AFCON 2015: Equatorial Guinea beat Tunisia in controversial circumstances to reach semi-finals

 

Ahmed Akaichi looked to have put Tunisia into the last four when he turned in Hamza Mathlouthi's cross. 

The hosts, ranked 96 places below their opponents, sent it to extra time when Javier Balboa netted an injury-time penalty after Ali Maaloul was harshly ruled to have fouled Ivan Bolado.

And Balboa scored the winner with a fantastic free-kick from 25 yards. 

Equatorial Guinea will face Ghana or Guinea in their first Cup of Nations semi-final on Thursday.

Attacks on Jonathan rattle PDP

The increasing spate of attacks on President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign train in some parts of the North is rattling the leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.

Investigations in Abuja, on Friday, showed that the grave situation were made worse by allegations that the attacks had been carried out by aggrieved members of the party.

It was learnt that the situation had prompted the President’s security team to take extra measures to protect him as he prepared to visit Gombe, Yobe and Niger states this week.

It was also gathered that the PDP had been further unsettled by the hot exchange of words between the Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Sen. Bala Mohammed, over the stoning of the President’s convoy in Katsina State.

Bauchi stands still for Buhari

 

BAUCHI, the Bauchi State capital, yesterday, stood still as the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential standard-bearer, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), visited the ancient city to solicit the people’s vote.

As early as 10 a.m, immediately after the end of the state’s monthly environmental sanitation; people- both old and young, trooped out in their numbers waving brooms; the symbol of the party, while some were symbolically sweeping the floor in what they called the ‘sweeping out’ of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

Iran offers to help fight Boko Haram

Iran's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Amir Hossein Abdollohian

Iran on Saturday announced plans to assist in the fight against the Islamist group, Boko Haram, as part of its contribution for global peace.

The country’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Amir Hossein Abdollohian, made the announcement while addressing the press on Saturday on the sideline of the ongoing 24th Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa.

Mr. Abdollohian said the activities of the Boko Haram militants and that of Al-Shabaab in the Somalia were similar to that of Al-Qaeda and the ISIS and other terrorist groups in the Middle East.

Man City's Silva cancels out Remy opener as Chelsea maintain five-point gap at the top

Chelsea maintained their five-point advantage over Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table after a disappointing stalemate at Stamford Bridge. 

Loic Remy, in for suspended leading goalscorer Diego Costa, gave Chelsea the lead just before the interval but David Silva replied almost instantly for City after a rare error from goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. 

YBNL boss, Olamide welcomes baby boy

YBNL boss, Olamide and his boo, Adebukunmi Aisha Suleiman, have welcomed his first son. 

The new baby was born to the rapper on Friday, January 30, 2015 at St Ives Hospital in Ikeja, Lagos. 

Manchester United climb back to third, breezing past Leicester with a 3-1 win

Manchester United climbed back into third place in the Premier League with a 3-1 win over Leicester City at Old Trafford.

Robin van Persie opened the scoring midway through the first half, latching on to Daley Blind's chipped pass to fire past Mark Schwarzer.

There was a suspicion of offside as the striker darted beyond the defence, but referee Martin Atkinson denied Leicester's appeals.

Kris Jenner 'freaked out' as ex, Bruce announced he was transitioning into a woman

Bruce Jenner's shock announcement that he was transitioning into a woman was well received by his family with one exception, being his ex wife Kris.

According to TMZ, the controlling Kardashian matriarch 'freaked out' when the former Olympian broke the news.

Bruce made the formal announcement to his large family last month which was filmed for a docu-series recording his journey from man to woman. Bruce's evolving look has been the source of much speculation.

Frank Lampard says Jose Mourinho wants him back at Chelsea

Frank Lampard has revealed Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho would "love" him to return to the club once his playing career is over.

Lampard spent 13 years at Chelsea and is the club’s record goalscorer with 211 goals, but he left Stamford Bridge in the summer and subsequently joined Manchester City.

Mourinho has said he does not regret allowing Lampard to leave even though the midfielder scored a crucial equaliser in the Premier League fixture between the two sides earlier this season. 

However, speaking exclusively to Soccer AM, Lampard admitted that the door for a return to Chelsea in the future does remain open.

PHOTOS: Lady Gaga strips down to her underwear for a sizzling hot yoga session

Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney

No matter the location, she keeps her figure in tip-top shape with hot yoga.

On Friday, Lady Gaga chronicled her fitness routine on her Instagram account as she is visiting her boyfriend of over three years Taylor Kinney in Chicago.

The 28-year-old singer showed off her curvaceous assets in a black sport bra and matching pants writing: 'Sweat it out then back home to my man.'

Daniel Sturridge scores on return as Liverpool wins

Daniel Sturridge scored on his return as Liverpool registered a 2-0 win over West Ham to leapfrog their opponents in the table.

Raheem Sterling fired low past Hammers goalkeeper Adrian to put the hosts in front shortly after the break, before Sturridge’s powerful finish doubled the lead 10 minutes into his return from the bench.

Williams wins Australian Open

Serena Williams won her sixth Australian Open title and 19th Grand Slam after defeating Maria Sharapova in straight sets in Melbourne.

Williams now moves above Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova in the all-time Grand Slam Open-era winners' list, now just three behind leader Steffi Graf on 22.

Williams shrugged off a coughing fit and lengthy rain delay in the opening set and fired down 15 aces in the second to battle to a 6-3 7-6 (7-5) victory in an hour and 51 minutes on Rod Laver Arena.

"Growing up I wasn't the richest but I had a rich family in spirit and support," Williams said at the presentation. "Standing here with 19 championships is something I never thought would happen."

