LASPOTECH 2016: Accomodation for all students BY NAPES

This is to notify all Candidates that Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) is a non-residential institution (no school hostel).
The good news is that all ENGINEERING STUDENTS will have access to get a room in ENGINEERING HOSTEL just outside the school for affordable price (first come, first serve).

For both HND and ND

Other departments aspirants can also apply for the accommodation offer from NAPES
Get set as it comes
Pls rebroadcast to help your aspirants







Note: This Offer is Strictly for admitted Applicant.

Call/Whatapp
Comr. Olawale Olaseeni Adeyanju
08142525007
Welfare director
NAPES
2016/2017 Academic Session

Call/Whatapp
Comr. Kola Araoye
09093632036
NAPES Speaker
2016/2017 Academic Session

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LASPOTECH 2016: Accomodation for all students BY NAPES

This is to notify all Candidates that Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) is a non-residential institution (no school hostel).
The good news is that all ENGINEERING STUDENTS will have access to get a room in ENGINEERING HOSTEL just outside the school for affordable price (first come, first serve).

For both HND and ND

Other departments aspirants can also apply for the accommodation offer from NAPES
Get set as it comes
Pls rebroadcast to help your aspirants







Note: This Offer is Strictly for admitted Applicant.

Call/Whatapp
Comr. Olawale Olaseeni Adeyanju
08142525007
Welfare director
NAPES
2016/2017 Academic Session

Call/Whatapp
Comr. Kola Araoye
09093632036
NAPES Speaker
2016/2017 Academic Session

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Pope Francis says homosexuals deserve apology after being marginalised by church

 THE Pope also said the church should apologise "to the poor, to the women who have been exploited and .. for having blessed so many weapons". 
POPE Francis said Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should seek forgiveness from homosexuals for the way they had treated them. 
 
In an hour-long conversation with reporters aboard the plane taking him back to Rome from Armenia, Francis was asked if he agreed with recent comments by a German Roman Catholic cardinal that the Church should apologise to gays. 
He recalled Church teachings that homosexuals "should not be discriminated against. They should be respected, accompanied pastorally."
He added: "I think that the Church not only should apologise... to a gay person whom it offended but it must also apologise to the poor as well, to the women who have been exploited, to who have been exploited by (being forced to) work. It must apologise for having blessed so many weapons."

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Real Madrid Sack Rafa Benitez, Appoint Zinedine Zidane

Rafa Benitez has been sacked by Real Madrid and Zinedine Zidane named as his replacement.
Florentino Perez  who is the owner of Los Blancos is said to be displeased with the recent poor form of the club as they have now slipped to third and four points behind league leaders Atletico Madrid.

Real Madrid have sacked Rafa Benitez

Benitez who has also coached English clubs Liverpool and Chelsea has endured a tough season at the Bernabeu since taking over in June 2015, having fall-outs with some key players of the club. Their 2 – 2 draw against Valencia simply forced the management to take the crucial decision.

Real president Florentino Perez said: “I am here to say that the board has just decided, in a difficult decision, especially for me, to end contract of Rafa as first-team coach. I would like to make it clear that he is a great professional. Zinedine Zidane knows better than anyone what it is like to stand at the front and lead Real Madrid. Throughout his career he has always been able to face up to huge challenges. He is one of the greatest players of all time. Zinedine, this is your club, your stadium and you have all our support. Zidane you are, from this moment, the trainer of Real Madrid.”

A top source to the club revealed that the three-time world footballer of the year prefer a summer change but won’t turn down the chance to manage the ten-time European champions.
Revered Spanish football expert Guillem Balague spoke with Sky Sports and suggested that club president Florentino Perez might have lost confidence in Benitez many weeks ago.
He said: “Perez often says the opposite things privately. Over the last few weeks, he’s been saying Benitez is not the problem, he’s the solution. That’s what he said publicly.
“At the same time, he held a poll before Christmas with season ticket holders on who they would like as a replacement. He was was just waiting for the right moment to do what seems inevitable.

“It’s quite clear Benitez doesn’t have the confidence of the board or Perez. Perez wants Jose Mourinho to come back, there is no doubt about it, but if he did that right now he’ll have to get rid of five or six players, as some of the big players at Real Madrid do not want Jose Mourinho back.
“So how Florentino Perez sort that out? I don’t know. It won’t be now, it won’t be for a while. Who he is trying to convince is Zidane, but Florentino is not 100 per cent convinced that Zidane himself is the solution.
“So with no clear alternative, all that debate is happening at board level, and with Florentino and his entourage.”
The club is expected to an official announcement soon.

