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Republican aide resigns over criticism of Obama daughters

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<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/1yaPzey" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://ift.tt/1yaPzey" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />A senior Republican employee is resigning after her comments that the Obama daughters should “try showing a little class” caused a firestorm of criticism on social media this over the weekend.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Elizabeth Lauten, communications director for Tennessee Rep. Stephen Fincher, confirmed to CNN that she planned to resign onMonday.<br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />She faced heavy backlash when she wrote a Thanksgiving-Day screed against the Obama daughters, as well as the President and first lady, on Facebook that quickly went viral across the web.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In it, she scolded Malia and Sasha Obama, 16 and 13 years old respectively, for what she said was their inappropriate outfits and their bored looks during Wednesday’s turkey pardoning ceremony, which they attended alongside their father.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“Dear Sasha and Malia: I get you’re both in those awful teen years, but you’re a part of the First Family, try showing a little class. At least respect the part you play,” Lauten wrote in the post.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“Then again, your mother and father don’t respect their positions very much, or the nation for that matter,” she added. “So I’m guessing you’re coming up a little short in the ‘good role model’ department.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Lauten went on to tell them to “stretch yourself…rise to the occasion” and “act like being in the White House matters to you.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“Dress like you deserve respect, not a spot at a bar. And certainly don’t make faces during televised, public events,” she added.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Hours later, after her comments picked up steam on social media, Lauten deleted it and wrote another post apologising for her comments.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Neither chief of staff Jessica Carter nor Fincher responded to requests for comment via email.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Republican aide resigns over criticism of Obama daughters

Republican aide resigns over criticism of Obama daughters

A senior Republican employee is resigning after her comments that the Obama daughters should “try showing a little class” caused a firesto...

Obama seeks $75m for police body cameras

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<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/1weJ9vI" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="165" src="http://ift.tt/1weJ9vI" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Spurred by the Ferguson, Missouri shooting, President Barack Obama is calling for $75m in federal spending to get 50,000 more police to wear body cameras that record their interactions with civilians.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />However, Obama is not seeking to pull back federal programs that provide military-style equipment to local law enforcement.<br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The president was making the announcements on Monday from the White House during a series of meetings with his Cabinet, civil rights leaders, law enforcement officials and others.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />At least for now, Obama is staying away from Ferguson in the wake of a racially charged uproar over a grand jury’s decision last week not to charge the police offer who fatally shot unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Obama is proposing a three-year $263m spending package to increase use of body-worn cameras, expand training for law enforcement and add more resources for police department reform.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The White House has said the cameras could help bridge deep mistrust between law enforcement and the public.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Al Jazeera’s Kimberly Halkett, reporting from Washington DC, said that it offers an opportunity for similar disputes with the police to be recorded.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“This would eliminate situations not just in Ferguson but around the United States,” she said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />(Al jazeera)<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Obama seeks $75m for police body cameras

Obama seeks $75m for police body cameras

Spurred by the Ferguson, Missouri shooting, President Barack Obama is calling for $75m in federal spending to get 50,000 more police to we...

‘Adebayor ‘brainwashed’ by spiritualist into thinking mother used black magic on him’

