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Former Nigerian International, Moses Kpakor, has stated that the present crop of players that make-up the Super Eagles have not given him anything to hope for. The Benue state born player laments the continued experimentation by the team for many years now, saying Sunday Oliseh is yet to impress him, Dailypost reports. “Well, the Eagles of today have not yet given me anything to hope for a great future. In fact, if we could struggle against Swaziland, then it means we have not yet got things even closer to what we were before we sacked (former coach) Stephen Keshi,” said Kpakor. “It is like we have just started all over again. This is our biggest undoing. I mean, that there are too many new players in the team right now, and the implication is that the coach is either starting things afresh or experimenting. Of course, he is the coach and he’s entitled to his plans or how he wants things done, that I concede to him. “But sometimes we need to do things in the national inter...

The massive structure will allow scientists to gather signals from tens of billions of light years away when it is completed in 2016 It would take a full 40 minutes for the average person to walk around the telescope. By Colin Freeman, and Helena Horton4:12PM GMT 27 Nov 2015Comments104 Comments China is in the final stages of building the world's largest-ever radio telescope, which will give Beijing a leading role in space research and the hunt for extra-terrestrials. With a dish the size of 30 football pitches, the telescope will scan for signs of life as far as tens of billions of light years away. It will be able to pick up radio signals distant galaxies and solar systems, and also hunt for future sources of energy like natural hydrogen. "A radio telescope is like a sensitive ear, listening to tell meaningful radio messages from white noise in the universe," said Nan Rendong, the chief scientist at the project, known officially as the 500 Metre Apertur...

The State Dining Room at Buckingham Palace, the setting for sumptuous royal banquets for world leaders and others dignitaries, has been closed amid concerns over the safety of the ceiling, it has emerged. Buckingham Palace conformed that access to the room, used just last month to host a state banquet for the Chinese President Xi Jinping, had been “suspended” while further checks are carried out. It follows what was described as a “routine survey” which raised questions about with a beam which forms part of the elaborate gilded ceiling. But the Palace played down reports that the room will be closed for at least six months, saying it was not yet clear how significant the issue is. It is understood that that the issue is not believed to affect adjoining rooms including the Ballroom and Picture Gallery after inspections there found no problems. “As the result of a routine survey an issue was found with one of the ceiling beams in the roof space of the State Dining Room...

Bryant receives high praise from peers The NBA fraternity reacted quickly to Kobe Bryant's announcement Sunday that he would retire at the end of the season, with some calling it "sad" while other spoke of his incredible legacy. Bryant, 37, one of the greatest US basketball players ever, will retire after spending his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. NBA commissioner Adam Silver was one of the first to respond to Bryant's announcement. "With 17 NBA All-Star selections, an NBA MVP (2008), five NBA championships with the Lakers, two Olympic gold medals and a relentless work ethic, Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest players in the history of our game," Silver said. "Whether competing in the NBA finals or hoisting jump shots after midnight in an empty gym, Kobe has an unconditional love for the game. I join Kobe's millions of fans around the world in congratulating him on an outstanding NBA career and thank him for ...

Cheyenne Parker is thankful for life and for opportunities to inspire. What are you #thankful for? Thanksgiving isn’t all about the turkey, the dressing, the casseroles, the sweet potatoes and the time spent with friends and family. It’s also a time to reflect on the things that we’re thankful for in this life. Some WNBA players were asked about things they are thankful for during this holiday season.

The senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, Ben Murray Bruce, has listed 6 reasons why the Nigerian government need to come up with policies that would compel politicians to be responsible for the people. In a series of tweets, the founder of Silverbird Group highlighted some of the reasons why most Nigerian politicians do not put in place the necessary social amenities that their people need to have a good life. He also went ahead to proffer some of the things he think can be done to curb this inefficiencies. Read the tweets below: Why do our elite behave this way? Why do we climb the ladder of success that was freely given to us & then remove it when we get to the top? We elites have lost our ability to empathize with poor Nigerians for the simple reason that many of us are not stake holders in Nigeria.    When we move about with armed policemen who block us from the common man and block the common man from us how can we empathiz...

