Super Eagles star Alex Iwobi has opened a temporary shop in East London to provide for families in need during Christmas.
Iwobi, who named the temporary shop ‘Alexpress’ gave out free food, including Turkeys, to families who are struggling to pay for their festive dinners.
The 28-year-old praised his parents for instilling in him the spirit of giving.
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“In the house I was raised in, my dad naturally just gave back. To people in Nigeria, to his family and even people in the street – he would just buy bottles of water and give them to neighbours,” he told BBC Sport Africa.
“Seeing how my mum and dad are has inspired me to give to others, whether they are fortunate or less fortunate. With the position I am in, I feel like it’s only right with the influence I have that I give back as well.”
Iwobi, all things being equal will be in action when Fulham take on Chelsea in a London derby on Boxing Day.
The versatile midfielder has scored five times in the Premier League this season.
By Adeboye Amosu
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While some are giving to others, some are taking from others.
Refusing to pay coaches salaries and players bonuses. God dey ooo!
They will not pay bonuses. They cannot secure sponsorship for teams. They will continue with the fairytale of engagement of a foreign coach when they have no finances to pay the coach.
How did we get to this level. When you watch our 1994 national side and 1996 0lympic team you will not argue with those fans that demand that the entire sport administration need to be overhauled.
It is not only tax reform we need in Nigeria we also need to reform sport administration.
arara kumbie the satanic gay troll aka patrick, yuh are cursed!
I hope dat yuh knows dat??
yuh defnitly has no life at al, yuh har alway on csn but not because yuh like footbal but becuase yuh likes mens, remenber dat God did not create adam and steve, He created adam and eve, leave inocent men alone!!!
yuh are still here trolling and following dat dumbass pompie abi watin arand – yuh wont left de poor silly daft man alone ba? de mumu hates yuh an he has already told yuh dat but yuh kept shasing hin arand lmaaoo
talk about stiff neckedness! hellfire is reserved specialy for yoour kind and it wont be long na before yuh har dere. bastard psychotic deranged madman lmaaoo! confirm werey pmsl!
Imagine going to a hospital and being told a surgeon does not know how to perform surgery!!!
Pray tell, what then is he or she doing there? All the surgeon does at work is watch the telly, drink coffee or tea, and eat at the cafeteria.
This is not a witch hunt. It’s calling a spade a spade.
One of the main jobs of NFF is to find funding to run our football. If they can’t do that, then what are they doing in office? If they did their jobs, money to hire a competent coach for the SE would be no problem. Alas, you can’t give what you don’t have.
An admission that there is no money to hire a competent coach is a confession that they can’t do the job entrusted to them.
The notion that Nigeria can’t afford a competent coach is ridiculous. NFF should come up with an excuse that makes more sense.
pompie abi watin, yuh are a funny guy o! kai!
i really dont understand wat your level is but yuh are proving to be too easy a prey to that evil gay spawn of satan @arara kumbie aka patrick. it’s not aqs if we havent already told yuh that patrick is yet anoda one of satans childs fake identities yet yuh are so starved for attention on csn (as yuh neva eva leave the site) that yuh ar alway here comenting up an dan and den dat devilish bastard will fool yuh into a sense of false security and respond to yuh and yuh too lika a mumu will just fall into the spawn of satan’s trap. kai! wen will yuh learn? gat is de wahala of spending al youre time on csn – it is Christmas an yuh cant even keep away for 1 minte, yuh ar here comenting up an dan efrywere, ehn y wont the devil attach it’s depraved self to yuh?? ask yursel dat questoin, yuh have to wise up mr man, yuh har an old man by now yet yuh har falling into skool boy traps set for yuh by arara patrick gayman kumbie – the satanic troll of men. look pompei abi watin, this is de last time we wii try and educate yuh on this matter, after dis anyting dat yur longthroat eye see for arara patrick kumbie eye na yer own head yuh go take carry am! kai! i cannot believed wat mi eye dem are saw!
continue flirtin wit satan an yuh wii pay de price!