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   Amos Adamu to face two-year FIFA ban   Amos Adamu to face two-year FIFA ban Posted by: Ripples News in Sports December 21, 2016 0 Comments Football administrator and former FIFA executive committee member, Amos Adamu is to face another ban from football-related activities by the world football governing body, FIFA. The investigatory chamber at FIFA ethics committee has been looking into alleged breaches of its code of ethics since March 2015, and has now recommended a two-year ban and a fine for Adamu. According to the statement, which also noted that Adamu can request a hearing, FIFA has opened a “former adjudicatory proceedings against Amos Adamu” owing to alleged violation of the football body’s code of ethics”. The investigatory chamber of FIFA’s Ethics Committee has now proposed “a sanction of a two-year ban from all football-related activities and a fine of CHF20,000 for violations of articles 13, 15 and 19 of the FIFA C...

  Did President Buhari shun Enugu Summit over threat to life?   IPOB: Did President Buhari shun Enugu Summit over threat to life? Posted by: Ripples News in Lead Stories , Politics December 22, 2016 0 Comments Like was the case of his scheduled visit to Rivers State early June, President Muhammadu Buhari has shunned the maiden South-East Economic and Security Summit in Enugu State, after the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) threatened they were ready to die along with him should he step his foot into “Biafraland”. The Nigerian President was slated as the Chief Guest of Honour at the summit that held this Thursday in Enugu State Government House, but neither him nor any of his ministers was at the summit to represent him. This is even as ministers from the zone all stayed away from the summit, a situation many commentators said might not be unconnected with IPOB’s vow that any politician of Igbo extraction that accompanied the Pre...

Nigerian React to 16 years old Nigeria Nollywood Actress Revealing Photos Nigerians on social media have expressed their varying opinions on the rightness of 16-year-old Nollywood actress, Regina Daniel’s bikini photos. The 16-year-old actress who in a recent interview said she could not put up with a man who was mediocre in bed shared some bikini photos on her Instagram page and has since come under heavy criticism. While some Nigerians in her comment box feel she is too young to expose her body on social media, others supported the actress’ decision adding that she could live her life as she pleases. See some of the photos she shared from her swimming time out with friends. http://www.metronaija.com/2016/12/nigerians-react-to-16-year-old.html cc: lalasticlala mynd44  

'IS THERE NO END TO THIS IMPUNITY?!! NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL OF NIGERIA (NYCN) PRESIDENT FEARED DEAD AFTER DSS MIDNIGHT RAID WHERE ABOUT UNKNOWN There is palpable fear for the life of Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, the National President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) and aide to Senate President, Bukola Saraki following an unwarranted Gestapo-styled raid of his private office at Suit 29b Shakir Plaza by the side of Assemblies of God's church, Area Eleven, Abuja, by armed men said to be operatives of the DSS. Just like the case of the Judges, these security men, impeccable neighbourhood sources say gained access by PULLING DOWN THE OFFICE DOOR WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. This is urging all relevant authorities, civil society organizations and men of goodwill to call for a stop to this reign of fear, terror and impunity as audible sound of physical assault and brutality of occupants of the office have been confirmed. According to sources, the raid and beating star...

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Five Parties Jostle for 17 Chairmanship, 292 Council Seats in Abia LG Polls  fter almost 10 years of flight from the local government system, Abia State democracy is set for a return as voters go to the poll today to elect 17 chairmen and 292 councilors across the state. The state last witnessed local government election in 2007 at the end of Orji Uzor Kalu’s administration, and at the expiration of the tenure of the elected council officials, successive caretaker committees were appointed to run the 17 councils.   However, the state Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, after initial dillydallying over paucity of funds to hold council poll, has decided to end the cycle of appointing caretaker committees to run the councils, and therefore, directed the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC). The state electoral body ran into a hitch in its preparations for the poll as the owner of the rented property it is occupying sealed it off over unpaid rent amoun...

Russia won't change just because its ambassador was assassinated  The murder of Andrey Karlov at an art exhibition in Ankara , Turkey, is a tragedy. As yet, we know very little about the motives of his killer, Mevlut Mert Altintas. Chances are, we never will. Turkey shooting: Russia 'determined to fight terror' after envoy's assassination But it is at least as possible that he acted as an individual in response to Russian actions in Aleppo as that he killed on the instructions of a wider group. Both President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Vladimir Putin may nevertheless be inclined to structure the assassination into their existing narratives, different though these may be. The idea of a wider conspiracy, going beyond the actions of a lone gunman, whose ability to get himself, armed, to stand right behind the Russian ambassador in order to shoot him needs explanation, is inherently more convincing to many minds than the proposition tha...

