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Yeah, it's true it's been postponed

The match has been rescheduled to tomorrow due to heavy rain in Benin-City.

^^^The kick off time I understand is 4pm which means it's end of first half. But this game is in Benin City.Is no nairalander following it anywhere?

Please house when is the match starting?

And can anybody help us with updates please?

omar22:
Like what?

He featured prominently for our national Team for 17yrs. He was Team captain for the last 3yrs he spent in the national team.He was never the highest goal scorer but he definitely created several chances for others to score. You think football is all about dribbling like Jayjay Ochacha did?His inflence on the game was always noticeable: Deadly passes, good ball holding ability, good positioning, he caused several free-kicks and penalties that led to goals 'cos he was easily fould by opponents.He is the most Inteliigent player this country has ever had. He plays more with his brains than any other part of his body. Whether you like it or not KANU NWANKWO IS THE KING OF NIGERIAN FOOTBALL.

Let me name from graduates of the past youth teams since 1985(when I started watching football):

Victor Igbinoba (eaglet China '85)
Sani Adamu (eaglet China '85)
Lucky Okonedo(goal keeper eaglet China '85)
Jonathan Akpoborie(eaglet China '85)
Peter Ogaba(eaglet Canada '87 & Flying eagles Saudi '89)
Christ Nwosu(eaglet Canada '87 & Flying eagles Saudi '89)
Phillip Osondu(eaglet Canada '87 & Flying eagles Saudi '89)
Taiwo Enegua(eaglet Canada '87)
Oladimeji Lawal(eaglet Canada '87 & Flying eagles Saudi '89)
Babajubril Babalola(eaglet Canada '87)
Lemi Isa(goal keeper eaglets Canada '87)
Etim Esin(Flying eagles Chile '87)
Williams Okpara (Goal Keeper Flying Eagles Chile '87)I remember how Brazil beat Nigeria 4-0! in our first game.
Christopher Ohenhen(Flying eagles Saudi '89)
Angus Ikechi(Goal keeper Flying eagles Saudi '89)
Emeka Amadi(2nd GK Flying eagles Saudi '89)remember the role he played in that game against USSR: From 0-4 to 4-4 and penalties(miracle of Damam)
Mike Onyemachara(Flying eagles Saudi '89)
Samuel Elijah(Flying eagles Saudi '89)
Wilfred Agbonavbare(Goal Keeper Olympic team Seoul '88)-Agbonabasket fame.I remember we lost 4-0 to Brazil in that 1st game.
David Ngodigha(2nd GK Olympic team Seoul '88)-He was brought-in in the 2nd game against Yugoslavia and we lost 3-1.
Samuel Okparaji-RIP(green eagles maroc '88 & olympic team '88)
Bright Omokaro (Green Eagles Maroc ‘88)
Ndubuisi Okesieme (Green Eagles Maroc ‘88)
Wole Odegbami (Green Eagles Maroc ‘88)
Jide Oguntunwase (Eaglets Scotland ’89)
Olusegun Fetuga (Eaglet Scotland ’89)
John Zaki (Eaglet Scotland ’89 & All African Games Cairo ’91)
Bobolayefa Edon(Eaglet Scotland ’89 & All African Games Cairo ’91)
Precious Monye (Eaglets Scotland ’89)
Andrew Aikhomogbe( Goal Keeper Eaglet Scotland ’89)
Friday Elahor (Green Eagles Algiers ’90)
Moses Kpakor (Green Eagles Algiers ’90)
Chinedu Anazonwu (All African Games Cairo ’91)
Felix Aladesanmi (All African Games Cairo ’91)
Peter Ikechukwu Anosike (Eaglet Japan ’93)
Festus Odini (Eaglet Japan ’93)
Karibe Ojigwe (Eaglets Japan ’93, Dream Team1 Atlanta 96, later played for Super Eagles late 90s)
Mubi Okparaku (Eaglet Japan ’93,Dream Team1 Atlanta 96, later played for Super Eagles prior France 98).Friendly against Yugoslavia spoilt his Career.
Mohammed Manga (Eaglet Japan ’93)
Charles Okonebor (Goal Keeper Eaglets Japan ’93)
Emmanuel Babayaro (2d Goal Keeper Eaglet Japan ’93, 2nd GK Dream Team 1 Atlanta 96 )
Gabriel Okolosi (battling to break into the Super Eagles of the early 90s)
Efan Ekoku (expected to be better than Yekini only to flop at CAN ’94)
Mike Emanalor (Super Eagles USA ’94) Currently in Chelsea coaching crew
Olumide Haris ( AYC Nigeria ’95)
Kingsley Amuneke a.k.a Ecuador (Eaglets Ecuador ’95)- my child-hood friend & younger brother to Emmanuel Amuneke
Edward Anyankim (not sure of the spelling) (Eaglets Ecuador ’95)
Blessing Anyanwu(Eaglets Ecuador ’95)
Kingsley Obiekwu (Dream Team 1 Atlanta Olympics ’96)
Dosu Joseph (Dream Team 1 Goal Keeper Atlanta ’96)
Teslim Fatusi (Dream Team 1 Atlanta ’96)
Gbenga Okunowo (Flying Eagles ’97) Later played for Barcelona FC
Julius Aghahowa (Flying Eagles Nigeria ’99; Dream Team 2 Team Sydney 2000; Super Eagles WC Korea/Japan 2002;CAN ’02, ‘04, ’06)
Pius Ikedia (Flying Eagles Nigeria ’99, Dream Team 2 Sydney 2000, Later played shortly for Super Eagles)
Haruna Babangida (Flying Eagles Nigeria ’99, Dream Team 2 Sydney 2000)
Shittu *Forgonten his first name*(Flying Eagles Nigeria ’99)
Azubuike Oliseh (Dream Team 2 Sydney 2000)
Ogbonna Kanu (Dream Team 2 Sydney 2000)
Femi Opabunmi (Eaglets T &T 2001, Super Eagles Korea/Japan 2002, Dream Team 3)Onigninde prematurely killed his promising Career
Segun Abiodun (Eaglets T&T 2001 & Dream Team 3)
Victor Brown (Eaglets T &T 2001)
Temile Omonigho (Eaglets T & T 2001)
Justice Christopher (Flying Eagles 2001, Super Eagles WC Korea/Japan ’02, Dream Team 3)
Christian Obodo (Flying Eagles 2001, Super Eagles 03-06)
Batholomew Ogbeche(Flying Eagles 2001, Super Eagles WC Korea/Japan 2002)
Zenken Tyewase (Eaglets 2005,Flying Eagles ’07)
Ezekiel Bala(Eaglets Norway ’03 & Flying Eagles ’07)
Emmanuel Sarki(Eaglets Norway ’03 & Flying Eagles ’07)
David Solomon Abwo(Flying Eagles Holland ’05)
John Owoeri (Flying Eagles Holland ’05)
Macauley Krisantus(Eaglets Korea ’07)
Kabiru Akinsola(Eaglets Korea ‘07
Daniel Joshua (Eaglet Korea ’07)
Edile *Forgoten his 1st name*(Eaglets Korea ’07)
Sani Keita (Flying Eagles Holland ‘05, Dream Team 4 Beijing ’08, Super Eagles WC SA ’10)
Yakubu Ayegbeni(Dream Team 2 Sydney 2000, Super Eagles CAN ’04,’08,’10 WC SA ’10)