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<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/1v6Nx9n" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="http://ift.tt/1v6Nx9n" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Emmanuel Adebayor’s older brother Kola claims the striker has been brainwashed by Islamic spiritual healers into thinking their mother used black magic to sabotage his form on the pitch.'<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Kola, 42, a truck driver based in Bremen, Germany, told The Sun on Sunday: ‘[Emmanuel] has been brainwashed by these Muslim alfas – spiritual men – who prophesise when he scores goals and why he is not playing well.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />‘They have convinced him his sister and mother put juju curses on him. My mother is very sad. Every day she is crying. I just talked to her on the phone and she was crying again.’<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Adebayor was recently moved to deny accusations from his sister Maggie that he had kicked their mum Alice out of his house in Africa because he thought she had performed Juju curses on him.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Maggie claimed on radio station Peace FM in neighbouring Ghana that the Premier League striker was refusing to give his mother money and has not seen her in over a year.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />She said their mum was selling ‘polythene bags, padlocks and other things’ to provide for her family however Emmanuel says his mother left the house of her own accord.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Adebayor, speaking to <i>Peace FM,</i> said: ‘I never sacked my mum from the house. She decided to leave the house.<br/><br /><br/><br />‘How am I going to be in touch with my mum if my mum is the one telling everyone that my work will not go forward, so I will just be on my side and do my thing.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />‘They should stop talking, they should stop doing Juju on me, they should leave me alone.<br/><br /><br/><br />‘I bought a $1.2m house in East Legon for the one talking and calling herself my sister. Can you imagine that sister went to rent the house without my knowledge?’<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Kola tells The Sun that he sends Alice 400 euros a month. He says he is ‘angry’ at his brother and that Emmanuel’s financial snub has ‘left our family in poverty’.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />While it’s common for people who identify as Christian such as Emmanuel to visit a Muslim spiritual healer, Kola says the Spurs front man is ‘seeing bad alfas and they are manipulating him’.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />‘If you are really a man of God then you have to catch our mother and prove she is a witch,’ he says.<br/><br /><br/><br />“Otherwise you are just lying to Emmanuel and taking his money.’<br/><br /><br/><br />Tottenham has been contacted for a response.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Emmanuel’s form for Spurs hasn’t been tested since November 9, when he was a 65th-minute substitute for Etienne Capoue in their 2-1 loss to Stoke.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />After that match Adebayor criticised Spurs fans for not providing a supportive atmosphere at White Hart Lane.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

‘Adebayor ‘brainwashed’ by spiritualist into thinking mother used black magic on him’

‘Adebayor ‘brainwashed’ by spiritualist into thinking mother used black magic on him’

Emmanuel Adebayor’s older brother Kola claims the striker has been brainwashed by Islamic spiritual healers into thinking their mother use...

FG not behind Boko Haram – Sambo

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<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/1v6NwCz" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="http://ift.tt/1v6NwCz" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Vice President, Muhammad Namadi Sambo, Monday distanced the Federal Government from the activities of Jama’atul Ahalil Suna LIdawatul Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Harama.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The vice President who spoke during a condolence visit to the emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sunusi II at his palace, described as untrue the insinuation in certain quarters that Government have hands in the insurgent activities.<br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Vice President maintained that political undertone being attached to the action of the insurgents was the handiwork of those who knew nothing about the security challenges.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Sambo who spoke in Hausa dialect during condolence visits to the emir stressed, ” the federal government has no hands in the ongoing insurgency in Nigeria. The government is saddled with responsibility of protecting lives and property of its subject, as well as ensuring peace in the nation, he said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He disclosed that the Federal Government was deeply worried by the unfolding security challenges in the country, pointing out that, government has adopted proactive measures to address the menance.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Namadi Sambo, disclosed that those saddled with the task of ensuring security in the country, are from the north, and are adherents of the religion of Islam, stressing that, no right-thinking person would love to take solace, or derive any pleasure in the atrocities committed by members of the Boko Haram sect.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />” Take the issue of the Minister of Defence, Gen. Aliyu Gusau, he is a Muslim and from Zamfara State; the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, is also a Muslim from Sokoto State; the Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Suleman Abba is also a Muslim from Jigawa State and my humble self hail from Zaria town, Kaduna State.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He stated therefore that “It is unfair for anybody to think that as Muslims and northerners holding political positions in the federal government, we can connived or aid anyone or group of persons committing atrocities in the north and the nation as a whole.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

FG not behind Boko Haram – Sambo

FG not behind Boko Haram – Sambo

Vice President, Muhammad Namadi Sambo, Monday distanced the Federal Government from the activities of Jama’atul Ahalil Suna LIdawatul Jiha...

