NUBDISH blogspot: 2015-02-15

Saturday 21 February 2015

City hammer poor Newcastle to close gap on league leaders Chelsea

Manchester City blew away Newcastle inside the first half-hour as they cruised to a 5-0 win at the Etihad to cut the gap at the top.

Sergio Aguero scored from the spot, before Samir Nasri and Edin Dzeko put the hosts out of sight in the first half, and David Silva then scored two in two minutes after the break to seal a swaggering victory for Manuel Pellegrini’s men.

Barcelona missed out on the chance to go top of La Liga as they suffered a surprise 1-0 home defeat to Malaga.

The Catalans were looking for their 12th win in a row in all competitions but fell behind in the seventh minute when Juanmi capitalised on Dani Alves' error to score.

Manchester United are waiting on the fitness of Robin van Persie after the Netherlands striker left Swansea's Liberty Stadium on crutches.

Van Persie, 31, also had a protective boot around his right ankle after suffering an injury in the final stages of his side's 2-1 defeat on Saturday.

The French-Mauritian was targeted by a group of men, believed to be Chelsea fans, on Tuesday night and was stopped from getting on a Paris Metro train. He also had racist chants directed at him.

He criticised theories that consider people’s gender identity as not fixed and as instead a construct created by society, which are often used to advocate trans rights.

His remarks came just a month after he reportedly embraced a transgender man who asked him if he still had a place in the "house of God".

Khloe Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, North West and Kylie Jenner were involved in a car accident on Saturday in Montana, TMZ reports. Reportedly, everyone involved is okay.

Khloe was reportedly driving when snow that was kicked up from a passing truck made her unable to see.

Burnley came from behind to draw 1-1 with 10-man Chelsea on a stormy afternoon at Stamford Bridge.

The league leaders had taken a 14th-minute lead thanks to Branislav Ivanovic’s fourth goal in his last six matches but Nemanja Matic was sent off with 20 minutes to go following an angry reaction to an Ashley Barnes tackle and the visitors drew level soon after through Ben Mee’s 81st-minute header.

The UN Security Council has warned South Africa to be on the lookout for 11 international terrorists who may decide to use the country as an operational base, The Times reported on Friday.

The 11 have links to al-Qaeda and Islamic State, the newspaper reported.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday said he had fulfilled his campaign promise to Nigerians that he would make the power sector his administration’s priority.

Jonathan stated this during the inauguration of the Olorunsogo II Power Station in Ogun State. The power plant is a 750MW Nigerian Integrated Power Project.

“I have lived up to my campaign pledge to make the power sector a priority,” Jonathan said.

Barcelona have paid tribute to former manager Tito Vilanova by naming the main pitch at the club's training ground after him.

Vilanova died in April last year at the age of 45 after a long battle with throat cancer. Having been Pep Guardiola's assistant during his four-year reign in charge of the Catalan giants, Vilanova led Barca to a record 100 points tally in winning La Liga during his only season in sole charge in 2012-13.

"He would have loved to have been here," said Vilanova's wife Montse Chaure. "He said it was a privilege to coach the best team in the world and that he loved the players."

Lance Armstrong is returning to the saddle to ride in the Livestrong Challenge in Austin in October.

Armstrong will race in the event for the first time since 2012, when a report from the US Anti-Doping Agency exposed his use of performance-enhancing drugs.

The Texan was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and pressured to leave the board of the Livestrong Foundation, which was set up in 1997 as the Lance Armstrong Foundation by the cancer survivor.

Armstrong made a $5,000 donation and registered for the ride earlier this month, and said in a statement to the Associated Press that he remains "humbled and proud" of Livestrong.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has declared that he is not ready to join issues with former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the latter’s decision to tear his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) membership card, on Monday.

Jonathan, who granted an interview to a team of journalists, in Lagos, on Thursday, said that senior citizens must always remember the need to keep Nigeria united even when they have cause to disagree politically.

In the first week of January 2015, Mavin Records act and 2014 Headies Rookie of the year, Reekado Banks was on City FM where he said he’s working on a remix of his 2014 hit single, ‘Chop Am.‘

According to the Nigerian young singer, the remix will feature YBNL boss, Olamide and Nigeria-born American rapper, Wale.

A few hours ago, Wale, who recently hinted he might consider relocating to Nigeria soon, also confirmed via Twitter that he’s indeed working with Reekado Banks.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate in the March 28 election, Muhammadu Buhari, has pledged to publicly declare his assets and liabilities, once voted into office, adding that he would go ahead to encourage political appointees in his administration to toe same line.

