NUBDISH blogspot: 2015-02-01

Saturday 7 February 2015

PHOTOS: Fashola attends Nigeria's rap star, Olamide’s baby christening

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), attended the baby christening of Nigerian rap star, Olamide, during the week. His surprise appearance sent the atmosphere into frenzy.

A photo taken at the ceremony shows Governor Fashola beside the music star, who carried his bundle of joy.

The baby was christened Biatifeori Maxmillano Adedeji.

The National Working Committee of the Accord Party, AP, Friday adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as its candidate for the February 14 Presidential election.

The party also announced its opposition to the shifting of the February 14 Presidential election.

Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is close to bowing to fierce pressure by announcing a six-week postponement of the February general elections. However, even though Mr. Jega is all but certain to do the bidding of President Goodluck Jonathan by setting a latter date for the elections, sources in the Presidency insist that Mr. Jega will not survive as INEC chair much longer if plans by the Presidency to sack him materialize.

SaharaReporters has consistently reported that President Jonathan and his closest associates have been desperate to postpone the elections to enable them to re-strategize in the face of certain signs that Mr. Jonathan and his party were on the cusp of losing by a wide margin.

Tiago put the hosts ahead with a right-footed shot which Real goalkeeper Iker Casillas failed to hold. Midfielder Saul Niguez then doubled the lead moments later with a spectacular overhead kick.

Antoine Griezmann poked home a third goal from close range before Mario Mandzukic headed the fourth.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger admitted his side were deservedly beaten by Tottenham in the north London derby.

Two second-half goals from Harry Kane at White Hart Lane saw Spurs recover from a goal down by Mesut Ozil, to win 2-1 and secure their third league win in a row, lifting them above the Gunners.

Branislav Ivanovic scored a stunning winner as Chelsea battled to a 2-1 win at Aston Villa to extend their lead at the top.

Eden Hazard slotted home a sweeping move from the visitors before Jores Okore headed in shortly after half time to score Aston Villa’s first Premier League goal in nearly 11 hours, but Ivanovic’s thunderbolt sealed the points for the visitors.

With Chelsea winning 2-1 at Aston Villa, Man City who drew are now seven points behind the Premier League leaders and their hopes of defending their title look slim.

Yakubu Aiyegbeni has insisted that he still has passion for the game and is looking forward to his time back in England.

The Nigerian striker sealed a shock move to Reading FC in the January window, as a free agent and trained for the first time with his new team-mates this week.

“When I get the ball I know I’m going to score, for sure. I have confidence in myself. I hope they [teammates] feed me and then I can score,” Aiyegbeni told Reading Chronicles.”

Kim Kardashian is recognised as one of the most insatiable women on the planet. But that hasn't stopped her husband Kanye West from prompting her to dress sexier.

The reality star opened up about the rapper's demands in an unrestricted interview where she also answered intimate questions about their sex life.

The one-on-one was being hosted by Love magazine, in particular by their guest editor Cara Delevingne.

Speaking with the model about her musician hubby, Kim said the pair are very fond of getting naked.

THE police in Adamawa State have thwarted a plot by Boko Haram to attack Yola, the state capital, ahead of the general election.

The Commissioner of Police, Gabriel Adaji, who made the disclosure at a press conference, on Friday, in Yola, said policemen discovered 19 high-calibre bombs buried in a bush a few kilometres to the city.

Adaji said the discovery of the bombs and the location, in Song Local Government Area, followed a tip-off. He said the bombs, which were at 90 per cent completion stage, only required connections to batteries to cause what might have been conceived to be the worst explosion in the country.

A racing driver gets a nasty puncture when a python sinks its fangs into his hand. Six-time V8 Supercars champ Jamie Whincup, 32, was bitten while posing with the 3ft black-headed python and the series trophy he is defending this season.

He said: "It was pretty painful. The snake just wanted to get out of there. It was getting rowdy then had a go."

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An 11-year-old girl charged with sexually assaulting children was allowed to “buddy” infant pupils at her school, it has been claimed.

Police had to be called to the youngster’s school in Stirling, Scotland, after furious parents protested at the gates.

The girl is the subject of allegations which include being in the possession of hardcore pornography.

And after her 25-year-old brother, the father of one of the alleged victims, posted details on his Facebook page, parents reacted with outrage. The brother claimed he reported his sister over a year ago, but said she went on to “buddy” infants which could involve accompanying them to the toilet.

An audio recording allegedly showing how the June 2014 Ekiti State governorship election was rigged, has been released online.

The recording, which was on Sahara Reporters, purportedly captured the voices of the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, a military general who was in charge of the election, Senator Iyiola Omisore and former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, in a meeting where they allegedly gave directives to the military to favour the Peoples Democratic Party.