Photos Of Explosives-Rigged Mitsubishi Car Targeted At Kano

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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='field field-type-filefield field-field-page-image'><br/><br /><div class='field-items'><br/><br /><div class='field-item odd'><br/><br /><div class='imagefield-wrapper imagefield-field_page_image-wrapper'><img alt="" class="imagefield imagefield-field_page_image imagecache-news-page-images-480-wide imagecache-news-page-images-480-wide_ife" height="335" src="http://ift.tt/SbNBJH" title="" width="480"/> </div><br /><br/> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='field-item even'><br/><br /><div class='imagefield-wrapper imagefield-field_page_image-wrapper'><img alt="" class="imagefield imagefield-field_page_image imagecache-news-page-images-480-wide imagecache-news-page-images-480-wide_ife" height="282" src="http://ift.tt/SbNzBJ" title="" width="480"/> </div><br /><br/> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='field-item odd'><br/><br /><div class='imagefield-wrapper imagefield-field_page_image-wrapper'><img alt="" class="imagefield imagefield-field_page_image imagecache-news-page-images-480-wide imagecache-news-page-images-480-wide_ife" height="335" src="http://ift.tt/SbNzBL" title="" width="480"/> </div><br /><br/> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='field-item even'><br/><br /><div class='imagefield-wrapper imagefield-field_page_image-wrapper'><img alt="" class="imagefield imagefield-field_page_image imagecache-news-page-images-480-wide imagecache-news-page-images-480-wide_ife" height="282" src="http://ift.tt/SbNBJL" title="" width="480"/> </div><br /><br/> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='field-item odd'><br/><br /><div class='imagefield-wrapper imagefield-field_page_image-wrapper'><img alt="" class="imagefield imagefield-field_page_image imagecache-news-page-images-480-wide imagecache-news-page-images-480-wide_ife" height="376" src="http://ift.tt/RQ3y7O" title="" width="480"/> </div><br /><br/> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='field-item even'><br/><br /><div class='imagefield-wrapper imagefield-field_page_image-wrapper'><img alt="" class="imagefield imagefield-field_page_image imagecache-news-page-images-480-wide imagecache-news-page-images-480-wide_ife" height="377" src="http://ift.tt/RQ3wgs" title="" width="480"/> </div><br /><br/> </div><br /><br/> </div><br /><br/> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='field field-type-text field-field-writer'><br/><br /><div class='field-items'><br/><br /><div class='field-item odd'> </div><br /><br/> </div><br /><br/> </div><br /><br/><br />The Nigeria police released these photos of car rigged with explosives that targeted Kano city. This car would have caused a second bomb attack in Kano following a first that killed at least 13 people at a beer joint last night in Sabon Gari area of Kano.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Nigeria police says its bomb disposal unit has defused the bomb.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />(Sahara Reporters)<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Photos Of Explosives-Rigged Mitsubishi Car Targeted At Kano

Photos Of Explosives-Rigged Mitsubishi Car Targeted At Kano

The Nigeria police released these photos of car rigged with explosives that targeted Kano city. This car would have caused ...

Robben blasts Manchester United: 'They played Handball not football'

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<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/1pOZXmA" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://ift.tt/1pOZXmA" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><b>Arjen Robben has criticised Manchester United’s defensive approach during Tuesday Champions League 1-1 draw at Old Trafford, comparing it to the sport of handball.</b><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Robben, speaking to the German media, said: “It was not easy, as our opponents didn’t leave any gaps. We wanted to play football but they tried to stop us. The English were just playing on the counter and have played very defensively, it was almost like in handball.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“But when you go a goal down you have to be pleased with a draw. 1-1 is a very good result that we can take home with us and then we just have to finish it off next week.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Team-mate Toni Kroos agreed, saying: “It was difficult: we were dominant all the time. It’s very difficult to play against a team that consistently has all its players around their own penalty area.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Philipp Lahm said Bayern were confident of a positive result: “We wanted to win here, but if you come back from 1-0 down you can be satisfied. It puts us in a good starting position.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Pep Guardiola, who also criticised the red card shown to Bastian Schweinsteiger, said: “It’s not easy when you want to control the game and there are nine players in the box, eight, nine players there. So it’s not easy. But we controlled the game.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Robben blasts Manchester United: 'They played Handball not football'

Robben blasts Manchester United: 'They played Handball not football'

Arjen Robben has criticised Manchester United’s defensive approach during Tuesday Champions League 1-1 draw at Old Trafford, comparing it ...

