UEFA drops doping charges against Liverpool’s Sakho

UEFA on Friday dropped proceedings against Liverpool and France international defender Mamadou Sakho over a doping infringement, European football’s governing body said, just two days before the Euro 2016 final. 

The defender Sakho, who moved to Anfield for £18 million ($25 million) in 2013, has 28 caps for France and had been earmarked for a starting place for France at the championships before the case threw his career into jeopardy. 

“Following a hearing with the lawyers of the player and experts of the WADA-accredited laboratories, in this case, the CEDB has decided to dismiss the case,” UEFA said in a statement, referring to its independent Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body. 

Five important things you should know before marrying an Igbo girl

Just came across this post via madailygist and I think it very interesting to read. Read on ...

If you are a tourist stepping on the shores of Nigeria for the first time, then there is the likelihood that one or two of the girls that would draw your attraction would be Igbo. This is because ladies from this major tribe in Nigeria are beautiful and attractive with their fair and silky skin. They are rare gems and real beauty to behold.

Igbo girls are found in almost every part of the world; they are unique and have diverse characteristics and traits. If you are considering marrying one, then you are lucky. You can be sure you are marrying a girl that has added value when it comes to cooking. They most times make good mothers and wives; there is hardly a dull moment with them because they are chatty and humorous.

Breaking: Former Minister of Petroleum Resources Dr Shettima Ali Monguno dies at age 90

The Former Minister of Petroleum Resources and Elder States Man, Dr Shettima Ali Munguno is death. He dies at age 90 in Maiduguri.

May his soul RIP

Accidental discharge in Lagos Airpot Injured two

There was pandemonium  Friday at the General Aviation Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos when the gun carried by a man identified as an orderly to a senator accidentally discharged on him and a woman as he tried to remove the magazine .

Two people were reported to have been injured. The orderly who was to travel on Arik Air and wanted to lodge his gun, which is a standard practice on air travel, but the gun released a bullet that splinted and hit both the man and woman on the leg as he bent down to pull the magazine out of the gun.

Federal High Court affirms Ikpeazu as Governor of Abia State

Justice A.I Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Owerri has affirmed the election of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State.

Ruling on the case filed by Mr. Friday Nwosu against, Ikpeazu on alleged forgery of tax documents, the court ruled that the plaintiff, (Nwosu) was unable to prove that the tax documents were forged. According to an online source, Abia Online, the court ruled that the tax documents were not forged, and went further to dismissed the matter.

Minister claims No president has developed Niger Delta like Buhari

Usani Uguru, minister of Niger Delta affairs, says the region is benefiting more from the government of President Muhammadu Buhari than any other administration.

Uguru said while the previous administrations failed to act on the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) report, the Buhari-led government gave attention to it within its first year in office.

However, he expressed regret that rather than support Buhari, some people in the region were busy compiling the woes of the Niger Delta.

He said the continued destruction of oil pipelines by militants was counterproductive and harmful to the environment.

Faleke accuses Gov. Bello of purchasing N1bn worth of vehicles while Kogi people suffer

The running mate to late Abubakar Audu in the Kogi State governorship election, says Governor Yahaya Bello has purchased a number of expensive vehicles in spite of the economic situation of the state.

Faleke, who is challenging Bello in court, claimed that the governor splashed over a billion naira on the purchase of “luxury cars and trucks” for political appointees and top government officials.

Faleke in a statement issued on his behalf by Duro Meseko, spokesman of the the Audu/Faleke political organisation, said “We find it hard to believe that despite repeated admonitions by well-meaning groups and individuals, the Yahaya Bello administration still went ahead on an unimaginable flight of fancy by purchasing expensive vehicles for use by some aides of the governor and the governor himself.

40-year-old Man rapes his 17-year-old daughter in Edo

An Egor Chief Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo, on Friday, sentenced 40-year-old Lucky Idahosa to 14 years imprisonment for raping his 17-year-old daughter.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Igho Braimah, jailed the accused after he pleaded guilty to the charge.

The convict had in the plea told the court that he committed the act for money ritual.

Braimah said that no matter what a father considered opportunity to become rich, he should not yield to the temptation of the nursing idea of having canal knowledge of “his blood’’, let alone “really doing it’’.

Nurses drag Benue State Governor to court over illegal retirement

No fewer than nine Chief Nursing Officers employed by the Benue State Hospitals Management Board, who were allegedly forced into retirement, have dragged the government under the leadership of Samuel Ortom to the National Industrial Court, Makurdi Division.

