Abdul's Blog: 09/28/17

Thursday, 28 September 2017

Asensio extends Real Madrid contract until 2023

Marco Asensio has extended his contract with Real Madrid by one year, tying him to the Santiago Bernabeu until 2023, the club announced on Thursday.

“Real Madrid C.F. and Asensio have agreed an extension to the player’s contract, binding him to the club until the 30th of June 2023,” read a statement on the club’s website.

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Ekiti State Commissioner for Finance and the Accountant General.

The anti-graft agency swoop on the state capital, Ado-Ekiti on Thursday.

The development occurred with an hour after Governor Ayo Fayose declared his intention to run for president in 2019.

The Philippines has banned companies from compelling women to wear high heels to work under a government order hailed by a labour group, on Monday, as a victory against sexism and pain.

The labour department order took effect on Sunday as the government took up the cudgels for long-suffering shopping mall clerks, hotel receptionists and flight attendants.

Employers should implement the use of “practical and comfortable footwear” to improve the health of workers who stand for long periods, said the order, which applies to heels measuring 2.54-centimetres (one inch) or higher unless the employee chooses to wear them.

Handsomely paid Carlos Tevez cannot expect to play every game for the Shanghai Shenhua side just because of his famous name, the Chinese team warned on Monday, the latest twist in his turbulent spell with the club.

The Argentine, among the highest earners in football on a reported $850,000 a week, has endured a miserable nine months in China and did not feature again at the weekend.

Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte, has insisted that he will return to manage Italy in future, adding that he misses his homeland.

Conte said he has, “nostalgia” for his homeland and is aiming to return to Serie A in the future.

The Italian took over at Stamford Bridge at the beginning of last season and led the Blues to the Premier League title on first attempt.

Police on Monday arrested a 20-year-old man in Wales in connection with the London Underground train bombing this month, bringing the number of people in custody to four.

The man was arrested before dawn by counter-terrorism officers in the Welsh capital Cardiff and has been taken to a police station in London for questioning.

Scores of juvenile inmates, including killers and rapists, staged a mass breakout from a detention center in eastern India after cutting through metal windows and gates, police said Monday.

Thirty-four out of 86 inmates broke out of the facility in the Munger district of Bihar state on Sunday, an officer said. Twelve returned in the hours after the daring escape.

The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has issued immediate life-time bans for 19 officials.

The sanctions are for violating SLFA and Fifa statutes concerning taking football related cases to civil courts.

The group went to court last month to seek an injunction to stop the current executive running the SLFA.

An Orange County man is facing charges in connection with the death of his 6-month-old daughter, who was found with a fractured skull two weeks ago, in California.

Orlando police arrested Dekari Castell, 22, on a charge of aggravated child abuse, but said in an arrest affidavit that the charge would likely be upgraded to second-degree murder, Abc learnt.

A grand jury declined to indict the teen accused in the choking death of his mother’s abusive ex-boyfriend, court officials said Monday.

Luis Moux, 18, was charged with manslaughter in August after he allegedly choked his mother’s ex-boyfriend to death, police said. The teen spotted Stanley Washington beating his mother inside their Bronx apartment.

A 27-year-old trader, Mrs. Victoria Amodu, yesterday told an Ikeja High Court, Lagos that an Investigative Police Officer (IPO) at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja Division, demanded sex from her to release her from custody.

Amodu, a mother of four, gave the testimony as a defence witness in her trial for alleged conspiracy and armed robbery, before Justice Kudirat Jose.

Kano and Katsina states have expressed their support for a strong and united nation even as they urged restraint in any process aimed addressing agitations for restructuring and devolution of powers in the polity.

The two states made their position known during the All Progressive Congress public meeting on true federalism held in Kano which is aimed at taking a position on the rising agitations of sections of the country over perceived marginalisation and restructuring requests.

The EFCC has secured the conviction of one Ojotomobor Ovuakponye before Honourable Justice Mohammed Yahaya of the Kano State High Court sitting in Gezawa.

All North Korean companies have been ordered to stop doing business in China according to an unnamed Chinese official.

After the UN Security Council passed new sanctions two weeks ago, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said North Korean firms and joint ventures in China would be closed within 120 days.

A notorious serial killer, Basiru Barau, aka Gojen-Mallam, has been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command.

Barau, aged 25, said to be linked to three homicides cases in the state ran out of luck on Wednesday. Kaduna Spokesperson of the Nigeria police, DSP Gambo Isah, confirming the arrest before newsmen on Wednesday said no fewer than three murder cases had been committed by Barau.

Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, a Board of Trustee (BoT) member of People Democratic Party (PDP), says Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, cannot contest in the party’s primary poll for 2019 presidential election.

He stated this on Thursday in Abuja shortly after Fayose’s formal declaration of his intention to contest for the position of president of Nigeria in 2019 on PDP’s platform.

A single Kenyan mother who has three kids and is presumably fed up of being disappointed by dark skinned men in her country decided to go in search of a white husband and she took to the streets to do so!

