GLO-CAF Awards 2013 at a glance

 

The Glo Caf Awards 2013 took place yesterday January 9th,2014 in Lagos, Nigeria with many guests in attendance and many artistes and performers to add color to the whole event.  Below are the various awards.

 

Africa player of the year:
Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast)

Africa-based player of the year:

Mohamed Abou-Treika (Egypt)

Benita Nzeribe now New Face of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA)

Benita Nzeribe sipping drink

The Nigerian Nollywood actress Benita Nzeribe has been announced as the new face of Nigerian Air Space Management Agency (NAMA).The actress and screen diva will now represent the face of the agency in their marketing being a well known figure to Nigerians since 90's

Nigerian Medical Association to kick start 2014 with full blown strike

NMA President: Dr. Osahon Enabuele

Unless there is a quick intervention by the federal government in the lingering dispute between them and the Nigerian Medical Association, Nigerians and most importantly,  the sick should brace up for full blown strike action by the Medical Medical Association which has been scheduled for January 6, 2014.

The president of Nigerian Medical association in an interview, referred to the previous meeting they had in Minna in Niger state where they instructed the entire Medical and Dental practitioners to embark on a 5-day warning strike in their bid to send a warning signal to the federal government. The warning strike ended yesterday. According to him, there are so many medical issues that require intervention of the federal government but they have no lived up to expectation.

The Sun sets for Andre Villas-Boas As Spurs Manager

Andre Villas-Boas

 Immediately  Andre Villas-Boas walked out of a brief but tetchy meeting with Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy and technical director Franco Baldini due to humiliating 5:0 Sunday defeat in the hands of Liverpool They both looked at each other and concluded his sun has automatically set as Spurs' Manager.

Photonews: Late Nelson Mandela's memorial Service in Soweto South Africa

Mourners defied the rainfall to gather this Tuesday for the memorial service of late Nelson Mandela in Soweto, South Africa.

Presidents of many countries, foreign dignitaries and thousands of South Africans were in attendance at the memorial service.

Nelson Mandela, a great ICON is Gone

Nelson Mandela, the first South African black president and anti-apartheid crusader is gone. He died at the age of 95. He died in South Africa on Thursday. He is respected world wide for his feat is restoring power to the South African people through his fight against the marginalization of the South Africans in the grand scheme of things. His selfless service is second to none!

FIFA unveils 2014 World Cup Ball

With world cup draw scheduled for December 6, FIFA has unveiled the ball that will be used by the 32 countries, coming to Brazil to play in 11 cities and to be watched by millions of fans across the globe. The unveiling was done last Tuesday. The name Brazuca was voted in September 2012 in Brazil by fans and it means 'Brazilian life style'. Expectantly, the issue of *deflection* as complained by many  in South Africa 2010 would have been taken care of.

Adidas has extended their contract with FIFA until 2030 and will be sole manufacturer and designer of their balls.

Enyeama Maintains 11th clean sheet in Goal Kepping

Vincent Enyeama

Nigerian International and Lille of France goal keeper, Vincent Enyeama has maintained  his clean bill in his goal keeping. On Tuesday, he achieved his 11th clean sheet as Lille won Marseille 1-0. This is a good news for Nigeria even as they prepare for World Cup municipal in Brazil next year. For more info

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Is Chris Okotie-Eboh God?

Chris Okotie

The General overseer of HouseHold of God Church, Rev. Chris Okotie has come under intense criticism following his last Sunday's sermon that all catholic faithfuls will end up in hell fire. At first instance, his action is unbiblical because he has no right or authority to determine who goes to heaven or who goes to hell fire.  Rev. Chris Okotie is believed by so many as being very controversial in many situations. For instance, he has married two wives and divorced the two saying God asked him to do so. God is really against divorce how much more a pastor.

Criticism and condemnation are still pouring in from catholic faithfuls from very nook and cranny of the federation and beyond. Some said he is possesd and so on..