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Dele Momodu Is Not Being Truthful, If Anything Happens To My Daughter He Is Responsible – Davido

Less than 24 hours after music star, Davido released an extensive expose on the crisis rocking his relationship with his baby mama, Sophia and her uncle, Dele Momodu, we have gathered more facts on what allegedly led to the face-off.

File photo of Davido and baby mama Sophie Momodu.

In an extensive post released on Sunday January 3, Davido claimed he never had plans to marry Sophia Momodu, but just needed to take responsibility of the situation after a DNA test confirmed that he is the biological father of Imade, the baby named after his late mother.s
A reliable source told us that the major reason Davido swore to high heavens not to marry Sophia was because he met her in club, and she is a core ‘street girl’. It was also reported that she was not ready to change her habits, continuing even after she had started a relationship with the musician.
“It was just meant to be one of those casual sexes you have with any club girl. But due to his (Davido) negligence, the lady got pregnant. The truth is that no man would want to marry such girl, not even when she is not ready to change for the better,” our source said.
On several occasions, Sophia would sneak out of the apartment rented for her by Davido, leave her few months old baby with the Nanny, and go clubbing with her friends.
“More worrisome is the fact that she had even started sleeping around,” the source alleged.
we gathered that though Davido had been getting information about his baby mama’s escapades, he pretended not to be bothered until the day the management of Escape Nightclub brought a bill of N250,000 incurred the previous night by Sophia and her friends to him.
His refusal to offset the bill was the genesis of his crisis with Sophia, followed by Imade’s lungs illness.
Read Davido’s unedited piece on the whole issue below:
Birth of Imade Adeleke
“When the second trimester of Sophia’s pregnancy was closing, she tortuously announced to me that she was in the family way.
“My mind was bemused, and so was my soul confused. But I quickly realized that nothing more could be done to alter my status as a father-to-be. I knew that I was not ready to be a dad. Still, I adjusted myself to the realities of my new situation and the consequences of my past personal indiscretions. I made the determination that I was going to be a good dad. I also reasoned that my blunder is not enough pretext to make me a husband. I was just 21. And so I decided to be a responsible dad without being husband to the mother of my baby. I never was in love with Sophia neither was marriage ever in the offing.
“Without knowing for sure that I was the real dad of the baby, I entrusted Sophia to the services of a private hospital for both pre-natal and post-natal medical cares. An apartment at Lekki was leased for 2 years, and paid for by me. The burden of medical bills, feeding, transportation and sundry costs rested on my person. No family member of Sophia including Uncle Dele Momodu rose to help nor guide Sophia. 

File photo of Davido’s daughter Imade.