Buhari made this known in a document obtained by Punch in Abuja on Thursday where he highlighted what his administration will do within its first 100 days, if he assumes power on May 29.

In the said document titled, “I pledge to Nigeria” the APC flag bearer further held that all his political appointees would only earn salaries and allowances as prescribed by the Revenue and Mobilisation and Fiscal Allocation Commission.

Amber Rose just answered Kayne West by zeroing in on the climactic scene in Kim Kardashian's sex tape, saying "Wait 30 Showers? But Kim let RayJnut on her .... Never Mind."

Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha has been named the new chairman of Delta State Football Association in Nigeria.

The former Super Eagles captain replaces Amaju Pinnick, who is the current president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

Floyd Mayweather will meet Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas on 2 May for what promises to be the richest fight in history, it has finally been confirmed.

American Mayweather, 37, and Philippine Pacquiao, 36, are considered to be the best two fighters of their generation. Mayweather's WBC and WBA welterweight titles and Pacquiao's WBO title will be on the line.

Mayweather is unbeaten in 47 professional fights; Pacquiao has 57 wins and five losses from 64 contests.

Chelsea fans outraged at the Paris race attack have launched a fund to give the victim an all-expenses paid trip to Stamford Bridge.

They want the man, Souleymane S (Picture top right), his wife and children to come over to meet “real” Chelsea fans.

Video of Blues fans racially abusing him on the Metro before a Champions League match sparked outrage.

Woman reveals how dad raped her after she was dressed in a wedding gown at age 13

An adopted woman who tracked down her real father when she was 13 has told how he dressed her in a wedding gown and went on to rape her.

Then, when Hollie Davey fell pregnant with biological dad Paul Davey’s child he attempted to perform a home abortion on her.

But the home operation failed, and she went onto have the abortion in hospital. She later had another child with him - a boy who has since been taken into care, but it was this pregnancy which prompted her to leave.

The physical fight, which featured eye-gouging and striking with a ceremonial mallet, broke out during a legislative session on Thursday over a new security law.

Chelsea have suspended two more people from Stamford Bridge in the wake of Tuesday night's racist incident in France.

Blues supporters were filmed pushing a black passenger off a carriage on the Paris Metro after the 1-1 Champions League draw with PSG. Fans then chanted "We're racist and that's the way we like it".

Chelsea made an appeal for information in the wake of the events and on Thursday evening confirmed that three people believed to have been involved had been suspended from the club's ground (Read here). That number has now risen to five with Friday night's update.

Amber Rose made quite an impression when she appeared on Power 105.1 radio last week and slammed Tyga for dating Kylie Jenner. So much so she's been embroiled in a Twitter war with the whole Kardashian klan since.

But rapper Kanye West has just out done the model and opened up about his relationship with her, Kylie's rumoured relationship with Tyga, THAT Beck interruption at the Grammys, Beyonce, Taylor Swift and more.

But by far the most shocking revelation was when the moody star joked that he had to shower 30 times before 'getting with' Kim after he split from Amber, even if he was talking metaphorically.

Steven Gerrard accused Mario Balotelli of showing "disrespect" for taking the penalty duties off Reds captain Jordan Henderson in Liverpool's 1-0 Europa League win over Besiktas.

Balotelli tucked away the spot kick to earn the hosts a narrow first-leg lead in their last 32 encounter, but only after an apparent disagreement with Henderson, the captain on the night, and Daniel Sturridge over who would take it.

Gerrard, who is injured, and normally much less outspoken, openly criticised Balotelli for his behaviour.

"Jordan should have taken the penalty. Rules are rules. It should have been Henderson. Mario has been a bit mischievous," Gerrard told ITV.

The nation’s service chiefs have been summoned by the Nigerian Senate to appear before it and explain why the military claimed not to be available to provide security during the originally scheduled dates of general elections.

The lawmakers reached this decision at plenary after meeting with Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Wednesday.

The Senate Minority Leader, George Akume, moved the motion for the service chiefs to be invited for questioning after Professor Jega said he could not answer the security-related questions posed to him.

THE All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Ogun State has kicked against the use of card reader machines in the March 28 and April 11 elections.

It said that the rescheduled elections with ‘attendant fear and anxiety’ would not give room for any experimentation by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The state chairman of the party, Alhaji Tayo Sowunmi, said on Wednesday, while addressing newsmen at the party’s headquarters in Abeokuta, that the machines, according to observations of some electoral observers, would waste a lot of time during the election.

