do4luv14:


that I won't know,
maybe they are the company involves may be going thru trying time,
not forgetting the studio of WWTAM that got burnt,

many other things which me and you don't know of, might had contribute to those shows being stopped.

but BBN apart from the financial side of it, doesn't impact positively on we the youths

chrisooblog:
we can debate the morality of the show but safarigirl is definitely right about it opening financial doors.

first the house where the housemates stayed would have been built by nigerian labourers and vendors. house accessories, food, drinks you name it provided by nigerian vendors.

i've not even mentioned producers, editors, camera crew.

clothes and make up, furniture makers nko?

social media content managers? the ripple effect of that show on nigeria's economy is immense abi you didn't hear more than N7bn was the amount made from votes cast for housemates in the finale? i personally don't watch the show as i used to in the past but whatever might be my misgivings about the programme i can't deny it has huge financial im;act on the country

Humility017:


with the attitude he has been displaying here....

I don't think anyone here will like to recommend him, I can't even do that where I work even if he has the technical skills...

attitude speaks a lot...
how am I sure...if I recommend him he won't go there go spoil or tarnish my image...and reputation.

my assistant HOD in the ushering department in my church is a DIRECTOR in a very top NGO in Nigeria won't like to mention the name because everyone knows it...

once told us how a lady he recommend for a job role tarnish his reputation and such makes them evade him in subsequent volunteer slots ....... .

komekn:


Them get the kind money were you go chop Eéeeeeee go hook u 4 throat.

You don't sell your soul for money this thing is a poisoned chalice. It reduces our value system and changes aspiration from noble exploits to ignoble.

Many things can have financially benefits that does not make them BENEFICIAL to societal development.

I am sure that the % €€££$$ made from Yahoo benefits the economy to quote a high degree. Possibly Yahoo generates in Nigeria a billion $$ annually.

Many Nigerian youths are gainfully employed in this multi dimensional business of fraud. It create employment for many families and individuals. The multiplier effect of economic activity from Yahoo is astronomical. Should we then extol this conduct.

MetalJigsaw:
Abraham, Tomori: Reaping where we did not sow? BACK PAGE COLUMN
Published 9 hours ago on October 9, 2019
By Bola Bolawole 



huge tragedy befell Nigerian soccer lovers last week when Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori, two promising Chelsea footballers, pledged their allegiance to England instead of Nigeria. It did not come as a surprise, though, because the youngsters had hesitated to accept offers to play for Nigeria and had patiently waited to see if England would come for them. With their present form for Chelsea, they had been hopeful that would be the case. Now they have been called up to the Three Lions’ senior team, they have happily obliged, ditching the Super Eagles in the process. Our only claim to the boys is that their parent(s) were Nigerians; nothing more! England, on the other hand, has a robust claim, the boys having been born/lived virtually their life abroad as well as having played for England at youth levels. They had also been products of the youth academy of foreign lands, something that is absent here, despite that we have heard of the importance of youth academies to the growth of football worldwide and despite that we, too, have parroted the need to toe a similarly line. As is characteristic of us not only in sports but also in other spheres of life, we seldom walk the talk.

Now we are left to whine and bellyache after suffering a disappointment only the most optimistic had failed to see coming our way. Now we comfort ourselves with such statements as “No one is greater than Nigeria”; “We cannot beg anyone to play for Nigeria”; “Nigeria has better players…” Sentiments! And I laugh! Had the boys pledged their loyalty to Nigeria, we would have been grinning from ear to ear. Had that happened, I would not have been surprised if any of Lai Mohammed, Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu had issued a press statement congratulating the boys and soccer-loving Nigerians and claiming it as one of the “achievements” of APC/Buhari! Let’s stop bad-mouthing the boys; instead, we should wish them well in the choice they have made – and learn useful lessons to stem the tide of our sportspeople ditching us for other lands. It has happened again and again.

