₦airaland Forum

elyte89:
This has nothing to do with the demands besides u can’t compare d Malian 🇲🇱 job with the Nigerian 🇳🇬 job …it’s an upgrade.

Oga, it has everything to do with it. It's an indication and realistic assessment of his level because coaches have pay grades too.
Moreover, bigger football nation/pedigree does not equal better pay. For example, Nigeria is a bigger football brand than Angola but check the numbers.

Angola is probably the #2 or #3 top oil producing country in Africa behind Nigeria but has a higher GDP per capita due to its smaller population. This translates to better income per head, and more budgetary provisions for sports and football so it offers better salaries to foreign managers. Thats the reason they can comfortably offer Eric Chelle $100k to take him away from Nigeria.

Now. make I enter Eric Chelle matter.

The NFF gave him two targets when they appointed him as coach.

1. Qualify for the 2026 World Cup.
2. Reach the AFCON 2026 Final.

Did he meet those KPIs. If the answer is NO, then he has no leverage or leg to stand on to be demanding an upgraded contract of $130k with additional perks from the NFF.

Granted, Eric Chelle had the Super Eagles play the most beautiful and dominant football we've seen in the last 10 years (against Algeria) but beautiful football ≠ trophy. Also under Chelle, the Super Eagles had the most listless performance (WCQ playoff against DR Congo) we've seen in years.

But the bottomline is, he has not achieved anything and is not negotiating from a position of strength.

How many countries were queuing to appoint him as coach apart from Nigeria before NFF appointed him? Let's not even forget that he was third choice behind Bruno Labbadia, Tom Saintfient and it was when those two became unavailable that the NFF opted for him.

Look. there are two types of coaches; those who have been sacked and those who will be sacked. No coach is indispensable, certainly not Eric Chelle.

He has not won a major trophy. He is not a top-rated elite coach in Europe. He has not built a long-term tactical system. ......and nothing buttresses this more than the contractual terms he was offered by Olympique Marseille. 4 months contract. Win the FA cup and finish 3rd in league to obtain a 1 year permanent contract. Those are not the terms a club offers a coach they rate. There are even rumours that the Olympique Marseille link was planted and amplified to use as leverage and armtwist the NFF to renegotiate his contract.

Eric Chelle is a good coach and I rate him highly. He also fits the kind of coaching profile I want for the Super Eagles. Attack-minded, low-budget, "tactically dynamic", fast learning curve, ruthless decision making and continuous scouting for players.

Nigeria has a deep coaching market appeal. Little known European coaches that are eager to make a name for themselves and build their CVs/profile, assistant coaches in top European clubs, Nigerian/African diasporans, Accomplished coaches from other african countries etc will queue for the job. The platform of the Nigeria national football team is bigger than any single coach.

$50k is definitely not top-tier remuneration for foreign coaches in Africa but it's also not bottom-tier too.

Eric Chelle should calm down. He shouldn't rock the boat unnecessarily. The next two AFCONs are just round the corner. He needs to build coaching stability. He needs to qualify convincingly for AFCON. He needs to deliver results consistently overtime. He needs to win silverware (AFCON) and the Super Eagles is his best chance to do this. When he has achieved these, he can then renegotiate for an upgraded contract from a position of strength.

elyte89:
Including his staffs ….not too much if u ask

How much was he being paid in Mali? Also, what were Chelle's contractual terms in Mali?

GloriousGbola:
not sure who the four post chump actually is but blocked him anyway.

You did well. Be like person wey don get you for mind before the way he jumped on the post to begin spin agenda.

Away from the Grape issues, una dey see the doctored and mutilated result sheets wey dem upload for IREV in the Abuja Municipal election?

Na why I no put mouth for the whole amendment of electoral act and electronic transmission of results issue because I felt it was misplaced and a waste of time.

We have to adopt EVMs and go 100% electronic voting and collation of results if we're ever going to have credible elections .

AbokiWam:
Sarah Martin later took the dispatch rider on a date

No be from her church mind. ......

DissTroy:
She joked about ràpe too.

The same deserving condemnation Ezra got is what she deserves. But men make excuses for women so...

Same excuses many men made for Natasha Akpoti when she falsely accused Reno of ràpe.

https://x.com/i/status/283629444894167040

And it was a woman who dug up the tweet too.

https://x.com/i/status/2025241762155937963

I don't even know or understand why flint is defending Simi.