“I own my property at Lekki and had allowed Sophia to stay in the house because she claimed that she knew nobody in Lagos and that her father was deceased whilst her mother was resident in Abuja. For real, Sophia was a drifter without a dime, education nor career. My compassion, ignorance, naivety and poor judgment had combined to make me a victim to a much older lady with super cunning sense that was mixed with a vicious and diabolical nature.
“I stand accused but calmly accepted my responsibility for the sad misadventure that caused me to be a seat-mate with Sophia on a plane that was flying nowhere.
“All along, I have only been generous with Sophia without knowing for sure I was the father to the baby she was carrying. On May 14, 2015, Sophia delivered her baby named Imade. It was after Sophia had delivered the baby that DNA testing medically confirmed that I was indeed the biological father of our child named Imade.
“Once this status was obtained, Sophia started to apply maximum financial demands on me. I bought all the baby things and fully furnished her apartment. Sophia knew well how to spend money and yet contributed zero to the vast expenses that I incurred. None in her family contributed even a fake coin to the cost of having Imade.
“Uncle Dele Momodu, now the pompous moralist, never visited Sophia nor even delivered an ordinary greeting card to Imade nor to her mum. Throughout the many months that Sophia stayed at my house when she claimed she has no family in Lagos, Uncle Dele Momodu and his bossy wife never showed up at my house to say hello to either of us.
“When the going was good, Sophia had told me plenty things about her uncle Dele Momodu that I need not repeat here. And she never invited me to go with her to visit him and I don’t have the knowledge that she ever visited him throughout the time she stayed in my house. She always explained that a visit to Uncle Dele was needless and unnecessary. Uncle Dele Momodu never liked, and still does not like Sophia. He is now just grandstanding because Sophia had a baby for a fairly prominent family and famous Davido.
“The case of Mrs. Momodu baffles me even more. Why did she not think it necessary to move to Sophia’s apartment to help her out and show her the tricks of motherhood when Imade was newly born? Not once did she visit Sophia and her baby until December 2015. She gave neither care, love nor financial support to Sophia. Now, at 7 months old, and a child with special medical needs, Mrs. Momodu rushed to the Lagos Airport to make an awful botch of her standing as a mother: Mrs Momodu [is] certainly not a good person.
“She put time and energy to prevent my daughter and I, the real father of Imade, from travelling abroad to keep an appointment with the American Hospital, Dubai. At the point of dying in November, 2015 Imade had been rushed to this medical facility in Dubai, where she received helpful and adequate treatment, and was duly returned to Nigeria, without any side excursions.
“What then suddenly propels the fear or dangerous love of Mr& Mrs Momodu for Sophia? I deeply sense this couple never loved Sophia nor her late father. They also resent her mum, and probably are jealous that Sophia ever became a mum herself, and thus, wish that Sophia’s daughter who is also my daughter, must needlessly perish. 
“Where is the inherent value in a callous human ploy that directly intends to prevent a child from receiving necessary medical care abroad once the biological father, David Adeleke, the child’s grandfather and all my siblings who are uncles and aunties to Imade are booked to fly on this essential medical trip to which we have attached a restful family vacation? Sophia ain’t a member of our family, period.
“Surely, Sophia was not with Imade when she first visited Dubai, and yet Imade was promptly returned to Nigeria. And no one said Sophia cannot come to Dubai except that I declared that I don’t want the trip to seem like a spousal get-away. Sophia ain’t my wife and I refuse to let any action conspire to make us look like a couple. She seemed unable or unwilling to pay her way to Dubai. Also, her boastful Uncle, alas, refused to volunteer to pay her way to Dubai.
“I never suggested to an elder what he should take up as his personal responsibility if indeed he cared at all for Sophia as his robust involvement in our odd relationship wishes to establish. Mr Momodu never bought the ticket but wanted to enforce his cousin to join my family on this Dubai trip.
“Dangerous lights are furiously blinking red around my daughter, Sophia and my person. Uncle Dele Momodu and his wife are providers of the energy espousing the idea of a needless death tomy daughter. I now say it loud and clear, should my daughter die, this strange couple are mainly responsible.
“Mr Dele Momodu should just leave me and my family alone! His daughter is not who had a baby for me, and he has been too much of an absentee uncle to Sophia to have any traction on the moral authority that commands the soul and heart of this matter.
“Sophia never formally introduced him nor his wife to me, at any time. Why are they now crowding my space and that of my daughter?”
Custody, Lifestyle and Imade’s Loss of Wellness
“In May, the same month Imade was born, Sophia settled in her fancy apartment for which I paid a hefty bill for a 2 year lease. Her baby was healthy. And she seemed happy. I would take care of all the financial needs of Imade and still pay Sophia a living allowance of 300,000 Naira plus utility bills.
“Within a matter of weeks, Sophia was missing and lusting for the streets of Lagos, especially the glitzy night life. She often left Imade home for clubbing, binge drinking and a life of debauchery and deviant living. She would sleep all day and party all night. When awake, she was addicted to the telephone and cannabis.
“She paid the baby no attention at all and seems to despise motherhood and parenting. Imade was in her custody for two straight months, unchallenged and uninterrupted, until the baby took badly and severely ill in July.
“Imade cried, ceaselessly, for 48 hours. She was rushed to the hospital where her condition confounded medical experts. Several tests were conducted on her and later on the mother. Medical reports proved that Sophia’s blood was polluted to the maximum level with cannabis and she had by the process of breast feeding infected her child with complicated medical conditions associated with the use of alcohol and especially cannabis.

File photo of Sophia Momodu’s medical report.