At least 29 killed in Mexico fireworks blast; 72 injured   http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/20/americas/mexico-firew Explosions ripped through a fireworks market north of Mexico City on Tuesday, killing at least 29 people and sending columns of smoke into the sky. Seventy-two people were injured, said Eruviel Avila, governor of the State of Mexico. Three minors are expected to be transferred to a hospital in Galveston, Texas, for treatment of extreme burns after the blast in Tultepec, about 40 kilometers (about 25 miles) north of Mexico City. Video captured flashes of fire and what appeared to be fireworks exploding. A witness told CNN that people ran for their lives. The death toll climbed throughout the evening. Firefighters and rescue workers walk through the fireworks market after the explosion. The cause was not immediately known. Jose Luis Tolentino said he was in traffic and heard loud noises. Some of the people who tried to get away t...

Kunle Afolayan shares photo of his family Actor/Film producer, Kunle Afolayan has a very lovely family, he shared this photo with his wife and children and caption it

  10 Most Searched Nigerian Songs On Google 2016 The outgoing 2016 has been quite an interesting one for music lovers. The industry witnessed very interesting events that made headlines from January till date. Some of our favourite artistes were embroiled in controversies, others released groundbreaking singles and some went a step further to release albums. But how much did fans go looking for the songs online? And whose songs was/were the most searched for on Google? G-World Wide artiste, Kiss Daniel and YBNL boss, Olamide emerged top on the list, claiming 2 spots each. Here are the top 10 most searched Naija songs on Google 2016. 1 Kiss Daniel – Mama Nigerian music sensation and G-World Wide music act, Anidugbe Oluwatobiloba Daniel, better known by his music name, Kiss Daniel, has claimed the top spot on Google trends 2016. His groundbreaking single “MAMA” which was produced by YBNL in-house producer, Young John, has clinched the number 1 spot as ...

Russia Ambassador to Turkey Shot Dead By Turkish Policeman in Ankara Russia's ambassador to Turkey was shot dead today when a lone gunman fired at him at a photo exhibition in Ankara, Turkey's capital, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman confirmed to ABC News. The attack was caught on camera. Andrey Karlov, the ambassador, died from his wounds, she said, adding that Russia was calling the shooting a terrorist attack. “Don’t forget Aleppo, don’t forget Syria. Don’t forget Aleppo, don’t forget Syria," the gunman yelled in Turkish during the attack. "Until these places are safe you will not taste any safety either.” Images of the gunman, who has been identified as Mevlut Mert Altintas, show a thin man with dark hair gripping his pistol tightly with both hands. Altintas, 22, was a member of the riot police in Ankara, which enabled him to enter the building through the use of his police ID card, according to Interior Ministry sources. Burhan Ozbilici, a ...

Hate him or like him jagaban is a lecturer when it comes to Nigeria politics  Tinubu is also a school of thought to modern politics in Nigeria,having achieved so much when it come to Nigeria politicking.How he started with just a State  and gradually to 36 State  of the Federation and now expanding beyond Nigeria to other West African countries,and don't forget quickly his role during the second term electionary process of Obama Indeed Tinubu is a Legend Hero worthy of emulation for this generation and the one yet unborn   Tinubu,Akande,Fayemi,Amosun and Oshiomole

FG Recover 288billion naira looted fund from Jonathan    Regime     ABUJA-A total of N288.6 billion of looted funds in the previous regime of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has so far been recovered by the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the Director-General of Budget Office, Ben Akabueze has said. This was even as the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma has allayed fears over the non approval of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF by the National Assembly before the presentation of the 2017 budget estimates last week. Similarly, the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed also admitted that the Social Intervention Scheme otherwise called N-Power jobs piloted by the Federal Government has not performed fairly well. The officials spoke while fielding questions from Journalists at the 2017 Budget Breakdown organized by the Ministry of Budget and Planning at Old Banquet Hall of the Pre...

7 medieval African kingdoms everyone should know about While Europe was experiencing its Dark Ages, a period of intellectual, cultural and economic regression from the sixth to the 13th centuries, Africans were experiencing an almost continent-wide renaissance after the decline of the Nile Valley civilizations of Egypt and Nubia. The leading civilizations of this African rebirth were the Axum Empire, the Kingdom of Ghana, the Mali Empire, the Songhai Empire, the Ethiopian Empire, the Mossi Kingdoms and the Benin Empire. Axum Empire: The Aksum or Axum Empire was an important military power and trading nation in the area that is now Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, existing from approximately 100 to 940 A.D.              At its height, it was one of only four major international superpowers of its day along with Persia, Rome and China. Axum controlled northern Ethiopia, Eritrea, northern Sudan, southern Egypt...