Akinlot:
Yesterday was my birthday and I can't find a reason to celebrate. It feels like I'm hustling backwards. Salary is no longer enough. You will hustle, pay bribe, talk, beg and plead to get side contracts to support salary and yet bills swallow everything like you're not doing enough.

Landlords are raising rents every year. And it started from 2023 when this man got on that chair. Between 2023 and today, my rent has increased 344%. I don't think anyone can out-hate me when it comes to Tinubu.

I travelled recently and saw the infrastructural strides and can't take that away from him but my quality of life has seriously nose dived.

PBAT's declaration that "subsidy is gone" go far gaan. It changed things overnight and plunged Nigerians into cataclysmic depths never seen before.

In addition to the extra hustles, you gats adopt some aggressive cost-saving measures, if you haven't already.

izzou:
A man with kids is a Daddy

My bad. Apologies if you meant it that way. 🙏

izzou:
Thank you, Daddy

Your Paale dey for house.

izzou:
The price of hoes and excavators are skyrocketing.

Eric said it was a blogger that used the account before, not him.

Post unblocked and unbanned.

raumdeuter:
Have I met any of these people you want to share my numbers with before?
The dispatch guy has met this lady and likes her

So what is wrong when after you meet someone and you like her, nex is shoot your shot and wait for a Yes or No. If no then move

The dispatch rider effed up.

He should have shot his shot in person when he met her, gauged her reaction and sought her consent before going the phone route.

Something like, "I didn't wanna take this order but having met you I'm glad I did. Damn, you're fyyne and have brightened up my day". Do you mind if I buzz you when I get off work?

He'd have most likely received a NO due to his looks and the difference in economic levels but hin don shoot hin shot, sabi how the babe rate am and he'd keep it moving.

(I once read a story on NL about how a dispatch rider did a delivery to a babe, and how the babe contacted the guy because dude was very fyne and articulate, and they started dating).

He crossed the line by chatting her using the phone number he was given for delivery without seeking her consent.

In this life, get sense.

Edit:

@ GloriousGbola, you once asked how I take land my madam. Na the format above I use. I was working the registration desk of a conference and one of those documenting people. As I dey register madam, I chyke am say na now I know why dem put me for the committee, and assign me to deskwork today. I asked for her number, and her response was "but you already have it' making reference to the entry in the logbook which included people contacts. So I later buzz am, and it took off from there. We don do 8 years now.

End.

iamoyindamola:
I support Simi's dragging though
She's more of an emotional fool and I am glad AG was dragged into it.
As a man if you can't control or manage how your wife lose her mouth online be ready to get same reaction from people

Hmm, Simi effed up but I do not support AG being dragged for it.

Simi is a grown adult, not a minor. She's a wife and not AG's subordinate. She has agency, freedom of expression and does not need control or supervision.

She should be held accountable for her words and actions. Dragging her hubby because he did not manage her mouth be like say na him be her owner.

It's unfortunate that AG was dragged into her ish but hopefully she has learnt the hard lesson that her family is not off-limits to internet people and will be dragged if she talks recklessly.

DissTroy:
True. The whole point isn't even recording - it's having evidence. For example, I hold most chats on Whatsapp. I don't delete messages with females (no matter how nasty and explicit) and I'd just archive them. I don't hold such anywhere else. I just backup my chats regularly, including raunchy media any must have sent - as it. I forget such conversations or people even. I still have chats with exes and randoms from 2014 or so. With images and videos shared.

And I don't chat with females who use disappearing messages or delete chats.

And I mentioned about choosing women wisely who have shown 100% loyalty. You date and marry a Tonto Dike and you deserve what you get. Or all these "purrr" females; or the ones with tags.

Also quell allegations immediately. I once told mine, 'Why did you chat me up to say I hurt you? You know it's because I dismissed what you said when you went on and on about XYZ. What if someone reads your chats like your sister or friend, wouldn't the assumption be that I physically hurt you? Is it deliberate?' It was the last time she did it and she'd rather talk about her concern in person.

If she had continued, then it would have been intentional. I don't keep female besties - any woman I am committed to is my bestie while it lasts so of course I have to be free around her.

Imagine your wife being hit in the face by the edge of the door on her own or by the kids mistakenly. Her face is swollen then she wants to go for a family function or work or church...

No, madam, you will treat it first. Thousands of people will see it and assume her husband beat her up.

If they have a breakup or enstraged in the future, those people will testify they saw her with swollen face.

See, you have to be preemptive about these things.