I quite agree more with the top ten than I would for the remainder of the list.

Ola-Ray:
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha What a load of rubbish, he has 2 AGE RELATED MEDALS (A-G-E R-E-L-A-T-E-D)


Tell me what he did for the national team?

Show me which other player in that top 10 that won 2 age related medals. Besides this was not conducted based on National team football alone but also club engagements.We cannot also rule out the fact that Kanu contributed alot to our Senior National Team.

Rebecca is putting on the 10 jersey, front row, 2nd from the right.

Mcheeew

^^^more like it bro.The interior looks clean enough.See what u have been hiding from potential buyers?

You can go further by making us see the dash board, the car stereo and A/C regulators, then the boot as well.



Happy sales!

Some of you guys sure need to learn to photograph and display photos of ur cars. 1photo of a side of the external view, 2photos of steering and 5photos of Engine. Man, am sure u know better.

No problem. But they should also come and establish schools for the Agberos and motor-park touts in Lagos and Onitsha and also for the Militants in the Niger-Delta.

Yeye people. They are always trying to please people from the north.

Looks clean outside.The interior and the boot please

@ Reflector, a good topic u've started here. I have been reading everybody's comments since yesterday.

I have never seen building for rent as a good investment. How can you invest a huge sum and which ever indeces u use and expect to your Payback time at 20yrs + or -5! You spend 5 to 10yrs to build a house and wait for 20-25yrs to recoup the investment.That makes about 30yrs.Add 30yrs to your current age.You would be about 60 + if not 70+ Is that when u want to start enjoyin life?

There are several businesses/investments that you can get a Payback Time of 1 to 5 yrs.

In my opinion if you are still young(less than 40yrs) put your money more in investments with faster returns that can fetch u some good money and them split your money:re-investing sum into that same biz and then you can start building for rent or something else. I will only build just for social status/sentiment later in life not now that I am still hustling to grab my cashes.

And who says buildings have zero risks attached? Govt bulldozz houses, some are gotted by fire, Some buildings collapse, sum sink, in some cases where we have land dispute a whole building can be pulled down after court judgement.

Building houses in the Village is just for social/status sentiments, and people who want to make their Villages look like township, nothing more.

Hmmm, by the time you are 42 yrs old she'ld be 50! and reached menopause while you'll be at your prime of sexual craze. Man think am well o .And can u stand people asking u if she's ur aunty?

@ poster, there are no basis for comparing a boss with an husband.An employee answering sir to her boss does not necessary mean she's afraid of him.And that does not tranlate to her having more respect for her boss than her husband. Sir is just an officail way of adressing your boss.