UEFA Champions League: PSG 3-1 Chelsea

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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br/><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1dSAsyP" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://ift.tt/1dSAsyP" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><b><br/> </b> <b>Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday beat Chelsea 3-1 in Champions League quarter-final first leg.</b><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Argentinian striker Ezequiel Lavezzi gave them an early lead before Eden Hazard brought Chelsea level from the penalty spot in the 27th minute.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />However, the hosts deservedly regained the lead in the 61st minute against an unambitious Chelsea side as Lavezzi’s wickedly curling freekick was put into his own net by David Luiz.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />PSG gained what could turn out to be the decisive goal in the third minute of time added on as Javier Pastore weaved his way past two players and then beat Petr Cech at the near post.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Worryingly, though, for the hosts with a view to the second leg was the sight of their leading scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic going off during the second-half clutching his right thigh. The second leg is next Tuesday<br/><br /><br/><br />Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho had left out Fernando Torres for the Champions League quarter-final first leg against Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday, selecting Andre Schuerrle in his place.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />With Samuel Eto’o sidelined due to a hamstring injury, Spain striker Torres had been expected to get the nod at the tip of the Premier League side’s attack.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />However, he was left on the bench at kick-off with German international winger Schuerrle and Belgium’s Eden Hazard both starting, and both capable of playing through the middle.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />There were no surprises elsewhere in the visitors’ starting XI, Brazilian Ramires returning from a domestic suspension to partner compatriot David Luiz in central midfield with Nemanja Matic ineligible in Europe and Frank Lampard – who has made 99 Champions League appearances – only a substitute.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Petr Cech, captain John Terry and Lampard all played in the Chelsea side that won 3-0 against PSG in the French capital in the group stages back in 2004, in Mourinho’s first spell as manager of the club.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />There were no surprises in the PSG side as Christophe Jallet started at right-back in the absence of Dutch international Gregory Van der Wiel, who has a nagging knee problem.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Captain Thiago Silva lined up in central defence with a mask to protect the cheekbone he fractured in the Ligue 1 win at Lorient last month.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored 10 goals in just seven games in this season’s Champions League, and a club record 40 goals in all competitions.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

UEFA Champions League: PSG 3-1 Chelsea

UEFA Champions League: PSG 3-1 Chelsea

Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday beat Chelsea 3-1 in Champions League quarter-final first leg. Argentinian stri...

UEFA Champions League: Bale, Ronaldo guide Madrid to Dortmund revenge

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<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/1pOZT6k" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="http://ift.tt/1pOZT6k" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><b><br/> </b> <b>Real Madrid eased towards a fourth consecutive Champions League semi-final as Cristiano Ronaldo equalled another goalscoring record in their 3-0 win over Borussia Dortmund at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday.</b><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Looking to avenge their semi-final defeat at the hands of the Germans last season, Madrid flew out of the traps and were ahead within three minutes when Gareth Bale poked home from Dani Carvajal’s pass.<br/><br /><br/><br />Isco doubled Real’s lead after 27 minutes as his low shot from the edge of the area curled into the bottom corner.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Ronaldo then scored his 14th Champions League goal of the campaign to match the competition’s record mark for goals in a season set by Lionel Messi two years ago.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />However, Real’s night was soured somewhat as Ronaldo had to be substituted late on due to what appeared to be a minor knee injury.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Madrid had also suffered a disruption just before the game as Angel di Maria was ruled out with gastroenteritis, but they didn’t miss a beat without the Argentine as his replacement Isco pulled the strings in midfield and they started with great intensity.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Bale opened the scoring with his 17th goal of the season as he controlled Carvajal’s low centre before finishing first time.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller then had to make two brilliant saves from a free-kick each from Ronaldo and Bale.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />However, there was nothing the German international could do to prevent Isco’s precise low effort finding its way into his bottom right-hand corner.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Dortmund posed a far greater threat on the Real goal after the break, but that also left them open on the counter-attack and Bale nearly scored again within three minutes of the restart as Weidenfeller blocked the Welshman’s effort.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had been handed the difficult task of replacing the suspended Robert Lewandowski up front for Dortmund, but he came close to bringing his side back into the game with a shot across goal that flew just wide of the target.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Henrikh Mkhitaryan then wasted another good opening for the visitors as his shot was deflected wide by Pepe and within two minutes Dortmund were punished as Ronaldo made it 3-0.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Portuguese was played in by Luka Modric and showed quick feet to sidestep Weidenfeller and roll the ball into an empty net.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Dortmund continued to push for an away goal and only an incredible block by Pepe prevented Mkhitaryan after Iker Casillas could only parry a low cross from the right.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Weidenfeller was then forced into more heroics to keep the score down as he tipped over Benzema’s sweetly-struck half-volley from the edge of the area.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Ronaldo had to be replaced by Brazilian midfielder Casemiro 10 minutes from time, but the former Manchester United man was able to walk freely as he made his exit, suggesting he should be fit for Real’s trip to Real Sociedad on Saturday.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