Society is merciless to men regarding these issues. As a man, society deems you a monster by default. Your whole life is proving you are not. Neo Akpofure just found out yesterday.

1. Your wife chats you that you hurt her, and your first instinct is not "how, what did I do?" Instead, you overanalyze her wording and get annoyed. You interrogate het and question her motive. You wonder who might see the chat and screenshot it. You frame it like she's trying to set you up. Ko buru.

2. Your wife mistakenly hits her face on a door and it swells. You stop her from going to a family function, church or work because of optics. Because people might assume wrongly. Because people go talk. Because in your head, future witnesses are already lining up to testify for something that never happened.

You do not trust your wife. You suspect and are negatively perceptive about everything. That's siege mentality, and I gats say you're imprisoned by your inordinate fear, negative perception and distrust of women, and really no one should be living like that.

Ja ara eh.

Egbon DissTroy, biko e don do o.

Na times like this I dey wish say NL.get voice message feature cos many things dey for mind to talk but laziness no gree me to type.

Continue to do you but at the end of the day, me know say peace of mind is better than 15gb of archived chats.

Safe.

DissTroy:
Men are just realizing to have proof? Audio, video, text, pictures... Save every evidence.

https://x.com/i/status/2023856448854503490

Archive chats with women but never deleted. Save evidence then backup to a dedicated Gmail account. Gmail free version is 15GB. Save fo the drive. Add your trusted account so in case you ever lose login access, you can use an alternate login method.


Protect yourself. Even that coworker can accuse you. Save chats and call logs.

If that side girl calls you she's coming over, record it then. Chat her up like you could barely hear her so she responds. Screenshot then save. When she gets home, casually talk about activities while you did together before she went back home. No less than 12 years of saving evidence on my end.

War-reading even though I hope I never have to shot a cannon in defence. But stack up your armoury.

Neo is being asked to defend himself despite the girl no providing time, date, visual evidence like chats or anything.

You are

🔸Recording and saving call logs
🔸Archiving every chat
🔸Backing up to Gmail and Drive
🔸Preparing alternate logins
🔸Saving 12 years of evidence

When relationship with dem XX turn counter-terrorism operation?

Also, you assume every female co-worker is a threat, every lady is a future accuser and potential litigation.

Isn't the paranoia, constant scanning for danger and hypervigilance draining you? I mean, you can't be at ease living like this.

Make you take am easy o. Life is to be lived at ease and enjoyed, not lived in anxiety and fear.

opes:
Osimhen said he encouraged his teammates after the third goal to score more so they would have a better advantage in the return fixture

Victor Osimhen: "Üçüncü gol sonrası topu aldım evet 2-3 yeterli değil bu takımlara karşı. Sürpriz yapabilecek kapasitelerini biliyoruz. Daha fazla gol atman gerekir. Topu taşıdım, takımı motive etmek için. Daha fazlasını atabilirdik. İkinci maç var."pic.twitter.com/CfVVybB2Gb

— Forza Cimbom (@forzacimbom) February 18, 2026

Elite mentality. Never satisfied with the bare minimum. He doesnt just want to win, but he wants to win big. 🙏😊

lbrichman2:
Osimhen...

Where and when did Osimhen say this?

GloriousGbola:
And If he continued to insist and drag and bait you?

He is the one taking Sophie to court to drag for custody. He is not being blocked from imade. He is not paying imades school fees.

He initatiated a completely unnecessary court case. If you initiate a court case especially a civil one, your character is going to be dragged in court, because in the end it comes down to if you can be perceived as a responsible person.

Someone whose son died under his roof, who is chasing OF thot, who is always in the news for the wrong things has no business going to court to drag for matters like this.

I align with the emboldened but I blame not Davido but his lawyers.

Many lawyers are dishonest people and are not always forthright with their clients. They'd gass their clients up and spin a completely hopeless case to make them feel like they'd win so they can open office on their heads., and that's what I suspect has happened here.

Now make we check am.

🔸Imade is 11 years old, and she has lived with her mum since she was born. Sophia has been her primary caregiver and only permanent presence in her life.

🔸Imade lives and schools permanently in Lagos. She has a stable home-life, has built a life filled with relatives and friends in this familiar environment.

🔸Davido on the other hand does not have a permanent home-base. He has two home bases, Lagos and Atalanta, and his time is split between the two places.

🔸Even when he's in Nigeria, he spends an extended amount of time travelling and performing in shows, recording in studio, attending events, going clubbing etc

🔸So when he's away doing all these stuff, who will be parenting Imade? Shey na nanny, or his extended family members/relatives?