Lagos Countdown Festival Begins in Earnest as Airtel indicates another Partnership Deal

Airtel Networks Limited has planned to partner with Lagos state government in the execution of this year's countdown festival. Countdown festival is an annual event held by many cities  like Sydney, New York, Dubai, London and others as the year draws to an end. This is the second time Lagos will be organizing it. It will take place at the popular Victoria Island Bar Beach Sea shore and is going to be a 23 day event starting from December 8 to  31, 2013. Airtel will use this opportunity to endear itself to the consumers especially in Lagos metropolis. It will be marked with so many activities that will help people to catch fun, bond with family and loved ones. 

The head, Corporate communication of Airtel Networks, Emeka Oparah stated that Airtel is passionate about bringing fun and excitement to its numerous customers in line with their corporate social responsibility (CSR). He applauded Lagos state government for this initiative and urged Nigerians to join Lagos state government in the exciting events. According to him, Airtel will use the opportunity to showcase its 3.75G Network.

Past Sponsors were Zenith, MTvBase, Mikano,Dangote, Pepsi, Airtel, DSTV, NB

Anambra Decides Tomorrow

Tomorrow is a special day in Anambra state,south east Nigeria. It is going to be a day baton of leadership is transferred from APGA to the winning party. Front contenders in the upcoming governorship election in the state are Willie Obiano of APGA, Dr Chris Nwabueze Ngige of APC, Ifeanyi Uba of Labour party,Tony Nwoye of PDP among others. Nevertheless, most of the  parties have one thing or the other rocking it. Example, PDP is having an infighting which has made it near impossible to win the election. APGA is the ruling party but there is an allegation of double registration against its candidate. Many indigenes are having crises of confidence about Ifeanyi Uba because of his personality. Going by money politics, Uba will win but who wins is going to be a function of some factors including zone and religious inclination. While Ngige will be counting on his achievements as one time Governor, Willie Obiano will be counting on the fact that APGA is the ruling party and his zone has never produced a governor.

The major road leading to the state precise Bridge head will closed from tomorrow morning.

Golden Eaglets to Play Uruguay Tomorrow

Nigerian Golden Eaglets will face the Uruguay junior side tomorrow at the ongoing FIFA U-17 junior world cup in United Arab Emirates. The Golden Eaglets defeated the Iranian  junior team 4:1 to qualify for the quarter finals.Tomorrow's game is going to be decisive since Uruguayan  side is a formidable team. The match will take place by 5pm Nigerian Time at Sharjah stadium. 

FGN/ASUU Wahala!

All Progressive Congress (APC) has condemned in the strongest term the approach used by Federal Government to put an end to the lingering strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The Union has been on strike fort four months now demand improved infrastructure and motivation. Besides, They have asked the federal government to respect and apply the agreement they reached with them before now.On Monday, market women organized a protest march in Abuja municipal council asking the Union to bring an end to the ongoing strike failing to to do so they will make sure their jobs are halted. APC questioned why the union did  not pressurize the federal government to make good their own promises by fixing the decay in infrastructure in the universities. Meanwhile, The federal government has released the sum of N600 billion to the union the offer which they declined.

Malawi Overtaken by Fear, Writes FIFA about Security Concern in Calabar

The Football association of Malawi has written an official letter to FIFA complaining about the security concerns in Calabar even as Septemeber 7, 2013 defining world cup qualifier draws closer. According to them, the security situation in Calabar has deteriorated to a level that  their delegation cannot afford to take such risk. They refereed to a statement from Common Wealth that  the state has been flagged as high risk state and therefore demanded FIFA to shift the match venue to either Abuja or to a neutral ground for safety reasons. Moreover, they questioned the appointment of Hamada El Moussa Nampain Drazza from Madagascar as the match referee so early before the match date. They requested the football body to change the venue. They noted that the man has questionable pedigree and therefore not suitable for the match. The Tom Saintfeit tutored side should know that virtually all Nigerian games especially qualifiers have been played in Calabar and they should therefore muster courage to come and play the super eagles come September 7.

Lady Gaga hurriedly releases her new Single to online stores.

