okocha any day any time but kanu has achieved more

2 of the last 3 northern presidents died on sit Abacha  and Yaradua.is this not a sign that they should leave the post alone?

Sources close to former military dictator, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, say he was jolted by what one of them described as “a total failure” of his book launch in Abuja yesterday. “He’s close to reconsidering his planned presidential run after the woeful failure of his book launch,” said one of the sources, an old ally of the retired general who expressed skepticism about Mr. Babangida’s electoral prospects. Babangida, who has hired a retinue of hack writers to produce books aimed at revising the history of his despicable role in ruining Nigeria, was shocked that most of the invited guests at the book launch were nowhere to be found. “The general has invested a lot of money to create a small industry of writers to help in shining up his image, so he was absolutely disappointed that his former dependable friends abandoned the book launching,” according to one of the sources.

Saharareporters learnt that, on arriving at the venue of yesterday’s book launch and finding out that his most important guests were absent, a distraught Babangida ordered his aides to place telephone calls to some of the expected guests in Abuja. The aides told each person they contacted that the “general would love to say hello to them at the venue of the book launch,” said an inside source in the general’s campaign. “Yet, the calls did not save the day as many of the people we contacted – including people the general helped a lot in the past – made various excuses for not coming.”

Despite the calls, the book launch was marred by poor attendance.

Mr. Babangida was so depressed that he met with some of his closest associates after the book launch and asked whether he should quit the presidential race. One of our sources said, however, that the aides who spoke up encouraged the ex-general to stay the course. “I was not surprised by their advice,” added the source, “after all, their livelihood depends on his running for office.” The source said several aides told Babangida that it was “President” Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo who asked many would-be guests to stay away. They promised Babangida that they would counter the strategy of those working against his campaign and ensure that his next outing would be better planned and attended.

Yesterday’s event was the second time within a month that Babangida would be shunned at a public event. A few weeks ago, a team led by Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka boycotted a scam rally for Babangida organized in Benin City, the Edo State capital, by Governor Adams Oshiomhole. Oshiomhole had deceptively tagged the event “One Man, One Vote,” but secretly invited Babangida to the event without telling other invited guests. On learning that the widely despised general was going to make an appearance, Soyinka and his team hurriedly left Benin, leaving Oshiomhole to deal with other activists who publicly disgraced Babangida at the event.

Rattled by the depth of outrage at his appearance, Babangida passed over the opportunity to speak, claiming that he had leg pains. But a source close to the disgraced Oshiomhole said that the governor and Babangida had made the decision that the latter should not speak “in order to spare him boos and jeers.”

Babangida’s widely unpopularity campaign faces serious reversals as well as mounting public derision.

A source at the US embassy in Abuja told Saharareporters that the Barack Obama administration “was troubled by insinuations that Washington supports General Babangida’s candidacy, or had anything to do with his decision to run.” The source said the US was aware of perceptions in certain quarters – some of it orchestrated by Babangida – that the former general has Obama’s blessing as the candidate that would hold a fractious Nigeria together. “I can tell you that the US government is not interested in any one candidate, only in the credibility of the electoral process,” said the source.

Babangida’s political woes have arisen as well from his legacy as one of Nigeria’s most corrupt public officials as well as numerous verbal gaffes in recent times. He drew widespread public ire after telling a BBC interviewer that the Nigerian youth lacked the ability to lead the country. He also exposed himself to ridicule when he stated recently that he annulled the June 12, 1993 presidential election, won by Mr. MKO Abiola, because some of his subordinates in the army had threatened to kill him if he handed over to the winner.

Nigerians, both young and old, blame Babangida for setting the foundation for many of the country’s current political and economic crises. Whilst his political and economic policies deepened poverty in Nigeria, he raked in an ill-acquired fortune estimated at billions of dollars. He lives in a 50-room mansion built for him by German construction giant, Julius Berger, atop the hills of Minna. He owns private jets as well as several Rolls Royces. Babangida, whose wife, Miriam, died last December, is believed to have stolen or mismanaged over $12 billion from Nigeria’s public treasury between 1985 and 1993.

Our sources also said Babangida has been losing sleep over a statement by the Jonathan government that it was studying the Pius Okigbo report on the questionable disbursement of Nigeria’s oil windfall revenues as a result of the First Gulf war in 1990. The Okigbo report concluded that the former general spent a bulk of the revenue outside of established budgetary protocols. The Jonathan administration has stated that it would consider formal prosecution of the former dictator over the Gulf War windfall that he squandered and stashed abroad, particularly in France, Lebanon, Germany and parts of Eastern Europe.

http://www.saharareporters.com/real-news/sr-headlines/6130-babangida-depressed-reconsiders-presidential-run-after-failed-book-launch.html

Tanx 4 d notification.my email is olga605@bk.ru,pls also send an english dictionary if u hav.tanx

@12large you dont have 2 be insultive to tell me u dont like my formation,im not the coach im just a soccer fan.my formation was just a sugestion,i think d coach should knw beta.