“The trouble spot for Imade was her lungs. She had difficulty breathing largely because of the contaminated breast milk and the severity of the ‘Second Smoke’ of marijuana inhaled by the poor child.
“The medical experts at the hospital were enraged by the callous treatment of Imade by her own mother and declared her unfit for the caring and the nursing of a delicate baby. The team determined that they would hand over the baby to the Children’s Welfare Authority of Lagos State Government. My family started to plead with the hospital management. For the first time, Sophia too was sober, sorry and contrite. We pleaded that the baby would be kept from the mother once she was returned to us, and that we would take over responsibilities for Imade’s welfare.
“Voluntarily, Sophia, in the attempt to avoid the handing over of the baby to the children welfare authority, agreed to a compromise position that she would transfer Imade to the Adeleke family until the cannabis in the systems of both mum and daughter was completely out and comprehensively cleaned out. The medical expert also indicated that the full damage to Imade’s person could not be ascertained right away and that her mental state now or in [the] future could not be determined nor predicted until perhaps when she would have attained adulthood.
“This was why and how Imade was transferred to the custody of the Adeleke family.
“Soonest, Sophia began to make vigorous demands for the brand new car promised to her by me in May. My father stood out of all this matter and pointedly told me that although I was very young but I was already making big income and therefore must learn to be a responsible adult who takes care of business properly and accordingly. He had instructed since May, that I should provide the mother of my baby with a car, without delay. But I have since had a change of mind on this issue because of Sophia’s night crawling activities and reckless partying at night clubs. Her clubbing rendezvous escalated. In fact, she had gone to a club on Victoria Island and spent 250,000 Naira in one night. Unashamedly, she told the management of the club to slap ‘Davido’ with the bill. I have refused to pay but till date, the club has never let off the harassment of my person for the settlement of this wild bill.
“I still don’t believe that my obstinacy will finally absorb from the payment of this reckless charge. This was one of the main reasons I put the purchase of the car on hold.
“Meanwhile, Imade was increasingly worse off in wellness and she had to be flown to the American hospital in Dubai. I wrote a letter of release authorizing my sister to travel to Dubai with Imade. The hospital saved Imade who was returned to Nigeria with a medical equipment that had to be used daily to enable Imade to gain restful sleep and balanced respiratory rhythm. The photograph of this equipment is hereby attached.
“If Imade had not gone to Dubai, it is fair to say that she may not be alive today. Still, some people prevented her from keeping a follow-up appointment at the American Hospital in Dubai for the silliest possible reason. My family would not pay for Sophia’s flight ticket and thus Imade would be disallowed from travelling for the vital purpose of medical conditions that lend oxygen to her life. Which is more important to Mr Dele Momodu, the ticket for his cousin or the overall wellness of Imade? And why can’t this glamorous uncle buy the ticket for Sophia so that the life of Imade is not compromised? 
“The claim has been made that the aborted trip to Dubia was to take Imade to America. This is not true. Imade’s Nigerian passport is right now with the Immigration Office with no American Visa embossed on it and Imade, though qualified to possess an American Passport because her dad is an American citizen, still does not possess an American passport. True, her passport is being processed but the truancy of her mother has caused a major delay. I therefore ask, how will Imade have entered America without a visa on her Nigerian passport? The great dynamics of lying is that the liar is the first to know that he has told a lie, and the lies told would certainly demolish his integrity and the peace of his soul. Uncle Dele Momodu, beware!  
“The only reason why some of us are dancing naked in the market place today is because Sophia’s request to go to Dubai on my ticket was declined. She is demanding for her new car and a raise of her allowance to one million naira per month. The sole reason why she’s demanding for the custody of Imade is to justify the necessity for this delusional one million naira. A domestic matter that could have been quietly and sensibly settled has been tossed to the public domain with the brutal consequences to the most innocent actor in this drama, Imade.
“From December 23-28, Sophia lived at my father’s Lekki residence in peace except for the first one hour when a medication was misapplied by her and Imade speedily vomited for a fearfully long time. Sophia did not know how to even bathe her own baby. She brought a friend to stay with her in a 3-bedroom flat with a resident professional nurse and nanny. Overall, her stay was joyful and in alignment with the thrills of the Christmas holiday season.
“On December 29, less than 24hours of leaving my father’s house, Sophia was at the airport in the company of her uncle and his wife with malice aforethought and the aim to do maximum damage that would obstruct her child from travelling abroad to receive necessary and needful medical care.
“She was welcome to join us if she had bought her ticket or her uncle had funded her for the trip.
I offered to buy her a car and suggested a Toyota brand or Hyundai. She lost her cool and told me off. She wanted a fancy jeep and preferably, a Mercedes Benz Jeep. I laughed because she just wanted to be a Lagos Big Girl for nothing.
“She hardly can cope with the cheapest car much less the ruinous cost of maintaining a Mercedes Benz vehicle. In December she received 500,000 naira as her allowance without doing anything for Imade. Life is not a bed of roses. Neither have I ever promised Sophia a rose garden. Her spontaneous motions of delusions utterly baffle me!
“On her twitter page, she claimed she has recovered Imade from captivity. But Imade never was in captivity. Sophia certainly knows where Imade is. And it is where she left her on December 28, at my father’s house. What is the lie about? Sophia also claimed that she hasn’t seen her daughter in 5 months. This cannot be true. Sophia spent every Sunday with her baby at my father’s house since July 2015 when she voluntarily transferred Imade to the Adeleke family after the cannabis incidence. She and her daughter constantly appear on her facebook and twitter pages throughout this period of 5 months. What manner of unreliable and lying person is Sophia? The picture of your reconciliation with Imade after ‘captivity’ that you posted on your twitter page came directly from the photo shoot that you posed for at my father’s house during your Christmas stay. Why can’t you ever be affable with truth nor have a relationship with honour?
“Uncle Dele Momodu was the first to bring this domestic matter online and onto the internet. Uncle Dele Momodu ran smack into the internet highway on December 30 with video recordings that he dishonestly, immorally and unlawfully recorded at a government facility and office at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
“Uncle, you are wrong and you are not doing the right thing. By doing a thing so unlawful over a domestic matter between a 23-yearold boy and your niece is a bothersome slight that proved your niece must have learnt her sleazy ways from your own accomplished slap-happy conduct.

