Eagles Malaga Camp Opens

The super Eagles Malaga, Spain Camping base opens today as the Home Based Eagles move to spain today. However, camp will be fully opened as foregn based invitees are expected to all arrive by Friday. We'll keep a tap on them and report every step of the way on this forum.

Let's all which the Eagles good luck.

Samson Siasia Thinks Vincent Eyeama is Still The best

Sampson Siasia recently made a statement i have waited long to hear from pundits and other influencial stakeholders in Nigerian Football. The African Nations Cup (Ghana 2008) is almost here and we are all very worried about certain departments of the super eagles. Top on our worry list, is the Midfield and Goalkeeping. We may finally have Rabiu making the team, if not we may have to rely on a Mikel Obi who in my Opinion has developed more into a defensive midfielder than an offensive one which is what we desire so much in the team.

Secondly the goal keeping area though must people have not really taken a look at this area, is my second most important department of worry. We have Goalkeepers Ejide, Ayenugba and Vincent Eyeama probably listed by Berti Vogts in that priority and from all indication, it seems Vicent is set to play a third chice goal keeper role.

I understand that Vogts as a European thinks only Europe based goalies are good enough. But I think Eyeama being tested and trusted should be in the fore front as first choice.

Sampson Siasia recently voiced out this when he said that, though Eyeama may not have the height of Ejide, he is more experince, agile and better in one-on-one challenges than any of the other Goalies. According to Siasia, non of the other goalkeepers can be said to be better than vincent Eyeama. But dose Vogts think so? I am very worried about this. I hope we don't make a fatal mistake.

E-Commerce Softwares

You probably want to develop a website that can handle online transactions and yet you’ve been finding it very cumbersome. Long ago I found out most of the things we have always wanted to do can be handled if only we search properly and then get the right information.

Have you ever heard of CMS? Means Content Management Syste. That is what a lot of webmasters are using to create themselves online empires and you are like what a genius. Well I agree they are geniuses because like it is said “What you have no knowledge of is bigger than you”. In any case i am here and out to leak every online secret. You sure will find this blog interesting. From Now on I will advice you do most of your reaseaches your self.

Back to the e-commerce website you may want to start. There are several Open source softwares you can use for the purpose. There are also some you may have to pay for like Ashop Commerce. I personally recomend this because sometimes it's better to pay for services so that you get good support.

You probably want to develop a website that can handle online transactions and yet you’ve been finding it very cumbersome. Long ago I found out most of the things we have always wanted to do can be handled if only we search properly and then get the right information.

Have you ever heard of CMS? Means Content Management Syste. That is what a lot of webmasters are using to create themselves online empires and you are like what a genius. Well I agree they are geniuses because like our people say “Wetin you no sabi big pass you”. In any case i am here now and i’m out to leak every leakable online secret. You sure will find this blog interesting. From Now on I will advice you do most of your reaseaches your self.

Back to the e-commerce website you may want to start. There are several Open source softwares you can use for the purpose. You will need a shopping cart software. There are also some you may have to pay for like Ashop Commerce. I prefer you use this becuase you can get it hosted for you and support is almost instant. Your customers atleast will have a pleasant experience shopping on your website.

Using this ecommerce software is the easiet way you can run a large shopping website at a fly. It dosen't just take away the stress of coding, but also makes shopping a pleasant experience no matter how many items you need to handle.

Blogging for Money

Since the advent of the blogosphere, we have observed a quiet revolution from blogging just to air ones views on issues to monetization the writing hobby. It is now so compelling that even if you do not intend to tow this part of blogging for money, one still end up tasting the waters.

So many firms are now out there who wants to advertise on your blog realizing that blogs seem to have a whole lot of patronage compared to traditional websites.

Ways You Can Make Money With Your Blog

Pay Per Click

You can publish ad codes from Google Adsense, Kontera, Bidvertiser, Adbrite to mention a few.

Affiliate Links

You can also publish you affiliate links on your blog, maybe your click bank, Clixgalore , Amazom or even ebay.

