bakynes:
All these SS and SE people think OPC wont defeat Niger delta Militants because of sophisticated weapons the militants carry. OPC do not rely on guns they have charms as well. I do know the militants use charms too but no tribe can really match the Yorubas in Charm and Voodo in Nigeria except the Hausa-Fulanis. I have seen an OPC vigilante in my area walking invinsible with only shoes moving abt.
So do not discard their threat. Its better we all encourage peace.

If charms were that sophisticated, don't you think Africa would have been the World Power long before now

Of what good are those 'USELESS CHARMS' against the might of an American 'Apache Helicopter' that fires 'Hell Fire' Missiles or the super fighter jet the Falcon F 22

Charms my foot!!!

Mathematics!!!!
I ve never been comfortable with issues in numerical form.....

archangel1:
Dear NLanders, something has got me puzzled for long. sometimes, I don't understand why our bureaucracy is not so swift and efficient especially as regard rendering services that mainly concern the masses. Reticence and tokenism have bedevilled our system of governance in this country. that's my perception
For a year and some months now, the National ID that I applied for has not been given to me. But I remembered when Mr. president came on board around May last year, he was registered before the press , within two months of registration, he was given his before the cameramen; all in the name that NIMC is working. is that not tokenism?
pls, has any one in this forum received his or her own. pls, when did you apply. I want to know whether am the only one left by NIMC? Thanks for your response.

I did apply way back last year and i'm yet to get mine.

That's the perception and indeed a sad reality of how things work in Nigeria!

....

boldx:

Here is my evidence that this is a recycled topic.
https://www.nairaland.com/2879000/here-8-engines-avoid

That's not relevant right now. What's more important is the fact that the piece was highly educative to folks like myself. I didn't see the other piece but i'm seeing this one now and that's more important.

I think the OP deserves credit for enlightening car owners with this vital information!

SmartMugu:
You mentioned Lagos, every driver is in a rush to get somewhere in Lagos, even the passengers. So, how can a common lane on the road stop people?
Fences, barbed wires or barricades should be used to demarcate lanes, not just some markings on the road. People won't respect those markings.

I'm beginning to agree with this post.

If this were to be the solution, then you can't help but agree with the OP that a lot of these drivers think with their hands and feet instead of their brains...

lonelydora:
How would those Danfo drivers prove to you that they drive more than you? Most Nigerians believe lane switching makes you a 'sharp' driver.

That's the mentality when driving in lagos.

kYjelly2:
Okay, so the government has done its job on some roads by providing clear lane markings, yet some or most motorists in Nigeria take these lane markings simply as decorations

I get soooooooo angry driving in Lagos sometimes, that I find myself cursing almost everyone.

Do they even realize how dangerous it is

You will be driving in ur lane, then some animal would now leave his lane and start veering into urs, like da fvck

What is so hard in driving straight and using ur turn signals when ready to switch lanes

Honestly, if I was white, I'd be a racist after witnessing this sort of jungle driving. I'd think that blacks are animals, true story.

The most annoying one is on a 3 lane road like lekki epe, when I'm driving on the extreme left lane and some mudafvcker in the middle lanenow has half of his car in his lane and the other half in my lane. In essence almost pushing me into the concrete sepetator on my left.

Why am I a Nigerian sef, why am I black

Don't even get me started with danfos and conductors hanging on the back of busses like real animals.

No law enforcement, nothing. Fvcking annoying

It's ever so frustrating that you can't help but think a whole of animals are in human form when you see this sort of crazy/dangerous driving on Nigerian roads!

I don curse tire so tey i no dey even bother but accept the barbaric driving as it is......

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d33types:


these huge trucks have lots of blind spots hence they will hardly see around them, hence we don't treat them like normal car vehicles.
if behind them, overtake asap,
in front of them, speed off asap.

If beside them,be more careful cos in Nigeria, they change lane like devils. Either move fast or slow down but they shouldn't be directly beside you.

.Most of these trucks use the fast lane even when on cruising speed,thus tempting you to overtake from the wrong side

My thoughts exactly!

ramdris:
So anytime I see truck,make I pack or wetin u b dey try talk sef. If thats the case nobody go dey move for Lagos cos truck plenty pass car sef.

What is wrong in simply acknowledging the moral of the story?

Good riddance to bad rubbish!!!!

