AFCON 2022: NIGERIA'S FINAL LIST

 

Goalkeepers: Francis Uzoho (AC Omonia, Cyprus); John Noble (Enyimba FC); Daniel Akpeyi (Kaizer Chiefs, South Africa); Maduka Okoye (Sparta Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Defenders: Chidozie Awaziem (Alanyaspor FC, Turkey); Kenneth Omeruo (CD Leganes, Spain); Leon Balogun (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); William Ekong (Watford FC, England); Olaoluwa Aina (Torino FC, Italy); Jamilu Collins (SC Padeborn 07, Germany); Abdullahi Shehu (AC Omonia, Cyprus); Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto, Portugal); Olisa Ndah (Orlando Pirates, South Africa)

Mdfielders: Frank Onyeka (Brentford FC, England); Joseph Ayodele-Aribo (Galsgow Rangers, Scotland); Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City, England); Chidera Ejuke (CSKA Moscow, Russia); Kelechi Nwakali (SD Huesca, Spain)

Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Fatih Karagumruk, Turkey); Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal FC, Spain); Victor Osimhen (Napoli FC, Italy); Moses Simon (FC Nantes, France); Sadiq Umar (UD Almeria, Spain); Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin, Germany); Odion Jude Ighalo (Al-Shabab Riyadh, Saudi Arabia); Alex Iwobi (Everton FC, England); Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City, England); Emmanuel Dennis (Watford FC, England)

5 types of women that men don’t want to marry

 For many men, these categories of women are quite unappealing:

1. Bossy babe

Women like this just can’t help it. They order your steps, want to be in involved in making every decision with you and that would have been cool if it stopped there. But most times they extend the involvement to the point of wanting to outrightly calling the shots.

Guys rarely put up with these women for too long.

2. The changer

Just as there are men who try to change women, there are women, too who try this trick.

The problem with this type of woman is that she claims tolove her guy just the way he is, but little by little, she chips away at just about everything about him. First, it’s his wardrobe, then it’s his taste in music.

Once men sense that she’s trying to erode everything they stand for and enjoy, it won’t be long before they kick against her, most times dumping her out of the relationship on her backside.

3. Jealous Jessie

Jealous Jessie is the woman whose distrust is so high that she’s on the edge all the time. Always snooping, always inquisitive, always paranoid

Many times, she has been burnt in the past, so she is on guard for anything that looks or feels wrong. But the problem is that men do not want to be judged for the errors of other men. And the more frequent the suspicions are, the more annoying it gets, the more weakened the bond gets.

Men will have no choice but to leave her because they can’t go through life being prosecuted for somebody else’s crimes.

4. Women without pursuit

Guys become very overwhelmed and suffocated by a woman who is never busy with stuff of her own. If she’s ever idle and always seeking to merge every second of her day with a man’s, it won’t be long before the man gets fed up.

Everyone loves, needs, requires space to pursue individuality. Love’s bond should be tight, but not so tight to the point of suffocation.

5. Mummy’s muppet

A man just doesn’t want a woman who returns to her mum for all answers, who shares all about her relationship with her mum and never makes a decision without her because she does not have a mind of her own.

COPIED FROM FACEOFMALAWI ON NOVEMBER 4, 2021 

South African returnee dies in Imo police custody, family demands justice

 A  Nigerian based in South Africa, Nnamdi Ohanekwurum, who recently returned to his hometown in Amagu, in the Orlu East Local Government Area of Imo State, has died in the custody of the anti-kidnapping unit of the state police command.

PUNCH Metro gathered that Nnamdi and his extended family members were preparing for the one-year remembrance of a late uncle when he was asked to enquire about the prices of drinks needed for the celebration.

The 32-year-old was on his way to run the errand when four armed policemen reportedly stormed the community in a Sienna vehicle and started arresting people indiscriminately.

Upon sighting the armed men, youths in the area took to their heels, while the victim, who did not run, was apprehended and taken to an undisclosed destination.

His elder brother, Chigozie, said some of the youth who escaped informed the family of the incident.

He said, “The incident happened on August 24, 2021. My brother, who was preparing to return to South Africa, was sent on an errand to Orie-Nempi Market to inquire about the prices of drinks to be used for a remembrance ceremony.

“Two hours after he left, some youths from the neighbouring community ran to our house to inform us that four armed policemen arrested him. The youth said they ran but he didn’t as a clear conscience fears no evil.

“Upon receiving this shocking news, I searched for him in neighbouring communities and all the police stations, including the area command, but I was told they never facilitated any arrest that day.

“I returned home to explain all I went through and some family members suggested they might be kidnappers and might call soon.

“But on August 28, a young man came to inform us that he saw my brother at the anti-kidnapping unit in Owerri.”

Chigozie noted that the resident was at the police unit to monitor another case he reported when he saw Nnamdi.

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WHO WILL SAVE THE NAIRA? PART 1

 

SEE WHAT OKEZIE IKPEAZỤ HAS TURNED PORT HARCOURT ROAD ABA INTO

 

Below are the pictures of what the government of Okezie Ikpeazụ has turned Aba into despite demolishing houses in native compound in his pretence of reconstructing Port Harcourt Road Aba.

