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David Beckham's 15 year-old son, Brooklyn joins Arsenal on a 1 year-deal.

After impressing coaches during several  training sessions/competitive games David Beckham’s eldest son, Brooklyn has signed a  1-year deal with Arsenal’s youth team.
The 15 year-old Arsenal fan beat off competition from Manchester United and Chelsea.
“Brooklyn is talented and he has stood out in all of the training sessions and games he has played. He has had other teams sniffing around and it was always going to be a case of when, not if, he was signed up by a big-name club.

“Arsenal realise he can be a huge talent. They have seen that potential and protected their asset. The club has signed him, fending off interest from Manchester United and Chelsea in the meantime. Next summer we may see him sign a big-money deal and with Arsenal.” A source at the Emirates disclosed‎.

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Lionel Messi shares cute family photo


Barcelona legend, Lionel Messi just shared this really cute family picture on his Instagram page. Well, this isn’t the first time the Argentine would be showing off his family on the photo-sharing site. This pic stars the goal-machine, his girlfriend Antonella Rocuzzo and son Thiago.‎ Happy Family! 
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Sapele stands still as African Sprints champion, Blessing Okagbare and ex-soccer star Igho Otegheri tie the knot. (photos)


It was indeed a celebration of love as multi-award winning track and field athlete, Blessing Okagbare and her beau, ex-soccer star, Jude Igho Otegheri got married in the traditional way at the ancient town of Sapele yesterday November 7, 2014.
The white wedding ceremony was held today at the St. Patrick Catholic church, Sapele. (would try and bring you pictures).



The gold-medallist had this to say about her man.


“I actually knew him before I left the shores of Nigeria. He is someone I knew through a friend and we were not really talking, but something happened and we got talking and that was it. I actually liked him as a friend before I left and we were talking as friends on the phone and I was not really surprised when he asked me out. But you know, I had to bid my time even though I was very happy that he asked me out. We are women; we need to do a bit of delay tactics before accepting proposals.

“He is someone I really want to be with because he is nice and God fearing. Those were some basic things I prayed for in a man. He is kind and that is a great thing for me because he supports my life, my career and my aspirations.



”I couldn’t say no because he has all what I prayed for in my ideal man. He is a very easy-going person and he does not see me as Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare, but as the woman he loves and I love it.”


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Nigeria to host Brazil at the newly-commissioned Akwa Ibom stadium.

Come March 29, 2015, Nigeria will host world champions, Brazil in a friendly match at the newly commissioned Akwa Ibom international stadium.
The announcement was made by Akwa Ibom state Governor, Godswill Akpabio at the opening of the sporting edifice already christened Nest Of Champions. 
‎”Brazil will field the full complement of its stars for the match, including Barcelona star Neymar.” ‎He said‎
The new 30,000 capacity stadium boasts of 4-tier ‎boasts 4 -tier, covered, seating terrace,  all-natural grass, high-tech floodlights and security cameras, 36 emergency exits, bullet proof VVIP and VIP along with other ultra-modern facilities.‎ 
Nigeria’s final 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against South Africa will be played there on Wednesday.

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Vincent Enyeama & Ahmed Musa are the only Nigerian players on CAF's 2014 African Player of the Year nominees list.

And everyone keeps wondering why Mikel Obi’s name is missing on the list. Ahmed Musa and Vincent Enyeama are the only Super Eagles players on CAF’s 25-man 2014 African Player of the Year list.
African Player of the Year nominees

