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Mesut Ozil honoured for funding 23 children's surgeries in Brazil.

Big-hearted Arsenal star, Mesut Ozil has received a  Laureus Prize for funding life-saving surgeries for 23 children in Brazil. The charity prize was handed to him at the Laureus Media Awards, held in Berlin today.

Reacting to the honour, the 26 year-old said, “This accolade means a lot to me because I am honoured for something I’ve done off the pitch. This makes me very, very proud. It also means a lot to me because I was able to help children, and they are our future. I am delighted that everything worked out. The doctors have done an incredible job.‎



“Because I am famous it is easier to help — footballers also earn a lot of money. And to me personally it’s just very important to help children. I have a few other small projects I want to make reality and I will continue to step on the gas off the pitch so that I can help as many children as possible.” 

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Vincent Enyeama reveals how he was isolated in France because of Ebola.

Super Eagles goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama is one of many Nigerians (all Nigerians actually) who are happy to see the end of Ebola in the country. The BBC Footballer of the Year award nominee has revealed how he was isolated and monitored at his French club Lille because of the dreaded disease.

“My club monitors me for three weeks any time I return from Nigeria because of Ebola and nobody wants to sit around you or shake you then.”


“But I must now commend the Nigerian government for the massive effort they put up to eradicate it from the country and get an approval from the WHO (World Health Organisation).”


If he had his way, AFCON 2015 will be shifted to a later date.

“If I were CAF, I will suspend the tournament because it is difficult to contain. But if we qualified, I will play in the tournament,” he added.‎




Source: African Football
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America sent Ebola to Africa&then left my brother to die like a dog"- Thomas Duncan's sister

Mary Pearson, the elder sister of Thomas Duncan hasn’t recovered from the shock of her brother’s death. Recall that Thomas Duncan, the first Ebola patient in America contracted the disease on October 15 after he rushed his pregnant, infected Landlord’s daughter to an hospital in Liberia. He died few days later in America.

In an exclusive interview with Daily Mail, the 52 year-old opined that the Ebola Virus was created in U.S lab and sent to Africa to kill innocent people.

‘They sent the virus and infected people here… then blamed Liberians. What we heard is that Ebola was created by the Americans and they sent it to kill us.They killed that boy for nothing.’
She recalled her last moment with him.

‘I I hugged him and I was ruffling his hair because he was always cleaning his hair. He was happy. We were all happy that day. His son had sent for him and he was going to America to see him. We didn’t hear from him until we heard that someone from here had tested positive for Ebola. Then someone called from FedEx to say that he was sick. I was feeling bad. I called my sister. He couldn’t talk himself.’


Mrs Pearson also said his brother wasn’t given adequate treatment as other American citizens who contracted the disease.

‘Eric suffered in exile and it really hurts me. They didn’t feel sorry for him. They didn’t give him drugs. They had the means to treat him but they treated him like a dog. They are wicked. They didn’t treat him because they said he brought Ebola to America.’


‘We begged. We pleaded. I even offered my own blood, even though it wouldn’t do anything for him. We requested everything we could think of to save Eric. They said no.’ His nephew, Josephus Weeks added.


Pearson continued, ‘We knew that he didn’t have the sickness here so we felt that we were Ok. But he had interacted with everyone so we imposed a quarantine on ourselves. No-one official came to do anything. ‘The pastor contracted the virus and died and his wife died and the pastor’s son and another lady, Marie, she died too. Plenty people died. More than eight people.’


‘In the first place no-one would come to my shop. But then my daughter said to reopen the shop. People started to come, but one at a time, because they were afraid. it was not until 21 days had gone [the length of the quarantine period] that they started to come back properly.’


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Who should win FIFA goal of the year award? RVP, Diego Costa or Ibrahimovic? Check out the nominees.

Robin Van Persie, Diego Costa, James Rodriguez, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and four other players’ brilliant overhead, volleyed, long-range etc goals scored during the 2013/2014 season have been found worthy of FIFA goal of the year nomination.

 The FIFA Puskás Award, created in honour of Ferenc Puskás, the captain and star of the Hungarian national team during the 1950s, will be presented for the sixth year in a row at the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2014, which will be held at the Kongresshaus in Zurich.
Fans from across the world will decide which of the ten goals chosen by FIFA and selected Football Committee members will be the winner of this award. The vote will be an online poll with the winning goal and top three to be announced on January 12 at the ceremony for the Ballon d’Or.
Nominees for the Top 10 goals:
(1) Tim Cahill: Australia v Netherlands, World Cup (June, 2014)
(2) Diego Costa: A Madrid v Getafe, La Liga (Nov 2013)
(3) Marco Fabian: Cruz Azul v Puebla, Mexican Championship (Feb
2014)
(4) Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Paris SG v Bastia, Ligue 1 (Oct 2013)
(5) Pajtim Kasami: Crystal Palace v Fulham, Premier League (Oct
2013)
(6) Stephanie Roche: Peamount United v Wexford Youths, Irish Women’s
Championship (Oct 2013)
(7) James Rodriguez: Colombia v Uruguay, World Cup (June 2014)
(8) Camilo Sanvezzo: Vancouver v Portland, MLS (Oct 2013)
(9)Hisato Sato: Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kawasaki Frontale, J-League (Mar
2014)
(10) Robin van Persie: Spain v Netherlands, World Cup (June 2014)
Past winners:
2013: Zlatan Ibrahimovic
2012: Miroslav Stoch
2011: Neymar
2010: Hamit Altintop
2009: Cristiano Ronaldo
2012: Miroslav Stoch
2011: Neymar
2010: Hamit Altintop
2009: Cristiano Ronaldo
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Paris named the cheapest city for young people to live in the world. See top 10 list