🔸The truth is Imade needs hands-on parenting and Davido would have been an absentee parent. He is neither equipped or has the time to give his daughter hands-on parenting.

🔸Davido has always had visitation rights. I've seen videos of Davido taking Imade on outings so I'm certain the visitation rights were not restrictive and supervised, other than not being able to travel with Imade.I consider this to be very reasonable terms. That is enough.

🔸The joint custody suit was an ego trip and should never have been filed. It emanated from his bruised ego of being prevented from travelling with Imade by Sophia and her uncle Dele Momodu years ago but he should have gotten over that hurt by now.

🔸Davido lawyers no do well. The case should have been quietly withdrawn long before now cos there was no way an unbiased judge would have granted Davido joint custody.

lexyman:
if this should come through , another reason why Bayern will have more followers . then they can go and win uefa champions league ...Kane Lack the Capacity to deliver it for them .

Biko, no talk down Kane to prop up Osimhen. Admittedly, he's lost a few paces but is still a damn good player.

I'll be happy if this transfer pulls through. Been hearing some discordant tune about Osimhen from Gala in the past few weeks and it seems the affection is waning.

BascoVanVeli:
Tyrone Ebuehi with a fine finish @3:45 mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-rvaabSdv8?si=o6IaVrng6xurr7ma

Tyrone is a decent wingback. He looks slim and fit, and I'm glad to know he's still playing. But he needs to get out of Serie B fast for better visibility

Goke7:
That Europa final announced him finally to the world and it’s been a blast for him since then

Why am happy for him is because it happened as he rose within the national team sending a strong message that playing for Nigeria can make you a global icon!

All fifa and uefa social media pages have been using our guy to farm engagement they don use Ademola hammer within few days omo. The Nigerian brand is huge and heavily underrated

💯%

Nigerian engagement is gold.

semid4lyfe:
In signing Lookman, Athletico didn't just get a player, they got an entire nation.

Nigeria is big on social media and European clubs with Nigerian players always farm Nigerian engagement. Even opponents of clubs with Nigerian players try to benefit from the naija engagement.

This is Real Betis posting Ademola Lookman on their socials with Nigerian hashtags just before their Copa Del Rey match against Athletico, and telling their fans to greet him. And guess what, the post was in Naija pidgin. .....

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSaKBAXae/

When we mount one of ours, we go the whole way...........

In signing Lookman, Athletico didn't just get a player, they got an entire nation.

Papi85:
Admin Abi moderators no be sooo

I see no reason for banning my account because I stated the obvious. I didn’t insult nor use any wrong word while making my statement

If banters aren’t allowed here anymore please make it known. Some monickers do worst here but you all will turn blind eye to whatever they post here no matter how derogatory and insulting it is.

If you're referring to the ban on charlesemeka85 for the below quoted post, it was the spambot.

charlesemeka85:
Na this kind league and football person suppose to they hype here no be Fulani league 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

afrodoc2:
Let me start by saying i have never watched Jenifer or any of Funke's movies. I don't think like her style or even her personality. Afolayan is by far the superior filmmaker IMO.

Having said that, though her reaction might have been excessive, that was a subtle jab at her. He should not have mentioned her name and kept it general.

He was implying that the dancing and skits Funke was doing in order to make her movies profitable were beneath him.

1) So Funke's movies can't be profitable without dancing and skits. 2) You are too big for skits and dancing, but Funke is not.

Ogbeni, nobody asked you about Funke. They just asked you when your next movie was coming out.
To borrow the words of the great philosopher Jeezy, if you get jammed up don't mention my name.

Thank you for this.

Many industry colleagues don't like FA. She's been accused severally of "unethical practices" by fellow cinema movie producers. They allege that the Cinemas allot multiple viewing days and peak times to her movies and sabotage theirs by falsely claiming they're sold out, alloting unfavourable screening time, or limiting showing to once a day. Also, they say staff of cinemas talk down their own movies, then hype, suggest and divert movie goers to watch FA movies.

In all these, there was a commonality. Nobody mentioned FA's name but keen followers of the industry sabi wetin dey sup and who dem dey talk about.......so she kept her cool.

Now this a woman dealing with all these issues of jealousy, envy and hatred from industry colleagues and KA comes out and mentions her name like that....what I'll term a "complimentary insult" and una dey gaslight her, say she overreacted and are calling her unhinged and aggressive. No na.

