Wednesday, 30 September 2015

John Calipari should probably stop talking about the Wisconsin loss

SEC hoping its improved balance pays off in postseason

He could have said that the Harrison twins were 9-for-13 from the field the game's first 32 minutes. He could have said that the Harrison twins have a knack for sinking clutch shots in key moments. He could have said that Kentucky simply was having trouble getting the ball inside to Karl-Anthony Towns.

There are all sorts of plausible explanations John Calipari could have given for his ill-fated reliance on Andrew and Aaron Harrison late in Kentucky's Final Four loss to Wisconsin last April, but the one he chose stretched the bounds of credibility.

Washington Wizards forward Jared Dudley, thankfully, has long been one of the NBA’s more entertaining wordsmiths, and he’s already endearing himself to the locals that cheer for his new team.

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London (AFP) - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger found himself attacked from all sides on Wednesday after his selection decisions backfired to leave his team facing an embarrassing group-stage exit in the Champions League.

Wenger elected to pick David Ospina instead of first-choice goalkeeper Petr Cech at home to Olympiakos on Tuesday, but the Colombian committed a first-half howler, palming a corner into his own net, as Arsenal lost 3-2 to register a second consecutive Group F defeat.

Chelsea’s Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard

Jack Colback during the English Premier League football match at St James' Park in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, on September 26, 2015 (AFP Photo/Ian MacNicol)

Porto (Portugal) (AFP) - Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho responded to a below-par peformance in the Premier League at Newcastle United on Saturday by dropping Eden Hazard and Nemanja Matic from his starting line-up for Tuesday's Champions League clash with Porto.

Ben Gordon

OAKLAND, Calif. – Avocados, oatmeal, textured vegetable protein, pasta, juice and smoothies were part of Ben Gordon's typical diet at the end of last season. In his quest to make the Golden State Warriors' roster, the veteran shooter plans to return to vegetarian mode from time to time to keep his body sharp.

"I experimented with it this summer and the end of last season," Gordon said after the Warriors' first practice of the season on Tuesday. "As you get older you try to see different things that work for you. I'm not doing it right now, but I try to do it functionally depending on how my body feels.

"With all the running and stuff, protein is hard to get by [on a vegetarian diet]. … I like to mix it up."
Gordon, 32, averaged between 15-22 points during the first five seasons of his NBA career, including a career-high 21.4 points during the 2006-07 season. He built a reputation early in his career as one of the NBA's most feared outside threats. But since 2009, his scoring average has largely declined. He's also battled health issues.
Gordon averaged 6.2 points and 14 minutes in 56 games with the Orlando Magic last season. In hopes of

Caron Butler places an order for a flat of Code Red. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

NBA veteran Caron Butler has earned a deserving reputation as a no-nonsense professional over his soon-to-be 14 seasons, playing for various teams in different roles and succeeding at nearly every stop along the way. At the same time, though, he's one of the most interesting personalities in the league's recent history. Move beyond his relatively unassuming on-court style and you will find a former gang member and drug dealer with a longstanding (and banned) habit of chewing straws on the bench and a medically unsafe addiction to Mountain Dew. He contains multitudes and perhaps not surprisingly has authored a new book, "Tuff Juice: My Journey from the Streets to the NBA," to tell his life story.
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The promotional tour for the autobiography has confirmed that Butler is as eccentric as ever at 35 years old. So much, in fact, that he has not stopped drinking his favorite beverage

Kylie Jenner Insults Boyfriend Tyga — Wishes He Had a Career Like Drake! (REPORT)

It looks like the honeymoon stage is over!
Kylie Jenner and Tyga’s relationship is reportedly on the fritz and the two have allegedly been dissing one another in their recent fights.
According to Hollywood Life, the 18-year-old totally insulted her boyfriend’s rap career by comparing him to Drake, and Tyga made a snide remark about Kylizzle’s Snapchat skills.


Drake. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

“She asked him once, ‘Don’t you want to be in the club and hearing the fans rap one of your songs like they

Nigeria's Buhari to appoint himself oil minister: spokesman

Lagos (AFP) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari was on Wednesday expected to finally nominate his cabinet, after announcing he intended to take personal charge of the country's crucial oil portfolio.

