Thursday, 8 October 2015

Issa Hayatou named FIFA acting president


Former Cameroonian athlete and president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Issa Hayatou, 69, has been named FIFA acting president after the football governing body's president Sepp Blatter was suspended yesterday for 90 days following corruption allegations.

Glo gifts expensive cars - a GWagon & a Range Rover to Psquare

Just returning from their US Tour, the Okoye Brothers arrived to luxurious gifts. Glo has gifted their long term ambassadors, Peter & Paul Okoye with expensive cars. Peter was gifted with a 2015 G Wagon while Paul was gifted with a 2015 Range Rover. More picx..

Jagaban & Funmi Iyanda in 1999

16 years back. Major throwback photo of Media Personality Funmi Iyanda with Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Clark dumps PDP, says Jonathan is weak

 former Federal Commissioner of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, has hailed the anti-corruption crusade of President Muhammadu Buhari and knocked former President Goodluck Jonathan for lacking the political will to fight graft.
Clark, who said it was wrong for anyone to accuse President Buhari of fighting a selective war in his drive to return sanity into the polity, also declared that he had formally left the Peoples Democratic Party.
Clark called on Nigerians not to distract the President from achieving his goal, just as he appealed to the President to remain focused in his determination to rid the country of corruption. Continue..

How mobile phones transform emergency responses in developing countries

A new report from Developing Telecoms backed by the United Nations Children’s Fund , UNICEF,   the   United States Agency for International Development,   USAID and Mobile Phones   Association, GSMA,   released yesterday has    revealed how mobile phones transform   emergency response in developing countries by unlocking untapped reserves of local knowledge, resourcefulness and creativity. Continue..

Vincent Enyeama announces his retirement from Super Eagles

Super Eagles goal keeper Vincent Enyeama just took to his instagram page to announce his retirement from our team. Thank you very much Oliseh. You try! What Enyeama wrote below...
I have fought a good fight for more than 13years.I have finished my course,I have kept the faith and sang the anthem with passion.henceforth,there is laid for me a crown which only GOD can reward me for my 13years of national services.God bless Nigeria. From henceforth I am no more the captain of the Nigerian senior football team. I am no more the goalie of the team. I am out of the team. I am no more available for international duties. I want to say thank you to every Nigerian fan and supporter world wide.its been the most trying period of my life but I know that Nigerian are there for me and God is with me.God bless Nigeria. #Endofanera.

Usain Bolt, a Man U supporter forced to wear Arsenal jersey after losing a bet

The Jamaican sprinter who is a serious supporter of Manchester United was forced to wear Arsenal jersey after he lost a bet with Mexican television presenter Patty Lopez. He took to his Instagram page to post a video of him wearing Arsenal kit. He captioned it: "So I lost a bet with Patty Lopez that man united would win but they didn't so I have to pay up on my bet. sorry guys. #nothappy"

Tuesday, 25 August 2015

Bomb blast in Yobe this morning

5 people are feared dead with at least 41 people injured after a bomb went off at a bus terminal in Damaturu, Yobe state this morning. A young girl is suspected to be the suicide bomber

British IndyCar driver dies after crash

British driver Justin Wilson has died after being struck by flying debris and suffering a serious head injury in Sunday's Pocono IndyCar 500 race. Wilson was airlifted to hospital from the Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania after Sage Karam's car spun and crashed in front of him on lap 179 of 200. Continue..

Afcon 2017: Lawal disagrees with Oliseh on Ighalo

Former Super Eagles midfielder Garba Lawal has disagreed with Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh for excluding Watford striker, Odion Ighalo from the 2017 AFCON qualifier with Tanzania on September 5.
Lawal argued that Oliseh should have invited Ighalo  to play alongside Anthony Ujah and Emmanuel Emenike. Continue..

Suspended NIS boss, Plateau gov beg Buhari

The Plateau State Governor, Mr. Simon Lanlong, on Monday led the suspended Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, David Parradang, to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, with the aim of begging President Muhammadu Buhari. Continue..

I beat my wife for refusing sex, man tells court

A 40-year-old man, Salau Kehinde, has told a Customary Court in Ikorodu, Lagos, that he physically abused his wife, Shakirat, 32, whenever she refuses to have sex with him, but that he had no intention of bathing her in hot water. Continue..

LASG removes Fashola’s budget spending from website

The Lagos State Government has removed the list of contracts awarded under the administration of former Governor Babatunde Fashola.
The list which was published on the website of the state’s Public Procurement Agency,www.lagosppa.gov.ng, stated that Fashola’s administration spent N78.3m on his personal website, www.tundefashola.com, in 2014. Continue..

'My husband wants to die in my arms': Celine Dion


Céline Dion explains that her return to Las Vegas is part of her duties to take care of ailing husband RenéAngélil, who continues to battle throat cancer. When the iconic singer announced she would be going on hiatus from her Las Vegas residency because her hubby's health had taken a turn again, fans didn't know whether she would return to the stage or not. Continue..