Paid To Blog

Currently the rave of the moment which to me is most exciting is the paid to blog concept. Here there are websites who pay you to write about certain products. I know of several but smorty is the best blog advertising website on the net. Reason is that you don’t idle away as you will always be given something to write about. The reason I like this method of blog monetization is that, apart from being paid to blog which is something you love doing, it gives you an encouragement to keep you blog constantly updated with new articles. So it takes care of the laziness every blogger experiences from time to time and guess what? You and your blog are the better for it because with more unique content, you get better page rank and more traffic.

African Banks should Study The Cash Advance Example

Microfinance institutions now proliferate several towns in Nigeria since the CBN Governor Charles Soludo raised the benchmark for community banks in the country. Most community Banks who can not meet the new capital base recommended have been advice to convert to micro Finance Bank status.

However we are yet to feel the impact of these banks. I am yet to come across or hear of anyone who has received loans from them.

The same services which have continued to elude Nigerians is being offered in other countries even on the internet and the procedure of getting these loans is so simple you wonder whether it is really true they are actually giving the loans. If Nigeria is to be free from the strangle hold of poverty, our Micro Finance banks should wake up to their responsibilities.

A typical example is Cash Advance 1500 that makes cash available to people within the shortest possible time. Loans for simple expenditures, for unforeseen circumstances like delayed salary, starting up a petty trade with a financial outlay of $2000, or just cash for some extra expenses. What’s more these loans are unsecured.

There are several others like Women’s Pay Day Advance, Additional Earnings etc. You can get a comprehensive list of similar firms for by a quick search payday loans on Google or by visiting the cash advance website,

The point I wish to make here is that if it is possible for these firms to offer online loans so fast, there is definitely something our finance houses in Nigeria don’t know that these firms know and so buttresses the need to borrow a leaf from them.

Amos Adamu: Eagles Have no Reason to Fail!

I have a lot of respect for Mr. Amos Adamu. But if baffles me when people start talking not because they actually have something useful to say but because they feel like being heard. Fortunately for them, they are well placed and so the media is at their beck and call. Amos Adamu just is gradually taking over the role of talking about anything and everything from Onigbinde.

I hate to say this. Onigbinde dose so much talking take one may be mislead to think success in football comes through much talk. Recently Amos Adamu, a man who is yet to give us a proper account of COJA spending is also following his footsteps. They seem to think that once they become members of either CAF or FIFA, they automatically are appointed custodians of our football even when they had failed woefully in the same task in the past.

Who said the Eagles have no reason to fail? Champions are never made in a day. If the NFA including Amos Adamu was serious about winning the ANC, then we should have started early enough to prepare. At this moment the NFA is still having rifts with the NFL. So much is going down there and you wonder how a house in crisis can suddenly re-organize for success in Ghana.

Just because Large sums of money (that may not even get to the players) have been released dose not mean everything that was wrong with the eagles is now fixed.
Champions start training to be champions immediately after a tournament. In essence the eagles should have assumed training for this championship two years ago. It is not just how much the players will get in monetary terms. The players state of mind is even more important. If a team don't think like champions, they can't be champions and that doesn't happen overnight.

Calabar Christmas Carnival 2007 In Pictures

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Christmas festival as Usual was a site to behold again most especially, the sight of the former Governor Mr. Donald Duke and his Wife Mrs. Onari Duke set the stage for another interesting action packed Christmas Festival. It was really commendable especially being the inventor of the Calabar Christmas Festival. For how long this will continue, only time will tell. Meanwhile yours truely was there to take pics. I figured i may not be able to represent all the action of the festival in words so opted to bring all the fun to you in pics.



Ramsey Noah Poses for The Master Blaster Band

Ramsey Noah and Rita Dominic(King and Queen of the master Blaster Band)
Directly behind Rita Dominic was Pete Edochie . Behind Ramsey is Sen. Florence Ita Giwa

Passion 4 Band Representing Health Care In Africa

The Calabar Carnival Medical Team In Deliberation


Above is the Winners Of the Carnival show for the past two years.
This year's Winners were Bayside Band (The Ex-governors Band: They were a site to Behold)




This picture depicts the three major Diseases plaguing Africa ( AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria)

Uduak Nta Of YOHEDAP

This the Egyptian Tradition on Display

Some of the festival Clowns



Enoidem Ekoriko Of Female Rights Empowerment Organization (FERO) Having Fun with some of the clowns




This Brings back memories of Colonialism

The KIng And Queen of PAssion 4 Band

Depicting the Joy and Hope Independence Brought to Us

Making Money From Betting Online

When i started Naija football fans Forum, i never thought of a possibility of creating an online betting environment till I found out what some websites which i can not even describe as niche sites are doing. These Sites just create an environment for people to not just enjoy football or any game for that matter but turn it into a money spinner.

