John Obi Mikel allegedly assaults female journalist

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><a href="http://ift.tt/11zWK3D" rel="attachment wp-att-44160"><img alt="jon-obi-mikel_g_2790505b" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-44160" data-recalc-dims="1" src="http://ift.tt/11zWMZ3"/> </a> </p><br /><p>John Mikel Obi has been accused of assaulting a female journalist, who works with Abuja-based radio station KISS FM DailyPost reports.</p><br /><p>According to reports, the Super Eagles midfielder lost his temper after the journalist approached him for an interview after training.</p><br /><p>BBC reporter Oluwashina Okeleji, first brought the story into public domain when he tweeted: “A female journalist has claimed #Nigeria’s Mikel Obi assaulted her after training on Monday, when she approached him for an interview. “The journalist, who works for Kiss FM in Abuja, said she’s forgiven Mikel Obi after the assault, according to team media officer Ben Alaiya.”</p><br /><p>This incident comes just days after former media officer of the Super Eagles Colin Udoh, alleged that the Chelsea player also assaulted him on a plane back from Sudan, where the Eagles were beaten 1-0.</p><br /></div>

John Obi Mikel allegedly assaults female journalist

John Mikel Obi has been accused of assaulting a female journalist, who works with Abuja-based radio station KISS FM DailyPost reports. Acc...

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#BringBackOurGirls: US, UK protesters demand abducted girls’ release

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1oifGcK" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://ift.tt/1oifGcK" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Crowds in various cities in the United States and the United Kingdom on Sunday hit the streets to demand the release of more than 200 schoolgirls that were abducted in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The crowd, composed mainly of females, also carried banners that read, “These are our sisters” and “No child born to be taken.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />About 100 demonstrators gathered outside the Nigerian High Commission in London, where they chanted “Bring them back!” as well as “Not for sale!” and “African lives matter!”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Cable News Network reports that on Saturday, crowds from Los Angeles in the US carried posters reading #BringBackOurGirls.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In Washington, protesters gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to denounce what they described as a poor response by the Nigerian government to rescue the girls.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In London, a protester, Leyla Chery, who is a teacher, said, “It’s very important that everyone does something. We have ways to find the girls, but we haven’t done enough and the government in Nigeria hasn’t done enough. So we should definitely try to push them. I talk to my students in class about the girls.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Apart from street protests, social media campaign has gained momentum with celebrities, such as singer Mary J. Blige, offering their support. Education advocate and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who made a miraculous recovery after being shot in the head by the Taliban, posed in a picture with the #BringBackOurGirls poster.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />On Saturday, US Secretary of State John Kerry called on President Goodluck Jonathan to step up efforts to find the girls, who were kidnapped on April 16<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In New York’s Union Square Park on Saturday, over 250 demonstrators protested. Some came from as far away as Boston, Massachusetts to attend, voice their concern.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />A third rally is scheduled for United Nations Plaza on Wednesday, where the issue of the missing students is among the topics scheduled to be discussed among UN diplomats, and strategists.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

#BringBackOurGirls: US, UK protesters demand abducted girls’ release

Crowds in various cities in the United States and the United Kingdom on Sunday hit the streets to demand the release of more than 200 scho...

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