But in a swift reaction to the development, Fayose said he never held any meeting with anyone to rig election. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, on Friday, the governor described the audio clip as a new calculated attempt by the All Progressives Congress to discredit the election results.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insists clubs that breach Financial Fair Play regulations should be docked points and should not be champions in a thinly veiled attack on Premier League title rivals Manchester City.

Man City and Chelsea's Champions League last-16 opponents, Paris St Germain were issued heavy fines by UEFA for their outlandish spending in recent years.

Chelsea are bidding to comply with FFP and made a profit for the third successive transfer window despite signing Colombia World Cup star Juan Cuadrado on Monday's deadline day.

"I enjoy the challenge of the English competition," said Mourinho. "It's a good challenge. The only thing that it is not nice is that you compete against the ones (clubs) who don't follow the same rules."

The Presidency on Friday faulted the influential United Kingdom-based magazine, The Economist, for saying that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is more competent than President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party. (Read Here)

In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the Presidency said it noted the magazine’s “tongue-in-cheek” endorsement of Buhari ahead of the presidential elections with surprise.

Two of Nigeria’s finest music stars, D’banj and E.M.E boss, Banky W, have just been unveiled as brand ambassadors of leading ultra-premium vodka, Ciroc.

AFCON: Morocco handed two AFCON ban

Morocco have been fined and suspended from the next two Africa Cup of Nations for pulling out of hosting this year's tournament.

The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has also been fined 1m US dollars and ordered to pay 9.12m US dollars in damages to the Confederation of African Football and their partners, CAF said in a statement.

Morocco had been due to host the tournament, but requested a postponement because of fears over the Ebola outbreak on the African continent. Equatorial Guinea stepped in at short notice to stage the event.

Yemen's Shia Houthi rebels have announced that they have dissolved parliament and installed a five-member "presidential council" which will form a transitional government to govern for two years.

In a televised statement on Friday from the Republican Palace in the capital, Sanaa, the rebel group said that it would set up a transitional national council of 551 members to replace the dissolved legislature.

The Equatorial Guinea football federation has been fined £65,500 by the Confederation of African Football following the crowd trouble which overshadowed the Africa Cup of Nations semi-final between Equatorial Guinea and Ghana on Thursday. (Read Here)

The host nation’s governing body has also been ordered to meet the cost of treatment for the Ghana supporters who were injured by flying missiles during the game at the Estadio de Malabo which Ghana won 3-0.

Popular Nigerian musician, Dapo Oyebanji, better known as D’banj, has revealed his willingness to still work with his estranged producer, Don Jazzy. He spoke weeks after he blamed Dr Sid as masterminding the break-up of the Mo Hits Crew which had brought him together with Don Jazzy.

The recently concluded forensic audit carried out by PriceWaterhouseCoopers on unremitted funds due to the Federation Account has indicted the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC).

Both organisations are to refund at least $1.48 billion to the Federation Account.

Zinedine Zidane is shaping up as a future coach of Real Madrid, present incumbent Carlo Ancelotti said on Friday.

Zidane, who is currently in charge of Real's reserve side Castilla, "has all the qualities" required to take the the helm of the club, Ancelotti insists.

After a difficult start of the season, Castilla are top of Spain's third tier league.

"I enjoy Zidane's work, he's doing very well in his first year in charge," Ancelotti said. "He's taken Castilla to first place and he needs to keep up the good work."

Pope Francis builds public showers and a barbershop for the homeless of Rome

On Friday the Pope's grand renovation of the St Peter's Square public bathrooms was unveiled, and it included the addition of a barber shop.

It was first announced last week. The "homeless pilgrims" for whom this was designed can access the showers every day but Wednesday, when the piazza is reserved for the pope's general audience.

Clients will be given a free toiletry kit — soap, deodorant, toothpaste, razor, shaving cream and even fresh pair of underwear.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says he will contest a Football Association disrepute charge over comments he made after last month's FA Cup trip to Cambridge United.

Van Gaal was charged by the governing body for remarks which 'allege and/or imply bias on the part of the match referee and/or bringing the game into disrepute'.

After the match at the Abbey Stadium, which ended 0-0, van Gaal said: "You have seen the referee. It's always the same. Everywhere I have coached these games - and I have coached them also with other clubs - it's always the same."

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola has declared tomorrow, Friday February 6 as work free day to enable public servants in the state collect their Permanent Voters Card, PVCs.

This is coming barely 48 hours after Niger, Imo and Edo States declared public holidays for same exercise.

Klopp will not resign Borussia Dortmund position despite relegation threat

Jurgen Klopp insists he will not quit as Borussia Dortmund head coach despite the threat of relegation.