Not that I believed the 1b, 2b numbers they say her movies gross in the cinemas. How much be the average cinema movie ticket? How many people gats watch a movie to realize those numbers? I don't think Nigerians are flocking to the cinemas in such huge numbers so I believe the numbers are grossly exaggerated.

Still, FA is clearly the record holder in that regard, and KA comments were borne out of envy for her cinema feats and thats why he mentioned her name and talked down on her cinema record . Ok, her movie makes 2b in cinema. Tax and cinema collect 1.5b. She is left with 500m. How does he know she doesn't make more than 10m?. Is he her accountant? Did she collect money from him? Why is he egen calculating the takehome from her project?

See, wisdom no be by age or grey hair. It's the ability to bridle the tongue and be disciplined in utterances.

Kunle Afolayan effed up, and Funke treated his eff up.......the way she deemed fit.

iamoyindamola:
Anikulapo s2 came out on Friday

Be like Kunle fall hand this time cos the Anikulapo Season 2 is being panned like crazy.

All the reactions and reviews of the s2 I've seen on IG and TT are unflattering.

Theflint1:
He does have a point, and I get his beef, especially when you consider these epic Yoruba movies have always been his way of expressing high art, and the entrant of the likes of Funke and Toyin Abraham has practically turned these movies into another Igwe era of Nollywood, then add the dancing for promotion and it gives the vibe of people that just want to cash out.

BlueRayDick:
To be fair, most of the movies they've been celebrating as grossing 1 trillion in cinema earnings...blah...blah have mostly been trash.

I remember the pre-COVID era when I was a frequent Cinema goer , I always regret watching most of those hyped movies with big names like Funke and co. They just use promotions to sell trashy movies with weak story lines and be celebrating numbers everywhere. Nobody talks about how great the movies are anymore.

They brought that same attitude to Netflix when Netflix came dangling streaming funds at movie producers. The moment Netflix saw through their weak story lines and poorly written scripts, Netflix asked them to use their own funds to make the movies and then bring it for screening to decided whether they will accept them or not. Immediately most of them quickly returned to cinemas

How it all started in a film summit (Not exact transcript)

Interviewer: Are you making any big movie to come back to Cinema soon?

Kunle Afoloyan: Its draining. If you can guarantee me that I don't need to dance to sell the film

Interviewer interjects: How can I guarantee you that?

Kunle Afolayan: Laughs. We need to come up with other strategies. How do we sell without exhausting ourselves? I don't know how Funke and the likes are doing it, creating all those skits, everyday changing different costumes, I cannot.

Kunle ,Afoloyan: I will continue to say it, I don't want to make 2 billion in Cinema that I will not take home 10m. If your movie makes 2b in the cinema, when tax is deducted, the cinemas take their cut, you're left with about 500m. If you have institutional investors/stakeholders, you have to pay them too.......bla bla bla

So Kunle kinda insinuated that despite the huge cinema numbers, showing movies in the cinema was not really profitable for filmmakers.

Next thing Funke posted on her IG story. "I'm not the one hindering your progress. If you cant beat them or join them, create your own path. No allow jealousy burn you. The sky is so big for everybody to fly. Eyin were jojo.

She went further to call him on phone, yelling and said to him, "Mr Afolayan, I know you don't like me but don't mention my name in your interviews and cut the call"

I do not rate Funke Akindele. Her Jennifer TV series was wack. Her movies are terrible. I would rather watch paint dry on the wall than sit through her movie. But I think Kunle Afoloyan shouldnt have mentioned her name specifically and her reaction is completely justified.

Kunle Afoloyan probably thought his older status and the Yoruba ethos of respect for elders and "don't insult or disrespect an elder will shield him from Funke but na hin disrespect himself and invite the insult. He needs to be disciplined in his utterances.

Ex Super Eagles Uche Okechukwu aka Gentle Giant is new Sporting Director of Enyimba FC of Aba.

Kunle Afolayan vs Funke Akindele ft Toyin Abraham

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSaGdHev4/

mostob:
They're just very thorough. Mateta reportedly has a knee issue that may flare up in 3 or 4 years time. I'm just so gutted for the guy. He worked hard and he deserve it but injury struck.

Surely, Crystal Palace knew about this? Why didn't they operate to resolve the issue rather than pass it on to Milan?

Mateta failed AC Milan medicals. Two sessions. Same thing happened to Victor Boniface.

Why are players always failing medicals at Milan?

https://x.com/i/status/2018335779961835901

Make person add poll to this thread,,I wan check something