Abdul's Blog: 05/18/17

Thursday, 18 May 2017

Alexis Sanchez Slams Arsenal fans

Arsenal striker, Alexis Sanchez, has slammed the club’s supporters over their protests asking for manager Arsene Wenger to leave.

Sanchez has backed the Frenchman, to bring in new players in the summer and change the club’s fortunes around next season.

Cristiano Ronaldo is leading a group of Real Madrid players, who want manager Zinedine Zidane, to start Isco ahead of Gareth Bale, in next month’s Champions League final.

Bale has not played since Madrid’s defeat in the El Clasico, after picking up a calf injury.

The Welshman is yet to return to training, but is expected to be fit for the game against Juventus in Cardiff.

Balotelli the winner after leaving Liverpool for Nice – Favre

Nice coach Lucien Favre has been revelling in Mario Balotelli coming good in Ligue 1 and suggested that he has enjoyed a better season than he would have done had he played with Liverpool this term.

The Italy striker has flourished in France, scoring 15 goals in 23 league games to fire Nice into the Champions League qualifiers thanks to a third-place finish.

China offer was very difficult to reject – Ideye

Nigeria international Brown Ideye disclosed that he was tempted by offers he received in January and could not resist joining Chinese Super League side, Tianjin Teda.

Ideye who was the leading topscorer in the Greek Super League before his departure conceded that it was not the ‘right time’ for him to leave the Karaiskakis Stadium but the enticing offer could not be rejected at the same time.

Jose Mourinho officially drags Man Utd to new low

Whatever happens in their final game against Crystal Palace, Manchester United‘s first season under Jose Mourinho will end with their lowest number of wins in the Premier League era.

The Red Devils are on 17 victories so far and even an 18th on the final day of the season would represent their lowest since they won 16 in the 1990/91 campaign.

Lagos, FCT, Rivers lead in public complaints against police

Lagos, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Rivers recorded the highest number of complaints against police officers by members of the public.

The Public Compliant Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU) disclosed this in its 2017 first quarter report released in Abuja Thursday.

According to the report, the Unit received 498 cases between January and March this year from various parts of the country.

Read the report from TMZ below...

Amber Rose found out a guy broke into her house and hung out there for 4 freaking hours while she was there asleep ... TMZ has learned. Sources close to Amber tell us ... the guy entered her San Fernando Valley home early Wednesday morning by breaking a kitchen window and going through the pantry.

Bayern’s Lahm says future coaching role is unlikely

Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm has all but ruled out becoming a manager after he retires from football.

Lahm, 33, will bring his 15-year top-flight playing career to a close on Saturday when Bundesliga champions Bayern face Freiburg.

During that time, Lahm has won eight Bundesliga titles, six DFB Pokals and the Champions League in 2013. Lahm also captained Germany to the 2014 World Cup before announcing his retirement from international football five days later.

Ghanaian actor, Chris Attoh who turned a year older yesterday took to his IG page to celebrate his wife and actress, Damilola Adegbite as she turns 33 today, May 18, 2017. He wrote:

59 Ikoyi Prisons inmates sit for 2017 UTME

Fifty-nine inmates of the Ikoyi Prisons Lagos on Wednesday and Thursday sat for the on-going Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

The figure was an improvement over the 32 that sat for the examination in 2016.

The Principal of the Ikoyi Prison School, Mr Idris Ibikunle, said that the candidates were better prepared this year, adding that he was expecting a better performance.

Comedian Craze Clown, today exposed a homosexual man that slid into his IG direct message to express his affection for him. Sharing a screenshot of the DM, CrazeClown wrote;

Livestreaming seems to have caused more harm than good because ever since it's inception, people now carry out fatal acts just to livestream it. In the case of the teenagers in this story, theirs did not seem intentional but someone is dead all the same.

This sad incident happened in Argentina. Some teenagers were playing with a shotgun when one of them accidentally shot Georgina Magalí Vega, 12, an only daughter, killing her instantly.

The Ludhiana police on Wednesday, May 17th, arrested two Nigerian nationals identified as Celestine Ikeweta (37) and Edeh Sunday Chukwudi, 29, from Delhi for supplying drugs in Punjab and recovered 2kg heroin from two places in the district after their interrogation.

Deputy inspector general (Ludhiana range) Yurinder Singh Hayer said that during investigation of a previous case in which an accused, Balvir Singh, was arrested with heroin, it was found that two Nigerians, residing at Vikas Puri in New Delhi, are the suppliers of the drugs.

Celebrities pay tribute to late Moji Olaiya who died today in Canada

News broke in the early hours of today that Nollywood actress, Moji Olaiya, the daughter of legendary musician, Victor Olaiya, has passed away.

The 42-year-old actress who delivered a baby girl in March, died of cardiac arrest in a Canada hospital. Celebrities have now started paying tributes to her on social media. See below..

Former spokesperson to ex President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe was spotted inside a tricycle (Keke Napep) yesterday in Lagos.

He shared the photo on his Facebook page and wrote;

A white Twitter user, Nicky took to her page to share loved up photos with her brother who she revealed she sleeps.

