I am the CHANGE that Nigeria needs--- Atiku brags

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that he is the most experienced candidate to lead Nigeria out of the present predicament.

Atiku said he would have defeated former President   Olusegun Obasanjo in 2003 if he had contested

He described President Goodluck Jonathan as an inexperienced leader under whose leadership Nigeria was going through the worst of times.

Atiku, who is the All Progressives Congress presidential hopeful, said he,of all the people aspiring to be president, possessed the best democratic principles to lead Nigeria.

The former Vice President spoke in Jos on Tuesday while addressing presidential delegates from Plateau State at his Rayfield House in Jos.

Osun tribunal admits Omisore’s ballot papers

Senator  Iyiola  omisore

The Election Petitions Tribunal hearing matters arising from August 9 governorship election in Osun State on Tuesday admitted the ballot papers used in the conduct of the election.

The tribunal, headed by Justice Elizabeth Ikpejime, admitted the documents brought in sacks as evidence tendered by the petitioner, Senator Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party. However, he reserved ruling on their admissibility until the judgment stage.

The tribunal had subpoenaed the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state to produce original ballot papers used in the 17 local government areas under dispute.

The materials were brought in 10 pick-up vans on Monday and the lead counsel for the petitioner, Dr. Alex Izinyon ( SAN), called the United States-based forensic data analysis expert, Mr. Pius Bakare, who tendered the documents.

Jonathan's visit to Oau causes pandemonium in the school

 No fewer than six students were injured during a clash among some students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Sunday evening.

While some of the eyewitnesses described the fight as a power tussle between students who were loyal to the President of the Student Union, Ibikunle Isaac, and those of the Vice-President, Oladejo Olufunmi, others described it as a cult attack.

They all, however, agreed that the clash was an aftermath of President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to the institution.

It was learnt that the Education Rights Campaign members had just concluded a meeting at the Students’ Union Building when the fight broke out.

Among those involved in the fight were some union executive members, suspended students of the university, members of the Security Committee of the SU and ERC members.

Some of the students, who suffered varying degrees of injuries, were rushed to nearby hospitals for treatment.

One of them, Tedy, was allegedly stabbed with a pointed object suspected to be a screw driver, while another student, David, was dealt a matchete cut on his head.

Vincent Enyeama loses BBC African Footballer of the year award to Yacine Brahimi

Algeria’s Yacine Brahimi has been voted the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2014 ahead of Super Eagles captain Vincent Enyeama.

The 24-year-old midfielder becomes the first Algerian to win the award, which is decided by football fans.

Brahimi told BBC Sport, “It’s a big honour for me to receive this wonderful trophy. I owe it to my country, Algeria, and to all the people who voted for me.

“It’s also a trophy for the whole of Africa, because it rewards an African player. So I am really very happy.”

After a record number of votes were submitted from fans in 207 FIFA-registered countries, Brahimi came out on top ahead of Nigerian Vincent Enyeama, Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Ivorian pair, Gervinho and Yaya Toure. Brahimi and Enyeama were shortlisted on Monday before the final selection was made.

And he is thrilled to have been acclaimed as the best player on the continent for the past year.

“This trophy is going to give me more strength, more desire to work, to get better, to learn so that I can keep having great performances,” Brahimi added.

During 2014, Brahimi has shone for both club and country.

He starred for Algeria at the World Cup in Brazil, helping them reach the last-16 for the first time.

Domestically, Brahimi started the year at Spanish club, Granada, where his strong performances led to him being named best African player in the country last season – and earned him a move to Portuguese giants Porto.

17 THINGS YOU DONT KNOW ABOUT DIDIER DROGBA !!!

DIDIER  DROGBA

Ivorian football star Didier Drogba is well known for his prolific scoring as a forward for Chelsea, as well as for being captain of the Côte d’Ivoire national team for the last decade. Drogba has the distinction of being highest goal-scorer of any foreign player in the Premier League, and was even voted the best Chelsea player by supporters of the club in 2012. Here are 17 things you didn’t know about Didier Drogba.

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STEPHEN KESHI FUTURE UNCERTAIN

STEPHEN KESHI

Contrary to earlier reports, the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has informed that no deal has been agreed with out-of-contract Super Eagles head coach, Stephen Keshi.

There have been reports suggesting that the football federation has offered Keshi an improved contract reportedly worth N84 million per annum.

According to the reports, Keshi would be handed a new contract for a year starting from January 2015 and would run till December of the same year.

However, while speaking on a monitored sports programme on Radio in Lagos, NFF president Amaju Pinnick played down the reports of a new improved contract has been offered to Keshi

Prof Wole Soyinka blasts GEJ, calls him the Nebuchadnezzar of Nigeria

Nobel Laureate, Prof  Wole Soyinka, says President Goodluck Jonathan is worse than neo-Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, describing Jonathan as a President that embraces impunity.

Soyinka at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday blamed Jonathan for the fracas at the National Assembly in which lawmakers resorted to scaling the gate of the Assembly complex in order to gain access to their chambers after being prevented by the police.

He said although Jonathan was democratically elected, his actions had proved that he was more of a dictator.

He said for instance, the split in Nigeria Governors’ Forum last year in which 16 governors had the final say over 19 other governors showed that the President was willing to do anything to achieve his political goals.

Soyinka said the barring of governors by policemen from entering Ekiti State to campaign for former Governor Kayode Fayemi in June showed that Jonathan was not only a dictator but was encouraging impunity by encouraging security agents to disrespect constituted authority.

WHO declares Spain Ebola free

Spain is officially clear of Ebola, the World Health Organization declared Tuesday, after no new cases were reported since a nurse’s assistant who contracted the virus there tested negative for it.

Since then, 42 days have passed — double the maximum known incubation period for the virus — without another case, allowing Spain to be declared free of Ebola.

Spanish authorities had been monitoring 87 people who came into contact with healthcare worker Teresa Romero Ramos, 15 of whom were considered high-risk and were quarantined at a Madrid hospital, WHO said.

Another 145 hospital employees who helped care for Romero during her month-long stay at the Carlos III Hospital were also monitored.

The WHO statement said it “commends Spain for the measures put in place to identify potential cases and prevent further transmission of the Ebola virus.”

Romero contracted the illness while helping to care for an infected missionary who had been brought back from West Africa. He died of the disease.

Three Miss South Africa 2015 pageant contestants disqualified for having tattoos

Three contestants of the 2015 Miss South Africa Pageant earlier shortlisted to partake in the beauty contest scheduled to take place March next year, have been disqualified for having visible tattoos

The contestants, Kelly Davids, Altina Vries and Aseza Matanzima were disqualified by the pageant organizers for not indicating in their entry forms that they had tattoos.

Pregnant Kourtney Kardshian poses nude for Dujour mag

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As, it is the new style of our celebrities nowadays in showing off their nudity for whatever purpose, Kourtney Kardshian  shows off her baby bump  with all pride. See more pictures after the cut..