Friday, 28 February 2014

Predict The Performance Of The African Team at World Cup

The 2014 world cup its 4 months away
and most teams knows who would or
wont make the 23 man squad.
Everytime there is an african team
potentially able to win a world cup,
they are grouped at the group of death
i.e nigeria in 1994, ghana in 2006,
ivory coast in 2010 and once again
Ghana in 2014. This is my prediction
of the african team potential
performance at the 2014 wc, this
prediction is based on current team
selection and capability, note nothing
its guaranteed.

Soyinka Joins Growing List Of Those Rejecting Centenary Award

NOBEL laureate Professor Wole
Soyinka has joined the growing list of
eminent Nigerians who are planning
to refuse the national honours due to
be conferred on 100 of the nation's
outstanding citizens over the last
century.

Tottenham Go Through in Europa Leaque

Tottenham produced a stunning comeback to beat Ukrainian visitors FC Dnipro and reach the Europa League last-16 on a dramatic night at White Hart Lane.

Thursday, 27 February 2014

GILES SMITH'S THURSDAY THOUGHTS


It took our team only nine minutes to do
what no other Premier League club has
so far managed in the knockout stages of
the 2013/14 Champions League: score.

Wednesday, 26 February 2014

Finally, Sanusi Sues Jonathan Over ‘Illegal’ Suspension

Ousted Governor of Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi
Lamido Sanusi has finally
concretised his threat to sue
President Goodluck Jonathan
over his removal as head of the
bank last week.

Tuesday, 25 February 2014

MOURINHO: VERY IMPORTANT ROUND


Jose Mourinho emphasised that emotions
must be put to one side when we face
Didier Drogba as an opponent for the first
time tomorrow evening.
Speaking ahead of our Champions
League knockout tie in Galatasaray
tomorrow night, Mourinho contemplated
coming up against a man so important in
his and Chelsea's history. He was keen to
stress, though, that the focus must be on
returning to London with a positive result.

Mourinho fury at secret recording

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho said it was
a "disgrace" a private conversation in
which he appeared to criticise his
strikers was broadcast on French TV.

Mourinho said he was joking when he
complained about Chelsea's lack of
strikers and made an unflattering
comment about Samuel Eto'o's age.
"It was a funny conversation with
somebody that doesn't belong to the
football world," Mourinho said.

"It is a disgrace that someone is taping a
private conversation."

Speaking ahead of his side's Champions
League last-16 tie against Galatasaray,
Mourinho told the assembled media they
should be "embarrassed" by the way
French broadcaster Canal Plus published
comments he had made about his
players during a conversation eight days
ago in Switzerland.

In the initial video Mourinho said:

"The
problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I
have Eto'o but he is 32 years old, maybe
35, I don't know."

But in Tuesday's news conference the
Portuguese boss backed Eto'o, 32, and
underlined that the Cameroon forward
had played twice under him. At Inter,
they won Serie A, the Italian Cup and the
Champions League together, before the
striker joined Chelsea on a free transfer
from Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala
last summer.

"I'm not defending what I'm saying. I'm
attacking something that is, I think,
fundamental in your professional area
and that person showed exactly what he
is or what he does not know about the
job," Mourinho continued.

"From my perspective, the comment is
not obviously a good one, not one I
would do in a serious way, not
something I would do in an official way
in an interview. First of all, because I
don't make fun. Secondly, because if
there are managers in the world that
really defend their players, I am
obviously one of them. And third,
because Samuel Eto'o is Samuel Eto'o."

Eto'o has only scored eight goals in 27
appearances since he arrived at
Stamford Bridge last August. Fellow
strikers Fernando Torres and Demba Ba
have only managed 11 goals between
them in all competitions.

But Chelsea are a point clear of Arsenal
at the top of the Premier League with 11
games remaining.

Mourinho added: "It was with Eto'o that I
had the best ever season of my career
[at Inter]. He's one of the few players
who is working with me in a second
different club and a manager never does
that when he doesn't like the player or
doesn't like the person.

"He has no reason to be upset because
also he said a few years go that
'Mourinho is the only manager in the
world I would never play for'. After a few
years he was playing with me at Inter
and now he is playing for me. There is
no story."

Wayne Rooney: One Champions League medal not enough

The striker insists a strong European
campaign is always a priority and
believes David Moyes' side can go
far in the competition with his sights
set on the final.

Wayne Rooney claims winning one
Champions League title "is never enough"
and believes Manchester United possess
the quality to go far in the competition
this season.

David Moyes’ side face Olympiakos in
Greece in the first leg of their round-of-16
tie on Tuesday evening.

Rooney won his only Champions League
medal to date after beating Chelsea in the
2008 final and the 28-year-old maintains
his focus has always been on a
successful campaign in Europe.

"You always want to win," Rooney told
reporters.
"One is never enough, especially at this
club. You have to keep trying to get into
those finals. The feeling you get when you
win the trophy is incredible.

"There's no way you want to stop at one.
You want to win every year. That's
impossible, but if we can get to the final
that will be great. It's an opportunity to
win another trophy. Hopefully we can do
that."

United topped topped Group A ahead of
Real Sociedad, Shakhtar Donetsk and
Bayer Leverkusen and Rooney feels
achieving a positive result should be his
side’s main focus in Athens.

"I think we have the quality to go really
far," said the forward.
"The main aim is to get the right result on
Tuesday and then take each game as it
comes. The year Chelsea won it they
nearly went out about three times.
"You just have to keep going, whether or
not we get the right result or not.

We're
looking to get the victory and then
progress to the quarter-finals."

Friday, 21 February 2014

Sanusi's Letter Of SuspensionFrom The CBN

19th February, 2014
Reference:
Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
Governor,
Central Bank of Nigeria, Abuja.
SUSPENSION FROM OFFICE
1. Following the Report of the Financial
Reporting Council of Nigeria on the
Audited Financial Statements of the
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the
year ended 31st December 2012, and
other related issues, I write to convey
to you His Excellency, Mr. President’s
decision that you be suspended from
office as Governor of the Central Bank
of Nigeria with effect from Thursday
20th February 2014.

Man Arrested For Having SexWith A Goat In Jigawa


A 20-year-old man, Malam Kamisu
Baranda has been arrested by
Jigawa State Police Command for
allegedly having intimate
intercourse with a goat at Baranda
forest in Dutse Local Government
Area.

Thursday, 13 February 2014

Obasanjo exposes Jonathan on second term bid

Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday restated his argument that President Goodluck Jonathan promised to serve just one term.
Speaking to Bloomberg News, a London-based tabloid, yesterday, Obasanjo said during the 2011 election campaigns, Jonathan promised not to serve beyond a single term.