A New Year message to Nigeria’s youth from Muhammadu Buhari

..and here's Gen. Buhari's New Year message to Nigerian youths... As we welcome the year 2015, I have shared a message to Nigerians in general, but I find it crucial to send another message directly to Nigeria’s youth, who are the major stakeholders of this enterprise. The year 2014 was a challenging one for most citizens of our dear country. We remember our compatriots who were brutishly killed or maimed by evil terrorists in 2014. I remember...

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Taiye Taiwo dreams super eagles recall

Bursaspor defender Taye Taiwo has said that he would be glad to get a recall to play for the Super Eagles. The 29-year-old has 53 caps for the country but has been shut out of the national team since coach Stephen Keshi took over as coach. Since then, Elderson Echiejile and recently Juwon Oshaniwa have held sway in the left back position of the national team. Taiwo who has never hidden his passion to play for the Eagles feels his playing regularly...

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Not again! AirAsia plane carrying 153 people overshoots runway in Philippines

Two days after an AirAsia airliner carrying 163 people plunged into the sea, another one carrying 153 passengers overshot the runway at an airport in the Philippines today December 30th, forcing passengers to disembark the aircraft on emergency slides. The incident occurred at Kalibo Airport in Aklan province in Philippines according to a journalist Jet Damazo-Santos who was on board and shared the photo above on Twitter. "Engine was shut immediately,...

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Torres' Atletico return is great for world football - Cerezo

Fernando Torres' return to Atletico Madrid is not only great for the club, but for the rest of world football too, according to president Enrique Cerezo. The Spanish champions announced on Monday that the striker has rejoined the club in a loan deal from AC Milan until the end of next season, with Alessio Cerci going in the other direction. The former Chelsea and Liverpool striker has spoken of his delight at returning "home" to the club at which...

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Mancini confirms Podolski intrest

Roberto Mancini has admitted Inter are interested in signing Arsenal forward Lukas Podolski. The Germany attacker has been heavily linked to a move away from the Emirates Stadium, having made just seven Premier League appearances this term. Reports have circulated in Italy that the Nerazzurri are interested in the former Bayern Munich player and Mancini confirmed his side are looking at him after being asked about his transfer targets. "Podolski...

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Ancelotti named top coach of the year

Real madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has been named as the best coach of 2014 at the Globe Soccer Awards, held in Dubai. In his first year at the Santiago Bernabeu the Italian guided the Spanish side to an elusive 10th European Cup with a 4-1 final defeat of city rivals Atletico in Lisbon. It marked the continuation of the Italian's glittering coaching career, which has also seen him win domestic league titles in Italy (AC Milan), England (Chelsea)...

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West Brom sack Alan Irvine

West Brom have confirmed Alan Irvine has been sacked as the club's manager. The 56-year-old leaves the Hawthorns after just six months in charge with the club currently 16th in the Premier League, one point clear of the relegation zone. Irvine was able to guide West Brom to four wins in the Premier League but leaves the club following a run of three straight defeats. West Brom have also announced that assistant head coach Rob Kelly, along with Keith...

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Ronaldo:Hopefully Ballon d 'Or is next

Cristiano Ronaldo hopes picking up Best Player of the Year at the Globe Soccer Awards will lead to him winning the Ballon d'Or in January. Ronaldo has enjoyed arguably the greatest year of his career, breaking the record for the number of goals in a single Champions League season as he led Real Madrid to their 10th European title, while maintaining his better than a goal-per-game ratio across five prolific years in Spain. Ronaldo is hotly tipped...

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The Eagles were failure-Kanu

Nigeria legend Nwankwo Kanu has scored the country’s football low in the outgoing year following the senior men’s team’s failure to qualify for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations. The former Super Eagles captain said that there is much work to be done in 2015 to bring back the faded glory of the three-time African champions. After winning their third title in South Africa in 2013, Nigeria reached the second round at the World Cup in Brazil but failed...

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Chris Rock now dating co-star Rosario Dawson?

Comedian Chris Rock announced yesterday that he and his wife of over 18 years Malaak Rock are divorcing and looks like he made the announcement so he could officially go public with his new love interest, his Top 5 co-star, Rosario Dawson. That is if you believe MediaTakeOut. "They didn't want to announce it while their movie Top 5 was still being released - cause they didn't want people thinking that Rosario is some type of homewrecker. She's not,...

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Toke Makinwa and husband hit the UK for the holidays

The couple are currently on holiday in the UK. Toke shared the pics on instagram. See more photos after the cut... ...

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Looks like Tinubu didn't have faith in Buhari once, called him an agent of destabilization

Presidential spokesperson Reuben Abati posted this very revealing Wikileaks docs on his website. Back in 2003, Tinubu didn't want Buhari to be president because he believed he was an agent of destabilization. That was 11 years ago, he's since changed his mind...:-). Read the doc after the cut ...

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Buhari Fails To Submit Academic Qualifications To INEC

ABUJA —Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari, did not present his academic qualifications to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, even as he prepares for the 2015 presidential contest. Unlike his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, counterpart, President Goodluck Jonathan, whose academic certificates were conspicously displayed by the commission upon presentation, Buhari’s credentials were...

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Miley Cyrus posts topless photo of herself on instagram

Last night, Miley Cyrus joined Chelsea Handler by posting an uncensored topless photo of herself  on Instagram in support of the #FreeTheNipple movement. Miley wrote "Some lame ass deff gonna [flag] that but f--kkkkkkk it. #practicewhatchupreach #FreeTheNipple #FreedatShit."Of course, posting a photo like that violates Instagram’s strict no-nudity rule and the pic was taken down within minutes. See the censored pic after the cut......

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AirAsia flight carrying 162 from Indonesia to Singapore goes missing

An AirAsia flight carrying 162 people - 155 passengers, two pilots, four flight attendants and one engineer, which took off from the city of Surabaya in Indonesia and bound for Singapore, lost contact with air traffic control about two hours after take-off, while flying over the Java Sea.The passengers included 138 adults, 16 children and one infant according to a statement released by AirAsia following the disappearance of the plane.Indonesia's...

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