File photo of Imade Adeleke, Davido’s daughter.

“Life is beautiful if we all live in simple ways and do not engage criminal gadgets to replace integrity and honour. Your worthless video recording has achieved nothing, but exposed your naivety and lack of decorum. Your recordings cannot alter the fact that I am ‘Davido’ father of Imade and it cannot force me to be the husband of your cousin.
“In truth, I don’t know if you are uncle or cousin to Sophia. The word uncle has lost it esteem since the time that sleaze bucket took over our land. Still, Uncle Dele Momodu, it is immoral, unlawful and unethical to clandestinely record anyone, especially friends and family members. This scandalous act truly got you slaughtered and put a new slant on your person.
“Late evening on December 30, I responded to your vicious internet publications that attacked me and my family. As you well know, my response was a slam dunk that hurt you badly and diminished your person. You perhaps deserved what you got. But my father’s counsel and the love I have for Imade prompted me to recall the arrow aimed at you. You see, my father raised me well, and I promptly complied with his advice. I thus deleted all references to the issue of December 29 at the Airport and apologized to you in particular along with all my fans. I showed you respect even if you had drunkenly provoked me.
“Instead of reciprocating with love and elderly wisdom, you sustained your attack of me with even more venom and hatefulness. With all due respect for my dad, I am compelled to speak to your lies and your simulation of grand self-importance. I am 23 and you are almost 60. Your cousin has a baby for me. Rather than bring us together as a family, you wished for glowing embers to come out of cool cucumber. You know damn well how to grandstand. This is why you instructed your lawyers to put garbage on the internet in a matter that should be showcased in the court of law. Uncle, who offended you? Is it Davido, Sophia or Imade? It cannot be my late mum after whom I named Imade. Is it my gentle dad? Why have you engaged yourself in a bitter private vendetta with my family? Uncle, you will have your day in court.
“But you will soonest be forced to embrace the fact that the crowning glory of your puffing and pride rests in your stunning emptiness. Again, I dare you, publish the garbage in your vanity trunk or perish!
I am 23 and a performing artiste that God immensely blessed and I have joyfully made good in the industry. I won’t do this forever, and I shall timely step aside in the nearest future. I have a degree and I am stashing my monies aside so that I can build a decent future for Imade plus my future wife and family. “I believe as the Bible says, ‘every good gift is from above’.
“There is nothing better in life than to tell the truth and pray. May God ever stand by me and deliver to me my dreams and wishes. May He also deliver to your own children their dreams and desires. Uncle Dele Momodu, please, please leave me and my family alone even if it is clear, by God’s will, that you can’t do us a thing. As for me, this is the end of this conversation. May God lead both of us to the righteous path. I thank you very much, sir. “
Davido is a 23-year-old, multi award-winning Afro pop star who fathered a baby girl, in May 2015, from his relationship with then Abuja-based lady, Sophie Momodu.

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Buhari’s Media Aide “Femi Adesina” Sister Dies In Auto Accident

 
Head of Department (HoD) of Dramatic Arts of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Prof. Foluke Ogunleye, is dead. She died in a ghastly motor accident on Sunday.

It was gathered that the accident occurred when the lecturer was on the way from Ibadan to Lagos.

Public Relations Officer of the university, Mr. Abiodun Olanrewaju, who confirmed the incident, said the late Ogunleye was from Ipetumodu in Osun State and elder sister to Mr. Femi Adesina, President Muhammadu Buhsri’s special adviser on media and publicity.

Ogunleye headed the department from 2006 to 2009.

Ogunleye, who was reputed for writing the plays: ‘Nest in a Cage’ and ‘Jabulilee’ delivered her inaugural lecture early 2014, about three decades after Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, delivered his in the same department.

Until her demise, she was also the executive director of Ife International Film Festival of OAU.

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Shahadat Hossain: Bangladesh cricketer charged with torturing maid

Shahadat Hossain (centre) handed himself in to police in October

Police in Bangladesh have charged the cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife with torturing their former domestic servant, an 11-year-old girl.

