Nkiru Sylvanus released from Captivity

Nkiru Sylvanus

The popular Nollywood actress and special assistant to Imo state governor on public affairs, Nkiru Sylvanus has regained her freedom from captivity.  She was kidnapped last Sunday in Owerri Imo state close to concord hotels while on official assignment. After her abduction, her captors demanded the sum of N100 million ransom for her release. However, it is not clear whether or not any ransom was paid for her release. Few days ago, Nollywood actors and actresses protested against her kidnap and demanded for her immediate release from captivity.

Yaya Toure wins African Footballer of the year 2012

Yaya Toure

Ivory coast international footballer and Manchester city striker Yaya Toure has been named African footballer of the year for the second consecutive time. He defeated Ivory Coast international and Shanghai Shenhua striker, Didier Drogba and Cameroonian international and FC Barcelona striker, Alex Song. While Yaya Toure came first, Didier Drogba came second while Alex song came third. The voting was done by head of coaches and technical directors of countries affiliated to Confederation of African Football (CAF)

See the December Edition Global of FIFA ranking

	Rnk	Team	Pts	+/- Pos
	1	Spain	1606	0
	2	Germany	1437	0
	3	Argentina	1290	0
	4	Italy	1165	1
	5	Colombia	1164	3
	6	England	1151	0
	7	Portugal	1144	-3
	8	Netherlands	1124	-1
	9	Russia	1070	0
	10	Croatia	1064	0
	11	Greece	1033	1
	12	Switzerland	1004	4
	13	Ecuador	999	4
	14	Côte d'Ivoire	995	1
	15	Mexico	994	-1
	16	Uruguay	975	-5
	17	France	949	1
	18	Brazil	946	-5
	19	Algeria	887	0
	20	Sweden	870	3
	21	Belgium	868	-1
	22	Japan	840	2
	23	Denmark	821	-1
	24	Norway	810	2
	25	Mali	809	3
	26	Chile	793	-5
	27	Bosnia-Herzegovina	788	4
	28	USA	782	-1
	29	Czech Republic	781	-4
	30	Ghana	777	-1

nk	Team	Pts	+/- Pos
	31	Montenegro	756	3
	32	Hungary	750	-2
	33	Romania	700	4
	34	Zambia	697	5
	35	Korea Republic	686	-3
	36	Australia	668	-3
	37	Paraguay	666	-2
	38	Serbia	659	4
	39	Haiti	650	18
	40	Turkey	627	-2
	41	Egypt	615	-1
	42	Bolivia	609	9
	42	Gabon	609	10
	42	Republic of Ireland	609	-6
	45	Tunisia	606	1
	46	Peru	603	-2
	47	Slovakia	595	-4
	47	Ukraine	595	8
	49	Slovenia	591	0
	50	Bulgaria	585	-10
	51	Panama	582	-5
	52	Central African Republic	581	0
	52	Nigeria	581	5
	54	Libya	572	5
	55	Poland	553	-1
	56	Jamaica	552	-6
	57	Venezuela	551	-9
	58	Honduras	540	-2
	59	Iran	532	-15
	60	Guinea	527	11
	61	Cameroon	523	1