Remember sprinter Obikwelu? He ditched us for Spain and won an Olympic silver medal competing for his adopted country. The list is endless. Every now and then the media throws up new names of Nigerians switching nationality in sports. Why? Better facilities elsewhere to enhance their development. So, athletes that would have struggled here suddenly take advantage of such world-class facilities to horn their talents and skills and become world beaters. Better incentives from their adopted countries, unlike here where they beg and beg to no avail for peanuts to enhance mediocre preparations for events. Better technical know-how and expertise from coaching staff, which makes a world of difference as technology has taken over from raw talents in today’s world of sports. Better professionalism and commitment to duty by coaching staff, unlike here where everything is always reduced to politics and sentiments. Better commitment to training schedule unlike here where fire-brigade approach is the order of the day.

So, it is not that athletes elsewhere are better than ours but for the advantages stated above, which they enjoy abroad but which their counterparts who pledge their future to Nigeria lack. It is instructive that most of the athletes doing this country proud at the moment are foreign-based, be they footballers or athletes. Gone were the days when we produced world-class home-based sportsmen and women. Now, we struggle over those made ready by foreign systems. We failed to meet even our own expectations at the just-concluded World Athletics meet at Doha for reasons itemised above. Administrative lapses and incompetence; and disunity among the rank-and-file also reared their ugly heads at Doha, reducing the fabled giant of Africa to a minnow while Kenya, as always, made the continent proud, coming second behind almighty USA.

Abraham and Tomori are just two out of millions of young Nigerians who, any day, will choose other countries ahead of Nigeria. Even adults are voting with their feet every day in search of greener pastures! According to latest statistics, three million Nigerians were added to the circle of the desperately poor within the last six months, further cementing our pole position as the poverty capital of the world. So, it is unimaginable to expect that those who stand at an advantage, being citizens of “better” countries, so to say, would choose Nigeria over and above such countries. Let’s work to make our own country a good place and not a shithole, as President Donald Trump has described it. A lot of happenings in the country, especially Executive lawlessness and blood-letting run riot, give us bad image. Our leaders do not inspire confidence. And we often want to reap where we had not sown. Rather than run after ready-made stars, let us take interest in these boys – and girls – while they are still fledgling. Be a part of their success story and not just an opportunist. Rather than cry over spilled milk, there are many more Abraham and Tomori out there waiting for our proactive action.

Apart from the fact that we didn’t sow into the lads, how can we expect them to go against their gaffe, Frank Lampard, who, himself, had been skipper of the English team? Naturally, Lampard would want the lads to play for England and strengthen the team. It also makes his Chelsea management duties easier for him. Many a times, footballers go to represent their country and come back injured and the burden becomes that of their foreign team and its management. Our athletes have complained ad nauseam of being left to the elements when they most expected the country and our sports administrators to rally round them. It would have been suicidal for the boys to go against the “advice” of their gaffe. For one, after God, the coach had been instrumental to their meteoric rise in the pecking order at Chelsea and from what we have seen about players in the big leagues, coaches make or mar. They make or ruin the career of players. Many a good player had gone against the coach’s advice only to find themselves shoved aside – and that had been it!
So, head or tail, it made sense for the lads to listen to their coach. It makes sense for them to pick English over Nigeria. For the sake of their career at club and country level, I dare to say that they have made the right choice – at least, as far as human wisdom can carry us. The other side of the coin, however, is that more often than not, such players usually are not more than fringe players for their adopted countries. Conversely, those who choose their home country may have more playing time, especially in a Nigerian team that relies on big names and foreign talents than a foreign team where racism and knack for form are still potent factors. Mitchel Obi was almost a tourist at the last African Cup of Nations! Even if England drops our lads after just one game, it has effectively denied us their use forever! Weakening a likely opposition is also part of the game!

