Soccerinfox: February 2015

Friday 27 February 2015

Robert Mugabe Admits Zimbabwe's Land Reform Flaws

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has admitted failures in the country's controversial land reform programme.

Attackers in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka have hacked to death a US-Bangladeshi blogger whose writings on religion angered Islamist hardliners.

Madonna has revealed she suffered whiplash injuries in her fall on stage at the Brit Awards. The 56-year-old star, whose tumble has become a viral hit online, said the Armani cape she was wearing was tied too tight because choreographers did not want it to fall off, and she denied it was a publicity stunt.

Chelsea Football Club announced one of the biggest shirt sponsorship deals in the history of the sport on Thursday. The five-year pact with Japanese tire manufacturer, Yokohama Rubber , is worth almost £40 million annually (or $60 million), according to the Daily Telegraph.

These despicable images show four men about to be put to death by ISIS in Iraq, apparently because they are spies. The shocking pictures emerged just hours after campaign group CAGE defended Jihadi John, today unmasked as west London student Mohammed Emwazi, as 'beautiful' and a man who 'wouldn't hurt a fly'.

Mohammed Emwazi unmasked as ruthless Islamic State murderer Jihadi John. Pictured here as a six-year-old schoolboy with classmates in west London. Seen for the first time without his notorious black mask, he is a picture of innocence.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) councillor representing Dunkun-Agala ward of Baure Local government area of Katsina State, Ahmadu Narayya, was yesterday apprehended for alleged purchase of permanent voter cards (PVCs). Findings revealed that no fewer than 21 cards were recovered from the councillor.

A baby stolen from her sleeping mother’s arms shortly after birth has been found by the family through an astonishing coincidence 17 years later, South African police said Friday.

The House of Representatives on Thursday ordered an investigation into the alleged non-payment of import duties of over N28.3billion in violation of rice import quotas assigned the Stallion Group and other companies under the new federal government rice policy.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) vice presidential candidate in this year’s election, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), who was in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital yesterday, stated this during the presentation of the APC’s 2015 manifesto on Securing Nigeria’s Future during the APC’s Youth Interactive Town Hall Meeting.

Speaking in Delta State during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Women for Change Initiative Presidential Rally at the Orerokpe Township Stadium, she said a second term ticket for her husband would guarantee better future for Nigerian women, while urging them to resist the temptation to vote for the main opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC) in the rescheduled March 28 presidential election.

The federal government, yesterday, said that arresting the leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau alive, will address the controversy surrounding his identity. It also restated its commitment to achieve the feat before the rescheduled general election.

The Nigerian equities market closed on a negative note yesterday after eight consecutive days of gains. The market has remained bullish since last week following the activities of bargain hunters.

The war of attrition between the main political parties in the country waxed stronger Thursday when the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus in the Senate alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led federal government has concluded plans to sack the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, next week.

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), has said no corrupt politician will be appointed into his administration if he is elected president, proclaiming nonetheless that he is a reformed democrat ready to operate under democratic norms.

A new survey released by Bloomberg has projected that Nigeria, China, the Philippines, Kenya, India and Indonesia will rank among the 20 fastest growing economies in world this year.

Nigeria Elections: Buhari Rules Out Ruled Out Negotiating With Islamist Militants if He Wins Elections Next Month

Nigeria's main presidential challenger Muhammadu Buhari has ruled out negotiating with Islamist militants if he wins elections next month.

The masked Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John", who has been pictured in the videos of the beheadings of Western hostages, has been named.

The Senate on Wednesday, slashed the allocation for petrol and kerosene subsidies presented by the Ministry of Finance in the Medium Term Expenditure Framework for 2015 – 2017. The upper chamber, while approving the MTEF, slashed petrol subsidy from N200 billion to N100 billion.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) to bring fraudulent mortgage bankers and other scammers of consumers to book.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is excited that oil price is showing positive recovery signs. The corporation hopes that the changes noticed in the oil price recently would further encourage investment in the oil and gas sector. Oil price in the international market last week indicated sign of improvement selling above $60 per barrel.

Tragedy struck at the weekend in Akpawfu village in Nkanu-East Local Government Area of Enugu state when Ndidi Ozoemena Nwankwo was allegedly beaten to death by her husband, Ozoemena Nwankwo at about 10.05PM of October 17.

Borussia Dortmund’s Westfalenstadion stadium was evacuated on Thursday after an unexploded WWII bomb was found during renovation work, the club announced.

As preparations for the Presidential polls slated for March 28 intensify, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lawmakers in the House of Representatives have put forward a number of demands for President Goodluck Jonathan to meet as a condition for supporting him to win the March 28 election.

