Blacky shadow

[UG @UgwunnaEjikem]

Lmfaoo firstly, nothing is happening to Kemi, She’s getting ethnically themed verbal attacks cos of recent comments but that’s about it, she’s still the leader of the biggest opposition in the UK.

We live here, not you or David. We know the possible problems we might encounter now, in 5 years or in 50. Yes Europe & the US has increasingly leaned right over the past decade and is checking mass migration(legal & illegal) but again, that’s about it.

Sounding like every foreign passport belonging to a black person in the West will one day be revoked is sensationalism at its peak but no be una again? The HyundaiCult na una specialty be that lmao. Black Americans literally exist. 3rd, 4th & 5th black British gens exist, many of them are in positions of power in these countries, just like Kemi. Many are global superstars; athletes, actors etc nobody is revoking anyone’s passport without reason talk more millions of people.

Keep your fear mongering among your “pahn-hafrican” audience, esp the ones resident in Nigeria, smart people can see through your sensationalist bs esp those of us who live here.

[Blacky shadow @nigeriangunners]

@Arsenal @Omojuwa Who’s cutting onions ❤️

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

Forward together.

Mikel Arteta is here to stay ❤️

[WelBeast @WelBeast]

And so it begins….

[Sai Ishaya @Sai_Ishaya_]

HMRC with your pay after you did four locum shifts in a row that almost killed you.

[Katsina United @katsinaunited]

You expect us to enter the jungle, find a lion, dress him in our kit, sit him down and ask him to pose? Then find an antelope, kit it in Rangers colours and tell both animals to freeze for a photoshoot?

You people have wild imagination. What do you think AI is for?

[Aproko Doctor Global @aproko_doctor]

Please watch this to protect your child!

America just changed their vaccine policy and some Nigerian parents are already scared. This video says what actually happened, and why it has nothing to do with your child’s immunization card.

[Blacky shadow @nigeriangunners]

LEZZ FOGGIN GO!!! 🏆@Arsenal

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

@MailSport 🤨 maybe before re-posting your fantastic “investigation” about me every 2 minutes to get some clicks, try to get the news before… and to mention the source next time as you asked me to do in your behind-paywall article. 👍

[femi. @femooafc]

I wish I can go back in time and tell him he did it.

[Aisha Yesufu @AishaYesufu]

This is appreciation tweet for Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency @LAGOSDSVA
Well done to the management and team.

Lagos State government got this right!

[Alaafin Ajaka II @__Ajaka]

"If I were a white man" yenyenyen

- says a mentally conquered coon who think he's a special breed 😅

[Tunde Onakoya @Tunde_OD]

There are two ways to be in this world, one is to be like Alex who has given his life and resource to empowering children and making their greatness known to the world. I met him once and he’s a truly remarkable guy. I have supported in a small capacity and encouraged others to do the same.

The second way is to be a moron like this guy who posits himself as a faux intellectual whose only claim to relevance is making snide comments like this one and forever hoping someone important notices.

One of these people is doing meaningful work and changing lives, the other doesn’t matter.

Be like Alex.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

I wonder how the Daily Mail's @craighope_DM has felt over the past 24 hours.

[Dr Joe Abah, OON @DrJoeAbah]

When you sell your dignity to powerful people to seek their recognition or approval, they will never respect you. They know you are weak. They know you are an inferior man. They know you are nothing. And they’ll tell everyone who cares to listen.

I am Ezemmuo. I know things.

[Enoch Δ @agyeitah]

Totally missed your response.

But this isn’t about pride, @garyalsmith. It’s about false narratives being given the time of day.

Underdogs lose leads to favourites. Everywhere. In every confederation.

When Japan lost a 2–0 lead to Belgium, people praised Belgium, gave Japan some slack and moved on. Nobody indicted Asian football.

Croatia scored first and lost yesterday.

It’s football.

But I find the way you build this supposed 30-year pattern strange.

Your most obvious pull was Nigeria in 1994. So I went back and checked the actual data.

All of it.

Since 1970, African teams have taken the lead in 79 World Cup matches.

They won 44, drew 21 and lost 14.

That means African teams avoided defeat 82.3% of the time after taking the lead.

Even in this tournament, the full picture is different from the story being told.

Yes, Côte d’Ivoire led and lost to Germany. DR Congo led and lost to England. Senegal led and lost to Belgium.

But Morocco led and drew with Brazil.

Egypt led and drew with Belgium and Iran.

Cape Verde led and drew with Uruguay.

Algeria led and drew with Austria.

South Africa led and beat South Korea.

Côte d’Ivoire led and won two games.

Egypt led and beat New Zealand.

Senegal led and beat Iraq.

Ghana led and beat Panama.