The long-awaited list was due to be submitted to parliament for approval, four months after he took office vowing to tackle endemic corruption in Africa's most populous nation.

On Tuesday evening, Buhari said in New York, where he has been attending the UN General Assembly, that

We are used to seeing the super chic North West wear her hair in an on-trend bun or ponytail, with Kim Kardashian rarely leaving little Nori’s natural locks flowing free.

To be fair, you can’t blame her for tying back her toddler’s hair - after all, any gal will know that a long,

Louis van Gaal is confident Manchester United can reach the Champions League final if they have some luck along the way. United face Wolfs burg on Wednesday

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal believes his side will have to beat Wolfsburg to have a realistic chance of progressing in the Champions League.

United had little trouble dispatching Club Brugge in the play-offs to qualify for the tournament, but their opening Group B game ended in a 2-1 defeat away to PSV Eindhoven.

The Dutchman, who lifted the trophy with Ajax 20 years ago, is optimistic United can get their first win in this season's competition at Old Trafford on Wednesday night.

"I think in the Champions League, you need to win all your home matches otherwise it

Ideye blast ahead of Arsenal game

The forward does not have any hard feelings after being shipped out of West Brom, but is determined to lead his side to victory against the Gunners

Olympiacos attacker Brown Ideye feels he has nothing to prove on his return to English ahead of the Tuesday’s Champions League tie against Arsenal.

Gyan expresses satisfaction at Shanghai SIPG showing

The frontman scored on his debut against Tianjin Teda and has been the toast of fans ever since

Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan says he’s happy with his performance so far for Shanghai SIPG in the Chinese Super League.
The 29-year-old joined the side in July on a two-year deal, having enjoyed a largely successful four-year

Aliens DO Exist, Says Top Secret FBI Memo Found By UFO Researchers

Aliens do exist, according to a top secret FBI memo found by researchers into UFOs.
Investigators at the Hakui Centre for UFO Research in Tokyo, Japan, claim they have discovered a

TV star Jeremy Kyle has split from his wife of 13 years.
Kyle and Carla Germaine met when she entered a competition to marry a stranger on a Birmingham radio station, where Kyle was working.
She married the stranger but they later split up and she got together with Kyle.
(Joe Giddens/PA) In 2012 he was diagnosed with testicular cancer.

Nick Grimshaw's X Factor category set to be disappointed with his judges' house location

The hopefuls usually jet off abroad but some won't be visiting anywhere exotic this year

One of the many, many perks of making it through to the later stages of the X Factor audition process is getting to go to an exotic location during the judges’ houses part of the show.
However, the boys this year aren’t in much luck after landing Nick Grimshaw as their judge.
The BBC Radio 1 DJ will be heading to Greater Manchester to pick who to take through to the live finals

A Muslim man has confessed to strangling his 19-year-old daughter to death with his bare hands after learning from police she had been caught shoplifting condoms to have sex with her forbidden boyfriend.

Asadullah Khan and his wife Shazia then dressed dead daughter Lareeb, a dental technician, in her clothes.

They then wheeled her in a wheelchair from their high-rise apartment to the family car,

When Jaxon Strong was born with half of his brain and skull missing, his doctors predicted that he'd have just days to live. But one year later, this little guy has truly defied the odds.
Jaxon's mom, Brittany Buell, was told when she was pregnant that "Jax's" brain had been

Finally Nigeria Movie star Chika Ike says she‘ll remarry, if God says so

Nollywood actress, Chika Ike may not have a special man in her life at the moment, after her marriage with Ebiribi crashed two years ago, but she is optimistic that she will remarry someday.

The adorable actress told POTPOURRI in a chat, that she will remarry as long as God approves it. “I will remarry if God says so,” she declares. Chika expressed joy that her elder sister, Vivien has followed her footsteps, as she recently debuted in Nollywood.
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What it means to be in the same industry with my sibling
It is great to see that I have a sibling that is in the same industry with me. I am happy about it. When she told me she wanted to join the industry, I supported her. This is because before now, Vivien has always wanted to be in Nollywood. It didn’t come to me as a shock because she accompanied me to

Offensive Tweets: What Nigerians are saying about Buhari’s daughter

Nigerians continue to debate, comment despite the presidency’s denial of the affinity between, Zahra, the daughter of President Muhammadu Buahri and an alleged comment from her supposed Twitter handle, @Zahra_Buhari, which posted uncomplimentary comments “mocking” some foreign leaders.