If found guilty, the couple may face lengthy jail terms. They are currently on bail and deny charges of employing and assaulting a minor.
The police charge sheet submitted to the court in Dhaka accuses the couple of physically torturing the child.
Bangladesh's Cricket Board has already suspended the medium-fast bowler.
The case is to be heard on 12 January.
The girl, Mahfuza Akhter Happy, was found in a street in September with multiple injuries, including a broken leg.
At the time, she said she had been working for the couple for a year.
The charges have been brought under legislation designed to protect women and children from domestic abuse.
If convicted, the cricketer and his wife, Jasmine Jahan Nritto Shahadat, could face jail terms of between seven and 14 years, plus a fine.

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obafemi martins launches clothing line

Super Eagles and Seattle Sounders striker Obafemi has launched his own clothing line. 

 The former Newcastle, Wolfsburg, Inter Milan and Levante forward’s line features T-shirts, knits and flashy hug and sweater. The Nigerian is the face of the brand, with the back-flip goal celebration image.

A picture of Oba gear hoodie

The forward was quoted as saying by Timeline.ng:  “I love clothing, that’s why I decided to launch a clothing line so that my fans can identify with me.
“Aside Oba gear, I also have other innovation like putting together a foundation in order to give back to the society.  Although, I have one already but I still plan to make it bigger so that I can get across to other states in the country.”

Oba Gear flip man T-shirt

Oba Gear is yet to be launched in Nigeria but it can be found in boutiques and stores in the USA where the Super Eagles striker plays.

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Sacha Baron Cohen donates £670,000 for Syria

Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and his wife, actress Isla Fisher, have donated £670,000 ($1m) to two charities.

The couple have given £335,000 to Save The Children to help vaccinate against measles in northern Syria.
They are also giving the same amount to the New York-based International Rescue Committee, run by former UK foreign secretary David Miliband.
This will fund education, health care, shelter and sanitation for refugees in Syria and neighbouring countries.
More than 250,000 people have been killed since an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began in March 2011 and more than 11 million others have been forced from their homes.

Mr Miliband said those caught up in the conflict were "victims of terror".
He added: "Sacha and Isla's donation is a great expression of humanity, and a challenge to do more for the most vulnerable.
"I hope it is an example to many others seeking practical ways of making a difference during the Christmas and new year season."
Justin Forsyth, CEO of Save the Children, said Syria's health system had collapsed and deadly childhood diseases such as measles had returned, threatening the lives of many children.
"By allowing us to make their generous donation to Syrian children public, Sacha and Isla are helping highlight the tragedy of the issue today," he said.
"These are desperate times for Syrian families facing bombs, bullets and torture in Syria. The couple's donation will save many thousands of lives and protect some of the most vulnerable children."

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Accident Leaves 8 Injured At Abuja NNPC MEGA Station

Two vehicles were on Monday included in a head on crash close to the NNPC Mega Station in Central Business District of Abuja.
The mishap included a Kebbi State Transport Service vehicle and a TATA Indigo saloon car with four travelers on board each vehicle.
The eight occupants of the two vehicles sustained genuine wounds and were conveyed to the Wuse General Hospital for treatment. (NAN)

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Chelsea 3 Sunderland 1: A Message To The Fans Who Booed

A first half performance to be proud of, admittedly against a poor Sunderland team. Flowing moves / flicks, an early 2-0 lead (when was the last time we went into a 2-0 lead inside 20 minutes?) / Oscar bossing the midfield / Costa making good runs / Pedro a handful on the wing - I could go on. Good reason to boo then - well actually, and rather obviously, no.

Do you know what I especially enjoyed today? Our first goal and the way it interrupted a chorus of 'stand up for the special one'. Why? Not because I don't like Jose Mourinho or because I don't respect his achievements, no. Purely because it brought the focus back to the team. And surprise, surprise people, it's the team that we're supporting - or so it should have been.

It would be great if it had ended there. But sadly, there are too many people who read the dailies and actually believe half of what they read. I can only assume that this is the reason 'fans' booed Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa. Dear dear, what are our 'fans' coming to?

Did you want us to have a shaky second half? Did you want us to lose confidence? What might have happened, if - and careful here in case we get too revolutionary - you had supported the team? Doesn't bare thinking about, does it?. Maybe, just maybe, if we had spent more time supporting the players in recent weeks, instead of singing Jose's name, it might have lifted us.

Yes, you are entitled to do what you like - within reason - when you pay your admission money. But maybe you need to search yourself as to who you are actually supporting. We have, I believe, a responsibility to the team. I cannot get my head around the idea that it is right to boo any player in the course of a game. It is always - note again ALWAYS - wrong.