According to her, they are in love, and if you support the LGBTQIA community but not incestsexuals, you're a hypocritical bigot. See her posts after the cut...

A female suicide bomber had cleverly approached a soldier and made love advances on the soldier before detonating her explosive ridden body, a security source has said.

According to the source, the female suicide bomber approached a military check point at Konduga pretending to like the soldier, asking for the soldier’s mobile number all in an attempt to get closer to the soldier to explode.

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has said that Arsenal might not qualify for next season’s Champions League, as their top four hopes is fading.

City’s 3-1 win over West Brom on Tuesday, should be enough to guarantee a top-four finish, while a win at Watford on Sunday, will seal a place in the group stages of the Champions League.

The German Foreign Minister, Sigmar Gabriel is not quite impressed with the Donald Trump led administration.

At the German-American Conference, a meeting of US and German government and business leaders that held in Berlin on Tuesday, Gabriel said, "admittedly, many things are irritating us. We should not only respond to messages or tweets, we should ask what is our role in proactively shaping policy".

Actor, Alan Thicke's children, singer, Robin Thicke and his brother Brennan Thicke say they have no choice but to protect their father's legacy from the "avarice and overreaching" of his third wife, Tanya Callau. Brennan and Robin Thicke are co-trustees of their father's living trust and they say they don't have any choice but to file a petition against their father's third wife, in order to protect his legacy and prevent his testamentary intentions from being undermined by her.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, has warned its officers to steer clear of political issues. Buratai gave the warning following reports of some civilians approaching some officers and soldiers for undisclosed political reasons. Read excerpts from the statement below:

42-year-old Nollywood actress, Moji Olaiya has died. The actress who delivered a baby girl in March died in a Canada hospital last night from possible complications from her child birth.

According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Indian sisters Jyoti and Kiran Matharoo, who were arrested in Lagos last year, on accusations of extortion and blackmail, received emergency travel documents to escape from Nigeria.

They were in a situation of "extreme urgency," and that's why the High Commission of Canada in Lagos issued emergency travel documents for the sisters, who had made international headlines after allegedly attempting to blackmail one of the world's richest men, reports CBS News on Tuesday, May 16.

A 25-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh, India kidnapped a groom from the wedding altar (mandap) moments before he was to marry another girl. Bharti Yadav was escorted by two young men who helped her in the act.

According to the NDTV, Bharti and the groom Ashok Yadav had been in love with each other and married secretly. But family pressures forced Ashok to marry another girl.

Rwanda’s telecom industry regulator has fined MTN Rwanda, a division of South Africa’s MTN Group, 7 billion francs (8.5 million dollars) for running its IT services outside the country in breach of its licence.

The regulator said in a ruling posted on its website in Kigali that MTN Rwanda was hosting its IT services hub in Uganda, which it had prohibited.

A former Acting State Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Bayelsa State, Mr. Christopher Hobobo, has been assassinated.

According to Punch, Hobobo was murdered at his residence on PDP Road, Yenagoa, the state capital.

Hobobo until his death hailed from Agbere town in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state was allegedly stabbed to death by unknown assassins in the early hours of Wednesday.

Forbes Magazine released a list of America’s Wealthiest Self-Made Women today.

According to the list, R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles is worth $350 million; a fraction of which was amassed after her Formation World Tour that ended late 2016.

On Forbes’ Hip-Hop’s Richest acts list that was released last week, Beyoncé’s husband, Shawn ‘Jay Z’ Carter ranked second place with a total worth of $810million.

A man is suing a woman he took out on a date.Brandon wants his "date from hell" pay every dime he spent or face the long arm of the law .

He is actually suing the unnamed woman was texting throughout their cinema trip to see Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

Oladele Ayoola, a prophet at a Celestial Church of Christ in Oke-Ira, Ogba, Lagos State, has denied the allegation that he collected about N75m, three houses and two vehicles to heal a businesswoman of fibroids.

The 45-year-old prophet said rather, he assisted the woman to cure “a strange ailment, which almost forced her to commit suicide,” adding that she gave him about N25m in tranches as gifts.

A 39-year-old man, Victor Akagha, has been arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command , for sleeping with 4 secondary school boys he lured into gay relationship.

According to a statement released by RRS, a native of Owerri ,Victor who lives in Lagos, was ambushed at the victim’s school, where he came to pick him with his car.

Japanese Princess Mako, the eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, is giving up her royal status for love.

Mako is set to marry a former college classmate.

The Imperial Household told CNN plans are underway for the 25-year-old princess to become engaged to Kei Komuro, also 25, a law firm worker. The couple met five years ago as students at the International Christian University in Tokyo.

Amber Rose claimsshe was hacked after posting tweets,slamming Tyga's music And threading where angels fear ...Queen Bey..

Video: AS Monaco vs Saint Etienne 2-0 - All Goals & Highlights

Monaco Win French League Title In 17 Years

Monaco has tonight won the Ligue 1 title for the first time since 2000 after thier 2-0 home victory overall Saint-Etienne (Wednesday 17th May).

After beating Lille 4-0 and surpassing 100 league goals on Sunday, Monaco knew a draw would be enough to end Paris Saint-Germain’s four-year dominance of Ligue 1.