Two more points must, however, be made. One: That the boys could make more money playing for England than playing for Nigeria. Who can easily discountenance the primacy of money in human affairs! Two: Team mates sabotaging the best efforts of high-riding colleagues in the Nigerian team had been rife in the past. Hear one of such foreign stars: “It was most unfortunate because I noticed that most of the players, when they asked me to go to the right, I will go there but the ball will go to the left and if they asked me to go to the left, the ball will go to the right.” Which true professional will hear this and still want to play in such a national team? Wasn’t that how Rashidi Yekini was reportedly made a pariah by his team mates after he was said to have “selfishly” celebrated his – and Nigeria’s – first World Cup goal at USA ’94?
More professionalism in our sports will encourage more of our foreign talents to vote Nigeria.

MetalJigsaw:
Abraham, Tomori: Reaping where we did not sow? BACK PAGE COLUMN
Published 9 hours ago on October 9, 2019
By Bola Bolawole 



huge tragedy befell Nigerian soccer lovers last week when Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori, two promising Chelsea footballers, pledged their allegiance to England instead of Nigeria. It did not come as a surprise, though, because the youngsters had hesitated to accept offers to play for Nigeria and had patiently waited to see if England would come for them. With their present form for Chelsea, they had been hopeful that would be the case. Now they have been called up to the Three Lions’ senior team, they have happily obliged, ditching the Super Eagles in the process. Our only claim to the boys is that their parent(s) were Nigerians; nothing more! England, on the other hand, has a robust claim, the boys having been born/lived virtually their life abroad as well as having played for England at youth levels. They had also been products of the youth academy of foreign lands, something that is absent here, despite that we have heard of the importance of youth academies to the growth of football worldwide and despite that we, too, have parroted the need to toe a similarly line. As is characteristic of us not only in sports but also in other spheres of life, we seldom walk the talk.

Now we are left to whine and bellyache after suffering a disappointment only the most optimistic had failed to see coming our way. Now we comfort ourselves with such statements as “No one is greater than Nigeria”; “We cannot beg anyone to play for Nigeria”; “Nigeria has better players…” Sentiments! And I laugh! Had the boys pledged their loyalty to Nigeria, we would have been grinning from ear to ear. Had that happened, I would not have been surprised if any of Lai Mohammed, Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu had issued a press statement congratulating the boys and soccer-loving Nigerians and claiming it as one of the “achievements” of APC/Buhari! Let’s stop bad-mouthing the boys; instead, we should wish them well in the choice they have made – and learn useful lessons to stem the tide of our sportspeople ditching us for other lands. It has happened again and again.

Remember sprinter Obikwelu? He ditched us for Spain and won an Olympic silver medal competing for his adopted country. The list is endless. Every now and then the media throws up new names of Nigerians switching nationality in sports. Why? Better facilities elsewhere to enhance their development. So, athletes that would have struggled here suddenly take advantage of such world-class facilities to horn their talents and skills and become world beaters. Better incentives from their adopted countries, unlike here where they beg and beg to no avail for peanuts to enhance mediocre preparations for events. Better technical know-how and expertise from coaching staff, which makes a world of difference as technology has taken over from raw talents in today’s world of sports. Better professionalism and commitment to duty by coaching staff, unlike here where everything is always reduced to politics and sentiments. Better commitment to training schedule unlike here where fire-brigade approach is the order of the day.

So, it is not that athletes elsewhere are better than ours but for the advantages stated above, which they enjoy abroad but which their counterparts who pledge their future to Nigeria lack. It is instructive that most of the athletes doing this country proud at the moment are foreign-based, be they footballers or athletes. Gone were the days when we produced world-class home-based sportsmen and women. Now, we struggle over those made ready by foreign systems. We failed to meet even our own expectations at the just-concluded World Athletics meet at Doha for reasons itemised above. Administrative lapses and incompetence; and disunity among the rank-and-file also reared their ugly heads at Doha, reducing the fabled giant of Africa to a minnow while Kenya, as always, made the continent proud, coming second behind almighty USA.