Lady Gaga

A good number of Lady Gaga's snippets leaked last Saturday forcing the 27 year old Pop singer to release her new single 'Applause' to online stores such as iTunes and Youtube. Before then she has requested her ardent fans to report any such thing to her record label but to her greatest amazement, low quality clips of the video appeared online last Saturday.By Monday evening, it was becoming too much which prompted her to release it online. This come back album since after 2011 was scheduled for release August 19 but low and behold, it's been released before the due date. She blamed hackers for this untoward attitude.  ''Lord in heaven why'' the pop singer tweeted in anger over the video leakage. ''You just couldn't wait, this is just too much for one Saturday''; she lamented.

South African Women married to Nigerian Husbands protest against Stigmatization in J' burg

South African Women married to Nigerians

South African women married to Nigerians came together on Monday and threatened to stage a protest in Johannesburg, South Africa against what they term their marginalization, their Nigerian husbands and children by South African government. According to them, South African government have not taken their marriage relationships to Nigerians serious. They perceive them as having different motives and therefore tend to marginalize and stigmatize them in so many areas. These women are not happy with the way things are going have made so many protests in the past all to no avail. Now, they are taking the bull by the horn.

In Pix: Maltina Dance All Season 7 live from Nicon Luxury Hotels, Abuja

Crowd clamoring for more actions

Today is the first day of Maltina Dance All regional audition in Abuja, North Central Nigeria. You can see the crowd shouting and clamoring for more actions. The audition continues tomorrow which is the last day. Abuja will be last bust top for the season 7 regional auditions.

MTN Project Fame West Africa season 6 begins

Having searched for raw talents across 10 major West African cities, the award winning MTN Project fame west Africa season 6 is good to go. The final audition took place at the newly restructured Ultima Studio where 18 contestants were screened and to fill 15 slots that will head to the academy. 12 contestants were first tipped while the 6 remaining contestants were allowed to slug it out to fill the extra 3 spots remaining. They all sang their heart out impressing the judges to the extent that the judges increased the slot by 1 out of their own volition. While Niniola Apata started by singing Celine Dions version of  ''Natural woman'', Gbemisola Rowland also  sang '' Falling'' by Alicia key  followed by  Johnny Ighodaro sang  ''Kiss from a Rose'' by seal. Daniel Chukwudi came on stage with Craig Davids ''Unbelievable'' Veronica Ordu also sang Mariah Carey's ''My All'' . Olawole Ojo mounted the stage and rendered Alicia Key's ''No One''

After the rendition, Inyanya crowned it all by rendering his debut single 'Love Truly'

Absolute wickedness, a woman sets House maid ablaze in Surulere

Eno

It was an ugly incident last Saturday at No. 7 Adeniran Ogunsanya street,Surulere when a house wife allegedly set her own house maid on fire because she took a piece of meat from her pot of soup.

Mrs Nekese Iroakazi poured kerosene on her 11 year old house maid,  Ita-Bassey Eno, a native of Akwaibom state south south Nigeria and ignite a match stick on her. Her body was burnt down including her private part. The girl was picked about one month ago from her family and is staying alongside another house help, by name Happiness in the house of Mrs Iroakazi. While Happiness was outside the kitchen, the woman and Eno were both inside the kitchen and suddenly, Eno ran outside shouting for help.

I converted to Islam on my own, so what?- Daughter of a Pastor exclaims

It is absurd; it is unusual. Although there is freedom of religion in Nigeria but this news coming from the family of a christian pastor is somehow. Miss Charity Uzoechina, daughter of a pastor- Raymond Uzoechina has told the world to let be in her Nupe abode in Nupe kingdom, Niger State. She is currently living at the house of Etsu of Nupe Kingdom but her father has lamented that Charity has been hypnotized into doing what she is currently doing. She is now telling Nigerians to allow her practise the religion she had chosen. While Her father is claiming that Charity  was abducted as induced to live at Nupe kingdom, Charity on her own is saying that people are influencing her father into infringing into her right and that she is praying for him and other members of his family to come to the reality that Islam is the true religion. At 25, she claims she could sue her father if she so desires since she is ripe to practise any religion of her choice. This matter is in the court anyways.