A 25-year-old man, Ekene Nwanne, was on Thursday sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by an Egor Magistrates’ Court sitting in Benin for attempting to use a minor for ritual.

The Police Prosecutor, Mr O. Omoruyi, told the court that Nwanne, committed the crime on Sept. 19 at No. 62, Siluko Road, Benin.

It's thought that Hugh Hefner's wife Crystal Harris will inherit nothing after his death. The Playboy founder has passed away at the age of 91, leaving 30-year-old Crystal a widow.

Nigerian Man Builds A Bungalow For An Old, Homeless Woman In Abia

A man, Identified as Chief Charles Nzechi, has made Mrs Onyemechi Nwanmo smile again after he built a bungalow for her in Abia state.

According to a Facebook post, Mrs Onyemechi Nwanmo from Isiadu Afarata Ibeku in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State, had been living in a dilapidated mud house for years.

The founder and publisher of Playboy magazine, Hugh Hefner, has died. He died on Wednesday at the ripe old age of 91, reports say.

It was also gathered that the ladies’ man was notorious for popping Viagra — a prescription medicine used in the treatment of erectile dysfunction and impotence in men.

A woman said she found a newborn baby boy abandoned on the side of a highway inside of a car seat stuffed with cash.

According to Goodmorning America, the woman, Alexis Harrison, said she and her church group spotted the four-week-old baby on Saturday afternoon while they were returning from an amusement park in Oklahoma City.

A South African man has been jailed for having sex with a donkey. Pictured: A stock image of a donkey

A South African man has been jailed for having sex with a donkey after a witch doctor told him it would make him stronger.

Ntando Mankungwini, 23, ushered two donkeys away from their herd in a secluded area of Eastern Cape, South Africa.

This 3-year old identified as Ibrahim was foud along the Epe axis way and is currently inn serach of his parents.

Anyone who knows him or his parents should contact @findmealert on either Facebook or twitter, or better still reach out to the Epe police station.

Davido Baby Mama, Sophie Momodu Share Her Thought About God’s Love

Sophie Momodu who is a family to wealthy and famous Ovation magazine owner, Dele Momodu, is also the popular Davido’s baby mama, Imade’s mother. Sophie started dominating internet contents after her pregnancy was revealed.

A 28-year-old man, Abiodun Joseph, has been arrested by the police for allegedly kidnapping two children.

The victims a girl Tobiloba Aleshiloye, 12, and an eight-year-old boy, Yussuf Kudus were abducted on September 15, 2017.

A Jos Upper Area Court on Thursday sentenced a tricycle operator, Obinna Nwafor, to three years in prison for resisting arrest.

Nwafor, whose address was not stated, had pleaded guilty to a count charge of resisting arrest and begged for mercy.

Carlo Ancelotti has left his role as coach at Bayern Munich, the club confirmed on Thursday afternoon.

The news follows Bayern's 3-0 humbling at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday -- their biggest Champions League group-stage defeat in 21 years.

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday withdrew its motion seeking an order of the Federal High Court in Abuja allowing it to serve the recall petition on Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye.

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba struck out the motion after INEC’s lawyer, Mr. Yunus Ustaz (SAN), announced its withdrawal in court on Thursday.

The judge also directed that all issues pertaining to the case should thereafter be taken to the Court of Appeal.

The Federal Government has described as "unfortunate" and "unacceptable," the position of the government of U.S over the declaration of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the government position Wednesday night while featuring on BBC Television programme, "Focus on Africa".

“It is very unfortunate, if countries decide to pick and choose which organisations are terrorists and which are not, bearing in mind that terrorism has no boundary.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said dangerous methods were used in nearly half of the 55.7 million abortions carried out each year globally.

A WHO study shows that anti-abortion laws raise health risks for women.

A writer who became notorious for peddling "fake news" during the 2016 US election campaign has died at 38.

Paul Horner was found dead in his bed in Laveen, Arizona, on 18 September, after a suspected drug overdose, officials said.

Horner, who published fraudulent articles on Facebook and websites he set up, claimed he was the reason Donald Trump was elected in November.

50 Cent, rapper and TV producer, said he was offered half-a-million dollars by Donald Trump, American president, to make an appearance at one of his rallies during the 2016 presidential campaign.

The rapper revealed this in a chat with Hot 97 on Wednesday to talk about his new show, ’50 Central’.

American-born Senegalese singer, Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam, better known as Akon was pictured with one of his wives at CDG airport in Roissy en France, France.

This is the latest wife of the businessman who practices polygamy – His other wives including Rosina Bruck and Tomeka Thiam. He also has multiple girlfriends and has several kids, online reports say.

27-year old Victoria Amodu, a mum of 4 told an Ikeja High Court, Lagos , yesterday that she was framed for robbery by an Investigative Police Officer (IPO) at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja Division,because she refused to give into his sexual bid for her release from their custody.Amodu who is a breadseller alongside one other person, Hammed Isiaka, are being charged for alleged conspiracy and armed robbery attack that was committed in August 2014.