A Sierra Leonean who worked with children orphaned by Ebola has died of the disease himself. Augustine Baker had been admitted to an Ebola treatment centre after becoming ill last week. He had worked for an orphanage run by a UK charity on the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown.

Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke says the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations will be postponed from January to June to help move the 2022 World Cup. A Fifa taskforce has recommended the World Cup is played in November and December to avoid Qatar's hot summer.

Niger Delta ex-militant leaders, yesterday, said that the remarkable achievements made by the Nigerian armed forces, the Joint Multi-national Task Forces in their present onslaught against Boko Haram in the North-East region, have proved President Goodluck Jonathan’s critics wrong.

Nestle Nigeria Plc yesterday released its results for the year ended December, where the directors recommended a final dividend of N17.50 per share. Considering the interim dividend of N10 paid early, the shareholders are to receive a total dividend of N27.50 per share, compared with N25.50 paid the previous year. Given the N824.01 share price at which Nestle closed on Wednesday, the N27.50 dividend translates into a dividend yield of 3.3 per cent.

Barely one week after the Nigerian military recaptured Baga in Borno State, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Kenneth Minimah, on Wednesday said victory could still be achieved over the Boko Haram insurgents before the elections scheduled to start March 28.

The naira fell 0.5 per cent on Wednesday after an oil company sold dollars to some lenders on the interbank market below the central bank's clearing rate, dealers said.

Towing the same path of the federal government to cut costs owing to dwindling oil revenue occasioned by low oil prices

, the National Assembly, for the first time in years, has finally agreed to a 25 per cent cut in its annual budget of N150 billion.

An electrician, Chukwuka Onuorah, 33, who was contracted to install a DSTV decoder, in the home of a client, Mrs Gloria, 32, allegedly returned to the house the next day to rape the 15-year old housemaid.

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts yesterday issued a one-week ultimatum to the country’s finance minister, Dr Okonjo-Iweala and the auditor-general of the federation (AuGF) Mr Samuel Tokura, to forward to it the full report of the forensic audit of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

Madonna ended up putting on a performance that was memorable for all the wrong reasons, when she was pulled off the stage backwards as she closed out Wednesday night's BRIT Awards 2015.

Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan: Tide Turned Against Boko Haram

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has said the tide has "definitely turned" against militant Islamists as regional forces recapture territory.

The Egyptian Premier League will resume in March with supporters banned from attending matches. The competition had been suspended after at least 19 people died following clashes between fans and police outside a stadium in Cairo on 8 February.

Fifa says it will not pay compensation to clubs and leagues unhappy about plans to play the 2022 Qatar World Cup in November and December. It also said no apology was necessary for the scheduling of the tournament, which will disrupt a number of leagues.

Very of recent, rumour has been circulating that the popular artistes, Flavour and Chidinma are in a relationship in sequel to their famous kissing in the recent video "OLOLUFE". But the former project fame star Chidinma has come out to deny that in a recent interview with Hip TV.

Extremists used improvised explosive devices to blow up Mosul library. Presumed destroyed are its significant collection of Iraqi newspaper. Maps and books from the Ottoman Empire have also been burned. Isis said it will kill anyone privately hoarding books or manuscripts.

His hands and feet were clearly visible - but baby Silas Philips was in no rush to enter the world. Born still inside his amniotic sac, he has since been described as a 'medical miracle' by doctors.

She has her own reality television show, which has yet to fully take off. So on Tuesday, Christina Milian attempted to draw yet more attention to herself as she displayed a huge amount of cleavage while attending a Hollywood premiere.

It does not get much cuter than this. Kim Kardashian and little North West brought mother daughter style to the mountains of Montana this week.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has launched an attack against Rwandan Hutu rebels in the east of the country. Ministers had previously pledged to target the FDLR militants after they failed to meet a deadline to disarm last month.

Lawyers for jailed South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius have launched a legal bid to prevent prosecutors from appealing against his acquittal on murder charges. Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled in December that prosecutors could appeal against the acquittal.

Drones have appeared over landmarks in central Paris for the second night running and police are no nearer knowing who is operating them.

The South-south Zone of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has blamed the political violence meted out on members of the party in Rivers State on Nigeria’s first lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan and the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Mr. Nyesom Wike.

Foremost industrialist, Chief Onwuka Kalu, the famed Okpuzu of Abiriba, is dead. He lost his four-year battle against cancer Monday night in a London hospital, his family has announced.

Electricity generation in the country has dropped as Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc shuts down the Oben Gas Plant, a joint venture between the company and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido, on Tuesday openly ‎accepted that he betrayed the five governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC), but said he did so in the overall national interest.

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