But why on earth should a woman be trembling before her husband? Husbands and wives should be best of friends and that does not mean that the wife will not respect him.

DO YOU KNOW THAT THE HUSBAND HAS THE POWER TO ASK THE WIFE TO QUIT THE JOB WHILE THE BOSS DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO ASK THE WIFE TO QUIT HER MARRIAGE?

"He regretted that education, which served as a vehicle for bridging the gap between the rich and the poor, as children of both attended the same school, is now endangered because the poor are forced to attend public schools which lack chairs and desks, while the children of the rich attend expensive private schools, thereby eliminating the hope of bridging the gap."

That is the point.When I was in Primary and Secondary School.You could have the son of a carpenter share the same class room desk with the son of a Bank manager. We had equal treatment. I was from a poor background but I had friends whose parents were rich. So then it was normal to have the rich in the midst of the poor without any threats.

Now the gap is just so wide that the only time poor children see rich children is when the rich kids are driven pass in their fathers air-conditioned cars.

If this trend is not checked, 9 and 10 year olds will soon start kidnapping rich men's children too.

May God protect those innocent children. It's high time this government of ours declared a fool fledged war against kidnappers. Who knows their condition now,especially the ladies amongst them. Terror!

Those kidnappers are sure to be somewhere in the Niger-Delta.Let the SSS and JTF swing  into action.Nothing must happen to those children o else we will stop sending our children for NYSC or the program be reviewed. One cannot raise a child up to that age only to lose them to some useless kidnappers.

From a distance the buses look descent enough. Hope this is sustainable?

Who is not too old? He should look at the present Super Eagles apart from Yobo anybody be his mate there. You won come begin follow small-small boys drag jersey.

He's trying to see whether Nigerians can give him another chance so he can organise testimonial match for himself. No problem, on your testimonial match day Nigerian fans will descend on him and he'll explain to each of us y he brought our Green and white flag to a disrepute. Ole oshi alakori.

This implies that the tournament will receive serious followership from those day dreaming nairaland dudes.
@poster I am sure you are one of them abi? Talk true make devil shame.

But I hope she will not deputise for Rita Chikwelu who is usually the preferred choice for the central mid-fielder position.

Rashidi Yekini. Nigeria hadly played a goaless game during his reign.If we won 4-0 Reshidi would score atleast 2goals.
If he was in that team to Ethiopia we would probably had won 4-2.
If it was Yekini that got that chance Yak got and missed against Korea during the last WC the ball would have toren the net and killed a spectator at the stand.

He is (argueably)our most prolific striker ever.

No player in the English lower division is worth playing for the Super Eagles pleasssssssssssss.
Who do you want to displace? Look at our list of attackers:
Ike Uche
Emmanuel Emenike
Obinna Nsofor
Osaze Odemwingie
Ekhigho Ehiosun
Ahmed Musa
Victor Anichebe
Peter Utaka

Please this guy na surplus.

@ poster don't mind those people abusing you. They are just frustrated mediocres. They can as well live on N1,500 per month salary.They think the only reason you earn salary is to feed, cloth ur self and pay rents and bills.

I understand how you feel.You probably had hoped to start with something better. You know what you are worth. There is no crime in thinking big for your self.
My advice is just take the job. As you grow in the Company they'll definitely increase your pay.Alternatively, as you gain experience you'll be better able to market your self to a better paying firm.

Best of God.

Katsumoto:
Please research your subjects first and well.

Abdul Razak from Ghana won in 1978, Ali Bencheikh (Algeria) was second while Thomas Nkono was third.

The first top three finish by a Nigerian was for Odegbami who was third in 1977. Odegbami also finished second in 1980. The next time a Nigerian finished in the top three was when Yekini finished third in 1993. Yekini won the award as the first Nigerian in 1994. Okala, sadly was never in the top three.

France football gave the award from 1970 to 1994 while CAF started givining the award in 1993. Yekini won the first CAF award in 1993 while Abedi won the France football award. Amunike won the CAF award in 1994 while Weah won the France Football version in that year.

Bros check ur sources very well Emmanuel Okala won the CAF player award for 1978 though it was announced in February 1979.

Eko Ile:
That's a lie. Try Teslim Balogun back in 1955

Thanks bro.

First Nigerian to play in England from 1955-58: Teslim Balogun.
No pictures but you can check the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teslim_Balogun

The first Nigerian to bag a PHD in Mathematics: Chike Obi

First Nigerian to win the CAF African Footballer of the year in 1978: Emmanuel Okala.

Sorry no pictures but I have the links:
http://www.completesportsnigeria.com/news/2011/02/okala-nigerias-first-african-footballer-of-the-year

The first Nigerian to play in the English Premier League (EPL): John Chiedozie. Born 18th April 1960 in Owerri.Played for Tottenham Hotspurs, Derby County,Leyton Orient, Notts County in the Late 70s and early 80s.

First Nigerian Pastor to cross millions of followers on twitter: Pastor Chris Oyakhilome