Arsene Wenger and Arsenal wins FA Cup back to back.
Saturday 30 May 2015
BOKO HARAM STRIKE AGAIN
Not less than 11 killed in a,fresh attack by Boko Haram in North East Nigeria. This is a call to action for the new administration.
Friday 29 May 2015
Buhari & Osinbajo Sworn in as president & vice president respectively
At Eagle square in Abuja Nigeria
MUHAMMADU BUHARI WILL BE SWEAR IN TODAY AS THE NEW PRESIDENT
http://youtu.be/LEhgGOl-J4A
Thursday 28 May 2015
BREAKING NEWS - ASSETS ACQUISITION MISREPRESENTATION BY PRESIDENT ENRIQUE PENA NIETO
Mexico's President Pena Nieto misrepresented to authorities the circumstances under which he acquired his properties. Public documents reviewed by Reuters show a discrepancy that could add to the controversy surrounding his personal finances.
P - SQUARE TO PERFORM AT MAY 29 INAUGURATION IN ABUJA
P-Square set to entertain dignitaries at Eagle square tomorrow, May 29, 2015 during the inauguration and swear-in ceremony. The duo believes that new administration will usher in a Nigeria.
NEW AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PRESIDENT EMERGE FROM NIGERIA
Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture Akinwunmi Adesina emerges as the new president of Africa Development Bank, beat seven other contendants.
ABOUT 500 BODIES EXHUMED FROM IN IRAQ
An Iraqi forensic team has exhumed 499 bodies from a series of graves in the presidential complex in the city of Tikrit, a top official in the Baghdad morgue who is familiar with the operation told CNN on Thursday.
The bodies are believed to be those of Iraqi military cadets, whom ISIS claimed to have killed in June 2014 in a massacre at Camp Speicher, a fortified Iraqi base near Tikrit.
POLICE WELFARE TO BE IMPROVED - IGP
IGP promises to improve officers welfare and policing skills as well as securing their future. http://diamondfountainmedia.blogspot.com
Wednesday 27 May 2015
WISE SAYING - TAKE UR TALENT TO THE STAGE NOT TO THE GRAVE
Take ur talent to the stage, not to the grave!
BREAKING NEWS! FIFA officials arrested in raid; to face corruption charges in U.S.
Acting on an indictment by the U.S. Justice Department, Swiss police arrested six top FIFA officials during an overnight raid Wednesday on charges of corruption.
In all, up to 14 FIFA officials are expected to be named in the indictment when it is unsealed in a federal court in New York later Wednesday.
The raids were conducted in Zurich, where members of soccer's scandal-plagued governing body were gathering for an election Friday that could give its leader Sepp Blatter a fifth term.
Blatter isn't among those being charged, the officials say. But he was among those investigated, and officials say that part of the probe continues.
Bribes and kickbacks
Authorities didn't release the names of the officials who were arrested. But the Swiss Federal Office of Justice said the suspects accepted bribes and kickbacks totaling more than $100 million, from the early 1990s until now.
In return, they provided media, marketing and sponsorship rights to soccer matches in Latin America, the Swiss Office of Justice said.
The charges are a result of a three-year FBI investigation and are to be announced by Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who oversaw the case in Brooklyn before her appointment to lead the Justice Dept in Washington, and James Comey, the FBI director.
The reason why the United States brought charges against the suspects is because the plots were allegedly hatched on American soil.
"According to U.S. request, these crimes were agreed and prepared in the U.S., and payments were carried out via U.S. banks,"
the Swiss Office of Justice said.
Chequered past
FIFA has been at the center of corruption investigations for years. But the organization has long dismissed allegations that top officials were on the take.
In December, FIFA's ethics committee said it was closing its investigation into alleged corruption in the 2018 and 2022 bidding process that awarded the World Cup to Russia and Qatar, respectively.
The group said its investigation found no corruption and it has no reason to reopen the bidding process.
But the FBI wasn't ready to do the same.
The U.S. investigation accelerated after former U.S. prosecutor, Michael Garcia, who was hired by FIFA to do an internal investigation distanced himself from FIFA's claims of finding no corruption.
In 2011, the FIFA banned for life Mohamed bin Hammam, a Qatari member of its top governing body, for ethics violations.
Jurisdiction issues
Part of the issue for U.S. authorities is establishing U.S. legal jurisdiction for alleged crimes that largely occurred outside the United States.
However, prosecutors believe the broad reach of U.S. tax and banking regulations aid their ability to bring the charges.