Dortmund remain rooted to the foot of the Bundesliga table after losing 1-0 at home to 10-man Augsburg on Wednesday.

The defeat is the 11th of the season for the 2013 Champions League finalists and led to some of the players apologising to fans after the final whistle.

But Klopp, who took over at Dortmund in 2008, insisted he has no plans to walk away, saying: "I can rule out resigning. After only two games this year, the tank isn't completely empty."

FRANCE has sent military advisers to Niger’s southern border with Nigeria to help coordinate military action by regional powers fighting the Islamist group, Boko Haram, a French army official said on Thursday.

The deployment was announced as war planes pounded Boko Haram positions just over the border in Nigeria, a resident in the Niger town of Bosso said and hundreds of Chadian troops massed at the frontier to prepare an attack.

Chad has sent about 2,500 troops as part of efforts to take on the militant group, which has intensified its fight to set up a breakaway Islamist state in Nigeria and has staged cross-border raids. Chadian troops crossed into Nigeria this week from Cameroon, on the Southern side of Lake Chad.

The Federal Government has announced that plans have reached an advanced stage for a three hour high speed train project connecting Lagos and Abuja.This was disclosed by the Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, while speaking at the public presentation of a book, ‘Showcasing Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s Monumental Strides.'

Influential United Kingdom-based magazine, The Economist, says the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is more competent than President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party.

The highly respected magazine in its editorial published in its current edition and titled, ‘Former dictator is a better choice than a failed president,’ said Nigeria was unfortunate to have both Buhari and Jonathan vying for the Presidency. It, however, said that out of the two, Buhari was a better candidate.

THE Department of State Services (DSS), said on Thursday, that it had invited Mr Asari Dokubo, an ex-Niger Delta militant, several times over recent inflammatory statements credited to him.

The spokesperson of the DSS, Marilyn Ogar, said this on Thursday while responding to questions at a news conference organised by the National Information Centre.

“First of all, whatever is the operational procedure that we take after we have issued out warnings, we do not make them public.’’

“And I want you to recollect that Asari Dokubo has been brought into the office – DSS, a couple of times.’’

Supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan have called for the resignation and arrest of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega.

The supporters, under the aegis of the Southern Nigeria Peoples Assembly, led by a one-time information minister, Chief Edwin Clark, made the demand at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday.

Some young men were on Wednesday arrested over suspicion of buying Permanent Voters Cards, PVC, in Tambuwal Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

A source in the town, who declined to be named for security reasons, revealed that the residents of Tambuwal town apprehended Abdu Dankuturu, Amo Masaurari, Dantonka Maikada, Kabiru Modibbo, Dantani Hulkwui and Danbala Gyarge after they were seen buying PVs from some housewives.

“They were paying N2, 000 for each PVC and about 400 cards were found on them upon arrest,” he said.

Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in California because of apparent back pain, the PGA Tour has announced.

Woods, 39, withdrew after only 11 holes of his first round on Thursday.

The 14-time major champion was two over par when he spoke to his playing partners and walked gingerly off the North Course and into a waiting car.

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says President Goodluck Jonathan does not deserve a second term.

He told a gathering of youths at a programme titled ‘Vision of the Child’ in Lagos on Thursday, that he had 60 reasons why Jonathan should not be returned to office on February 14 when the presidential election would hold in the country.

Although Soyinka did not list the 60 reasons, he was specific on one: The April 14 abduction of over 200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram insurgents from their hostel in Chibok, Borno State.

“I will not vote and I will not encourage anyone to vote for the continuation of this government, simply because your colleagues numbering over 200 were kidnapped,” he said.

Crowd trouble forced a 30-minute interruption of the Africa Cup of Nations semi-final between Ghana and Equatorial Guinea.

Ghana fans massed behind a goal post after 82 minutes of the match as they appeared to seek refuge from missiles that were being thrown at them.

Bottles rained down as police battled to gain control, while a helicopter hovered over the stadium in Malabo.

Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo turned 30 on Thursday, but he certainly hasn't put on any middle-aged spread, as photos released today for his CR7 clothing line make perfectly obvious.

For his company's Spring/Summer line, the Real Madrid forward filled out a pair of underpants, showing off a perfect six-pack and highly toned pecs. ...FoxNews

Ladies above 18 can continue for more photos...

Nigerian top striker, Emenike says he was cursed not to score goals

Emmanuel Emenike has made a stunning claim, that his three-month goal drought, was because a spell was cast on him.

The Nigeria and Fenerbahce striker went almost three months without scoring for his Turkish club and has now blamed bad luck for the barren run.

Speaking to Turkish newspaper Milliyet, the powerful frontman conceded that “something is wrong”.

