Wednesday, 28 May 2014
FRIENDLY: Scotland Hold Super Eagles.
The Nigerian Super Eagles.
The Super eagles of Nigeria, on Wednesday night, began their World cup preparations on a promising footing when they were held to a 2-2 draw by the Scottish national team at the Craven Cottage.
The Super Eagles had more of the possession throughout the duration of the game played in London. The first half ended in one goal apace situation but the Scottish side scored a second goal early in the second half which they held until the 90th minute.
The Eagles scored a late goal in the 90 minutes to make the final score line 2-2 which by all indication is a good result as they tune up in preparation for the World Cup that starts on the 12th of June in Brazil.
Saturday, 24 May 2014
Real Madrid Beat Atletico Madrid 4-1 To Win 2014 Champions league title.
Real Madrid fc of Spain last night in Lisbon Portugal defeated the 2014 Spanish La liga champions, Atletico Madrid 4-1 to clinch the 2014 Champions league title.
Atletico Madrid opened the score sheet in 36th minutes when Diego Godin beat Sami Khendira in the air and loops the ball over an onrushing Ike Casillas who could not stop the ball from crossing the line.
The remainder of the regulation time was played with Real trying to equalise but to no avail as Atletico defence stood their ground.
In the 3rd of the 5 minutes added time, Real equalised as Sagio Ramos nodded in a Luka Modric corner.
In the 110 minutes of the extra time, Gareth Bale nodded in an Angel di Maria's effort that was saved by the Atletico Keeper.
In the 118 minutes, Mercelo capitalised on the weakness of the opponent's defence line to fire in the third goal.
In the 120 minutes, Christiano Ronaldo was brought down inside the Atletico box and he skilfully took the spot kick and gave Real the Fourth goal of the night. The Spanish Side is now crowned the 2014 Champions league Champions.
UEFA Champions League Final Result.
Atletico Madrid 1-4 Real Madrid.
Real Madrid wins the 2014 Champions league title.
Real Madrid wins the 2014 Champions league title.
Sunday, 18 May 2014
State Governor Turns Cab Driver.
The Governor of Edo state of Nigeria, Comrade Adams Oshinmole literally turned a cab driver last week as he was seen picking and dropping passengers in the City of Benin, the Edo State Capital.
The Governor, in an occasion where he gave out 300 cabs to former operators of commercial motorcycles that the government banned in the state last year, decided to test run one of the cabs. And instead of driving the cab around the field decided to hit the road and drove round the city picking and dropping passengers as he went, charging them reasonable fare.
Though his passengers were ready to pay, the governor refrained from taking the fare from them.
Catholic Priests' Lovers Beg Pope To Abolish Celibacy.
A group of women apparently in secret love affairs with some Catholic priests have written pope Francis demanding that the celibacy rule on priests should be abolished.
According to an Italian newspaper report which was posted by news24 . Nigeria, the 26 women who also requested an audience with the Pope wrote: "We are all experiencing, have experienced or would like to experience a love affair with a priest with whom we have fallen in love. "
The Italian newspaper La Stampa said the women pointed out their 'devastating suffering' due to the secret nature of their affairs with these priests and said "Something could change not only for us,but for the good of all the church."
They argued that a priest would be better in his vocation in the service of Jesus and community if he has his wife and children beside him.
Saturday, 17 May 2014
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Tiwa Savage And Wizkid Renews Pepsi Deal By 5 Years.
Tiwa Savage and Wizkid have had their Pepsi ambassadorial deals renewed by the beverages manufacturing company for another 5 years according to Daily Times. Ng reports.
Their last deal with the company lasted for 2 years which ended in 2013. The deal was negotiated by Mr Paul Okoye of Management and consultancy firm, Upfront and personal.
Mr Okoye used his instagram page to announce the new deal as he posted a photo of Tiwa, Wizkid, a white lady and a can of Pepsi.
"Best ambassadors by far. Another five years deal for Pepsi Amen Tiwa and Wizzzz." He wrote.
Manchester City Moves To Sign Emmanuel Emenike.
Barclays Premier League champions Manchester City are now leading a trio of English premier league clubs that are lining up to secure the signature of Super Eagles top Striker Emmanuel Emenike.
According to sources from both England and Turkey, Manchester City and the other two clubs have made their intentions know to Fernarbahce but the turkish side is not ready to give up their valuable strike unless for a huge fee. And this fee could be in the region of €20 million.
Other clubs linings up for Emenike's signature are Tottenham Hotspurs and Everton.
Why Solange Knowles Attacked JayZ.
Last week, news of Solange Knowles attack on her brother-in-law JayZ in an elevator which Beyonce watched helplessly was rife on the social media. Now reasons have emerged why the fight actually happened.
One of the reasons was that Solange and Jayz have not been best of friends since she was dropped from JayZ's Roc Nation label. Since then, Solange has been facing difficult times in her personal life and career.
The Immediate cause of the outburst was that Solange obviously drank too much in the Met gala party at the Standard hotel New York where the fight happened on May 5. In the elevator, Jay was reported to have made a comment that Solange did not like and then the attack of slapping and kicking of the 44 year old man began.
A source told New York post: "Clearly she was on something at the party, she was drunk and out of it. She got in the elevator with Jay and Bey. He had made a comment she didn't like and she just snapped. "
"She was the girl who drank too much and was behaving badly at the party. " Another one said.
Throughout the time the attack lasted, Beyonce did her best not to get involved.
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Afrocandy Quits Social Media For Good
Nigerian America based soft porn actress popularly known as Afro candy has called it quits with the social media. In a 'bye bye' statement she made on her Facebook page, she said that she can no longer cope with so many 'dummies' who make life uncomfortable for her in the social media. She then invited her fans to her personal website.
"God why did you create so many dum heads? So many dummies to deal with. ...It is becoming too much for me to handle and for that I'm gonna take a break from Internet for a while before I go crazy....That's it I can't take it any more. Y,all have fun! Bye bye!
Monday, 12 May 2014
Boko Haram Releases Video Of Missing School Girls As FG Rejects Sect's Condition For Their Release.
Boko Haram insurgency group on Monday, May 12, released video of the missing Chibok School girls who were taken into captivity on April 14 as they were writing the WAEC Examination.
In the video the girls who most of them are Christians were seen reciting verses from the quran. The leader of the dreaded group Abubakar Shekau said that the girls have been converted to Islam.
He later said that the girls would not be released until the Federal Government releases his members held by the government in different parts of the country.
Meanwhile in the latest developments the Federal Government have rejected the insurgents conditions for the release of the abducted Chibok school girls. Speaking through the DG of the National Orientation Agency, Mike Omeri, the government refused to go into any form of negotiations with the insurgents.
" All options are on the table and open, we are interacting with the military and intelligent experts who are already on surveillance in the north - eastern part of the country. We will adopt all available options to get the girls out, but we will not negotiate with the sect." He said.
Watch video below.
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