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Friday, May 31, 2013

'Mourinho will be a disaster at Chelsea' - Barcelona vice-president slams Real Madrid boss

Carles Vilarrubi anticipates trouble at Stamford Bridge should the Portuguese be installed as the Blues' new manager after a tumultuous three years at the Santiago Bernabeu Barcelona vice-president Carles Vilarrubi has warned Chelsea thatbringing Jose Mourinho back to the club could end in disaster. The former Real Madrid boss is on the verge of returning to Stamford Bridge for a second spell in charge and has seal a £4m 4 years deal.

Jose Mourinho Signs Chelsea Contract

Jose Mourinho sealed a four-deal deal worth £40m on Tuesday night to return as Chelsea manager.
Five clubs are willing to pay £80m to land Tottenham frontman Gareth Bale - both Manchester clubs, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain.
Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke is being targeted by Spanish side Atletico Madrid as a £17.5m replacement for Radamel Falcao.
Norwich striker Grant Holt is wanted by Australian outfit Melbourne Heart.
Tottenham frontman Gareth Bale is an £80m target for Premier League rivals Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea, plus Real Madrid and PSG.
Manchester United could make a £30m bid for Barcelona's former Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas.
Atletico Madrid are ready to make a £20m bid for Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke.
Roberto Martinez could be appointed Everton boss by the weekend and will be boosted by the news that midfielder Marouane Fellaini has decided to commit his future to the club.
Napoli striker Edinson Cavani is set to snub Manchester City and Chelsea by moving to Spain.
Hull City boss Steve Bruce has made an opening £1m offer for Leicester keeper Kasper Schmeichel.
Luis Suarez last night dropped a bombshell on Liverpool by admitting he would love to move to Real Madrid.
Roy Hodgson saw England held to a dismal draw as their much-anticipated rematch with Ireland fell flat.
Real Madrid are confident they will win the battle for Gareth Bale and have set a June 15 deadline for a deal to be done with Tottenham.

Another tornado hits Oklahoma, nine injured - AP

At least three tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma, including one in Tulsa, and two more hit Arkansas on Thursday as a powerful storm system moved through the middle of the country. At least nine people were injured.
The National Weather Service confirmed at least one tornado touched down Thursday night in the Tulsa suburb of Broken Arrow. However, the tornado did not appear to be a strong twister like the deadly one in suburban Oklahoma City last week.
Meteorologist Pete Snyder with the weather service's Tulsa office said it appeared the roofs of some buildings were damaged, and police told the Tulsa World that they didn't have any reports of buildings being destroyed.

Amigo Supermarket Owner in Abuja’s Wonderland Amusement Park linked to terrorism

Nigerian security agencies have linked a co-owner of two major ongoing businesses in the nation’s capital as a ring leader in a major terrorist operation in the country.
In a statement by the spokesman of the Joint Task Force in Kano, Ikedichi Iweha, Fauzi Fawad, the co-owner of Amigo Supermarket and Wonderland Amusement Park, was named as a member of a Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist cell in Nigeria.
Wonderland is Abuja’s biggest and most popular amusement park, while Amigo is one of the largest supermarkets in the Nigerian capital.
The JTF said Mr. Fawad’s name was mentioned by “all those arrested,” for being in possession of heavy weapons, and other terrorism related activities.
Mr. Fawad is now on the run, the JTF said.
The JTF said it arrested three Lebanese suspected of owning the large cache of arms recovered at a bunker in the city.

Jonathan’s Half-time: The Hard Facts By Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai

We began the assessment of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration by listing a number of the campaign promises he made in 2011 and added that the achievement of those promises was not easy to measure because in essence, they were just broad generalizations with no targets, deliverables or timelines. Perhaps, that was the point of making such vague promises; so that performance cannot be measured and failures would not be easily evident.
This week, we would rely on field visits and the feedback received from readers who responded via email, phone and SMS addresses provided last week. These responses along with other published facts and opinions would form the basis for assessing the Presidents’ performance. Some readers used the platform provided to engage in abuse, diversion and bigotry that the Jonathanians have perfected as response to any questions demanding their accountability. They forget that we are thick-skinned and do not respond to brainless insults. Many more provided on-the-ground status of projects and programs for which we are grateful.
While the perception amongst majority of respondents is that the Jonathan government is significantly underperforming; most of those who work with him or indirectly benefit from the schema of ethnic division, corruption and impunity his administration has perfected are engulfed in praise singing and forget to remind him of his many promises. Let us look to some of the specific commitments summarized last week.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Woolwich Terror Attack: Suspect Michael Adebowale in Court over Drummer Lee Rigby’s Murder

Michael Adebowale, 22, leaves court in a police van
One of the two men shot by armed police after Drummer Lee Rigby was hacked to death in Woolwich has been charged with his murder. Michael Adebowale is appearing in Westminster Magistrates' Court this morning where he will face a charge of murder and of illegal possession of a firearm. The decision to charge him, the day after he was discharged from hospital, was announced late tonight by the Crown Prosecution Service following discussions with anti-terrorist police.

Monday, May 27, 2013

The Love Story of Comedian Princess and Her Husband

Popular Nigerian female comedian, Princess, and her movie producer/director husband, Adeshola Jeremiah, tied the knot on Wednesday 8th May 2013 at the Balmoral Hall, Oregun, Lagos. It was indeed a happy day for 'Madam' Princess who had almost lost of hope of finding a husband.

Below is their very interesting love story...

On what attracted her to Adeshola Jeremiah

Well he is a quiet person and if not for the fact that I am into entertainment, I also like my privacy, I don’t like unnecessary show-off. If I go somewhere and they don’t recognize me, that is very okay by me, I just love to be myself.

How They Met

He saw me when I went for their program in Odunfa Cancus (A Yoruba Theatre Group). I went because of a friend of mine Latifat, who was also trained there. She was in UNILAG and my junior in Theatre Arts. So I went there and that was where he saw me and that was like so many years ago in 2005.