1.    Ahmed Musa                         (Nigeria, CSKA Moscow)
2.    Asamoah Gyan                          (Ghana, Al Ain)
3.    Dame N’doye                            (Senegal, Lokomotiv Moscow)
4.    Emmanuel Adebayor                              (Togo, Tottenham)
5.    Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting                 (Cameroon, Schalke 04)
6.    Fakhreddine Ben Youssef                     (Tunisia, CS Sfaxien)
7.    Ferdjani Sassi                             (Tunisia, CS Sfaxien)
8.    Yao Kouassi Gervais ‘Gervinho’ (Cote d’Ivoire, AS Roma)
9.    Islam Slimani                              (Algeria, Sporting Lisbon)
10. Kwadwo Asamoah                                   (Ghana, Juventus)
11. Mehdi Benatia                           (Morocco, Bayern Munich)
12. Mohamed El Neny                                   (Egypt, Basel)
13. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang               (Gabon, Borussia Dortmund)
14. Raïs M’Bolhi                                 (Algeria, Philadelphia Union)
15. Sadio Mané                                 (Senegal, Southampton)
16. Seydou Kieta                              (Mali, As Roma)
17. Sofiane Feghouli                       (Algeria, Valencia)
18. Stephane Mbia                          (Cameroon,  Sevilla)
19. Thulani Serero                            (South Africa, Ajax)
20. Vincent Aboubakar                                  (Cameroon, Porto)
21. Vincent Enyeama                                      (Nigeria, Lille)
22. Wilfried Bony                              (Cote d’Ivoire, Swansea)
23. Yacine Brahimi                            (Algeria, Porto)
24. Yannick Bolasie                          (DR Congo, Crystal Palace)
25. Yaya Toure                                   (Cote d’Ivoire, Man City)
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‎African Voices’ on CNN to feature University of Nigeria’s first female Dean of Faculty of Physical Sciences, Prof. Francisca Nneka Okeke

One of Nigeria’s notable Scientist and Professor of Physics, Francisca Okeke will feature on ‘African Voices’, CNN’s International weekly half-hour programme highlighting Africa’s most engaging personalities.

‘African Voices’ focuses on Francisca’s journey to becoming the University of Nigeria’s first female Dean of Faculty of Physical Sciences, and how her father’s effort greatly influenced her choice of career ‎.
In the programme, Okeke recounts her childhood ordeals in the south eastern part of Nigeria, where education for the girl child was not that important, and how the aftermath of the Biafra war and violence almost to put an end to her education.
She tells ‘African Voices’: “When I was a child, I would wonder about the changing colour of the sky and the ability of airplanes to fly in the atmosphere without falling back to earth”.

Discovering that physics could answer these questions, Okeke was motivated to become a scientist and was one of only two women in her physics undergraduate class of 30 students in 1980. She went on to become the first female Head of Physics Department at the University of Nigeria, and later, the first female Dean of the Faculty of Physical Sciences.
Some of her accomplishments include being a fellow of the Japanese Society for Promotion of Science, the Nigerian institute of Physics, Nigeria Academy of Science, Africa Academy of Science. She is a recipient of the prestigious Laurel United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Award for Women in Science Laureates, for her discovery of certain particles in the atmosphere.
‘African Voices’ hears how Okeke has contributed greatly to the development of physics at both secondary and tertiary levels in Nigeria, and aims at increasing the number of women in physics in Nigeria and across Africa.
“Physics means everything to me. There was a lecture I gave in my inaugural lecture, I concluded by telling the world that physics is life, and life is all about physics. And that is the summary of it all. If you look around us, that I am talking now, and you are hearing me, it’s just physics, application of physics,” concludes Okeke.‎
To watch Francisca Okeke’s story, tune in to CNN International’s ‘African Voices’ on Friday, 7th November at 1030 with repeat broadcast on the following days:
Saturday: 1630
Sunday: 0430, 1230, 1930
Monday: 1130, 1830
Tuesday: 0530
Wednesday: 10:30
For more information, viewers can visit www.cnn.com/africanvoices‎
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Trailblazer! Meet the Nigerian who rode a motorcycle from Lagos to South Africa

Heroic feat! Ogbonnaya Kanu, a Nigerian chemical has become the first man to ride a motorcycle from Lagos to South Africa. He left Lagos in 2012, rode to Austria, France, Germany, Austria, Italy and in mid-October, he embarked on another solo trip from South Africa to Lagos.
But that wasn’t his first adventure; he has ridden motorcycles in 26 countries with 23 of his own motorcycles. Kanu, the Vice President of the Association of Nigerian Motorcycle Clubs is also the co-founder and member of the Board of Trustees of the Easy Riders Motorcycle Club of Nigeria; the first registered motorcycle club in Nigeria.
He’s also the co-founder of Ride Easy Motorcycle Training School; co-founder and member Board of Trustees, Ride Easy Motorcycling Club of Lagos, and Superbike Clubs Association of Nigeria (SCAN).
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