Algeria led and beat Jordan.

So African teams have led 15 times in this tournament: 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses.

That is not a continental pathology.

That is football.

And if this were an African problem, Africa should at least be uniquely bad at it.

We aren’t.

From 1970 to 2022, African teams lost 17.2% of World Cup matches after taking the lead.

AFC teams lost 20%.

CONCACAF teams lost 23.4%.

Even if we start from 1994, your 30-year window, it is CAF 16.4%, AFC 20% and CONCACAF 22.9%.

So where exactly is this unmistakable African pattern?

You have built a continental theory from a few painful games spread across decades.

To do that, you have to ignore Algeria holding against West Germany in ’82.

Cameroon repeatedly holding in ’90.

Nigeria seeing off Spain in ’98.

Ghana killing games in ’06.

And just four years ago, African teams led nine times at the 2022 World Cup and didn’t lose once.

Cameroon held against Brazil.

Tunisia held against France.

Morocco held against Belgium, Canada and Portugal.

That was four years ago. Not 30.

And before someone says these numbers are inflated by games against weaker opposition, let’s narrow the sample further.

Let’s look only at games where African teams took the lead against European and South American opposition.

Since 1970, it has happened 53 times.

African teams won 27.

Drew 14.

Lost 12.

That is a 77.4% non-loss rate after taking the lead against the two historically strongest footballing regions in the world.

So what you have identified is not a pattern.

It is a highlight reel of pain with the denominator deleted.

Yes, the collapses were real. Senegal’s was bad. DR Congo’s was bad. Côte d’Ivoire’s was bad.

But Japan’s against Belgium was bad too.

Croatia scored first and lost.

Spain’s collapse against Nigeria in 1998 was spectacular.

The difference is that those failures were attributed to the people who actually oversaw them: the players, the coach, the team.

Nobody said, “Croatia blew a lead, so Europeans lack concentration.”

Nobody built an Asian theory from Japan doing it more than once.

As for the coaches you cite, Thiaw was diagnosing Senegal’s game management.

That was his team in a game his team blew.

Senegal is a team.

Africa is a continent.

A coach owning his own failure is accountability. Stretching it into a verdict on 54 countries is your addition, not his.

And that is my pushback.

You may be coming from a place of good intentions. But Africa, and I must say this to you as an African, is diverse.

Sometimes coaches make bad decisions. Sometimes players panic. Sometimes underdogs sit too deep. Sometimes the better team comes back.

Sometimes a team just blows a lead.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

To be clear, if you're a Somali who doesn't work and doesn't integrate, you're BAD. If you're a Somali who does work and does integrate, to the point that you're an elected official proudly serving your community, also BAD.

[Kalu Aja @FinPlanKaluAja1]

No Nigerian would ever attack or harass another foreign Black man in Nigeria because he is an immigrant or outsider.

It's alien to us; we can't even conceive of it.

We may not have a GDP of $100 trillion or high-speed rail, but when we say we are “Giants of Africa,” it's because we have bled and shed for Africa unequivocally and individually.

We didn't help South Africa fight Apartheid because we wanted to migrate to Durban; we did it collectively because it was the right thing to do.

We ask for nothing more than basic respect.

Proud.

[Kalu Aja @FinPlanKaluAja1]

Then the other States should pay lower

Wolves does not pay like Chelsea

Cut your coat according to your cloth not your size

[Kalu Aja @FinPlanKaluAja1]

"Kalu, I have a concern that many states may not be able to afford to fund state police."

While it is true that state police represents a cost, I prefer to think of it as an enabler rather than merely an expense.

Take Abia State, for example. If we establish both local and state police, the state's wage bill may increase significantly, but so will commerce.

Why is this important? Because safety and the rule of law foster an environment where new sectors can emerge. We could see the revival of activities like night markets, night shifts, night soccer games, and safe night travel. More international traders would feel secure coming to Abia to conduct business, knowing they are protected.

These new commercial activities will create jobs and generate business activity that can be taxed to help fund the new police and court systems.

It’s not just about security; many services we often take for granted or attempt to handle ourselves, such as community policing, search and rescue operations, addressing domestic violence, delivering emergency aid, tackling gender violence, responding to small business crimes, and enforcing environmental regulations, require proper state police presence.

In the United States, for instance, police officers often act as social navigators, connecting vulnerable individuals with essential resources like housing, mental health support, and addiction programs.

Additionally, police can enforce intellectual property rights and zoning laws, which are vital for economic growth.

It's important to note that these police will be armed and will also take over many aspects of VIP protection that currently lack oversight from the state.

Although we may not see the full benefits of state police for another decade, a fitting analogy is a student who incurs debt to become a medical doctor—because the future income from that profession will ultimately cover the costs.