November.

"One of the things that you aspire to is to have a podium spot with respect for the process and respect for the learning curve of what it is that we're actually doing."

Adeagbo, 36, only took up skeleton four months ago but will compete in Pyeongchang after finishing third in her two races at the North American Cup in Lake Placid, New York at the weekend.

The Canadian-born slider - a former triple and long jumper - first expressed an interest in bobsleigh but was encouraged to try skeleton instead.

The 2018 Winter Olympics start on February 8, in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics/42694188

Roman Goddess

City are already doing more defending than they’ve done in their previous 15 matches combined.

Nigerian athletes are not playing with anybody!

Another Nigerian athlete Simidele Adeagbo will be the first African woman to compete in the Skeleton category of the Winter Olympics.

Adeagbo, who will be joining the historic Nigerian bobsled team, qualified after coming 3rd in her 5th qualifying race.

36-year-old Adeagbo is currently ranked 84th in the world, although she first time she ever touched a skeleton sled was in September 2017.

She is a 4-time NCAA All American and triple jump record holder for the University of Kentucky, and had nursed but ultimately dumped an ambition to of competing at the Olympics, hanging her boots in 2008.

Her ambition had been revived in 2016, after hearing about a Nigerian bobsled team planning on competing in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in South Korea.

She told ThisDay:

I read an article about how the women had this audacious goal of becoming Africa’s first-ever bobsled team to go to the Winter Olympics. I was super inspired, and instantly thought, I wonder if I could be a part of that?

So, when I saw that, I was thinking, maybe they need a fourth person and maybe that fourth person could be me because there’s a history of track and field athletes going into bobsled.

But after she inquired from the team if she could be the fourth member, she heard back from them saying while bobsled is a 4-person sport for men, it is a 2-person sport for women.

In 2017, another opportunity surfaced. She saw on Instagram a call for tryouts by the Nigerian Bobsled and Skeleton Federation in Houston, Texas.

She had packed her bags and traveled to Houston, arriving on the morning of the tryouts and competing in the evening.

She got a call from the federation weeks later, she said, asking her to show up in camp in Canada. She said:

I honestly didn’t know much about the sport, but knew that there was a lot that I could draw from my track and field background to help me succeed in it. You run as fast as you can for about 30 meters to gain momentum before you launch into or onto something.

I was able to pick up the push start very, very quickly because I already had that experience with the runway of triple jump. Where I really have the advantage is only for a very short amount of time, four or five seconds of the race. But the track is a mile long, so the race will last another 50 seconds.

Adeagbo on her Instagram shared the great news that she had qualified for the winter Olympics, writing:

"Hello Pyeongchang! I successfully completed my 5th qualifying race with a 3rd place finish! I’m looking forward to representing @bsfnigeria & becoming the first female African Skeleton athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics. Dreams do come true!
Yoruba: �Were loba mi se (2X)
Ohun ti mo ro wipe ko seese Were loba mi se �
English Translation: He did it effortlessly for me (2X)
What I thought was impossible
He did it effortlessly for me
THANK YOU JESUS for this amazing blessing & plan for my life! ��#historyinthemaking#breakingbarriers#watchmework �@candicewardphotography"
https://www.bellanaija.com/2018/01/nigerian-athlete-simidele-adeagbo-becomes-first-african-compete-skeleton-winter-olympics/