Farmers issue 7-days ultimatum to FG for Falae’s release

*Chief Olu Falae

* Threaten action against herdsmen

Farmers in Ondo state have given a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government for the release of former Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF) and Afenifere chieftain, Chief Olu Falae, who was abducted last Monday, in Akure, by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

The farmers, who are members of the Ondo State Agricultural Commodities Association, yesterday, summoned a meeting in Akure warning that the failure to release Mr. Falae would elicit a reaction from the farmers that would make an impact across the country.

I have sex three to four times everyday-Maheeda

Whenever the name, Maheeda is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is controversy, sex, nudity and promiscuity.

The goddess of X and Naija Bad Girl as she is fondly called by her fans isn’t afraid to go nude as she’s constantly releasing nude photos of herself online and sexually explicit videos.
Showtime Celebrity visited her studio in Dolphin Estate, Lagos, where she opens up on her sex life and more…
What have you been up to in recent times?
I’ve been bad, I’ve been naughty… You’ve seen Naija Bad Girl video and Lasgidi Chick. Now, I’m trying to see if I can drop one single before the end of the year. But I’m not sure that will be possible because I’m shooting the video in November. So, It could be next year.
What is the inspiration behind your “Naija Bad Girl” song?
I had this vision of what’s happening right now. Like I’m very bad, like I’m the baddest girl in Nigeria which

My brother duped me!

About a year ago, my younger brother told me he’djust been diagnosed with some kidney infection and would need a lot of expensive treatment if he were to be cured. The alternative was for him to have a transplant which would be lots more expensive. He asked for a loan for N200,000 and promised to pay me as soon as he got his car allowance which was being processed by his office.

Months after he was due to pay me, he kept on telling me one sob story

The former Barca man netted the opener, while Iago Aspas struck twice and John Guidetti rounded off the scoring against the Catalans, who only managed one goal through Neymar

Barcelona were beaten for the first time in La Liga this season as Celta romped to a stunning 4-1 victory at Balaidos on Wednesday.

Zombies to take over Sherwood Forest for survival experience

Zombie Infection will come to Sherwood Forest from October 23 to 25

Zombies will descend on Sherwood Forest as the ancient woodland is transformed into a scene akin to a horror movie.
But rather than film crews being on set, ordinary visitors will be tasked with trying to survive a night in the

As a parent, whether mum or dad have you ever felt: Upset with your child for performing below his/her peers? Frustrated at your child for being unmotivated to work harder and reach his/her full potential? Pleased with your child progress but wishing you could do more to help them improve even faster?

Faith Sakwe and husband Godswill Edward have welcomed their first child together, a baby girl. Faith gave birth at a US hospital in the early hours of today. The couple got married in April 2014. Congrats to them!

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Buhari’s 100 days: Political paralysis or policy crisis? (1)

President Muhammadu Buhari

Act 1, Scene 1: Pre-presidential elections of March 28, the word on the street was that Chibuike Amaechi, immediate past governor of Rivers State, would be President Muhammadu Buhari’s Secretary to Government of the Federation. So also was Babatunde Fashola, immediate past governor of Lagos State, being touted to be the Chief of Staff to President Buhari. Similarly, Ogbonnaya Onu, ex-chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party that dissolved into the All Progressives Congress and Chris Ngige, a senator and former APC governorship candidate in Anambra State, were on the way to being SGF and Minister of Works respectively in the APC-led government, if initial permutations were anything to go by.

These strategic political positions which were assumptions made with the mindset of all things being equal, are like gold, if weighted for their political values. With such

Kaduna and Zamfara state governments have no functional web presence, despite the current digital communication advancement across the world, findings by our correspondent have shown.

But for many other state governments in the North-West, it is a season of website reconstruction. At least, three state governments in the region – Katsina, Sokoto and Kebbi – are currently reworking their portals.

On the katsina.gov.ng, the supposed portal of the Katsina State Government, the only message found on the blank space, on Sunday, said the site was

Ogo Ibok

The Chief Executive Officer, Sense Agric, Mrs. Ogo Ibok, discusses the business opportunities in the agricultural value chain in this interview with IFE ADEDAPO

What prompted you to start Sense Agric?