Another tragedy has befallen the family of the late Nigerian coach, Amodu Shaibu as one of his children has reportedly died last Sunday.

According to Segun Oguns, a former national assistant goalkeeper, said the boy, Suleman Shaibu, 12, was a JSS 2 Student of Navy Secondary School, Abeokuta.

The ex-Liverpool forward, 36, described securing the Eredivisie with Sunday’s 3-1 win against Heracles Almelo as “the best moment” of his career.

Kuyt started at Utrecht, moving on to Feyenoord, Liverpool and Fenerbahce, before returning to Rotterdam in 2013.

“All my dreams have come true,” said the former Dutch international.

According to a report in The Sun the Southampton board have no need to sell anyone and are looking to strengthen their squad.

The message from St Mary’s won’t be welcomed by Chelsea, Liverpool or Arsenal who have all been strongly linked with the Dutch defender.

Chocolate City boss, Audu Maikori has sued Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai for gross violation of his human rights.

In a suit (FHC/ABJ/CS/385/17) filed by his lawyers, Ballason’s Chambers at the Federal High Court, Abuja, Maikori is seeking damages to the tune of N10billion.

Army arrests 126 suspected Boko Haram terrorist in Borno IDPs camp

The Nigeria Army on Wednesday said it had arrested about 126 suspected Boko Haram terrorists at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Damboa, Borno.

Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, who made the disclosure while fielding questions from newsmen in Maiduguri, said the suspects were flushed out during mop up operations.

Valbuena accuses ‘impotent’ Benzema over sex-tape ‘slander’

Lyon midfielder Mathieu Valbuena on Wednesday launched an emotional attack on Karim Benzema over the sex-tape saga, accusing the Real Madrid star of “slander”.

“Slander is the weapon of the impotent, it is distressing !!! Justice will restore the truth,” Valbuena posted on his Twitter account.

Valbuena was responding to comments made by Benzema in French sports daily L’Equipe’s online edition the day before.

Senate orders NNPC to stop further capital expenditure

The Senate has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other revenue generating agencies to stop further capital expenditure until they comply with the Fiscal Responsibility Act.

‎It said that the agencies had violated the Act and gave them two weeks to submit their budgets in accordance with the provisions of Section 21 of the law.

Nigeria well prepared against Ebola outbreak – minister

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Wednesday gave an assurance that Nigeria is well prepared against possible outbreak of the Ebola virus in the country.

He said the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, had directed that activities be stepped up at the nation’s borders.

Adewole spoke while briefing State House correspondents of the outcome of the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by Osinbajo.

Obinna and Chinyere Arthur were arrested and charged before a Lagos Magistrates’ court for allegedly drugging and raping the husband’s friend’s wife in a hotel and posting it on social media.

According to P.M.EXPRESS, it was gathered that 32-year old Obinna, who hails from Ogidi, Anambra State has admitted in his confessional statement to the police that he did so as a revenge over the business transaction between him and the victim’s husband, Kenneth, which later turned sour.

Gladys Sibanda, a 42-year-old Zimbabwean mother of four from Bulawayo’s Pumula South suburb allegedly killed her four-year-old niece and buried the body at a house she was renting.

According to The Chronicle, Gladys Sibanda is suspected to have killed Thandeka Moyo last year on December 9.

Police exhumed the body on Monday after Sibanda allegedly gave conflicting statements about her niece’s whereabouts.

A lady who claims to be Tonto Dikeh's former domestic staff, Ezekiel Rachel has come out to defend her former boss against estranged nanny calling her out.

She shared the above photo with the actress and wrote;

My name is Ezekiel Rachel .U from Ebonyi state in Ishielu east local gov. Former Tonto Dikeh PA as of 2007 to 2009 before I gain admission into higher institution, I decided to keep calm about all the things people say about Tonto Dikeh but I changed my mind hearing what nanny said about Tonto Dikeh. It griefs me when I see people seeking notice/ attention of others through another person, please like I said earlier that I worked with Tonto Dikeh for 3years.

10-year-old rape victim in India will soon undergo an abortion even though she is past the point in her pregnancy in which to legally terminate it, the hospital treating her said Wednesday.

The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, in the northern state of Haryana, decided the abortion should be carried out after a local court said a panel of doctors should make the final call.

The nightclubs in Abuja environs where many prostitutes and strippers go berserk during parties at night have been exposed.

In the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, night outs now compete favourably with Christian vigils, where the faithful congregate at various churches for all-night supplication to their God.

Barack Obama has made a point of not publicly attacking or criticizing President Trump since his election back in November, but behind closed doors he apparently has no problem sharing his thoughts about the new commander-in-chief.

In an interview with People, two of Barack's friends reveal that he once said of President Trump: 'He's nothing but a bulls****er.'

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that he would rally round to ensure no coup against civilian governments in Africa succeeds.

He, therefore, called on the Ivorien army which has mutinied against the government to support President Alassane Ouattara in his efforts to develop Cote d’Ivoire.‎

Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, had in his reaction on Wednesday, condemned the development in strong terms.