Mynd44:
Those that know Kagame already know who and what he is.

But I hope he keeps running his fingers and mouth at South Africa sha.

He will soon understand that the Rwandan Defence Force is a little more equipped that the South African Police when SA decides to man up and act.

Kagame should also know Nigeria is watching and waiting for an AU pronouncement before his glass house gets broken

Rwanda has a much more professional army than South Africa. The facts speak for themselves as this is the second conflict in which both forces have been involved in some way and both times the Rwandans have come out looking better.

You may recall that South African troops sent to help restore peace and order in Mozambique were routed and the Rwandans were called upon to help which they did with impressive efficiency.

The South African military may have better equipment and more men but in Congo they will be in Rwanda's backyard and much of their technological superiority will not be relevant.

gulfer:
You forget that our universities also have several education certificates issued every year to graduates. 🤔🤔

My question is, is that enough to serve our teeming population? Well I personally don't see anything wrong with having numerous tertiary institutions. Money genuinely spent on education is never wasted.

kanupapilo:

The 6 mn a year extension at Bayer Leverkusen only applied in year 2029 which I mentioned. He was locked in at 2 million Euro since last year and was in effect until the year 2028 before Arab money came to rescue him from the bad contract he signed.

That's not possible. A contract extension by default comes with an immediate pay raise, and I have never seen such a contract that promises a pay raise only in the last year. And this is in tandem with what all sources are saying.

https://eaglestrackerng.com/blogs/transfer-news/boniface-pens-contract-extension?srsltid=AfmBOormIoDMcv-GUTyRFz9g8oZZ034S6mWhvAt9uNruQSlXRbubAc42

Iweakbro:


Do you remember when foden and Greenwood were dropped only because it was a quarantine period?
https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/37586804/england-drop-foden-greenwood-bringing-girls-back-team-hotel

If it wasn't quarantine, no one give a hoot. This is the common lifestyle of most of these players.

Just a few like Ronaldo and Lewandowski follow strict diet rules.

Don't forget Hazard, Ferdinand and some other players played drunk. Not to mention the constant partying habits of the Brazilian.

It's a thing of choice. Diets can be checked, but these guys are never stopped from carrying women or drinking.

This Ferdinand? Lol. Kindly watch this clip to the end.

https://youtube.com/shorts/I2WimJ_i-Ko?si=yVWwUabD7f05kN7j

I'm telling you the dynamics and unspoken rules of football. Every manager looks into these little details and in some clubs there are even strict written rules around these things. It's not debatable. A player who has a reputation for being a party boy will be seen as unprofessional, and it will harm his chances of playing at the highest level. And if you are an outsider like an African it will be much worse.

Metrofox:


Correction 20 - 25 Billion dollars ,oil is 9% of gdp

Mn was a typo. Meant Bn. Why are you referencing oil as a percentage of GDP? Compare both items in the same terms.

In any case, all of this is quite tangential to the point I was making, and to the topic of the thread.

PresidObi:
I thought he had withdrawn the case against Dele earlier?

Same thing. It was formally withdrawn and procedure is for the Court to strike it out thereafter.

Iweakbro:


Why not? They all do it Lol, do you think their club cares about how holy they are? Follow them on Instagram and see their clubbing habits.

You can't drink alcohol regularly as a pro. These days, professionals' diets are very strictly regulated when the season is ongoing. As for carrying women, that one is no one's business but the moment it becomes clear you are more interested in partying than in playing football, just know your days are numbered. More so as an African.

Metrofox:


Money sent back from japa contributes more than oil to the economy. No loss

The diaspora contributes about 20mn annually to our GDP. That is less than half of oil revenue.

But the point is, like I said, there are positives and negatives. The increased diaspora remittance is great, but is it great to send out all our most productive young people?

kanupapilo:

Only problem is that he will be living in Saudi Arabia can't be drinking outside his gated estate or carrying girls up an down. Saudi Arabia a very strict Muslim nation.

Foreigners are allowed freedom within their gated estates, however, outside the estate have to conform to their muslim culture.

He is free to do whatever he wants in Germany where he currently resides.However, he has to watch how he moves in Saudi Arabia or that contract could be terminated.

You think he can do this in Germany and remain at a top club?

kanupapilo:
Nigerians don't understand why he is making this move early in his career. That is because he signed a bad contract that pays him only €2 million Euros a year half of which goes to the German government in tax for the next for four years until 2028 by that time he will be 27. And recently signed a new contract extension for €6 million Euros for year 2029 by that time he will be 28.

