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darkskingoddess:Love dt part u said u ar not insecure...so proof it by making ur face clearer in ur profile pics. Abi goddess. |
Oliviaarims:Gbam Gbam Oro nla..My crush u don talk finish. |
Xwayhandsom264:My dear let pray its d right choice...South Sudan agitate the same and the country Sudan were divided today where are the two countries? Pls get me right so far countries that were once tgda find it difficult to pick even after separation. My point is there is strength in our diversity , all we need is understanding and tolerance of one anoda. My dear if Biafra is given the state of nation today believe me even amidst the eastern state there wl still be issue. For dose who think division is the way out I pray their desire is granted. |
Hmmm Oyinbo life sha...if na Africa wey we dey she hear am. |
Breast wey don sag...na packaging joor...release the bra now u wl see it say am thinking..odo ori kodo. |
Hmmmm...mo fowo lero mo wo. |
MissIncognito:I op u understand dos thing wey d guy they yarn... |
Sommyangel:You be celebrities...? Hmmm my dear don't mind me u be joor after all we here celebrate u. Nice pix. |
Hmmmm.... |
noblemails:Naija sha u can pls them, while some are complaining they won't click the link; another man felt the need to do dt now ppu ar saying the story is too lengthy they need summary of it....hmmm |
Na wa in 9ice voice even bus conductor get ambition... O'Gara baba ogara.] Na wa in 9ice voice even bus conductor get ambition... O'Gara baba ogara Na wa in 9ice voice even bus conductor get ambition... O'Gara baba ogara |
Hmmm na wa o. |
15' Back-to-back yellow cards! Lovely work
by Martial on the left as he sucks Fernandinho
into a cynical challenge. The ensuing free kick
is played short to the Frenchman and more
clever technique from him sees Sagna come in
with a late tackle as he also finds his name in
the referee's book! |
13' First chance to the visitor! Toure is picked
out in midfield with a clever pass from the
back and the Ivorian is able to slide the ball
across to Sterling on the left. He cuts in at the
top of the area and tries to step inside his
marker, but his final effort is deflected behind
smartly by Jones. |
11' City start to settle in and in the midst of a
prolonged spell in possession. They have been
largely unable to advance the ball into the
attacking third, however, with the tempo really
struggling to pick up out on the pitch. Neither
side wants to flinch first. |
9' Possession has been dominated by United
through the opening 10 minutes, and they
have done an excellent job of sending their
two wing-backs forward in support. Rojo and
Valencia are finding nice pockets of space on
the flank, though have just been unable to pick
out a good final ball. |
7' STAT ATTACK: The all-time leading scorer
in Manchester derbies is United forward Wayne
Rooney, who trails Denis Law by just one goal
for second on the club’s all-time scoring list,
behind Bobby Charlton. |
5' Good work from Schneiderlin to win the ball
back near the halfway line and it looks as
though Rooney has a chance to break.
Sensing a bit of danger, Toure hacks him
down to halt the counter and will receive a
stern talking to from Mark Clattenburg. Good
decision from the referee not to hand out a
yellow card so early in the match, though
there was a case to be made for it. |
5' Good work from Schneiderlin to win the ball
back near the halfway line and it looks as
though Rooney has a chance to break.
Sensing a bit of danger, Toure hacks him
down to halt the counter and will receive a
stern talking to from Mark Clattenburg. Good
decision from the referee not to hand out a
yellow card so early in the match, though
there was a case to be made for it. |
3' Nothing more than the two sides feeling
each other out in the opening minutes.