I happen to believe, that our rather less than convincing second half , stemmed in part, from a lack of confidence. Unsurprising given our wretched run. Our job at that point, is to cheer - wait for it, and maybe I'm stretching people's minds a little too far here - the team.

I think I have got my point across, even if a little sarcastically at times. But if you are thinking of turning up against Watford next week, and booing players again,do me a favour, stay at home.

Jose Mourinho was a great manager, who helped us achieve things we could only dream of. He's gone after the worst run we have had since 1978-79 .Incidentally, I remember and was there for the one bright light that season - the 4-3 victory at home to Bolton after being 0-3 down at half-time. The support that day was incredible, and wasn't too shabby for the whole season. There, some perspective. Guus Hiddink is manager now, Jose is gone. Long live Chelsea

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He's BACK! Mourinho attends Brighton v Middlesbrough just two days after Chelsea sacking

The former Blues boss was in the stands to watch the top two in the Championship go head-to-head just hours after releasing a statement to say he won't be taking a sabbatical

You just can't keep Jose Mourinho away! The former Chelsea boss was only given the boot by Roman Abramovich on Thursday but is already back in the game as he attended the Brighton v Middlesbrough Championship clash on Saturday.

It appears the Championship is deemed safe ground for Mourinho, however, with the 52-year-old, sporting a new haircut, in attendance at the Amex Stadium as the top two in England's second tier go head-to-head...

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Who Has The Hottest Baby Mama, Wizkid, Olamide Or Davido? (Photos)

We present to you Wizkid, Olamide and Davido baby mama.

Who has the hottest baby mama?

Check the photos and drop your comment below:

1. Wizkid’s Baby Mama


2. Davido’s Baby Mama



3. Olamide’s Baby Mama

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Manchester United Striker Anthony Martial Wins Golden Boy Award

 
Manchester United forward Anthony Martial has won the 2015 Golden Boy award that recognises the best young player in Europe, seeing off Kingsley Coman and Hector Bellerin for the award.

Launched by Italian sports newspaper Tuttosport in 2003, the Golden Boy is restricted to players under the age of 21, and is voted for by writers from 30 newspapers across the continent.

The 20-year-old became the most expensive teenager in football history when he secured a September deadline-day move to United from Monaco.

He has scored six times in 19 appearances to date for Louis van Gaal’s team, while also making the breakthrough to earn full international honours with France this season.

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‘My Players Betrayed Me’- Mourinho

Jose Mourinho says he felt “betrayed” by his players in Chelsea’s dramatic 2-1 defeat by Leicester on Monday Night Football.

The Blues have now lost nine of their opening 16 games and sit just one point off the relegation zone in the Premier League after defeat at the King Power Stadium.

Clearly unhappy with his side’s performance, Mourinho told Sky Sports:

“They deserved to win because they were better than us during a longer period of time. I think we were the best team, I will say for 20 to 25 minutes, maximum 30 minutes. They were the best team for one hour.

“They were very consistent and very focused. They didn’t make any mistakes. They were aggressive with everybody playing high intensity, high tempo with a great mentality. It was difficult for us and then we conceded two goals that are unacceptable to me because I know one of my best qualities is to read the game for my players.

It is to read the opponent and identify every detail about the opponent. These two goals, the movement of Vardy between the two central defenders then the cross with the left foot. Then Mahrez in the box one against one – I want one against two because I want the midfield player to close the best foot.

“[The] two goals are difficult to accept because I feel like my work was betrayed.”

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Lai Mohammed Says Nigerians Should Blame Jonathan’s Government For Bad Economy