@12large you dont have 2 be insultive to tell me u dont like my formation,im not the coach im just a soccer fan.my formation was just a sugestion,i think d coach should knw beta.

I agree with the poster,but i think john utaka should go

Martins and d utakas will also b gud 4 this match,kanu would have been gud 4 some killa passes but he is too slow.uche is also gud in midfield

4-2-3-1
Against argentina the midfield is very very important and we also need players that are good markers like ayila etuhu and mikel in mildfield.sharp striker like uche osase and anichebe.
Defence:1 vicent 2 odiah 3 ech 5,6 yobo and adele midfield:4 ayila and etuhu 11,7 osase and uche 10 mikel.forward: 9 anichebi
i think dis will do

Tamunoiyeowuna - God heard my cry.i was told my birth was a miracle and an answer to many prayers.

for me Zidane is me best footballer ever.ronaldinho is also excellent in his own way.

as the days go by ,does he talk less about his ex?if yes then there is a tendency of getting him over her.does he show that he really loves you?
do you have the patience to stand the ex's drama when ever it starts?if the answers to all the above questions are yes then I think you guys can work things out and time will heal his pains.
if no the other hand the answers to the above questions are then think you should move on cos personally i wouldnt advice you to be your future husbands 2nd best.
dont expect to meet prince charming when you move on,everyman has his plus and minus.good luck

against it,killing is a big sin.

tee jazz:

why u dont want 2 hav intimacy with your husband am sure dat u love dat your husband,if u realy love your husband u will be asking 4 more

its not always like that sometimes you long for something extra or you get bored.

go on a holiday with your husband,try new places and new styles.have a romantic time before sex(eg. bath together,play a drama of what realy turns you on b4 sex,watch pornos,jist about sex,long kissing and karase b4 sex,slow dance etc).wish you luck.

if he keeps on cheating on you then he doesnt care about your feelings, i dont know what your still doing with him.when there is life there is hope.

ofcoarse i can as far as its ma wife

i have to agree with you Redman44

may be i will

in the world i come from it is

detopshot:

what did they see in the man when they appointed him over and over again.

I wonder,maybe politics.

Gayigaskia:

This is a good news if they replace him not with oyinbo coach,  but with someone like Siasia who knows almost all the young boys available and capable of replacing the( grandpa) that we currently have in the Eagles. A foreign coach will most likely rely on the advises of certain people in NFF for their team selection specially when we only have 4 months to the world cup.

worldcup is not for boys

i heard Louis van Gaal may be our next coach,for me he is also a good coach

try  taking your spouse out,go to cinema,resturants etc.reignite the flame,try new sex styles,go on holiday,picnics,etc

@illusion2,if they play the way they played at the NC there is no way 9ja will pass the 1st round.thats why amodu should go 4 a start,there is no improvement in the team.they get worse as the days go by.

I think "Coach Zero" is best, at least the country runs without leaders for 70 days and still counting yet no difference from when we had one. so lets try "No coach" and see what we would get. lol.

very hilarious comment lol

For me this is good news,i dont know why they took this long to get rid of Amodu.hiddink will be the best coach for 9ja i think it will be difficult to get him,but hope they do.

Nigeria football bosses on Friday announced the sacking of coach Shuaibu Amodu, publishing a short-list of coaches they hope will lead the 'Super Eagles' through the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Amodu had been under pressure even before Nigeria's third place finish at the Africa Cup of Nations, which ended with Egypt's third consecutive victory last week.

The Nigeria Football Federation's short-list is topped by Dutchman Guus Hiddink, Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal, Frenchman Bruno Metsu, former Ratomir Djukovic and former England caretaker coach Peter Taylor.

Hiddink is currently the coach of Russia, Metsu led Senegal to the 2002 World Cup and Djukovic guided Ghana to the 2006 World Cup.

According to an official statement after the marathon meeting, the NFF technical committee headed by Taiwo Ogunjobi will recommend one of three of these coaches for immediate employment before the end of this month.

The federal government of Nigeria will pay the new foreign coach, according to officials.

Amodu and his assistants will now train Nigeria's second team for the 2011 Championship of African Nations (CHAN), meant for African players featuring in their respective domestic leagues.

In November, Amodu qualified the Super Eagles for the 2010 World Cup to be staged in South Africa in June.

However, the performance of the team under Amodu, who also qualified the team to the 2002 World Cup, was widely criticised by the press and the public.
link:
http://www.kickoff.com/static/european/news.php?id=21361

@poster it all depends on the person not the gender,the difference is that some married men chase young girls like a male dog chase after a female dog openly and shameless while his wife secretly go after the young men.

Yakubu should thank Amodu cuz only me he no 4 see bench.