Keshi shuns post match conference

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi (Supplied)

Uyo - Super Eagles’ Head Coach Stephen Keshi on Wednesday in Uyo shunned the mandatory post-match briefing after his team drew 2-2 with visiting South Africa at the Ibom International Stadium.
No reason was given for his attitude by Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) officials, following the Final Qualifying Group A Matchday Six tie for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
However, his South African counterpart, Ephraim Mashaba, spoke to newsmen, saying his boys played very well.


"We only lost the game in the last five minutes played. We would have scored a third goal, but we were disorganised by the red card.
"We did well because we fielded young players five of who play in the Under-17 and Under-20 national teams,’’ he said.
The coach said his team would be hoping to go beyond the first round at the finals in Equatorial Guinea next January.
"We hope to reach the finals in Equatorial Guinea. After all, we have played with strong teams - Sudan, Congo and Nigeria in the qualifiers,’’ he said.
Mashaba however refused to talk about the Eagles.
Also, Fanny Amun, a former national under-17 team coach, said that what happened called for a stakeholders meeting.
He said the NFF should go back to the drawing board.
"I do not want to lay blames on anybody, but we should sit down and analyse what has gone wrong and what should be put right,’’ Amun said.

Aluko gutted by AFCON flop

Sone Aluko (Supplied)

Abuja - Super Eagles forward Sone Aluko admits the team are bitterly disappointed to have missed out on a place at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations following Wednesday's draw against South Africa.

The reigning continental champions welcomed Bafana Bafana to Uyo this week for the final round of Group A fixtures needing only to match Congo's result against Sudan in the night's simultaneous kick-off to earn their place in next year's tournament.

However, Stephen Keshi's men had to battle back from 2-0 down against Bafana to salvage a 2-2 draw, meaning Congo's 1-0 victory put the Red Devils through to the showpiece event at the Super Eagles' expense.

And Aluko, who netted both goals for Nigeria this week, admits missing out on a place in Equatorial Guinea has proved a very bitter pill to swallow.

"I am disappointed, everybody is disappointed," the Hull City forward Aluko is quoted as saying by Football411.

"We did not get the result we wanted, and we now have to pick ourselves up as a team."

Highlites with IK premieres on Africa Magic

Lagos - Popular radio personality and Big Brother Africa host, IK Osakioduwa is set to launch a new television show on DSTV’s African Magic
 The show is set to launch on November 22  on Africa Magic Showcase (DSTV channel 151).
 The show, Highlites with IK, will air and will tackle societal issues with a dose of humour and wit.
Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu, the Regional Director for M-Net (West) said IK has proved time and time again that he is a host with a difference and will bring a difference to the show.
She said that  the show is a great mix of humour and ingenuity in discussing current affairs and trending topics.
Highlites with IK will feature popular hash-tag topics on social media and interviews with celebrities and personalities.

Life sex show shot at university library

Lagos – Faculty at the University of Newcastle in Australia were shocked when they discovered that a student was masturbating in the university library and posting the views to a pay-per-view
The female student, whose name the university is choosing to withhold, was caught after staff members were given a photograph of her and told to alert the security if they saw her. She is current undergoing counselling with the university.


In the meantime, the areas of the university that the student had performed her sexual acts have been steam cleaned.

Boko Haram steps up attacks in Cameroon

Yaounde -Boko Haram are intensifying attacks in neighbouring Cameroon, targeting new villages with increasingly sophisticated weapons, as the army fears more violence in the approaching dry season.
"We're convinced that the establishment of a 'caliphate' [by Boko Haram] is aimed not only at Nigeria but also at Cameroon," Leopold Nlate Ebale, commander for an elite battalion in the border zone, told AFP.
Boko Haram's leader, Abubakar Shekau, has said he wants to set up a Nigerian caliphate - recalling the actions of the Islamic State militant group which has taken over parts of Iraq and Syria.
Until recently, Boko Haram had focused its attacks on several Cameroonian border posts across from towns it controls in the Nigerian state of Borno.
Arms and food
It has also been using Cameroon as a place to rest and stock up with arms and food.
But its attacks are now spreading further south into the country.
Members of the group have slit the throats of market-goers in broad daylight near the northern city of Mokolo, according to Cameroon's army.


