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                            Super Eagles Head Coach Sunday Oliseh has invited 23 players, including USA –based Obafemi Martins and six home –based professionals, for the Super Eagles’ 2018 World Cup qualifying fixture against Swaziland. The two –legged fixture is slated to take place on the 13th and 17 of next month with the first leg to be played in Lobamba in Swaziland while the return leg will be at the Adokiye Amiesiamaka Stadium in Port Harcourt. Martins, who last featured for the national team two years ago, has been in great form in the Major League Soccer, notching up 17 goals and 13 assists, setting the club’s single-season marks for most goals and most points, and tying the assist record. Seattle’s record was 12-0-0 in matches Martins scored and his invitation shows clearly that FIFA Technical Study Group member Oliseh has an open mind to all Nigerian players across the globe. The invitation is also comes as a sweet birthday present to Martins, who celeb

                                          Khloe Kardashian's boyfriend James Harden must be an unhappy man now, he has been supportive of Khloe all through the hospital bed devotion of Lamar Odom and now that Lamar is discharged from the Vegas hospital that saved his life and heading to Los Angeles to continue his recovery, Khloe is reportedly ending her relationship with Harden.  According to  TMZ reports , a source told the website that it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see she still has deep feelings for Lamar. E! News reported that Khloé rode in the helicopter used to airlift Lamar to rehab in L.A. There are also numerous reports that he told her he loved her after regaining consciousness. Well, it could be that the split from Harden is a at clear sign that Khloé hopes to reconcile with Lamar or is she just doing the right thing and trying to be as supportive as possible since he doesn't have much surviving family. See photo of Khloe and Harden before t

In an interview with The Amba Imprint , the first daughter opened up on how being a part of the first family in Nigeria has shaped her, how she has been hurt with various news on the media that painted her in a bad light and the marriage plans that made rounds recently. Gorgeously dressed in her abaya, the first daughter freely answered all the questions she was being asked, mostly explaining how so many things have changed since her father became the president of the the giant of Africa, Nigeria. The president’s daughter first made public limelight shortly before the presidential election of March 28, 2015 when Buhari’s social media handlers released her pictures on Twitter,sparking several debates about her beauty and s*x appeal. On throwing out some people out of an Abuja boutique, Zahra said:  “I was in Guildford when I heard all these things coming through and I was surprised. I was in Selfridges when someone stopped me to ask if the story was true- I was not there.

Without provocation or any security reason nor measure, a   plain clothes officer shot and killed    a Black man  who was reportedly having car trouble over the weekend and you know what?.... Police in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida have refused to explain why he was shot or any incidentals causing his been shot. Just like many African Americans would ask.."Does Black Lives Really Matter In America?" but i can say this "Cecil The Lion" Lives matters more.  According to   Raw Story : Palm Beach Gardens Police have only said that one of its officers had shot a man at around 3:15 a.m. on a southbound exit ramp of I-95. Family members confirmed that the man was 31-year-old Corey Jones, who is known in the community for playing drums in several local bands and churches. “We don’t know where his body is, we don’t know what’s going on, all we know is someone knocked on the door and said this has happened,” WPEC was told by Ava Wright, a cousin of Jones. Wr

Babatunde Fashola got the Senate House saying Amen and head nods in affirmation to supposed trials of his...  Someone is following and tweeting about it.... see tweet after the cut tolu ogunlesi  ‏ @ toluogunlesi     14s 14 seconds ago [Fashola: May our loyalties never be tested. Senators chorus Amen. Fashola proceeds to tell a kidney transplant story.] 0 retweets 0 favorites Reply   Retweet     Favorite     More

Olufemi Olu-Kayode  ‏ @ realFFK     10m 10 minutes ago If it is the Colombians they want to use to help us to fight BH then God help us. BH versus Colombian fight on our soil is CIA versus CIA. h 9 retweets 2 favorites Reply   Retweet   9   Favorite   2   More h The above tweet from Olufemi Olu-Kayode is funny and got me thinking....mafia vs insurgents.. Ha!! that na big trouble. I suppose he was following the live streaming of the ministerial screening because he did that tweet within the minutes  Lt Gen. Abdurahman Dambazau  was on Senate floor and asked a question as regards Boko Haram insurgency.   The nominees who were screened by the Senate  were Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi, Chief Audu Ogbeh, Dr. Christopher Ogbonnaya, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Lt Gen. Abdurahman Dambazau, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Amina Ibrahim Mohammed, Engr. Suleiman Hussaini Adamu and Ibrahim Usman Jibril. On a side note,  Alhaji Lai Mohammed got

Italy ,Brazil, even Republic of Benin are known for colourful street carnivals but in recent times, other countries like Nigeria have began boosting their local festivals. Aside, you all know Cross River hosts colourful street carnival. Well, popular known cultural festivals lure tourists from around the world on a visit to the country annually. From the Eyo Festival to riverine ceremonies, there is a variety of events that showcase the religious history, music, art indigenous folklore and cultural heritage of the nation. See list of top 5 of these festivals that are held annually across the country.... Durbur festival                               The most prominent festival in northern Nigeria, the Durbar festival is popular inMaiduguri, Kano, Katsina and Zaria. Originally intended to mark the advent of a war between ancient kingdoms or regarded as a form of military showcase to the Emirs and their councils to extol the fighters who defended the territories, the festival

                     Femi Kuti is currently in a sober mood as he mourns the death of a dancer in his father’s band, Dodo Mayana. Dodo as she was fondly called, was a popular woman at the Afrika Shrine and was one of Fela’s dancers until his death in 1997. She later joined Femi Kuti’s band as a cage dancer before she retired and started selling drinks at the Afrika Shrine. According to a series of tweets from Femi, the dancer was knocked down by a hit and run driver. Femi said she died a questionable death. He tweeted, “Heard that Dodo who sells outside the Shrine was hit by a car on her way home by Grammar sch. opposite Omole Estate. I’m so sad. Sounds more like Dodo was mugged ‘cos when we got to her, nothing was found on her, no money, no phone. Mehn sad sad sad. “Dodo was such a nice and friendly person RIP. May those who did this not go free. Unfortunately, our police might never find them. She was mugged they now say most likely she took first chance, killed, dum

Civil rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, in this interview with  GBENRO ADEOYE,  speaks on President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial list and other issues concerning governance Do you think the names on the ministerial list are worth the wait? I think that the general reaction to the release of the names of the proposed ministers by President Muhammadu Buhari is that of total disappointment. The reason being that as of the time we were putting pressure on the President, he went to the United States and asked for patience because he said he was looking for clean people to work with. So the impression created thereby was that he was looking for saints, people who had no blemish, no corruption bags to carry, no allegations and people not involved in any controversy. So we were patient, hoping that he would get such people to run with his vision for Nigeria. So when we saw that list, it was a total disappointment; not because the names listed did not merit to be appointed as mini