The affected nurses are seeking an order restraining the state government or their agents from unjustly interfering with their employments.

The aggrieved chief nurses, in a suit labeled, NICN/MKD/2016 and filed through their lawyer, Pepe Dajo, also prayed the court to restore their names on the hospital payroll with immediate effect until their compulsory retirement in October 2017.

Say What! Brymo tweeted that "his career ended in 2013"

After he went on days ago to Twitter to say that “black men like to suffer”, he has been an object of ridicule as he has been brutally slammed on the social media platform.

During this brawl he had with his fans, a tweep advised the singer to caution his tweets as it could bring a dark cloud over his career.

Peace Mass Transit Chairman Finally Speaks on Bayelsa, Umuahia Accidents

Feeling remorseful after the road mishaps at Umuahia, Abia and Bayelsa states in the last one month, which claimed the lives of 24 passengers and two drivers, Chairman of the Peace Mass Transit (PMT) Limited, Dr Sam Onyishi, has begun “defensive driving” training for his drivers.

Onyishi, who addressed a press conference at the Emene, Enugu headquarters of the bus company yesterday, said training in defensive driving for the drivers became inevitable.

He also said he felt pains any time his vehicle was involved in a crash. Hence, his resolve to arm his

Barack Obama condemns Dallas attack (See Statement)

U.S President Barack Obama has condemned the Thursday night attack of gunmen that resulted in the killing of 5 police officers with seven others injured.

It was the second statement about shootings in American the President made from Europe in less than 12 hours. He condemned the shootings by police of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana shorty after arriving in Europe and made and a broad diagnosis of American racial imbalance. Hours later, after chaos erupted in Dallas and five police officers were killed in sniper shootings that began during protests stemming from the Minnesota and Louisiana shootings, Obama promised justice.

Dallas Shooting: Report alledged white supremacists killed the Dallas police officers to start a race war

via MediaTakeOut

MTO just received some Blockbuster information According to an insider at CNN, the Dallas shooters are what police are calling ‘Whit Nationalist’.

A CNN insider spoke with MediaTakeOut.com on the condition of anonymity. They claim that the police have asked the network to not release details of the shooter, until authorities have time to conduct full searches of all the suspects homes.

Chief of Army Staff visits troops in Kangarwa

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai as part of his operational visits to formations and units in the North East, which is in continuation of the activities marking this year's Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL) 2016, visited troops of 119 Task Force Battalion of 7 Brigade located at Kangarwa on Thursday, July 7.

"I am not HIV! I am Living with HIV" - HIV Positive Activist writes

Lebogang Brenda Motsumi is a 25-year-old HIV positive mother of one. The HIV activist, who is now working towards an Aids free generation shared this inspiring words on Facebook:

"Good morning, my name is Lebogang Brenda Motsumi aka African Queen. I am NOT HIV, I am LIVING with HIV. I am not the virus, the virus lives in me. I am not defined by HIV, but I define HIV" Brenda found out she was HIV positive in 2009 after she read an article by a popular guy whom she dated.

Jada Pinkett Smith has a lovely caption for her son Jaden as he turns 18

Jada Pinkett, wife of Will Smith took to her Facebook page to celebrate with her son Jaden as he turns 18 today. 

See the lovely captioned that went along with the pics ...

Ladies, Your honest Opinion is Needed Here

... How will you reply him?

ISIL use mobile apps to advertise a "Virgin, Beautiful, and 12 years old" girl whose bid has reached $12,500

According to the ads ... A girl for sale is "Virgin. Beautiful. 12 years old ... Her price has reached $12,500 and she will be sold soon."

The posting in Arabic appeared on an encrypted conversation along with ads for kittens, weapons and tactical gear. It was shared by an activist with the minority Yazidi community, whose women and children are being held as sex slaves by ISIL.

While the extremist group is losing territory in its self-styled caliphate, it is tightening its grip on an estimated 3,000 women and girls held as sex slaves.

In Borno: DHQ shares video showing aircraft strikes on Boko Haram hideout

The Air Component of Operation Lafiya Dole recorded another major success yesterday July 7th in its air campaign against the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) as 2 x F-7Ni fighter aircraft struck a terrorists’ location at Northern Borno. The location lies between Tumbum Rego and Malkonory and is about 25km from Kangarwa where own surface forces are currently harboured.

