₦airaland Forum

TheSuperNerd:
Crown them already. Their lineup is unfair.

The French and Spaniards will make it tough for them though

BascoVanVeli:
Took her out the air. Shocking no call.

I wish that incident was video-reviewed

Half time
Korea 48:45 Nigeria

TheSuperNerd:
They should play to the whistle! Ref did not call so we could have covered for that. Korea scored a 3 from that and I got livid.

Waiting for the refs while Korea carry on playing is not the way to go abeg. These Koreans dey form Obiakpo too much. 😡

I agree!

Omo, Macaulay was fouled there

lovewins:
Musa so far is a weapon formed against us. Thankfully coach saw that early.

Something is definitely wrong with her, because but for her wastefulness, we should be leading this game

End of 1st quarter
Korea 26:22 Nigeria

Musa has missed too many offensive rebounds already

Amy with Three!

carbonado:
...blowing out China at the moment.

They’ve absolutely destroyed China with 3s

The U.S. are looking to win their 31st consecutive World Cup match!!

217,000 tickets have been sold for this edition of the women’s World Cup, which is a new record!

What do you make of David Hundeyin’s piece on Uber Nigeria?

For the record, Uber never made or intended to make money in Nigeria. Anyone who is familiar with Uber's core business model knew this since 2015. Uber's business model is to enter a market, set its fares well below those of the existing traditional taxis, burn VC money to absorb the losses while driving taxis out of the market, then raise prices after it becomes a monopoly.

That model needs a large middle market segment to work - people who don't own or drive their own cars but have enough discretionary income to regularly pay for comfy private transport. In Lagos and Abuja, there are only maybe a couple of hundred thousand people within that income segment. People above it who own their own cars and/or have their own personal driver don't need a ride hailing service, and the vast majority below it who don't, generally aren't willing to pay even the VC-subsidised "cheap" fares because what is considered "cheap" in San Francisco is definitely not cheap in Bariga.

In the ideal market, Uber is only competing against the traditional taxi. In the extremely price-sensitive environment of Nigeria, the opportunity cost of taking an Uber in the minds of the addressable market is the cost savings one can make from taking a danfo, BRT bus, korope, keke, okada, or even literally walking instead. All the VC dollars in the world cannot subsidise a trip made in a low-capacity, air-conditioned, 4-wheeled car into ever becoming cheaper than a bus or rickshaw trip over the same distance. The only people who were regularly and predictably using Uber to get around were a small minority of well-heeled, mainly female customers who chose not to own or drive their own vehicle for various reasons - and this was far too small a market segment to build the Uber business model on. The mathematics made no sense from day 1.

Also from a driver and cars POV, Uber is known to operate like a pyramid scheme. It depends on a constant stream of new drivers and cars being onboarded onto the platform to replace the drivers and car owners who drop out in vast numbers everyday after realising that after fuel, repairs and depreciation costs in Nigeria, it is mathematically impossible to make any real money on Uber. The best one can do with it (as I did for 3 months in 2016) is just use it to temporarily get by - but the fuel costs will eat nearly half of whatever you make, the repairs will be expensive and incessant, and your car will be transformed into a pile of moving metal trash with next to no resale value.

There was no real business case for Uber Nigeria, and this was known as far back as 2015 just 1 year after launch. The real reason it stayed another 11 years after the entire initial set of drivers and car owners pulled out citing everything I just said, is that its real business in Nigeria was not ride hailing, but **data gathering.**

Uber is part of the US military industrial complex, like every other thing out of Silicon Valley. Edward Snowden's leaked files already showed us that the American NSA uses Uber, Lyft etc as its "God's Eye" system, giving the US government round the clock surveillance access into where people go, what routes they use, what items they buy, what social relationships they have etc. Thinking of Uber as just a ride hailing app is like thinking of Google as just a search engine.

Over 12 years in Lagos and Abuja, the data Uber has collected would have given whoever gathered it some extremely useful, and possibly dangerous insights into whoever might be a person of interest. The data would include people's home address, work addresses, which Airbnbs they book to meet their side pieces, which takeaway restaurant they order from, what pharmacy they buy condoms or morning after pills from, what routes they take to work and back, where their kids go to school...

I'm willing to bet that the decision to end Uber's presence in Nigeria was not sudden at all, but merely the expiration of whatever US government contract it was executing.

But FIBA didn’t try o. Why did they have to make the qualification route to the quarterfinals unnecessarily complicated? 🤷🏾‍♂️

It should have just been the top 2 in each group to automatically advance. Yes, FIBA Africa also need to ditch the format as well.

The first two games of the women’s World Cup tip off, tomorrow, at 10:30am WAT, as Mali will square up against Japan, and Australia take on Puerto Rico🇵🇷
Later on the same day, defending champions, the 🇺🇸 take on China PR at 1:15pm WAT; whilst our beloved D’Tigress will face South Korea at 1:30pm WAT

carbonado:
Serious Wahala dey o.....it is Afrobasket format, where the top team in a group, goes to the quarter final and the 2nd and 3rd team in group B cross with group A 2nd and 3rd team(Teams in group A includes Japan, Germany, Spain and Mali). So you could win 2 games in your group and still not qualify for quarter finals, the last team in a group are eliminated and goes on to play classification games. It is about to be brutal...