With this Saudi deal he will be making €15 million Euros which is €13 million more than what he currently makes and he won't be paying tax on his wages in Saudi Arabia.



https://www.capology.com/player/victor-boniface-36883/

You contradicted yourself...if he signed an extension worth 6mn a year, his new 15mn deal will be 9mn more, not 13mn more. Just a correction on the details.

italkdlonly:


Will it be sustainable? That's the big question

It doesn't need to be - what they need to do is set the ball rolling and cause more people to realize that these vocations can be lucrative too. The bigger problem I foresee is that many people will use these qualifications to japa, as vocational trades ae in high demand in made western countries. This may have positive and negative effects.

gulfer:
Then they should merge and close down redundant ones just like we've been advocating for the reduction/merger of the number of ministries and parastatals

Are you saying we don't need dedicated teacher training institutes anymore? Note that the issues with excessive ministries, which are duplicating functions, are not necessarily the same here. Bear in mind that we have a teeming youth population - are the existing tertiary facilities good enough to accommodate all?

SEGLIZ:
thus, you think the minister's proposal is the solution? they devalued that system hence the results they are getting, wrong set of people managing our educational sector.

for your information, before now, graduates from colleges of education do go for youth service until they were delisted from the program. soon our polytechnic would be facing same proposal.

just watch out, coming soon.

I'm not sure what your point is so maybe you can kindly clarify. The minister says people are not applying to colleges of education because of structural discrimination against non-degree holders. If this is true then clearly converting these institutions into degree awarding institutions can help.

But what exactly is the solution you are proposing? You spoke a lot without preferring any solutions.

ceejayluv:

In other words, they want overcrowded campuses that will in turn decrease per capita allocation and further depreciation of value?

So the only alternative to underutilized is over crowded? Your mind does not accommodate the concept of optimization?

Mightymanna:
America and UK are what we use to measure ourselves. The two countries he mentioned are completely different from Nigeria

You didn't see where he gave this as the reason?

The minister revealed that despite budgetary allocation to the Colleges of Education, some of them have less than 1000 students.

GanagiBitrus:
₦65million every day!

Make I run🏃go buy football⚽ for my baby boy.👶

Are you sure you self no wan try? Age is just a number bro

Larrycool1234:
In a sane clime,dis should not even cross anyones mind.......

Funny...it happens everwhere! Have you heard of Monica Lewinsky?

mrvitalis:

Let's pretend we don't know the route to Lagos grom East...

Let's pretend Ojukwu never gave Midwest
their own independent country

Like I said let's turn our brains off

He "gave Midwest the independent country that they never asked him for, with a Biafran at the head of government, after sacking the Central Bank in Benin. What's wrong with you people and these lies you love to tell?

centpado:
Awoniyi is part of Osimehin set

He was not. Awoniyi was in Iheanacho's set.

Softmirror:


Lol you got it all wrong from my own perspective. I was comparing him to the likes of Messi who the played in the under 20 final. Mikel would have been one of the greatest players on Earth if had continued in his natural position and not as a defensive midfielder and under Alex Ferguson. Chelsea made him a lower grade of his true self.

That is not true. People forget that in his first season at Chelsea, he played as an attacking midfielder and he was totally anonymous. In that year, there was also the Afcon where he was ushered in to replace Okocha. He never excelled at that role once he made the step up to the highest level.

Softmirror:
Obi that couldn't upgrade himself to a super star. Obi had a promising start. But over all he is total disappointment when you look back to his raw talent along side Messi.

SO MUCH WAS EXPECTED FROM HIM. PERHAPS IF HE HAD JOINED MANCHESTER UNITED UNDER SIR ALEX FERGUSON HE WOULD HAVE BEEN MOULDED TO A BETTER THAN MESSI AND RONALDO.

How many players do you know that go from youth stars to being global stars? Very few. You people need to understand that the level of youth football is nowhere near comparable to playing the men's game in an elite league. That you are the best at under 20 level does not in anyway mean it is your birthright to be the best at the highest level. Taye Taiwo was 3rd best player, which people tend to forget and he never reached Mikel's heights either. That is to tell you that when these players step up to the elite level, the gap that looked so close when they were juniors becomes much wider and more visible.

Let's just take a simple example. Of the last Nigeria team that won the U-17 (Osimhen's set), how many are playing in an A league? Just Osimhen and Chukwueze right? And between the two of them only Osimhen still looks like a serious footballer.

Rahkman:
See weytin person marry with all the money wey him get

Another rubbish silly comment. You think money can buy a family??

doggedfighter:
Wow ! his quiver is already full with children.


Congratulations to him and his lovely wife ! 🎈


As a footballer he may even be 21 years old with wife and children.

Is it not too early to be making rubbish comments on such a beautiful topic?

budaatum:


I would have thought "behavioural attributes like patience, thinking ahead, risk management, and so on" would make one not play chess all day and turn into a genius with behavioural intelligence.

Regardless, below is Gukesh Dommaraju agreeing with you.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YdAfr3Qm3U?si=xrca_VzHe-Ew4-c6

But no one is suggesting any one play chess or do maths all day, because, even if you want to be a genius you still got to take time out to work so you can eat, so below is some food.



Tasty?

You have offered some good food for thought!

I will amend my thesis to suggest that it may be likely that playing chess has an indirect nexus to intelligence when children are exposed to it early enough and under the right conditions.

Chess offers little by way of cognitive development. This is scientifically proven. However, it is true that very smart people are typically very good at chess. This has led to a false notion of correlation over time, that playing chess makes one smart. The reverse is true: being smart makes one good at chess.

The value of a game like chess lies more in behavioural intelligence, than in the pure concept of intelligence. That is to say, it teaches behavioural attributes like patience, thinking ahead, risk management, and so on. But you're not going to play chess all day and turn into a math genius. Nope!

PresidObi:


It happened in Lagos. They won't even push it to front page. They will want to hide it. The propaganda war they are fighting in this forum is sickening.

You are the sickening one here. Now that it is on the frontpage, what do you have to say? Always littering this space with unnecessarily aggressive foul comments.

OkCornel:


So it was not an “Igbo” coup?

Which part of what you have bolded there suggests that conclusion?

All of this is meaningless.

1. This coup was initially greeted with widespread acceptance and jubilation across the nation, including the north. This only changed when northerners sat back and assessed the full aftermath and then realized that they had been targeted. Their anger was further fuelled by the fact that they had been used as tools in their own destruction.

2. What is the point of mentioning the names of those who were compelled to take part in the coup by their superior officers? A member of the rank and file or a lower-ranking officer had no decision-making power. To disobey a command would have meant death, as the unfortunate Sergeant Daramola Oyegoke learned. Oyegoke was executed on the spot by Nzeogwu for refusing to obey his (Nzeogwu's) order to attack the Sardauna's lodge.

Mummyfour:
who told you I am uncivilised? Be guided. My opinion doesn't give you any reason to insult my sensibilities alright. You would have made a terrible teacher, that is you are not one already. Keep your opinion if You can't respect mine. I am not a lawyer, for reasons best known to me, but I am a professional in my field alright

So, where did you get the audacity to talk down on lawyers from? And do you need to be a lawyer to understand the basic idea that everyone is entitled to legal representation as a core tenet of the concept of justice? Madam go and have a seat.

Mummyfour:
After confessing he killed her, he is still saying he is not guilty? So who was guilty? His ancestors?.

Lawyers that defend people like these all in the name of not guilty until proven guilty are really trying. Like how do the lawyers relate to the culprits, look into the eyes of the victim's family and friends and sleep well at night?

This is a primitive way of thinking. The legal system exists to ensure that justice is dispensed in an orderly manner. And one of the ways it does this is by making sure there is no element of bias in the procedure. This makes the outcome unquestionable. Thus, every accused must have legal representation except they waive their rights to it or cannot afford it. In cases like these, where they can't afford it, the State will appoint a lawyer for them. This is justice at work. We are in the 21st century. We no longer practise jungle justice. Try to adapt to civilized ways of doing things.

pocohantas:


Bill Gates himself has clearly said he regrets the split from a woman who he has known since the 80s and married in the 90s. A woman who has seen him through a lot. But you with 1kva generator and funny brown shoes - thinks it is all about money.

The men without the money always crying on behalf of the rich men. Must be some coping mechanism or schadenfreude for you lots.

I don't think it's about the money, but I do think there is something very off about a man who is currently seeing someone else, claiming that his split from his former partner, who is now also seeing someone else, was his biggest mistake. I think that's just a bunch of manipulative words and no one should place any stock in them. Whatever his true motives, only he knows.

ednut1:
ok agreed. Shebi transfer window is open now. Why no one wan buy am?

He wants to finish the season in Turkey, which makes sense. Meanwhile there are several clubs that have expressed interest.

It's okay to have opinions but its kinda weird for a Nigerian to be so invested in talking down one of our own. Anything you want to share with the rest of us?