I was introduced to this system by Akin Alabi a very popular online marketer in Nigeria and a regular user of my forum. I decided to taste the waters and and i went into a voyage of discoveries.

Online betting has become some sort of industry that owners now rake in billions yearly. I am now thinking of starting one for my forum, maybe just to see how Nigerians respond to it and will be willing to get assistance from anyone who is interested and can help.

Currently i use Fonbet simply because they accept e-gold. Some accept just credit cards and Bank wire. However, you might not want to use your credit card details on a betting site. Others include bet356, 888 etc. Before joining try to find out their modus operandi. Taking time to go through some online casino reviewing sites to get information about them before starting can do you a lot of good. If your interested in just sports betting you are very well going to get the kind of information you desire. Here you will get objective opinion of reviewers and other people's comment. Need any help to start? Drop a comment here on on the forum.

Merry Christmas To All The Forum Members

Merry Christmas To All Fans Of This Beautiful Game

For Nigerians in General we are Sulking though about our failure to have a representative in the first five of CAF African Footballer of the year award. But when we look back in the year we still have a few thing to be happy about.
Winning the U-17 world Cup (Despite losing oach Yemi Tella sooon after), makes our year a worthwhile one.

The coming year will have a lot to say about what becomes of Nigerian football come 2010 world cup in South Africa. I'll leave this one for another days discussion.
For now let's Celebrate Christmas and also hope that the coming year offers us something good especially as we prepare for African Nations Cup in Ghana.

On Nigerian Football fans Forum

I wish to also use this opportunity to promise that this blog is going to be more frequently updated from now on, so a trip here on a daily bases will sure be one worthwhile.
The forum also has been arround for a year now and i also invite you to join our forum where everything and anything is on discussion. The forum with over 3000 members is Nigeria's first and Biggest Online Fan, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Barca, Madrid AC Milan, Inter fan, this is the forum with the highest conglomeration of football fans in Africa.

Meanwhile enjoy Chrsitmas and keeep it simple. Don't drink and drive. If you are travelling , please keep it at 100km/hr. Rather arrive late that be a Late. I have to run now. My girlfriend told me she'll be preparing Friend rice and grilled Chicken. I have been slivating for the past 3 days. Today is the D-day and I really have to run.

Real Madrid Consolidates Lead At Top After BEating Barcelona

Real Madrid continues a beatiful season yesterday by first of all making Barca seem like all the noise made in the transfer window in the summer was just for the sake of it. Babtista and Ruud boy ensured that.

A look at the kind of attack Barca presents sends the chills down an onlookers spine but yesterday we found out that, that is as far as it can get.

Loosing at at Nou Camp to Real for me is the high point of their fumbling as that has also ensured that Madrid now have a more comfortable lead of the La Liga table with 7 points.

Ronaldinho has become a shadow of his old self and no longer imposes himself on games as it used to be in the past.
If Messi dosen't click these days Barcelona dosen't seem to click too.
Dose these mean Barca is surrendering the title so early in the race to Madrid?

David Beckam Moves To Arsenal!

David Beckam’s Current move to Arsenal is viewed by many as another of Arsene Wenger’s tricks in the bag. Though according to Arsene , Beckam has come only to train with the team and get fit for England as he’s said to be desireable of a landmark 100 caps for rEngland . He’s said to currently have 99 caps. Arsene Wenger thinks Beckam can achieve 120 caps for England.

Could it really be true Wenger is trying to pull another fast one on us all?