Meanwhile, rivers between the west African nations are evaporating as the dry season approaches.
Dry weather "will increase Boko Haram's capacity for harm", said colonel Jacob Kodji, a regional army chief in northern Cameroon.
"They will no longer have to cross over bridges. They will be able to cross anywhere over the border, at any time, by any means."
Troops trained by Israelis
The Islamists have taken at least 20 towns in Nigeria and amassed a weapons stockpile seized from Nigerian army bases.
They now use armoured vehicles and landmines as well as kalashnikovs and rocket launchers.
Cameroon's military is increasingly concerned as Boko Haram fighters approach major cities like Maroua, the capital of the Far North region, which the group is suspected of infiltrating.
Cameroon has deployed around 2 000 soldiers in the northern region and registered 32 deaths since the start of the operation.
Despite the losses, the government says its soldiers are beating back the Islamists.
The authorities regularly announce the killing of hundreds of Islamists during skirmishes, though it is impossible to verify the figures.
Cameroon has some 4 000 elite soldiers, trained by Israeli soldiers, but observers are sceptical about the capabilities of the regular army, particularly in the face of bigger attacks.
Military presence
"Until now, the military presence has endured major skirmishes. But if Boko Haram decided to launch a major offensive, they could break through Cameroon's lines without too much difficulty," said a source close to the country's intelligence services, requesting anonymity.
The army's successes up to now were partly due to the fact that the insurgents were sending young, inexperienced recruits to Cameroon, rather than hardened fighters from Nigeria, he said.
"The Boko Haram fighters we're dealing with are trained in three weeks: the first week they're given money and drugs, the second week they learn to put together and strip down a kalashnikov, and the third, they're sent to the frontline," said a Cameroonian officer, declining to be named.


The army, initially criticised for its inaction, also feels increasingly isolated in its fight against the Islamist group.
Hundreds of Nigerian soldiers have fled to Cameroon on several occasions in response to Boko Haram attacks, yet the two countries "share information but nothing more", according to Cameroon's defence ministry.
A regional force - with 700 soldiers each from Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria - is due to be deployed by the end of November, but will mainly concentrate on the area around Lake Chad, in the far north of both countries.

UPDATE: Tambuwal denied access to National Assembly

Abuja - Security operatives have prevented the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, from gaining entrance into the National Assembly Complex,

The spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress, Lai Mohammed, said his deputy, Emeka Ihedioha, is already in the chamber and may likely preside over the plenary session to debate over the extension of the state of emergency in three states requested by President Goodluck Jonathan.



Tambuwal had adjourned the House shortly after his defection to the All Progressive Congress (APC) from the People's Democratic Party (PDP) on October 28.

Super-Hot! MEET People's S*xiest Man Alive, 2014! [Photos]

The mag has announced Chris Hemsworth as their S*xiest Man Alive 2014. The news was announced by Jimmy Kimmel during his show where he was playing a fun Q&A with the Hollywood hottie via Skype.

Chris was delighted at the news saying “Thank you very much for the trophy. I’m most excited about the alive portion of that statement. I’m flattered. Thank you, Jimmy.“

On if there will be any hard feelings between him and his brother Liam Hemsworth concerning the title, Chris said  “Liam is good. We’ve been throwing s*xy looks back and forth all week. So he’s been a real team player through this.”

“I like everything there is about being s*xy, to pursing the lips the right way to squinting at the essential time. Thank you, Matt Damon, and all the other previous intelligent men. This is based on an IQ test, not just the physical appearance.“

He also had one more set of people to thank – “My parents, I guess, for putting this together.

Source: People Magazine

INCREDIBLE!! 'god baby' born in India with four arms and four legs!

 The child has attracted hordes of visitors and been dubbed 'God' by his parents due to his resemblance to a many-limbed deity.