Omo, it’s going to be a tall order to beat Germany or Japan, in order to qualify for the quarterfinals (if we don’t win the group).
Can we beat France? Yes, but D’Tigress would have to play their best game in 2 years to achieve that feat

carbonado:
.....i don't think the starting 5 will be like this though...although, Rita has size, would you start her over Pallas or Musa, especially being her first competitive cap...Maybe Rene will go that route, maybe not...I am guessing Rita and Elizabeth wont be in the starting 5..

I agree that Rita might likely not start. But her starting the game would lead to a historic moment

If you’re in United States, here’s TNT’s (and family of networks) full women’s World Cup schedule..

[https://press.wbd.com/us/media-release/tnt-sports/tnt-sports-present-exclusive-wall-wall-coverage-fiba-womens-basketball-world-cup-2026]

D’Tigress 🇳🇬 could make history at the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup.

Nigeria could become the first African nation to start five players who have played in the WNBA in a World Cup game.🏀🌍

🇳🇬 Ezinne Kalu
🇳🇬 Elizabeth Balogun
🇳🇬 Victoria Macaulay
🇳🇬 Amy Okonkwo
🇳🇬 Rita Igbokwe

Redman44:
Blessing Ejiofor and Ifunanya Okoro did not make the roster. I have not been impressed with Ejiofor 's game for a long time. So I am not surprised she did not make the cut. Okoro on the other hand is not a bad player. I did not really see her in camp. I have not watched the friendly games against China, Belgium, Spain , Puerto Rico. Did Ifunanya Okoro play in the games I have just mentioned ? @ PDPGuy etc. Cheers 🏀🏀🏀.

Frankly, I’m not shocked by Ejiofor’s omission after she only got a combined 10 minutes of action at both the last Afrobasket and WC qualifying tournament. She has the potential to be a decent post player for the team, but still needs to refine her game

CrystalTiger:
Casually confessing to treason because we're in a lawless country..

“We know how we did it. Peter Obi’s Labour Party won everything in 2023, but we changed the results.”

— Former Rivers Assembly Chief Whip, Evans Bipi, reveals how Nyesom Wike allegedly manipulated the 2023 election results in Rivers State. pic.twitter.com/UPQqyi9wuq

— Youth in Process (@Youthinprocess) September 2, 2026

Omo, sometimes I wonder whether it’s necessary to spend 5 years studying law in Naija

izzou:
InDrive is the worst. 99% of the time, the drivers will take you offline.

The fares are ridiculously cheap.

I heard that the app allows passengers to negotiate the fare with the drivers too!

carbonado:
...Are you sure she was dropped, or she excused herself....she had a decent showing during the exhibition games

I see. I hope the latter is the reason…

Danielnino00:
🚨 BREAKING: D’TIGRESS ROSTER UPDATE 🇳🇬🏀

Here is the latest 12-player roster for Nigeria’s D’Tigress ahead of the FIBA Women’s World Cup in Germany.

🇳🇬 Promise Amukamara
🇳🇬 Jordan Obi
🇳🇬 Elizabeth Balogun
🇳🇬 Musa Murjanatu
🇳🇬 Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah
🇳🇬 Rita Igbokwe
🇳🇬 Victoria Macaulay
🇳🇬 Ezinne Kalu
🇳🇬 Shay Ijiwoye
🇳🇬 Nicole Enabosi
🇳🇬 Amy Okonkwo
🇳🇬 Grace Efosa

12 players. One mission. 🇳🇬🔥

#DTigress #NigeriaBasketball #fibawwc

Formidable roster right there, but I’m surprised by that Gabby White was dropped! She is one PG that I thought, based on her performances in the various friendlies, that would make the plane to Germany.

GloriousGbola:
i dont think one on one haggling is a first world thing though

Many of us in the U.S. haggle with mechanics and handy men sha

BlueRayDick:
I guess competition from alternatives like InDrive made their business model not sutainable and they just decided to move.

From a consumer's viewpoint, I think InDrive having that feature that allows consumers negotiate the cost of ride with willing drivers definitely puts brand like Uber and bolt at disadvantage.

Omo, per your last sentence, if Indrive gains a foothold in the U.S. or the UK, Uber may also struggle in those countries too; because many customers would also want the ability to negotiate prices with the drivers.

raumdeuter:
What about Nigerians in Nigeria mentality should they change?

The selfishness mentality. We need to collectively sacrifice the need for “quick gains” in order for Naija society - public infrastructure-wise - to function comparably with what obtains in some other African countries and western nations.

raumdeuter:
What about Nigerians in Nigeria. What is their disposition to all of these cos na dem matter pass in all of these

Make dem change their mentality sha

The truth is, a lot of Nigerians in the diaspora may not actually be ready for a functioning Nigeria. For some, living abroad is mainly about earning a better living, not necessarily because they prefer a more organized society.

Deep down, some are still comfortable with the same disorder, dishonesty, toxicity, and chaos they grew up around. The difference is that they want to return with enough money and status to rise above the dysfunction rather than change it. They don’t necessarily want the system to work for everybody; they just want to be in a position where the broken system works in their favor.

That’s why I sometimes wonder: if Nigeria suddenly became as organized, accountable, and structured as the countries many Nigerians migrate to, would everyone genuinely be happy about it?

It’s deeper than this, though. One day I go explain am well.

With Messi, Di Maria, and Aguero all now retired from international footie, I’m not sure if Argentina will come close to winning any major trophies within the next few years.

Hull City fans should screen-shot this page cos they may not even feature in the top 10 by the end of the season 😁

Hardrive:
For a moment I was almost traumatized, I thought I saw Madugu, I was like "not again, this man is everywhere our women are playing ball".

😂😂