Ric Flair has claimed to have slept with 10,000 women during his career

Wrestling legend Ric Flair claims during an upcoming ESPN 30 for 30 documentary he's slept with around 10,000 women throughout his life.

On Tuesday, Elissa Rosen of People passed along comments from the 68-year-old star, who says now he wishes he hadn't made that admission public for the project.

"What I said was the truth, but I feel bad now that I said some of it. Ten thousand women," Flair said. "I wish I hadn't said that because of my grandkids."

EFCC arraigned 4 internet fraudsters popularly called Yahoo Yahoo and have arraigned the boys. The suspects, Shiko Romeo, Bobby Edigiu, Henry Nisike and Emmanuel Ayo, were nabbed by officers of the Nigeria Police on suspicion of being involved in internet fraud. ‎

Article Image: Diddy Tops Forbes' List of Highest Paid Hip-Hop Artists with $130M This Year

On Wednesday, Forbes released its annual "Highest-Paid Hip-Hop Artists" list, and not surprisingly Diddy nabbed the number one spot.

Earning a fortune from products like Ciroc vodka, DeLeon tequila, and Aquahydrate water, the 47-year-old Harlem native long ago broadened his revenue streams to include things not related to music.

A young boy was yesterday burnt to death in Enugu for allegedly leaving a barber shop where a phone had gone missing. A certain Wisdom Kelechi had poured petrol on his friend, Junior Onah and set fire on him.

Onah’s sin according to Guardian was that he left a shop where a mobile phone had been placed in his care to charge.

An office assistant, Ifeanyi Anyanwu, who allegedly absconded with his employer’s $12,000 (N4.3m), on Wednesday pleaded guilty to the crime in an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Anyanwu, 28, whose address was not given, made the plea when he was arraigned on one count of stealing.

An entire fake military base was today unravelled at Okpokwu, Benue State. According to Twitter user,@mustafaramalan the fake based was discovered on the 26th of September and the men parading themselves as soldiers were rounded up.

Former US First Lady Michelle Obama has lashed out at female voters who backed President Donald Trump. "Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice," she said.

Mrs Obama, who has stayed largely out of the political fray since leaving the White House, made the remark at a Boston conference.

Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Wednesday scolded the police for lack of diligence and poor investigation of the case of a two-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped.

While discharging the defendant in the case, Chekube Odunze, the judge charged the police to be more effective and meticulous in their investigations, stressing that they must always ensure that relevant evidence for prosecution of criminal cases were not compromised.

Nollywood actor and born-again Christian, Ernest Asuzu, who suffered stroke years ago, in a new interview talked how a man got jealous of his rising profile and inflicted him with stroke.

In an interview with LIB, the actor who suffered a stroke that ended his bright acting career also claimed it was a colleague in the Industry who was behind the illness that almost left him paralyzed.

Founder and General Overseer of Living Abundance (Mount Zion) Prophetic and Deliverance Ministry, Prophet Onyekachukwu Okolie, has claimed that God has shown him the next Nigerian president ahead of the 2019 presidential election.

Okolie, who in 2019 prophesied the exit of President Goodluck Jonathan from office, said a Yoruba native would emerge Nigeria’s president in 2019.

Lil Wayne got another huge athlete for his Young Money APAA Sports & Entertainment Agency. Wayne signed Erickson Lubin who's 18-0 and about to fight for the super welterweight championship of the world.

The Federal High Court. Yola has ordered the remand of former Adamawa PDP Chairman, Alhaji Abdurrahman Bobboi, in prison for allegedly diverting food meant for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

The court also remanded Mr Sanda Lamurde, a former Commissioner for Finance, and Mr. Feredan George, a former Chief Store Officer of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA).

Rap mogul Jay-Z and pop superstar Jennifer Lopez will headline a concert in New York to raise funds for survivors of hurricanes that have devastated the United States and the Caribbean.

Tidal, the streaming service led by Jay-Z, on Wednesday announced the line-up of the show that will take place on October 17 in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center arena.

An Ado Ekiti magistrates’ court has ordered the remand of a driver, Ahamed Kolo, over an alleged attempt to murder Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state.

The police arraigned the commercial driver on Wednesday.Monica Ikebuilo, the prosecutor, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Sept. 24 at Ijigbo Street in Ado-Ekiti.

Batshuayi last-gasp winner lifts Chelsea over Atletico Madrid (Video)

Michy Batshuayi scored with the final kick of the game to give Chelsea a 2-1 win away to Atletico Madrid in Champions League Group C on Wednesday.

Chelsea had the wide majority of chances in the first half, most notably Eden Hazard’s deflected shot from distance striking the post.

A woman's attempt to catch her boyfriend in a compromising position didn't go exactly as planned.

The girlfriend,enlisted the team behind the YouTube channel To Catch a Cheater to help her out. With cameras rolling, they sent in a pair of seductive women to see if he'd cheat.