The location, as can be seen from the enclosed footage, harbors Boko Haram Terrorist makeshift structures and about 4-6 clusters of solar panels which are used by the Terrorists to power communications equipment and for lighting.

Dallas Shooting: Face one of the police officers shot dead by snipers

Dart Officer Brent Thompson, 43, has been identified as one of the 11 police officers shot by Snipers during a protest over the recent killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Sterling by police..

Three of the gunmen who shot and killed the policemen are in custody. A fourth man, who was engaged in a shootout with police from a parking garage, has reportedly killed himself.

Family of Alton Sterling sympathizes with the families of killed Dallas police officers

The family of slain Alton Sterling, who was shot dead by a Baton Rouge, Louisiana cop in a parking lot early Tuesday have sympathized with the family of the killed Dallas Police officers during a Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Dallas last night.

Tanya Sterling, a cousin of the Baton Rouge victim, said she and the family had protested by praying for peace and an end to violence and understand what the family of the killed police officers are going through.

Eguavoen, Joseph Yobo and others put on Stephen Keshi's burial committee

The National Committee for the State Funeral of late Coach Stephen Okechukwu Keshi (CON) who died on June 8, 2016 will be inaugurated today by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Barrister Solomon Dalung.

The minister approved the constitution of the national committee which comprises family members, coaches, ex- internationals, a club owner, media practitioner, football administrators &representatives of the ministry, the armed forces and para-military.

Dallas Shooting: Georgina Onuoha says 'To kill any cop in cold blood is cruel'

The US Based Nigerian actress Georgina Onuoha has shared her views on the sad shooting of police officers in Dallas, United States. Four gunmen shot 11 police officers - killing at least five - and may have planted a bombs 'all over' downtown Dallas. 

She wrote: 

"Theirs is the most dangerous job in America. They are our first line of defense. To have any one kill them in cold blood is cruel.

Lere Olayinka says the N389million found in Fayose's account is from his savings

Media aide to Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, says the N389 million the EFCC reportedly found in Fayose's account is from his savings. Lere said this in an interview with Channels TV yesterday

"By EFCC's account, they found N389 million in the account of Governor Ayo Fayose. There are people that have been accused of buying two houses in Dubai and they said they used their savings to buy the houses. So the money in the account of governor Ayo Fayose is also his savings. And even if they accuse him of buying properties, was he not having properties before he became governor in 2003? Was he not living comfortably before he 

Mark Zuckerberg shares his view on Philando Castile shooting live streamed of Facebook

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has addressed the Philando Castile shooting after Castile's girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, live streamed the shooting to Facebook after he was shot by police during a traffic stop. 

The Facebook boss called the images "graphic and heartbreaking" but acknowledged that they "shine a light" on the fears many face.

Sierra Leonean Model Zainab Sheriff shares pregnancy nude photos

Sierra Leonean model and former Big Brother Africa contestant, Zainab Sheriff, shared some more photos from her risque maternity shoot via Instagram. 

She captioned the photos: "A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create nurture and transform. Body of Art.. When pregnancy gives you curves, Flaunt em."

Minnesota Police who killed Philando Castile has been identified as Jeronimo Yanez (PHOTO)

The Police patrolman who shot and killed Philando Castile during a traffic stop has been identified as Jeronimo Yanez (Left). The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) released a statement Thursday evening saying Yanez and another cop, Officer Joseph Kauser, were involved in the Wednesday shooting.

Actress Dakore Egbuson-Akande rocks cornrows

Beautiful woman!

Shinkafi buried in Sokoto

The late Marafan Sokoto, Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi, who died in a London Hospital on Thursday had been buried on Friday at the Hubbaren Shehu in Sokoto.
Burial prayer was held after the Friday prayer at the Sultan Bello Mosque, adjacent the Sultan Palace in Sokoto.

The prayer was led by the Chief Imam of the mosque, Alhaji Usman Akwarra.

The Federal Government’s delegation to the burial was led by the Minister of Interior, Retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Danbazau.

Man who dares to beat his Father and two policemen arraign before Magistrate Court

For allegedly daring to beat his father and the two policemen who came to arrest him, a 27-year-old man, Tobi Majoyegbe, was on Friday arraigned in Lagos.Also charged along with him is his friend, Taiwo Tayo, an estate agent.

They are facing 10 counts bordering on assault, stealing and conspiracy at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.

Majoyegbe, who claimed to be a journalist, and his friend, Tayo, live at 8, Gabi Crescent, Meiran, a suburb of Lagos, on the Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway.