MoNaCo
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MoNaCo
@Abeyboy
Security Analyst (IOT), Cognitive Radio Network specialist.
Glasgow, Scotland Katılım Nisan 2010
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Why is the F gender so greedy?
My childhood friend recently moved to the UK with his wife. He was the first to secure a job, and he has been paying all the bills in the house. His wife got employed last September, but she has been keeping her money to herself.
Unfortunately, my friend’s car engine broke down last week, and he now needs to buy another car to get to work, as his workplace is about one hour away from home. Taking public transport is not an option, as it would take him about four hours to get there.
His wife has refused to support him financially to get a car— this is the same car she will enter and sit in the front seat ooo
I believe you won’t know the true colour of F gender until you move abroad with them.
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@GentleT6 God abegggg, where my own wife dey even follow me pay parking ticket lol, pay for MOT while I pay for vehicle tax
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I’m watching this game and I’m seeing egbon Suraj haha.
Over a decade ago, I captained Unilorin to WAUG and egbon Suraj was our goalkeeper. He was in ABS or Kwara United then, not sure.
Over a decade later, he’s still in the league.
A legend, SURAJ AYELESO
TobyWrites@tobyasky
Kwara United v Rangers I don’t think Akanni Akeem is playing today. Also, this place looks like Lagos not Kwara, I know Kwara stadium. What’s happening ?
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10 years in Europe and you can see the tour.
He go sabi play ball like mad for Naija, but somebody still thinks Garnacho is shit😭
This is what happens to many of our players, they start from those smaller leagues, which you would expect them to do well, but when they get there, they also see that the level there is way higher, they cannot cope.
Again, how many of our big players even play in top teams? In the prem, only Tolu is in Wolves. Akor & Ejuke in Seville. These are the biggest we have, but someone thinks a grassroots player is better than Garnacho.
Let that over-talented grassroots player even start from Belgium division 2, then come back to explain to you guys. Una go know say defenders for Obalende, no be the same for Sweden.
Sir J (J9)@SirJarus
Just knowing that Chinedu has left FC Astana in Kazakhstan for this club in Russian Premier League. Hopefully his new club pays better. I really wish financial breakthrough for him. I know where he grew up and wish he turns his family’s fortune around. He’s been in Europe for 10 years - Romania, Ukraine, Albania, Kazakhstan etc now Russia. I was hoping for a big move to a Top 10 league but it has not happened. I hope his wages in these teams change the fortune of his family. I like seeing people move from trenches to doing well in life.
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Nobody wey no sabi Daniel “The Bull” for Ilorin that year.
We even went to WAUG together to represent Unilorin. He strong, fast, footwork 💯. He good die.
He played Vandrezzer, Gombe United, Nassarawa United, he play Shooting Stars too.
He Dey UK now, done his MSc..back up plan must dey my guy because football tough.
Hassan Owoyemi (H.O.3) 🐅⚽️@OllikBrown
Abeg make person show me Daniel picture under this tweet. Them say he dey very bullish as a striker 😅 🤲🏾 Yinka and Savior and co na them I know for the team
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He's now in Saudi's second division.
Watch Godwin's highlight when he was at Sporting Lagos for one season.
The first time I played against him was 2016, he was probably 18 then. Imagine that pace then, he was quick as a flash.
A hot prospect back then with Onobun, went to Belgium but did not work out. May God continue to guide all the Nigerian ballers out there.
youtube.com/watch?v=zGhZn5…
YouTube
TobyWrites@tobyasky
Thank God say I no dey lie. That is the guy. He good like mad, whenever we played against Nath boys in 2016, you just know him and that fair guy were going places. Nath Boys push boys to Belgium a lot then, Ndidi also went to Belgium, I think they still do. This Odibo guy was very very quick. If he catch you 1v1? Boom he went to Belgium, and that was the last I heard of him. Thanks for reminding me the name, I just checked his profile on transfermarket. Again, talent is the least thing you need to succeed as a pro.
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@Real1_balogun Omo! This is what Yoruba people say (oruko rere, osan ju wura ati fadaka ko) .
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A relatable story in another form. This time, it’s Taiwo Awoniyi.
DW wanted to shoot a documentary on Taiwo and I’d written an article on him. He was at Union Berlin at the time.
That article that Monday morning came from a place of need. I needed to have something published as I hadn’t for some time due to my work.
I probably must have told this story a couple times but I’ll repeat it and add more.
Mr. Lolade Adewuyi read that story and he contacted me to ask if I had a relationship with Taiwo. I didn’t at the time but I suggested traveling to Ilorin to get more details.
My job at the time was remote and I worked quite flexibly. I travelled to Ilorin the next day, booked a hotel and went in search of Taiwo’s story. I met a man at the stadium who held my hands and didn’t stop until we got someone who knew more about Taiwo.
The man said he’d worked at Imperial Academy and knew him. He is a Physio. A very good man. Eventually, I succeeded with getting a hold of Taiwo’s coach, Abdulrazaq Olojo, and spoke to him. He said he’d tell me nothing if Taiwo didn’t give him the permission to do so. I respected that.
After some days, I got contacted by Taiwo himself asking to speak with me alongside his agent. They just wanted to understand what DW wanted to do. I still remember where I was when I made that call.
He agreed to the documentary. I went back to Ilorin and his coach was now more spurred to say everything he knew. Stories. Pictures. You could tell they were in sync. We went to his family’s house too and his parents were very accommodating and nice.
DW paid me decent money for it.
But more than that money, a relationship was established. A respectable and respectful relationship. Taiwo is a super humble guy.
As fate would have it, he moved to Nottingham Forest. I also moved to the UK to study Public Health. My school was in Nottingham.
I kept tabs with him. I was in school and desperate to get on going with employment, and reached out to him on my situation. He linked me up with the club’s media who linked me up with the club’s Marketing Director. We had a meeting and we had a solid conversation. That didn’t materialize into anything concrete as I was a student at the time and wasn’t in the media based on my studies, but I had access.
We met much later, and he told me why he held on a bit before agreeing to the documentary. It was absolutely understandable.
I work fully in Public Health now in the same city and work closely with Forest’s Community Trust team. When I tell them I know Taiwo, they’re often joyful and all say the same thing about him, ‘great guy’.
It’s a name that instantly courts respect in this city, in those rooms. If I wanted to continue in the media here, I’m cocksure that name would have opened doors to those jobs.
A good person is a good person, regardless.
Ojora Babatunde@ojbsports
Many people confuse access with money, especially when it comes to players and journalists. From my experience, and from honest conversations with some journalists, friends and influencers, it’s not always money that moves things. Sometimes, it’s access. And access, when handled properly, is far more valuable. Years ago, an international brand reached out to me through someone who used to write for my former website. They wanted a meeting with Victor Osimhen. Before doing anything, I spoke to a senior colleague who advised me on how to approach it properly. I reached out to Osimhen, and he agreed to meet them. When we got to Naples, the brand reps admitted they weren’t even sure I could pull it off. What they didn’t know was that I hadn’t had a long back-and-forth with Osimhen beforehand. But guess the first thing Osimhen said when he walked in? “If not for OJB, I wouldn’t be honoring this meeting. Everyone brings things like this, but since it’s from him, I trust he’s vetted it.” That right there is what access really means - trust. Then Napoli happened… but that’s a story for another day. The point is simple: access can change your life. It can shift your trajectory. It can open doors money can’t. Just don’t abuse it.
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@QualityQuadry @PRinLagos @adisadaniel__12 @IkoroduCityFC @Hakeem_Onitolo is there, invite him for trials. He is good and he deh train hard too.
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Dear @adisadaniel__12
My name is Olawale Quadri - A club director @IkoroduCityFC
Our club is based in Lagos. We are offering you a trial opportunity at our club in case you want to go full professional.
Putting a 1 minutes+plus clips together with your skill set speaks volume about how good you are.
My DM is open.
PATO@adisadaniel__12
Like I said, I specialize in sending defenders into early retirement😭😂😂
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@piusadesina @msmocrown They expect you to be able to pronounce their names, do it well sotey make them know say you sabi call am but for us we deh change name to fit in. What an interesting stories😂😂😂😂😂
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@Abeyboy @msmocrown The day I met someone who changed their child’s name because of this reason, e be like say I dey dream!
People call me Pius in Nigeria but here, if you no call me Adewole, you never ready
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"Normalize giving your children an English names" Lady advised parents abroad 🤔
#nigeriansincanada🇳🇬🇨🇦
Cc: phoeberhymes/tt
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@piusadesina @msmocrown We know them when they moved abroad and all they can think about it changing their culture and name cos they what to fits in where they don’t belong.
Say oyinbo person go come Nigeria and said I want to change my name to Yoruba or Igbo so that they can easily pronounce it.
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@msmocrown “That is cute” see talk! So our names no cute unless na English name. Which kind thing I first wake up play today laidis
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@ezema_precious It’s crazy, job hunting here is like a tog of war.
Hopefully we’ll win .
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Locked In like mad 🔒
Either the UK job market slays me or I slay it
Day 365+ of job hunting
Yesterday, I did an AI interview, felt weird but cute, maybe I prefer it more to humans because at least AI was able to
summarize and articulate what I said correctly.
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@QualityQuadry We’ve started this agenda again, we don’t learn anything from the past. During WC qualifiers we change coaches like clothes and the cost is the WC. Someone came to the rescue later and we’ll see how the team improves. Now you are back again with the same agenda, Oya now.
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Four coaches that can replace Eric Chelle
1. Eguavoen
2. Siasia
3. Finidi
4. Amunike.
Exciting days ahead!!!
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@Hakeem_Onitolo That’s the most useless things to consider when listening to a woman.
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The tears of a woman when narrating a story mean nothing to me.
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@Tomisin_Alasiri Do you see the contract? Or he told you he signed 2 years.
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I’ve not locked in enough. With God, with my career. I pray for grace to do more.
2026🙏🏽
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@Hakeem_Onitolo Astro turf pitches in Nigeria are shit hole, even the ones used for league games.
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People who actually play serious football know this fact.
Leveled Sandy pitches are better than 97% of ASTRO turfs in Lagos.
Olamidotun (Monk)@hey_itsmonk
If you're part of the people that think/believe astro turf pitches in Lagos are better than a soft-leveled sandy pitch, please seek help 🤲 Personally, I prefer sandy pitch to Astro-turfs. Provided the sandy pitch is not hard and leveled. Serious footballers know this.
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@Hakeem_Onitolo No body go believe you na cos they think if you don deh Europe it’s all sweet and rosy there.
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When I said I was living better than some professional footballers in Europe, some people thought I was capping because they thought it was impossible.
In fact, that post made me realise that many people don’t understand the intricacies of football. They just think they do because they know the big-name players in the top three divisions of their European countries. One would think they know EVERY Nigerian professional footballer playing in Europe.
Some NPFL players are living better than some players in Europe. This is a fact. That the percentage is low doesn’t negate it.
Only footballers and people in the football business can relate to certain truths about football.
The Big Bird🦅⚽️@c_mobike
This particular reason is why a lot of players are drowning in suffer and living in bondage abroad.. The reason why most of them don’t tell the real stories of “Europe football”. Most of them refuse to return because of shame and that people will make comments like this. It’s evident you have zero idea about what you just tweeted about or even the true situation of things out there, talmabout “he for just stay for Finland”. Stay being a refugee in another country rather than come home where atleast food is sure?? Most NPFL players are doing better than almost 95% of people who went abroad especially “Europe” to pursue professional football.
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@QualityQuadry @NwabaliBobo @IkoroduCityFC Why una no just go his house bundle him and take him to your club @IkoroduCityFC .
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Dear @NwabaliBobo
This is an open letter to you.
Instead of staying without a club before your next move, our door @IkoroduCityFC is opened.
As an elite player, the paper work with the league body will be very easy.
If you accept this offer you can be our goalkeeper against Rivers United.
The ball is in your court!!!!
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@Hakeem_Onitolo Agreed, if you play in some European countries, hebteyyer to bein NpFL
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I earn and live better than some professional footballers in Europe.
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@NaijascoutforSE Na everybody weh play we go bring to super eagle? How many time have you even watch Tochi played?
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Tochi chukwuani and Gibson yah.
Midfielders 💥💥
Tochi a cool , calm under pressure midfielder with Good attacking contributions 🅰️⚽️
Yah a aggressive 💪⚡️and hard midfielder with long ball passing ability.
2 Midfielders i think we need to try and Bring in the Team🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬.
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