A relative, who has not been named, said: "When he first came out we couldn't believe it.

"The nurses said he was badly deformed but I could see that this was a sign from God.

"In fact, this is a miracle, it's God's baby. Indian God's have extra limbs just like this."

Thousands of people are flocking to the hospital in Baruipur, a city in India's eastern West Bengal State, to catch a glimpse of the baby.
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The crowds are going berserk and clamouring to see the child

Chukka Rao, 67, from a neighbouring village, said: "When we first heard about God Boy we were slightly sceptical.

"But we came to see because we were intrigued by all the news we were hearing from friends and others.

"This is truly the son of the Hindu God Brahma, who also has four arms and four legs."

However, a police spokesman said that the visitors were causing problems.

He said: "The crowds are going berserk and clamouring to see the child.

"Hundreds are crying in the streets, hundreds of others are praying and setting up camp here.

"Some are even panicking and believe this is a sign of the end of the world. I have never seen anything like this in my whole career."

Medics say that the infant's condition is a result of the arms and legs of a twin joining on to the foetus in the womb.

At Last! Peter Okoye Starts His Own Record Label, Signs First Artist, his handsome cousin [See Photo]

Peter Okoye of P-Square Starts  his own record label called P-Classic Record

He unveiled the first artist signed to his management, his handsome cousin – Malcolm Obinna Clint Onyeyiri, aka Malcoholic Obinna.

Man pushed to his death under New York subway

New York - A 61-year-old man was killed on Sunday in New York when he was pushed onto subway tracks by an unknown assailant, said police, who released a video of the suspect.
The incident took place in the Bronx, where the victim, identified as Wai Kuen Kwok, was waiting for the D train, at the 167th street stop, with his wife. The couple were headed to Chinatown, in lower Manhattan.
The suspect pushed the man from the platform just as a train arrived in the station, shortly before 09:00, as his horrified wife watched helplessly.
The victim and his attacker did not appear to know each other and had not argued, witnesses said.
Police released a video of the suspected killer, who left the scene by bus. On the video, a man wearing a black jacket over a dark t-shirt gets off the bus, goes into a store, and emerges to smoke a cigarette as he ambles away.

A reward of $2,000 was offered for any information that could help the investigation.
Every year, dozens of people are killed by the subway in New York though accident or suicide.
However, this is first known incident of a person being pushed to his or her death on the tracks since December 2012, when two were killed in separate attacks.
On 28 December, a woman pushed an Indian immigrant to his death in Queens.
Weeks earlier on 3 December, a man was pushed from a stop in Manhattan during a fight with a deranged man.
A New York Post front page picture of the man on the tracks a split-second before he was killed by the oncoming train provoked public fury as to why no one helped him - and why the tabloid newspaper published the photo.

Terry G Show off his water factory (See Photo)

 Terry G who started a pure water business few months back shows off his factory for his fans to know that there’s time for music and there’s time for business!

Borno beefs up security at re-opening schools

Abuja - The Borno State Government said it had put in place adequate security measures ahead of the reopening of schools.
The administration has enlisted the services of local vigilantes to provide safety in the public schools, which were due to open on Monday.
Dr Mohammed Dongel, Chairman of the 19-man committee on the resuscitation of primary school education in the state, said the vigilantes had already been contacted to provide surveillance in all schools.
“The state government deemed it necessary to take precautionary measures in ensuring safety of pupils and teachers in public schools before the re-opening date. The vigilantes have been contacted to provide surveillance and security to teachers and pupils in all schools to prevent schools’ attack like what happened in Yobe,” he said.
Dongel said that perimeter fencing had also been provided in public schools to prevent security breaches.
He said food vendors in all schools would be thoroughly screened on a daily basis to prevent any incidents.
According to him, visitors will also be properly registered to prevent any attack on schools.
He said the state government had allocated two utility vehicles to the vigilantes to monitor activities in schools in Maiduguri and Jere Local Government Areas of the state.=
Dongel said only four schools in Maiduguri, Konduga, Jere and Biu Local Government Areas would be re-opened on Monday due to logistic reasons.
He said schools in other local government areas would be re-opened at a later date.