With this new revelation, the City of Light might start experiencing “heavy” immigration flow. Youthful Cities Affordability Index compiled by Toronto-based Decode group has ranked French capital, Paris as the most affordable place for young people between the ages of 19-30 to live.
Paris topped the list is because of it’s minimum wage, it has a minimum wage of €9.53 per hour; the highest of all the cities covered in the study. Other criteria include wage, rent, fast food, transport and cinema.
Top Ten Affordable cities to live.
(1) Paris
(2) Toronto
(3) Los Angeles
(4) Chicago
(5) Berlin
(6) Dallas
(7) Rome
(8) New York
(9) Tokyo
(10) London.
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King Sunny Ade's wife, Hon A joke Adegeye declares for Lagos State House Of Assembly.

Hon. Ajoke Risikat Adeniyi Adegeye, one of the wives of Juju legend, King Sunny Ade has officially declared for a seat at the Lagos State House Of Assembly come 2015.
Adducing reasons for re-contesting for the seat, Geye as she’s popularly called affirmed that her people (the people of Amuwo Odofin) wants her to represent them at the assembly.
“They are not impressed with the performance of the current representation being given them by Hon Sultan Gbayibi Adeniji Adele and Hon Geye had been selected as a suitable candidate for them.” Her publicist, Kehinde Akinrinmade added. ‎
Meanwhile she has released her secondary school certificate which was a major tool her opponents used to discredit her in the last election.‎
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This Weekend: Walk to Inspire! Participate in the Global Women Mentoring Walk Nigeria 2014

In tandem with their mission to inspire, engage and equip women and girls to transform their lives and serve as change agents in the society, Idea Builders Initiative a leading non-profit organization working specifically with women & girls to live lives of choice is set to kick-off the Global mentoring Walk 2014 in Nigeria on the 15th of November.
According to a recent study by Linkedin.com, it is a shared opinion by many of today’s successful business and professional women, that having a mentor in their early years has been instrumental to their career success as they now find tremendous value in mentoring others.
Themed ‘Walking to Inspire’, the Global Mentoring Walk which originated from an American media icon, founder and former CEO of Oxygen Media, Geraldine Laybourne and was taken global by Lucy Kanu of Idea Builders Initiative; focuses on underscoring the value of women’s leadership and exemplifying the transformative impact women have when they come together to promote positive change throughout the world, and since its inception in 2008, has reached thousands of women leaders in Africa, Eurasia, North America, South America and Latin America.
Highlighting the resolve of leading Nigerian companies to invest in women development, mentoring and leadership, the ‘Walks’ in Nigeria are being sponsored by Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC), Nestle, and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to match several established Nigerian women leaders with young professionals to engage in transformative dialogue as they walk and talk.
The walk is scheduled to kick-off at 9am simultaneously across all locations in Nigeria which include Calabar, Enugu and 3 strategic locations in Lagos State – Ikeja, Gbagada and University of Lagos.
Participation is open to mentors and mentees based in the above listed areas and requires a pre-registration by the 13th of November, 2014.
Lagos Kick-off details are as follows:
Gbagada – Contact person: Frank (0)8024456233, Mentoring Walk Route: From 37, Ajayi Aina to Gbagada Playground.
Ikeja – Contact Persons: Cynthia (0)8130977877 or Adetoun (0)7046835232, Mentoring Walk Route: Shoprite to Allen Round about
Unilag – Contact Person: Omobola (0)8084723166, Mentoring Walk Route: Education Garden to Senate Building.
For more information, contact Omolola Alabi – Programme Officer (WMW), Idea Builders Initiative Tel: (0)8172073413 or Email: info (at) ideabuilders.org
Follow Idea Builders Initiative via social media: Twitter @looceye @IBInitiative Facebook: www.facebook.com/IdeaBuildersInitiative

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Cristiano Ronaldo clears the air on Messi nickname slur, threatens to sue journalist.

Portuguese star, Cristiano Ronaldo has cleared the air on the story which was published on several sports websites that he regularly uses swear word for his nemesis, Lionel Messi in Real Madrid’s dressing room.
The Real Madrid goal-machine set the record straight on his Facebook message.
“‎News is circulating that I allegedly made offending remarks regarding Lionel Messi. This is absolutely false and I’ve assured my lawyer takes action to sue those responsible.  I have the utmost respect for all my professional colleagues and Messi is obviously no exception.”
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Meanwhile the story emanated from a book titled ‘Messi’ published by a revered ‎
Spanish football journalist and broadcaster, Guillem Balague. 
Excerpts from the book.
‎‎”Ronaldo, perhaps as a symptom of the immaturity that marks so many footballers, thinks it necessary to put on a brave face in front of his team-mates, not be scared of Messi and to rise to the challenge. All very macho; all very false.

“And that is why, according to some Real Madrid players, CR7 has a nickname for him: ‘motherf—-r’; and if he sees someone from the club speaking to Leo, he also ends up being baptised ‘motherf—-r’.”

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Behold the new N100 note.

‎But for President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to Burkina Faso last week, the new N100 commemorative notes would have been unveiled at the Presidential Villa, Abuja last week Wednesday.

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The notes were unveiled by the President today November 12, 2014 during the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting. The ceremony was also witnessed by Vice President Namadi Sambo , Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele.
Emefiele said the design platforms on which the note was made to include security, durability, attractiveness, cultural heritage and transformation.
Credit: PUNCH 
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