Abraham and Tomori are just two out of millions of young Nigerians who, any day, will choose other countries ahead of Nigeria. Even adults are voting with their feet every day in search of greener pastures! According to latest statistics, three million Nigerians were added to the circle of the desperately poor within the last six months, further cementing our pole position as the poverty capital of the world. So, it is unimaginable to expect that those who stand at an advantage, being citizens of “better” countries, so to say, would choose Nigeria over and above such countries. Let’s work to make our own country a good place and not a shithole, as President Donald Trump has described it. A lot of happenings in the country, especially Executive lawlessness and blood-letting run riot, give us bad image. Our leaders do not inspire confidence. And we often want to reap where we had not sown. Rather than run after ready-made stars, let us take interest in these boys – and girls – while they are still fledgling. Be a part of their success story and not just an opportunist. Rather than cry over spilled milk, there are many more Abraham and Tomori out there waiting for our proactive action.

Apart from the fact that we didn’t sow into the lads, how can we expect them to go against their gaffe, Frank Lampard, who, himself, had been skipper of the English team? Naturally, Lampard would want the lads to play for England and strengthen the team. It also makes his Chelsea management duties easier for him. Many a times, footballers go to represent their country and come back injured and the burden becomes that of their foreign team and its management. Our athletes have complained ad nauseam of being left to the elements when they most expected the country and our sports administrators to rally round them. It would have been suicidal for the boys to go against the “advice” of their gaffe. For one, after God, the coach had been instrumental to their meteoric rise in the pecking order at Chelsea and from what we have seen about players in the big leagues, coaches make or mar. They make or ruin the career of players. Many a good player had gone against the coach’s advice only to find themselves shoved aside – and that had been it!
So, head or tail, it made sense for the lads to listen to their coach. It makes sense for them to pick English over Nigeria. For the sake of their career at club and country level, I dare to say that they have made the right choice – at least, as far as human wisdom can carry us. The other side of the coin, however, is that more often than not, such players usually are not more than fringe players for their adopted countries. Conversely, those who choose their home country may have more playing time, especially in a Nigerian team that relies on big names and foreign talents than a foreign team where racism and knack for form are still potent factors. Mitchel Obi was almost a tourist at the last African Cup of Nations! Even if England drops our lads after just one game, it has effectively denied us their use forever! Weakening a likely opposition is also part of the game!

Two more points must, however, be made. One: That the boys could make more money playing for England than playing for Nigeria. Who can easily discountenance the primacy of money in human affairs! Two: Team mates sabotaging the best efforts of high-riding colleagues in the Nigerian team had been rife in the past. Hear one of such foreign stars: “It was most unfortunate because I noticed that most of the players, when they asked me to go to the right, I will go there but the ball will go to the left and if they asked me to go to the left, the ball will go to the right.” Which true professional will hear this and still want to play in such a national team? Wasn’t that how Rashidi Yekini was reportedly made a pariah by his team mates after he was said to have “selfishly” celebrated his – and Nigeria’s – first World Cup goal at USA ’94?
More professionalism in our sports will encourage more of our foreign talents to vote Nigeria.

safarigirl:
You don't watch the show, so, which youths are you talking about?

The show has made an impact on me, personally. It has expanded my knowledge on other African countries. I know things about Ghana, SA, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, that I eould have been previously ignorant of without this show.

The show has exported Nigerian cultures and traditions, linked up Nigerian youths with other African youths. My sister has friends from Namibia, SA and Ghana, via this show. I wanted to write a book some years ago and was looking for someome to translate Twi for me, do you know who I ran to? Someone I met via the show.

So, guy, say what you know, not what you assume.

safarigirl:


What other door do you want a reality show to open for you?

I listed all the job opportunities participants get. Someone like Mike came all the way from UK to participate on the show, you think he'a broke? You think he's foolish?

The owner of the first black-owned cigar brand in UK left his base to come for an 'immoral' show, and you think he doesn't have sense?

It does not matrer what is said to you, I don't know which opportunities you expect. Aside financial opportunities, what else does playing football bring for the footballers? Answer me this and I will educate you and komekn better on your faulty positions.

andrew444:


Agreed

But you dont expect everyone to speak good about the show okay

I got all your point due to i have followed the show and there are still some positive things about the show, but majority are only seeing the negative

safarigirl:


I don't expect everyone to speak good of the show, but I damn well don't expect anyone who hasn't watched the show to speak on it either.