Flawless! Agbani Darego wows in Lovely Cornrows! [Photos]

  

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Pastor Adeboye Was Afraid To Die In Nigeria Airways Flight

The G.O of RCCG has revealed that he was gripped with the fear of death during one of his trips overseas.

In his words;

Contrary to what many of you may think, I am human and I have my fears too. There were times I have had cause to fear and doubt because I am human but God always ended up disappointing my fears and doubts.

In one of my trips with the then Nigeria Airways, the pilot had announced, when we were already airborne, that there were indications that the plane would crash-land. Immediately the pilot made the announcement, I was afraid and as if that was not enough, he said there were expert firefighters who would put out the fire when the plane crashes.

Immediately I embarked on a quick run through my life just to be sure I was ready to meet my Maker. I also told God that I never knew this was how I would end my race. I was really afraid.

PDP wary of Duke-Abiola moves as deadline looms

Abuja - The ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential election aspirant, Professor Akasoba Duke-Abiola, has until the end of today to Presidential Expression of Interest and Nomination forms.
PDP said it has noted the refusal of Duke-Abiola to collect the documents.
The party also noted that Professor Duke-Abiola willfully refused to collect her Expression of Interest form with Code number PD002/P and serial number 0000003 and Nomination form with Code number PD003/P and serial number 0000003 even after it was sent to her through her lawyers.


“Professor Duke-Abiola’s refusal to collect the forms suggests an ulterior motive. Other aspirants including Dr. Ghalil Tafawa Balewa and President Goodluck Jonathan collected their forms on October 30th 2014 and November 6th 2014 respectively,” National Publicity Secretary of the party, Olisa Metuh said in a statement issued in Abuja.
The party expressed surprise that Professor Duke-Abiola, chose to go to court instead of taking advantage of the extension.
“The aspirant still has until the end of Friday to collect her form and failure to do so PDP will have no option than to consider her as not being interested in the contest, but out to cause confusion and foment trouble in the party.”

Police won't tolerate thuggery ahead of poll

Abuja - The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Suleiman Abba, has warned political parties against using thugs for political interest.
According to a statement by Emmanuel Ojukwu, Force Public Relations Officer, said sponsors and perpetrators of crime would be arrested.
Ojukwu added that Abba also directed Commissioners of Police across the nation to ensure adequate screening and supervision of vigilante group to ensure that they work in conformity with lay down Regulation in order to avoid all forms of abuses.

He said these directives have become imperative, considering the need to ensure a violent-free election in 2015.
“To this end, The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) also instructed that an Officer be appointed in all Commands to oversee the activities of these groups and render regular reports of their activities,” Ojukwu said.

Katy Perry's boyfriend inspires fundraising account for Taylor Swift's bum after body shaming her

Los Angeles - Katy Perry's boyfriend, Diplo, has inspired a fundraising account for Taylor Swift's bottom.
The 36-year-old DJ appeared to start an online feud with the Shake It Off singer, 24, after he posted several demeaning and body shaming tweets aimed at her.
On Wednesday under the username BABY DADDY, Diplo wrote: "Someone should make a kickstarter to get taylor swift a booty (sic)"

A hot new Fifty Shades of Grey trailer is out!

Abuja – Building up to its Valentine’s Day release there’s a brand new Fifty Shades of Grey trailer to whet the appetite.

If you thought the first teaser was hot, this one cranks the temperature up.

Set to Beyoncé’s sultry track, Haunted, the trailer shows more of the budding relationship between Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) and Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan).

Check it out now!

See 2face’s biggest regret

Lagos - Singer 2face Idibia said that if he could change the past it would be having his children
He revealed this at a press conference on Wednesday.

The award winning singer said that he  didn’t plan to have kids from different women.

2face Idibia had six children from three different women, before marrying Nollywood actress Annie Macaulay, who is one of the ‘baby-mama’s’

He recently officially discontinued the use of the name Tuface and selected Tu-baba as his stage name.