The Fool and his wards just cost me 5000K on Merrybet!

England the worst football playing nation on earth just like the Nigeria they colonised.

Roy Hodgson with him face wey be like Mr Bean Own!

Bunch of foolish English footballers!!!

temmym4:


These are the types that goes just 30secs. no offence.

Go and check all those that claim they spend 24hrs on women. u ll find out most of them can't do anything.

U can't go 4hrs straight without break if you can perform well in bed with lots of twists and turns and bends, except if ur joystick is like a water-fetcher and your partner is as wide as a very large well i.e you both don't feel anything.
You will only get bored and come out with bruised private parts.

If u keep banging for four hours and your partner didnt shout for help, run out of the room or faints, then am afraid you might not be able to satisfy a woman.

It's high time we stop deceiving ourselves, especially we the guys and our sexual lives.

Fact!!!

Martz101:


Bro world cup qualifier is like a marathon is not tonerment...Nigeria might be in disarray now but there is alot of time to improve on that.

Nigeria will qualify from that group.

Mark my words, we won't qualify!... But then, time will tell.

Martz101:


What Nigerians fail to understand is that no generation of players dsame;this current players have something Algeria don't have and that is been unknown.

We know they have mahrez even berahimi and co,which will aid even Zambia and Cameroon in stopping them.

Am not jjust been patriotic but am sure Nigeria will qualify.

Well, i guess we all have to wait and see while we keep our fingers crossed...

ejomsuccess:
Hehehe, zambia & Algeria to beat us home & away, we will manage a draw with cameroon at home, I'm sure we will finish last in the group

I subscribe to this opinion too!

jieta:
u are taking things too far, even if we are nt going to qualify bt atleast show nigeria some respect.the last tym i check we beat cameroon three zero. we have a good head to head against algeria.the last tym we lost to zambia is way bck in d 90s. pls show some respect

I used to be as passionate as you are right now as regards the Super Eagles. For the purpose of emphasis, i'd want to state that i was inside the main bowl of the national stadium surulere in 1993 to see Yekini, Okocha, et al destroy The Algerians and Ivoriens (4-1 on both occasion) enroute USA 1994.

Now my point is this, That Generation(1990-1994) was quite simply 'World Class' as evident in their club form the length and breadth of Europe. What you fail to realise is that, the talent coming through in this generation of SE players is 'DEFINITELY' below par and that's only natural! (NOTE THIS POINT).

You'd also realise that this set of players woefully failed to qualify for the last 2 AFCONS, a thing unheard of with the class of (1990-1994)! You seem to forget all too soon that there was a time when AFCON qualifiers was left to the Home Based players just so the professionals could give a 100% attention to the WC qualifiers, but those days are long gone because the Pros of today can't beat Tanzania and Swaziland away from home!!!!

Bearing my last paragraph in mind, How then can these set of Super Eagles players survive in a World Cup Group comprising of Algeria(Presently the best team on the African continent), Cameroon(Always 100% serious when the WC qualifiers come around) and Zambia(A resurgent side on the African continent)?

This has nothing to do with the NFF or NFA who always seem to have their house in disarray while contributing their own quota to World Cup and AFCON campaign failures over time. The real problem aside the NFF is that the talent coming through in this generation is not as good as that coming through in Algeria and Cameroon etc, etc. (NOTE THIS).

You talk about respect for this Team, and oh yes!, i was and i ve been there to see the great side of the nineties play 'LIVE' at the main bowl of the National Stadium, Surulere and conquer the best of Africa as it were then.

Bro, this team do not have the capacity to pick a draw in Algiers and Yaounde, and this is a sad reality we as soccer loving Nigerians must all wake up to come 2017.

Over to you, I rest my case.......

cc: Mayany.

laurel03:
its football even zambia can be the team that will qualify from the group...

Highly unlikely!... But then, it's football for you.