PHOTOS: Bikini-clad Irina Shayk shows ex-beau Cristiano Ronaldo what he's missing

 

She was left heartbroken following her recent split from football star Cristiano Ronaldo. And Irina Shayk showed her ex-beau exactly what he was missing as she hit the beach in Cancun, Mexico on Friday.

The beautiful Russian model put her heavenly body on full display in a brightly coloured floral bandeau and tight black pants.

And while she may have been basking in the sunshine, the 29-year-old later covered up in a breezy black blouse for added comfort. ...DailyMail

PHOTOS: Lagos agog for Buhari as he takes campaign train to the city

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, took his campaigns to Lagos on Friday amid pomp.

Buhari, as part of his campaigns, paid a courtesy call on the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, and also addressed a mammoth crowd of supporters at a rally held at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere.

APC is shielding Buhari’s intellectual laziness by avoiding Presidential Debate – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of ‘unnecessarily’ shielding its Presidential Candidate, Muhammadu Buhari from an open debate. 

APC announced the withdrawal of its candidate from the debate usually organised at election year by Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG) on account of lack of fairness. 

Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, Director of Media and Publicity, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. He said the withdrawal of APC is to shield “Buhari`s intellectual laziness and inability to constructively engage contemporary national issues on live television and radio.” 

Nigeria: FIRS generates N4.69tn revenue in 2014

 

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said on Thursday that it generated N4.69 trillion from taxes for the federal government in 2014.

FIRS said in its Quarterly Revenue Report issued in Abuja that the figure surpassed its target for the year by about N400 billion. The report showed that the 2014 revenue was about N106 billion less than that of 2013, which stood at N4.80 trillion.

Hip hop boss, Suge Knight pictured handing himself in after hit and run tragedy

Suge Knight has been pictured handing himself in to police after a horrific hit and run incident which left friend Terry Carter dead.

The rap mogul was identified as a person of interest by detectives investigating a hit-and-run in Compton, Los Angeles, on Thursday.

He is being held in West Hollywood on a bail of £1.3million.

Hoodlums snatch over 14,000 PVCs in Rivers

Ahead of the 2015 general elections in Rivers State, more than 14,000 Permanent Voter Cards have been snatched from officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state.

The items, which were meant for the forthcoming elections, were forcefully taken away by hoodlums while they were being distributed during the collection exercise in the state.

Disclosing the development to journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital on Friday, the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mrs. Gesila Khan, said some of the items were snatched at local government collection centres.

African Union Confirms Mugabe As Chairman

The African Union's rotating post of chairman has gone to Robert Mugabe. Zimbabwe's veteran president enjoys respect across the continent but faces travel bans from both the US and EU for harassing opponents.

Mugabe assumed the largely ceremonial role on Friday at an African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa as it leaders and UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for global action against Boko Haram in Nigeria.

AU leaders plan to deploy a 7,500-strong multinational force to fight the radical Islamist militia blamed for mass killings in Nigeria's northeast in recent years.

I sacrificed my presidential ambition for Buhari –Tinubu

A former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday said he sacrificed his presidential ambition for the All Progressives Congress candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari.

Tinubu stated this while addressing a crowd of APC supporters at the party’s presidential rally in Lagos.

He said Nigeria was facing an economic crisis and an internal war and needed a person with Buhari’s experience because of the General’s reputation of anti-corruption and military warfare.

Woman who was genetically a man gives birth to TWINS

Hayley with husband Sam and twin girls Avery, left, and Darcey

A woman told she was genetically a man with no reproductive organs when she was 19 has given birth to twin girls.

Hayley Haynes, 28, had miracle babies Avery and Darcey after she grew a womb thanks to hormone therapy. Gazing lovingly at the baby in her arms, Hayley can’t believe that all her dreams have come true.

On the day of that devastating diagnosis she recalls staring at herself in the mirror and struggling to understand. She looked like a woman but was told she would never have children as she had no womb, ovaries or fallopian tubes.

But now, nine years on, she has given birth to her twins after IVF treatment using an egg donor. She and husband Sam, both 28, are overjoyed to become parents, but it has been a long hard road.

Bayern Munich suffer shock defeat as Wolfsburg thrash champions 4-1

Wolfsburg boosted their hopes of catching Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga by inflicting a shock 4-1 defeat on the defending champions on Friday night.

Bas Dost and Kevin De Bruyne grabbed a brace each as Wolfsburg romped to a fully deserved win over Pep Guardiola's side, who suffered their first league defeat of the season.

Military arrests General, senior officers over Baga attack

The authorities of the Nigerian military have arrested senior Army personnel on attachment to the Multi National Joint Task Force.

Those arrested and placed under movement restriction are a Brig. Gen, a Lt. Col. and five other officers of the Nigerian Army deployed to the Baga headquarters of Multinational Joint Task Force, which was attacked and taken over by members of the Boko Haram sect on January 5, 2015

KIDNEY STOLEN from a woman after being tricked into having fake cancer operation

A woman who had her kidney stolen after allegedly being conned into having operations for colon cancer, is still fighting for compensation seven years on.

Xu Xiuying, 48, only discovered she had just one kidney during a routine X-ray when she complained of backache.

But when a neighbour alerted Xu, from the city of Xiangcheng in central China’s Henan province, to a scandal involving a trade in stolen kidneys she looked at the matter again.

Jonathan is not Ijaw President – PDP warns Tompolo, Asari

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has warned some ex-militants to note that President Goodluck Jonathan is not for the Ijaw nation alone but for the entire country.

The militants have been threatening rain and fire if President Goodluck Jonathan loses the February 14 presidential election.