2face has received one MTV Europe Music Award, one World Music Award, five Headies Awards (Hip-hop award), four Channel O Music Video Awards and one BET award for his musical work, four MTV Africa Music Awards, one MOBO award, one KORA award, and numerous additional nominations.

Mali rushes to contain Ebola outbreak

Bamako/Monrovia - Mali is rushing to impose tougher measures to contain the spread of Ebola after recording a new case of the disease in the West African nation's capital, health officials said on Thursday.
The world's worst epidemic of the haemorrhagic fever on record has killed at least 5,160 people since it erupted in March in West Africa, a region dogged by poverty and poor healthcare. It has ravaged Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea and spurred a global watch for its spread.
Liberia, the country hardest hit by the outbreak, announced it would not renew a state of emergency, highlighting at least some recent progress in neutralising the virus there.
In Mali, which shares an 800km border with Guinea, a 25-year-old health worker became the country's second confirmed case of Ebola on Tuesday, although four deaths in Mail have been attributed to the disease.
Health controls
The nurse died after treating a Muslim Imam from Guinea, who suffered from Ebola-like symptoms that were not recognised.
On Thursday a doctor at the same clinic was also revealed to be infected. A woman who was being treated at Bamako's Gabriel Toure Hospital - the city's second largest - tested positive as well.
"We tested two cases today. One was negative but the other preliminary test was positive. We're waiting for the definitive results," health ministry spokesperson Daou Markatié said. "She had participated in the washing of the imam's body."
More than 90 people were quarantined in the capital Bamako after the nurse's death, and health workers are now seeking to trace an unknown number of contact cases.
"The president of the republic has asked the prime minister to look urgently at the entire system put in place to fight Ebola and to strengthen health controls at the different frontier posts," a government statement said.
New infections
But officials said there were no plans to close the border, even though the nurse had been infected by a man who arrived from Guinea.
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta urged the World Health Organisation (WHO) and health services in Mali and neighbouring states to set up a permanent information exchange to improve awareness about public health and hygiene.
Fueling hope of progress in containing the disease, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said she would not seek to extend a state of emergency imposed in August.

On Wednesday, the WHO said the Ebola death toll in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone had reached 5 147 out of 14 068 cases as of 9 November, with 13 more deaths and 30 cases recorded in Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, Spain and the United States. It said there was some evidence that case incidence was no longer increasing nationally in Guinea and Liberia, but steep increases persist in Sierra Leone.
At least 421 new infections were reported in Sierra Leone in the week to 9 November, especially in the west and north, and the virus is still spreading intensely in Freetown, the capital, as well as in Guinea's southwest near the Liberian border, the WHO said.
The Liberian emergency, which allowed authorities to curb movement in the areas worst affected, officially expired earlier this month. Sirleaf said a night curfew would remain in effect.
Clinic in lockdown
The death of the nurse in Mali forced a lockdown in the clinic where she had worked.
The Pasteur Clinic, one of Bamako's leading medical facilities and the default health centre for expatriates, was being guarded by the UN peacekeepers with armoured personnel carriers and by Malian security forces, witnesses said.
Mali's first case of Ebola was a 2-year-old girl who had been infected in Guinea and died last month.
Just as the people who had been in contact with her finished their 21 days of quarantine, Mali must now trace those who had contact with the nurse and those infected with her.
Last September, the International Monetary Fund provided $130m to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in September to help them cope with the economic impact of Ebola. On Thursday, it said it would discuss debt relief for the three countries with Group of 20 leaders meeting in Australia this week.
In Washington, the Obama administration tried to assure a sceptical Senate that its efforts to combat Ebola were bearing fruit and urged lawmakers to approve $6.2bn in new emergency funds for that purpose.
Tens of thousands of nurses across the United States staged protest rallies and strikes on Wednesday over what they say is insufficient protection for health workers dealing with patients possibly stricken with Ebola.
The global medical charity Medecins sans Frontieres said on Thursday that clinical trials of three potential Ebola treatments would begin in December at MSF medical centres in Guinea and Liberia.