THE FOUNDATION OF XENOPHOBIA Part 2

 THE FOUNDATION OF XENOPHOBIA Part 2

By Percy Omenazu

Igbo man has a popular saying:

"Ebe onye ọsọ gbaruru, onye ije ga-eru ya."

This can be interpreted in the Pinkman's language thus:

"Wherever the man that runs reaches, the man that walks will surely reach."

I am a small boy, I don't have power to challenge into to the wise old saying. However, from my observations, I have noted that if we must go by that saying, we must be ready to apply the Economist's citeris paribus to make the saying always correct. This is because, if we go by true life experiences, three conditions must be satisfied before it is justified. These three conditions are:

1) The time allotted for the race must either be very long or unlimited. May be the runner must have rested for a long time before the walker meets him.

2) The distance to be covered must have been determined to ensure the runner does not continue.

3) Even if the walker must meet the runner, both will never get that point of meeting at same time.

For these reasons, my piece of advice to anyone close to me is to RUN when others are running. Don't console yourself that you will reach there when you are walking while running is required.

The Holy Bible paints it well. There is time for everything. As a parent, be mindful of how your children run and walk. When you notice sluggish movements when their mates are running, begin immediately to seek for the solution. It is like a taboo to watch other youths from other regions and countries arriving with nothing and eventually having things for themselves while your own children are busy claiming to be the owners of the land. When this is not curbed early, it leads to xenophobic attacks.

Youths should choose between partaking in the  blessings of their countries/regions and watching strangers capitalizing on same blessings. The later brings about inequalities which bring about envy. This envy is the cause of xenophobia?

When your mates are running, run....

Make a right attempt.

Don't be left behind.

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THE FOUNDATION OF XENOPHOBIA part 1

 

THE FOUNDATION OF XENOPHOBIA part 1

Xenophobia starts immediately history is either distorted or abandoned.

When leaders or rulers criminally try to hide the truth in the history of the people, xenophobia starts. The bitter truth about our South African brothers is that the criminals the government indirectly uses to execute the attacks on Nigerians don't know how much Nigeria contributed in the building of South Africa.

Let us return home. One of the reasons Nigerians flee the country is insecurity. When we condemn xenophobic attacks in the foreign land, do we really forget that it also happens here? Can we count how many times businesses owned by Igbos and Southern Nigerians have been destroyed in the North by fellow Nigerians? Can we count how many times people were massacred as a result of simple provocations? I remember the period a cartoon displayed in Europe claimed the lives of innocent Igbos in the Northern Nigeria. So what we read and watch about South Africa is not new to us. Worse still, are you in haste to forget the tension experienced in Lagos when PDP had upper hand in an election?

In Nigeria, history is continually distorted and silenced. In South Africa, that's also the case. This is the foundation of xenophobia.

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Nigeria 🇳🇬 vs Liberia 🇱🇷 in Lagos

 

MY JOURNEY TO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL part one

 

MY JOURNEY TO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ABA part one

BY Percy Ihekerenma Omenazu 

n my time as a pupil in the eighties, National High School Aba was the only model school in the former Aba Division (The former Aba Division is made up of all the areas in Abia South Senatorial Zone and half of Abia Central Senatorial zone). Not only that, National High School Aba was one of the most respected institutions in the entire Eastern Region. It was a great challenge having opportunity to be in this school established during colonialism. The only school in same category the school in the present day Abia State is Government College Umuahia. As pupil, I made my ambition known to everybody around me that I would be at National High School. It was known as Ibo National College (Ibo NACO) before its change of name. Something just reminded me of my journey to the prestigious school and I decided to share.

One of the greatest challenges I faced in my last year in Primary School was posed by my friend and class mate whom I met in their class as I was introduced in the class from a class I dominated for a long time. I was always coming first before the change and I saw myself always falling behind Odichimma Dike who was always taking the first position. The challenge was great because some elders who believed that National High School Aba was out of reach for the ordinary people told me that if I must make it to the NACO Varsity, I must be the best in my school. Meanwhile, I had already been pinned down to second position as a result of my inability to surpass Odichimma in every exam we took. This gave me concern as a child. I would not like to lose that simple ambition of wearing white upon green.

To my surprise, when the result of the Common Entrance Exam was flashed, I was not the best and Odichimma was also not the best. I rejected the result. It was when we were told of the cut off mark for Model School that I relaxed. In my school we were over 10 pupils that scored above the cut off. Hence, we were subjected to writing another Entrance Examination for the Model school with pupils from other primary schools across the state. We were still in Imo State. 