We are into consulting and we started Sense Agric based on the experience we had prior to getting into the industry because there was no information to direct us into the area of agriculture we wanted to go into. It was really difficult. It took me two years to get information I needed. That was in 2012. We had organised an agricultural fair and a lot of people turned up. After that, people came to meet me asking for where to source for materials and information on agricultural produce. That was how we started. Since then, we have been disseminating information to people.

We built two online portals, agriculturalnigeria.com where people can get information on basic agricultural groups, food processing and other research information. We recently started a new one which is called the

The Ogun State Government, through the Ministry of Rural Development, has provided water schemes for 23 communities to ensure uninterrupted flow of potable water.

The Director of Rural Electrification in the ministry, Mr. AbdulRasaq Ojetola, said in a statement that the schemes comprised 7.5KVA power generator, tanks, pipes and fetching platforms, among others.

“Government has deemed it fit to provide potable water and adequate sanitation in an affordable way as well as the required infrastructure to facilitate and enhance socio-economic development

CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele

As the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria commences its once-in-two months meeting today (Monday) to review the state of the economy and take key economic decisions, economists and analysts have said it may leave key economic rates unchanged.

The economists also predicted that the MPC might reduce the Cash Reserve Ratio on private and public sector deposits from 31 per cent in the light of the tight liquidity condition in the banking sector as a result of the implementation of the Treasury Single Account policy.

The two-day meeting was held last in July when the committee unanimously decided to retain the Monetary Policy Rate at 13 per cent with a corridor of +/- 200 basis points and the CRR on private and public sector deposits at 31 per cent.

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has disengaged three persons found to have been illegally employed.

A statement by the Head, Public Relations, NIMASA, Hajia Lami Tumaka, said that there were irregularities associated with the engagement of the affected persons.

The statement read, “An administrative investigation conducted by the agency revealed that the employment of the three officers at the twilight of the administration of Dr. Ziakede Akpobolokemi as director-general did not follow due process required for employment into the civil service.

“Contrary to speculations that NIMASA has disengaged 200 of its employees, only these three persons, whose engagement had wholesome irregularities, have been asked to leave.”

Temporary truce begins in four Syrian towns

A new temporary truce has begun between pro-government and opposition forces in four Syrian towns, a group that monitors the Syrian conflict has reported.
Sunday’s ceasefire began in the rebel-held towns of Zabadani and Madaya outside the capital, Damascus,

US to accept 85,000 more refugees

The United States will increase the number of refugees it takes in by 15,000 over each of the next two years, bringing the total to 100,000 in 2017, John Kerry, the US secretary of state, has said.

Many people were killed on Sunday in multiple bomb attacks in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

A member of the youth vigilance group, Kaka Mustapha, told our correspondent on the telephone that their group had been called up to assist in evacuating the corpses of the victims of explosions at Ajilari cross.

Mustapha said the area was attacked by multiple bombs on Sunday evening at about 7.30pm.

According to him, the first two explosions were targeted at a mosque in Ajilari cross.

He said the bombs were planted in a mosque in the area and perhaps timed to coincide with the time of the late evening prayers.

He also revealed that another bomb exploded at a mini business district where people were shopping for dinner.

Mustapha said the third site where the explosion occurred was a game centre in the area where young people pay to play computer games and get their mobile phones charged.

He however said the number of casualties could not yet be ascertained at the time of responding to the questions of our correspondent on Sunday evening.

The police could not be reached at the time of filing this report.

Sunday, 20 September 2015

Liverpool 1-1 Norwich City: Ings' first Reds goal not enough as Martin equalises for Canaries

The former Burnley striker netted his first goal for the Anfield club but Alex Neil's side fought back to secure a point with a second half equaliser

Liverpool did little to alleviate the mounting pressure on Brendan Rodgers after Russell Martin cancelled out Danny Ings' first goal for his new club to salvage a 1-1 draw for Norwich City at Anfield on Sunday.

Ings made an almost instant impact as a half-time substitute, breaking the deadlock early in the second period, but Liverpool failed to build on that lead and Martin equalised to secure a point, increasing the heat on the under-fire Rodgers.