The present decline in Nigeria’s economy and the continuous fall of the naira against the dollar has caused for several stakeholders to cry out and complain about the state of things. Minister of Information Lai Mohammed however thinks the blame should be faced towards the immediate past administration. He said that the Jonathan administration plundered National wealth and turned the CBN into their piggy banks.
He said if the party had won the Presidential election, Nigerians economy would not have survived one more month …
“Some people still have the temerity to insult a government that is working hard to turn things around for the citizens, who are bearing the brunt of such mismanagement. It is now clear to all Nigerians that if the PDP had won the last general elections, Nigeria’s economy would not have survived one more month, considering the battering it received under the immediate past Administration. It is therefore unconscionable that those who should show contrition and humility to avoid public disgrace are the same ones pointing accusing fingers at the Buhari Administration.”he said
Lai Mohammed described the comments credited to the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu which stated that ‘businesses may collapse in the next six months because the Buhari Administration has mismanaged the economy’ as the clearest indication that the PDP and its leaders are still in denial of the massive destruction they inflicted on the Nigerian economy. According to him, Ike Ekweremadu (Senator) complained about the depreciation of the naira without telling Nigerians, who ‘dollarized’ the Nigerian economy by bribing many individuals and groups with dollars during the last elections, thereby causing a downward drift on the local currency.
Lai added that the Senate deputy President failed to tell Nigerians which government presided over the frenzied mop-up of dollars, either for ‘arms – gate’ or for slush fund purposes from the CBN to a point where it almost ran out of the hard currency.
He said that though the Buhari Administration met an economy that was in coma, it has refused to use that as an excuse for inaction, hence has been working hard on measures that will turn the economy around and greatly offer relief to Nigerians by lifting millions, not thousands of people out of poverty through a massive social intervention policy.
He further noted that the outcome of the months of hard work will manifest soon in the 2016 national budget that will give succor to millions of Nigerians, who are reeling from the fallout of the mistake of the immediate past Administration which has turned the country into a cash market.
He advised the leaders of PDP and members of the immediate past Administration, who are involved in the emerging cases of looting spree to urgently return to government coffers, the funds they have taken from the treasury.
”They are lucky that Nigerians are not as reckless as they are, otherwise they would not be able to walk around freely; not even to have the confidence challenge the Government which inherited their rot or the citizens suffering the consequences. They looted the billions of naira that were allocated for the fight against insurgency, causing many innocent and patriotic soldiers to die needlessly. Yet, they are not remorseful. They looted the treasury to influence the last elections, doling out money as if it was going out of fashion, yet they have continued in brag. In the latest revelation, a Minister under the immediate past dispensation admitted to sharing 600 million naira to six Chairmen of the Contact and Mobilization Committee of the PDP for the last general elections, 300 million naira to an account given by a former PDP Chairman, 200 million naira to a PDP governorship candidate and 100 million naira to a former PDP Governor. This is just one case out of many, yet these revelations are but a tip of the iceberg of what Nigerians will hear in the days ahead.” he added.

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21 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Don Jazzy

Mavins Records big boss, Don Jazzy, born Michael Collins Ajereh is an enigma, whom very little is known about. He once boasted that he hates talking onstage and rarely ever grants press interviews.
Apart from his activities on social media very little is known about the multi-award winning music maker.
Here are some facts you probably don’t know about the Nigeria’s foremost music maker.
1. He prefers bringing up new artistes than hooking up the the big boys
2. He hasn’t slept in his house in over one year. He lives in the studio at Lekki
3. He smokes cigarettes, not marijuana or any other drugs
4. He likes only slim girls, he calls them ‘Lepa toh bad’
5. He believes there are four major artistes in Nigeria, 2Face, D’Banj, Psquare and the rest
6. He likes to think Italian and it is where he got Dorobucci, at Tiwa Savage’s wedding in Dubai
7. He thinks he is an ugly man
8. He has investment in oil, owning a large number of fuel tankers
9. He got the name ‘MAVIN’ from Google
10. His father is his number one fan
11. He is a very shy person and that’s why he wears sunglasses
12. He cannot rap
13. 2Face is his favourite artiste
14. He is not inspired by anyone
15. He only respects Timbaland and Jay Z
16. No one has ever written a line of song for him in his life; he writes all his songs by himself
17. His beats are inspired by highlife
18. His music comes first, his family second
19. He is not a fashion label freak
20. Once he releases a song he doesn’t listen to it again.
21. He has never charged for a collabo

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House Of Reps Declare Disapproval Of Anti-Social Media Bill

It Was This Social Media That Brought Us To Power

The House of Representatives has made its stand known on the anti-social media bill proposed to the Senate by the Deputy Senate Leader Sen. Bala Ibn Na’Allah.
While speaking to newsmen after a dinner hosted by President Muhammadu Buhari for members of the House of Representatives at the State House Banquet Hall on Wednesday,  the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Media and Publicity, Mr. Abdulrazak Namdas has said the reps are in support of helping the federal government in fighting corruption and generating employment as well as security but not on closing the space for free speech.
He said:

“As Chairman, House Committee on Media, I must say that we cannot close space for free speech. We would like to ensure that there is free speech. And the only thing we try to enjoin is that journalists, who are trained, who know the ethics of journalism, should also join the social media activity so that we can differentiate between the grains and the chaff.

I think that is most essential, but we should not leave it for just those who think they can just post anything. Ideally, I think it is very important that we allow free speech. With time we will get to the level that we can regulate. For now I think Nigerians will rely on them. We came on the platter of change and it was this social media that brought us to power and we are making effective changes on that; I think we should live with that.’’

I think as a legislative arm of government we will ensure that all these things that he has placed at the front burner in his administration we will ensure that we support him.’’

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