‘TYSON FURY’…that is the name on the lips of boxing fans the world over…  Why you ask…Well it is because the Manchester native defeated world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko who was yet to lose a bout in nine years. Klitschko and Tyson Fury fought on Sunday, November 30 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Klitschko had not been beaten since 2004 and his second reign as champion included 19 successful defences. Fury won the fight 115-112, 115-112, 116-111 based on scores on the judges’ scorecards and is now the WBA, IBF and WBO champion. The 27 year old said after the fight: “You’re a great champion Wlad, thanks very much for having me. It was all fun and games in the build-up, I just wanted to be confident, young and brash.” Tyson Fury tries to land a blow on Wladimir Klitschko After the match he sang a rendition of Aerosmith’s love ballad “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing”. Fury has won all 25 of his fights, 18 of them by knockout and is unbeaten in his care...

Nollywood actor IK Ogbonna is not happy with the state of security in Lagos state. The Abia state born actor cum model shared on social media on Saturday, November 28, that his Colombian wife Sonia and 5-month old son Ace were given the recent treatment Lagosians have been getting lately. Sonia and Ace were robbed in traffic on Friday, November 27. The enraged husband and father said the culprits smashed the car window, not even caring that there was a baby in the car and stole from them. After the incident IK is thinking of arming himself with a gun to protect himself and family against a future occurrence. He recounted the harrowing experience while lamenting the degrading state of security in Lagos State on instagram: It’s so sad how we sit down and watch these armed robbers attack and terrorize innocent people on daily basis ..  My wife and son were attacked around mile 2 in traffic and the bastards didn’t care if a baby was in the car , smash...

Popular Nollywood actress, Stella Damasus, has beckoned on African mothers to desist from advising their daughters to put up with domestic violence. Damasus who is adding her voice to the campaign against domestic violence made the call in a statement she gave to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Friday November 27, 2015. She said that lots of lives had been lost because of mindless violence perpetrated by some husbands against their wives. Stella stressed that no man has the right to hit a woman either a wife or girlfriend no matter the situation. “Let’s work together to put an end to domestic violence. We have lost enough people to this barbaric act”. “It is not right. African mothers, please stop telling your daughters that because it happened to you, it’s okay for it to happen to them. No man has the right to hit any woman even if it is his wife or girlfriend,’’ she said. Stella Damasus recently alerted fans to impostors posing as her on Facebook.

The former legendary player of Arsenal, Thierry Henry has criticized the French for his policy Henry blames him for overworking Alexis Sanchez following the striker’s hamstring injury in the game against Norwich. Henry said: “Obviously if you ask Alexis Sanchez if he is OK, he is going to say yes. If a guy says no then he might as well leave the club. You are there to play.But I think you almost don’t have to ask him anything if you want to rest him. You need to go out and say nothing or, “I’m resting you today and that’s the way it is”. Again, I personally wouldn’t have liked that when I was a player, but you take it on the chin and see the bigger picture because you want to be out there and play the whole season”. Henry also notes that Sanchez would have been substituted in the match against Dynamo Zagreb. “Yes, it was difficult to rest him today because you want to win, but I go back to the Zagreb game. With 20 minutes to go at 3-0, you can give him a little rest. Ob...

According to the Daily Mirror, Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is looking forward to return to Manchester United. Ronaldo is being chased by several clubs including Paris Saint-Germain who are ready to pay €120 million for the player. According to the rumours, the French side are ready to break the bank for the top striker, and would offer wages worth up to £500,000 a week. However, the source notes that Ronaldo is determined to rejoin the club he left for Real Madrid in 2009, and the lack of competition in Ligue 1 is also a factor as the 30-year-old fears he would not be able to enhance his reputation in France.

   Boko Haram has launched a revenge mission, Mallam Aliyu Jibrin Says.        Seven persons, including a soldier have been reportedly killed in a raid by the terror group in both Bam and Gajigana villages of Biu and Magumeri local government areas of Borno state. Vanguard reports that the insurgents who were at Bam village at about 3:30 am over the weekend left with an unspecified numbers of unmarried teenage girls unchallenged. They killed three persons alongside a soldier and injured many in Gajigana village before carting away foodstuff. No one could contend with them as they also set shops and houses on fire. Mallam Ali Bam, one of the residents of the area who fled to Miringa town for safety, told Vanguard on phone that:  “the Boko Haram terrorists after separating a lot of teenage girls from married women in Bam, set ablaze the whole village and fled with the girls unchallenged, as the attack lasted for some hours before they fled...

Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman, the immediate past minister of National Planning on Sunday, November 29, disclosed why former president Goodluck Jonathan decided to hand over power to President Muhammadu Buhari. Sulaiman said Jonathan took the decision in order to save the lives of many Nigerians. The former minister explained further that Jonathan had enough evidence to remove former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru  Jega but decided not to take such action. Sulaiman made this disclosure when he delivered a paper on 2015 power transition in Nigeria at the annual Zink dinner lecture/award in Abuja. He noted that contrary to what most people think, there were cases of compromise by INEC, Vanguard reports. Sulaiman said: “Few months to the general elections, there were calls from some quarters for the sack of the INEC Chairman, Prof. Attairu Jega. “There were sufficient grounds for such calls but President Goodluck maint...

Nigeria under 23 world cup wins Mali 3-2 yesterday The dream team started off yesterday, Sunday the 29th November, 2015 against Mali and emerged winners with 3-2

Downing Street releases prime minister’s reply to foreign affairs committee setting out case for strikes against Isis David Cameron has told the Commons foreign Affairs Committee that Britain should extend its military campaign against Islamic State into Syria. He said: “The threats to our interests and to our people are such that we cannot afford to stand aside and not to act.” “Throughout Britain’s history we have been called on time and again to make the hardest of decisions in defence of our citizens and our country. “Today one of the greatest threats we face to our security is the threat from Isil.” Cameron’s case was made in a 36-page memorandum to the committee, ahead of a statement to the House of Commons, expected at 10.30am on Thursday.

Traders in the southeast have condemned the protests carried out in the region for an independent Biafra state and have publicly dissociated themselves from the agitation while declaring support for President Muhammadu Buhari. The traders under the aegis of South East Markets Amalgamated Traders Association released a statement in Awka, Anambra state on Tuesday, November 24. The Punch reports that the statement was signed by Okwudili Ezenwankwo and Temple Udeh who are the president and secretary of the association respectively. The continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu has escalated the protests in the region with Pro-Biafra supporters calling for the release of the radio Biafra director and the establishment of an independent state. The statement read: “We are constrained to react to the continuous calls for close of businesses in the zone in protest and solidarity for Biafra. “Traders in the South-East wish to dissociate ourselves from MASSOB and IPOB. We have nothing t...

Rev Simeon Nwaulu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that a strict adherence to the principles of federal character can quell the storm stirred by the ongoing Biafra agitation. Nwaulu, the Na­tional Coordinator of Ro­chas Fan Club,  urged the fed­eral government to strictly adhere to the tenets of the federal character, as a means to restore peace to the federation. He proffered the solution on Wednesday,November 25, at a press conference in Owerri, Imo state. There in Owerri, Nwaulu noted that margin­alisation has become one of the burning issues in the country that needs to be ad­dressed for peace to reign. Therefore, he stressed that a revisit of the federal character will be a panacea for the agitation of Biafra. He said: “There is no doubt that of all the six geo-political zones of Nigeria, the Southeast is the most marginalised in everything.” The APC henchman, noted that the for­mer vice president, Dr Alex Ekwueme, and few othe...

Squad members stick together! Gigi Hadid has started dating Zayn Malik, but her bestie, Taylor Swift, is not on team Zizi yet. HollywoodLife.com has the EXCLUSIVE scoop that Tay is watching out for her friend because she’s worried Gigi will end up with a broken heart! Taylor Swift, 25, normally has nothing but love for her friends. But when she heard Gigi Hadid, 20, was seeing Zayn Malik, 22, she was very concerned for her. Taylor told Gigi to “be careful” with this new relationship with the ex-One Direction member, because Tay is afraid it won’t end well! “Taylor was actually surprised when she found out that Gigi and Zayn were dating,” so was the rest of the world, but unlike Zayn’s fans, Taylor found out firsthand from the source. Gigi actually told Taylor about this new romance, the insider said, adding that Gigi “said it was super casual.” Despite Gigi assuring Taylor that everything was okay, the “Wildest Dreams” wasn’t too thrilled. Taylor thinks her friend should “ta...