NigerianDiamond:
We have a chance of qualifying but we need to get a capable and respected foreign coach to take over the coaching job of the SE. A coach who will strike fear in the camp of our opponents and whom our players will feel motivated playing under. I have respect for Algeria but I could remember they were defeated home and away in the 2006 WC qualifying series by the SE 1-0 and 2-5 respectively. They are the best team right now but on a normal day, the name Nigeria strikes fear in the heart of any of our opponents even at our lowest ebb. Algeria will find Nigeria difficult to beat and with our boys showing determination and hunger, we should pick 4pts from the 2matches involving us and Algeria. With Cameroun, they are our major issue in African football but they have been lacklustre just like the SE. They struggle to beat minnows and even their qualification matches are usually doctored in the favour by referees due to Isa Hayatou's position as CAF president, on a level playing ground Cameroun cannot beat Nigeria. The last game between us ended 3-0 in favour of Nigeria, you could say it was a friendly but it counts and it gives us an edge when we face each other in the qualifiers. My Submission - We should make 4pts from Cameroun as well. Zambia are not really the strongest of this group but they can be the banana skin in this ground and we need to be wary of them. We need to be ruthless against them both home and away and make sure we take all the maximum points from them. I am not underrating them but they are surely the point-donating team in the group. Zambia has been poor in the qualification series to the 2017 nations cup just like Nigeria but unlike Nigeria, they found themselves in a much easy group but yet they faltered but Nigeria non-qualification was due to bickering and shoddy preparation by the NFF which we hope will be rectified before october when the qualifiers will commence.
In all I want to see the SE in Russia and the only way we can get there is to put our house in order, commence preparation now, study our opponents, appoint a world class foreign coach, take our qualifiers out of Kaduna and return it to PH, Lagos(our fortress if possible), Abuja or Akwa Ibom.
I believe we have a big chance of progressing...Our destiny is in our hands...

'If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride on them'

Common lad, we both know deep down that this set of SE players can't weather the storm in Algiers and Yaounde to pick a draw. The sad reality is that Algeria will most likely beat us here in Nigeria. You refer to the 5-2 victory we had over them in 2005. but you fail to realise that was 11 years ago.

History tells us that Cameroon have always edged past us when pitted in the same World cup group and MARK MY WORDS, Cameroon will beat us in Yaounde!

The truth is, we just don't have the talent coming through anymore.... This set of Super Eagles players are a far cry from the set of the early nineties! Do you realise that Nigeria has failed to qualify for the last 2 AFCONS? Do you also realise that Clemens Westerhof in (1992-1993) during the WC qualifiers for USA 94 used the professionals while using the HOME BASED players to easily navigate a qualification for AFCON 94(Which we won).

Search your mind and tell yourself the truth, Nigeria is no longer at the top of the mountain(Football Wise In Africa) but at the bottom, and sad as it seem, Nigeria will not be playing in RUSSIA 2018. We simply do not have a team that can stop 'The Desert Foxes of Algeria' or 'The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon'

The squad of 94 is long gone and what we have presently is a far cry from that and we must all accept that.

If this group is anything to go by (NIGERIA, CAMEROON, ALGERIA, ZAMBIA), then the Super Eagles making it to Russia 2018 is a mirage!!!

nextstep:


Erm... I've spent the past 30+ years of my life watching Super Eagles fall hand time and time again. This is not a case of "odds against them", as it is a case of "they have no business playing ball." I've gone from national pride, to enthusiastic, to hopeful, to frustrated, to annoyed. At least Ghana, Algeria, and Cameroon have performed well, and so instead of wasting my emotions on some lackluster footballing from the Super Eagles, I know I can count on the above countries to actually play.

I've said it before, if I was president, I would withdraw Nigeria from all international football associations and endorse Ghana and Cameroon. I'd happily pay the fines - which is cheaper than sending all these players and hangers-on abroad to embarrass us.

I concur!

Martz101:
GROUP A; it will be a very easy ride for DR congo,right now they have one of the best players in Africa with a very nice strike force.There only problem will come from Tunisia who are not having the best of times.

Winner: DR CONGO

GROUP B; very difficult group for Nigeria but the group can actually go well for them if the first match which will take place in Algeria go in Nigeria favour probably a point which is doable not because am a Nigeria; Nigeria actually play beta when they play in a nice pitch and trust me that can create a good momentum for dem;Cameroon football is not of high standard anymore and Zambia is beatable home and away.

NIGERIA

GROUP C; This is the group of dead for me because the 4 team have equal chances of going to russia,gabon might seem to be minnows but they got a good striker who is actually the African footballer of the year,ivory Coast ain't that strong with the retirement of there golden generation and Morocco is always a good side in there day.But I think Mali have some thing special from the bunch HUNGER and they have very good player all over the globe. Am goin for Mali.