One Ahmadu Hassan of Kuki Village, in Dutsin Ma Local Government Area has been remanded by a Senior Magistrate Court sitting in Katsina, for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 12-year-old girl in Kachi village of Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria.

An AA man temporarily fixed a farm’s 1960s Land Rover using a potato.

Mario Papademetriou, 59, had already failed to mend the condenser using tin foil and silicone repair tape. He had been called out to a farm in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire.

He said: “There were a lot of vegetables around, so I thought I’d try wiring up a potato with a couple of screws. It started instantly. I followed the owner to the garage and he said the vehicle had never driven so well."

The Malian government has signed a ceasefire deal with rebels in a bid to end long-running unrest in the country's north. As part of a UN-sponsored peace process, both sides agreed to an "immediate cessation" of hostilities. The deal was signed during talks that began in Algeria on Monday.

French and African troops intervened in Mali in January 2013 to stop the southern advance of al-Qaeda-linked fighters on the capital, Bamako.

Balotelli hands Liverpool win against Besiktas

Mario Balotelli’s 85th-minute penalty gave Liverpool a 1-0 lead going into the second leg of their Europa League round of 32 tie with Besiktas.

Substitute Balotelli struck the winner for the second time in three games after Jordon Ibe was brought down in the area, despite Jordan Henderson and Daniel Sturridge wanting to take the spot kick instead of the Italian.

Chelsea have announced they have suspended three people from Stamford Bridge as a result of investigations into an incident on the Paris Metro on Tuesday.

A local man was prevented from boarding the train by so-called fans chanting " We’re racist, and that’s the way we like it" ahead of the English club's Champions League last-16 first leg against Paris Saint-Germain. (Read here)

Swift action from Chelsea has prevented the trio from attending Saturday's Premier League match with Burnley in south-west London, which has been designated a 'Game for Equality'. The supporters face life bans if they are found guilty.

Feyenoord fans fought long-running battles with police in Rome ahead of their team's match with Roma.

Bottles were thrown at police officers while smoke bombs were also let off close to the Italian capital's popular tourist attraction the Spanish Steps.

The supporters rampaged through Rome's famous Piazza di Spagna, injuring several police officers in a second day of violence.

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, is to address the Royal Institute of International Affair, Chatham House, in London during his short visit to the United Kingdom.

Naked woman causes traffic jam performing sex act

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An exhibitionist caused traffic chaos after performing a sex act in the middle of the road. Amie Carter was spotted by shocked motorists strolling down the road totally naked, with one concerned driver calling the police.

The 31-year-old, from Orlando, Florida, then threw her phone at a car while climbing on top of another.

Chelsea Football Club has released a strong statement in response to a video which shows an apparent group of their supporters chanting about being racist and pushing a black man off a train.

The video, published by the Guardian, showed fans on a Metro train in Paris shortly before the club’s Champions League tie against PSG on Tuesday night.

A group of supporters can be seen chanting “We’re racist, we’re racist, we’re racist – and that’s the way we like it, we like it” and twice pushing a black man out of the train as he tries to board.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau vowed to disrupt Nigeria’s general election in a new video released Tuesday, after two suicide attacks in the northeast blamed on the Islamists killed 38 people, AFP reports.

“This election will not hold even if we are dead. Even if we are not alive Allah will never allow you to do it,” Shekau said in what appeared to be the first video released by the group on Twitter, a sign of its changing media tactics.

A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has awarded a N25, 000 fine against the Founder, Synagogue Church Of All Nations, Prophet T.B. Joshua, for “deliberately stalling hearing” in a suit he filed against a Lagos coroner, Magistrate O.A. Komolafe.

Komolafe is the coroner probing the September 12, 2014 building collapse in the premises of SCOAN in Ikotun, Lagos. No fewer than 116 persons, mostly South Africans, died in the incident.

Justice Lateefa Okunnu, while awarding the cost against Joshua on Tuesday, berated the prophet for “wasting the time of the court and tax payers’ money.”

Reno Omokri(Left) and Obi Asika(Right)

President Goodluck Jonathan has demoted his senior special assistant on social media, Reno Omokri. Latest reports say President Jonathan has named showbiz personality, Obi Asika as Omokri’s replacement.

A source at the Presidency told SaharaReporters that Omokri, a Pastor, who returned from California to boost President Jonathan’s political campaigns in 2011, had become a huge liability and source of distraction.