In addition, U.S. authorities claim jurisdiction because the American television market, and billions paid by U.S. networks, is the largest for the World Cup.
Courtesy: CNN Washington Your Food, Your Looks & Ur Beauty!
Your food not only dictates how your skin looks, but also how it can be protected from the sun.
What you eat determines how firm, radiant and ageless your skin is. The types of foods you choose influence your body’s ability to make collagen and elastin, dictate how hydrated your skin cells will be, and can even inhibit enzymes that cause wrinkles. Eat the wrong foods and you’ll end up with lined, pigmented and sagging skin. Eat the right foods and you’ll have clear, luminous and soft skin.
Certain foods can also enhance your skin’s natural sun protection, boosting it’s ability to ward off the damages of UV exposure. On my last beach vacation, I inadvertently applied moisturizer instead of sunscreen, and after spending seven hours in the sun sans-suncreen, I only ended up with a pink face which disappeared after 12 hours. Had I not been eating these sun-protecting foods, I would have done significantly more damage to my skin. Of course, you should never forget to wear a broad spectrum sunscreen as well!
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Plants use antioxidants to protect against sun damage, so when you eat more plants, you eat their antioxidants, and they work similarly within your body. So the more plants you eat, the more natural sun protection your skin will have.
For maximum enhanced sun protection, eat these five foods on a regular basis.
1. Heirloom tomatoes are rich in the antioxidant lycopene, which has been shown to reduce UV-induced free radicals by 40 to 50 percent. Lycopene is better absorbed with fat, so drizzle your tomatoes with olive oil. You need to eat about a cup to get the sun-protecting benefit. Heirloom tomatoes have more lycopene than conventional tomatoes.
2. Pomegranate seeds contain polyphenols that help protect the skin from both UVA and UVB free radicals. They can enhance the sun protection factor of sunscreen by up to 25% and also inhibit hyperpigmentation. Snack on the seeds or toss them into a watercress salad. Pomegranate juice is also an easy way to get the antioxidants, but without the seeds, there’s no fiber so the juice converts too quickly to sugar leading to glycation, which contributes to aging of the skin.
3. Watermelon is another great source of lycopene. You need about three cups for it to be effective. Eat watermelon as a delicious summer snack with fresh mint and a squeeze of lime.
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4. Bell peppers contain the antioxidant capsiate, which decreases UVB-induced skin damage and inhibits inflammation from sun exposure. Toss raw bell peppers into a spinach salad. You need a whole bell pepper for it to be effective.
5. Wild salmon is rich in omega-3 fats which inhibit inflammation from UVB rays by up to 52 percent. They also block the release of UV-induced enzymes which eat away at collagen, causing increased wrinkles and sagging. Enjoy the wild salmon as ceviche or poached over micro-greens.
If you want to go all out and eat a sun protecting meal, eat poached wild salmon with a tomato and bell pepper salad drizzled in olive oil, followed by a watermelon and pomegranate salad tossed in fresh lime juice. Enjoy!
Tuesday 26 May 2015
Police Overhaul
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland has agreed to overhaul its police department under the supervision of a federal monitor in a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over a pattern of excessive force and other abuses by officers. The settlement was announced Tuesday and comes three days after a white patrolman was acquitted of voluntary manslaughter charges in the shooting deaths of two unarmed black suspects in a 137-shot barrage of police gunfire. The case helped prompt an 18-month investigation by the Justice Department. The findings released in December required the city to work with community leaders and other officials to devise a plan to reform the police department. Officials say the settlement calls for new use-of-force guidelines, a focus on community engagement, accountability reforms, training on bias-free policing and a mental health advisory committee.
ASISAT OSHOLA WINS MAIDEN EDITION OF BBC WOMEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Super Falcons’ forward Asisat Oshoala has been named the BBC Women’s Player of the Year. The player Liverpool Ladies FC of England, was presented with the award on Monday evening after the friendly international between the Nigeria and Canada senior women teams at the Kia Training Ground, Toronto, which ended 0-0.
Oshoala, who is with the Nigeria senior women team at their pre-World Cup training camp, was the clear winner of the inaugural edition of an award voted for by readers.
Oshoala won the coveted award ahead of Spain's Veronica Boquete, Germany's Nadine Kessler and Scotland's Kim Little and also Brazilian forward Marta.
BREAKING NEWS!
Court orders NDLEA to vacate Buruji Kashamu residence due to failure of the Agency to produce an arrest warrant on Kashamu.
This follows NDLEA invasion of the senator elect residence on Saturday to extradite him to the United State for drug trafficking charges.