I have never watched Game of Thrones, and I don't involve myself in any conversations concerning it, because my knowledge of it is limited. I expect 'educated' people, to apply the same discretions on shows they don't watch.

If illiterates are making these assertions, I won't even engage them, but you can't claim to have a half decent education, and then speak with authority on a matter you know nothing about.

fabyom:

That's exactly my point, we are worse off at this moment to be facing a team like Brazil.
You want to play Brazil without a formidable bench and left wing forward.
You must be joking!

safarigirl:
You don't watch the show, so, which youths are you talking about?

The show has made an impact on me, personally. It has expanded my knowledge on other African countries. I know things about Ghana, SA, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, that I eould have been previously ignorant of without this show.

The show has exported Nigerian cultures and traditions, linked up Nigerian youths with other African youths. My sister has friends from Namibia, SA and Ghana, via this show. I wanted to write a book some years ago and was looking for someome to translate Twi for me, do you know who I ran to? Someone I met via the show.

So, guy, say what you know, not what you assume.

andrew444:


Agreed

But you dont expect everyone to speak good about the show okay

I got all your point due to i have followed the show and there are still some positive things about the show, but majority are only seeing the negative

safarigirl:
Fikayo Tomori and Tammy Abraham will begin their international careers with England this break.

I will not be diplomatic and wish them the best, I don't wish them the best. I wish they would leave our names out their mouth and stop using us to chase dead clout with the English press.

I wish Nairaland will stop posting them on Front Page, and I sincerely wish they bottle their international careers, since they couldn't get it without riding on the Nigerian Clout Train.

realpoacher:
This home based eagles have finished us

Just look at our last three matches

LaMujer:




So good to know I'm not the only one

do4luv14:


hi would like you to recommend me to him on some /any volunteer works, I did like us to chat privately about it first

I await your response

fabyom:
I just don't feel good about this friendly with Brazil. That evil genius(Neymar) is fit and ready for the kill.
Ola Aina is so scared, finding unfounded excuses not to honour the game.
No Kalu, Oyekuru, Musa, Omeruo, Balogun, Nacho!
Defence is made up of carpenters ( Ekong, Collins, Shehu and Ajayi)
I just hope it's not going to be a whitewash!

Danielnino00:



He doesn't have to start !

We can just switch to 3-5-2 with Collins and Simon as wingbacks...

do4luv14:



hmmmmm sir Andrew self

chucs:
I dont get it why some folks want to force Tomori and Abraham down our throats. They are English players and as such, we shouldn't be discussing about them.

Give me some Osimhen,Chukwueze and co news abeg.
Local man is tired!!!

Humility017:

It would be difficult for him to help anyone now....

he told us that when we try push someone to him to help though he later said they later asked him to bring in a lady and as such he was not able to help the guy...

will look through and see to your mail....anyway.

MetalJigsaw:
Man will you stop this unnecessary panic? Other players are there or aren't they good enough to feature? Football matches not won by mere names. Hard work and determination does it... Ask Man City

One of the In form duo of Simon and Denis can deputize well

Truidstar:


I quote the great 50 cents "When the Feds come around Ni***as start acting feminine".

andrew444:

Lol, surprised ?

do4luv14:



tell me something,
you watching POWER?

do4luv14:



yes ooo

local man Don surprise

BTW who you root for to win the show

LaMujer:
Abeg, me I get question.

Taking into account the -Nigerian turned- Bahrain lady, and the now mentioned Spanish Obikwelu.


Abeg, were these people of dual nationality before? I mean, I thought the Bahrain lady was a full blooded Nigerian, I don't know, but how did they switch nationality. Or is there a provision in these sports that people can represent whichever country they like, whether or not they have ties there?


I'm just wondering nii o, because I know that doesn't go in footie