Possession remains with Manchester United,
who thanks to the contrasting styles of their
two central midfielders, are so good at
keeping the ball. City are a well-disciplined
team, however, so this promises to be quite a
tense affair barring an early goal to open up
proceedings. |
1' The Red Devils get us underway, attacking
right to left. Here we go! |
This is a City team hungry for respect. They
have won two titles in the last four years and
hoping to make it three in seven months. The
absence of two of their more formidable
attackers is a definite blow, but with the kind
of form Kevin De Bruyne is in they may just be
able to overcome it. The Belgian has taken the
league by storm since arriving and will be
hoping to etch his name in Manchester City
folklore as he takes part in his first Premier
League derby |
Matteo Darmian has seemingly lost his place
in the starting lineup after being subbed off for
"tactical reason" at half-time of the match
against Everton. Daley Blind and Memphis
Depay have also become regulars on the
substitute bench following the disappointing
end to their European Championship qualifying
campaign with the Netherlands. Meanwhile,
Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan
Schneiderlin have become the preferred
partnership in midfield even with Michael
Carrick healthy. |
Good day Premier League fans around the world, and welcome to Old Trafford for the Manchester derby! Today all eyes shift to the Theatre of Dreams as the Red Devils and Sky Blues do battle with a lot more than just pride and bragging rights on the line. I am Smshola and I will be your in-game host, guiding you through the match LIVE as it happens. |
Line Up (4-5-1) for ManCity 1 J. Hart 4 V. Kompany 11 A. Kolarov 30 N. Otamendi 3 B. Sagna 7 R. Sterling 42 Y. Touré 17 K. De Bruyne 6 Fernando 25 Fernandinho 14 W. Bony Substitutes 13 W. Caballero 26 M. Demichelis 20 E. Mangala 5 P. Zabaleta 15 Jesús Navas 27 P. Roberts 72 K. Iheanacho |
Line Up (4-5-1) For Manutd. 1 De Gea 4 P. Jones 12 C. Smalling 5 M. Rojo 28 M. Schneiderlin 31 B. Schweinsteiger 21 Ander Herrera 25 A. Valencia 8 Mata 9 A. Martial 10 W. Rooney Substitutes 20 S. Romero 36 M. Darmian 27 M. Fellaini 17 D. Blind 35 J. Lingard 16 M. Carrick 7 M. Depay |
WHEN a man’s mind is made up to go hunting, it is almost always a done deal. He simply picks his dane gun and hunting bag, full of hunting tricks, and head out. And men are natural hunters. For them, it does not matter the contents of the pot of soup in their houses, they must still go after the game in the forest. That a man has an elegant zebra at home will not stop him from going after a squirrel in the bush. It is the way he is wired. He loves variety and like I have been told more than once, the excitement of hunting can only be described by a man. And I heard too that that is the reason why men are not excited when women go after them. Men are not wired to be hunted, pursued. They love being the predator. You must also agree with me that if a man is a hunter, he does not really need a reason to go into the bush. So, all that talk about a man going hunting because his wife does not know how to apply make-up does not hold water. Or haven’t we seen men married to beauty queens straying? But why men stray is a book I intend to write someday soon. Today, I just want to talk about how men hide behind their professions when they need to go hunting, check their traps and so on. Imagine the medical doctor on the day he needs to ‘take permission’ from his wife to go on call. ‘Honey, that was the hospital again. The way this CMD (Chief Medical Director) is going, I just may quit this job. How can I be on call-duty this weekend? I was there from Friday till Monday last week. It is Dr Owutu’s turn this weekend. Why is the man behaving like this, treating me like this? It’s either he is trying to frustrate me or he just wants to kill me. Haba, does he not know that I have a life, a wife who needs me? I think I should just hand in my letter of resignation. I’m done…’ At this point, the unsuspecting wife tries to pacify him, calm him down, that it’s just one weekend and she understands the demand of his job. She will be there when he returns and will support him to reach the peak of his career. She kisses him and sees him off to the car. And off he goes to his call duty. Oh yeah. But we know who he will be operating on this weekend, don’t we? He is just taking the name of the poor CMD in vain. Oga doctor is on 24/7 duty in the bed and bedroom of his fine-girl-no-pimples. She has a long list of complaints and he has all the right prescription. By the time his latest babe sends him home on Monday, he will be so used the ‘owner of the thing’ will not be able to get it to rise to the occasion. And that’s when D-doc will pour another bowl of invectives on his heartless CMD. May the Lord forgive some of the sins of doctors. Some doctors, not all of them. As for the senior journalist, he is so hardworking and productive that sometimes he slips into the reproductive mode, without knowing. In other words, our prayer for him is: Oh Lord, forgive Mr Editor for he knows not what he is doing. Whether there is breaking news or not, the day bros needs to do his runs, he makes something break or breaks something. Once his mind is made up about the new girl, then he has to put everything in place to write the full story. Here goes his announcement: ‘There is this assignment the editor gave me to do and I have been busy doing other things. Now, he is threat ening to give me a query and copy the MD. I don’t know why the guy can’t understand that my plate is full.’ Ah, what are you going to do now? His wife asks. ‘I’m to have to stay in that office until I knock out this story, otherwise there will be trouble on Monday. Fortunately, there will be some quiet at the weekend in the newsroom. I will transcribe, proofread and plan the pages so that by Monday, I can submit it. The editor has been looking for an excuse to sack me but I won’t give him one and considering how hard it is to find in job in the industry right now, I’ll just have to do what I have to do.’ Oole, thief! What he has to do is thoroughly do the ‘front page, back page and centrespread’ of his new catch. If his wife tries to check him in the office this weekend, he won’t be there because the story he wants to write exists only in his head. He is reproducing not producing. He’s taking his girl out this friend and pretending to be free and single this weekend. Let’s take the politician’s case from another angle. Honourable Bello is a successful politician, whatever that means. He has been around for so long that he is now a godfather. His wife of over two decades was used to his long days and even longer nights. She ha d come to accept the meetings, the endless entertaining and smiling until her make-up cracked even when all she wanted to do was crack the heads of her husband’s hangers-on. She knew he went hunting sometimes. She also knew some of the women in the party also hunted him down once in a while. But what she didn’t know was that there was a regular one he had installed in a cosy corner of the town. She was the one who took him to cloud nine when political heat threatened to consume him. One night , Hon. Bello told his wife he was going for a caucus meeting. She believed him or pretended to. He went to his meeting. Two hours later, his wife called the party chairman in whose house the meeting was supposed to be taking place and asked to speak with her husband, urgently. The party chairman quickly put two and two together and told ‘Madam’ that her husband went to the toilet and would call him as soon as he rejoined the meeting. Chairman quickly called Honourable about the latest development. He advised him to ‘postpone the meeting ‘ he was having in the other house. He counted his teeth with his tongue and called off his meeting. Fortu nately, Abuja is not like Lagos. He got home just in time before ‘Madam’ could send out a search party after him. Nocturnal meetings provide politicians’ cover to go hunting or to check out their investments. Lawyers? I’m an unlearned fellow but the learned guys have cases all over the country, meetings and briefs even outside the country. It’s just that some of these cases some of the time are in certain courts where only Oga and madam argue their points vigorously until both have proved beyond reasonable doubt that justice has been done. I hope with these few points of mine, I have been able to convince you that all men are hunters but not all of them tell professional lies. |
EXHALE There was an emotional outpouring in the mainstream media on Monday, October 19 over the death of one of the most celebrated journalists, Dele Giwa. This year marked the 29th anniversary after his death. Dele Giwa was murdered in cold blood through a mail bomb at his residence on that fateful day. Speculations surrounding his death pointed accusing fingers at the military government in power then. There was an outcry for justice but 29 years later, the culprits are yet to be caught, let alone brought to book. Despite the authority’s incompetence to fish out the murderers, nothing has been done to honour Giwa for his contribution to investigative journalism. This was what led some aggrieved members of the society to protest that a School of Journalism should be built in his honour. It is not known if the federal government will heed to their clarion call. The story is same for Ameyo Adadevoh who died saving our nation from the deadly Ebola epidemic. For their heroic deeds, they get emotional messages on social media and few mentions in the traditional media. What happened to our values system? When will we celebrate those who put their lives on the line for all? When we will stop celebrating mediocrity and uphold those who deserve national honours? When will we kill the gullibility of social media hype? When will we start recognising real people? When will we get over our insatiable desire for a celebrity status? If those who are making sacrifices for our beloved nation are not rewarded, then who will die for Nigeria? Who will want to walk through the shadows of death for a country that has no regard for her citizens? Who will want to go the extra mile to ensure that every citizen’s right is protected and respected? Tell me, who? So fellow Nlanders can you die for Naija? |
May the Lord av mercy on me I think am guilty of this... |
The difference between trial and temptation is.
temptation: "Do this
pleasant thing and do not let yourself be hindered
by the fact that it is wrong," whereas trial says,
"Do this good and
noble thing, and do not let yourself be hindered
by the fact that it is painful". The message lies here... |
On top money we all go die leave behind... |
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