On the day of this examination that was written at the Premises of National High School along Port Harcourt road in 1988/1989, I was carried away by the beauty and organization of the school compound. Every tree had a tag of its name both English and botanical. Every path was well weeded. The Nigerian flag was positioned at the middle of the compound. The football pitch was totally green and organized. The health centre was a small building with beautiful flowers round about. The handball pitch was there close to the beautiful office we learnt to be the Principal's office. The beautiful path that leads to the staff quarters. I saw vehicles comfortably running in the compound with no threat to the progress of the academic business. I had already made up my mind as a child to be there even when I had no points to back my ambition up. Now, I had seen and nothing, absolutely nothing would stop me from being there. I wrote the short examination with full confidence of returning there for registration.

It took a little while before the result was out. I moved with my mother to the Zonal Inspectorate Office behind today's INEC office in Aba South. As we marched into the office, we met a woman who attended to us. The woman brought out a long note book which she opened. While she was searching for my name, I was faster than her. I sighted my name and noticed that it was not marked. I noticed that some names were already marked. I moved back a little and made a movement that could have resulted to crying. The woman who had also sighted my name noticed my movement, she abruptly asked me:

"Don't you want to go to National High School?"

Immediately she asked me this question, I realized I was wrong in my hasty conclusion about the marked and unmarked names. My spirit returned. I answered her by just nodding. A childhood dream had come to pass. I couldn't control my happiness. The people in same office started laughing as they congratulated me. I didn't know they were also observing my reactions. The woman told me:

"So this office would not have accommodated us if your name was not found in the list?"

Honestly, crying could have been a mild way to express my disappointment if it hadn't worked. I was full of appreciation to God. A few weeks later, I proceeded to the school campus for registration. Other things that happened will be said later.

I made it to National High School Aba on merit.

Glory be to God.

I am proud of National High School Aba.

I am proud of Ibo NACO.

I am proud of the NACO VARSITY.

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THE FOUR REGIONAL CAPITALS OF NIGERIA

 There were four Cities that served as Regional Capitals of the four regions of Nigeria. They are:

1) Enugu, Eastern Region

2) Ibadan, Western Region 

3) Kaduna, Northern Region 

4) Benin City, Mid-Western Region 

LIGA SOUTH AFRICA : TEKO MODISE RATES LALIGA HIGHLY AS LEAGUE FOR FOOTBALL PURISTS

 

Former South Africa’s Bafana Bafana midfield dynamo Teko Modise has given his seal of approval for LaLiga—which kicks off on August 14 2021—as the best domestic league in Europe for football purists.

LaLiga Southern Africa media office says Modise spoke about the Spanish league while launching the new season’s LaLiga Puma Accelerate and Adrenaline match ball in his Meadowlands hometown with football visual artists, Kasi Flavour.

Modise described LaLiga as home to  ‘highly technical and tactically gifted’ players who do not thrive on their physical attributes but the brain.

“It is such a special league, with a brand of football you cannot find anywhere else in the world….That’s the philosophy Spanish football believes in and why for a footballer LaLiga is the league everybody with especially that level of technical ability wants to play in,” Modise is quoted saying.

“Spanish football has the ability to attract such players that don’t necessarily need height, they don’t need to be super strong on the pitch or have speed, but they are very smart, thinking players.”

The former Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns star recalled his experience of rubbing shoulders with Spain’s finest footballers such as Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Xavi, Xabi Alonso, David Silva during the 2009 Fifa Confederations Cup match which hosts South Africa lost 3-2.

He said it is “something else to watch them on TV and analyse them, but totally different playing against them on the pitch.”

“It was one of the most difficult and frustrating games for me, because they were actually better than they thought they were,” he added.

“They know when to pass, how to pass, they know how to commit the fault and how to draw the fault. So to face such superstars and technically talented players was very, very frustrating.”

Modise, who also played for SuperSport United, said he was excited to see a new generation of players with African roots such as Ansu Fati and Ilaix Moribi making their mark in LaLiga.

LaLiga Southern Africa Managing Director, Marcos Pelegrin, said they were excited to partner Modise whose last domestic club before retiring in South Africa was Cape Town City.

“It was fantastic working with Teko and the Kasi Flavour team in Soweto, as we look to bring South Africans closer to the passion, heartbeat and flavour of LaLiga. The new season is nearly upon us and we will continue to find new ways of ensuring LaLiga is relevant, exciting and relatable to South African football fans,” Pelegrin said

Did You Know? Sudan Has More Pyramids Than Egypt

 You can’t mention the country Egypt without almost immediately thinking about the iconic pyramids. The pyramids of Egypt are one of the most-visited attractions in the region, especially as the Pyramid of Khufu in Giza is the only Seventh Wonder of the Ancient World that still exists. But Sudan shouldn’t be missed.

On average, more than 9 million people visit the pyramids in Egypt, but there is a place that boasts more pyramids than Egypt: Sudan.

The country has between 200 and 250 pyramids compared to Egypt’s roughly 138, making it the country with the most pyramids.

Located in the eastern desert of Sudan, the Meroe Pyramids which are part of the Nubian Pyramids, were built far later than Egypt’s world wonder.

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JULY 28, 2021 

Nigerian Young Soldiers Send this message to Boko Haram

 

Happiness