This follows NDLEA invasion of the senator elect residence on Saturday to extradite him to the United State for drug trafficking charges.
OIL MARKETERS GET PART PAYMENT
Minister of Finance to have an undertaking on the amount owed oil marketers. Having reached an agreement, the oil marketers suspend strike action begin immediate lifting of oil with the hope that federal government will keep to its promise of paying outstanding.
100 killed in Benue communities, refugee camps
Over 100 persons, mostly women, children and the elderly, were feared killed early Sunday morning in villages and refugee camps located at Ukura, Gafa, Per and Tse-Gusa in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, in one of the bloodiest attacks on Benue communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
The areas, which until the latest onslaught, hosted most refugees from previous attacks by the herdsmen, is where the home town of Governor Gabriel Suswam is located.
Vanguard learned from a reliable source that some of the attackers dressed in military uniform, stormed the affected villages in large numbers and after sacking the communities, matched into the camps and opened sustained fire on the helpless refugees.
Nigeria loses $2bn annually to fake subsidy operators
Bukola Saraki, has said that Nigeria was losing a total of $2 billion to fake fuel subsidy operators, insisting that the fuel subsidy management in the country was a very big platform for fraud.
Saraki, who regretted that the alleged fraud in the scheme was being allowed to fester by the Federal Government, urged the incoming administration of General Muhammadu Buhari to completely remove the fuel subsidy and restore normalcy to the petroleum sector.
Monday 25 May 2015
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE UPDATE
| Position | Team | Played | GoalDifference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelsea | 38 | 41 | 87 |
| 2 | Man City | 38 | 45 | 79 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 38 | 35 | 75 |
| 4 | Man Utd | 38 | 25 | 70 |
| 5 | Tottenham | 38 | 5 | 64 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 38 | 4 | 62 |
| 7 | Southampton | 38 | 21 | 60 |
| 8 | Swansea | 38 | -3 | 56 |
| 9 | Stoke | 38 | 3 | 54 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 38 | -4 | 48 |
| 11 | Everton | 38 | -2 | 47 |
| 12 | West Ham | 38 | -3 | 47 |
| 13 | West Brom | 38 | -13 | 44 |
| 14 | Leicester | 38 | -9 | 41 |
| 15 | Newcastle | 38 | -23 | 39 |
| 16 | Sunderland | 38 | -22 | 38 |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 38 | -26 | 38 |
| 18 | Hull | 38 | -18 | 35 |
| 19 | Burnley | 38 | -25 | 33 |
| 20 | QPR | 38 | -31 | 30  |
Real Madrid manager, Carlo Ancelotti has been relieved of his duty
But this year they were knocked out by Juventus in the Champions League semi-finals, while Barcelona won La Liga.
Ancelotti's side finished second in Spain's top flight, two points behind Barca, who have reached the Spanish Cup and Champions League finals.
Club president Florentino Perez told a news conference it had "not been an easy decision" before thanking Ancelotti and adding that a new manager would be appointed "next week".
"What did Ancelotti do wrong? I don't know," Perez added. "The demands here at Real Madrid are very high. The affection that the players and the fans have for Carlo is the same as the affection I myself have for him."
Napoli boss Rafael Benitez is the favourite to take over the vacant role once the Italian season ends.
Nigeria Dance Troupe shines in Egypt, signs MOU with Brazil
In Egypt, the Troupe which was invited to participate in the third edition of Festival of Drums, with the theme: Drums Dialogue for Peace, did not disappoint the country as their performances thrilled other participants so much that the organisers arranged for extra performances outside Cairo, thereby establishing the country as a formidable force in this area of cultural expression.
There, they savoured the cultural similarities existing between the two countries and other issues based on the memorandum of understanding, MOU.
The result according Adejuwon, was rewarding and interesting “as we were able to meet with National theatre of Brazil where they requested for our troupe to collaborate with them for production. We also visited the museum of Anthropology in El Salvado, where we discovered that they have plans to tour America and other cities with antefacts, most of which have origin in Yoruba land.”
The oil marketers have agreed to make petroleum products available in the country in the next six hours.
These agreements were reached at a meeting called by the Senate Committees on Petroleum Upstream and Downstream to find solutions to the lingering fuel crises in the country.
The agreement also states that the Department Of Petroleum Resources, DPR, should also revoke the license of any oil marketer that refuses to lift petroleum products across the country.
In addition, the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association, The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) have also agreed to begin lifting petroleum products also in the next six hours whilst DAPMAN, has also agreed to open their depot in the next six hours.
Saturday 16 May 2015
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