UEFA Champions League: Bale, Ronaldo guide Madrid to Dortmund revenge

UEFA Champions League: Bale, Ronaldo guide Madrid to Dortmund revenge

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The Canonisation Of Terror By Wole Soyinka

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<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/1f952yj" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="http://ift.tt/1f952yj" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The sheer weight of indignation and revulsion of most of Nigerian humanity at the recent Boko Harma atrocity in Yobe is most likely to have overwhelmed a tiny footnote to that outrage, small indeed, but of an inversely proportionate significance. This was the name of the hospital to which the survivors of the massacre were taken. That minute detail calls into question, in a gruesome but chastening way, the entire ethical landscape into which this nation has been forced by insensate leadership. It is an uncanny coincidence, one that I hope the new culture of ‘religious tourism’, spearheaded by none other than the nation’s president in his own person, may even come to recognize as a message from unseen forces.<br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />For the name of that hospital, it is reported, is none other than that of General Sanni Abacha, a vicious usurper under whose authority the lives of an elected president and his wife were snuffed out. Assassinations – including through bombs cynically ascribed to the opposition – became routine. Under that ruler, torture and other forms of barbarism were enthroned as the norm of governance. To round up, nine Nigerian citizens, including the writer and environmentalist Ken Saro-wiwa, were hanged after a trial that was stomach churning even by the most primitive standards of judicial trial, and in defiance of the intervention of world leadership. We are speaking here of a man who placed this nation under siege during an unrelenting reign of terror that is barely different from the current rampage of Boko Haram. It is this very psychopath that was recently canonized by the government of Goodluck Jonathan in commemoration of one hundred years of Nigerian trauma.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />It has been long a-coming. One of the broadest avenues in the nation’s capital, Abuja, bears the name of General Sanni Abacha. Successive governments have lacked the political courage to change this signpost – among several others – of national self degradation and wipe out the memory of the nation’s tormentor from daily encounter. Not even Ministers for the Federal Capital territory within whose portfolios rest such responsibilities, could muster the temerity to initiate the process and leave the rest to public approbation or repudiation. I urged the need of this purge on one such minister, and at least one Head of State. That minister promised, but that boast went the way of Nigerian electoral boast. The Head of State murmured something about the fear of offending ‘sensibilities’. All evasions amounted to moral cowardice and a doubling of victim trauma. When you proudly display certificates of a nation’s admission to the club of global pariahs, it is only a matter of time before you move to beatify them as saints and other paragons of human perfection. What the government of Goodluck Jonathan has done is to scoop up a century’s accumulated degeneracy in one preeminent symbol, then place it on a podium for the nation to admire, emulate and even – worship.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />There is a deplorable message for coming generations in this governance aberration that the entire world has been summoned to witness and indeed, to celebrate. The insertion of an embodiment of ‘governance by terror’ into the company of committed democrats, professionals, humanists and human rights advocates in their own right, is a sordid effort to grant a certificate of health to a communicable disease that common sense demands should be isolated. It is a confidence trick that speaks volumes of the perpetrators of such a fraud. We shall pass over – for instance – the slave mentality that concocts loose formulas for an Honours List that automatically elevate any violent bird of passage to the status of nation builders who may, or may not be demonstrably motivated by genuine love of nation. According generalized but false attributes to known killers and treasury robbers is a disservice to history and a desecration of memory. It also compromises the future. This failure to discriminate, to assess, and thereby make it possible to grudgingly concede that even out of a ‘doctrine of necessity’ – such as military dictatorship - some demonstrable governance virtue may emerge, reveals nothing but national self-glorification in a moral void, the breeding grounds of future cankerworm in the nation’s edifice.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Such abandonment of moral rigour comes full circle sooner or later. The survivors of a plague known as Boko Haram, students in a place of enlightenment and moral instruction, are taken to a place of healing dedicated to an individual contagion – a murderer and thief of no redeeming quality known as Sanni Abacha, one whose plunder is still being pursued all over the world and recovered piecemeal by international consortiums – at the behest of this same government which sees fit to place him on the nation’s Roll of Honour! I can think of nothing more grotesque and derisive of the lifetime struggle of several on this list, and their selfless services to humanity. It all fits. In this nation of portent readers, the coincidence should not be too difficult to decipher.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><b><i>I reject my share of this national insult.</i> </b><br/><br /><br/><br /><b><i>Wole SOYINKA</i> </b><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