“My energy is not right, something is wrong, I just need a goal to get back to form,” he said.

Harry Redknapp has announced his resignation as manager of Premier League strugglers QPR.

The veteran boss says he is quitting his post because he will undergo knee replacement surgery in the coming weeks.

The 67-year-old took charge at Loftus Road in November 2012 but informed Chairman Tony Fernandes that he was resigning on Tuesday morning.

And QPR have announced that Les Ferdinand and Chris Ramsey have been placed in temporary charge of the team until further notice.

Redknapp has been under pressure this season and leaves with QPR second-bottom of the Premier League, having not earned a single point away from home all season.

Redknapp said: "I have had such a fantastic time at QPR. I would like to thank the Board, the players and all my staff, and especially the supporters, who have been absolutely fantastic to me since I arrived at the club for their tremendous support."

Manchester United midfielder Anderson has signed for Brazilian side Internacional on a four-year contract.

The 26-year-old joined United for £26m in 2007, but leaves Old Trafford on a free transfer after falling out of favour in recent years.

Anderson won four Premier League titles, the Champions League, two League Cups and the FIFA Club World Cup in eight seasons with the club.

Hip-hop mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was taken to a hospital after suffering a medical emergency in a courthouse lockup after pleading not guilty to murder and other charges in a hit-and-run case, officials said.

Knight faced charges in court on Tuesday of murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run in the death of a man last week at a Compton burger stand. (Read here)

The next court date, a bail review hearing, is schedule for Feb. 9.

He pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning to four felony counts, which include murder in the death of 55-year-old Terry Carter, "attempted, willful, deliberate and premeditated murder" involving 51-year-old victim Cle "Bone" Sloan, plus two charges of hit-and-run. Knight's attorney, James Blatt, said Knight accidentally ran over the men as he tried to escape a vicious attack.

Rapper/entrepreneur Shawn "Jay-Z' Carter is purchasing Swedish music company Aspiro for $56 million, which will give him ownership of two streaming services that could be used to take on Beats Music and Spotify.

Aspiro currently operates two music streaming services: WiMP and Tidal. Both services are built around delivering high-fidelity lossless audio (music that doesn't sound compressed) and helping fans discover new tunes via curated playlists. WiMP is focused on audio and offers professional packages for businesses such as gyms and retail shops, while Tidal is built for personal use and also features high-definition music videos.

The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has said the office of the vice president, under the APC government, will not be a spare tyre.

Osinbajo said the party had made adequate plans to ensure that the National Economic Council, which is under the office of the vice president, was made a vibrant body, in line with the provisions of the constitution.

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday slated February 9, to commence hearing in the suit seeking to disqualify the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, from contesting the presidential election.

A legal practitioner, Max Ozoaka, had, in a suit filed last week, asked the court to stop Buhari from contesting the presidential election on the ground that the information contained in his INEC Form 001 is false.

When the matter came up on Monday, the trial judge, Justice Ademola Adeniyi, granted Ozoaka’s request for substituted service on the APC presidential candidate before fixing Monday, next week, for hearing of the case.

Lewis Hamilton will sign a new three-year deal with Mercedes worth at least £60m in 'weeks rather than months', according to Fleet Street.

The reigning world champion was spotted having rather public negotiations with Silver Arrows' bosses in the Jerez paddock on Sunday as the first pre-season test of 2015 got underway.

Hamilton is out of contract at the end of the season, but revealed it was his decision to put contract talks on hold around the time of the Russian Grand Prix last year, despite knowing of interest from Fernando Alonso.

However, in The Daily Telegraph, Daniel Johnson is not as confident and speculates that Ferrari could still be an option for Hamilton.

THE Police, on Monday, said that it would bring together the various political parties and their candidates to sign another peace accord, ahead the February elections.

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, said this shortly before he held a closed door meeting with Zonal Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and Command Commissioners of Police at the Force Headquarters.

Liverpool's most important work in the transfer window has been to secure Philippe Coutinho on a new long term contract.

Brazil international Coutinho has committed his future to the club after agreeing a double-your-money pay rise to almost £70,000 a week in a five-year contract that will keep him at Anfield for what should be the best years of his career.

That is the news Liverpool fans were most hoping to hear after the 22-year-old midfielder’s scintillating form in recent months.

A lone suicide bomber blew herself up near the Gombe Stadium, venue of President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign in Gombe State on Monday.

Before the incident which occurred minutes after the rally ended, suspected assailants threw explosives at three high courts in Port Harcourt, Degema and Isiokpo in Rivers State. They also vandalised another court in Omoku.

The Gombe bomber killed two passers-by and injured 18 others while the car used by her was engulfed by fire.

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