There was wild jubilation in Ado Ekiti on Monday as people trooped out to celebrate with Governor Ayodele Fayose over his legal victory at the Court of Appeal, Abuja. The court had upheld the victory of the governor at the Ekiti State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal that also sat in Abuja. The All Progressives Congress had dragged the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Fayose, to court over the result and conduct of the election held on June 21, 2014. (Read here)

Fayose and his supporters, however, received the judgment with joy on Monday. The governor, who was at the popular Fajuyi Park, Ijigbo Roundabout, Ajilosun area, and the Kayode Oluyemi Stadium, was surrounded by his supporters, who sang and thanked God for the victory.

Xabi Alonso saw red in his 100th Champions League game as Bayern Munich suffered a frustrating 0-0 draw in the first leg of their round of 16 clash against Shakhtar Donetsk.

Pep Guardiola’s men saw plenty of possession but they had nothing to show after 90 minutes in Lviv as Bastian Schweinsteiger, Arjen Robben and Thomas Muller all wasted excellent chances.

Thierry Henry is taking steps to becoming a coach in the forseeable future. The former Arsenal and Barcelona striker, started his coaching badges with the FA in Wales and has been granted permission by the Gunners, to work at Hale End with the youth academy.

According to reports in the UK, Henry has already handled some sessions with the various youth groups. The Frenchman is picking up invaluable experience as Hale End and will earn his A and B UEFA licences.

Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State on Tuesday emerged from a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, giving an indication that the Peoples Democratic Party stakeholders would beg former President Olusegun Obasanjo who dumped the party on Monday.

Lamido, who is the North-West Coordinator of Goodluck/Sambo Presidential Campaign, told State House correspondents that Obasanjo remained the father of all. He said Jonathan and all the state governors were creations of the former President.

He explained that it was only appropriate that “when a father is angry with his children, the children should beg him.”

PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, said the party’s patience is on trial, aftermath of the postponement of the general election.

This came just as stakeholders in the party vowed to resist any further shift in the polls rescheduled to hold on March 28 and April 11.

National leader of the party, Senator Bola Tinubu, who led those that were against further poll shift, added that the party would not tolerate further postponement of the general election.

Jose Mourinho praised his ‘phenomenal goalkeepers’ after Thibaut Courtois helped Chelsea secure a 1-1 draw with Paris Saint-Germain in their last-16 Champions League clash.

“They are both phenomenal goalkeepers,” Chelsea manager Mourinho told Sky Sports. "I try to read the situation and try to predict the profile of the game and the needs of the team, but the reality is it is easy.

Some retired senior military officers have lashed out at the Defence Headquarters for describing former President Olusegun Obasanjo as an embarrassment to the military institution.

The Defence Headquarters in a remark on its Facebook page on Monday had accused the former President of politicising serious national security and military issues. (Read here)

A former Chief of Army Staff , Gen. Alani Akinrinade (retd.) condemned the military authorities over the comments. Akinrinade said Obasanjo was exercising his political rights, adding that it was absurd for a junior officer to say anything against his superiors.

37 killed, 23 injured in Biu multiple explosions

At least 37 people died in Biu town in Southern Borno state, Nigeria when multiple explosions occurred at a military checkpoint at the entrance of the town while twenty-three others were injured, security sources and ‎witnesses have said.

A group of Boko Haram terrorists tried to enter Biu in a vehicle filled with explosives but were blocked by soldiers at a checkpoint along the Biu-Maiduguri road, a security official said.

“A Boko Haram terrorists alighted the bus and join other travellers from other vehicle to walk through the checkpoint with their hands raised above their heads,” witnesses said.

Stunned passengers were outraged as a couple appeared to have sex on a subway escalator while the woman had a baby strapped to her chest.

A passer-by filmed the x-rated scene, which shows a woman bent over the side of a subway escalator completely oblivious to the people coming and going.

Morocco has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport about its expulsion from the next two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations.

The North African country was banned from both the 2017 and 2019 tournaments for failing to host the 2015 edition. Morocco was also fined $1m and ordered to pay $9 million in compensation for pulling out at the last minute due to fears over the spread of Ebola.

Moroccan officials had called for the tournament to be delayed as concerns over the potential spread of the virus grew, and then declined to host it when that delay was not granted.

"When comparing it to laser-based tattoo removal, in which you see the burns, the scarring, the blisters, in this case, we've designed a drug that doesn't really have much off-target effect," 27-year-old PhD student and inventor Alec Falkenham told CBC.

"We're not targeting any of the normal skin cells, so you won't see a lot of inflammation. In fact, based on the process that we're actually using, we don't think there will be any inflammation at all and it would actually be anti-inflammatory."

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