Arsenal Faces Tough Quater Final With Ac Milan

I heard this news on BBC this evening and I was like waoh! what a game that will be! Last time it was Man U, now it's Arsenal. Heard Arsenal Wenger is traveling to Italy to watch the Milan Derby to watch how the team plays. According to him, he has to discover Milan's Euro Secret.
Man U and Liverpool also have a dificult game. But you'll agree with me Arsenal has got some work to do especially when you cast your mind back to the return Leg with Manchester United last season. Gatuso was a handful. Can Arsenal surprise us again? It might be the key for a possible run to the final like the last time. Last time, it was Juve they needed to beat to gain momentum that drove them to the final.

Carling Cup Fall-out: Benitez's Technique In Question

Again Rafa Benitez proved to us all that he's defficient in technique.Let's see the way it played out.Before Peter Crouch was red carded (A deserved red card), the game was balnaced even though Chelsea had scored a goal.But it was Benitez's place to make a tactical chanllenge in order to cushion the effect but he once again failed to make the right change.
Veronin was the only person close to a striker left for Liverpool. I imagined Benitez needed a real striker to come in for a midfielder to have a presence up front. Again before Crouch was red carded Liverpool choosed to keep the ball on the ground despite having a peter crouch upfront. He could get no real serve as chelsea defence ensured that.
I expected to see Benayoung come in quit alright but not to replace Babel. Liverpool could have done better with both players in the field. But Rafa choosed to subsitute Babel for Benayoung and the effect was even was than before the substitution.Someone has got to call RB to order, seems to me he's getting close to losing his job at Anfield.How long will Benitez's mistakes continue to make liverpool Lose matches?

Is Fabio Capello The Answer?

If you ask me i will say no. A big NO.
From my perspective, Fabio Capello has the knack of running into troubled water with world class footballers as well as players who love the lime light. In his reasoning it breeds indicipline and lack of dedication.
Examples exists in the case of David Beckham, Ronaldo Delima and a couple other players.
He also lacks the ability to manage people which is very critical in football success. His past records will make one jump to the conclusion he's a very technically sound coach which i don't dispute.

But Being a manager isn't only about being just sound with football techniques. In England you have to be able to manage the press. It is different from else where and English players as we all know thrive on press hype.

It will be a colossal task to change an age long tradition. His major problem will be with the press and the big name players in the English team.

In my opinion Jose Mourinho is the one coach who can handle that because he also loves the hype himself.
He knows how to use the press to achieve results. Playing mind games using the press just before a game has helped in the past to demoralise the opponents and gives him free ride.

Capello on the contrary thrives more in a quiet and eccentric working Environment which is not available in England.
To make matters worse key players in the English team has openly called for Mourinho to be signed as their next coach.
In the next few months, we'll see how it plays out. His relationship with Beckam, Terry, Lampard and Gerrard might be the key to his success because these are big names who love the limelight.

Why Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool won't Crash During African Nations Cup

Want to know why Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool will not be affected too much by African Nations Cup? Read this. First, Arsenal will lose 2 player not three as Adebayor won't be playing in ANC. Or are you counting Song? Song is useless even if he's available for all I care.Toure already has a cover in Juorou who is going to be recalled from Bermingham for this purpose.
Eboue will be the only person Arsenal will miss, but that gives Diara a chance to prove himself.
I think Arsenal just survived the most critical period of this title Challenge after the following games against Liverpool, Manchester United, Aston Villa, Newcastle and Midleborough and Chelsea especially doing so in three of these games without 4 first team players. The absense of just two players shouldn't have a more devastating effect. The difference is that Chelsea is always found wanting when Essien is not there to drive the midfield with his power. But If only Mikel would still be there it wouldn't have been too much problem for them. But Lossing two critical Midfielders and two strikers for almost 4 weeks is unimaginable for Chelsea fans.
Eboue, Toure, Kalou, Essien, Mikel and Drogba will be playing for the favourites at the competition and an early exit for them to return is unlikely. It seems like that but from my scrutiny Arsenal seems to already have a back up plan. Same with Chelsea who are currently thinking of bringing in Anelka to cover for Drogba and who knows what other plans they have!
If any team should be worried it is neither Arsenal, Chelsea nor liverpool but Portsmouth