WINNER ...MALI


GROUP D; This is the easiest group of all,with south Africa football not ready to achieve it potential and Burkina Faso football going down after there 2016 afcon final appearance I expect a special Senegal squad to cruise straight to Senegal without any hitch...they will only encounter some problems from Cape Verde bur don't be suprise if Senegal comes out with 18 points from this group

WINNER SENEGAL


GROUP E; This is the must technical of all group with the rivalry between ghana and Egypt coming up once again...and the group winner is going to come down to who get more point from that 2 match, I think Egypt will be happy to play ghana first in Accra and if they can get a good result in ghana...then they can finish the job in Cairo.we all know how difficult it is to play Egypt there,u can ask Mikel and co.

WINNER...EGYPT

Wishful and sentimental analysis!

Bro, this group is way beyond Nigeria. No way on earth we'd get a draw in Algiers and Yaounde. Then again Algeria may beat us here in Naija.

Russia 2018 is a 'BRIDGE TOO FAR' for this generation of Super Eagles players!

Belmot:
We will be spectators come russia 2018.

FACT!!!

histemple:
With the present level of our football, any group we find ourself is a group of death. Even if we were drawn against Liberia, Gambia, Benin Republic, Libya, Burundi etc.

Exactly!!!

Kontriboy:
It is a difficult group but qualification is possible. Win all your home matches and pick a least five points on the road. I'm hoping for the best.

Come to think of it, can you bet a nickel that the present crop of Super Eagles players can pick a draw in Algiers and Yaounde?

jstbeinhonest:



We shall qualify....I just want a foreign coach.

Foreign coach or not, we just don't have quality talents coming through anymore unlike the early nineties...........
That is why this set of players will be destroyed in Algiers and Yaounde!!!

laurel03:
Wetin we do for Caf now... Ds one na serious wickedness... God go win sha for super Eagle. We Must Qualify

I observed this comment got you 5 likes but my question is, 'Won't God help out the other teams in the group'?

Reality check bro!.... This group is way beyond this set of Super Eagles players, and we won't be in Russia come 2018

bennie1980:
We shall qualify.

On the contrary, When Nigeria had her best crop of players under the 'Dutchgerian' Clemens Westerhof(1990-1994), picking a result in Algiers, Yaounde and Lusaka was 'HERCULEAN'!. How much more with this generation of players who lose to lowly UGANDA in their backyard!

Fact is, we'll lose in Algiers and Yaounde and maybe sneak a draw in Lusaka.

Another fact is, we may not even come third in this group(Mark my words).

And the most important fact is, The Super Eagles will not be in RUSSIA 2018.

Now, you dare say again, 'We shall qualify'?

bennie1980:
We shall qualify.

On the contrary, when Nigeria had her best crop of players under Clemens Westerhof(1990-1994), picking a result then in Algiers, Yaounde and Lusaka was herculean. How much more with these generation of players who lose to 'UGANDA' at home.

Nigeria won't come third in this group!

You dare say again, 'We shall qualify'??

I didn't realise until i experienced this first hand while driving from Warri to Lagos in 2014.

I think Port-Harcourt should have come before Warri and that's because House rent in Port-Harcourt is 'FAR' more expensive when compared to Warri.

Millerz:
I'm sorry but the bolded is a dumb question.

Firstly, our system of government is archaic and mundane. Not compatible with the 21st century.

Secondly, what has other governors been doing with their 87% allocation from the Niger Delta?

Our leaders are corrupt but so is every leader in Nigeria. Corruption in all forms is bad, but you should hold other regions accountable first for the free allocation they have been receiving, not the Niger Delta.

Great response!

Puresolutions:
Our dear Urhobo and Isoko leaders have started with their pragmatic sepatism again,those elders should go and sit down,is the struggle just for the ijaw man.When will they stop criminalising the Ijaw people for goodness sakes and let's all dwell in peace.The struggle serves a positive purpose not just for the Ijaw not for the Niger Delta alone cause ultimately it weakens the strong standpoint of foreign owners of regional assets and channels the path towards actual federalism and resource control and productivity which is what the nation needs.

Urhobo and Isoko elders and the constant divisions of ancient origins should know the young generation don't stick with them in their polarity but we stand to tackle issues much more truthfully true carel near and far conseuqneces of choices objectively..I rest my case.Off to church

Very sensible post!!!!