Gigi Hadid didn’t waste anytime after her breakup with Joe Jonas!  Just two weeks after they split she started dating One Direction star Zayn Malik and a source tells HollywoodLife.com that he was shocked and a bit hurt that she moved on so quickly! Gigi Hadid, 20, has moved on to the next! The model has been cozying up to Zayn Malik, 22, but do you think it’s a bit soon? Joe Jonas, 26, definitely thinks so, according to an insider who spoke with HollywoodLife.com. The DNCE frontman was totally “blindsided” when he saw pics of Gigi and Zayn hanging out after the AMAs, just two weeks after they split up due to their “busy schedules.” Clearly Gigi isn’t too busy for Zayn! A source tells HollywoodLife.com: “Joe was completely blindsided when he found out that Gigi and Zayn were an item. He was under the impression that she wasn’t going to see anyone for awhile. The main reason why they broke up in the first place was because of her busy schedule. Gigi told Joe that ...

Reports surfaced on Nov. 24 that the baby of the Kardashian-Jenner Klan was going to have a baby of her own! Now, Kylie has responded to the shocking rumors that she may be pregnant. We have her answer, here! Kylie Jenner may be only 18, but on Nov. 24, rumors began swirling that she might be pregnant with her 26-year-old boyfriend Tyga’s baby! Kylie finally took to Twitter to set the record straight. So, can we expect an adorable new Jenner baby in nine months? We’ve got the scoop, right here! When Kylie reunited with Tyga on Nov. 21, less than 48 hours after their Nov. 19 breakup, we were shocked. So when a report surfaced that Kylie was pregnant, it kind of made sense. Why else would she get back together with someone that she caught cheating on her? Well, it turns out that Kylie didn’t find the idea quite as logical, and she took to Twitter to share her reaction. “They’ve been saying I’m pregnant for one year now… One year. Let’s get it together lol,” Kylie said on Twitt...

Scott Disick is turning his life around, and wants to prove to Kourtney Kardashian that he’s truly a changed man with a grand gesture. Lord Disick asked his former lady to marry him, according to a new report! So how did Kourtney respond to the question? Kourtney Kardashian, 36, got the shock of a lifetime when ex Scott Disick, 32, asked her something she’d never thought she’d hear out of his mouth: will you marry me? Though the couple underwent a messy split after he cheated on her over summer 2015, but they’ve been spending more and more time together since he entered rehab. Is it enough to make Kourtney say yes? “Out of nowhere, he cornered Kourt and popped the question,” a source told In Touch. “She told him she’s not ready to forgive him yet. He made a joke about wearing her down. It’s only a matter of time before he asks her again.” Omg, Scott! He’s been doing so well after entering rehab — he was in a facility for 30 days, and is currently in out-patient therapy f...

As a part of a WNBA.com offseason series, we’ll be taking a look at the seasons of all 12 teams in the league and touching on some of the top reasons to look forward to their 2016 WNBA campaigns. Youth and size is traditionally a successful combo for any basketball team, no matter what level. With building blocks like All-Stars Emma Meesseman and Stefanie Dolson in place, the Washington Mystics got a glimpse of what can be a bright future for the franchise in 2015. Meesseman, 22, and Dolson, 23, each enjoyed their best seasons in the WNBA yet. Both averaged over 10 points per game and finished with at least a block per content, and they combined for nearly 12 rebounds a night. The 6-foot-5 Meesseman also was second in the league in field-goal percentage at 55.6 percent, while the 6-foot-4 Dolson added to her game by shooting 10-21 from 3-point range on the season, after having not made any her rookie season. Stability has also been a key for the Mystics. Coach Mike Thi...

An explosion has hit a bus carrying presidential guards in Tunisia's capital, Tunis, killing at least 13 people, officials say. President Beji Caid Essebsi has declared a 30-day state of emergency and the capital is under curfew. No group has yet said it was behind the attack. Tunisia has been targeted by the Islamic State (IS) group, including an attack by a gunman on the beach resort of Sousse in June, killing 38 people. The North African state is believed to be the biggest exporter of jihadis, with the authorities saying at least 3,000 of its nationals are fighting in Iraq and Syria. The explosion happened at a bus stop where the presidential guard picks up and drops off its staff, near the former headquarters of the party of deposed President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Roads in the city were already clogged because of heavy rain and flooding when the explosion hit. Exactly what caused the blast is unclear but one source told Reuters a bomber had probably det...