The Canonisation Of Terror By Wole Soyinka

The Canonisation Of Terror By Wole Soyinka

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Ondo Assembly Declares Seven-day Mourning After Speaker’s Death

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FA CUP: Arsenal ease past Coventry City

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FA CUP: Arsenal ease past Coventry City

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Unknown gunmen kill cement dealer in Ebonyi

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<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/1mDYvQv" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" src="http://ift.tt/1mDYvQv" width="320"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Ebonyi police command on Friday confirmed the shooting and killing of one Chukwudi Uto, a cement dealer, by unknown gunmen.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Chris Anyanwu, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abakaliki, said the command had commenced investigation into it.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Anyanwu said Uto was shot and killed by the unknown gunmen on Thursday at Ezzamgbo Junction on the Abakaliki-Enugu expressway opposite the Ohaukwu local government headquarters.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“The victim, a father of one child, hails from Amike community,” the spokesman said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />An eyewitness who pleaded anonymity said the incident happened around 9.30 p.m. at a drinking joint in the area where Uto was celebrating his recent acquisition of a truck for his cement business with two friends.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“The gunmen shot him thrice on the chest in the midst of his two friends and collected the keys to his truck.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“The two gunmen invaded the area with a bus and demanded for the key of the vehicle.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />They collected it and later shot him three times in the chest,” the source said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The corpse has been deposited at an undisclosed mortuary.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Chairman of Ohaukwu local government, Mrs Chinyere Elom, said the council had mobilised and intensified efforts to track the perpetrators of the act.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“I have gone to the police headquarters in Abakaliki to brief the Commissioner of Police, Mr Maigaro Dikko, on the incident,” she said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />She advised the people of the area to remain calm and go about their business as the situation was under control.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Unknown gunmen kill cement dealer in Ebonyi

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Chelsea’s Essien signs for AC Milan

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<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/1mDYufA" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="http://ift.tt/1mDYufA" width="320"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Chelsea’s Ghanian international midfielder Michael Essien has joined AC Milan, the Italian Serie A side announced on Friday.<br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“Michael Essien will arrive in Milan this evening,” AC Milan said in a statement, praising the “high level curriculum” of the player.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Essien, 31, arrives on a free transfer having signed an 18-month deal with the northern outfit placed 11th in Serie A, the Italian press reported.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Essien is the first recruit of new Milan coach Clarence Seedorf, and he could play in their Champions League last 16 tie against Atletico Madrid next month with two Milan midfielders suspended for the match – Riccardo Montolivo and Ghanian Sulley Muntari.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Essien started his career with Corsican side Bastia (2000-2003), making his name at French club Lyon (2003-2005) before joining Chelsea (2005-2012).<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He teamed up again with Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid (2012-2013), but headed back to England with the Portuguese coach to Chelsea this season, but has failed to feature for the English side.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Before confirmatiuon of the move Mourinho had said Essien would be allowed to leave the club.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“Michael Essien is, in this moment, in a position where he can go or he can stay. If he stays we’re more than happy he stays.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“But he’s another player who gave everything to this club and, if a great situation for him arrives, for his future or to give him a chance to go to the World Cup with more years of contract and a career at the high level, the same way Chelsea let him go to Madrid when I was there.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />AFP<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Chelsea’s Essien signs for AC Milan

Chelsea’s Essien signs for AC Milan

Chelsea’s Ghanian international midfielder Michael Essien has joined AC Milan, the Italian Serie A side announced on Friday. “Michael Ess...

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