Liverpool, who had Daniel Sturridge back in the team for the first time since April, controlled the first half

Manchester United’s Anthony Martial sparks comeback win at Southampton

At the beginning and end United were a mess – but the result was determined by what happened in between those two spells, as a pair of predatory strikes from Anthony Martial and one from Juan Mata earned a victory that sent Louis Van Gaal’s side up to second in the Premier League table.
There is no precedent for any teenager trying to justify an initial investment of £36m in his talent but Martial is

NATIONAL leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said yesterday that the country under President Muhammadu Buhari was drifting towards dictatorship, just as it urged the international community to intervene.

HID Awolowo

Awolowo, wife of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, died, yesterday, at 3:15 pm, two months to her centenary birthday. She was said to have passed on after she held a meeting with her family members on the plan for her 100 years birthday.

Announcing the demise, her eldest child, Omotola Oyediran, in a statement she signed on behalf of the family, said “mama died while praying for her children over her planned centenary birthday”.

The statement read: “Mama died as glorious as she lived. She spent the day in the company of her children, grand children, great grand children and close family. She shared a precious few minutes with them when she went in to pray for them as they met to plan her centenary birthday.

“They sang her a befitting song as she came in and she continued to pray for them. She died a couple of hours later as she had always wished to be surrounded by her children, grand children and great grand children.”

The first callers to the Ikenne, Ogun State family house of the Awolowos include Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Taiwo Adeoluwa; the deputy governor, Yetunde Onanuga; a former governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel and Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s wife, Olufunsho.

The terrorists who surrendered to Nigerian Army

Eight suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Saturday surrendered themselves to troops of 21 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, the army said.

A statement by army spokesman, Sani Usman, said the suspected terrorists were being investigated and screened for more information.

Mr. Usman said the army had also apprehended another person whose arm was chopped off by the

The Chelsea boss enjoyed success against his greatest rival once again but only after Diego Costa provoked Arsenal's Gabriel into a reaction that saw him sent-off

Jose Mourinho insists Arsenal have no room for complaint after they were reduced to nine men in a toxic 2-0 derby defeat against Chelsea.

Diego Costa's antics provoked Gabriel into losing his temper and the Brazil international centre-half was sent-off shortly before half-time, while Santi Cazorla was dismissed late on for a second bookable offence.

Mourinho said: "Where is the controversy? For me, no controversy. The game is about many different aspects, technical, tactical, emotional, physical. Normally the best team wins - we were the best team.

"We were dominant, we were controlled. Obviously let's not be hypocritical and deny but playing with one man more is easier.

"I think I played against Arsenal 15/16 times and only once they didn't moan. Maybe it was because they won that game. All the other matches, they have reasons for that.

"I played my first derby in September 2000 - to win a derby, emotional control. I've played derbies in Spain, Portugal, England, Italy and I always say the same words. You always need emotional control."

JOSE MOURINHO: WHAT CONTROVERSY?

The Chelsea boss tells BT Sport: "Where is the controversy? For me, no controversy. The game is about many different aspects, technical, tactical, emotional, physical. Normally the best team wins - we were the best team. We were dominant, we were controlled. Obviously let's not be hypocritical and deny but playing with one man more is easier.

"I think I played against Arsenal 15 or 16 times and only once they didn't moan. Maybe it was because they won that game. All the other matches, they have reasons for that. I played my first derby in September 2000 - to win a derby, emotional control. I've played derbies in Spain, Portugal, England, Italy and I always say the same words. You always need emotional control."

Friday, 18 September 2015

Buhari unfair to ministers

Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s Minister of Communication Technology (ComTech), Mrs. Omobola Johnson, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of being unfair to ministers who worked hard, but didn’t make much noise about it.

Buhari: Ministers are noise makers…

Johnson, was reacting to a statement credited to President Buhari, in an interview during his three-day official visit to France, where he stated that it’s the civil servants and technocrats who

BN exclusively broke the news about Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson’s 3^rd pregnancy and they was backlash from a number of fans who questioned the spacing between her 2^nd and 3^rd pregnancy.

Well, in a recent interview with Goldmyne TV the movie star has responded to the criticism.

She stated:

“I am expecting my third child and I’m a married person so I don’t think people should ask me why. I understand the ethics of spacing kids but I’m a married person and an adult, I can decide